A 'Republican Obama'?
"GOP Looks to Louisiana's Governor"
The great non-white hope of the GOP?
Here's a Washington Post article suggesting that Bobby Jindal is the Republican's answer to Obama. Wrong. If Jindal's strength is his appeal to the evangelical right - no abortion ever never ever, no stem cell research ever never ever, a willful rejection of reality to embrace creationism, etc. - then the GOP still hasn't learned its lesson. If they want to win in the future, they need a candidate who will show these religious nuts the door.
But hey, we should encourage the GOP to pander all it wants...let them dig in and bury themselves with their so-called "values" politics. Let them piss off the economic conservatives and the intellectual conservatives.
2012 will be a very good year for Democrats if they do.
"CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the GOP think could be the party's own version of Obama.
Like the president-elect, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is young (37), accomplished (a Rhodes scholar) and, as the son of Indian immigrants, someone familiar with breaking racial and cultural barriers. He came to Iowa to deliver a pair of speeches, and his mere presence ignited talk that the 2012 presidential campaign has begun here, if coyly. [..]"
Yes folks, Jindal is already in Iowa testing the political waters. He *says* he's there to explain Louisiana's methods for coping with floods....<wink wink>
Ah well...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I find it both amusing and ironic that less than one month ago, Obama was a demon. Today he's a fine example that the Republicans want to emulate. Did Republicans need this election's ass-whuppin' to wake up?
Wouldn't a Jindal vs Obama battle be awesome?
Would the two party system survive racism?
Would the people who couldn't stomach the choice start up the Brand New White People Party?
Would having to pick between two brown people cause our first national spontaneous combustion?
The R's still don't get it...that it wasn't about Obama's race, it was about his spirit and his vision. What vision does Jindal have?
Perhaps Republicans think Jindal will capture Liberal and Independent votes. Yeah, just like they thought they'd capture Hillary Clinton's women voters with Sarah Palin.
Jindal/Palin '12!
Please, please, please...
