Know your candidates

[Wry Catcher]

Bobby Jindal has been mentioned as a possible GOP nominee for President. I noticed this article in today's NOLA paper:

Jindal administration should be open with the public: Editorial | NOLA.com

In part:

"As Louisiana officials were deciding how to handle $523 million in Medicaid cuts last summer, Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration seems to have gone out of its way to keep the public from finding out the state's strategy. The Associated Press reported Monday that top administration officials used their personal email accounts to develop a plan for dealing with the media. The private conversations discussed press releases, responses to news coverage and an opinion piece being written about the cuts."

 

[asaratis]

Bobby Jindal has been mentioned as a possible GOP nominee for President. I noticed this article in today's NOLA paper:

Jindal administration should be open with the public: Editorial | NOLA.com

In part:

"As Louisiana officials were deciding how to handle $523 million in Medicaid cuts last summer, Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration seems to have gone out of its way to keep the public from finding out the state's strategy. The Associated Press reported Monday that top administration officials used their personal email accounts to develop a plan for dealing with the media. The private conversations discussed press releases, responses to news coverage and an opinion piece being written about the cuts."

The advice to "know your candidates" applies to all parties. There are many Democrat voters that did not know what the hell they were voting for when Obama was the dream candidate.

All politicians, regardless of party affiliation....have the potential to be sleaze-bag, lying, two-faced sons of bitches!

Thank you for the post!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Jindal running on education reform, so Progs already have him in their crosshairs.

Where would the Democrat Party be without the ability to produce generation of drooling, illiterate, government dependent idiots? It they lose the inner city, they lose everything because that's where they manufacture the votes that win elections

 

[CrusaderFrank]

But Obama is the most transparent Administration Evah!!!

 

[g5000]

I've posted excerpts from this before: Bobby Jindal on the Issues

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[g5000]

Other potential 2016 candidates...

Andrew Cuomo on the issues:

Supports same-sex marriage and same rights of marriage.

Decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

One strike & you’re out drug policy for public housing.

Double the charter school cap.

Greater focus on environmental justice.

Environmental justice. Whatever that is...

End “government for sale” with public financing of campaigns.

NY has the second highest state and local tax burden in the nation.


Looks like he is just as owned by Wall Street as every other politician:

Cuomo proposed taxing multi-state companies only on how much business they do here. Cuomo suggested replacing the existing corporate franchise tax, which is based on a combination of sales, payroll & property holdings, with a “single sales factor” tax, under which sales would be counted once instead of twice as they are now. It would be phased in over four years and benefit manufacturers and securities firms first, eventually applying to all companies with holdings in New York and other states.
Source: Elizabeth Benjamine, Times Union (Albany) , Feb 15, 2002

Andrew Cuomo on Tax Reform

 

[g5000]

Rahm Emanuel on the Issues:

Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions.

Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime.
Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life.
Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research.

Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record.

Served on Freddie Mac board prior to 2005 economic meltdown.

Voted YES on regulating the subprime mortgage industry.

Voted NO on restricting bankruptcy rules.

Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.

Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration.

Good.

Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance.

Voted YES on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation.

Rated 39% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record.

Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program.

Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance.

Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges.

Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice.

Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes.

Usher in a Hybrid Economy in American cars.

Backing away from Kyoto was policy error & economic error.

Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances.

Rated 67% by CAF, indicating a mixed record on energy independence.

Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China.

Pushed through the NAFTA treaty.

Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees.

Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers.

Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations.

Advised delaying ObamaCare while busy avoiding depression.

Universal healthcare is not out of reach.

Universal civilian service for all young Americans.

Voted YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad.

Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant.

Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border.

Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project.

Comprehensive immigration reform without amnesty.

Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.

Voted YES on banning Internet gambling by credit card.

Create online database of science & math scholarships.

Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops.

Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers.

Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs.

Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting.

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