Van Jones Admits He ‘Experimented’ With ‘World Views’ After The Blaze’s Will Cain Asks Him About Communism
- Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:30pm by
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Former Obama administration green jobs adviser Van Jones on Wednesday copped to experimenting with some far-left “world views” and “philosophies” when he was younger.
Jones made the admission during an appearance on CNN with The Blaze’s Will Cain, who had pressed him on how much his political ideology reflects President Barack Obama’s White House. Jones has been making the media rounds in recent days to promote his book, “Rebuild the Dream.”
“Your ideology…has been very open,” Cain said. “You‘ve said you’ve flirted with socialism, communism, various aspects. What I’m curious about is, when you were inside, you were part of this administration, how much does your ideology reflect the ideology of the administration?”
Jones, who has famously said he subscribed to radical ideas including communism, took umbrage with the characterization.
“The reason I wrote the book is because, you know, people like this [gesturing to Cain] have done such a great job of smearing me and lying about what my ideas are,” Jones said. “The reality is this: I, just like a lot of people, when I was younger — some people experiment with drugs and alcohol — I experimented with ideas, world views, philosophies … . I decided that I was going to do everything I could to change the system, to make sure that poor people didn’t get mistreated. I grew up, I learned, I changed.”
Jones continued, “My philosophy of using business-based solutions to fight both poverty and pollution, including creating green jobs, including putting people to work in green industries, is exactly what the president ran on. My mature views are the views of the administration.”
A clip of that exchange posted on Media Matters characterized Jones as “calling out the lies and smears” about his past. What Media Matters did not include was a second, much calmer continuation of the discussion.
“I was on the left side of Pluto when I was in my 20s, everybody knows that,” Jones said. “As I was going through the rest of my life, those ideas were not working. I was going to more funerals than graduations for kids at Oakland. And I said we’ve got to do something to get jobs in this community. And so we — the solar industry was taking off, so we said why don’t we get these young kids jobs putting up solar panels. And it opened up a whole way of my understanding of how it is you can use enterprise, green businesses, to fight pollution and poverty.”
Cain said he “appreciated” Jones’ “honesty of his own ideology.”
Watch the second segment below:
Jones hasn’t been shy about stirring up controversy lately while on his book tour. Frequent “Real News with The Blaze” commentator Jedediah Bila took issue with some of Jones’ comments over the weekend when he said libertarians “hate the people, the brown folk, the gays, the lesbians, the people with piercings, ya know ya’ll.”
“I don’t think he knows what [libertarian] means,” Bila said Wednesday during Fox News’ “Red Eye.” “I really don’t think he understands it. Libertarians are some of the most fierce defenders of gay rights, they’re always talking about issues like that.”
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Comments (173)
treas54
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:50pmAnd all of us white Snuffeluffagus’ out here TOO?
Report Post »Oh Darn, gotta go tell that white Yellow Big Bird.
TheObamanation
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:45pmDepending on which day it is … van changes his face … lovey dovey on CNN … then calling for violence in speeches on the road …
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:39pmanother of Soros’ puppets.
Report Post »123456beatriz
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 11:30amYou are right! + this guy is trying to be like Leon Trotsky the way he use glasses and sometimes his suits so…russian in his heart.
Report Post »Sue Dohnim
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:38pmJones claims the he “experimented with ideas, world views, philosophies“ and ”on the left side of Pluto”
So, he now claims experimented with “Communism‘ but didn’t avail. HAHAHAHAHA RIGHT…
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:34pmWhy not just shoot black adolescents on site, if they are wearing a hooded sweatshirt?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:20pmBAIKONUR We don’t have to…. The Blacks in this country are doing a great job. Do you have a TV?
Report Post »Joshua7
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:32pmWhat exactly is this guy’s idea of a free market? The government giving subsidies and special tax breaks to one group of companies (Solyndra, etc.) while punishing their competitors (Keystone, the drilling moratorium, etc.) is not free enterprise.
Report Post »zebra20zebra20
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:24pmI would suggest to all the ‘useful village idiots’ (a.k.a. Democratic Party) that they move to Russia to experiment with communism and report back to us in 30 years! I’ll send Validimar a note to tell him you are packing your bags and you want to work on a commune.
This is a ‘constitutional republic’ hence we have no need to experiment with fantasies. Please report back to us in 30 years as we will wait with baited breath for your report. Have a safe journey and please take Van Jones and Obama with you. If you need help with airfare drop me a line and I will help collect donations to see you off!!!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:32pmI’m tired of it. The people who support the establishment GOP are useful idiots too. Get it through your thick skulls that the Dems and Reps are on the same damn team. The only thing they come together on is screwing us out of god-given rights and stealing our wealth through the federal reserve/IRS.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:40pmGuess these guys missed when the Berlin Wall fell and the Communist system in the USSR fell BECAUSE it did not work ! Too bad they don’t teach modern World History in our Lefty schools anymore !
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:42pmYou are another one of those angry guys. Am sure you have a wealth of mature, functional solutions…
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:03pmJUSTANGRY The world is just to stupid to kneel at the alter of Paul. You are whipping a dead horse, move on………
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:13am@Patriotdave… People like me? You mean guys who actually fight your stupid ass wars?
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 4:53pm@ Just Angry, who posted: “I’m tired of it. The people who support the establishment GOP are useful idiots too. Get it through your thick skulls that the Dems and Reps are on the same damn team. The only thing they come together on is screwing us out of god-given rights and stealing our wealth through the federal reserve/IRS.”
I think you are missing the entire point. We don’t “support the establishment GOP” — many of them are little better than the Democrats. But they are the only other party out there with the power base to defeat the Democrats. You won’t do that with some fringe nut party that gets .05% of the vote. So, yes, we try to accomplish our own political objectives — which is to free ourselves of the odious POSER now occupying the White House before he finishes the job of destroying the country — as best we can from that power base. You can’t win without the moderate vote, and like it or not, the GOP has those–you sure don’t see them in the Democratic party, do you?
Geez–you talk about other people being “thick-skulled”, and then you make sweeping generalizations about a subject about which you apparently know very little.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 9:12pmOk, tell me what the GOP has done differently from the Dems? The only difference between Bush and Obama is the health care law. That’s it. So if I know very little show me the contrast. Educate me.
Report Post »LPTaylor
Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:49am@Justangry enlighten you? Excuse me, but dont you have the intelligence to find the difference between the liberals and the conservatives on your own?? Do you not read any news papers or watch any news on tv? How can someone be enlightened when they dont even care to pay attention to whats going on around them? I really cant even believe you would make a statement like that.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 6, 2012 at 11:27amBlow me *******. I know what’s going on, but afraid many people on here don’t.
Report Post »Polish4USA
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:23pmTo the white supremacists out there? Seriously? White supremacy hasn’t been a serious ideology since Woodrow Wilson. Why not damn confederate soldiers and hessians while we are at it?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:22pmExcuse me ? I am no white supremacist but you sound like you are coming super unhinged. Think you need to take some deep breathes and go for a walk…
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:22pm@progressiveslayer
Report Post »Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:14pm
‘If I‘m a little harsh you’ll have to excuse me I had to fire two more employees today’
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It must have been very difficult for you.
barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:16pmAnyone who has researched Jones history would know exactly where he stands and what he believes. Apparently his knight is upset because we know enough to research rather than to just believe what these dissemblers say !
Report Post »1947
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:27pmVan Jones is very close friends with Valerie Jarrett (Where’s she at today or what is she due at the present time) back in the Oakland days which could mean they knew about STROM, and the Marxist teachings of Jones and STROM.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:15pmHey, everybody.
Report Post »@progressiveslayer told me to commit suicide:
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:00pm
‘You can off yourself to biotch’
************
Such a lovely and civilized reply. Very Beck.
Vachagan
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:25pmHey, just curious…Why your nickname here is Baikonur? Are from Kazakhstan? Baikonur is located there and is the space station for Russia…
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:25pmYabut Baikonur, you are an insignificant troll
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:25pmHoney-child–I will never ‘off myself’ amd I will always stand up for human beings.
As a human being, I hope you turn around and find some joy and love in your life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic87SfqQAAM
Report Post »g123695
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:13pmThe chameleon has been spotted so he’s changing his color. We still see you, you slimey lizzard.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:19pmHe’s selling a book. Next he may call Palin a cun*t just to generate publicity.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:30pmAgree. Bet he runs a different tune at an Occupy event ! We’ve pretty aware of what the “ Change Gang ” is up to this election ! Fooled us once….
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 5:15pmOr give one of his “froth at the mouth” speeches, like the one where he challenged Glenn Beck to debate him. You notice when Glenn had challenged him to debate in defense of his views previously, there was no response from Mr. Jones. The LAST thing he wants is to actually debate anybody that does not worship at the Communist altar like he does — he was just trying to draw attaneion to himself, as always.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:07pmArrogance knows no bounds with this entire group. Each and all of them are so egotistical and self centered, they think the world spins around them. Man, how I want to be there to see their smug, condescending attitudes jerked into a big “`NOT’ with MY kids, you don’t!“ around their ”collective” scrawny necks.
All their words are lies… someday soon, they will pay the piper…
Which reminds me…. any of you guys read Calvin Miller’s The Singer, The Song, The Finale? Great trilogy. You will enjoy this work.
The piper doesn’t make the cut by the way. It’s GOOD NEWS for the faithful.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:16pm@kickagrandma
Report Post »Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:07pm
‘Arrogance knows no bounds with this entire group’
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I know, right? Stupid rednecks telling other Americans they don’t belong in the US.
barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:35pmKICK: maybe our knight can understand why some of us are tired of stupid Reds telling us that capitalism doesn’t belong in the US.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:07pmOnce again we see the face of evil and darkness for those who bother to look; this man hides nothing and is a admitted radical extremist bent on destroying the nation for his own agenda. Why will people not see and understand that? He is telling them his intentions and no one is listening?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:42pmBaikonur
Report Post »Get a life.
Country Publius
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 8:16pmYour answer is in a lyric from “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkle:
“…still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest…”
Liberal/Progressives are profound ideologues. They refuse to allow the facts to get in the way of their vision or agenda.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:05pmOnce againBeck is too scared to interview, or debate Mr. Jones, sends in his flunky instead. He’s such a little girl, no backbone at all.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:12pmI actually like Will Cain. Much more than GB lately.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:18pmI thought CNN fired Beck, why would they let him back in to interview Van Jones?
Would be fascinating if Van Jones met Beck in his domain and home court. Would he be willing to go on his show?
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 12:18amI am sure that O’Reilly would love to have that exchange on his show. At your Beck and Call in a Van. Glenn invited Jones to FOX when he was there, no takers. There is no way that Jones will go to GBTV. I have never seen or heard Hannity mention Glenn (that would be the best venue), so that leaves O’Reilly. If I had a choice; put Glenn and Van up with Hannity as the moderator. Nah, how about Megyn?
Report Post »123456beatriz
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 11:39amMany times Beck invited Van and Soros to his show and Van and Soros COWARDLY never accepted the invitation So Who are the cowards? moron.
Report Post »123456beatriz
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 11:58amMany times Beck invited Van and Soros to his tv show, and they COWARDLY never accepted the invitation. So Who are the COWARDS!? moron.
Report Post »WyomingPatriot
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 7:34pmoh puleeeze…It is most assuredly Van who lacks the guts to sit down with Glenn and have a legitimate debate. Jones would likely spontaneously combust just being in the presence of anyone who actually does their own homework and who has the cahones to speak the truth. Jones and Obama are cut from the same cloth. there is no truth in either of them. Their ideology is founded in lies, and confronted with truth their heads would spin around while they projectile vomited pea soup.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:03pmNazi white trash the lot of you.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:11pmYou sound even angrier than usual.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:14pmYou know everyone here?
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:18pm@justangry
Report Post »Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:14pm
You know everyone here?
************
Sadly, yes.
justangry
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:37pmThen you‘d realize there’s a group of people here (Ron Paul supporters) who are on the other side of the political spectrum from the Nazi’s. As a matter of fact, commies/socialist have more in common with the Nazis than Ron Paul supporters. You’re both in favor or big tyrannical governments.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 8:08pmgo away psycho
Report Post »LPTaylor
Posted on April 6, 2012 at 8:03amAre you going to make any kind of point soon?
Report Post »unknownsoldier
Posted on April 6, 2012 at 9:02amFunny how sick minds project their state of Conscience/guilt on other’s. “Let those with out sin cast the first stone” pretty much covers it. Our Constitution was built to protect us from Democratic mobs which the progressive’s encourage. Baikonur is doped up on utopia. Never going to see it as long as Man rules the planet.
Report Post »usefulidiots
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:03pmwhy does anyone care what this commie says?
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:11pmAre you referring to Van Jones, or Baikonur?
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:03pmWhy didn’t you try to help young people get jobs as brick mason laborers or dishwashers or whatever? Are those entry level positions beneath you?
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:00pmIn the interest of full disclosure, I think it would be decent of ‘The Blaze’ inform is what percentage of their posters are posting from prison/jail.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:02pma big fat ZERO
its YOUR type that occupy 6×8 cells for a living
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:10pmYou need a mind to be able to inquire about anything,you don’t qualify.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:15pm@BAIKONUR
This quote of yours leaves me to wonder how big your padded cell is?
Baikonur
Report Post »Posted on August 30, 2011 at 12:29pm
“Blazers, especially the female contingent, wake up and smell the roses–Nancy Pelosi is an accomplished, wonderful, intelligent woman. She was the highest ranking woman in politics ever. She is a sucessfull businesswoman and a champion of women’s rights. She is Italian-American, a mother of five children and a grandmother of eight.
Glenn Beck is a washed up ex-alcie shock jock who had a flash in the pan career on Fox, which is over.
Who would you prefer as a role model for your daughters and granddaughters?”
progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:18pmTHERIGHTSOFBILLY Baikonur is clearly delusional and a loser.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:34pmYes, Clearly !!!
Report Post »RIGHTHOOK
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:37pmJust curious about your numerous ‘off color’ remarks disguised as being non-racially motivated but rather agitated suggesting something may be tainted within the ‘profile’ of those that are legitimate followers of the Blaze. First of all you are a hypocrite for profiling and secondly ignorant to the fact IF these posts were coming from a high percentage of prison cells as you foolishly suggested they would be coming a population significantly disproportionate as to which race? Have you nothing better to do than spew vulgar ignorance?
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:45pmLol, Billy, honey, you think you are shaming me with that quote? I am 100% behind that quote.
I want my daughters, my daughter-in-law, and my future granddaughters to see Nancy Pelosi as a wonderful example of a great woman.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 8:49pmHey Baiky,
I know you are not shamed by it, you wrote it !!!
I didn’t post it to shame you. Liberals have no shame.
I posted it as evidence, so as to render all your other posts irrelevant.
How’s things in Western Europe these days?
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:59pmMaybe , Will Cain believes him , but I don’t .
Report Post »MN Nancy
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:54pmGreat job this morning Will! My only complaint it that you‘re going to drive up Soledad’s ratings.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:53pmOh, my goodness, he ‘exeprimented’ with ‘world views?’
Burn him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:20pmAnd only the likes of you would assume that he is telling the truth when he says that he left his evil ways in the past.
Don’t you pay attention when he speaks?
Yes, you do, but then you are a big fan of the European model, aren’t you?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 10:12pmWhy experiment? There are countries where can enjoy the real thing.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:52pm“experimented” (what this really means) === embraced .. anyone who doesn’t think Van Jones is a Marxist commie .. hasn’t been paying attention.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:51pmCome on eight ball do us real Americans a favor and put yourself out of our misery you communist heathen.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:54pmHow about you do us all a favor and check into rehab.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:58pm@progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:51pm
‘Come on eight ball do us real Americans a favor and put yourself out of our misery you communist heathen.’
*************
here is
1. Violent condemnation of anoter human being with an encouragement to suicide
2. Accusation of others who hold a different opinion as ‘heathen’ and ‘communist.’
Very Beck.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:00pmYou can off yourself to biotch
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:05pmHey candyass Jones is a communist and he‘s pushing communism here and it not’s going to happen so F OFF.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:07pm@progressiveslayer
Report Post »Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:00pm
‘You can off yourself to biotch’
************
Such a lovely and civilized reply.
progressiveslayer
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:14pmIf I‘m a little harsh you’ll have to excuse me I had to fire two more employees today,something about redistribution of wealth ie socialized medicine and endless government regulation that’s destroying my business and millions of others.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 7:32pmBAIK: is pulling an Alinsky # 4. We’re onto Rules for Radicals too !
Report Post »unknownsoldier
Posted on April 6, 2012 at 9:29amWell said in a nutshell where Baikonur lives.seems to be fixated on acts of violence, poor angry mistreated child.
Report Post »There was a bill passed that Nancy just had to pass without reading. Nancy is a NWO demon.