Jindal Responds To Speech Criticism: "The President Is A Great Speaker... I'm Certainly Not Nearly As Good Of A Speaker As He Is" (VIDEO)

After almost a week of getting panned by everyone from conservative columnist David Brooks to Kenneth the Page, Governor Bobby Jindal returned to prime time for an interview with Larry King Monday night.

Jindal offered a slight mea culpa for the performance, but NOT for the substance of the speech that was called exaggerated, at best, in some parts. Talking Points Memo debunked much of Jindal's story about battling bureaucracy during Katrina. The Governor also got quite a bit of flack for singling out volcano monitoring as wasteful spending when his state is struggling to come back from the natural disaster he frequently mentioned in his Tuesday night rebuttal.

Watch the interview below, where Jindal repeats much of his speech but does admit in the beginning that "the President is a great speaker... I'm certainly not nearly as good of a speaker as he is. I'm not the only one that has got that opinion!"

WATCH IT:

Comments

[AngerAndDetermination]

Bobby wrote an article for the New Oxford Review, in which he claimed to cast out demons. I am not making this up:

http://www.kulo.org/NewOxfordReview.BobbyJindalsDemon/NewOxfordReview.BobbyJindalsDemon.html

[sunbeltvoter]

Palin/Piyush 2012.

The Caribayou Barbobby Ticket.

[ricland]

Did a lot better on Larry King, but I'm afraid the harm has already been done.

Also, he has the Stimulus backwards. The people of Louisiana need it now but rather than take the money he's returning it because it's not inline with the GOP ideology.

That's ideologue not a man of the people.

[cbates]

Let's be clear Jindal is not what he is trying or would like to be. He will never be successful and I am surprised that he is trying to recover from being thrown under the bus (that is respond to the President's historic speech). Jindal likes to talk and that fits well with L. Kings format. Jindal must understand that a large part of the country's population watched him and his style and it was a failure. Also, someone needs to let these folks know we are not as stupid as they would have us be as indicated by their refusal to answer direct questions. Bobby I will be surprised if you run for President or if you are re-elected Governor.

[eagleeye123]

Jindal comes off very well in his interviews and discussions. Just not a great speaker I guess... Frankly he sounded great on Larry King. What he said made a lot of sense. Can someone explain to me why mark to market accounting rules are not being implemented? It seems like this was the common sense thing to do from the start.

[cbates]

Because of the Bernie Madoff rule, which is if you have a lot of money stolen from people then we will try to save you from harm.

[Indie2008]

Did Jindal only realize that Obama is a great speaker after he gave his rebuttal?

[Glengray]

I can't get past that crooked smile he's got on his face. Almost like it was painted on - reminds me of Heath Ledger's joker...de­finitely a very creepy guy.

[Ddayv825]

The video of Jindal's stimulus response speech seemed oddly familiar.
It struck me that I was anticipating a voice " Hi, I'm Chris Hanson , please take a seat right here "
It was like a rerun of To Catch a Predator.

Just an impression

[Dukedraven]

The criticism is starting to make Jindal cranky. Instead of using that annoying "Opie from Louisiana" routine, he now appears like "Opie gone bad" with that scowl on his face.

[Common1]

Difference in philosophy is an understatement. Seems like Republicans have no problems building bridges and schools in other lands, but when it comes to their own people, it's time to be frugal. Stay stuck in that old Ronald Reagan mindset while the country and the world leaves you behind.

[Decipherer]

Right -- let's talk about the time when St. Ronald did business with Iran, after we "cut and ran" from Lebanon.

That's courage for you.

[rpr]

Why would it surprise anybody that someone who majored in biology but is a creationist has a problem with reality and truth?
Oh and Bobby, I think we need to cut the wasteful big government spending on hurricane research and monitoring.

[zanzig]

"I'm certainly not nearly as good of a speaker as he is."

No, the President seems to know grammar and syntax.

[Decipherer]

. . . and not sounding like a very annoying imitation of Mr. Rogers on a bad day.

[huffingt]

Rethugs made you a fool.

[genia]

The cries of ....Obama is a better speaker..i­s a deflection from the lies..inac­curacies in his speech....­.the speech was a joke..a nonsensical joke.
And....the repugs have our heads spinning about his delivery..­.that he sounded like Mr. Rogers.
Come on...nail him on the facts...so­mebody !!

[tamted]

His former supporters here in Louisiana are doing it now on a daily basis since his embarrassing appearance.

[Decipherer]

You mean Piyush is not as popular as the GOP would make him out to be? For shame!

[dphilip]

If Mr. JIndal were a democrat you couldn't criticize his tie without being called a racist.

[genia]

oh it's ..Mr....Ji­ndal is it? LOl...gezz you folks are easy...so easy

[tamted]

Okay, how about this, he is a bad governor. He takes cedit for things others have accomplished and lies about the things he really does not want you to look into.

[liberal54]

Whooo! Hit 'em where it hurts! Love your reply

[Decipherer]

His deceptions include trying to make folks believe he is something other than what he is. "Bobby"? Sorry, his real name is Piyush?

"Christian?" No, he is a creationist, meaning despite the evidence, he evidently believes that humans and dinosaurs coexisted. Nonsense.

The guy is a figment of his own imagination, meaning he is not what he claims to be.

Guess what, Louisianans? He's not a coonass if you spotted him the "c", the double "os", the "n" and the double "ss-s." Not much else to go after, Piyush.

Stay in Louisiana, keep you mouth shut, and serve your citizens.

[raaf]

Mr. Jindal? You mean Mr. Piyush!