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by PATRICK CADDELL (/COLUMNISTS/PAT-CADDELL) 8 Sep 2012 POST A COMMENT

Its hard to know which is worse: the arrogance of the Obama

administration in assuming that its White House staffers can get

away with anything, or the apathy of the media in not holding

those staffers accountable.

Actually, lets scratch the word apathy and call it what it really is: abjectness. The media

have been abject in their willingness, even eagerness, to serve the political interests of this

administration and its re-election effort.

Lets consider the cases of three staffers, all at the top rung of the White House ladder:

Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/staff/valerie-

jarrett), Senior Adviser David Plouffe (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/staff

/david-plouffe), and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon (http://www.whitehouse.gov

/administration/eop/nsc).

Valerie Jarrett has been a mentor and ally of Barack Obama for two decades; by all

accounts, she has an unshakable bond not only with him, but also with Michelle Obama.

And now her clout is apparent to all: aprofile of Jarrett, written by Jo Becker and

appearing in SundaysNew York Times, was headlined, The Other Power in the West

Wing. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/us/politics/valerie-jarrett-is-the-other-

power-in-the-west-wing.html?emc=eta1) As in, theres the President, and theres Valerie

Jarrett.

The Times story, all 3300 words of it, was one of those stories that everyone in DC thought

they had to read; as another Times reporter, Jodi Kantor, tweeted (https://twitter.com

/jodikantor) on Sunday, The political world pauses as one to dissect Jo Beckers profile of

Valerie Jarrett."

Indeed, Beckers story was full of grist for Beltway mills. One anonymous presidential

adviser (who sounds a lot like re-election campaign guru David Axelrod) pronounced that

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Valerie is effectively the chief of staff... Shes almost like Nancy Reagan was with

President Reagan, but more powerful. And a former senior White House official (who

sounds a lot like ex-White House chief of staff Bill Daley) added, She is the single most

influential person in the Obama White House. Whoa. Wait a second. Did the former

official really mean to say that Jarrett was the single most influential person in the

Obama White House? If so, where does that leave the President? Is it possible that

Jarrett, working with Michelle Obama, is more powerful than Mr. Obama? No, that

doesnt seem possible--unless, of course, it is possible.

If the former senior official quoted above is Bill Daley, he should know about Jarretts vast

power. As the Times article recalls, he was basically pushed out of the White House by

Jarrett after a battle over the Obamacare contraception mandate (http://dailycaller.com

/2012/08/01/obamacare-contraception-mandate-takes-effect/). That mandate infuriated

Catholic and conservative groups, but it has been championed by Jarrett inside the White

House and by feminist groups across the country--and Jarrett and the feminists have

prevailed. So, in assessing Jarretts power, we can include in her coalition the nations

feminists as well as Mrs. Obama. And inside todays Democratic Party, thats big power.

No wonder the man who currently holds the title of chief of staff is so obscure

(http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/staff/jack-lew)--he has learned that you last

longer if you keep a low profile.

Look, Jarretts defenders might say, theres nothing wrong with being powerful. Somebody

has to be powerful. And thats true, but there is something wrong with abusing power.

Consider this passage from Beckers Times piece, describing Jarretts ways: She can also

be imperious at one event ordering a drink from a four-star general she mistook for a

waiterand attached to the trappings of power in a way some in the White House consider

unseemly for a member of the staff. Attached to the trappings of power how, exactly?

Here comes the answer:

A case in point is her full-time Secret Service detail. The White House

refuses to disclose the number of agents or their cost, citing security

concerns. But the appearance so worried some aides that two were

dispatched to urge her to give the detail up.

She listened politely, one said, but the agents stayed.

So lets get this straight: Jarrett gets a security detail from the US Secret Service (USSS).

That means 24/7 protection, at a cost of millions of dollars a year. Of course, it also meansan air of importance for Jarrett--her own taxpayer-funded entourage. The idea that

someone such as Jarrett--who officially plays no role in national security or counter-

terrorism--would receive USSS protection would be laughable if it werent, in fact, real. Its

like a tale out of the Versailles Court of the Sun King--the sort of anecdote that provokes

the peasants, eventually, to revolution. But in the meantime, before the deluge, Jarrett

plans to live it up; surrounded by agents with guns, she is queen of her own court. In other

words, for pure conspicuous consumption, Jarrett puts her fellow Chicagoan, the

laughably self-important Desire Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desir

%C3%A9e_Rogers), to shame.

As an aside, on the issue of who merits government security, we might recall the case

of Molly Norris (http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-09-15/news/on-the-advice-of-the-

fbi-cartoonist-molly-norris-disappears-from-view/). In 2010, the Seattle-based cartoonisttook part in the international Draw Muhammad (http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/04

/may-20-everybody-draw-muhammad-day.html) campaign and, after she receiving death

threats, the FBI told her that she was on her own. That is, the US government could

not--more precisely, would not--protect her. Instead, Norris was advised to leave her job,

change her name, and go into hiding. And thats what she did; what choice did she have?

At the time, some of us wondered how Uncle Sam could let the jihadists win a victory such

as this inside the United States. Now we know that government security resources were, in

fact, spread thin--because Jarrett was being well taken care of. Bottom line: Norris faced

real threats and received no protection, while Jarrett faces no threats--at least no threat

that 100 other West Wing aides havent also received, and none of them have details--and

yet she receives all the insulation from the world that her ego demands.

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In the wake of the USSS revelation, the press could be asking all sorts of questions: Who

made this decision? How much is this costing? Does Jarrett drive her own car--or do those

same Secret Service agents chauffeur her around? Most likely, the MSM will not ask any of

these questions. Yes, as was said of Beckers Times piece, the political world will stop to

read it, but most readers will be reading it with an eye towards power calculations in DC,

as opposed to cost calculations for the taxpayers, or any concern about the modesty of

public officials.

Next we come to David Plouffe, the top politico in the White House, the man charged with

working with Axelrod and the Chicago team to harmonize the re-election effort across thepublic and private sector. But Plouffe is more than just a politico, of course; thanks to his

international connections, he is much more. On August 22, I noted

(http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/23/david-plouffe-iran) that The

Washington Posthad reported (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-

associate-got-100000-fee-from-affiliate-of-firm-doing-business-with-iran/2012/08

/05/5e6888a2-dda2-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_print.html) that Plouffe had received a

$100,000 speaking fee from a South Africa-based company, MTN, that does extensive

business in Iran. As I wrote then:

What if, during the gathering-storm decade of the 1930s, a senior White

House aide in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration had been found

to have taken big money from a company dealing closely with the Nazis?

Would it would have been a huge scandal? Of course it would.Taking money from business partners of the Iranian regime would seem to be a big deal,

indeed, and the Posts Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten deserve credit for breaking the

story. However, thePostas a whole, as well as the rest of the media, deserves

onlydiscredit for letting the story drop there. If Plouffe had worked for, say, the Bush 43

administration, the furor never would have never stopped--including calls to return the

money, calls for resignation, calls for a special prosecutor. But since it was the Obama

administration, nothing of the kind has happened. The press has been, well, abject.

Most flagrantly, just on Sunday, Plouffe was on ABCs This Week with George

Stephanopoulos, (http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/) and in the course of a ten-minute

interview, Stephanopoulos didnt once bring up the matter of the $100,000.

Nor did Stephanopoulos confront Plouffe with a question about the huge Iranian triumph

of the previous week, as leaders from 120 nations, gathered in Tehran, unanimously

endorsed the Iranian nuclear program (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/world

/middleeast/iran-criticizes-egypts-mohamed-morsi-over-syria-comments.html). In other

words, those 120 countries had completely refuted Obama administration efforts to

de-nuclearize Iran through diplomacy. The American Jewish Committee called the

endorsement a dark day for humankind, (http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/09

/01/4229204/nam-support-for-iran-nuclear-program.html) but the ABC man had no

questions on the topic.

Of course Stephanopoulos was easy on Plouffe. After all, Stephanopoulos spent the first 15

years of his career as a l iberal Democratic political operative, and then, having made an

easy and lucrative transition into the media, he has spent the last 15 years denying that

theres any liberal Democratic bias in the media--and he was at it again just on Sunday

(http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/09/01/Stephanopoulos-Doesnt-Believe-

There-Is-Bias-In-The-Media). Stephanopoulos asked plenty of questions, even some hard

ones on the campaign horserace, but he also tossed in plenty of softballs, such as a

question about the Clint Eastwood skit in Tampa. But nothing that would fluster Plouffe.

Indeed, the headline atop Stephanopoulos story on the ABC News

(http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/david-plouffe-romney-campaign-built-

on-tripod-of-lies/) blog delivered the bacon for the Democrats: David Plouffe: Romney

Campaign Built on Tripod of Lies. No mention of any defect in Obama, let alone

Plouffe--just straight Obama talking points.

We all remember the Sherlock Holmes story (http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-

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tag=public&part=1&division=div1) about the dog that didnt bark; well, this was

Stephanopoulos not only not barking, but also himself being a lapdog for the Obamans.

Finally, theres Tom Donilon, the Presidents National Security Adviser. As I first declared

in June (http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/06/10/Exclusive-Caddell-Names-

Tom-Donilon-As-Source-For-Leaks), Donilon is surely responsible for many of the leaks

coming out of the White House, all of which seemed to advance the cause of making

Obama look like a tough Commander-in-Chief. These were leaks that Sen. Dianne

Feinstein, Democrat of California and chair of the Intelligence Committee described as

(http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06

/06/interview_with_senator_dianne_feinstein_114413.html) very, very disturbing. She

added, Its dismayed our allies. It puts American lives in jeopardy. It puts our nations

security in jeopardy.

And what has been the White House response? How have the Obamans reacted to

accusations that they have put our national security in jeopardy for partisan gain?

Attorney General Eric Holder did the following: he appointed two underlings as in-house

investigators. This non-dynamic duo can can be relied upon to a) wait on releasing their

findings after the November election, and then b) not find anything anyway. Meanwhile,

stupefyingly, the White House has deployed none other than David Axelrod to be part of

the rapid-response team; even though he is not part of the national security council, or

even part of the government, he has been making the rounds on TV,

(http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/27/White-House-Leaks-

What-Does-Axelrod-Know-and-How-Does-He-Know-It) doling out the White House spin.

Understandably, Donilon himself has kept a low profile since the leaks and their blowback.

Yes, he is a longtime Democratic political operative with no real national security

credentials. Yes, former Defense Secretary Bob Gates warned that Donilon would be

a disaster (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/08/130430124/woodward-

gates-thinks-donilon-a-disaster) if were ever to become national security adviser. But

Donilon had reason to think that he would be okay if he just hunkered down.

Yet now, from out of his own sordid past, new revelations arise to haunt him. Thanks to

Andrew Stiles at The Washington Free Beacon, we now know that Donilon has been

receiving a $148,000-a-year pension from Fannie Mae (http://freebeacon.com/donilon-

double-dips/).

Indeed, its hard to know where to begin on this one. After working in all those Democraticcampaigns, Donilon found his inside-the-beltway reward--a cushy lobbying job at Fannie

Mae, the place where all hacks went to get rich, even as Fannie made the country poor. The

Fannie bailout has, in fact, cost taxpayers more than $154 billion through 2010

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10

/21/AR2010102101941.html), and the company is still, today, losing billions every quarter

(http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/02/29/the-bank-bailouts-

ugly-stepsister-fannie-mae-still-losing-billions/).

And now Donilon, 57, having earned millions as a Fannie Mae lobbyist, is currently

collecting his pension, even as he works full time at the White House, for a salary of

$172,000 a year. Is that how things are supposed to work? Can such rapacious double-

dipping possibly be squared with the ideal of public service? As one senator put it, Most

taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet. Yet, Mr. Donilon is still profiting from hiswork during the Fannie Mae buildup of the housing bubble that led to a recession and

massive taxpayer bailouts."

Those who might wish more detail on Fannie Mae might consult Gretchen Morgensons

2011 book,Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led

to Economic Armageddon (http://www.amazon.com/Reckless-Endangerment-Outsized-

Corruption-Armageddon/dp/0805091203); in those pages one will find all the

information needed to know about Donilon and all the other wolves of Washington. And

yet the MSM arent interested--and thus theBeacons Donilon revelation sank without a

trace, leaving the leaker-in-chief still on the job.

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Owes the Ayatollahs a Favor, and Donilon as The Double-Dipper Who Traded Away Our

Secrets for a Re-Election. If the media wished it, each one of them could have a scandalous

gate attached to their name, as in Jarrett-gate, Plouffe-gate, and Donilon-gate."

Indeed, were any reporters to take these stories seriously, they would also find that they

had struck a resonant chord with the American people. According to pollster Scott

Rasmussen, 64 percent of Americans say that government ethics and corruption are

very important (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics

/mood_of_america/importance_of_issues); thats a number second only to the economy

and healthcare, and ahead of taxes, education, and Social Security. And Gallup polling

finds reaches the same conclusion. In other words, serious journalistic digging would

likely yield up not only scoops, but also clicks.

But instead, nothing. The dominant media see nothing, hear nothing, and say nothing.

And the same holds true, we might note for the so-called reform" outfits. Why arent

Common Cause, the Center for Public Integrity, CREW, and Pro Publica all over these

stories, applying their own considerable resources to the unearthing of the truth?

Its too easy to say that this deliberate overlooking of scandals is purely partisan. In fact,

sometimes Democrats have gotten rough treatment. During the Carter administration, the

39th president was tormented by reporters chasing down everyone and everything,

from Bert Lance (http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/Bert_Lance) to the mythical killer

rabbit. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy

/carter2.htm) And during the Clinton years, the 42nd president was investigated for, well,just about everything; yes, the media liked Clinton, but the media also liked attacking him.

But Obama is different. Reverence, plus political correctness--plus, perhaps, fear of giving

Tea Party-ized Republicans any sort of victory--means that a protective pall has encased

the Obama Administration. That protectiveness means, as we have seen, not only the

non-curiosity about Jarrett, Plouffe, and Donilon, but also non-curiosity about other

stories.

For example, in the energy sector alone, the MSM offers perfunctory coverage of the

Solyndra bankruptcy, and then moves on. And reports about dubious dealings at Exelon

(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/us/politics/ties-to-obama-aided-in-access-

for-exelon-corporation.html?pagewanted=all) are a one-day wonder. And when Peter

Schweizer asserts that as much as 80 percent of the government investments for green

energy went to Obama donors and bundlers, (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/13/how-obama-s-alternative-energy-programs-became-green-graft.html) well,

that story is ignored--no reporter wishes to connect the dots. Such a supine media are

Obamas biggest advantage in this election, and they could spell the difference for him this

November.

So how to sum up these scandals that dont scandalize? We could call label them all as the

Audacity of Corruption, but the word audacity implies a certain measure of risk-taking.

And as we have seen, Jarrett, Plouffe, and Donilon seem to be taking no risk at all.

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago 2 Likes F

Mrs Rasputin ?

TERRY8579


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Great photo! An accurate depiction of 'Obamanocchio' with his long nose (special thanks to the brass plaque on

the picture frame in the background).......

TANKS SHERMAN

A LIKE REPLY 8 hours ago in reply to Tanks Sherman F

i want a f ramed copy. will not seek funding from taxpayers.

DJ KUMQUAT

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago 1 Like F

No offense intended but if my wife was as cozy with her "adviser" as Barack is with Valerie I'd be very

supicious. He spends more time with her than he does with Michele.

I'll just say it, her husband is a communist and she has access to top secret documents.....very interesting.

CS_GUY

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago F

What are these people hiding

http://www.youtube.com/watch_p...

ANTONIADUHE


Valerie Jarrett has got to be the ugliest troll on the planet.

DV1252

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to DV1252 3 Likes F

She looks like one of the bar goons in the first s tar wars movie

WATERBOARDER


"All are equal, however, some are more equal than others."

TANSTAAFL

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to tanstaafl 1 Like F

Equally worthless in my eyes

WATERBOARDER

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to tanstaafl 2 Likes F

That's pigbama's line.

DV1252


November 6th just can't get here fast enough.

I still subscribe to the conspericy theory that if it looks like Obama is in danger of loosing, he will create some

type of mayhem to try to stay in power. If that happens and he succeeds.....

It's revolution time.

SICARIO505

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to Sicario505 3 Likes F

Lock and load

WATERBOARDER

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to Sicario505 3 Likes F

I think he will just do like his peeps have done before: steal an election.


What a freaken cesspool. America has been dumbed down so bad by our education system and and betrayed

so badly by the MSM we are literally at the point of no return. If Obama's re-elected in November - you can kiss

this country goodbye. 100 years from now - historians will write that the terminal illness of the US began began

in the 1960's, was put into remission by Reagan, but was killed quickly by Barack Hussein Obama - early in the

21st century. Only argument will be whether the murder was intentional or accidental due to incompetence. I bet

on the former.

MR_LOGIC


Can this be happening? Go to YouTube and type in:

Mind blowing speech by Robert Welch in 1958 prediciting insiders plans to destroy America.mp4

ILLHAVEMINE


I am just sooo disgusted and enraged and outraged all at the same time about the LAWLESSNESS in this

WHOLE COUNTRY from the TOP right down to the bottom which is our LOCAL 'FAMILY' COURT SYSTEMS

which are just as corrupt---- that are tearing us all APART PIECE BY PIECE!!!! WHEN IS THIS GOING TO

STOPPPPPP???? It is a NIGHTMARE ! Listen everyone I know we are all doing what we can and just waiting

to see what happens in November....but no matter WHAT happens in November we all have to get up and

REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! These people at the top ALL need to go to JAIL for TREASON....no

they should all be hanged like they did in the good ole days! but they wont be--- They know we arent going to

do anything....they know we ARE too lazy and 'marginalized' to do anything.....but together we NEED to do

something........We just need need SOMEONE to get it started..... who...??????

SHA4SS


Val, looks like a possum. Eerily like a possum.

FLAHORSEDENTIST

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to flahorsedentist 1 Like F

I feel sorry for the secret service that has to watch Jarrett . She probably orders them to light her cigsand fetch her drinks. These people beg to be removed by the harshest means possible. Is it too late to

bring back tar and feathers? Stocks come to mind as well. How can decent people stand by and put up

with this crap?

RAM56


It is astonishing the level of corruption in this Adminisration. It is also unsettling the level of intellectual curiosity

absent in the press. Connect the dots, no MSM investigation of "their team", no intellectual curiosity by the

average John Q. Citizen, equals acceptance of corruption by laziness. And laziness is the hallmark of liberal

constituency, and so we get this criminally corrupt political machine. Our side, in an effort to be fair and

balanced (read: PC) we install insufferable liberals into i ntelligent media and pollute the truth. We are the

salmon, trying to swim up Niagra Falls. An insurmountable task. And not too unlike the salmon, we don't give

up, but continue on to get a little teensy bit of facts into the light. I ask: When will we ever arrest and prosecute

any of the corrupt high ranking pols? Rhetorical, I presume. Sad in actuality.

FLAHORSEDENTIST

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to flahorsedentist 5 Likes F

The hardest task will be how to purge the government of all these traitors who have infiltrated to the

deepest places within all government agencies. Unless Mitt cleans house his administration will be

hamstrung to execute anything. The DOJ is probably the largest of these snake dens.

BARRYSADICK

Prosecution and prison terms are required for these scum

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to BarrysaDick 1 Like F

We will need a good assistant Attorney General to root out the Chicago slime and the Obum's

communists. I'd like to suggest Mark Levin for that job.

DV1252


All you have to do-is, pay attention. It's easy. ;o)

http://www.americanthinker.com...

CLASPUR


i bet his new mommy tells him when he can get some moochelle private time too! yes mommy i will bomb lybia

and i will not touch your beloved homeland IRAN. and while i'm at it, this woMAN is very ugly and she's a sec. 8

slum-lord that should be thrown in jail. cause those libby's just love & care so much for others. how can this

bitch close her eyes at night knowing how the CHILDREN in those slums are going without a roof(in some

cases) over their heads. and she keeps on taking her wheel barrel of cash to the bank. boy if i did that i would

see jail time or community service. anyone remember the movie the SUPER?

ZABO


look at the picture again. barry soetoro got a pinnocchio nose! with the picture behind ole barry boy they blend

in just right. cause everybody here knows that this man lies like a bad rug in a strip bar!!!!

ZABO

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to zabo F

The look she gives him is one of love and adoration as in he's cheating on Moochelle with her. Its

obvious.

RAM56


ugly marxist Valerie Jarrett should be a grocery store check out clerk

BAKEMCCAN

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to bakemccan 1 Like F

No, she should be a check out clerk at the hippy owed Co-Op in Arcata. Or perhaps a cashier at REI.

Not a high powered political operative.

RAM56

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to bakemccan 5 Likes F

Passing out books in a federal prison...for life.

BARRYSADICK


Stop going to mamma for advice, Barak. You're the POTUS. Mrs. Rasputin will have to find another job.

DID_HE_JUST_SAY_THAT


The media is at fault for most of this. Never a bad word about this guy. They should be executed as traitors

against America. And the people NOT wondering why there was nothing bad said about him, when ALL they

heard was bad against his opponents. Fox News truely IS the only fair and balanced network. They're the how I

know what this piece work really is.

LANA WARD

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Commies..Jarrett's Father and Grand Father were involved in Founding the American Communist Party in

Chicago back in the 30s..OhBlamer Was mentored by Frank Marshal Davis also a member of the chicago

based American Communist Party.. Jarrett was also on Mayor Daley Staff.,So she is about as connected as you

can get..She also was the person that got Moooooshel her show up job at some Hospital. so thats why she is

where she is today..

she is top Comrade advisor,,AxelRod number two Comrade advisor. They try to keep her on the dl,because of

her background and afraid some drive by may actually say something about her..The whole damn rats nest are

Commies.

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to wilmac F

She's also the one who said of Van Jones, the newly appointed "green jobs" czar, that "we've had our

eye on him for a long time." That was just before his self-avowed communist identity was made

known. Jones left the government on a Saturday night several months or weeks after Obama

appointed him. So here's a question for the libtards here: since Valerie Jarrett knew so much about Van

Jones, how is it she didn't know he was a communist ... by his own admission? The answer of course,

is that she DID know, and that's exactly why she saw to it that Obama handed him that green jobs czar

job.

DV1252

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to DV1252 F

By Golly i think you got it.,,Subvertive American hater Commies..every last one..its enough to

turn your stomach..The MSM is his driving force..they are the main problem..LIEING to the

American people to promote theCommies agenda..because they are commie too.,,better able

to hide becasue they are private business., the scum politicans cant,,not that his hasnt

tried.,Most transparent Administration,,One Lie on top of another,,one total Fake Azzhat from

top to bottom.,There has to be some form of legal action to prevent this sort of thing from

happening.,im so frustrated i can spit 9mm. Subject: [breitbartproduction] Re: The Audacity of

Cronyism: Jarrett, Plouffe, and Donilon

WILMAC


the truth about the White House and the goings on within the Social Activist WH will not be devulged until this

man is out of office. Then look out, the juicy stories of the hypocritical liberals will spill forth.

Let's all sit back and wait for the election results. But if the election doesn't go well coming up to that eventful

evening. The "rats" will be bailing out of the WH faster than a 100m Olympic final.

And from what I'm reading and hearing, excluding the BS liberal MSM polling bunk. Obama does not have a

winning situation like last election. From the looks of radio call-in shows, Obama will be lucky to have any

Democrat elected except a few Big L Democrat city locations.

So, there will be a lot of tongues wagging once the gravy train ends. And liberals love their gravy. And once a

good liberal loses their preferred free lunch with gravy. There is not a mouth in liberal land quiet enough to voice

their displeasures in not sucking up that free lunch.

LESS1LEG

Read carefully what I am about to say, because Obama tried to tell the world on Thursday that he had not been

up to the task of running the country and neither were the advisors he chose to help him with the job.

While Im proud of what weve achieved together, Obama told the

assembled in Charlotte, Im far more mindful of my own failings,

knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, I have been driven to

my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no placeelse to go.

He left out the second line of Lincoln's quote. I suppose he hoped someone would figure it out. I think he was

admitting failure and apologizing for it. The Daily Beast researched and found the full quote, but did not grasp

the full import of what Obama was trying to tell us. Here is the full quote:

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming

conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all

about me seemed insufficient for that day.

He was overwhelmed by the responsibilities of the Office and neither he nor any of his advisors, including

Jarrett, was up to the task. I think that is what he was try ing to tell us, and I think he still feels that none of them

is up to the job. He is locked in with Jarrett, his other Chicago thugs and the socialists down through the ranks

and he knows what they are capable of. He cannot get rid of them if he wanted, and I think he wants to. I think

he wants to lose the election before they totally destroy the country.

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to acwood946 2 Likes F

Oh please...you speak as if BHO has a conscience. If you're feeling sorry for the liar in chief, take some

meds.

Do you think those delusional Commies have one iota of guilt for what they've done to the people of

this great country? Not to mention what they've done in turning their backs on Israel and all the others

they've stepped on in their hoax of the millennium. How bout the poor Doctor who helped in the capture

of Bin Laden who is now in a Pakistani jail for the rest of his life because the WH just threw him to thewolves (sorry wolves) after they were finished with him?

Treason for all involved. WH, MSM, ETC. God knows who did what. He'll fix this mess.

OBAMAHATESVETS

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to obamahatesvets 1 Like F

Absolutely, every one of them should be tried and on conviction, executed for treason or

imprisoned for sedition.

DV1252

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to obamahatesvets 2 Likes F

I would not vote for Obama if he was the only one running. I'm saying that HE, Obama himself,

would not for Obama if he was the only one running. He is so full of himself it disgusts me. I

think he resents the fact that he allowed Jarrett to take over, but if it hadn't been her, it would

have been somebody, because Chicago got him in and Chicago is running the White House

and he is a wimp and even if he wanted, he can't get rid of them. He was elected president in

name only and since realizing that, I don't think he wants it anymore. It goes against his

narcissistic personality.

He is as ingrained in Marxism as any of them and as guilty of treason as any of them. I am an

American veteran and I despise everything about the lot of them. You have no idea.

Which brings up another point. I saw several vets at Obama's convention. What is that about?

How could any veteran support that man?

ALSO, Jarrett is the controller, the one who keeps him in line, the one who keeps this clinically

depressed, cocaine-head, pot smoking president from wandering off the farm. Anyone ever

ask what she carries in that little black bag? Yes, someone did. And poor Kam's dead now.

Anyone else want to ask? Thought not.

ACWOOD946

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to acwood946 1 Like F

I can't even get my head around this troll, Jarrett. NOTHING about this woman makes

any sense at all. Nothing about her position as de facto president makes any sense at

all. She put Van Jones on the federal payroll as "green jobs" czar, introducing him as

"someone we've had our eye on for a long time." Van Jones, the frickin' communist, a

self-declared communist. My God, HOW do they get away with this schItt?

DV1252

Among those choices, there should be no question which is worse: apathetic (and/or biased) journalists and

media.

In this same group consider also any self-serving Press that have been suborned by the very government

leaders and "the system" the Press have historically been tasked to over-see.

The Press and "mainstream" media are failing us.

There forever will be political leaders...corrupt, arrogant, and even malevolent that lead us away from personal

freedoms...away from the vision set down in the US Constitution by leaders: a collection of laws LIMITING the

government, that led to our nation being strong, successful, and a desirable political and economic destination

for people from virtually all cultures.

We need the constant oversight by untainted, unfettered, vigilant, aggressive, and courageous Press...that

serve the people regardless of election results.

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I wish the internet could fill the gap vacated by "mainstream" media, but even here our own leaders continue in

devising and implementing means to suppress speech and unbiased reportage. ISPs and website owners are

constantly "nudged" and in the wings are proposed regulations, legislation, and Executive Orders capable of

providing near instantaneous total government "emergency" control of internet access and content.

A

LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago 3 Likes F

When I glanced at the lead pic I thought it was clever to manipulate the photo to make O look like Pinnochio,

then I glanced back and realized its just at an awarkward angle and it was just a normal photo...I chuckled...

CONPUNK

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago F

We see stories like this quite often. Just ask yourself one question. IF these stories are true do you not think

that the superpacs on our side would be making this type of corruption a regular feature of the internet, the

radio and tv? Not a peep.

MICKEYJO


I like how the background picture is positioned to represent the President with a Pinocchio Nose. Master Card

moment!!!

GREENACRES66


It's funny that the photo of "the One" for this story makes him look like Pinochio.

STEVE_IN_FLA


"Its hard to know which is worse: the arrogance of the Obama administration in assuming that its White House

staffers can get away with anything, or the apathy of the media in not holding those staffers accountable."

No, what is worse is that about half of the American people are so stupid and self absorbed that they think

Obama is a great President. If the Republic returns this human fecal matter to office, I hope they get what they

deserve.

AZWARRIOR

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to azwarrior 3 Likes F

along with obama , all three should be tried for treason and executed the day after a new president is

sworn in.

EGM11

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to egm11 F

It won't happen that fast.

DV1252


I've done enough reading about the influence Jarret has in the white house to believe she has taken a man who

spent his life embracing anti-American retoric, surrounding himself with terrorists turned college profs, she

chose him because he's black and she played on his narsacism. She introduced him to Michele and together

they steered him into politics.

A family lends legitimacy to a president. He is highly intellegent, filled with hate for our way of life, and weilds

power in the same way as Marx, ruthlessly. Read Obama's America to see him unmasked.

LIN66


I'm sick of Obama. I'm weary of these Boy with His Mammy moments too. Can he follow his conscience or does

he need to have some unelected, radical hanger-on hold his hand!



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How come we can't see our activities besides the profile?

NEOCYTE

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to neocyte 2 Likes F

If you're talking about DISQUS, it's because the comment management system is just terrible. Random

censorship, limited access and little in the way of assistance. Very poor grade for a service on my

favorite website.


A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to did_he_just_say_that 2 Likes F

I have to agree with you, some of my comments were flagged for no reasons. Sometimes I'm

not sure if I should save my comments so I can re-post it. It's the times I forget to save is

when my comments get flagged. Go figure it!!!

NEOCYTE

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to neocyte F

Same here. Just get in the habit of typing Ctrl-A Ctrl-C before posting. This will select

the entire comment and save it to the clip board from which a rejected comment can

be pasted and modified (often with Character Map) to pass it through.

Often it's the perceived racial comments that are impossible to pass through DISQUS.



THE mos CORRUPT administration. Ever. Jarret is an Iranian and helped David-the-poof close the $100,000

deal with Iran. Obama, of course, is a militant islamist. Iran continues to threaten smerica and the western world

Are we getting he message?

MARTIFR

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to martifr 6 Likes F

I am 62 and never seen a Presdient so out of touch yet so popular. The "rock star" status is amazing to

watch as our economy burns to the ground. Look Over There...Squirrel One distraction after

another... Like Madona and her dog act.

RON MORNINGSTAR


Yes, It is President Pinocchio talking to GOLLUM ,

COOLMOSS


From a credible DHS Insider :The objective, or the agenda, is much bigger than I think anyone can

comprehend, stated my source. Its global in nature, and it involves other

governments, communist governments, he added. Its evil in its simplicity. Its

to destroy our country from within and take away our ability to fight whats

coming. Its to change our way of life, and hes got the people in place to do

it, at least for the most part. And forget about the Republicans versus theDemocrats, because nearly all of them are all playing for the same team. Both

sides have helped to get us to this point. Theyve allowed Communists to enter

every government institution inside the beltway, and just about everyone let it

happen, helped it happen or watched it happen.......

Fast and Furious is huge and leads right to the White House and State,

but according to my sources, wont be an issue because the politicians in charge

of the investigations have been compromised and threatened. Napolitano knows

everything about Fast and Furious and is working with Holder to impede the

investigations. Shes using her political clout. But damage control had taken

time and a toll, added my source."

http://www.canadafreepress.com...

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to truthandjustice 4 Likes F

The people of Germany allowed the same thing to happen to them. Throw Obama out!

RON MORNINGSTAR

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to Ron Morningstar 3 Likes F

Oblamer uses the Hitler Format, Infiltrate, take over, Nationalize auto, health, industry, then

FORCE by memo to the S.S. Meaning the D.H.S.S,

H.H.S.S., I.R.S.S, T.S.S.A., & S.S.E.I.U., and soon the S.ocial S.ecurity adm. ARMED with

HOLLOW POINTS , body armor and riot gear to CONTROL the

Masses, Obama is a TOAD and this is Mr. Toads wild ride,wait and see, we may end up in

FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FOR OUR VIEWS.

Nobama 2012

COOLMOSS


I love the photo.

It looks like Obama has a lying Pinocchio nose.

PAT_IN_NC


That's fitting, Obama's nose looks like it's reached Pinocchio length from the plaque on the painting next to it.

Jarrett is one scary person. We won't know the full extent of the dastardly deeds of Obama's White House gang

for many years down the road while we try to clean up the ruins of our nation.

QUARTO


This is one of the most important pieces of serious journalism of our day. An organized crime gang more

insidious than Capone, and more callous that Gambini has settled deeply into our White House. "We own this,"

Eastwood said two weeks ago. Really?

Will the American people continue to sell their country for a few free meals on a plastic card? Has Franklin's

worst fear come to pass? Have the voters t raded liberty for a piece of the treasury?

Or are you as awakened and angry as me? Are you convinced now that you will settle for nothing less than a

landslide victory over the tyranny of Obama and his gang?

VISIONOFFICER

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to visionofficer 1 Like F

All I can say is that I will be the first one to vote on Nov. 6, but if the Obum wins again, I'll also be one of

the first lined up and shot by Van Jones, the Che Guavara of this administration.

DV1252

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to visionofficer 4 Likes F

I'm awakened and angry but I can't underestimate the power of liberal lies and MSM's selective

reporting to get this gangsta White House four more years. Have you talked to a liberal lately? Good

grief they are horrifyingly like people under hypnosis programed to carry their lethal message among

the populace.

QUARTO

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to Quarto F

Right, and the mass psychosis of an entire group of people, indeed, of an entire nation of

people has happened before. That's the way it was in Nazi Germany, IMHO.

DV1252

I totally agree, and I've only come to that lately. Surely any American, not communist would report the actual

news! Thank God for Breitbart and the many others reporting the real news. And unfortunately - the

Republican's do nothing because they eitherly stupidly fear the MSM or the are commie's too. Either way, we

need to clean house and keep cleaning house!

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I love that Caddelll


That picture reminds me of a re-make of a movie-that Charlton Heston was-in, decades ago.

(search-up Valerie Jarrett.... she's neck-deep in end trails-from her *Roots, in communist rearings. *Read, The

Communist)

CLASPUR

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to claspur 2 Likes F

Birds of a feather.........need I say more??????

MUCKFEXICO2

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to muckfexico2 F

Liberals like that buhtt-headed Alan Colmes will always try to argue that you're using the guilt

by association technique. Watch a liberal's head explode when you tell him it's not guilt by

association. It's guilt by SELF-association. They know it's true. Just look at the Obama-

Jarrett-Van Jones connection. They ALL know who they are, but bone-headed liberals are

always the last to know. Colmes is such a tool, and he doesn't even know it.

DV1252

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to DV1252 F

EXCELLENT!

MUCKFEXICO2


I just read the article; Narcissism of Barack Obama, making the case for the Cult of personality Obama and the

democrats have created. It describes Obama's character of a "Dear Leader" of North Korea, China, and Cuba

instead of a President of The United States.

The person Valerie Jarret molded from her own self image has very little substance, and very unhealthy ego.

In contrast the RNC wasn't about Romney or Ryan. No massive posters or need to mention the candidates.

"He is a man in life who is singularly devoid of accomplishments. In fact, he is a man of mystery, whose life

history has been made a closely guarded secret, protected by the media who acts more like a palace guard

than journalists". by Welshtaff

MOJISTAN


It's not just cronyism, they are violating laws and the Constitution while the GOP snoozes away.

LIBERTY76

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to liberty76 1 Like F

It is really a shame that the liberals on the other side of the isle..... all live with blinders on ans live in

darkness!

MUCKFEXICO2

A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to liberty76 F

I wish the GOP could do something, but as long as Obama is POTUS, and REID has majority they

would be accused of wasting time. Fast and Furious will be in full swing when the next administration

arrives, so Holder will not be getting a pardon, and Reid will just have to watch.

MOJISTAN

I have always thought Obama's "I don't give a sh't" at titude was because he was just doing the bidding of

someone else.

I don't think Jarrett is the puppet master, I do think she is one of the cutouts though.

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A LIKE REPLY 3 weeks ago in reply to Maximus F

I don't agree because women tell Barry what to do and how to do it. They have his whole life. It's part of

his make-up since his mommy, the commie, controlled him until he was 10. Then she abandoned him

with her parents and Frank Marshall Davis who probably molested him. Is it any wonder so

many rumors about Obama's sexuality? He's down-low as they say in da hood. The two men who knew

for sure were both murdered in 2007. Both were members of that church for freaks in Chicago. By the

way, Charlie Crist, our former Governor who is now a Democrat, is gay. He married a woman from up

north to use as a beard. (His disguise). He and the Obum have a lot in common. Christ knows that we

all know now, so he's gone to the only party that will have him and other freaks, the demon Dems.

DV1252


Whoops!

JEFF BURNS


If ever a sp00k deserved proper comeuppance, it's Vladimir Jarrettski...

UNCL3


Treason's Reward...

FATHER_MORAY


The Audacity of Cronyism Jarrett,

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