A Stooge Too Far

The record is clear, folks. I have given the President a total pass on Reverend Wright, Bill Ayers, etc.. I did it 1) because I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and 2) I just didn't think that these idiots were relevant (the Ayers association, in particular, I saw tangentially - the fact that there were a fair share of Republicans on that board, etc.). Granted, the Reverend Wright association may have been embarrassing to Mr. Obama at times. But even that I saw far more as political opportunism than anything sinister. Never, for example, did I EVER think that Mr. Obama shared the reverend's views (the generational distinctions alone)....................................................................................But now, unfortunately, here it is, yet another situation; a fellow by the name of Van Jones (advisor, czar, green jobs expert, yada yada). And, while, yes, I still really want to give the President the benefit of the doubt here, this one, I'm afraid to say, is significantly more troubling. This, in that not only has Mr. Jones engaged in a lot of incendiary language, the fellow actually went as far as to sign a petition that implicated President Bush in 9/11 ( a 9/11 truther, he basically is). I mean, I know that a lot of people don't like W. and all but, really. This is as far and away over the top as you can pretty much get. And in my opinion, it really has to disqualify you from public service (especially absent a mia culpa).....................................................................................As to the Obama administration's culpability here, I'm sorry, it really doesn't look all that good for the President. The administration either didn't vet this guy. Or they did vet him, and none of it mattered. Either way, it's all kind of a blot on the President's record/judgement.