Van Jones: Obama Opponents ‘Hate Everybody In America’

by Ben Shapiro, Big Government

Disgraced former Obama “green jobs czar” Van Jones made an appearance in Hawaii last night in which he ripped on the “American fantasy” and called for socialistic approaches to wealth redistribution, while castigating Obama opponents as America-haters. In his keynote address, he stated that the American dream was under threat:

Not the American dream they talk about on TV. There are two American dreams. One of them I call the ‘American fantasy.’ You know that one? Everyone is going to be rich. Everybody. And we're all going to be able to ride out to the great white suburbs, get a McMansion, get flat-screened TV to cover up the holes in our lives. That is the American fantasy, which is turning out to be the American nightmare. It is dying out on its own accord - it deserves no defense and it will get no defense. I am glad that is going away. That was not serving anybody.

Jones then ranted about the “dream killers in America.” He said, mirroring the language of President Obama, that the real American dream was that “you can work hard, play by the rules and get somewhere.” That dream, he said, was going by the wayside.

He then turned to his time in the White House:

I was there for 6 months. Best 6 months of my life, followed by the worst two weeks. ... What I saw there is why I am here today. I saw some of the most beautiful people, some of the most well intentioned people, some of the smartest people ever to serve in our government, be stopped in their tracks, stopped in their tracks, by people who mean us no good. People who claim to be patriots but seem to hate everybody in America.

He continued by asking what happened to the hope that elected Obama president:

What happened to all that hope? What happened to all that beauty? What happened to all that spirit? Did the people leave the planet? Was there a rocket ship I missed? Did people join that other party with the warm beverage -- what is it -- the coffee party? No we're still here. We're still here. And we still have each other. We still have each other. No one can take that from us.

The speech was attended by close Obama ally Gov. Neil Abercrombie, among other prominent liberals.

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