Anyone get the Bobby Jindal survey?

[votefordan]

Apparently Mr. Jindal missed his civics class.

He asked if I supported nominating conservative judges who will enforce the law.

Um, Mr. Jindal, the EXECUTIVE branch enforces law. The judicial branch INTERPRETS law.

What an embarrassment to our district.

He also voted against an amendment to the energy bill requiring that auto-makers produce cars with higher gas efficiency. To me, making all cars more fuel efficient is economically conservative because it will SAVE the people money.

Maybe someone should tell Mr. Jindal that more money in the people's pockets in District One means more campaign donations he can collect ( and redistribute to Republicans in other states).

Of course, I'm preaching to the choir here.

[votefordan]

1. oh wait, i forgot

Bobby Jindal gets many campaign donations outside of the District (and State as well).

[AnnInLa]

2. did you respond, and if so, how?

did the poll come by snail mail or email? any chance he will be voted out in the next election? I shudder to think that he could be our governor now....ugh.

[votefordan]

4. Voted out?

I got the survey via snail mail. Our hard earned tax dollars at work! Sending out surveys that ask if we want the judicial branch to enforce the law.

But where do you get the information that he will be voted out? What Republican challenger will replace the "golden boy"? Or do you just wanna help me raise the millions that would be required to take Jindal down politically ;)

[amazona]

3. I got it

No way to respond to this obviously slanted survey. I just tossed it. Jindal believes what he wants to believe. His contempt for the people of Louisiana and our ability to think for ourselves came shining through this piece of trash mail.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[votefordan]

5. I responded

And with the response I included a page long letter spelling out exactly what I felt about it. I think it was pretty good! (my letter at least).

Do I expect them to read the letter? Nope. But on the slight chance that they might actually read a complaint and not view it as a "negative attack" I figured it was worth a shot!

[Merusault]

6. Ugh

Bobby Jindal is a sanctimonious prick. Remember when he dipped his finger in purple ink after the Iraqi elections? Even other republicans made fun of him for that shit.

[votefordan]

8. Being propped up

I am sure that Mr. Jindal did not think of that by himself. If you look at his past work history you will see that he was moved around to "establish himself" in certain circles by the Republican Party.

Then they propped him up in the elections that he took part in.

I am sure that they will continue to prop him up with little stunts like that so he can gain notoriety.

I'm sure Rove, or some other Republican strategist said "here is a neat little trick, now who should we give this too to make them look good?"

They are just trying to secure him in place so he can be a good fundraiser for other Republicans in tighter races. People will blindly give to Jindal not knowing, or caring, that they are really donating to others.

The whole thing about him just disgusts me. He represents the worst of what the Republican party has to offer.

[Merusault]

10. I don't quite understand the Jindal phenomenon

I never really understood exactly what enamored Jindal so much to the 1st District residents. Obviously, his conservatism is the main reason, but conservative politicians aren't exactly rare.

As far as his intelligence, I wouldn't think that people in St. Tammany and Jefferson would be dazzled by a policy wonk, even if he is as right-wing as can be. Living in Kenner, you would probably agree with me that most people in this area aren't impressed by intellectuals and academics.

[votefordan]

11. It's all about the spin!!!

Look at the "great job" he did as head of DHH. They where in the red, and he turned it around and made a surplus. Great job right!!! Well that is what they want you to think. Of course, to do so he had to cut help to people that needed the health costs (to the detrement of their health and their future health bill which would now be larger thanks to Mr. Jindal). Cutting needed health services JUST to run a surplus is harmful. I tried to get that message out in some of my campaign ads and on my website. However, I did not have enough advertising funds to effectively spread the word about this issue. So people just heard "Bobby Jindal turned it around and ran a surplus".

Look at the job he has as a policy advisor to the Bush Administration in the Dept. of health. Of course, nobody mentions that when Jindal was in that position they took down the information about condom usage on the CDC website AND he supported abstinence only education which does not solve the problem. But not enough people questioned WHAT he did, they just admired that he was there in the first place.

There are many examples of each strategic placement of Mr. Jindals career where the facts WOULD override the fact that he was there if only there was adequate funding to promote these things.

Some of the blame HAS to be put on the Democratic Party. They gave up in this area and allowed him to just have a cakewalk. We COULD have spent SOME money in the area to just bring Mr. Jindal down a few notches... even if it was just 50 grand to say "look at what jindal REALLY did".

As I said in my 3rd campaign ad, Bobby Jindal is standing on his record because he doenst want anyone to pick it up and look at it.

And the MORE money we make Bobby Jindal spend in THIS district, it is the LESS money he can transfer to other Republican candidates in other districts that might have needed Jindal's help. (I argued that MANY times to the DCCC and nobody listended..) This is what Bobby Jindal is doing with his funds now, raising them, building a warchest so nobody can run against him AND THEN using those funds to donate to Republican candidates in races that are closer.

If we could just force Mr. Jindal to spend them HERE in louisiana instead of donating it out of our state... we could help those democrats in those other districts indirectly by not allowing Jindal to help their opponants directly.

And I don't know about people in the District not being interested in intellectuals, when a friend of mine when to cast an absentee ballot, there was a guy in the downtairs room of the Yenni building who was telling people to vote for Jindal because he was "really smart". (Nice electioneering)

[Merusault]

12. Yeah, Jindal is a purely a creature of spin.......

however, I think the issue of cuts in health services hurt Jindal in the gubernatorial campaign.

I'm only 23, so I honestly don't remember a time when the Democratic party was (if ever) much of a presence in Jefferson parish.

As for the remark about intellectuals, I suppose I'm thinking more about the people I know personally (i.e. my family). :-\

[votefordan]

13. Let's work to change things!

Just because the Democrats have not been a presence in Jefferson Parish does not mean we have to just give it up! I was recently honored (yesterday) to be chosen to serve on the Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee. I have some fresh and new ideas that I think we can work to bring in the younger generation into the fold and make the Democratic party a viable choice in Jefferson Parish and the 1st District. It wont happen immediately, but we need to be proactive in not only supporting quality candidates, but getting out there and spreading our issues to the people.

[Hippo_Tron]

7. On the bright side, he's not our Governor

[votefordan]

9. Well yeah

He can do LESS harm as a Congressman as he could have done as Governor.

The problem is that he can still do harm.

What has he done for Coastal Restoration again?

Wasn't his move to Metairie so that his wife could be closer to her family? And then after he won he said that they where going to be living in D.C. with him?

Each time he is quoted in the paper, or sends an email, it just disgusts me that so many people fell for his "message" which was all talk and no substance.