Calling Sarah Palin
"Oh God," muttered Chris Matthews, before Gov. Jindal had begun. If you're going to enter like a wannabe president the least you can do is have a clue what has come before you show up.
Michael Gerson should be hiding after tonight: Some have compared Jindal to Obama, but the new president has always been more attracted to platitudes than to policy. Rush Limbaugh has anointed Jindal "the next Ronald Reagan."
Happy Mardi Gras is how Gov. Jindal started. It got worse from there. Fox's Charles Krauthammer stated it simply: "Jindal didn't have a chance."
Following President Obama's incredible oratory, personal touches and serious content, Jindal's high school bio-driven blather, complete with a Katrina gaffe that included mentioning the sheriff that stood on the bridge with dogs and guns to keep people from crossing, you had to wonder if Republicans had ever heard the man speak before. Maybe they simply picked him because Michael Steele is the only other guy of color they've got and he was busy.
David Brooks drives in the final nail:
LEHRER: Now that, of course, was Gov. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, making the Republican response. David, how well do you think he did?
BROOKS: Uh, not so well. You know, I think Bobby Jindal is a very promising politician, and I oppose the stimulus because I thought it was poorly drafted. But to come up at this moment in history with a stale "government is the problem," "we can't trust the federal government" -- it's just a disaster for the Republican Party. The country is in a panic right now. They may not like the way the Democrats have passed the stimulus bill, but that idea that we're just gonna -- that government is going to have no role, the federal government has no role in this, that -- In a moment when only the federal government is actually big enough to do stuff, to just ignore all that and just say "government is the problem, corruption, earmarks, wasteful spending," it's just a form of nihilism. It's just not where the country is, it's not where the future of the country is. There's an intra-Republican debate. Some people say the Republican Party lost its way because they got too moderate. Some people say they got too weird or too conservative. He thinks they got too moderate, and so he's making that case. I think it's insane, and I just think it's a disaster for the party. I just think it's unfortunate right now.
Republicans might have to rethink this Jindal thing.
Calling Sarah Palin? Yep, all Palin has to do is stay out of sight and study. They'll end up begging her to come back, with Rush and Sean Hannity leading the cheers. She can't answer the simplest questions but at least she can deliver a speech.
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Geez, guys, I love your one-sided satire. ok, so Bobby Jindal may NOT get elected Homecoming King. You've already got O for that. But -- isn't it ironic that a Harvard Law graduate didn't have a clue that America did NOT invent the automobile! And what's this with the definition of bipartisanship -- I knew I'd get you to come over to my side if I invited you up to the White House for lemonade & cookies?
P L E A S E!! And let's not forget that Rhodes Scholar of yours up on screen, shaking his finger at the American Public and admonishing us "I DID NOT!!"
Get a life.
It appears to some, that this man just doesn't want the title of the "great brown hope". He doesn't have a chance. You girls vote in the handsome hairy ones, and Republicans had a solid enough percentage of Monica-hating Christians to weigh down the scale enough to tip Tennessee. This new guy got in on the skirt shreds of Katrina.
Oh well, W (that son of a Bill) laughs again as he walks away from a crash landing. I hope the current administration understands the task ahead of it. Saving the USA from a USSR-style caldera is the task at hand. Taiwan is watching closely.
Republicans need to dissolve and form a new party, maybe two. Their credibility is in the ash bin of history.
That whole thing was a really bad campaign speech. That beginning where he compared himself to Obama. Ouch......
Then, the rambling about what he has done in Louisiana and speaking like he was reading to preschool children.
This is a nation in crisis and he talks about himself and stale of ideas? Not exactly a visionary, is he?
Palin says, Well there you go again, Bobby. Lookin' backwards again. I'm lookin' forward...
Sarah Palin? You must be kidding!
At least Bobby Jindal is a Rhodes scholar. He has brain.
What do Palin have? It took her four universities to barely manage to graduate! She has the mind of a criminal where she manipulates her power to promote her self interest, the latest being using state fund for travel cost of her children!
What's more, with Palin you won't have a United States but a Divided States -- one half American State and the other half UnAmerican State!
She will not be a builder of unity but a builder of a bridge for nowhere!
Sarah Palin. Still anyone for the taking? Going once, Going twice, Going.....
It is a pity the GOP is running out of options. May be their last big hope is Joe the Plumber!
Yes, a rhodes scholar that apparently doesn't believe in science, or cares to have it taught in science class, and who has faith in the healing powers of exorcism.
How distinguis
Anybody remember the Original Star Trek episode where Captain Kirk and his away team are hijacked to Triskilian? They're trained to fight for the amusement of Providers, brains in bell jars that bear a resemblance to Karl Rove. Providers have money, Providers hold power. Providers buy gladiators and bet heavily on them . Fights take place in an arena where you can't step outside a funky little boundary that looks like a three fold yin yang. I forget the penalty for "outsies", but I think it's pretty painful or death inducing. Worse, Captain and crew wear an electronic choke chain. Say anything unorthodox, Providers activate the squeeze. After a lot of fancy footwork, somebody remains standing and Quatloos (money) change hands.
This is a darn near perfect analogy to the GOP presidential primary process. During the 2008 games, Rudy and Mitt got zapped for straying outside the lines or thinking impure thoughts, while McCain developed nervous ticks from learning to stay in bounds so well. In the end he was defeated by Obama, who hadn't trained to stay inside confining little boundaries.
Anyhow, GOP the games are starting up early this cycle, to get a jump on defeat in 2012. We've seen the prelims. Palin's been roughed up, and Jindal looked ridiculous. It's early plenty of time to try out different political life forms and see who remains standing.
"400 Quatloos on Jindal"...
"50 Quatloos Palin gets subpoenaed next week"
"600 Quatloos Palin remains un-trainab
one of the wierdest posts I've ever read
I'm with mlaiuppa. I think they pick these people that are expendable. You know, if they are shamed, no biggie, there are enough Republicans to shame to the shadows. I can't predict the future, but I hope that by 2012, the country is doing so much better by then that no one could compete with Obama. And I can be ever more hopeful that by 2016 that the Dems will find someone to groom for Obama's place. We just have to make sure that in 2010, the republican numbers drop in both houses for the overwhelming majority. Maybe the GOP voices will be drowned out once and for all. Because right now, the GOP has too much say and too much power.
"...all Palin has to do is stay out of sight and study."
You talk like anyone can be smart if only they study. If four colleges were unable to teach Palin the one thing successful students learn--how to study--she ain't goin' to learn how to do it now.
You don't need brains to be a politician.
Maybe not....but
Can you imagine Palin making the decisions during our economic turmoil? God definitely needs to close those doors before she gets anywhere close.
But Obama is proving that brains are definitely an asset for a politician.
Five colleges
Ya, now she has five chilren and a infant with downs sydrome . Plus, she actually needs to do some work in her state. I cannot see where she would have the time to buckle down and study, and would it really matter. I cannot image how much studying she would have to do to get up to speed. Plus, studying doesn't raise ones IQ.
I agree.
ALSO TOO, all this BS isn´t going to go away...Pal
They can't propose anything of their own because they have no plan, no course of action, no solutions. We are where we are because of where they took us. A brown face is not going to change that. An empty voice with no solutions only empty criticisms and avarice.
If the Repubs are really serious about less government how about starting with less of them?
I can just hear the Republicans at every turn trying to find them a woman or a man of color to be thier next token spokesman. This they believe will show how inclusive and hip they are. Someone ought to tell them Disco is making a comeback just to see if they can make themselves look any more out of touch ,out dated and foolish. Everything with these people is a shallow,facade with no substance. Never try anything new and never use one's intelligence and imagination. Because being smart is just too "elitist" to the GOP.
This speech has made a fool out of me. "Why?" you ask...
If you had told me three months, one month, one day ago, that someone would emerge to give Ms. Palin a run for her money as chief thorn-in-the-side humiliation of the Republican party, I would have laughed in your face.
Uninformed and misleading? These are traits I expect from many, many Republicans. And Palin and Jindal have those traits in spades. But the Bayou Stater actually made some of the Alaskan governor's performances look pretty good in comparison. He looked like a kid up there. And worse than that, you could almost sense that he KNEW IT.
Jeesh. Obama must be tickled pink.
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Seriously; did the Repubs have no one better available to deliver their message? Was Joe the plumber busy?
They are looking for their own Barack Obama and their own Hillary Clinton. They don't care if either has the gravitas, knowledge, intellect etc to fill the position, as long as they are the right colour and genger.
And the irony of ironies, is if their party was a more inclusive one, and took a stand against the right wing bullies and bigots that are now speaking for the party, they would find compelling and intelligent voices willing to speak on behalf of the GOP.
Ya, but Jandal is a man of color, and they wanted to put Obama on notice, and say BACKFIRE!
he's busy covering the mid-east for PJMedia and advising congressional Republicans.
I don't understand how anyone could think that Jindal b-slapped Biden this morning. When you are the Governor of a state and 400 of your constituents are losing their jobs per day, one has to wonder what Piyush is doing in the mansion.
There's also that little thing called Katrina, just where you all those years, months before she hit? You didn't know your state was in for the fight of it's life, why wasn't Piyush aware of the poor construction of the levees? Or how about your being in congress, and other political appointed positions and not doing a bloody thing about abject poverty in your state?!!
Just goes to show how ignorant you are. Jindal wasn't governor of LA when Katrina blew through. Your own party's Mayor Ray Nagin and that woman DEMOCRAT are the ones that told everyone to "SHELTER IN PLACE" And we all know what happened then. Their plea to Washington? We need Help! Get off your Lazy A***** and get down here. Talk about a party w/o a plan! Did you even notice all those school buses drowning in muddy waters?
You Dems are a piece of work. Get your facts in order before you show your ignorance.
i was shocked to find out jindal taped his poor excuse for a speech BEFORE he saw obama's?!?! going up against the best and smartest orater in america to discredit him without even knowing what he said? that isn't arrogance.
jindal/palin 2012
lmao
most of the blogs are saying that the speech was written before Obama's speech. Jindal delivered his message live...
They're not really turning out to be the party of intellect or strategy. Just a bunch of fat old hypocrites looking for someone stupid enough to carry their outdated and failed policies and ideology forward.
Actions speak louder than words.
Bobby Jindal
Graduated from Brown w/degrees in Biology & Public Policy
As an intern in LA, asked for meaningful work & given the project to research the LA Healthcare System. Report was so astonishing that, at 24, was given the task of revamping the LA Healthcare system. Took it from a 2MM deficit to a $320MM surplus
Rhodes Scholar
Served on committee to revamp US Public Healthcare/Medicaid
Named to the US Ethics Committee
President Louisiana State University
At 32, gave what's her name Demo candidate for governor a run for her money and lost by a respectable margin
Served as Rep to US Congress
At 37, ran for governor of LA and won 54 percent of vote -- no runoff required
My LA Mother, a depression era child and a staunch Democrat, voted for this guy!
BO? Community Organizer that spent two years of his term as Senator running for CHANGE
Promise changer
Talk is cheap.
IF she stays out of the spotlight - she's not doing a very good job at that.
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