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The great conservative hope: “60 Minutes” profiles Jindal

posted at 6:02 pm on March 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Granted, he’s slightly less great now than he was last week at this time — “I’ve always been a policy guy, always will be a policy guy,” he said today in defense of his performance Tuesday night — but still comes off well here. If you don’t know much about him, this makes for a sterling intro. Take 12 minutes and meet a man who got accepted into Harvard Med and Yale Law, ran Louisiana’s health-care system when he was 24, and who, by the way, delivered one of his own children. My only knock on the piece is that it seems a bit too astounded at the thought of the deep south embracing a minority governor, although even that’s mitigated by the fact that this was, after all, the state that gave David Duke upwards of 40 percent of the vote not terribly long ago. Note to Michael Steele: The next time you’re on a show where the host compares the GOP’s demographics to Nazi Germany’s, feel free to bring up Jindal. Or to say anything at all.

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canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 10:28 PM

Sort of OT about Indians (and Americans of Indian descent):
I was in a social circle dominated by Indian immigrants, most of whom were IT engineers. One said that he was asked by a non-Indian whether all Indians were abnormally smart. He responded, “no. Just the ones who come to America.” That would include Gov. Jindal’s parents and I’m betting that the same is almost always so for all voluntary immigrants.

baldilocks on March 2, 2009 at 11:29 PM

Holy crap! His mom had a doctorate in nuclear physics. Intelligent, indeed.

baldilocks on March 2, 2009 at 11:35 PM

One thing any GOP candidate should learn from 2008 – only agree to live interviews; none of these pre-recorded interviews airred over several days.

I have to believe that Sarah Palin’s best moments ended up on the cutting room floor at ABC and CBS.

bw222 on March 2, 2009 at 11:58 PM

I think the country will be ready for some cool, intelligent, common sense competence by 2012… I like him – want to see more of him.

outwestdownsouth on March 3, 2009 at 12:17 AM

Seriously, this was a decent profile of Jindal and far from the hit piece many people thought it would be.

fiatboomer on March 3, 2009 at 2:16 AM

OMG this guy is so flunking racist! Louisiana didn’t elect Jindal after considering his race. He was the best man for the job. Race didn’t enter into the equation.

Jindal himself doesn’t pander to the races, which adds to his uncontrollable coolness. Louisiana has Jindal as governor, and Vitter in the Senate. We are a bastion of Reagan conservatism right now. Note to other states: Join us!

Kevin M on March 3, 2009 at 6:31 AM

Isn’t it racist to ask him if they perform Indian rituals? Have they ever asked Robert Reich if he wears Lederhosen? Or any other white person something silly about there roots?

Like they said, they are Americans. They were born here and lived their whole life here.

Funny thing is I saw another video where he talks about how he has always been told that he talks to fast. And that is most likely why he spoke too slow during the rebuttal.

jeffn21 on March 3, 2009 at 9:17 AM

Ahhh, I meant “Or any other white person something silly about their roots?”

I know it’s a small error, but it bugs me.

jeffn21 on March 3, 2009 at 9:23 AM

Funny thing is I saw another video where he talks about how he has always been told that he talks to fast. And that is most likely why he spoke too slow during the rebuttal.

jeffn21 on March 3, 2009 at 9:17 AM

I had a new boss one time that talked real slow. It drove me crazy. I mentioned it to a successfull businessman friend of mine, and he replied:

“If they talk slow, they think slow. And if they think slow, they work slow. And if they work slow, you need to fire em.”