Van Jones had to go. Period, paragraph. The whys and wherefores of September 11, 2001 are pretty straightforward, and “asleep at the switch” does not equal “knew date, time and details and still punted.” Basically, if you subscribe to any shade of 9/11-Truther-ism, your place in the political world is out on the curb passing out mimeographed flyers.
Yes, it’s one little slip. I don’t care. So is being caught in an alley getting a Jeff Smoker from a sophomore coed. Either way, you’re out.
Obviously I don’t care if he called Republicans assholes. Let’s face it, being an asshole is one of the core values of being a Republican in the age of Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh. Being an asshole is as important to being a GOPer as being a chickenshit is to being in the TV news business.