Their Own Obama

>Posted By: neworleansgirl2008 "the Southern Democrats that have been ruining ... the State of Louisiana"

...and saved by electing Republican David Duke to the state legislature.

I applaud the GOP in their decision to become even more conservative and right-wing for the 2012 election. That's a sure-fire way to hand the election to Obama, and I thank them for it.

How is it "newsworthy" whether my Governor urinates or not? Will your editors go collect urine measurement samples of all politicians now or do you really need to get more in-depth detail and count the used toilet tissue squares?

Unlike most of the staff of Newsweek and its readers, I have known Bobby Jindal for more than 15 years and he has NEVER made an issue out of his race or religion. Further, he will never have to explain why he sat in Rev. Wright's church for 20 years.

Bobby Jindal does not need Newsweek or other failing media outlets to define his race, color or beliefs. He is quite capable of self-determination without the blessing of the digusting Newsweek magazine.

Ha. You forgot the one major difference between Obama and Jindal-- Jindal has actually ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING versus simply giving great speeches. Jindal won't need to rely on fear, spin and misplaced anger in any campaign he runs. He'll just be able to point to actual FACTS on his record.

Newsweek destroys to die with the rest of the failed media. How is it "newsworthy" whether my Governor urinates or not? Will your editors go collect urine measurement samples of all politicians now or do you really need to go further and count used toilet tissue squares?

What a completely useless rag!

I am a secular Indian-American. I have no problem with Jindal's religious convictions if he keeps those to himself. But that doesn't seem to be the case. His convictions especially in terms of opposition to abortion even in extenuating circumstanes appear extreme and dangerous. As someone who allows teaching of 'intelligent design' in school, neither I nor any Asian immigrants I know of can imagine ourselves voting for him.
He is no Obama.
It's not Obama's color that got himelected, it was his ideas. GOP needs new ideas not just a Brown person (and I am brown myself).

Jindal probably is bright, well-educated as most of the children of the immigrant families from Asia in particular and is articulate. So, also probably and relatively he is more disciplined and more like Obama and his generation; that is due to the changing local & international environment, which is increasingly competitive. However as I believe, as time passes on, it is more of the pragmatism than any one single ideology, whether political or religious, Capitalistic or Socialistic, Democratic or Republican will be sustained or supported. This will far more going to be the trend among younger generations, once again this is due to globalization of our experiences and lives and also thanks to the vastly improved communication facilities (being) created in this century. In this age of Science and Technology, less and less number of people will going to cling to any religion, which (all religions in this respect) is after all a frozen belief system - what man thought at one time with his very limited knowledge of Nature around him... So, is the case with 'extreme politicalisms'. Because of this alone, if Jindal (or any other person as a matter of fact) is proved to be more ideological, either in the name of his religious belief system (Catholic or something else) or his political conservatism (Reagan Republicanism), I very much doubt, with the passage of time whether he will raise or even survive at the national political level. All ???isams may help??? at the individual level, but definitely not with and among majority. I do not even hesitate to add here, even if Obama 'tilts too much to one side', he will become soon unpopular!

Mr. Green,

Your comment, obviously partisan, lacks one thing. And that is any connection with the truth of what actually happened. You may not like market based capitalism, but it was not the source of the problem. The cause, as it often is, was a nice liberal ideal that went sadly astray. "Affordable housing" is a nice idea, but lending money to people who cannot afford it, with little or no money down, was a recipe for disaster. Did the Republicans take on Freddie and Fannie when they were in power and should have? No they didn't have the guts. So it was government interference in the markets that distorted things and lead us to where we are, not free markets that would have functioned more rationally.

Mr. Green

Mr. Green,

Your comment, although clearly partisan, is also completely incorrect. What got us into this mess, is what always does, well intentioned liberal ideals that go astray because they seek an ideal world that will never exist. "Affordable housing" is a laudable goal, but selling houses to people that can't afford them with little or no down payment is the core problem. Did the republicans put a stop to this nonsense when they had a chance, no they didn't have the guts. But the cause is the cause. You may not like market based capitalism, but it was government interfering in the market that was clearly the cause.

Think of all the Devils that could be cast out by a Jindal-Palin Ticket. Witches and Demons beware.

We, the Indian Americans, feel so proud that a brilliant, articulate, young and energetic one of us has gotten himself to such a position of prominence that people are willing to talk about him way before it is time to talk about it.

Nevertheless, vast majority of us, myself included, will be unwilling to support him because his staunch social conservatism is hard to take for most of us. Majority of us are socially liberal, like Hinduism itself.

I feel so sad.

This article leaves out how Jindal signed legislation to remove the Governor's office from the public records law, eliminating transparency from his office and keeping him on the bottom of that watchdog list. This article also leaves out how Jindal signed into law legislation that increased the burden of proof to convict people on ethics violations (basically making it harder to convict people of all those new ethics laws he just past). He has made it easier in Louisiana to get away with being unethical.

As an Indian American, I would never vote for this guy. He a heavy idealogue and will eventually wreck the economy and country.

Let me provide you with one glaring difference between Obama and Jindal: whereas Obama got universal support from African Americans, "Payush" will be lucky to get the support of 30% of Indian Americans. This is because most Indian Americans tend to vote Democratic, and unlike "Bobby" are not militant about wedge issues liek religion and abortion.