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In reply to the discussion: Van Jones on Democratic Partys Future: The Clinton Days Are Over You Cant Run and Hide [View all]lapucelle
(18,258 posts)has been at the helm of the party for the past eight years, the "progressive" in the race was the only candidate who actually voted for the crime bill, and the current administration was the only entity lobbying for the latest trade deal.
It seems pretty delusional (and more than a bit agenda driven) to blame a man who has been out of office for the last five presidential cycles and the candidate who ran on the most liberal platform in decades, rather than those who have actually been running the party. Van Jones has long been embittered by the political fallout of his own career mistakes.
Given some of Van's earlier outrage concerning "the white polluters and white environmentalists (who) are essentially steering poison into the people-of-color communities," I'm surprised that he's never spoken out against the Sierra Blanca deal.