I am a Jindal Supporter. But the Independent should consider hiring me to write hit pieces on the Governor. At least they would have some logical flow. Lets examine this silly piece that was for some reason highlighted by the The Dead Pelican. The red comments are mine.
Who the heck does Bobby Jindal think he is? I’d like to know, because I have no idea who he is. The intellectual policy wonk working hard to clean up Louisiana politics — appearances be damned — or just an ambitious politician using his home state as a means to an end, namely the White House? (Is this not getting tiresome. It is apparent to everybody paying attention that Jindal is not running in 2012. But this keeps being parroted) His birth name is Piyush, (this is is really getting old. Booby like many immigrants in our families changed their name to be more understandable. Bobby like did this as a Kid and I doubt he had poltical motives in mind. But this silly attack is still done and it has a whiff of racism) but he calls himself Bobby. An Indian-American — an overwhelmingly Democrat-leaning demographic( I have no idea if Indian Americans are an OVERWHELMING democrat leaning demographic but so what if they are. Does Bobby need to engage in Group think)— Maybe the writer of this piece can give us the voting stats of Louisiana Indian Americans. I doubt he can)
Off and on he’s beginning to look like a one-termer. (WHAT? What is this based on. I must say for a supposed one term guy there is little talk on the ground of a serious Democrat out their raising money to run against Bobby. Something Walter "Braintrust" Pierce" does not note)
He certainly had “four years and done” written all over him a couple of weeks ago when four former governors — Kathleen Blanco, Mike Foster, Buddy Roemer and Dave Treen — descended on Baton Rouge to lobby for higher education. It was an intervention, these elders stepping in, and Jindal, squirming in the background, seemed sufficiently humbled (LOL yes and those Governors are partly responsible for the mess we got ourselves in Mr Politico you notice offers no suggestions where the money is to come from)
Even fellow members of the Grand Old Party in Louisiana have at times been so beside themselves with Jindal they’ve openly violated one of the Gipper’s central tenets: Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. They’re not just speaking ill, they’re tearing him the proverbial new one. ( What? Can he give some examples? Just one? Please just one?)
Yet many observers expected Jindal to get more roughed up than he has in this session,( I don't know where this guy has been bit the story has been how Jindal has handled the legislative session fairly well) considering the bad taste in many lawmakers’ mouths after the pay-raise veto last year, not to mention Jindal’s “do as I say, not as I do” stance on ethics reform. State lawmakers and appointed members of boards and commissions are now subject to some rigorous ethical standards. But the same do not apply to the governor. Bobby Jindal’s administration remains the most opaque, the most impervious to sunlight, in these glorious states united. Last year he vetoed on technical grounds a bill that would have tracked political appointees who were also campaign contributors. This year, with the same bill retooled and humming, he outright opposed it.
One suspects that when Timmy Teepell twisted the wind-up mechanism in Jindal’s back (This is a tad inside baseball with Teepell and shows the motivations of this writer are not being truly given) and he marched mechanically from behind the staircase in the governor’s mansion and into national embarrassment for his much-mocked response to President Obama’s speech to Congress early this spring (that is so old news. I mean we have had a legislative session and a ton of news and we are going into this sad)— blank-eyed, flat-toned and programmed with the flaccid axioms of Reaganism — PiyushCo (Notice here the whiffs of racism again and of course a non original spin on the BushCO thing. Good grief Independent hire me to write Anti Jindal pieces they will not be so embarrassing) saw a horizon sparkling with unimpeded ascent. That was then. But volcanoes, like public perception, must be monitored.
Somehow, some way, Louisiana has gone in 20 years from a $4 billion state budget to a $29 billion state budget,(So Jindal is responsible for 20 years of State Government. Hell can we blame him for the bad Choices that You ARE MY SUNSHINE GOV Jimmy Daivis made or Earl K Long for that matter) . with a population that has remained essentially flat and human-welfare ratings that have remained at the bottom nationwide. And Jindal, like Bush, inherited a surplus and will leave office — whether he’s a one-termer or wins a second term — with a state in dire straits. Like Bush, he has spent a lot of time away from the office. (WHAT LINKS PLEASE BOBBY GOES DOES A FUNDRAISER A FEW NIGHTS AND HE ACTS LIKE BOBBY IS AWOL) But it’s not to the bramble-clearing sanctuary of Crawford; it’s to out-of-state fundraisers and speaking engagements. (Oh Lord Help Us.)
Jindal insists his aspirations are parochial. But it just doesn’t square with his actions. (What are his actions. Have you noticed you have read all this verbiage and the writer of this piece has not engaged hardly any of Bobby's plans) Clearly the man has ambition, and who can begrudge him that? But if governance of Louisiana is merely a stepping stone, beware the slippery slope.
Save us from idiots
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