Jindal Takes Credit for Stimulus, Presents Constituents with Jumbo-sized Stimulus Check

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-che...

Jindal takes credit for stimulus, presents constituents with jumbo-sized stimulus check.

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reemerged on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated.”

However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least $157,848 in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and $138,611 for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act. Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check. View it below:

Jindal was one of the GOP governors who opposed the Recovery Act and he succeeded in blocking money for unemployment compensation.

[hobbit709]

1. Now he's Grammstanding.

What a POS.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. !!

[Cant trust em]

3. Great politics with no ethics. nt

[WCGreen]

5. But that was yesterday...

And yesterday's gone...

Chad and Jeremy

[MNDemNY]

4. Now, if they can only find a "big" bank to cash it.

[hfojvt]

6. knr. This kind of hypocrisy discovering is the liberal web at its best.

Jindal is against the stimulus, except when he can take credit for it.

[timeforpeace]

10. Sounds like he's got this president act down pat already.

[bluesmail]

7. I hope the voters understand it's a scheme. The $ won't last,

is a short term band aid. Yes the guy is a true 'R'.

[gratuitous]

8. Careful, Mr. Jindal

You'll give yourself whiplash talking out both sides of your mouth like that. Then you might have to depend on socialized medicine to treat a soft tissue neck injury.

[xultar]

9. What a fucking TOOL.

[JBoy]

11. Wow. Jindal manages to suck and blow at the same time.

[Wednesdays]

12. K&R

[KoKo]

13. He's a real "Piece of Work" isn't he. Like all Repugs...when SHAMED ..Strike Back

and make a bigger fool of yourself and your audience of idiot Repugs laps it up.