Make a Note: Obama Slyly Slips in Name Change, from “Czar” to “Point Person” in Speech
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on September 16, 2009
Former Obama-appointed, radical, extremist 'green jobs czar' Van Jones is now the former Obama-appointed, radical, extremist 'green jobs point person'
“Czar” has such a, such a… hmmm, such a bleak, NEGATIVE, oppressive government connotation to it.
So, in the spirit of transparency and hopenchange, Pres. Obama’s pulled a “no one will notice” sly switcheroo on the term “czar” during yesterday’s AFL-CIO speech.
From Michelle Malkin: Obama’s new euphemism for his czars:
[From Obama's recent speech] That’s why we’re investing in a clean energy economy that will free America from the grip of foreign oil and create millions of new green jobs that can’t be outsourced. That’s why I’ve named a new point person to jumpstart American manufacturing so that we can make “Made in America” not just a slogan, we want to make it a reality. (Applause.)
“Point person.”
Got it?
He’s referring, of course, to union hatchet man-turned auto czar-turned manufacturing czar Ron Bloom — the double-dipping appointee now in charge of revitalizing two industries that he and his Big Labor bosses have run into the ground.
No matter what you call them, the increasingly bipartisan clamor against them is rising.
Gotta hand it our optimistic POTUS… that euphemism is going to fool everyone *cough, cough… not.*
So has he got now 40-plus czars AND a point person? Or are all the czars now to called point persons… uh, point people?
To bastardize Shakespeare a tad, I say that calling a czar by any other name would STILL smell as fishy…
More czar… oops, “point person” and Van Jones links:
Hot Air: Why didn’t the NY Times report on the Van Jones Truther scandal? and White House source: We never asked Van Jones to fill out the vetting questionnaire Update: FBI vetted Jones and Unbelievable: Van Jones says 9/11 petition didn’t reflect his views; Update: Jones didn’t “carefully review” petition
FOX News: Mainstream print and broadcast media ignore Van Jones: timeline of who reported what and when
Joseph C. Phillips, Big Hollywood: Revolution Anyone?
Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator: The Real Van Jones Scandal: Why Glenn Beck Is Right
Michelle Malkin: Czar backlash builds: Democrat calls for removal and Out: Commie Truther green jobs czar. In: Union hack “manufacturing” czar and Green Party hearts Van Jones
Glenn Beck: Bigger Than ACORN and Van Jones, in His Own Words and More Van Jones lunacy
Sister Toldjah: NY Post slams NY Times for failure to report on Van Jones scandal
Tarheel Pundit: Play That Funky Jew-Hatin’ Music, Van Jones
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Van Jones Was the First: Obama’s Other Czars Now Under Fire by Democrat Congressman Dan Boren and Don’t Blame Van Jones! Blame the Conservatives… And Be Sure to Include That They’re, er, uh, ALL Racists and Andrew Breitbart on Van Jones and Media’s Inaction Reporting His Radicalism, Americans Tuning Out MSM and Good-bye to the Truther Communist: Czar Van Jones Quits as Result of Controversy and GOP, Meg Whitman, Are Any of You Listening to Conservative Talk Radio? Here’s Michael Savage on Radical Van Jones 5 Months Ago (video) and You Kiss Your Mother with That Mouth? Obama’s Green Jobs Czar Van Jones: “Republicans Are ‘A**holes’” (video) and Undeterred by WH “Green Czar’s” Boycott Strong-Arming, Beck Hits Back on Van Jones’ Background & ‘Color of Change’ and We Have Many Questions, Mr. President: Michelle Malkin and Glenn Beck on Radical Czars in the White House (video)
The Patriot’s Mind: Video of the Week – Glenn Beck on Obama’s Communist Czars
Quin Hillyer, American Spectator: Obama’s Self-Mythologizing
George Moneo, Babalú, an island on the net without a bearded dictator: The company he keeps
The Patriot’s Mind: Do We Need More Proof? – Obama Is a Communist
PoliticalDerby.com: The troubling side of Van Jones’ resignation
Patterico’s Pontifications: The Unvetting of Van Jones
The Foundry: The Green Jobs Fallacy
Pundit & Pundette: Van Jones smears himself, then resigns
Gateway Pundit: Sing It… Van Jones Cut Nasty Hate-Filled Music Album, Too! (Video) …Update: Album Cover Found!
The Underground Conservative: More Vetting Problems Ahead?
Right Voices: The White House Is So Desperate They Got Brokow To Try And Cover For Them
Washington Post: White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism
Left, Right, and Centered: Imagine What The Press Would Do With This Under W
Robert Stacy McCain, American Spectator: Van Jones: Victim of Right-Wing ‘Terrorists’?
NewsBusters: Jones Resigns Over What? and NYTs’ Friedman Was Big Fan of Green Job Czar Jones in Oct 2007
GayPatriot: Van Jones: Dereliction of MSM in Age of Obama
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