Jindal wins!
posted at 8:05 am on October 21, 2007 by Bryan
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Louisiana will have a new governor. And the press wastes no time in trying to tie him to the president:
Indian-American, Bobby Jindal, created history on Saturday as he was elected as Governor of the Southern US State of Louisiana, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina some two years ago.
Election of Jindal, 36, as the Governor of Louisiana, immediately brought jubilation among the Indian-Americans in the US, who viewed this as emergence of a new era for the community in terms of their political empowerment. He is a Republican – the party of President George W Bush.
The Democrats tried various dirty tricks to keep the governorship in their hands, but Jindal overcame it to cruise to victory with 53% of the vote. Red State has more. Congratulations to Governor-elect Bobby Jindal and his family!
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Congrats!
Its interesting that he raised the $11 million and his two nearest competitors had to spend their own – $10 million and $5 million respectively. That says a lot to me.
GT on October 21, 2007 at 8:10 AM
This writer must think his readers are dumber than W is purported to be. It’s just bad writing.
tikvah on October 21, 2007 at 8:19 AM
Great news! Maybe we here in Texas can expect good things from this ray of hope now that our neighbor has true leadership.
madmonkphotog on October 21, 2007 at 8:21 AM
Of course they had to mention Bush. The media is in shock that Lousianna who was so hard hit by Katrina would even think to vote for a Republican. They seem to want to believe that all elections from now on are democrats to win
William Amos on October 21, 2007 at 8:36 AM
An ominous bellwether for the Democrats, no doubt.
This just in: Harry Reid claims credit for helping raise the $11 million.
JammieWearingFool on October 21, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Wait… is this true!?!?!!11!!
Lehosh on October 21, 2007 at 8:44 AM
Yeah, that’s the leftist lens alright. I wonder what color the sky is in their world. Even if I take off my right wing conspiracist hat this report is stupid. If you think that the people of LA were unhappy with the response to Katrina and that is the impetus for their voting patterns could it be they would simply be anti-incumbant? Maybe? Ya think?
trubble on October 21, 2007 at 8:45 AM
So, Louisiana is the least xenophobic state in the nation, huh?
Where’s that leave the MSM with its image of Southerners being knuckle-dragging KKKers whose problem solving skills are maxed out when faced with the decision of where to park at Wal-Mart when they need more sheets?
windbag on October 21, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Sounds like Louisianans are desperate for a change, a change for the better, I don’t think they’ll be disapointed.
4shoes on October 21, 2007 at 8:49 AM
Bryan cut the quote short for space… the full sentence reads:
“He is a Republican – the party of President George W Bush, who with Karl Rove and Halliburton designed the global warming weather machine that caused Hurricane Katrina in an attempt to kill off a large block of staunch Democrat voters.”
saint kansas on October 21, 2007 at 8:53 AM
No where in the piece linked above is it mentioned that Jindal is a Republican. Interesting but not surprising.
RobCon on October 21, 2007 at 8:55 AM
He’s a rising star, that’s for sure.
Asher on October 21, 2007 at 8:56 AM
Correction – I spotted it.
RobCon on October 21, 2007 at 8:56 AM
The APnews version of the election steers clear of any obvious fact that this was a huge Republican win in a most unlikely place. They simply grind the story out with a downplay. Can you imagine if the Dems won, the headlines would be blared: Louisiana reaffirms message to Republicans with Voting power
malkinmania on October 21, 2007 at 8:57 AM
And you just know the MSM is gonna do everything they can to delegitimize Jindal as a minority. Because everyone knows conservative minorities can’t POSSIBLY be real minoroties. =P
ZK on October 21, 2007 at 8:57 AM
An election on a Saturday in October? That’s crazy! Sounds like Republican shenanigans again.
frankj on October 21, 2007 at 8:59 AM
I don’t really see an issue with that… it’s an Indian paper. It’s understandable if they want to tell their readers that this guy, of Indian descent, is of the same party as President Bush.
I actually accuse the MSM for taking the opposite approach here. They don’t want people to know that a minority politician is a member of the Republican Party. The left thinks they own minorities, and we all know how furious they get when minorities join our team (Condi, Steele, etc.)
As I noted in my email to you guys, the AP wire story that came out didn’t even note what party he represents.
Now, initially I sent you a link to the AP story via Yahoo!, but someone went back and snuck in the word “Republican”, once, to cover their tracks.
But I found the same article posted in its original form (sans “Republican”) at CBS News. The article is still there (sans “Republican”) as I write this (and I’m sure on plenty of other sites), but in case it changes, I’ve also screencapped it this time
CBS link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/21/ap/national/main3388765.shtml
Screen shot:
http://i23.tinypic.com/o54wb7.jpg
This paragraph is where (in later versions) the word “Republican” was snuck in:
RightWinged on October 21, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Hillary and Biden must be proud
tomas on October 21, 2007 at 9:10 AM
Not to spoil a good press-bashing party, but….
Take a look at where this story originated: it’s from NEW DELHI Television. I bet the person who wrote it is related to one of those customer service reps we all grumble about, with an indecipherable accent, and English isn’t her/his first language.
And I further bet that they only carried the story in the first place because of Jindal’s South Asian ethnicity – otherwise, why would a website in India give a hoot about LA politics?
Oh – and congrats to Jindal! Beef up that security detail, Bobby: can’t be too careful now.
Lurking Vet on October 21, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Haha. Bringing the funny, nice.
Spirit of 1776 on October 21, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Jindal is definitelyi a man to watch. He has all the right gifts/tools to make a great leader. I wish him well trying to sort out that corruption-filled state. He he can work there – it will be a BIG SHINING star on his resume.
Dr. Gecko on October 21, 2007 at 9:20 AM
I don’t think you are being fair with that characterization. There are many Indian families who have come to the states and settled down. Like many Asian immigrants they have a high work ethic and work hard to get their children to assimilate into the country.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that it is a high interest story in India, the world’s most populous democracy.
I’m very happy Jindal was elected. I think he offers a lot of hope for a state with multiple problems.
Bradky on October 21, 2007 at 9:22 AM
This is great! Congratulations Governor elect Jindal. I hope he can clean house and re-establish the rule of law in that state.
Zorro on October 21, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Did you catch my comment Lurking Vet? I actually agree, and don’t find it at all odd that an Indian paper would mention this to it’s readers… my issue is with the MSM (notably the Associated Press) who neglected to mention what party Jindal represents, because minorities simply aren’t allowed to be Republicans. But you better be sure any time Sen. Craig’s name comes up it’s “REPUBLICAN! REPUBLICAN! REPUBLICAN!”
(finishing your sentence for you)
… and then have their names used in a Hillary Clinton fund raising scandal, in which they’ve supposedly donated thousands of dollars, when they are barely making enough to survive. Then they will watch their hero Kirsten Powers go on Fox News and shout “Dishwashers are people too!” and later refer to dish washing as an “honorable” job.
RightWinged on October 21, 2007 at 9:28 AM
Here is a guy who ran as an unabashed conservative in a heavily democratic state…AND WON. You would hope that the rest of the Republicans get this message
GogglesPisano on October 21, 2007 at 9:29 AM
Great..now the next time George W orders the levees torpedoed, Jindal can look the other way and hopefully distract farrakhan from seeing it this time.
malkinmania on October 21, 2007 at 9:30 AM
Did y’all catch the vote totals? He didn’t win, he THOROUGHLY THUMPED.
Jindal: 625,036
Next Closest Wanna Be: 208,690
With 12 people in the race, no less. So spin THAT…
‘Twas a rout!
tree hugging sister on October 21, 2007 at 9:34 AM
Anybody care to take bets that (outside of Louisiana, at any rate) the ‘common wisdom’ spin becomes that somehow, the good people of Louisiana were mislead into forgetting how bad they were treated by the incompetent/malicious/downright eeeeevil Re-thugs that tied poor Kathleen’s hands, thwarted Righteous Ray, and did their darndest to kill off the Choclate paradise, home of Mardi Gras, and take the rice out of Gumbo.
Because it can’t be that the people of the state, overall, disregarded the narrative, and actually, you know, blame (such a judgmental, loathsome term when the context is used to describe the thoughts of the common folk) Kathleen (and possibly the media) for the mess after the hurricane.
Any truth to the rumor that the Big Easy version of “I’ve got a bridge to sell ya” is now along the lines of “we’ll be sending a School bus right over to pick you up?”
Wind Rider on October 21, 2007 at 9:34 AM
And Jindal’s opponents were Democrats – The Party of Bill Clinton, Hsuary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Gerry Studs, “Cold Cash” Jefferson, Huey Long…
Go Jindal! Hopefully next election we can also get the Man of Steele to take Maryland.
BKennedy on October 21, 2007 at 9:38 AM
Congratulations to Governor-Elect Jindal. Expect to see plenty of subtle and not-so-subtle racism in the enemedia’s coverage of him, since he’s a minority who dared to leave the Democrat plantation.
ReubenJCogburn on October 21, 2007 at 9:44 AM
Randy,
What does Hsu have to do with the price of tea in China in regards to what I stated? Instead of celebrating the millions of success stories our immigrants have accomplished you feel a need to bring up a totally unrelated story.
If you look at many of the immigrants who do low paying jobs you will see a family who realizes that building their kids future is what is important and are willing to sacrifice their entire working lives for that — a philosophy that used to be a very integral part of American society.
Bradky on October 21, 2007 at 9:47 AM
Landrieu, the Lt Governor in a smaller field won by an even bigger margin. I think that shows that Jindal won due to a recognition that he is the most liked candidate not a major shift in the party poltiics at large. In other words some Democrats crossed party lines for the governor pick only.
Bradky on October 21, 2007 at 9:53 AM
I don’t think he was a Democrat at any point.
Bradky on October 21, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Louisiana’s new tourist slogan: “Thank you, come again.”
Seriously, though…good job, Louisiana and Gov. Elect Jindal. Here’s hoping he can finally turn things around in that state.
James on October 21, 2007 at 9:59 AM
Good for Bobby Jindal. Maybe he can start to clean up the corruption in LA now. But I’m tired of hearing him described as an Indian-America. He’s an American who, if he governs wisely, will empower all, not just the Indian-American community.
A hyphenated America will not survive.
Connie on October 21, 2007 at 10:00 AM
“The left thinks they own minorities” – RW
Well that’s because they used to *literally* OWN minorities.
Tony737 on October 21, 2007 at 10:01 AM
Actually, the three top vote-getters (Jindal, Boasso, and Georges) were Republicans at the beginning of the year. Boasso got his drawers in a knot when the Louisiana Republican party endorsed Jindal from the get-go. The Democrats, who had no strong candidates after John Breaux decided not to attempt a run because of residency issues, courted both Boasso and Georges.
Boasso became a Democrat just to take advantage of the Democrat voting block. Georges became an independent.
Campbell, the only long-time Dem among the four front-runners, finished fourth.
For those of you not familiar with LA politics, there are many registered Democrats who don’t vote Democrat. My dad and SO are both registered Democrats who seldom vote Democrat.
Back in the 1970s, if you wanted to vote in the primaries, you had to be a registered Democrat because there were seldom any Republican candidates running. Sometime in the 1980s, LA switched to an open primary system so it no longer mattered what party you registered in. With the open primary system, if no candidate gets 50% plus one vote during the primary, the top two finishers, regardless of party, make the runnoff.
Democrats here tend to be more conservative here than in other places. While we do have some liberal/progressive loons, they’re not as visible as they are elsewhere.
LibbyLA on October 21, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Since Jindal’s race/heritage is a factor in the reporting of this election. I would offer the following food for thought:
The Indian ethnicity is a subset of the Caucasian race. Indians will tell you that they are Caucasian. OK, maybe note “white”. But according to the Craniofacial anthropometry theory of racial classification, Indians are Caucasian.
It’s the AP/CBS version of the story that identifies Jindal as “non-white”. The NDTV simply highlights his Indian heritage.
kooly on October 21, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Oops I was wrong, NDTV also uses “non-white”….
kooly on October 21, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Now this is what “Affirmative Action” should be and mean. The people of Louisiana were Affirmative about Jindal and voted for him because of what he stands for, change plus his intelligence radiates from the podium.
This is what America is about. This is what immigration should be about. Bringing the best people into our country LEGALLY who want to improve things, not feed off the government and use our system to promote Peace, Justice and THE AMERICAN WAY.
StuLongIsland on October 21, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Thanks for that info Kooly. Anthropology is fascinating.
Tony737 on October 21, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Exactly. Even Mary Landrieu can be reasoned with some of the time. In other election news, I am PISSED that lying, crying Broussard was re-elected president of Jefferson Parish. We were so close to forcing him into a run-off! Now we’re stuck with that SOB in until he’s ready to retire.
Laura on October 21, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Breaux liked him right?
tomas on October 21, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Lighten up guy, it was a joke and in no way related to what you were saying… but seeing as (despite the media’s downplaying) the latest Hillary campaign funds scandal is a HUGE story, especially on the heels of Runaround Hsu, I thought folks might get the reference. It was IN NO WAY a knock on any Chinese immigrants… it was a knock on how Hillary’s fund raisers appear to be using them.
Eh, I was going to elaborate further… but when I wake up later, if you’ve left a hysterical and/or whiney response, perhaps I’ll handle it then.
RightWinged on October 21, 2007 at 10:20 AM
Heh, beat me to it.
FireFly on October 21, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Wake up. Bryan.
The quote is from New Delhi, India.
Dial back the paranoia.
The people in India might know which party is the Republican Party.
slp on October 21, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Disgraceful statement by biased writer.
Sent the writer a nice e-mail to tell him how much you enjoyed his article.
lalitkjha@gmail.com
Wade on October 21, 2007 at 10:25 AM
Wow, that’s a lot of hanging chads!
/what else could it be?
Here’s hoping this calms the “We’re doooomed and I, for one, welcome our Clinton overlord” crowd.
MamaAJ on October 21, 2007 at 10:28 AM
If you can demonstrate where this guy has written about democrats “the party of
Hillary ClintonJimmy Carterfill in the name” then maybe your post will at the very least have some substance. Nice of you to tell Bryan how to write.Wade on October 21, 2007 at 10:34 AM
peacenprosperity on October 21, 2007 at 10:36 AM
also im not sure this represents a resurgent GOP. Have you looked at any of the polls lately?
dems beat repug candidates.
Bush is at 24%
congress even lower
voting intentions swing dem by a large margin.
party ID favours dems..
this does not a turnaroumn make. the gop are still screwed.
zane on October 21, 2007 at 10:39 AM
You are quick to point out the % of the poll on Bush approval ratings but fail to post the ratings of congress, just a “drive-by’ mention they are lower.
Wade on October 21, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Its funny when the Dems won elections in 2006 they touted the results as “DEFINING!”
When Repubs win elections, if it isnt Diebold, then its Zanes reasoning:
yah Bush 24% and congress lower
malkinmania on October 21, 2007 at 10:51 AM
well look at the reasons for congress having the rating they have, when split it shows dems in congress far more popular thand republicans.
zane on October 21, 2007 at 10:53 AM
link please to the splits
malkinmania on October 21, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Jindal is the real deal, and I’m happy that the state I grew up in was wise enough to give the guy a shot. Remember, Mike Foster, the guy who gave Jindal his start in state government, was an especially popular and no-nonsense GOP governor. He was long gone when Governor Blank-stare was running things around Katrina. But La’s problems are so, so much deeper than hurricane recovery. If Jindal canned most of the long-time state employees (who begin daydreaming about state retirement about 15 years before actually being eligible) and randomly filled their spots with the next 1,000 folks to walk into the local Wal-Mart, it would be a step up. (Okay, or K-Mart, the Circle K,… hell, even one of the dozens of truck stop “casinos” that litter the land there.) Good luck Bobby. If anyone was ever given a “mandate,” it’s you. Use it.
Sugar Land on October 21, 2007 at 11:01 AM
who’s doing the approval rating “splitting”..the LA Times?
malkinmania on October 21, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Well known, multi-generational Louisiana political family name AND THE incumbent.
So that doesn’t mean much in the big picture. (People like him a lot in LA. Not enough to be mayor of New Orleans, yo, but the rest of the state thinks he’s okay.)
tree hugging sister on October 21, 2007 at 11:05 AM
YAY Indian People!
Keep in mind that the Democratic Lieutenant Governor won by a larger margin.
hinduconservative on October 21, 2007 at 11:08 AM
DNC
Wade on October 21, 2007 at 11:16 AM
I thought the Governor Elect is a citizen of the U.S.A. I think this shows how great the USA is and immigration combined with assimilation works. Maybe “YAY USA” would be appropriate.
Wade on October 21, 2007 at 11:22 AM
Here’s the spin: Jindal won because Bush relocated all the poor Democrats outside of Louisiana.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 21, 2007 at 11:24 AM
This mention and the MSM wholely miss what happened in Louisiana.
Jindal’s campaign workers were made up of a LOT of college and HS students with a lot of them from Southern University, which BTW is overwhelmingly black. Many students took a year off from college to campaign for him. As a strict practacing Catholic, he received a lot of support from Pentacostals, Baptists, Methodists, and a whole cohort of religious fundamentalists. That is equivalent in North Louisiana to getting Jesse Jackson to come out in support of the John Birch Society. It is extremely huge.
Now also in state races…
AG – Incumbent Foti didn’t even make the runoff, part of the Landrieu Political Machine.
Odom was pushed into a runoff for the first time since the late 1970’s for Commissioner of Agriculture and he has long been the strongest Democrat IN THE STATE. His political clout rivals Edwin Edwards at its height.
The Sec of Treas – Kennedy was not even opposed. He recently switched parties because he is a conservative in makeup. He has handled the state coffers in a most conservative manner and spoken out publicly time and time again about waste and mismanagement, particularly by the present governor and even offered proof that she lied about not having received federal funds after Katrina.
This was not a white conservative win at all. It was a we are sick and tired of liberal leftists running our state into the ground for their own gain. We of every race creed and gender are going to start acting wisely in Louisiana. Many of us are not sure how to do that, but we are going to give it a try. We have 30% of the nation’s energy resources, rank only behind TX in refining and petrochemicals processing, and the Mississippi River and all of its trade and we are going to use all of these natural resources to build a real state, that will be self supporting through its own contributions.
Kermit on October 21, 2007 at 11:38 AM
Good news.
I was going to nitpick the use of Indian-American for someone who was born in the US, but the article is from India, no?
reaganaut on October 21, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Can I say “YAY Indian-Americans”?
hinduconservative on October 21, 2007 at 11:48 AM
I think it shows once again that if you give the people a conservative valued candidate (without an abundance of right wing religious dogma), who people trust to maintain and follow those values in office that person will win. Maybe not on the West Coast or Northeast, but most of the rest of the country.
deepdiver on October 21, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Jindal refuses to use any hyphenated heritage other than Red-White-and-Blue-American.
Kermit on October 21, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Governor-Elect Jindal and his immigrant parents are a case in point of the way it seems the Americans can best order immigration to their advantage.
Kralizec on October 21, 2007 at 11:53 AM
You may say anything you wish, I am very happy for the people of Indian ancestry, however I am firmly against hyphenated handles as I think it continues to divide not untie.
Wade on October 21, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Permission granted to say whatever you like. Try to use it wisely.
Kralizec on October 21, 2007 at 11:55 AM
The one knock that I have against Jindal, the only one, is that he did distance himself from Vitter after the DC Madam allegations. Up to that point the two acted as very close friends and political allies. IMO he should have stood by Vitter publicly. It caused me to take a serious look at John Georges but first switch away from GOP, then the fact that his allies were mostly tied with Edwin Edwards plus the fact the he had been extremely active behind the scenes for Nagin, Boasso, and across the state for a long time made me quite curious as to why he would suddenly jump out into the spotlight.
Kermit on October 21, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Check this out
The only parishes he lost were Orleans and St Bernard…go figure
lsutiger on October 21, 2007 at 12:03 PM
See…. there is hope for people to get the vision and understand what is good for the country.
Too all you fatalists, pessimists and otherwise default Hillary idols because you think she is unbeatable……….. you are wrong.
You don’t understand the human spirit.
We have over a year to discover just how corrupt and conniving the Hillary team is.
These national polls we see now don’t mean jack in the long term of this election season.
And, a year is an eternity in politics.
Mcguyver on October 21, 2007 at 12:04 PM
Congratulations to the first Indian-American Governor, wonder how long til the Democrats & MSM treat the Indian-American community just like they do the Cuban Community – as traitors.
Defector01 on October 21, 2007 at 12:04 PM
I wasn’t real excited about that, but I was more concerned about his intention to join the Dems and try to override Bush’s SCHIP veto. That still wasn’t a dealbreaker for me, because a) his immigration record is impeccable and that’s about to be a real problem in the New Orleans area – as Gov. he may actually do something to help and b) look at the alternatives!
Laura on October 21, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Red State’s covering Daily Kos who claims that the only reason that Jindal won was because Katrina and Rove ethnically cleansed the blacks from the state.
Dumbasses
Defector01 on October 21, 2007 at 12:07 PM
he was born in baton rouge. Where is this “indian-american” coming from? multicultural race designations are stupid.
I don’t think I like his “mandatory prayers in school” idea – and it wouldn’t hold up in court – but glad an R won.
lorien1973 on October 21, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Why not American of Indian descent? Let’s put the American first.
I think a couple of commenters called that right earlier in this thread. I don’t know how black people tolerate such crap. I would be as unhinged as a D-Kos poster if one of the largest political sites on the net said that because of my skin tone that I couldn’t support fiscal responsibility, a personal work ethic, a great education for my children, a government that follows the constitution, an elimination of the nanny state because I can stand on my own two feet and succeed without government help and without the redistribution of wealth in my favor, etc. Where is the outrage from black citizens at this racist perspective from D-Kos?
deepdiver on October 21, 2007 at 12:20 PM
hear hear!
hear hear! I took out the part about ‘religious dogma’ because he did say he thinks Protestants aren’t really Christian. He’s wrong (doesn’t make him less pleasantly conservative), but that’s pretty heavy religious dogma there.
YES! Conservative candidates can win. We don’t need Liberal Lite Republicans trying to ‘win the moderates by being more liberal’. That’s the problem with the Presidential candidates in the ‘R’ party
ThackerAgency on October 21, 2007 at 12:23 PM
See! this is this proof that evolution is still happening before our very eyes.
Universities should send teams of anthropologist to observe and record for posterity, the actual event of Cajuns taking there first upright steps.
TheSitRep on October 21, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Heh. I was right without even reading Kos.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 21, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Why bother with the hyphenated terminology? I agree with Wade’s views. Jindal is an American and that’s all that is really important. Hyphenating is great for ethnic street fairs and that’s about it.
Connie on October 21, 2007 at 12:48 PM
There are a lot of Indian-Americans in my NY neighborhood. Anecdotally, it seems to me that the older generation tends to be Republican, while the younger, and more affluent and more assimilated, are Democrats.
This is worrisome. Like the Jewish community before them, this highly educated entrepreneurial group seems to be siding Democrat the more they assimilate into the mainstream and the professions. So there’s a contradiction. The Republicans value self-reliance, capitalism, business, entrepreneurship– things the Indian community should favor, but they may be losing the Indian vote to the “perceived” party of the minorities. I hope more high-profile members of minority communities speak up and make it clear that it’s OK to be both a minority and a Republican.
JiangxiDad on October 21, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Connie on October 21, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Just proud that hes not a stupid liberal.
hinduconservative on October 21, 2007 at 12:52 PM
I made that data into a pie chart so you can see the absolute carnage Jindal rained on his opponents much in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Kahn. Truly and wickedly awesome!
http://www.thesitrep.com/slaughter/jindalmassacre.jpg
TheSitRep on October 21, 2007 at 12:59 PM
This is strange. A Republican win in Louisiana?? A much narrower win than ever expected for a House seat in a solid Democrat area up in the northeast a week ago?? How can this be?? I thought it was over for the Republicans?? I thought all the races for ever more were already decided Democrat???
JellyToast on October 21, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Congratulations to Mr. Jindal and his family. I’ve been following his career and campaign and am glad that whoever is left in Louisiana had the brains to elect him.
And he was born in the USA? Can anyone say President, if he turns Louisiana around?
Mommynator on October 21, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Ditto!
Connie on October 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Connie on October 21, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Now, perhaps the media will shut up about the old stereotype of the racist Southerner. Jindal–no doubt–got more than half of the David Duke vote. This illustrates that wasn’t racism motivating the Duke voters, but others issues with our culture. Sadly, I predict the media will spin this just the opposite way.
thuja on October 21, 2007 at 1:32 PM
And so… the chocolate city gets a Republican governor. I’ll pray that Jindal will be able to do the job.
NO really needs the FBI to take the whole mess down Eliot Ness style. It’s corrupt beyond repair.
Mojave Mark on October 21, 2007 at 1:39 PM
I am soooo happy. This is a good day.
Tim Burton on October 21, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Jindal was born in America, folks. That makes him the Best Future Hope for the GOP.
wordwarp on October 21, 2007 at 1:51 PM
So true, I find most Southerners aren’t racists, but culturalists. I can’t disagree with them about some cultures being less than others.
Tim Burton on October 21, 2007 at 1:54 PM
And congrats to the good people of Louisiana, and the smart ones (like moi!) who voted for Jindal! This is good news indeed.
reine.de.tout on October 21, 2007 at 2:18 PM
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