November 11, 2008 12:12 PM
Jindal learns it's never too soon for the 2012 attack dogs
Yesterday Chris Cizzilla reported that Bobby Jindal, despite rumors to the contrary and his invitation to the Memorial Day vetting barbecue at John McCain's house, was actually never vetted for the vice presidential position -- because, according to the Washington Post blogger, he told McCain officials he wasn't interested. Officially, it's because he didn't want to leave the governor's post, and he said as much to the media, but the unofficial reason shows the presence of a real political cranium: sinking ship. There's been disagreement on how much Jindal would have been hurt by being McCain's No. 2, but let's just say Sarah Palin is not emerging from this contest politically unscathed.But if there's one lesson from Campaign 2008, it's that you don't even have to be a candidate yet -- er, and there doesn't even have to be a new campaign yet, or the president-elect doesn't even have to be sworn into office yet -- for the attack dogs to sniff out new, tasty prey! It's not that Jindal wasn't already on the left-wing radar -- see the Huffington Post's entire page devoted to Bobby -- but now there is left-wing offense on the GOP to be conducted in defense of Barack Obama's Oval Office chair, no matter how long down the road that contest is. And there's the Bobby Jindal is Bad! blog, which must have decided he's all right because there have been no posts since July. My favorite is this Nov. 5 post on Daily Kos:
"If you do not ever forward anything else, please forward this to all your contacts... this is very scary to think of what lies ahead of us here in our own United States... better heed this and pray about it and share it.
Who is Bobby Jindal?Probable U.S. presidential candidate, Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, to Amar Jindal, an Indian REPUBLICAN from Punjab and Raj Jindal, a REPUBLICAN information technology director.
Jindal takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a REPUBLICAN. He is quick to point out that he attended Brown University and was elected to office after Hurricane Katrina. Jindal's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that he is not a radical.
... Let us all remain alert concerning Jindal's expected presidential candidacy.
The Republicans have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!"
Oh my word, that's funny -- did you know he's a REPUBLICAN (insert flames and "The Shining" soundtrack)????
Cizzilla opined that no VP nod for Jindal meant that he escapes the taint of McCain and Bush associations. I'll add that Hurricane Gustav, while thankfully not pulling a Katrina Part Deux, will also work in favor of a Jindal run in 2012: Because of it, he skipped not only the Republican National Convention (where pundits expected him to deliver the equivalent of Obama's 2004 convention speech) but was the only southern governor not to tape a message to the RNC. The message that sent was Jindal saying he had more important things to do, namely help his state in a time of crisis. The end result is priceless -- that he was AWOL for the McCain-Palin coming out party. Yup, he missed the taint.
November 11, 2008
8:27 PM
Traffic Cop Timmy writes:
"Jindal's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that he is not a radical."
WOW! That is priceless coming from Libs! Let's see... someone we know in politics trying to hide the fact that he is a radical... now who could that remind me of? Man, his name is right on the tip of my tongue. Well, I'm sure I'll think of it shortly...
Has this stuff always gone on in poilitics and we just didn't know about it because the media kept us in the dark? We're gonna have to fight harder!
November 11, 2008
8:38 PM
Daniel Z writes:
Sorry. As one of the bloggers at the Jindal Is Bad website, I have to correct you.
It is not that I feel that Jindal is suddenly "all right". There was just a little bit of a presidential election going on and my main focus was on that (on my blogs). Since Governor Jindal did not play any real part in that election, my focus was elsewhere. But don't worry, I will soon be back to educating people as to why Bobby Jindal was the wrong choice for Governor of Louisiana and why he would be an absolutely horrible choice for President if he does decide to run in either 2012 or 2016.
And while I had not posted anything major over at Jindalisbad.com, I had posted several comments on my personal blog as recently as September.
Just so you know.
November 15, 2008
4:27 AM
Jindal 2012 Blogger writes:
It's never too soon for the Jindal 2012 Blog either. :)
Go Bobby, Go!