<p>On one hand I am happy that an Indian-American has won. On the other hand I am sad because of his ultra conservative right wing religious politics.</p>
<p>But I guess amongst the current candidates, he probably was the most qualified.</p>
<p>Not only did he win as an Indian-American, he won as the youngest governor ever elected in the U.S. He’s all of 36.</p>
<p>Awesome! How right wing are his ideas on women’s right to choose?</p>
<p>women are not allowed to choose</p>
<p>Hadn’t he lost several times before?</p>
<p>Once to Blanco.</p>
<p>Another Republican seat-warmer. “Oh, I think I’ll run for Congress, even though I’m not really interested in Congress, so that I can keep busy while I am running for Governor.”</p>
<p>Then again, Democrats do the same thing.</p>
<p>I was just in New Orleans this weekend when the news of Jindal’s election broke. It was interesting to hear the locals’ perspective. </p>
<p>One woman (a black democrat, by the way) was THRILLED. She felt that he would get Louisiana some attention, especially New Orleans. She commented that many people voted for him because they felt he would attend very efficiently to their immediate needs, primarily focused on the physical rebuilding of the community. </p>
<p>Another resident, standing nearby, commented that he was gay so could not, in good conscience, vote for Jindal. However, he conceded that Jindal would likely “get much of the mess cleaned up and probably was most likely of the candidates to have the ear of Washington to make it happen”. He hoped fervently that his term would be so busy dealing with the backlog of those issues that he wouldn’t get to the social ones. </p>
<p>Interestingly, they BOTH were hopeful that a democrat got voted in after Jindal cleaned up the economic problems first.</p>
<p>I don’t think I agree with him about anything, but all signs suggest that he’s smart, competent, and works hard, so I can respect that.</p>
<p>Well, by my modest estimation, Jindal’s Washington connections (as a sitting member of Congress) hasn’t resulted in the current Administration doing any favors for the people of Lousiana. The same can be said for Haley Barbour in Mississippi. In fact, Barbour’s and Jindal’s friendship with G.W. Bush probably motivated them to minimize any real criticisms of the failures of the Katrina response and non-plan. I’m no fan of Senator Landrieu but at least she was banging on doors and sounding the bells on capital hill in righteous indignation of the poor response to the devastation of Katrina. Where was Jindal?</p>
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You have got to be kidding me! President Bush has thrown money on top of money at New Orleans etc. in response to Katrina, yet the liberals whine and complain and whine and complain and blame everything on the President. The real story is why has so much taxpayer money been wasted on people who are not doing enough for themselves to rebuild their community. </p>
<p>How much money has already been spent on Katrina relief?
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<p>How does that compare to the entire GDP of the State?
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<p><a href=“http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTdhN2QyM2JiYWQ4NTViMDRmNjhjNDI1ZDE3MzFiODA=[/url]”>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTdhN2QyM2JiYWQ4NTViMDRmNjhjNDI1ZDE3MzFiODA=</a></p>
<p>How much more has to be wasted until people will stop complaining about Katrina? How about 500 billion? Will that be enough waste for you?</p>
<p>Jindal also believes in teaching Intelligent Design in schools.</p>
<p>another Republican minority…</p>
<p>I’ve run into Mr. Jindal a couple of times. I’ve seen him on the floor a few times – doesn’t make too many speeches except when he needs to hold the party line, etc. I think he’s going to distance himself from the Republican mainstream and do some good work for the people of Louisiana once he takes the gubernatorial office. The House Republican leadership has an iron grip on its members, and I don’t think he had too much flexibility from party line under the auspices of one Mr. Boehner.</p>
<p>Wife unit wants to know how many governors of any state have been people of color - not counting reconstruction.</p>
<p>Wisconsin has a person of tall, does that count?</p>
<p>is Richardson hispanic?</p>
<p>O.K. Razorsharp, recite for me why a recovery plan for the Gulf Coast is a matter of “Liberal” or Conservative, because I really don’t know. And as for blame, my observation is specific to problems such as the purchase of thousands of trailers that sat unused, the fiasco with the housing vouchers, the delay in issuing new flood maps, etc. There’s plenty of blame to be assigned, but how that is “liberal” or “conservative,” I can only wonder. When a conservative Republican Housemember from Mississippi and a “liberal” senator from Louisiana complain about ineffectiveness and inaction regarding the recovery of the Gulf Coast, that tells me that there is a problem. My issue with Jindal is that I don’t recall reading any statements or proposals by him on recovery plans. Perhaps Tlaktan’s post best described Congressman Jindal. Heck, even Senator Vitter sought to address Katrina in a non-partisan fashion.</p>
<p>simba, yes he is.</p>
<p>The only other one I can think of offhand is ex-governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia.</p>
<p>Quote: “Wife unit wants to know how many governors of any state have been people of color - not counting reconstruction.”</p>
<p>Massachusetts (very liberal democratic state) currently has a governor that is a person of color.</p>
<p>In fact, I believe he is holding a press conference today officially endorsing Obama for President.</p>