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Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana addresses activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Saturday.
WASHINGTON – Speaking before an audience of Republican activists Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted the Obama administration over its response to the 2010 BP oil spill in the gulf, saying Obama officials “wasted precious time while that oil was coming in to our coast.”
The remarks came at the conclusion of his speech at CPAC, the annual gathering of Republican activists held here in Washington.
“They wasted precious time while that oil was coming in to our coast,” Jindal said. “They refused to listen to the people who lived along the coast that knew better than all the experts.”
Jindal – whose state was hit hardest by the spill – was a central figure in the recovery effort. His criticism, first expressed in his book, "Leadership and Crisis," represents a stinging rebuke of a Democratic administration with which he was partnered throughout the recovery effort.
“You’ve had a lot of speakers come up here and talk to you about the importance of this year’s election,” Jindal said, before adding that he wanted to offer “one more reason” why the election is important.
“What I saw and what I heard were people that were maybe very, very book smart, but had never run anything in the private sector,” Jindal continued.
“During our regular meetings and calls, the president would talk regularly about his “Nobel Prize-winning energy secretary.’ I’d begin to think that was part of his title,” Jindal said, refering to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “I didn’t understand what that had to do with stopping the oil from coming to our coast.”
(Chu won a Nobel Prize in 1997, for physics; Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.)
Jindal’s attack represents another expression of a complaint about an elite or out-of-touch White House that has marked many of the CPAC speeches throughout the three days here.
Much of Jindal’s speech prior to the remarks concerned privatizing and reforming public education in Louisiana, an effort which he said would involve expanding charter schools and scholarships, and cracking down on underperforming teachers.
“For the ineffective teachers that refuse to get better, maybe they should look into another profession. Maybe they don’t belong in the classroom anyway,” Jindal said.
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Somehow he might be more believable if a) he had not endorsed Rick Perry - not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and b) sorry, but he reminds me of Jiminy Cricket.
Is this guy kidding? When will these crackpot republicans realize that everything that happens in this country is recorded on video? Remember it was his party who claimed that President Obama "was too harsh on BP and Haliburton". The truth is this President did exactly what needed to be done.
That the basic issue republicans have with our President. He brings together people who know best in these situations. He listens to what needs to be done and authorizes it. Done. How unlike these clowns who must first worry about how not to offend their corporate owners.
Man, now I can't get 'When You Wish Upon a Star' out of my head.
Hey, that would make a great CPAC skit. Jindal could sing the song to Romney - you know, the guy who looks like he's made out of wood and plastic, and can't tell the truth.
Romney - I want to be a real human candidate.
Jindal - When you wish upon a star...
Who plays Gepetto? Would the good fairy be Sarah or Michelle?
I'm biased, but I'd say it's got to be Drew Carey.
Have you ever seen that movie? Yeah, singing voice leaves something to be desired, but other than that he made a good Gepetto.
In real life, there's no one. Who would row a boat across the ocean, risking getting swallowed by a whale, for Romney? That's his basic problem in this race. He's just not that loved.
I like the Jiminy Cricket comparison. I've also thought that he reminds of Mr. Rogers.
And for a good fairy, they'd probably get one of the log cabin Republicans.
Okay, granted, that's low. I might even vote to collapse this one myself, lol.
The US would be much better if it didn't have any intelligent people running the government. Why, if the CPAC people had their way, we would end up with uneducated drones who would just do what their corporate masters direct them to do.... oh, sorry, I didn't mean to leak the general GOP plan.
Paul,
]I need a time out for this thought. How about Santorum for the "good fairy"! (yeah, I probably need to be collapsed too now) LOL
And you are right, the love for Romney just isn't there.
Good one Phine ... based on all the lies I've heard so far the part of Pinocchio could be played by any/all the candidates. Actually, a huge nose might be a good thing ... might stop them from stepping on their own lips so much.
Or could go back to one of your earlier ideas... We'd have to slip Michelle in singing a song about how there aren't any good fairies. So the story line changes, and Cain shows up as the good godfather, giving Romney directions to pizzaland. Just take 9 steps this way, then 9 steps that way...
TOG,
You are right. However, being wooden is a Romney speciality! Also, the wolf could be played by Newt!
Oh, dear lord Paul, that is hysterical!!! LOL!!!!!
And Obama could play the sheriff, for the grand finale, when the Blazing Saddles cast comes crashing onto the set. Tell me that wouldn't work at CPAC...
The President is a [train whistle].
Biden would have to play the drunken gunslinger role.
Hmmm. Joe Biden/Gene Wilder. It could work.
All i can say to this worthless piece of crap is give it up ..if the spill is all you got
Bobby Jindal...you are an irrelevant moron...nobody cares what you think or what you say! Don't go away mad...just GO AWAY!
No one's mentioned the fact that Jindal insisted on building a sand bar to stop the oil...at a cost of hundreds of millions...that didn't work. Guess he didn't know what he was doing, either
"For the ineffective teachers that refuse to get better, maybe they should look into another profession. Maybe they don't belong in the classroom anyway," Jindal said.
This could work in other parts of our public work force..
Hey give the guy a break! You would be late for a photo op too if you had that many rounds of golf to play!
Kermit!
Ahhh! "Little Bobby Short-Pants Jindal." Attacking the president like a rabid Chihuahua! Give it up Jimmy.....your cartoonish attempts aren't doing much for your constituents unless, of course, you are trying raise their spirits and give them a good laugh. If you want to point fingers, point them at BP who is pointing their fingers at everyone else. What a joke!
What a joke.
Obama put Chu in charge. Chu may be great at trapping and cooling atoms with laser light, but he is a physicist, not an engineer and had no clue what the hell a BOP even was.
Obama had the power to remove BP and charge BP for all expenses, but chose to leave the company with the worst record, BP in control.
Obama shunned the world's help for all practical purposes until the end. It should have never been the disaster it was.
By the way, about that part on the repubs being upset with Obama being "too harsh" on BP ... they were upset with Obama's Constitutional over reach, his disregard for American law, his abuse of Constitutional authority .... something else Obama has since demonstated a great proclivity for.
Bottom line, like everything else, Obama took a bad situation and made it much worse, disregarding the will and interests of the American people ... all in pursuit of his radical, "transformative" agenda.
I can understand how Obama fooled America before, giving him the benefit of doubt. But how can it not be apparent now, after 3 years of killing the fossil energy, what Obama's true agenda always was ....
"Never let a good crisis go to waste", huh?
The other thing he failed to address, and that the GOP continuously fails to address is that while you could make an argument that Obama could have done a better job in xx field, you really can't make (and they haven't even attempted) the argument that the GOP wouldn't do worse. Because we all expect that they would do a horrible job and they have done nothing to change our minds - in fact, their recent actions have only reinforced that notion
Uh huh. And then you'd be saying he was overreaching the powers of the President, he was using the disaster as an excuse to wage war on corporate interests and capitalism, that it just proved he was a socialist by putting government in where the experts in the companies that have been doing it for years know best...
Maybe all we need to remind Jindal of is Hurricane Katrina and 'the great job Brownie" did!
That is just plain ignorant.
If the evil repubs love their big oil buddies, why would they let the disaster unfold?
Why would they have not have removed BP, again the company with the worst record, and brought in the best experts from other oil companies that can handle this thing everyday?
Why would they have not brought in the European skimmer fleets that could have prevented the oil from reaching the shores and marshes? The Gulf of Mexico is a piece of cake compared to the North Sea!
Why the moratorium, why violate Fereral judge's orders, why the contempt orders? Why drive off all the big rigs? Why destroy so many American jobs and lives .... if you weren't using this crisis to destroy the oil energy .... if you weren't trying to, as Chu himself said raise gas to $8 / gas prices to "necessarily skyrocket" like Obama said.
How can anyone with a functioning brain stem not see what Obama is doing?
If you want $8 a gallon gas .... that's fine ... defend Obama.
Otherwise, what is wrong with you .... how do you even try to defend this guy?
The problem with Bobby Jindal is that he doesn't have anything relevant to contribute. He along with all of his other Republicanists brethren were totally against federal intervention during their self created disaster that poisoned the Gulf for hundreds of years. Attacking Obama and talking about their own social issues is all they have to discuss. They have been using this same tactic for decades to convince the American people that there is a crisis where none exists. "We're sorry BP for letting our shoreline and wildlife get in the way of your irresponsible drilling practices" was the only response heard from the GOP. Tell us some more lies Bobby!
He looks more Muslim than the President. Maybe we need to see his birth certificate. Is he a christian?
According to the story:
Obama gets nominated three weeks after taking office and wins based on his teleprompted speeches.........
......since then Obama has not been nominated for his actions (think Gitmo, predator drones, Afghanistan ramp-up, etc, etc)
Dollars to doughnuts the flaming libs at Nobel Central are regretting that move....kinda like Arrafat in '94....
Can't force love folks.....grow up
No mention of Big Oil responsibilities? Hmm, let me guess, Jindal is all for the Keystone pipeline too, and when there's a spill (as there would be), he would blame President Obama. And hmm, how much campaign contributions does Jindal receive from Big Oil? Light-in-the shoes Jindal, step off -- No one cares what you think anyway.
CPAC needs to have a new name, maybe LollaWTFPuleeza, or Hate Fest USA. Just because they no longer wear white robes and masks doesn't mean it isn't a White Power Meeting.
Whine, gripe, complain, moan, groan, bellyache, cry, snivel, blame, blubber, holler, yell, scream, and bitch --- that what Republicans do best. They have no ideas, no solutions, nothing positive, just more and more and more and more negativity.
Obama looks like Alfred E. Newman, only with bigger ears and teeth
Good job Jiminy. You can't go wrong beating up on teachers. Lets privatize education and have some greedy corperation skinning the taxpayers and pouring thier money into a superpac.
By the way rightwing idealouges, are you for state selfdetermination and hands off government? It sure does seem like you come running with your hands out when you get a booboo. Screw the deficit. We want some money.
Hey Bobby! How did those billion dollar sand piles you made work out? Moron!
Billion dollars? LOL, do you live on the Gulf Coast Scott? I'm thinking probably not.
Little Bobby been dismissed to the back row and feels left out -- Boo Hoo. To think, they were all considering this little dick last election until he opened his mouth and gave a speech on TV!! I still remember his disgust and stepping on the idea about volcano warning program (?) in Alaska because it wasn't needed. Yea really -- the volcano in AK erupted the next week!!!! Helped tank the little dick!!!
Seems this little dick, as per usual, had a brain phart. Jindal was allowed to use his 'expertise' (ROFL) and build like a sand wall to keep the oil out. The sand wall washed away -- too bad it didn't take him with it. What a stunned and stupid moron. Selective memory of the Rethugs
They all spew and whine about this yet want all these new oil drill sites opened up. Shows that little runt Bobby & his Rethug's left part of the brain has no idea what the right side is doing. That oil companies would be screwed if it happened again as they didn't learn any lessons 'but they still want more sites. Use the ones you have morons.
People have to be reminded, there are all sorts of sites that have been approved to use -- but the oil companies haven't done diddle with the sites. But of course the little moron blames everyone but themselves -- the old worn out Rethug 'Victim' card - overused, overabused and totally worn the welcome out. It's become like white noise -- you don't hear it. Or could be called the boy who cried wolf. No matter -- he's still a moron!!
wasnt he against federal aid before he was against it and before he was for it before he was against it .. doesnt he still want to shrink the government into a society of Bedroom police
Wonder if the magpie's "Heckle and Jeckle's" mother hatched another egg at their hatching?
Hey...
who is that grasshopper????
Oh, sorry = Jindal is just a legitimate target & had to take the shot....
Awww. Did Piyush tell his little story about what a hero he was during Katrina again? You know, the one that wasn't true?
Who is Geppeto? Ronald Reagan of course. All of the wooden, lying, brain dead candidates on the right claim him as their father.
It's not so much about Little Bobby's appearance so much as it is about his paltry, limp delivery and distinct lack of character, integrity, or personality. Take a lesson from our current Prez, Little Bobby!
Anyone who thinks Obama acted promptly and decisively regarding the oil spill has either a very short memory, doesn't care or is an idiot.
In the cult, Gil, Obama is always right.
Facts be damned.
They just let a little time pass, then start preaching their Gospel. Facts are changed to protect the guilty, and, voila! Obama did the right thing.
Need another example? In the cult of Obama, "everyone knows" that "preventive care" saves billions of dollars.
Except it doesn't- and no amount of fact based challenges to this ridiculous assertion will change their views.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/feb/10/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-preventive-care-saves-money/
It's simple common sense- if, today, only a handful of at-risk patients get screened for, say, diabetes, the cost of testing will be lower than tomorrow, when EVERYBODY gets tested for diabetes.
Arithmetic, like facts, matters not at all.
InPS
I think that you've summed up Bobby Jindal perfectly . . . a worthless piece of crap. Like Sarah whatshername, he'll spout out any drivel to to warm up the party base, some of whom will actually believe b.s. to be fact.
we can expect a lot more of this. It's election year. Time for the right to reel in all of the simpletons with propaganda and fear tactics.
Conservative claims that the BP oil spill was somehow President Obama's fault illustrate their true agenda -- socialize risk, privatize profit.
The profits all belong to BP, Halliburton, and TransOcean. We the People have no right to anything other than paltry, symbolic compensation for their extraction of resources from US waters, the ultimate expression of publicly owned and controlled property.
Once they failed to use appropriate emergency control technology, failed to maintain the technology they were using correctly, failed to follow proper usage of the required technology, failed to recognize that something was seriously amiss in the well, failed to properly control the results of their criminal negligence, and 11 people died as a result it magically becomes the responsibility of We the People.
If that isn't the ultimate expression of Conservative lack of respect for the 99% I don't know what it would be.
John B, Des Moines, IA
Excellent post. I especially like:
Unfortunately I can only vote the comment up once.
gill...
Ever take an honest look at the enormous number of "simpletons" who vote the same way you do ? That's a big glass house you're living in...best to keep the stones in your pocket.
I'll put a dog in that fight. Because I am referring to seeds I just posted on, like Wayne LaPierre of the NRA saying Obama wants to repeal the 2nd amendment, based on nothing, in order to spread fear and paranoia. Or what about the Global Crisis we are about to have if we don't complete the Keystone Pipeline, or as NY Times columnist called it a "matter of national security"? And let's not forget the death panels. The 2nd amendment fear is nothing but crap. The Keystone Pipeline issue would be better off to just say that they oppose Obama's decision and be done with it, but just like Jindal they have to sensationalize everything and get everyone work up over something they should not buy into. That's why you have people walking into churches and shooting abortion doctors, and toting guns and making threats at political rallies. Don't see too much of that on the left do you?
More like Kenneth the Page.
the whole cpac reminds Me of the cast of rocky horror picture show with santorum as franken furter
orb
You hate women and people of color.
Besides that, do you have anything other than I love obama?
Even Obama democrats have to agree with this “What I saw and what I heard were people that were maybe very, very book smart, but had never run anything in the private sector,” come on now admit this is true about obama?
I won't say that's true about Obama because I don't know him personally, and I don't make assumptions about people I don't know. But from my own personal experience I've come across plenty of highly intelligent people over the years who seriously lack basic common sense. They're great at the big things, but when it comes to little, everyday things, they haven't a clue.
Since when is private sector experience necessary to run a government? As a matter of fact I think selecting people from the private sector financial system for treasury secretary positions have had the opposite effect. And why wasn't George H.W. Bush held responsible for the Exxon Valdez spill like the repubs are trying to hold Obama accountable for the Gulf Spill?
Poor Bobby Jindal, still trying desperately to feel relevant. But it's not a very good strategy for him to remind us of that oil disaster. After all, Mr. Jindal spent all that time screaming that the federal government needed to build him a bunch of sand berms to keep the oil from coming ashore, but the Army Corps of Engineers -- yes, Mr. Jindal, the experts -- kept telling him that wouldn't work and would be a waste of taxpayer money. So he went ahead and built them anyway at the expense of Louisianna taxpayers. And guess what? They all washed away just as the Army Corps of Engineers had been warned him, a total waste of taxpayer money. We really don't need to be listening to this guy. If you're not going to listen to the experts, Mr. Jindal, then shut up.
I think the dems should get Steve Urkel and Foster Brooks to play obama/biden in upcoming movie...Truth Squad...LMAO
The fall's gonna kill you, Sundance!!!
Yes, I'm sure that the problem with the oil spill was the administration's response and not the crappy job done by BP.
...or was it Haliburton's fault?
...or was it Transocean's fault?
You know, I guess they never did decide amongst themselves who was at fault when that Deepwater Horizon s*** the bed.
Certainly it was not the problem of the job creators, of those emblazoning a trail to our free markets by more drilling... no, no, no it is that useless administration who didnt clean up the mess left by those poor helpless businesses
Yes, Booby go ahead and be critical of Obama but let's look at what your party's leadership brought us:
-Security on 9/11
- Two unfunded wars (one based on lies and non existant WMD's)
- A switch in focus from Afghanistan to Iraq
- Trillions of unfunded $$$ spent on Nation building
- The death of capitalism through bank and Wall Street bailouts
- Massive debt from bailouts, revenue reductions, socializing Medicare Part D
- $4/gal or $150/barrel oil
- Collaspe of the housing market through predatory lending
- Reduction of middle class - increase in lower class
- New gambling technique called "credit default swaps"
- Stagnant wages/Lower earnings
- Massive layoffs and job losses in the MILLIONS
- Corporate "perfomance" bonuses paid for with bailout funds
And there's plenty more! So keep talking Booby. Your minority of conservatives might choose to live in ignorance of their own record but the majority of Americans clearly understand how devastating it has been. We've been living with your trickle down economics and corporate greed bailouts/bonuses/welfare long enough. Why don't you just go back with your fellow conservatives and decry the president for his moratorium on drilling permits too! Just when I begin to think you guys have hit bottom they some how manage to sink to new depths!
Da Noid!
The Bush administration wanted to get Big Government off the backs of business, and look how well it worked! With government regulators appointed by the Bush administration looking the other way while BP planned the drilling, BP was able to extract huge amounts of oil from the seabed in no time flat. Too bad it all went into the Gulf water instead of automobile gas tanks, but we can't let minor quibbles like that stand in the way of Free Enterprise.
tjohn
That is exactly obamas resume. How did you find that?
That grandstanding fool Piyush "the Exorcist" Jindal should keep his mouth shut while he is ahead. His great idea was to build a giant sand pile. How did that work? Well:
usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/12/oil-spill-panel-calls-jindals-sand-berms-a-220m-waste/1
Houston I believe Clinton gave the tax breaks for the deep water drilling that did not provide any regulation or oversight. The bubble may have burst under Bush but air was being pumped in to it for years Just like the UAW and the auto industry.
tjohn -
You'll have to excuse RP-238990 - he among all his 'deadhead pals' were in comas for 8 years when all that list happened. I'm trying to recall all the 'blowback' from them to Bush -- Hmmmm -- CRICKETS.
OK, let's say for the sake of argument that Jindal is right in that the government didn't properly regulate the drilling, demand appropriate safety controls, inspect those mechanism to ensure they were installed and working properly, and that shortcuts weren't being taken.
Why is it that Jindal and for that matter all other Republicans still working to make sure it doesn't turn out differently next time?
Money.
As Louisiana Governor, who is now trying to sell a book, why on earth didn't you use all those school buses to get the people out of the 9th ward? You're brainless.
People we're much more important then. You left them abandoned! Let's focus on that!
PTNY,
While I think Jindal isn't too bright, he wasn't governor during Katrina, Kathleen Blanco was.
Fair enough but he should still know what's has happened in his own state.
I agree. Just didn't want to see you slammed on the Katrina thing. :)
What Jindal got nailed on was the gulf spill. When the Obama administration kept delaying help, refusing help and he was trying to do something about it - he publicized his frustration. That made matters worse. The Obama adminstration then proceeded to continue to keeping all off shore drilling shut down instead of just the deep water. When Jindal complained about that to the administration reportedly said let the oil workers collect unemployment.
Brewer ran into the same thing with border security - publicly denounced the administration's foot-dragging - passed the expansion of police duties to enforce immigration status - and got the state sued by the Fed.
I can hardly wait for four more years. Israel might not exist and Texas will probably secede over their Obama run-ins.
Looks like Bobby the Rodent has been instructed to make himself a bit more visible to conservative Republicans nationwide. He may soon be surprised to discover how "conservative" they can be.
DB Akron
can you guarantee us "Texas will secede"....that would be an upside...
PEOPLE or OIL PEOPLE or OIL
The glorious Bush years! Republicans in the (White) House!
While the most recent oil spill was awful. It will never ever compare to Katrina and the response...or lack thereof. Go back to all the people left behind dying, sick, hungry and SCARED! Standing on their roof tops, Bush in a helicopter, hundreds of school buses left empty and then flooded. Never used to transport people out. Shootings on "The Bridge".
BJ...you're fighting the wrong war.
DB Akron
promise?
phinephancy, I think those school buses were the Mayor's responsibility.
PTNY - Don't forget "GOOD JOB BROWNIE! He had no @!$%#ing idea what Brownie did or did not do - he was his ass-kisser and he was gunna wish him well, swagger back to the Helicopter - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - BUSH STYLE!
DB Asskron if only your forsight were to be true
As much as I have disdain for the Bush administration, responsibility for the failures of Katrina goes to every level of government: national, state and local, as well as both parties. Bush certainly didn't help himself by taking three days and his advisers forcing him to watch a DVD of news footage of New Orleans to even realize there was a crisis. But then again, Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco weren't exactly swift on the ball either, with the former not getting around to calling for an evacuation until well after the fact, and the latter refusing access to the Red Cross into New Orleans.
ptny
Are you really that stupid? Dumb question...liberal=stupid.
My prediction for most memorable line from CPAC:
A liberal, a moderate and a conservative walk into a bar. The bartender says, "hi Mitt."
Paul,
I thought was a great line myself! LOL
Speaking of Mitt Romney, here is a link to his plan to cut Social Security and Medicare: www.outcomemag.com/news/politics/2012/02/10/romney-vows-social-security-medicare-cuts
I guess the 1% won't be happy until they have it all and the rest of us have nothing.
The crept keeper needs to go somewhere and say boo!
Don't theses people at CPAC understand how stupid they sound to the majority of Americans?
They aren't interested in the "Majority of Americans" their motto is "One for All - All for Me"...
Ed
No different than the 08' dem race. Now that was funny.
Only one slight difference there RP - the dems actually won - seems like you ended up being the butt of the joke!
RP's still having wet dreams about Palin!!!
Better than the d**k thing you're dreaming of.
Getting to ya, sean?
And this coming from the group that wants more de-regulation of corporations and want to do away with the EPA. Also, this is coming from the group that apologized to BP for President Obama going after them for the cleanup costs.
No Ed, they do not realize how stupid they sound nor do their followers realize it. That's what makes them so dangerous.
Jindal is a flake... go back the the hurricanes for a moment...
"Jindal, that's one of the great unwritten success stories, after Katrina and Rita, these awful storms, no major spills."
The EPA said, "Hurricanes caused offshore oil spills so large that they could be seen from space"!
Bobby didn't even know.
So...shut your yap.
Not taking up for Jindal, because he is another paid puppet for BIG OIL, but Katrina caused major damage to Murphy's oil on land which covered most of a neigboring city and parish out side of New Orleans. Murphy's oil covered the homes of Chalmette, Violet, Meraux, and some of Arabie. Ask the people who received settlements from Murphy's oil after the storm and who today still has to deal with drainage issue caused by the amount of sand used to absorb the oil. Majority of Louisiana's politicians are controlled and paid off by the oil industry.
another right wing book seller.G.O.P.(GROUP OF PHONIES).
They are vocal ... without conscience, without real merit, without true sincerity, only with ambition, desire and aggressive determination to dominate, regardless of any real value to the people. Should they ever stick to the real issues, to the real concerns of the people (jobs, the economy, a “level playing field”, solving problems), instead of their trumped up efforts to excite and distract people, then it would be totally obvious from their history and actions that they fail to responsibly represent the majority (99%) and instead just cater to "the few" (1%), who strongly support them and dictate to them., They literally want to return to "more of the same", Bush-Cheney style, that cost all but "the few" so greatly. If the voters fail to see their self-serving deception, don’t refuse to be conned and to reject their "puppet" candidates, then we are very apt to be returned to "more of the same" that continually pushes this country to be a two-class society with "the few" competing in having it all while the majority struggles to survive – don't believe that, just check your current status against what it was thirteen years ago, ... and realize that those spending the humungous sums of money aren’t doing it because they like the candidates, they really fully intend to control things to be in their favor, regardless of what it costs the majority.
Jindal, Mitt, Romney, Ding Bat (SP), Backman, Perry, Rush, Scrotum all birds of a feather, all unimpressive.
I am an Independent and if these people want my vote their objective should be to clearly define what they will do to make this country better...slamming the POTUS and wanting to get rid of him is not a plan.
and we wonder why this country rates so low in graduating people from high school and colleges.
Reminds me of mack daddy obama, dim wit Dodd, clueless Biden, man slut Edwards, kooky Kucenich, hell hath no fury Hillary..etc,etc,etc,.
I think they will do just fine when compared to Alfred E. Newman obama.
Oh_No,
But that is their plan. It is the only plan they have followed through on since the beginning...surely, you heard Mitch clearly define that plan. "Our goal is to make President Obama a one term President".
Name one action in the House since the 2010 elections where the Republicans worked toward solving the problems left by the previous administration. Most admit Bush was a disaster, but they've worked hard to make sure President Obama does not better that record. How many Republicans have you heard actually admit the #'s on the economy are improving? Given the obstructionism from the Party of NO, our President still moved us back from the brink of a second depression... we still are not out of the woods yet, and cannot expect any compromise from these obstructionists for the rest of this year!
Can you imagine how bad it would be if they agreed with obama?
There are 'some' that just make it too easy. It's not even a challenge!!!
I totally agree with you. No plan for improvement from the GOP. Their tax cuts have been their code for stab you in the back. I'm still bleeding from the unemployment they left the US mired in for 2.5 years now. Where are the jobs the job creators created? We're still waitng and knowing it's just another GOP lie to get voted into office and control of the government to benefit their private business buddies.
GOP keep cutting Education. They want you just stupid and there is a lot of them in the party.
The money being spent on education right now is largely being wasted because our test scores and rankings among other modern industrialized nations prove that the quality of our students performance keeps slipping further and further behind. While it is a complex problem, throwing more money at it is simply not accomplishing the goal of improving it. We need to rethink it, and might even discover that as wholly new approach might be less costly as well.
Well said, Sean. The Right just complains about outcomes in order to facilitate their agenda to destroy the great American tradition of public education.
One of the biggest differences between American schools and those that are providing better outcomes is staff support. In our country we let aspiring teachers fund their own degrees, then let them flail and fail on their own in the classroom. The result is that 50% of ALL new teachers drop out of the profession within 5 years...only to be replaced by new crops of fresh college graduates, still left to succeed or fail by learning on the job with our kids.
Societies that show better results provide continuing staff development for their teachers. They provide resources to help teachers improve their techniques and knowledge. The Republican mantra that "throwing money at a problem won't solve it" only assures that will never happen.
Yet they all believe throwing money at the military, or at tax breaks for the wealthy elites and corporate welfare somehow solves problems. You see, even Conservatives don't actually believe the mantra...it's just a message designed to produce a result.
All you have to do is go read about this fool and the oil spill and see he's a BS artist.
jindal is a lying tool, bought and paid for by big oil and everybody else that might be in the 1% in louisiana.. he bragged about being reelected by 66%. he failed to note that less than 25% of registered voters even voted. we stayed home on election day because there was no one o the ballot. he is such an unashamed phony and panderer. we've had some bad ones in la but i think this pious little piyush is the worst.
Obama was elected by 25% of voters
Proof of Rethug home schooling - RP!!!
Laugh at CPAC while you can, pretty soon their best and brightest, Sarah Palin will deliver her "keynote" speach. That'll shut us "leftards" up!
Yes...if for no other reason that we will be frantically attempting to translate her "Word Salad" into English.
Mama Grizzly, wow! Keynote speaker, for how much?...
She'll be delivering a lot of one-liners that the attendees can take on the campaign trail......this will be a real winner, just like in 2008!
I thought the best line was when Bachmann admitted she learned Elvis's birthday date this year after claiming to be a life-long fan on the campaign trail.
Yep they just keep bringing out their best and brightest.
Da Noid,
i plan to count how many times she says,freedom, McCain, and tea party.
Looking forward to your translation into English.
Yupper... Bad, bad leroy brown... Baddest man in the whole damn town...
Are you MOCKING Sarah??? Shocked, I tell ya, shocked...
I'm a life long fan of Bob Dylan but I have no idea when his birthday is - Palin is a tool but keep expectations reasonable.
NorthstarDFL - don't forget Mavrick!
Northstar ... better have a calculator close by.
SeekingSanity,
How could I forget "mavrick", will add to my list.
TOG,
I have my big key calculator. I will not even have to use my reading glasses.;)
Now what did she do to have this position? I can't think of any accomplish that she did to give her the status she enjoys. Can anyone help me out?
Do you think Sarah will give half of her speech and then quit?
NorthstarDFL said:
Add 'true', 'true American', 'patriotic', 'my country', and anything about 'no taxes' to your list. She blats on so much we all know the buzz words...
But doubt she'll mention McCain... it'd make folks remember what a disaster she was for their party's hopes in 08, and the one thing we all know regarding Sarah Palin is she is always ultimately about grooming the crowd for personal gain or advantage.
easydoesit,
I just threw McCain on the list to see if anyone would comment.
Totally agree with you.
Sarah has so moved beyond her MCain days....
have a great weekend,
McCain took the lead after Sarah
If he had voted no for the bailout, he would have won.
leroy
Nothing will shut you up.
If the worst president in history, obama , doesn't, nothing will.
Rp the worst President is G.W. Bush Jr. And I don't care if your like this but truth is so hard for people to understand isn't it.
Obama quit the senate after 2.5 years.
RP..... Uh, no, Barack Obama elected to the US Senate in 2004, taking the oath of office in January 2005. When he was elected to be President of the United States, he resigned on November 16, 2008. So, from January 2005 to November 2008 is more than 2.5 years.
Also, resigning to take on the greater responsibility of being President of the United States is not the same as the1/2 term governor quitting to host a fake reality show.
Also, Barack Obama became President with more electoral votes in his first term than his predecssor had in his first term, since we know that George W. Bush did not win the election, but was appointed President anyway.
Well at least he got 50% of the vote. Most Dems can't manage that.
A lecture entitled "The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening the American Identity" was held at cpac. The speaker was Peter Brimelow, a founder of VDARE, which is a white supremacist website. I wonder what Brimelow's take on Jindal is?
Ideology has apologized for Brimelow. He was a Canadian. Does that help any, TOG? LOL
TOG,
Even the title of this racist's speech makes me ill.
They love those like Jindal, Herman Cain, Allen West and Tim Scott. Because they can be put out front as the face of a party that seriously dislikes diversity. To me these are some of the greatest scoundrels in America today. Turncoats to their communities. But Jindal no more represents the Indian population than Cain, West and Scott represent the black community. All of these men long ago sold their souls to corporate interests and the rigidity of conservative belief.
Jindal once represented youthful idealism that seemed to offer the possible chance to revive this party that will eventually weaken and die because of its members lack of diversity and open minds. Now he is just another crap slinger amongst the pile.
Can't blame Ideology for Brimelow, ignorance isn't confined by borders. It's just amazing to me that the nominees and black repugs would share a venue with such slime.
Vox ... now I get it. That's what Ann Coulter meant when she said "our blacks are better than their blacks"! Now it all makes sense. Wasn't she one of the speakers yesterday? And I've been wondering ... weren't Rush and Trump invited to this confab? Their egos must be crushed.
Tog
Dems and blacks accept you and your ilk, even though you hate a brown skinned man like Jindal...
What's the difference? We all know dems were the KKK, only some how blacks forgot.
That was before Nixon's "Southern Strategy", Reagan's "Welfare Queens", HW Bush's Willie Horton ads, and the last decade in which the GOP has done a full court press to please the racist, radical Conservative fringe. The Dixiecrats all fled to the Republican Party decades ago.
You own them now.
Yessiree Gov Jindal.......
President Obama blew up that oil rig.....President Obama is the reason 11 workers lost their lives......President Obama is to blame for all that oil spilling into the Gulf and causing catastrophic damage to wildlife and businesses.
Do you feel better now? Jindal you are an idiot, a tool!
Yup, President Obama is to BLAME for everything!
Being a resident on the coast of SW Florida, I'd say Obama did a GREAT JOB with the oil spill!, we didn't see a drop!
All of the clowns are despicable!
Jiminy Cricket, indeed!
Alfred E. Newman obama
I think he used Cheney's submarine.
Jo-An,
Obama didn't do anything, how do you figure he stopped the oil spill? I live in NW Florida, just outside Watercolor, only a few oil nuggets.
As hard as they might try, the scientists are not finding evidence of the long range devastation to the coast and wildlife that was expected with the oil spill. It was a fabulous example of the fact that earth seems very able to heal itself despite the bickering and dithering of those who inhabit it.
I take that back, he looks like Steve Urkel.
Jindal is on the Koch Brothers payroll, so he has to defend BIG OIL. He acts like Obama caused the oil spill, but Jindal was ptotecting BP all of this time. Jindal is also about to raise taxes on his citizens and, has been bought out by private companies. The staffing agencies such as Teach For America, Teach Up, or even Venture for America recruits Ivy League graduates, pays off their student loan money with our tax dollar and ships them to New Orleans to work for two year stints as a teacher or a small business operator, in order to avoid long term enployees pensions and salary increases. This hiring platform will put the locals of Louisiana out of work and, Mayor New York Bloomberg has been donating money to Louisiana's local elections to make this privatization happen first, so New York will be next in line for the shaft. Jindal is a cronie!
how could the right be so wrong for america.
At CPAC, Jindal revives attack on Obama administration over oil spill recovery
LMAO ... if it was up to the GREEDY GOP there'd be NO safety regulations for oil drilling... We'd have spills every year.
F the GOP HYPOCRITES
They want "Drill Baby Drill", but start pointing fingers when it's "Spill Baby Spill"?
Try to change the subject from all the positive things President Obama has accomplished Bobby but it won't work. Sucker!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Booby Jindal has his facts A$$ backwards.
He should be Attacking Dick Cheney's Halliburton and Transocean for the Failed Well base and the lack of Regulation on oil drillers during the G.W. Bush Administration, But Nooooooo, he won't dare say anything about them God Forbid!
In the Meantime, Enjoy those Gulf Shrimp, Courtesy of British Petroleum.
Shrimp Salad with oil already added!
BP spills oil and they blame Obama?? Didn't they blame Obama for not wanting any drilling? The repubs don't want any regulation. They want the oil companies to drill when and where they please. But if the oil companies screw up it's the GOVT's fault??? I thought they wanted less GOVT??? They are not making any sense....again!
You obviously don't get it.
Yea, you're right RP and the other people that vote for his/her comment don't get it either.
I like Jindal.
I don't. I live in Louisiana, have a family, house and a career. Unfortunately I have to suffer the slimy sneaky politics that jindal puts on in Louisiana. Higher ed is in the toilet. He ran on ethics and his ethics smell. Try to get your child enrolled in LSU lab school. You can't! But Bobby got a phone call to bring his kids on over. Yep, that's what he did because that's the ethical thing to do. He is going to destroy TOPS. A program to help Louisiana citizens to send thier children to college. Nope he's going to kill it but he will speak political jumbo to "prove" he supports it. NOT! He's a lying snake and you shpould run like the barns on fire.
Sounds like obama lite.
another republican crack pot,drill baby drill and when things go to hell it's the goverments fault. these republicans don't have the brains to get out of the way of their own miss guided idoligy. they want to drill and pump oil and fo what? energy independence, now thats a crock, all oil incuding any from the highly touted keystone pipe line goes to the open market.wait till there's a problem with that pipe, black gooey sludge all over the land scape in in the rivers and who's fault will it be when that happens, according to Bobby's thinking it will be Obama's again.own up to it dude,you wanted th gulf drilling live with what you asked for and quit crying about it.BP bent you over,take it like the whore you are.
It wasn't the government's job to plug the oil well, it was BP's. Obama's job was to hold BP responsible for the clean up, and he did.
These right-wingers can't make up their minds about the role of government - is it to "fix" oil spills, create jobs, or solve the housing crisis, or, is it to recind job-killing regulations, cut taxes, and privatize everything. I mean which is it?
If it were up to BP, with no government intervention, the Gulf would be one big pool of oil.
I thought the dims blamed govt. for katrina?
They did, didn't you know Bush has one of those hurricane machines......
if only he would have had george bush to save the day
Wasn't it St Reagan who said the scariest words in the English language are "i'm from the government and I'm here to help you?"
Yes..criticize Obama about his stimulus package and then turn around and put his hand out like the rest of the hypocrite GOP like Palin and Perry and ask for the same money and got it.
You posters. Been down there? Huh? Talked to the people?
If you have not shut up because I have and Obama is a four letter word to them.
He dropped the ball and I'm so sorry your charming jackwagon is an empty suit. Truth hurts but the truth will set you free.
Remove the Regime in Nov.
Yes, President Obama swam underwater and took a chisel to that well base while everybody was sleeping. Once he chipped through all that concrete, the oil just started flowing into the Gulf...
Man, have the Republicans got you Brainwashed!
Been down there Ted? Nope? You don't know jack.
Just looking for handouts, isn't that what Republicans usually say about anyone who wants government help?
I saw all I need to see on the News and the Outcome of the Lawsuit on Transocean and Halliburton. They are the reason the well base failed not Obama.
We are getting hosed! - Been down there several times and thankfully not everyone is as ignorant as your post makes them out to be. Most Gulf Coast people KNOW who is to blame for the mess and that Obama worked to get it cleaned up. And, the GOP stood up for the oil companies - not the citizens. You seem to be in the minority!
I have live in Louisiana my whole life and in New Orleans for twelve years. NOLA wants to get rid of Jindal and Vitter but they keeping paying for elections through D.i.ebol.d. They are an embarrassment to the whole state.
No this is just another example of red state LA voters who who consistently vote against their own long term interests and scream out one side of their mouth LESS GOVERNMENT and as soon as it's their ox that gets gored, they want more gov't or blame gov't for no doing enough to help them. Forget the fact that if gov't had more oversight regulations in this and the mining and finance industries, which they would say kills jobs, maybe this disaster along with the housing meltdown might not have happened. But I fully expect the Kansas vote yourself off your own farm will continue to prevail in LA and the rest of the southern coastal states. And have talked with people down there and am being told they are enjoying things being back to near normal and they are having a good year with returning tourism. Wonder if the ones complaining are the ones who feel the administration didn't suck enough $$$$$$$$$$$ out of BP. You know the same ones that want tort reform when someone else has their wife and kid injured by some big corp that won't pay. Asbestos come to mind anyone?
So true.
We
So true.
Maybe obama used Cheney's sub to dynamite it. These libs forget real easy. How else would they be for a shill hack like obama.
"I saw all I need to see on the News"
There's your problem Ted, you seen it on the news. The media cost us millions on false reports. By the way Ted, I live on the Gulf Coast.
Do y'all know why President Obama will be re-elected? Precisely because Romney says he isn't worried about the poor, Jindal is blaming Obama for the oil spill, and they let Queen Sarah speak at CPAC. Any one or all three. If you need more, let's talk about Haley Barbour or Grover Norquist. The repubs just keep giving the White House gifts.
Don't forget Mitch McConnell and Rick Santorum, both on the morning shows today to say they'll fight to allow ANY policy holder to deny contraceptive coverage to ANYONE.
Sleasy Jindal is obviously on the take from the Repugnican party. This ploy is pathetic. He himself has basically sold out to the oil companies as this industry is in part what defines Louisiana. It is amazing how perfect 20/20 hindsight is, whether it's Katrina or BP. How these selected, not elected, officials live with themselves is beyond comprehension.
Yeah it's obvious. On the take? Heavy accusation. Cite your source. Or is this coming out of the poop shoot?
We - it seems to me the poop shoot is all that is necessary to characterize the Republican hopefuls these days.
Republicans have done a good job of characterizing themselves as out of touch idiots without a clue..no need to help them there..
I totally agree with you, Aengus. I have lived in NOLA for the past twelve years. Jindal and Vitter are paid by K.och Brothers just to complete the BIG OIL agenda. Jindal is just trying to pave the way to is presidential candidate 2016 bid, which is even more of a disgrace.
I have read so many of these replies and what comes to mind is that Obama has his spin doctors on here - he does that - Zackery Edwards was just arrested as a paid political helper and previous Obama blogger - Obama has dozens of people who attack together on a issue - everyone I know that knows Jindal says he is so much more intelligent and much more aware of the oil situation than Obama. I have followed him for a few months and he is so right-on; that's why here we are seeing the "Obama Blasters" hard at work trying to destroy Jindal. They can just run their mouths, they can't stop intelligent problem solving - Jindal doesn't need the backup like Obama does - Soros is the major one. NOBAMA 2012
He sounds like every dimocrap hack.
The tea party will be getting it in gear again soon and I can't wait for the whining to start.
They'll be called everything by the brainwashed left, but the real Americans will prevail...just like 2010.