Van Jones a ticking time bomb for Obama
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
By mid-Friday, it was clear that the days of green jobs czar Van Jones are numbered in the Obama administration.
Forget radio shock jock Glenn Beck, who’s trying to get Jones fired. Even White House spokesman Robert Gibbs offered only lukewarm enthusiasm for keeping Jones.
On Friday Gibbs said, “He continues to work in the administration…”
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…Meanwhile, the chairman of the House Republican Conference, Rep. Mike Pence (Ind.), called on Jones to quit or be fired, saying, “His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this administration or the public debate…”