Piyush Jindal for veep?

[Stinky The Clown]

Whaaaaaat?

He is young enough to be Grumpy's GRANDchild.

Isn't that a bit much in the comparison department?

Kinda like these two ......

[rurallib]

1. That cartoon made me think - isn't McCain the gold-digger

in his marriage?

[Stinky The Clown]

6. No

Cindy is the one who bought him, not the other way around. SHE's the ambitious one who wants to be in the White House. SHE's the ideologue in the family. SHE bought a race horse and continues to ride him, even in his nagitude.

[rurallib]

13. "riding" Johhny Mac - ewww

[Ilsa]

2. Too inexperienced to be VP for someone as old as McSame, IMO.

I bet it will be Romney, though. Huckabee sticks his foot in his mouth too much, and they know it.

[madinmaryland]

4. I don't know if he would choose Romney.

Maybe Huckabee, or a northern republican such as George Pataki. I would doubt Jindal would be picked, as he's only be in office a couple of months and Jodi Rell in CT is one of the few republics left in office in CT.

I still think LIEberman may be his choice.

:shrug:

[GoesTo11]

3. Maybe not too young, but too nutty.

Read up on him at Wikipedia.

A big proponent of teaching Intelligent Design.

Has been giving testimony at a bunch of evangelical churches.

Look out for him, though. He is a charmer and very smart.

On the second thought, almost certainly too young in the sense that he still has yet to learn humility.

[tekisui]

5. He's considered a "True Conservative", young, and a minority.

I've heard his name, I don't think he'd help grampy much though.

[Honeycombe8]

21. I actually think he'd help gramps the most. He's attractive, vibrant....

represents change, represents the new Republican, is young, and being exotic looking and of exotic heritage, he would directly counter Obama's advantage in that department.

So of course, gramps won't choose him. It's be too smart a thing to do, and too avant garde, too risky, too much change.

But Jindal would be tough to go against, unless there's some skeleton in his closet.

[Mz Pip]

7. Maybe the rw nutjobs

will mistake him for a Muslim.

At first I thought I was being sarcastic, but on second thought I may be on to something. RW Fundies aren't very bright so I don't doubt that his ethnic background will be proof enough that he's a Muslim.

Mz Pip

[RB TexLa]

8. I won't be Jindal. It won't be Lieberman. The GOP VP candidate will be a white, protestant, anti-

choice male.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Tim Pawlenty

[librechik]

9. They can't be serious

No really, they can't be serious. Poor Jindal is just being used as a token to show how non-racist the Nazi party is.

It's laughable.

[marmar]

10. Jindal would frighten the GOP's racist nativist base....

.... Even though he's an American Christian, and his lineage Indian, they'd see him one way: As a MOOOSLIM from the Middle East. "Kill 'em all. Kill 'em all."

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Yet he did win in Louisiana, which isn't exactly the most progressive state

[colonel odis]

14. louisiana isn't progressive, but it is a big melting pot of cultures.

[pitohui]

15. he won in louisiana because he essentially ran un-opposed

you will see this is the case in all of the public offices he won in louisiana

[ColbertWatcher]

20. He won in Louisiana...

...after the population of New Orleans was cleared of Democratic voters.

[KamaAina]

16. Ssssssssssshhhhhhhh! You're supposed to call him "Bobby"!

Otherwise you're a big, fat, horrible RACIST!!! I know because the ultra-liberal Ouachita Citizen told me so!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

http://www.ouachitacitizen.com/news.php?id=1191

Let's take it a step further.

Issuing a news release pointing out that Jindal's first name is Piyush, which the state Democratic Party did last week, removed the racist label from the Republican Party and placed it clearly on the backs of the Democrats.

:wtf:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

17. What the hell is

a Piyush Jindal?

[jmowreader]

19. "Piyush" is his real first name

People from India who live in the US, or who live in India and work at call centers, have a Hindu first name like Piyush or Bahrant but use a Westernized nickname like Bobby or Bill when they're around Westerners. It makes it easier on English speakers who don't normally confront Piyushes and Bahrants.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

24. I knew that

but I had to say it anyway.

I can be annoying in that sarcastic way.... :D

[KamaAina]

18. The perfect foil for McSatan: "The Exorcist"!

http://www.dailykingfish.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=224

When Bobby Jindal was attending Brown University, he had a friend named "Susan." Susan and Bobby were very close friends. Some people even thought the two were an item, but they never were. One day, Susan and Bobby attended a Christian concert, and in the middle of the show, Susan got up and left. Bobby knew something was wrong. He followed her outside, and she was sobbing. Bobby tried to console her. A female friend showed up and gave Susan a hug. Bobby knew the problem would not go away with a hug, and he offered to walk her back to her dorm room. Once they were in the room, Susan confessed why she was upset. She said she had cancer. Skin cancer. Bobby promised to stand by her forever. He sat next to her in bed and distracted her with "fairy tales." Susan calmed down.

The next time they were supposed to meet for dinner, Susan was late. She refused to apologize, so Bobby refused to speak with her for a week. But they quickly resolved everything when Susan opened up about her nightmares and the strange, unknown odors emanating from her dorm room. Bobby attributed the odor to the devil, because it smelled like sulfur. Susan also told Bobby about speaking in tongues and visions she had. Bobby became worried and scared. Bobby had heard a priest claim that "angels, spirits, and other such apparitions" were not meant for literal interpretation. Still, he wanted to believe Susan....

Susan’s sister and a woman named "Louise," who Bobby says was "a member of a charismatic church," pinned Susan down and prayed loudly and desperately. They yelled things like, "Satan, I command you to leave this woman" and commanded "(all) demons to leave in the name of Christ." Susan continued shouting. Bobby tried to remain calm, though at one point, he thought he could be having a stroke. Bobby considered calling the campus priest, but he also thought that Catholicism could actually be bogus. He was having questions about his faith. Instead, the students in the UCF meeting continued to pray for Susan. Bobby tried praying, but he became exhausted.

Susan attempted to escape, and during the scuffle, "Alice," the student leader for Campus Crusade for Christ, "entered the room for the first time, brandishing a crucifix." They had tried calling a "rival" Christian group to help, but the preacher "denied" their request for help and told them to not to "confront the demon." Alice made Susan even angrier. Susan tried lunging toward the door. Bobby began repeating the Hail Mary over and over again. He said, "Being new to Catholicism, I had yet to accept the Catholic doctrines concerning Mary and considered any form of Marian devotion to be idolatry." But he could not think of anything else at the time, so he prayed to Mary."

:eyes:

[erpowers]

22. Not Jindal

I heard that Jindal was supposedly being considered for the VP slot. However, I have never thought that McCain would actually pick him. One there is the race issue. I do not think that many Republicans would vote for McCain if Jindal was the VP candidate. Second, it seems to me that such a decision woud anger the people of Louisiana in that it seems he ran partly by saying the people of Louisiana screwed up the first time and should now elect him. After getting elected he just decides he does not want to be the governor. It seems that would piss off a great deal of people from Louisiana. In addition, I think Jindal as VP would take away McCain's ability to use experience against Obama, if he is the democratic nominee. McCain would not be able to say Obama lacks experience in that he picked a guy with less international and possiblly less domestic political experience than Obama to be his VP. Jindal would have to step in if McCain would not do the job. I think that would stop a great deal of people from voting for McCain. So, I just do not see Jindal getting the VP slot.

[dothan29]

23. It wont be Jindal

He just got elected governor last year of Louisiana, if he bolted, the people there would backlash against him as that state needs MAJOR help after the incompetence of Blanco, Foster, and Edwards administrations. McCain KNOWS he has to have a southern governor on the ballot. But he also has to walk a fine line of who not to repel further. Right now, this is his election to win as long as he doesnt say something stupid or do something stupid, which is why he will never choose Huckabee who many consider a lunatic and he wont choose Romney, who many have warmed up to, but still feel uneasy for him being a mormon. The 5 he would choose from would be Floridas governor Crist.. but many rumors that are only growing by the day both in and outside of Florida that he may be gay would repel half of McCains supporters. The second choice would have been Haley Barbour of Mississippi, but his appearance and personality is along the line of typical Republicans from years ago, so he wont be able to "draw" any newer support. The third choice would been Sonny Perdue of Georgia, but he too fits the exact same image of Haley Barbour. The last 2 are Alabama's Bob Riley and South Carolina's Mark Sanford.

Riley could be it because of his high popularity on both sides in Alabama and his economic successes, but there is baggage with a few ties to the Jack Abramoff scandal.

Sanford also could be it because of being a well-liked governor and fiscal conservative, but there is baggage that some call him Kerry-like