And the reason why it’s so infuriating is he’ll never have a reason to behave the way he campaigned if we can’t hold him to account when he doesn’t.

Laura on June 30, 2008 at 2:18 PM

Dot bingo!!

Good job Laura (and all the rest of the LA civic troopers)!!!!!

You make me proud of my country!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Memo to McCain and and all the other “immigration reform” stooges… this too can happen to YOU!!

Just wait…

And Laura, sorry to miss you so much, I’m in Navarre Beach this week. ;-) But you did a fine job. lol

This is why McCain, and his accomplices in Congress, can expect another arse whipping if they bring up their Amnesty plan again.

Sure hope so…

:D

{doing happy dance}

It’s about time!

Laura on June 30, 2008 at 12:58 PM

Job well done. Congratulations!

This should be a wakeup call for the pork spenders in congress. At $4.00/gal gas the American people will not suffer our “leaders” to waste our money.

This is good news for McCain. Now hammer it home on a national level.

MB4 and Inc are absolutely right – take out their frustration? They should get a reality check, if this hasn’t given them one yet.

The air has certainly been let out of the tires for the recalls, but we’ll target them at election time, and in the interim do what we can to make their (legislative) lives miserable. We’ve got volunteers who want to keep on, so we’ll build dossiers on every last one of them and keep their constituents informed. You know how it is when you flip the light on – the roaches scatter. :-)

The best part is how all kinds of groups banded together on this and got it done; everybody gets the credit. If people had even ten percent of this level of activity year round, government would look VERY different at all levels.

You’re right. I’m glad Duke didn’t get the official nod. I’d forgotten a lot about that election. It’s certainly sobering to think that Jack Kent set Louisiana’s course to the extent that he did and purely for revenge against Roemer; there are still ripples from that today.

Just a flip, and a correct one at that.

I was at SLU during that election–what chaos!

MB4 and Inc are absolutely right – take out their frustration? They should get a reality check, if this hasn’t given them one yet.

The national and local hordes of politicians/whores, from the left to the right, should also get a lesson from this.

They forget who represents whom.

Serve a term or two and go the hell home, back to your old jobs, to find out how the rest of America has to live.

Primadonas, each and all!

After a public uproar Reagan backed down. It made me like Reagan even more because he responded rapidly to the public outpouring without heel dragging or resentment towards the people. He obeyed his boss and he did not go back to the subject

Jindal could not have chosen a worse cause to champion in hard times. The raise was an assault on the milk money io the cookie jar and sided him with the legislature against the public who according to polls feel politicians no longer represent the public but their own self interests

A bad move that Reagan never would have taken. Reagan would have gone directly to the public explaining why government is too greedy using the pay raise attempt as an example. Reagan would have done that because that is what he believed

No, anyone can tell you in Pennsylvania, it was a smart move.

Yes. The primaries here were a bloodbath.

I know – your victory in PA really kept us going because we felt like if it had been done, it could be done again. I had a long chat with Russ Diamond to see how we could model the La. movement against the pay raise after the Clean Sweep movement.

No, anyone can tell you in Pennsylvania, it was a smart move. Our legislators voted themselves a nice fat pay raise, and there were a lot of incumbents voted out of office in the next election.

Yes. The primaries here were a bloodbath.

You have NO IDEA how frustrating it is to hear all these pronouncements of how great Jindal is and what a great national career he’s going to have, all the while he’s screwing over the people who fought for him. And the reason why it’s so infuriating is he’ll never have a reason to behave the way he campaigned if we can’t hold him to account when he doesn’t.

Good job, Louisianans. You deserve this victory. I only hope Jindal can earn back your trust. He seemed like such a great politician.

Esthier on June 30, 2008 at 1:54 PM

I was one of his supporters and was feeling pretty betrayed. But now that he’s vetoed the bill, I can forgive him his vacillating. People don’t realize just how corrupt and useless the LA legislature is. Jindal thought that throwing them a (pretty huge) bone would help entice them to come around to his agenda, but he had to learn the hard way that you can’t give them an inch.

It’s not a bright spot in his new administration, but a politician who can learn a lesson and change in the right direction is a good one. Here’s hoping he keeps that lesson in mind.

He may still, on balance, turn out to be an adequate governor but we’re clearly going to have to watch him like a hawk.

Laura on June 30, 2008 at 2:11 PM

Did you perhaps vote for the last La. Governor? What was her name. you know, the one that Louisianans have insisted all those statues be erected in her honor? You know, the one who, along with Ray Nothin’ convinced New Orleaners that Katrina was not a summer shower that they should ignore?

What was her name???

Good for him.
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Just like i have been saying this guy is the REAL DEAL. You go Bobby!!!!

thmcbb on June 30, 2008 at 1:52 PM

For pity’s sake – learn the facts, already. I’ve gone from being a long time supporter to someone who is decidedly skeptical, and that’s based *purely* on his performance as governor. We fought to get him in on the first vote so he didn’t have to run a full campaign, and he thanks us by allowing his ethics reform to be gutted? Then goes on Leno to brag about his great ethics reform? He’s fighting to make himself and his staff exempt from sunshine rules, did you know that? That’s very disturbing, and it’s just the beginning of a long list of things he’s done since the election. Jindal is not the man we thought he was. He may still, on balance, turn out to be an adequate governor but we’re clearly going to have to watch him like a hawk.

Way to go Bobby!!!!