Comments on: Jindal’s Republican Creds Qualify Him for McCain Veep

By: deet

deet — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:49:51 +0000

As as liberal, I hated school vouchers but they really do help. The 80% rebate that a student takes to another school, leaves the public school with only 20% of the income at a loss right? Wrong, because they also suffer 0 cost on the students behalf, so if half the students go to private schools, the other half gain an added 20% towards them. Otherwise parents of private school students will just move leaving the district broken.

By: GarryInNola

GarryInNola — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:53:15 +0000

One last thing….I know several same-sex couples who lived in Louisiana who have either already left the state or are making plans to do so. They are, in effect, voting with their feet. Why should they stay in a state that is moving farther and farther to the right? Why should they stay in a state that passed an anti-gay “Marriage Protection Amendment” that is tantamoun to a slap in the face? The amendment voids any legal recognition of civil unions.

By: GarryInNola

GarryInNola — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:11:25 +0000

Jindal is very ambitious. And the Republicans love him. They have few members now who they can point to with pride. Jindal is perfect for them because of his uncompromising Hard Right positions, his relative youth and his dark complexion. They love to point to members who are not Caucasian so they can claim that they are “diverse”. And Jindal fills the bill on that one too. I’ll admit Louisiana politics needed cleaning up. But do we really need a Right Wing, fanatical anti-abortion, anti-gay governor to do that? I think not.

By: USpace

USpace — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:53:53 +0000

It seems Jindal was premature and naive in saying he would just not raise legislators’ salaries. It sounds like they were all way long overdue for a raise. $16k? That’s ridiculous. The NYC Council is part-time and they got raised from $90,000 to $112,000 in 2006.

Jindal probably got a lot of pressure and probably felt they deserved a raise and also probably got something from them. Votes his way. Dat’s politics. Jindal would be a great VP Choice for McCain, for several reasons.

absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
don’t pay legislators more

if any of them
are Republicans
.

By: GarryInNola

GarryInNola — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:09:10 +0000

Well said, Buck. Few in Louisiana have looked closely at Jindal. His family immigrated from India and around the same time, converted to Catholicism. As is true for most converts, they are dogmatic and they follow the Vatican Line on everything. Which means Jindal supports a 100% abortion ban which would not only forbid abortions in the event of rape or incest but even as a last-ditch procedure to save a woman’s life. He also supports state funded vouchers for private and religious schools. If someone points out that this voucher program could mean the end of public education they state “So What?” Of course, Jindal doesn’t actually say that but I’m sure that’s what he’s thinking. He also supported the anti-gay marriage amendment which was put to the voters and approved. It is a particularly all-inclusive and harsh amendment which outlaws not only same-sex marriage (which was illegal anyway) but also common-law marriage and civil unions. But Jindal’s reactionary agenda is “a breath of fresh air” and it will “clean up corruption” in Louisiana. Ah Ha, Ok, whatever.

By: Buck

Buck — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:47:08 +0000

Chris:

You missed my point. I was saying that Jindal is a GOOD Republican: he lies, he’s inconsistent, he’s a creationist Bible thumper and he’s insensitive to the needs and desires of the people he supposedly represents. Perfect match-up for McCain. And an imminently beatable match in November.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:16:45 +0000

This is an orchestrated campaign to attack Jindal on a national level, not a state level. Jindal is the democrats greatest fear as a Mccain VP…..The Dems has layed out a ground work to discredit Jindal in order to eliminate him as a potential VP….this is very apparent. Jindal not vetoing the pay raise is not big deal..first, 30K/year for legislatures is not big income. Second, when you are pose with non-progress to reform vs pay raise for the legislature, the decision is a no brainer and Jindal is making the right choice. Third, Jindal knows well that it is a political trap for him so he is smart to stay clear of it. Jindal Mccain 2008

By: GarryInNola

GarryInNola — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:45:16 +0000

As a Louisiana resident I just couldn’t get over how the local press and apparently most of the voters were so enchanted by Jindal. While the rest of the country seems to be moving to the left, Louisiana keeps moving to the right. And they all thought that Jindal was a breath of fresh air and would root out corruption in a state that has seen political corruption and incompetence as a way of life for decades. But they failed to see the irony in assuming that a card-carrying Republican and Bush rubber stamp like Jindal would clean up Lousiana while scores of his co-Republicans were falling from grace due to scandal after seedy scandal. It isn’t that Louisiana should copy the national trends for it historically has not. It’s just that the momentum nationwide is going in one direction while Louisiana is moving in the exact opposite direction and I don’t think that bodes well for the state.