Carl Pope of the Sierra Club expresses his profound surprise that Van Jones got fired, saying "we all blew it. "
But what does he mean, we? Those of us able to recall the 1990s are perfectly aware of what happens to black appointees of Democratic presidents once the right wing loonies start pissing and screeching.
There's been lots of blather about learning "the lessons of healthcare reform" from 1994. Terrific. But apparently nobody bothered about the lessons of Jocelyn frickin' Elders.
I swear, if by at least two weeks ago you didn't know Jones was gone, you're not much of a student of (1) "movement conservatism," (2) the Democratic Party, or (3) the American media.
Cass Sunstein, of course, is a bridge too far, and is safe, for reasons that I should hope are obvious, if disgusting.