It must be nice to be a progressive. You can spout the most radical claptrap and do the most horrible things, and still be taken care of. Take Obama's former green jobs czar Van Jones. Jones resigned from his position last year after it was revealed he started a group dedicated to overthrowing the government, called himself a Marxist and a rowdy black nationalist, spewed communist rhetoric on a regular basis, went to prison, called Republicans "ass----s," and signed a petition that accused George W. Bush of planning the 9/11 attacks. Someone like that should be out on the street corner panhandling for change, right?
Not Jones. He's headed back to his old job at the Center for American Progress, a George Soros-funded liberal think tank. CAP is basically a revolving door for the Obama administration. Dozens of Obama's appointees and talking points have come from CAP. Time magazine reported, "[N]ot since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway. Just as candidate Obama depended on CAP during the campaign for opposition research and talking points, [then-] President-elect Obama has effectively contracted out the management of his own government's formation to [CAP President John] Podesta." So Jones will still be influencing the Obama Administration, just from the outside rather than the inside.
In fact, Jones' future is looking very bright. He'll start teaching at Princeton in June and will be awarded the NAACP's President's Award this Friday. In fact, Benjamin Todd Jealous, the white NAACP president, goes as far as to call Jones "An American treasure" and "the most misunderstood man in America". Yep, it's great to be a progressive.
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