In profoundly provincial thinking, Mormon political commentator Glenn Beck claims that it was he who brought down Van Jones’ career as a White House adviser and that his efforts to take Jones down were inspired by God. If true, the all-knowing being, who witnessed the best and worst of society over the history of the earth, is quite arbitrary in which political opponents he inspires his believers to take down.
Van Jones was an advisor to President Obama in regards to Green jobs, something that has been a lifelong pursuit for the attorney from Jackson, Tennessee. Yet God inspired Beck to destroy his career because of his communist leanings, but not the myriad of other Leftists in the Obama administration?
Back in 2009, Jones addressed an audience of supporters and explained to them that Republicans’ doggedness in led to them getting more legislation passed during the Bush years despite having smaller majorities in the House and Senate than Democrats currently held. This successful tenacity was due to the GOP being a-holes. The comment infuriated many on the political Right that used the comment to use Jones as a surrogate to attack Obama. In the end, Jones resigned his post because the negative press he was getting was detracting from president’s agenda.
Beck, who was employed by Fox News at the time, used his program to beat incessantly on Jones for being a communist with a radical agenda through the political group ACORN. Beck is now saying that at the time, he knew nothing about Jones, but God led him to find out about his agenda and have the wherewithal to destroy his career at the White House.