Don't think that Fox News nor Glenn Beck will let this go since Van Jones is part of Color of Change organization that got quite of number of corporate advertisers to drop kick Beck's show. I applaud Van Jones for apologize. His remarks were inappropriate. Also, to add, Van Jones did say that he can be a bit of a-hole. But, this doesn't matter to the wingnuts. They will bellyache and hone in that one of Obama's staff who heads green jobs called the Repubs an a-hole!
In a written statement Van Jones apologized for a comment he made in February in which he called Republicans opposing Obama's reform "assholes." Here is a copy of some of Van Jones apology:
"I apologize for the offensive words I chose to use during that speech," Jones said in a written statement to Politico. "They do not reflect the views of this administration, which has made every effort to work in a bipartisan fashion, and they do not reflect the experience I have had since I joined the administration."
Now, there was no cry from the media when George W. Bush made a similar "asshole" comment toward opponents and to a NYT reporter. From Salon article in 2000:
"There's Adam Clymer -- major league asshole -- from the New York Times," Bush said.
"Yeah, big time," returned Cheney.
Because of the crowd noise, few if any of the audience could hear the remarks. But reporters -- especially those with radio or network TV sound equipment plugged into the microphone -- heard the remark clearly. As of early afternoon Monday, media executives were reportedly deciding whether or not to use the tape.
The Bush campaign had no comment. Gore's campaign, however, was quick to seize on the gaffe.
"Bush promised to change the tone and now he's broken his word twice," said Gore spokesman Douglas Hattaway. "He launched negative personal attacks on Al Gore" both through a recent negative ad against Gore, "as well as on the stump, and now he's using expletives to describe a New York Times reporter in front of a crowd of families. He talks out of both sides of his mouth about changing the tone."
Though he's done a decent job of hiding it in this election cycle, Bush has been known to use salty language. At the Republican National Convention in 1988, he was asked by a Hartford Courant reporter about what he and his father talked about when they weren't talking about politics.
"Pussy," Bush replied.
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