Feb 25 2009
Bobby Jindal addresses America, sounds like he’s talking to preschoolers
So how about that “Republican Response” from rising G.O.P. superstar Bobby Jindal? Anyone else catch that? What were you thinking Jindal? You sounded like you were talking to a bunch of five year old kids. Your little speech lacked detail to the point that it was obvious you had prepared it long before hearing what Obama had to say. Instead of getting with the program and offering real solutions to the real problems we face, you kept with that same party line.
“The way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians,” said Jindal.
He went on to talk about Katrina. He gave a story about boaters after the hurricane who were apparently stopped by a F.E.M.A. official or something. Hey Jindal, I know F.E.M.A. was a mess, we all know F.E.M.A. was a mess. Bush didn’t help you guys nearly in time, and the consequences of that was terrible.
What happened in Katrina should never happen again, but if we are to follow Jindal’s logic (And the republican’s logic, if you can stomach calling it that) since the government messed up in Katrina we shouldn’t try to fix the government we should just all accept the fact that government is broken. For now and forever. Not learn from the mistakes, not make sure a repeat of the crisis doesn’t happen again, not try to stop things like that from happening in the first place. Just never rely on our government for anything. Anybody else hearing what is wrong with this?
“You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility,” he said. “Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington,” Jindal continued, “Our party is determined to regain your trust.”
So yeah you guys, we messed up. When we told you we were going to do one thing we did the exact opposite. Well shucks, we’re sorry. You should trust us though because… Because why? You’ve found a change of heart? History isn’t going to repeat itself?
This sounds just like Michael Steele the other day when he said that there was no reason to trust the republicans. We’re really supposed to believe you guys changed? The republican party isn’t changing at all. You’re not fooling anyone.
Seriously! You guys don’t know what you’re doing! Your party is a mess. Your clamoring out for leadership and grasping in all of the wrong spots. Bobby Jindal? This guy doesn’t even support abortions in rape, abuse or incest cases.
Sarah Palin? Do I even need to get started on her? This woman wanted creationism taught in public schools and honestly believed that abstinence only teachings actually work. Speaking of “abstinence” anybody hear that interview Bristol Palin had with FOX?
Yeah I like how the Alaskan governor was all like “Oh no leave my kids out of this no one talk to my kids leave them out of this” but somehow Greta Van Susteren (who needs to shut her mouth before she talks too) managed to sneak in for an interview with Bristol. But the best part was when Bristol admitted her mother’s abstinence only ideas were unrealistic. I wonder how that played out with the religious right…
How about Kentucky Senate Republican Mitch McConnell?
“We will have our differences” in working together, McConnell said. “Republicans believe the road back to prosperity is paved with greater personal freedom, not bigger government.”
Greater personal freedom? You two-faced… It makes me so mad I can barely type. What was the Patriot Act? What was the Real ID deal all about? You guys took a red pen to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights! Small government? What about no-bid contracts in Iraq, leaving the Iraq and Afghanistan wars off of the budget and still increasing government spending in other areas. The hypocrisy is killing me…
Republicans? You need to take a long look in the mirror and think… That was your government that was broken. George W. Bush and his rubber-stamp approval from your joke of a legislature let situations get way out of hand and then you reacted terribly in times of crisis.
And that entire fricking time you didn’t care about fiscally conservative policies. Most republicant leaders haven’t cared about fiscal responsibility in decades. You’ve got to be kidding me. Have you not looked at the data - every single time you guys control the presidency our budget deficit increases dramatically. You’re not the party of fiscal responsibility you’re the party of picking one or two opposition issues and holding your ground - this time it just so happens to be fiscal responsibility.
Americans know though. It’s just the flavor of the week for a desperate and fading political party.
I don’t agree with everything that the democrats are doing either. Heck most democrats don’t agree with everything the dems are doing either. But at least they’re making an attempt to help people. That’s why they’re so much more popular than you guys are right now!
People need help, they need help from the government because it was the government that messed up and got us in this spot in the first place. We need to learn from our mistakes, learn from history and make things better for the future.
It’s called progress, G.O.P. and it’s the new trend in America. Polls show that people want you to come on board. History shows that you probably won’t.
Nah, they won’t. They’re too dedicated to getting themselves re-elected in the next cycle, and they only way they can do that is to sabotage Obama and the Dems. Most days I’m pretty confident we’ve turned a corner and millions of Americans who blindly voted for idiocy in 2000 and 2004 have had their eyes rudely opened to what their foolish votes did for us. Some days I’m not so sure — our capacity for lying to ourselves seems bottomless, particularly when somebody comes along and tells us everything’s gonna be all right and we don’t even have to do anything to make that happen.
But, I’m thinkin that little Bobby Jindal isn’t the guy for that. They’ll have to try again. Besides, he ruined any chance that anybody would still believe he’s Chippewa and not from India with all that immigrant talk last night.
Nice place you got here.
Action Obama’s going to be taking care of this Jindal guy real soon! The republicans think some rushed “speech” regurgitation of their talking points is going to change anything? Hell no! There’s going to be a freestyle rap-off, boyeeeee!
@Newswriter - Thanks I try to keep it relevant. You’re welcome here anytime.
@Jason - I can’t wait to see that… Jindal gets served!
@Phuck - No kidding… It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so terrifying.
It would apear that Jindal’s divorce from reality is now final, he is free to persue the fantacy that the market can resolve criminal behavior of bankers and the economy will be fine if we just do nothing.
This may sound far-fetched, but I think that if the Republican Party and the general public continue to move the way that they have been politically, within the next 25 years, it will be the Dems and the Libertarians.
People, especially young people, are getting more and more socially liberal and fiscally conservative. The Republican party is getting more and more vocal about their stances on social issues and less and less stubborn about fiscal restraint. See the issue?
I think that if we had a prominent Libertarian politician, they would stand a very good chance of getting elected to high offices. The problem is, even though everybody likes libertarian ideals, who’s going to vote for a politician you’ve never heard of? It will start with a Congressman or two, but unless the Republicans can shape up, both the Republicans and the Democrats are going to lose a generation of voters, and the Libertarians will come out on top.