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The GOPs New Star: Jindal
- Thread starter Silence
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Dr. House slayer
- Jul 4, 2008
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He needs a lot of work.
rayboyusmc
Senior Member
Any substance? I missed this part. Or more just say no to Obama?
Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
So, after Obama's speech last night I stayed tuned to see the GOP response.
The first thing I noticed about the new guy, Jindal, is that he comes across as extremely insincere. He may be sincere about what he says, but he didn't come across that way. His corny smile and overly modulated tone of voice gave me the heebie jeebies.
The guy is educated, not white, and comes from poverty. Admirable traits in a politician, seemingly. Here's the full text of his speech.
Governor Bobby Jindal: "Americans Can Do Anything"
"Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.
Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American President stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the President completed a redemptive journey that took our nation from Independence Hall … to Gettysburg … to the lunch counter … and now, finally, the Oval Office.
Regardless of party, all Americans are moved by the President’s personal story - the son of an American mother and a Kenyan father, who grew up to become leader of the free world. Like the President’s father, my parents came to this country from a distant land. When they arrived in Baton Rouge, my mother was already 4 ½ months pregnant. I was what folks in the insurance industry now call a “pre-existing condition.” To find work, my dad picked up the yellow pages and started calling local businesses. Even after landing a job, he could still not afford to pay for my delivery - so he worked out an installment plan with the doctor. Fortunately for me, he never missed a payment.
As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country - and they instilled in me an immigrant’s wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: “Bobby, Americans can do anything.” I still believe that to this day. Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome.
As the President made clear this evening, we are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight have lost jobs. Others have seen your college and retirement savings dwindle. Many of you are worried about losing your health care and your homes. And you are looking to your elected leaders in Washington for solutions.
Republicans are ready to work with the new President to provide those solutions. Here in my state of Louisiana, we don’t care what party you belong to if you have good ideas to make life better for our people. We need more of that attitude from both Democrats and Republicans in our nation’s capital. All of us want our economy to recover and our nation to prosper. So where we agree, Republicans must be the President’s strongest partners. And where we disagree, Republicans have a responsibility to be candid and offer better ideas for a path forward.
Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us.
Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts.
Let me tell you a story.
During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office I’d never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: “Well, I’m the Sheriff and if you don’t like it you can come and arrest me!” I asked him: “Sheriff, what’s got you so mad?” He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The boats were all lined up ready to go - when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn’t go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, “Sheriff, that’s ridiculous.” And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: “Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!” Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and start rescuing people.
There is a lesson in this experience: The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and enterprising spirit of our citizens. We are grateful for the support we have received from across the nation for the ongoing recovery efforts. This spirit got Louisiana through the hurricanes - and this spirit will get our nation through the storms we face today.
To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you - the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything.
That is why Republicans put forward plans to create jobs by lowering income tax rates for working families … cutting taxes for small businesses … strengthening incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment and hire new workers … and stabilizing home values by creating a new tax credit for home-buyers. These plans would cost less and create more jobs.
But Democratic leaders in Congress rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history - with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a “magnetic levitation” line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called “volcano monitoring.” Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC.
Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line, and saddle future generations with debt. Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need? That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did. It’s irresponsible. And it’s no way to strengthen our economy, create jobs, or build a prosperous future for our children.
In Louisiana, we took a different approach. Since I became governor, we cut more than 250 earmarks from our state budget. And to create jobs for our citizens, we cut taxes six times - including the largest income tax cut in the history of our state. We passed those tax cuts with bipartisan majorities. Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences, and worked together to make sure our people could keep more of what they earn. If it can be done in Baton Rouge, surely it can be done in Washington, DC.
To strengthen our economy, we need urgent action to keep energy prices down. All of us remember what it felt like to pay $4 at the pump - and unless we act now, those prices will return. To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation … increase energy efficiency … increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels … increase our use of nuclear power - and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home. We believe that Americans can do anything - and if we unleash the innovative spirit of our citizens, we can achieve energy independence.
To strengthen our economy, we also need to address the crisis in health care. Republicans believe in a simple principle: No American should have to worry about losing their health coverage - period. We stand for universal access to affordable health care coverage. We oppose universal government-run health care. Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients - not by government bureaucrats. We believe Americans can do anything - and if we put aside partisan politics and work together, we can make our system of private medicine affordable and accessible for every one of our citizens.
To strengthen our economy, we also need to make sure every child in America gets the best possible education. After Katrina, we reinvented the New Orleans school system - opening dozens of new charter schools, and creating a new scholarship program that is giving parents the chance to send their children to private or parochial schools of their choice. We believe that, with the proper education, the children of America can do anything. And it should not take a devastating storm to bring this kind of innovation to education in our country.
To strengthen our economy, we must promote confidence in America by ensuring ours is the most ethical and transparent system in the world. In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana is under water - and the other half is under indictment. No one says that anymore. Last year, we passed some of the strongest ethics laws in the nation - and today, Louisiana has turned her back on the corruption of the past. We need to bring transparency to Washington, DC - so we can rid our Capitol of corruption … and ensure we never see the passage of another trillion dollar spending bill that Congress has not even read and the American people haven't even seen.
As we take these steps, we must remember for all our troubles at home, dangerous enemies still seek our destruction. Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops. America’s fighting men and women can do anything. And if we give them the resources they need, they will stay on the offensive … defeat our enemies … and protect us from harm.
In all these areas, Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope - but sometimes it seems we look for hope in different places. Democratic leaders in Washington place their hope in the federal government. We place our hope in you - the American people. In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the National Democrats' view that says -- the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, and empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs.
In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear - because our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust - and rightly so.
Tonight, on behalf of our leaders in Congress and my fellow Republican governors, I say: Our party is determined to regain your trust. We will do so by standing up for the principles that we share … the principles you elected us to fight for … the principles that built this into the greatest, most prosperous country on earth.
A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said “we may not be able to reverse.” Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don’t let anyone tell you that we cannot recover - or that America’s best days are behind her. This is the nation that cast off the scourge of slavery … overcame the Great Depression … prevailed in two World Wars … won the struggle for civil rights … defeated the Soviet menace … and responded with determined courage to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The American spirit has triumphed over almost every form of adversity known to man - and the American spirit will triumph again.
We can have confidence in our future - because, amid today’s challenges, we also count many blessings: We have the most innovative citizens …the most abundant resources … the most resilient economy … the most powerful military … and the freest political system in the history of the world. My fellow citizens, never forget: We are Americans. And like my dad said years ago, Americans can do anything.
Thank you for listening. God bless you. And God bless America."
I don't know about this guy. I don't like his partisan propaganzing. He believes that Democrats push dependence on the Government, when really liberals only want more governmental CONTROL (because of rule by the people and our potential to make reform) and more regulation of business since businesses whose priority one is the bottom line can not be trusted to look out for the best interests of the public. Look at where we are today. And I understand that deregulation began with Carter, but he started it and Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush Jr. continued it (yes, with the best of interests: to help Americans realize the dream of owning a home). But it backfired. Mainly because of over spending by Republican administrations over the last 29 years. Deregulation and over-spending didn't work.
Cutting taxes works. Obama proposes cutting taxes, just not for the wealthy or for corporations who ship jobs overseas. Why don't Republicans agree with that? It isn't socialism, its cutting taxes on the middle class who have been most effected by the recession.
The reason Obama is spending so much is to jump start the economy. Not breed dependence on the government. Didn't Bush hand out, with no strings attached, $700 billion? Why wasn't the GOP up in arms about that? The new stimulus plan actually puts Americans to work building roads and bridges, monitoring volcanoes to increase our knowledge about earthquakes, building cars for the government, teaching, etc. etc. And getting people to school and out of debt for medical costs. What doesn't the GOP agree with there? No one is simply getting a new strings attached hand out, the way Bush did it.
Obviously, Jindal is trying to lead the GOP back to its principles of fiscal conservatism, and admits to the failures of the GOP in this regard for the last decades. But he's taking the same well-worn path of helping the wealthy and not the whole of America, and breeding the concern of the individual over the collective civilization. That way hasn't worked. When we care about the whole, all of us will, in the end, benefit.
That's my opinion. What do you think?
The first thing I noticed about the new guy, Jindal, is that he comes across as extremely insincere. He may be sincere about what he says, but he didn't come across that way. His corny smile and overly modulated tone of voice gave me the heebie jeebies.
The guy is educated, not white, and comes from poverty. Admirable traits in a politician, seemingly. Here's the full text of his speech.
Governor Bobby Jindal: "Americans Can Do Anything"
"Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.
Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American President stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the President completed a redemptive journey that took our nation from Independence Hall … to Gettysburg … to the lunch counter … and now, finally, the Oval Office.
Regardless of party, all Americans are moved by the President’s personal story - the son of an American mother and a Kenyan father, who grew up to become leader of the free world. Like the President’s father, my parents came to this country from a distant land. When they arrived in Baton Rouge, my mother was already 4 ½ months pregnant. I was what folks in the insurance industry now call a “pre-existing condition.” To find work, my dad picked up the yellow pages and started calling local businesses. Even after landing a job, he could still not afford to pay for my delivery - so he worked out an installment plan with the doctor. Fortunately for me, he never missed a payment.
As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country - and they instilled in me an immigrant’s wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: “Bobby, Americans can do anything.” I still believe that to this day. Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome.
As the President made clear this evening, we are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight have lost jobs. Others have seen your college and retirement savings dwindle. Many of you are worried about losing your health care and your homes. And you are looking to your elected leaders in Washington for solutions.
Republicans are ready to work with the new President to provide those solutions. Here in my state of Louisiana, we don’t care what party you belong to if you have good ideas to make life better for our people. We need more of that attitude from both Democrats and Republicans in our nation’s capital. All of us want our economy to recover and our nation to prosper. So where we agree, Republicans must be the President’s strongest partners. And where we disagree, Republicans have a responsibility to be candid and offer better ideas for a path forward.
Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us.
Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts.
Let me tell you a story.
During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office I’d never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: “Well, I’m the Sheriff and if you don’t like it you can come and arrest me!” I asked him: “Sheriff, what’s got you so mad?” He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The boats were all lined up ready to go - when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn’t go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, “Sheriff, that’s ridiculous.” And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: “Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!” Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and start rescuing people.
There is a lesson in this experience: The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and enterprising spirit of our citizens. We are grateful for the support we have received from across the nation for the ongoing recovery efforts. This spirit got Louisiana through the hurricanes - and this spirit will get our nation through the storms we face today.
To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you - the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything.
That is why Republicans put forward plans to create jobs by lowering income tax rates for working families … cutting taxes for small businesses … strengthening incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment and hire new workers … and stabilizing home values by creating a new tax credit for home-buyers. These plans would cost less and create more jobs.
But Democratic leaders in Congress rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history - with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a “magnetic levitation” line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called “volcano monitoring.” Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC.
Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line, and saddle future generations with debt. Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need? That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did. It’s irresponsible. And it’s no way to strengthen our economy, create jobs, or build a prosperous future for our children.
In Louisiana, we took a different approach. Since I became governor, we cut more than 250 earmarks from our state budget. And to create jobs for our citizens, we cut taxes six times - including the largest income tax cut in the history of our state. We passed those tax cuts with bipartisan majorities. Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences, and worked together to make sure our people could keep more of what they earn. If it can be done in Baton Rouge, surely it can be done in Washington, DC.
To strengthen our economy, we need urgent action to keep energy prices down. All of us remember what it felt like to pay $4 at the pump - and unless we act now, those prices will return. To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation … increase energy efficiency … increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels … increase our use of nuclear power - and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home. We believe that Americans can do anything - and if we unleash the innovative spirit of our citizens, we can achieve energy independence.
To strengthen our economy, we also need to address the crisis in health care. Republicans believe in a simple principle: No American should have to worry about losing their health coverage - period. We stand for universal access to affordable health care coverage. We oppose universal government-run health care. Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients - not by government bureaucrats. We believe Americans can do anything - and if we put aside partisan politics and work together, we can make our system of private medicine affordable and accessible for every one of our citizens.
To strengthen our economy, we also need to make sure every child in America gets the best possible education. After Katrina, we reinvented the New Orleans school system - opening dozens of new charter schools, and creating a new scholarship program that is giving parents the chance to send their children to private or parochial schools of their choice. We believe that, with the proper education, the children of America can do anything. And it should not take a devastating storm to bring this kind of innovation to education in our country.
To strengthen our economy, we must promote confidence in America by ensuring ours is the most ethical and transparent system in the world. In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana is under water - and the other half is under indictment. No one says that anymore. Last year, we passed some of the strongest ethics laws in the nation - and today, Louisiana has turned her back on the corruption of the past. We need to bring transparency to Washington, DC - so we can rid our Capitol of corruption … and ensure we never see the passage of another trillion dollar spending bill that Congress has not even read and the American people haven't even seen.
As we take these steps, we must remember for all our troubles at home, dangerous enemies still seek our destruction. Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops. America’s fighting men and women can do anything. And if we give them the resources they need, they will stay on the offensive … defeat our enemies … and protect us from harm.
In all these areas, Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope - but sometimes it seems we look for hope in different places. Democratic leaders in Washington place their hope in the federal government. We place our hope in you - the American people. In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the National Democrats' view that says -- the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, and empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs.
In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear - because our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust - and rightly so.
Tonight, on behalf of our leaders in Congress and my fellow Republican governors, I say: Our party is determined to regain your trust. We will do so by standing up for the principles that we share … the principles you elected us to fight for … the principles that built this into the greatest, most prosperous country on earth.
A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said “we may not be able to reverse.” Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don’t let anyone tell you that we cannot recover - or that America’s best days are behind her. This is the nation that cast off the scourge of slavery … overcame the Great Depression … prevailed in two World Wars … won the struggle for civil rights … defeated the Soviet menace … and responded with determined courage to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The American spirit has triumphed over almost every form of adversity known to man - and the American spirit will triumph again.
We can have confidence in our future - because, amid today’s challenges, we also count many blessings: We have the most innovative citizens …the most abundant resources … the most resilient economy … the most powerful military … and the freest political system in the history of the world. My fellow citizens, never forget: We are Americans. And like my dad said years ago, Americans can do anything.
Thank you for listening. God bless you. And God bless America."
I don't know about this guy. I don't like his partisan propaganzing. He believes that Democrats push dependence on the Government, when really liberals only want more governmental CONTROL (because of rule by the people and our potential to make reform) and more regulation of business since businesses whose priority one is the bottom line can not be trusted to look out for the best interests of the public. Look at where we are today. And I understand that deregulation began with Carter, but he started it and Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush Jr. continued it (yes, with the best of interests: to help Americans realize the dream of owning a home). But it backfired. Mainly because of over spending by Republican administrations over the last 29 years. Deregulation and over-spending didn't work.
Cutting taxes works. Obama proposes cutting taxes, just not for the wealthy or for corporations who ship jobs overseas. Why don't Republicans agree with that? It isn't socialism, its cutting taxes on the middle class who have been most effected by the recession.
The reason Obama is spending so much is to jump start the economy. Not breed dependence on the government. Didn't Bush hand out, with no strings attached, $700 billion? Why wasn't the GOP up in arms about that? The new stimulus plan actually puts Americans to work building roads and bridges, monitoring volcanoes to increase our knowledge about earthquakes, building cars for the government, teaching, etc. etc. And getting people to school and out of debt for medical costs. What doesn't the GOP agree with there? No one is simply getting a new strings attached hand out, the way Bush did it.
Obviously, Jindal is trying to lead the GOP back to its principles of fiscal conservatism, and admits to the failures of the GOP in this regard for the last decades. But he's taking the same well-worn path of helping the wealthy and not the whole of America, and breeding the concern of the individual over the collective civilization. That way hasn't worked. When we care about the whole, all of us will, in the end, benefit.
That's my opinion. What do you think?
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Ravi
Diamond Member
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Ravi
Diamond Member
I also have to wonder what the people of LA are going to think of him. They needed billions in federal help after Katrina and they are still hurting. And here's Mr. Bobby's Neighborhood thumbing his nose at the Federal government.
I also have to wonder what the people of LA are going to think of him. They needed billions in federal help after Katrina and they are still hurting. And here's Mr. Bobby's Neighborhood thumbing his nose at the Federal government.
What kind of money do you think Bobbi is using to fix up his state? He's probably using Federal Katrina money!!!! So he doens't need anymore Federal Aid. His state already got enough.
And his state is losing 400 jobs a day.
Plus he can't talk. PLUS, he's from India. Are Republicans even outsourcing this now?
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from India' (his parents are from India, minor detail) the opposing equally stupid response would be Obama is bad cause he's from Kenya. and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
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Ravi
Diamond Member
Sorry, dude, I've been in these situations and his story sounds false.I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from Inda' and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Sorry, dude, I've been in these situations and his story sounds false.I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from Inda' and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Oh I would love to here this. I what basis at all is there, with ZERO counter evidence whatsoever, to assume he's lieing? Is this really the point you want to use to counter the other side? That because he's republican, or being a politician or whatever, he's lieing? You would of course believed Obama had he told a similar story, don't deny it.
Andrew2382
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I also have to wonder what the people of LA are going to think of him. They needed billions in federal help after Katrina and they are still hurting. And here's Mr. Bobby's Neighborhood thumbing his nose at the Federal government.
He is taking stimulus money being offered from the government...however he rejected 98million of that would have went to unemployment insurance
Now al the libs will goo OOO NOEZ WHAT A DOUCHEBAG
He did it because it would have forced the state to change its laws and after the money was depleted in 3 years taxes on businesses would have went up over 20%....thats why he rejected the money
Ravi
Diamond Member
It sounds false because the "bureaucrats" probably wouldn't have been able to stop someone from launching their boats to rescue someone. And I doubt the "bureaucrats" even had a way to communicate with these people with the boats. Things weren't exactly under control at the time.Sorry, dude, I've been in these situations and his story sounds false.Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from Inda' and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Oh I would love to here this. I what basis at all is there, with ZERO counter evidence whatsoever, to assume he's lieing? Is this really the point you want to use to counter the other side? That because he's republican, or being a politician or whatever, he's lieing? You would of course believed Obama had he told a similar story, don't deny it.
Also, Jindal never mentioned this in his WSJ piece:
Cross Country - WSJ.com
I think he is full of shit, personally. Not that it matters what I think, the guy shot himself in the foot with his baby talk speech.
Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from India' (his parents are from India, minor detail) the opposing equally stupid response would be Obama is bad cause he's from Kenya. and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Hey. Don't lump me in with the comments made by someone else. If you think my comments don't amount to much intellectual merit, then counter my comments to prove your point. I don't know if Jindal was lying or not, but I made no mention that he lied. I just said he came across as really insincere. I don't care where he or his parents are from.
By attacking the easily-criticized comments of one ignorant-seeming liberal, instead of countering valid liberal statements with legitimate remarks of your own, you demonstrate that you may be a victim of political propaganda instead of displaying a genuine opinion of your own.
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from India' (his parents are from India, minor detail) the opposing equally stupid response would be Obama is bad cause he's from Kenya. and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Based on past GOP performance, Bobbi is lying.
Bobbi is saying we should do the exact same thing we did the last 8 years, only don't spend any money, which the GOP forgot to do when they were in charge.
It all comes down to what we are spending the money on.
Bobbi and the GOP will never agree on spending money on the poor/middle class, just like we will never agree that the USA should spent more than every other country combined on Defense.
Perfect example is the Ted Stevens Bridge to Knowwhere. That would only benefit a small number of rich people. Ted being one of those people. That you republicans approve of. But when it's spending that will benefit millions of Americans, you disagree. You don't think tax dollars should go towards that stuff.
Maybe you are right too. But who's listening to a bunch of people who insist on being intellectually dishonest with us?
DavidS
Anti-Tea Party Member
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from India' (his parents are from India, minor detail) the opposing equally stupid response would be Obama is bad cause he's from Kenya. and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Actually, no one said don't listen to him because he's from India and you didn't respond to Jindal's usage of federal aid from Katrina.
I also have to wonder what the people of LA are going to think of him. They needed billions in federal help after Katrina and they are still hurting. And here's Mr. Bobby's Neighborhood thumbing his nose at the Federal government.
He is taking stimulus money being offered from the government...however he rejected 98million of that would have went to unemployment insurance
Now al the libs will goo OOO NOEZ WHAT A DOUCHEBAG
He did it because it would have forced the state to change its laws and after the money was depleted in 3 years taxes on businesses would have went up over 20%....thats why he rejected the money
I don't know why my federal tax dollars went towards fixing Bobbi's levy's. If the free market can't fix the levy's, maybe there shouldn't be any levy's.
Or, let the people of LA pay for their own god damn levy's.
I'd love to know if his Katrina story is true, it sounds made up to me.
Of course the comments of the lefties here don't amount to much intellectual merit. We basically got don't listen to him 'because he's from India' (his parents are from India, minor detail) the opposing equally stupid response would be Obama is bad cause he's from Kenya. and "I think he's lieing (though i have no evidence to prove it)"
Actually, no one said don't listen to him because he's from India and you didn't respond to Jindal's usage of federal aid from Katrina.
Answer him Bern!
Xenophon
Gone and forgotten
Honestly, I wasn't impressed with his delivery.
It seemed...'off' somehow.
It seemed...'off' somehow.
Epsilon Delta
Jedi Master
Republicans are kidding themselves if they think Jindal's got any future outside Luisiana.
Xenophon
Gone and forgotten
If that is the way he always is, I think you could be right.
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