Wednesday, April 8, 2015

VAN JONES, ANOTHER VOICE FROM THE RADICAL LEFT…


I’m sure everyone has heard, by now, that Rand Paul has officially declared himself to be a candidate for president in 2016.  But as I am not that much of a fan of the Kentucky Senator, that is not what I will be discussing here. The subject of this post will instead be on the fact that CNN, aka the Communist News Network, actually saw fit to bring in Van Jones, a man who has been known to dabble in communism, championed all manner of 9/11 conspiracy theories, and who was, however briefly, Barry “Almighty’s” "green jobs" czar, in to evaluate Paul’s political aspirations.  When Carol Costello asked Jones for his thoughts regarding Paul’s outreach to the black community, Jones only reply was to use the opportunity provided him to slander Republicans in general.  Jones said, “You know, the Republicans have a very tough branding issue when it comes to people of color. Since that they are not in touch. They don't care about some of these communities. I think Rand Paul has been the big exception to that over the past couple of years.”

Jones went on to point out that the Republican Party hasn't attracted the black vote which, while stating the obvious, begs the question, why do CNN commentators fail to emphasize the demographics that Democrats haven't had much, if any, success in reaching out to?  And in using Jones’ failed logic, if the Republican Party's failed outreach to minorities means they don’t care about them, does it then mean that the Democrats’ poor outreach to Christian fundamentalists is proof positive that Democrats don’t care much for conservative Christians?  Despite his applauding Paul for not being one of those “out of touch” Republicans who “don’t care about” minority communities, Jones warned that his extreme views may keep the progressive vote out of his reach, “I think there are other issues though that for young progressives, once they look behind that initial foray, they are going to be concerned. He's rabidly anti-choice. He's against a woman's right to choose when it comes to rape and incest. That's going to be off putting for I think a section of young people.”

Why Jones is talking about the progressive vote when Paul is pursuing the Republican platform remains a mystery.  Also unexplained is how Jones can find the idea of not forcing children to pay for the crimes of their fathers to be a “rabid” position. Especially since the vast majority of aborted children are minorities, and Planned Parenthood, one of the largest abortion mills was founded by a woman who was associated with eugenics as well as with the Ku Klux Klan.  Jones concludes that Rand “is not going to be an easy candidate for either side to deal with because he's so unusual in the mix of views that he has and he has tried to reach out and help that Republican branding problem. I think it has been effective when it comes to young people of color.” In other words, Jones predicts that Rand will alienate Republicans because he likes minorities and he will alienate progressives (who he might not have wanted in the first place) because he has the audacity to believe that children should not pay for the sins of their parents.

Let’s look at Jones’ statement regarding the lack of Republican outreach to blacks for a second.  If we do compare it to the lack of Democrats reaching out to Christian fundamentalists, is there sufficient motivation for either of these groups, blacks or Christians, to do a little outreach of their own.  And which group might stand to gain the most from doing so, the blacks in reaching out to the Republicans or the Christians in reaching out to the Democrats?  I think the answer to that is rather obvious.  And, I would argue, if blacks were to ever find within themselves a willingness to think for themselves I’m confident that they would dump the Democrat Party and in very short order.  And by doing so they would be lifting a tremendous weight off of their backs. I would also argue that both of these groups have much more in common with the Republican Party.  And imagine if they were ever to unite under the banner of the GOP, and become allies in the fight to take back our country back.  What would old Van have to say about that, I wonder? 

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