Originally Posted By Mr X Jindal just told a blatant lie (the lie about (now it's a "maglev", by the way) the non-existent train from Vegas to Disneyland). WTF!?
Originally Posted By Mr X How many times is he going to reference Katrina, by the way? (surely the picture of Republican competence, something to hang your hat on for sure lol) Who really cares about what goes on in Louisiana, anyway? This guy isn't giving a "rebuttal" at all, he's doing a free-of-charge campaign commercial. Heck, in that case they might as well have gone with Palin.
Originally Posted By hopemax DH kept saying he sounded like a DL tour guide. Over on MSNBC, Rachel was just speechless.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo Forgettable. Oh… that was about Jindal’s response. Obama was inspiring. I flipped on Fox to watch the Jindal’s remarksr to see how the panel would react. The very first words out of Hume’s mouth were basically how poor Jindal was at such a disadvantage. So, Obama plays at the black tee and Jindal at the red tee? Poor Jindal needs a handicap. Anyway, I thought it was a cheap way to lower expectations of Jindal and thus raise his stature vis-à-vis Obama. Hume is such a hack.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>The very first words out of Hume’s mouth were basically how poor Jindal was at such a disadvantage.<< Yeah - he's horrendous at speaking to a camera. That was a major disadvantage. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have him come around the corner and walk toward the camera ... and toward the camera ... and toward the camera needs reassignment.
Originally Posted By dshyates I can't believe that he was saying that the Gov. should do nothing about the financial crisis because the Gov. doing nothing saved them from Katrina. Then the lie about the mythological "Sin Train" that the GOP/FOX News has repeated ad nauseum. And I liked the part about the GOP health care plan. What health care plan? WTF was he talking about? Is this really the best they got? Why did a Governor from LA give the response and not one of the Senators? Like say the Minority Leader, John Boehner.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Jindal better bring his A game." Just watched his speech. The Republicans are desperate. The more I listened to him the more I realized that southern conservatives aren't the least bit interested in reaching across the aisle. In fact, it seems that their agenda is quite the opposite. The Republicans seem to be quietly wagering that Obama's plan will fail. Under Bush they cut taxes and threw away billion of dollars in Iraq and now they are accusing Dems of being irresponsible in their attempt to fix the mess THEY made. Pathetic.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Then the lie about the mythological "Sin Train" that the GOP/FOX News has repeated ad nauseum.*** That's "Sin Maglev" now. (that's the first I heard it was a Maglev..pretty cool....was Jindal the first one to make that up?)
Originally Posted By hopemax > Why did a Governor from LA give the response and not one of the Senators? Like say the Minority Leader, John Boehner. < Have you seen the favorable/unfavorables for the GOP Congressional leadership?
Originally Posted By dshyates We were talking about Nancy Pelosi earlier, and my Dad said that her jumping up and down would look fine if they had her in a short skirted Cheerleader outfit. GObama! GObama! GObama! YEAH!!!!! That said, Obama gave one of the finest State of the Union Addresses I have ever seen.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Jindal surely would not have been my choice to give the response... I wish I could believe the statement about the GOP returning to their core values...I still don't think they're really ready to yet however- they are still to tied to the religious right unfortunately
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I wish I could believe the statement about the GOP returning to their core values...I still don't think they're really ready to yet however- they are still to tied to the religious right unfortunately*** Agreed. ***Jindal surely would not have been my choice to give the response...*** Frankly, Sarah Palin would've been more effective if they really needed a governor to give the retort (though Schwarzenegger would've been cool to see lol). It appears they're "grooming" this Jindal character, what they see in him I suppose I really can't, but he sure did take advantage of his free airtime to promote himself, and Louisiana (who cares!?).
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Arnold would have been a better choice -- and the fact that even Sarah Palin might be a better choice tells anyone all they need to know about Jindal. Clearly the GOP compass is broken- it's very sad
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Frankly, Sarah Palin would've been more effective<< Was Jindal THAT bad???
Originally Posted By Mr X You got that too, did ya? Horrors of Katrina aside, I don't think most people outside of Louisiana give a rat about the great things he's done in Louisiana. But hey, free airtime is free airtime right? (not for nothin, but it's also a little freaky to hear an Indian dude with a Southern twang...sorry if that sounds uncool of me, it just kinda throws me. Similar to a Japanese friend of mine who studied English in England and sounds like the Queen's butler...his English is great, it just always cracks me up a little for some reason)
