Obama adviser Podesta under fire for comparing GOP to 'Jonestown'

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

Long-time Clinton hand John Podesta is in trouble with Republicans just days after joining the Obama White House, after he described the House GOP as a "cult worthy of Jonestown."

 

The comment apparently was made this past fall, but was first reported Tuesday in Politico. Jonestown is the Guyana cult colony where, in 1978, a member of Congress was killed. Nearly 1,000 people died in what was described as a mass suicide days later.

 

The Jonestown remark pertained to Podesta's advice to the administration about using executive power.

 

"They need to focus on executive action given that they are facing a second term against a cult worthy of Jonestown in charge of one of the houses of Congress," Podesta was quoted as saying.

 

The former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton apologized shortly after the quote made the rounds on social media and drew outrage from Republicans.

 

"In an old interview, my snark got in front of my judgment. I apologize to Speaker Boehner, whom I have always respected," Podesta, now a counselor to the Obama White House, said on Twitter.

 

But the comment -- considering the severity of the comparison -- got Podesta off on the wrong foot with Republican leaders.

 

"It's disgraceful and telling that President Obama's new Counselor is not only comparing the Republican Party to a cult that murdered those who disagreed with them, but is also using that comparison as an argument in support of shredding the Constitution and governing like a third-world dictator," Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said in a statement.

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Podesta, a member of the Cult of Personality...

 

[Valin]

Well so much for the new tone of civility.

[clearvision]

Well so much for the new tone of civility.

Are we not coming up on year 6 of the new civility now?

[nickydog]

 

Well so much for the new tone of civility.

Are we not coming up on year 6 of the new civility now?

 

 

 

Yes, and openness, and hope, and change. Well, the change part they are fulfilling at least.

[Valin]

 

 

Well so much for the new tone of civility.

Are we not coming up on year 6 of the new civility now?

 

 

Yes, and openness, and hope, and change. Well, the change part they are fulfilling at least.

 

[Draggingtree]

[Casino67]

I wonder what kind of Obama jokes he used to tell when sitting around the War Room with the Clinton's?

[cudjo]

I wonder what kind of Obama jokes he used to tell when sitting around the War Room with the Clinton's?

With the way the Clintons don't like O, he should be scared Clintons people will sabatoge him, they could cause him a lot more trouble than he already has. Course I would enjoy watching that