The great conservative hope: “60 Minutes” profiles Jindal
posted at 6:02 pm on March 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
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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Remind me why any of us should donate to the RNC again?
lorien1973 on March 2, 2009 at 6:04 PM
The media is forming a narravtive, I hope Jindal is aware he is being drawn in for ratings sake, and will be eviscerated should he run for office.
Theworldisnotenough on March 2, 2009 at 6:05 PM
The only thing Steele seems to remember to say is bad things about Rush.
Mr. Joe on March 2, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Yes, why should they be a clearing house for our money?
Donate to the candidate of your choice.
izoneguy on March 2, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I like Bobby Jindal a lot.
Don’t count him out because he gave one not-very-smooth speech and was Palinized by the MSM…and AP.
Bobby’s principles and governance of LA is fundamentally strong.
Jenfidel on March 2, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Michele Steele–I friggin despise Howard Dean. I feel like punching the TV everytime his ugly mug is on. But I respect what he did as DNC Chairman. You are supposed to be a friggin partisan, act like it. You do not win splintering the GOP, but by splintering the Democrats.
Mr. Joe on March 2, 2009 at 6:07 PM
If you tout this fact too much, you know Obama is going to get Michelle pregnant so that he can deliver their child, on stage, while giving his speech at the Democrat convention.
myrenovations on March 2, 2009 at 6:08 PM
This interview seems a bit too positive on Jindal. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bobby. But to see the MSM love to Jindal is weird. They are looking for blood. Bobby better not get too comfortable with the media jerks. Look what happened to McCain and his “base.”
jencab on March 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Jindal is a great conservative, and a good politician. He should be aware that traps have/will be set for him. Whatever you do Bobby, don’t allow anyone to define who you are or you might end up trivialized like Gov Palin.
portlandon on March 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I like Bobbby Jindal. But Bobby needs to be Bobby.
Memo to Bobby: Fire the staffers that advised you Bobby after Obama’s speech. They suck. Be your own nerdy but competent policy wonk self. It worked fine for Bill Gates (he was out at the Foundation before Vista). Be authentic.
Mr. Joe on March 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I can’t vote for nobody whos first name is bobby unless their second name is joe. Is this guys name bobby joe jindal?
(I also like billy bob, jim bob, bob bob and bo bo. but their last name can’t be johnson)
kanda on March 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Obama would still need a teleprompter.
portlandon on March 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM
That’s the Jindal that should have been up there a week ago. Go get ‘em, Bobby.
MadisonConservative on March 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Jen .. I like the catch phrase Palinized! Where di dyou get that from?
upinak on March 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM
anyone see Thousands of people driving to see Jindal speek the way they did for Obama and Palin?
thats his problem, the national ticket is a different beast, he’d make a great VP or cabinet guy though, and hopefully will be in positions of power to influence our Govt. for the next 30 plus years.
Prediction: at some point, Charles Johnson becomes a Democrat again
jp on March 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM
title of a new porn?
/joke
jp on March 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM
I dunno…around. Here? On Twitter? Lucianne?
Just fits, doesn’t it?
The DemocRats are scared to death of both of them!
Jenfidel on March 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Well if anyone is now “Palinized” via the media when they haven’t been around enough to be “Palinized”. We at least know why we have this new phrase.
upinak on March 2, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Bobby, good to see you. Come back and see us in 2020.
promachus on March 2, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I’m a card carrying member of the george W bush booster club. Why would I donate to the RNC. The guy leading the thing think we are the problem with the party. He’s got it backwards and hates rush to boot.
kanda on March 2, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Yep, the media is trying to pick our candidate again. I expect the Bobby love from the MSM to continue. They want this guy to be the GOP nominee. And I don’t think they will ever go after him the way they did Palin because I don’t think they see him as a real threat to Obama. Sure, there will the the obligatory “religious, right-wing” comment in connection with his name once in a while but I really think the MSM likes this guy because they see him as “elite and educated”–despite the “R” after his name.
Redneck Woman on March 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Seems like a solid guy to me, I hope he can handle the media whore attack which is coming against him and his family.
As an aside, and to feed my male inner pig a tidbit, how about Mrs. Jindal? Wow.
Bishop on March 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I think he is great! I’ll vote for the man who delivered his own child, haha :)
deidre on March 2, 2009 at 6:19 PM
definition: Palinized…a victim of palinization…the palinizee…..
kanda on March 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Memo to Steele: STOP buying into their leftist propaganda, please! Do not give credence to this crap.
BTW, these are awesome photos of the tea party in NYC. Is this what Nazis look like? Note the awesome “Joke” stickers.
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM
That made me cackle like an old pea hen!
anniekc on March 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Agree.
Agree again.
davek70 on March 2, 2009 at 6:21 PM
anyone see Thousands of people driving to see Jindal speek the way they did for Obama and Palin?
Eh, Jindal is brand new to the stage, give him some time to become known across the country.
By 2012 I’ll bet he could attract a crowd; the disaster which Ogabe is spending us into is going to make fiscal responsibility and ethics reformers like Bobby a top tier commodity.
Bishop on March 2, 2009 at 6:22 PM
No. Which is why it would be a mistake to run him in 2012. He is obviously not ready yet (SOTU response to name one example), but should be in 2020.
Either way, he is up for re-election in 2011, which makes it impossible for him to run in 2012.
Norwegian on March 2, 2009 at 6:22 PM
“The Great Beige Hope?!!” OMFG
chunderroad on March 2, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Seriously- I’ll be thrilled to have the most boring, but COMPETENT, (hello? are ya listening, Barry?) President in history. America went with the “Great speaker, cool guy” choice and we can all see what a hideous mistake he is. Let’s hear it for boring!
anniekc on March 2, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Not even Bobby Kennedy?
Jim Treacher on March 2, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Oh sure they will; There will be so many more of us unemployed with time on our hands.
anniekc on March 2, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Bobby, the media is not your friend
don’t become the next John McCain
joey24007 on March 2, 2009 at 6:27 PM
how race-obsessed can the media possibly get?
Brains on March 2, 2009 at 6:28 PM
I’m down with boring. My favorite president is Coolidge, so, boring is good.
myrenovations on March 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I’m only at about 3:58,and so far,its been about,
Lilly white,Beige,and I guess by the end of this video,
I’m sure all get to hear the rest of the spectrum of
colours!
It sounds like 60 Minutes is more concerned about
what colour a persons skin is,and what race of human
being you are, as it relates to, one’s politics!!
Jus sayin!
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM
On Palinize, see the following:
From Victor Davis Hanson at NRO:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmQ0ZTdiNDZkYmYzNDZhZGI5Zjc3NjliYzM0NmUzNDg=
Also
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1008024/palinized_a_verb.html
BuckeyeSam on March 2, 2009 at 6:31 PM
In my head, I always call him Piyush, because I like that name even though he didn’t. Sometimes I call him little Piyush my pocket sized policy wonk… But now I am getting a little too personal.
myrenovations on March 2, 2009 at 6:32 PM
If Bobby Jindal can fix New Orleans, POTUS should be a piece of cake.
Don’t hate on Jindal just because 60 minutes did a profile. He is a true conservative.
Do you think four years from now anyone will remember his bad speech from last week? He is smart man who will learn from his mistakes.
I’m not one of these people that believes in political saviors but please save us Bobby Jindal you are only hope:)
Shtetl G on March 2, 2009 at 6:33 PM
How about a little bit of both? Only way even the most intelligent Pres candidate in history will be elected now is by having some charisma. The voting population is too dumbed down and sound byte driven. This is why I have my doubts about Jindal. I like him, just not sure about his star power ability yet.
davek70 on March 2, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Two votes, one for him, and one for his wife. I imagine he won’t be forced into running because we have no other…he will choose to run because he wants to make things better.
Will the voters be ready? They may still be defending Obama.
right2bright on March 2, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Idea?
Please,RNC,for the love of Gawd,get a Republican Conservative aspiring candidate,
on a friendly non-biased interview,which leans more
on substance and character,than a Liberal worrying
about the persons colour!
Besides,Liberal’s already have their minds made up,
about Republicans years in advance before any elections!!
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Of course the pukes at 60 Minutes fail to mention that the “corruption and incompetence” of the “lilly white good ole boys” who preceded Jindal were all DEMOCRATS.
These old fossils in the NY media think everyone in the south is a racist idiot and they can’t get their small minds around someone like Jindal who they call “boring”.
Notice the interest in his roots in India. Notice the slights and hopes his wife have against his running for POTUS. You can tell they are hunting for something to get on this guy in service to “The One”.
RobCon on March 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Oh, man your comment cracked me up. You don’t find this stuff anywhere else. I’m really impressed with Jindal’s curriculum vitae. The guy’s a virtual genius if I may say so. Stop reading teleprompter’s Bobby! You’re the bomb!
RepubChica on March 2, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Jindal/SarahCuda/2012?
or
Jindal/Romney/2012?
or
? / ? /2012?
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Romney/Jindal 2012.
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Best bumpersticker for 2012 – “Bobby Jindal…Piyush, my pocket sized policy wonk”.
Thanks for the belly chuckle, myrenonvations.
silenced majority on March 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
The libs hated Reagan too, but couldn’t overcome his message, and especially, the way he delivered it. The vast majority of the people in this country still believe in the Constitution and conservatism. Jindal will have a tough fight against the Dems and their MSM water carriers. Nevertheless, the people will gravitate to his message because he will articulate it in a way that they understand and believe. After Obama all but destroys everything this country was founded upon, the people will see real hope again in Jindal and will tune out Olberman, Matthews and the rest of the lunatic liberals.
orlandocajun on March 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Bobby is awesome but folks – Bobby is going to be raped by the MSM the way Sarah Palin and her family were.
Will you stand by him then?
Many of us will – but the Kathleen Parkers, the Peggy Noonans, the George Wills – they won’t. Will you RIP INTO these people on the conservative and liberal sides when they do it? And will you do it better than you did when it happened to Sarah Palin?
I’m not sure.
HondaV65 on March 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM
This could be a test-case for Jindal’s popularity with the HotAri base. If this thread generates more than 250 comments; I’d say he is popular enough.
Sanford threads never got more than 100 comments tops, which pretty much tells you noone was interested in him running for president.
Norwegian on March 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Jindal is articulate and quick on his feet in a way Palin is clearly not. It will be much harder for Jindal to be destroyed, so long as his profile is high enough that he can respond to criticism (in the way that Palin had a high profile at the time and could get booked on any show she wanted, but didn’t).
On the other hand, if they slowly eat away at him for the next year while he is in LA doing his thing, he might have trouble.
DaveS on March 2, 2009 at 6:55 PM
You can tell they are hunting for something to get on this guy…..
RobCon on Feb 2,2009 at 6:38PM.
RobCon: That would be,
Liberal ‘Search and Destroy Missions’,that the Lefty’s
think they have succeeded on,
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin.
Its one thing in politics,to throw the mud back and forth during an election,
but,
when the Liberal political hack goons are working in the shadows,going through Conservative garbage cans,and I bet
they also listen in on phone conversations as well,but to
be in an ‘Operational mode’ of going for broke so to speak
to dig up dirt,in an ongoing file,is no longer in the realm
of politics,its SPYING,PERIOD:)
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Is it really that difficult for a minority to get into an ivy league school, but show me a poor white male getting multiple offers from Ivy league schools and you know you’ve got a genius. The running of Louisiana’s health care system at 24 is very impressive, though.
DFCtomm on March 2, 2009 at 6:58 PM
His wife is g o r g e o u s.
Jindal/Owens 2012
Harpoon on March 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Can you please take your stupidity somewhere else please?
terryannonline on March 2, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Bobby Kennedy is dead…sorry. (His middle name was not Joe it was fitzgerald.)
kanda on March 2, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Asians don’t count as “minorities” for affirmative action programs. In many cases they are more discriminated against than whites.
JamesB on March 2, 2009 at 7:12 PM
My Father a long time suffering New Orleanian thinks Jindals not the future – but just one of a whole new wave of highly motivated uber patriotic second generational children who APPRECIATE America, DEFEND America and WANT the best for America
Refreshing
EricPWJohnson on March 2, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I like Jindal (& wife). Smart, hard working, and caring. As for the MSM, they will attack any GOP candidate,every time the On Air light comes on. The GOP needs to attack the MSM for bias, just like Palin does!
2012 is gonna be about grassroots. Beating the streets to meet the people. All people. It’s gonna be hard for Obama to run a campaign if this ‘crisis’ hasn’t improved also Team Obama has their hands full: Will they pull Axlerod off WH duty to head the re-election campaign?
TN Mom on March 2, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Well his wife is supah hawt, beyond that, ..ho hum.
Alden Pyle on March 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM
KP already stood up for Jindal when he did horrible on his speech last Tuesday. She’ll back him and so will others. I believe they rest assured because he got the “proper” education where Palin was didn’t.
deidre on March 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Yep. This is the “see, we’re not the monsters you thought we were” technique. First the bait, then the switch. Republican politicians fall for it hook, line, and sinker, every time.
TMK on March 2, 2009 at 7:27 PM
KP already stood up for Jindal when he did horrible on his speech last Tuesday. She’ll back him and so will others. I believe they rest assured because he got the “proper” education where Palin was didn’t.deidre on March 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Yeah, it’s not like he is an unsophisticated, uneducated fool like Reagan, who only got a degree from Eureka College….
/Sarc
Actually, the only thing that makes me pause about Jindal is the fact that the MSM, RINOs and Allahpundit tries to prop him up.
Norwegian on March 2, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I worry about that too. When are they going to turn against him I wonder? You know it has to happen someday, you just don’t know when.
deidre on March 2, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Hmmm. So Palin’s education that she paid for and worked thru doesn’t add up to Jindal? How about Obama?
Please, don’t be KP. KP has shown she is a hack and a fungus amoung us.
Jindal is a good person as is Palin. Just because you are an elitist, don’t mean you should bring others down.
upinak on March 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Now we need to find a Latino with the same attitude for VP, and we have a ticket…
right2bright on March 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I should have put in more information. I love Palin. I think she is great. I personally think it is ridiculous that KP came to the defense of Jindal when Palin is just as good of Gov. as Jindal is and she threw Palin under the bus after an okay interview with Gibson and a horrible interview with Couric. Jindal’s speech was terrible (and probably will have more awkward speeches) and look how she came out gloating about him. I see the double-standard with her and her type. That is what I was trying to get out. I should have clarified. I’m happy with either Jindal or Palin.
deidre on March 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Morley repeats the lie that Jindal & others oppose stem=cell research. We oppose embryonic stem-cell research. Adult stem cells are much more promising, & no one dies.
jgapinoy on March 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM
gotcha, i figured you meant as much but I wanted to make sure.
I have some serious problems with people who have gone to this or that university or college and make those who had to go to smaller not well established colleges seem like they are lesser. Why? They worked their butts off just as other have .. and in some case more so because they worked to provide for themselves/family etc as well as pay for college courses.
Hell I wish I had a community college here again. Instead of paying out the pipe for, not just the classes, but all the other adminstrative fees.
upinak on March 2, 2009 at 7:44 PM
My nonpolitical and foreign mother [Canadian, obviously] was very impressed with Jindal on the show that I hope would be a barometer of how “ordinary” people would react to him.
andycanuck on March 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM
This kind of stuff annoys me for the simple reason that membership in the party is open. If black people want to see more black people in the party they should sign up and start coming to meetings. No one is rejecting minority ‘applications’ for membership. If there is segregation going on, it’s mostly self-imposed. I’ve never heard a Republican tell a black person they weren’t welcome in the party but I have heard a table full of black kids making fun of another kid because he said he might vote Republican (this was in 1999 in college). They said something along the lines of “I’ve never heard of a black person voting Republican….are you sure you’re not just really tan?”
Actually, Indians and other Asians tend to be ‘over-represented’ in law and med schools which leads to a ‘reverse affirmative action’ towards them where fewer of them are let in to make room for other ‘under-represented’ minorities. I believe studies have shown that Asians are penalized the most at schools with affirmative action.
JadeNYU on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Perhaps after four years of shiny, sparkley failure the country will be ready for the boring stuff that actually works.
29Victor on March 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Yep, the Repubs do seem to fall for it everytime. Naieve, stupid, what the hell is the problem?
I’ve watched Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter etc suck up to media sharks like a couple of elvis worshipping teeny boppers. Its as if they’re in a time warp and just want the popular cool kids (MSM vampires) to like them. Lord spare us from more of this crap.
We need conservatives who will tell it like it is, not pull punches, take no prisoners, and quit suffering fools!
kooziegirl on March 2, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I love the meme Morley was trying to push…”Down and dirty, corrupt Democrats running the state=FUN! Competent, honest, ethical EFFECT Republicans=BORING.”
Though…I guess for the media that’s actually how it works.
Sarjex on March 2, 2009 at 8:08 PM
I think he came off great. A rising star.
echosyst on March 2, 2009 at 8:09 PM
+1
kooziegirl on March 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM
I like boring.
terryannonline on March 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM
I know it’s true for those of Japanese and Chinese descent, but didn’t think it held true for Indian. You got anything specific regarding Indian minorities and this subject?
DFCtomm on March 2, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I think his wife should show her arms…what do you think.
tomas on March 2, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I think using the term “political correctness” hides its fascist roots (Gramsciian Marxism) and makes it much more acceptable to people who arent paying attention. But this is still funny. From Texas A&M I think.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end”.
kooziegirl on March 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Gov. Jindal should have vetoed the bill allowing ‘Intelligent Design’ to be presented in the classroom; he would have been overridden, but he would not then have that particular albatross around his neck. It will hurt him if he pursues national office, as it should.
MrLynn on March 2, 2009 at 8:22 PM
There is nothing wrong with presenting intelligent design in the classroom. It’s deciding which classroom to present it in that’s a problem. It’s not a scientific theory so I don’t think it should be presented in science class. It really has no place other than a theology class, but there aren’t many of those in elementary or high school.
DFCtomm on March 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Sorry. I couldn’t find anything definitive. A couple articles that talked about the effect that affirmative had on Asians that left it unclear as to whether they included Indians in that definition (some do, some don’t). One article that included East Indians in the list of groups hurt by affirmative action but the link they gave was for a study that discussed the effect on “Asians” (again, without defining whether they included Indians in that definition or not). I guess I’ve always included them in that definition as the Indians I’ve interacted with have had a similar work ethic.
JadeNYU on March 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
It was you???
Jim Treacher on March 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I had the same problem.
DFCtomm on March 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
I bet Jack McBrayer and his agent are giddy!
Oh yeah… and the exorcist’s union.
benny shakar on March 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Thank you.
I like how Allah basically makes it seem as if Jindal’s chances are done because he gave one bad rebuttal speech to the President’s address.
That won’t be remembered two years from now, or four. Except, perhaps, by Allah, when he wants to dust off his doom-and-gloom gimmick in time for the next elections.
Vyce on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Bobby Jindal is the very real deal. I live in Louisiana and he’s personally responsible for saving the most mismanaged state run health care system in the country. He is the real American dream, a brilliant man with a great family, who rose by the product of his own ability. We could do much, much worse.
itsspideyman on March 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
You’re right; I should have said ‘science class’, where it has no place.
MrLynn on March 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM
An exorcist’s union? What are you talking?
Dude your insults are becoming more and more lame. Your like the Paris Hilton of trolls….
absolutely no personality or class.
terryannonline on March 2, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Umm, that might have had something to do with that the other politician, Edwin Edwards, was indicted for stealing Louisiana’s money for himself.
S@#$ sandwich or Giant Douchebag, you decide.
How many Indian-American governors has New York elected, Allah?
darclon on March 2, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Dude, this is what happens when you rely on fox news and kooky blogs as legitimate news sources.
benny shakar on March 2, 2009 at 10:04 PM
So are telling me that Olby talks about “exorcist’s unions” on MSNBC? Let me guess Olby is pro-exorcist unions, huh?
terryannonline on March 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM
an exorcist’s union
benny shakar on Feb 2,2009 at 9:01PM.
benny shakar: Boy you’ve go nerv,now your advocating that
exorcists get Married,a union of sorts!
And btw,just because AllahPundit is an Atheist
doesn’t mean,that the ban hammer can’t be turn
ed into a cross,and ban,crap, I mean,exorism
you from zee blog!!
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Allah is only here killing time til there’s an opening at Huffington Post. He’s not that conservative but Michelle keeps him around because he’s good at chores and he’s one of her kids’ favorite sitters.
bw222 on March 2, 2009 at 10:26 PM
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