Like Allahpundit, I don’t believe them for a second. There just happens to have been a failure to fill out a questionnaire when having had knowledge of his past would reflect poorly on the Obama Administration? Did the plethora of administration officials with tax problems forget to fill out vetting forms, too?
In all likelihood, they knew damn well about his past with Trutherism, communism, and race-baiting. They just didnt’ see any significant problem with all of it. Documenting their full knowledge of his history would’ve been politically disastrous.
An administration official said special advisers to the president, or czars, are not required to fill out the questionnaire that runs 7 pages and contains 63 questions.
The entire questionnaire, the official said, is reserved for appointees who must win Senate confirmation…
Question 61 reads as follows: “Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used – even unfairly – to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?”…
An administration official said Jones never hid his controversial associations or remarks from the White House.
“It wouldn’t be fair to characterize him as being dishonest or hiding his comments or his positions,” the official said. “It’s just fair to say that he didn’t go through the most rigorous vetting process.”
This is the most technologically-advanced administration in history and they didn’t even Google the name of the person they were hiring for a high-ranking position? Uh huh.
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