Bobby Jindal leading the way in Louisiana:
Jindal ‘bats a thousand’ at session
BATON ROUGE — The state Legislature on Friday wrapped up its second special session during the 2-month-old administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal by completing a full sweep of the governor’s proposed package of business tax cuts and $1.1 billion in surplus spending priorities.
Jindal and his legislative allies won all the initiatives they set out to accomplish during the six-day session, including a controversial bill to grant a partial tax deduction for private school tuition.
Flanked by many members of his supporting team of lawmakers at an evening news conference, the governor framed the results as a positive statement on Louisiana’s national image.
“This group should be proud of batting a thousand,” Jindal said. “The country’s watching us … we know they’ll like what they see.”
The session followed a February lawmaking period in which the governor passed a slate of new ethics laws. A regular spring session of the Legislature will begin March 31.
Lawmakers passed bills to eliminate a 1 percent sales tax that businesses pay on utilities, an estimated annual savings to Louisiana companies — as well as a loss of state revenue — of $69 million. They also passed an expedited phaseout of taxes on corporate debt and on manufacturing machinery and equipment. Those taxes were widely seen as burdens on companies that expand their operations, therefore placing Louisiana at a competitive disadvantage with other states.
What have you Democrats got as your “breath of fresh air”? Barack Obama – an ultra-liberal product of the corrupt Chicago Democratic machine…you can keep him; we GOPers have genuine change we can believe in. Bobby Jindal is just starting out, and he’s already done more real things for people than Barack Obama could ever dream of doing – it is in this youthful, idealistic conservatism where we’ll finally win all down the line, crushing the life out of that leftwing thought which has been desrtoying our nation for decades.
You can’t win, lefties – your worldview is built on lies and thus it never, ever works when put into practice. Sure, you’ll be able to win an election or two, from time to time, but not by running on what you are; only by hiding it…but we’re out there, telling people what we believe, and then putting it into place…and it works, every time we try.
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So the $200 Billion bailout of Bear Stearns on Friday was another success of the free market, self regulating system that you GOPers praise?
I guess you can heap praise on the GOP economic policies for the all time low the dollar is against other currencies, eh?
Or claim that the $3 Trillion added to the Federal debt is evidence of successful GOP fiscal policies.
You best toot your own horn now, because the rest of the country is gleefully singing taps on the bankrupt politics of “conservatism”
Speaking of singing, the Fat Lady is coming on the stage any moment for you gang of fools.
Pay attention to the sagging economy folks, there’s nothing in Lousiana that needs your attention now.
Thankfully we have people like Obama to keep us focused.
Right – thats why every poll in the universe disagreees with you Mark. You will lose and you will get destroyed and I WILL LAUGH
frenchCon does that nom de plume mean French convict? Because everyone knows that French conservative is an oxymoron.
french,
Yeah, I remember those polls and how we all learned to live by them when they predicted President Dukakis’ landslide victory in 1988…
The quandary for the Republican Party is that so long as they actually hew to their putative belief that “government is the problem” they will govern incompetently. Of course, the last seven years have soon a ballooning of government in size and intrusiveness under President Bush. However, as repeatedly demonstrated by the Bush Administration, people will advance in government by virtue of their skill in mouthing the words of conservative orthodoxy rather than by their skill at carrying out their missions. Until they rid themselves of this paradox, the Republican Party will suffer the results of all the current trends which point towards declining identification with the GOP.
Diana,
Thanks for the DNC talking points – we were wondering what they would be on this issue.
Now – contrast Jindal to Obama and tell us why Obama is better…
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Mark,
They’re not talking points. (Ed. Note: yes, they are. And you will discuss Bobby Jindal, or not comment at all on this thread).
Now – contrast Jindal to Obama and tell us why Obama is better…
7. Mark Noonan | March 15th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Jindal should be drafted to be the Republican candidate in the Presidential race. Forget McCain. A fight between Bobby Jindal and Barack Obama; now that would be awesome.
You know, it’s very interesting
$1.1 billion in surplus when a Republican takes over as governor. Must have been taking over from another republican, right?
Wrong. A Democrat left Louisiana’s governorship, in this case Kathleen Blanco, not because she was voted out but because she declined to run for re-election.
Now we get to see how, in the same way Bush wasted the surplus Clinton left him with, Jindal will proceed to waste the surplus Blanco has left.
Yes, it will indeed be interesting.
You can’t win, lefties – your worldview is built on lies and thus it never, ever works when put into practice. Sure, you’ll be able to win an election or two, from time to time, but not by running on what you are; only by hiding it…but we’re out there, telling people what we believe, and then putting it into place…and it works, every time we try.
It’s both funny and sad that you actually believe this and demand that it be accepted as “fact.” It works pretty well as schtick (imagine Colbert saying it to get the full comedic effect), but you aren’t doing schtick. You are dead serious. And that is funny…but also sad that somebody could so eagerly give himself over to such blind foolishness.
You wonder why people call you dishonest, Noonan? Because it takes a good amount of dishonesty to come to your conclusion–ignoring liberal successes and conservative failures alike. I’d suggest you think about it, but we both know you won’t.
Louisiana has been a political cesspool for decades, the brunt of jokes for decades. No matter what one’s partisan persuasion it is hard to ignore that — or to condone it. Jindal really does appear to be a breath of fresh air, and he is off to what appears to be a great start. He also appears to have broad bipartisan support. Look at how lopsided the votes on most of the bills were. If anyone has the ability to avoid the corrosive swamp that has been Louisiana politics, Jindal is arguably that person. I wish him the best of luck. He’s certainly going to need it.
Jindal also ran a campaign very reminiscent of Obama’s. In fact, he has had some very good things to say about Obama. And though he recently endorsed McCain, he has acknowledged that he has voted for both Republicans and Democrats in the past, saying that he votes for who he thinks the best person is. I say good for him for that, too. Then again, in Louisiana you can vote for the same person and still switch your party voting patterns over time, lol! Politicians there are notorious for switching allegiances. Jindal didn’t, but John Kennedy (no relation), the guy that is running as the GOP Senatorial candidate against incumbent Mary Landrieu did. Likewise Ray Nagy, now the Dem mayor of NOLA, was a life-long GOPer until two weeks before he announced his candidacy. Nagy is struck from the old mold though. Jindal doesn’t appear to be. I sincerely hope he stays so. Louisiana needs it in the worst (best) way.
Apples and oranges. What Jindal is doing is great. However, why not compare him to a newly elected Democratic governor instead of Obama?
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A fight between Bobby Jindal and Barack Obama; – CO
Why CO? What specific policy positions of each candidate would make for a great debate? Or is it strictly their ethnicity that you like?
LOL, you GOPers would never vote for a person of color anyways.
Yes I understand Jindal is of color, but he is not running for national office is he?
Brian(Boston): What Jindal is doing is great. However, why not compare him to a newly elected Democratic governor instead of Obama?
Considering the fan-fare Jindal is getting, if you are an Obama fan you’d have to be brain dead not to compare the two. Far be it for me to connect the dots for Obama fans, though.
“18. Piggy | March 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
LOL, you GOPers would never vote for a person of color anyways.
Yes I understand Jindal is of color, but he is not running for national office is he?”
I haven’t seen a single GOPer comment negatively on Barak’s ‘color” (sure they’ve talked about what liberals are saying, but not personal opinion), yet I have seen MANY liberals comment on it. Oh sure ththere are probably a few conservatives who have commented on it, but it’s not the mainstream conservative view on it.
Using broad strokes to smear conservatives, and perpetuate the myth that conservatives are bigots and racists only points. out. your. ignorance. and. your. own bigotry.
Don’t bother to reply, because I don’t converse with those who are only out to disrupt.
Sue,
The reason they’re not commenting on the particular amount of melanin present if Senator Obama’s skin is because they’re busily trying to paint him as anti-American, a Muslim and probably a terrorist.
Mark,
There is nothing wrong with being a liberal, its just another point of view.
Diana,
Really? Show me where conservatives are painting Barack as a terrorist, or anti-American (aside from his relationship with anti-Americans), or a Muslim (aside from his middle name). And not from the random right wing poster.
neocon,
Does Mona Charen at National Review Online count?