MyDD :: Jindal?? Please, please, please...

Jindal?? Please, please, please...

by vcalzone, Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:19:02 AM EST

John McCain is set to meet with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Wednesday, a move that is certain to increase speculation the Arizona senator is seriously considering the 37-year-old Republican for his running mate.

News of the meeting, first reported by the Washington Post, comes amid reports the McCain campaign has mulled the possibility of naming the vice presidential candidate later this week in an effort to steal the media spotlight from Barack Obama's trip overseas. Sources close to the Republican presidential candidate have indicated that scenario is one of several possibilities that have been recently discussed.

Please let this be true. I honestly thought the McCain camp wasn't this stupid, but maybe they are. Bobby Jindal is absolutely insane. He swears he performed an exorcism in college (and stands by that). He is a rabid opponent of evolution and abortion. He's considered in a lot of ways to be a bit of an empty suit, and I think there have been grumblings about his leadership, too, having jumped around in office so often.

If McCain picks Jindal, Obama picks Clinton. BOOM. Game over. The independents who aren't fond of her REALLY won't like Bobby Jindal, and they'll be pissed at McCain for picking someone so crazy. And everyone else will get to watch her beat the everloving crap out of him in the debates.

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Jindal is a pretty smart guy (none / 0)

but he got hit with an ethics violation the first day he was in office, so I suppose he has a lot in common with McCain.

I think Jindal would actually be a pretty good challenge for Clinton as he's pretty strong substantively. I do agree that Jindal isn't quite ready for primetime in the same way that Sebelius isn't ready. Small state governors should probably be exempted from the battle on both sides this time.

by Blazers Edge on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:23:54 AM EST

Re: Jindal is a pretty smart guy (none / 0)

Smart got nothing to do with it. We've never had a Pres or VP that conservative in decades. Not even Bush or Cheney had Jindal's serious social conservative platform. And it's not like Palin where she has some moderate positions to work from. No, he's a 100% die-hard conservative.

BUT... This campaign can and will turn quickly to age. When people ask themselves whether they trust Jindal to have his finger on the button... Like I said, BOOM.

It wasn't even the year to run someone like Jindal in 2004. It certainly won't be the time now. Jesus, at lesat Huckabee tempered his devout faith-Presidency co-mingling with some decent socially responsible platforms.

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by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:04:39 AM EST
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Re: Jindal?? Please, please, please... (2.00 / 1)

The only way I can see this is if McCain really does hate Romney, and his people feel he is going to lose anyway, so WTF, why give Mitt a hand?

Jesus, Jindal vs Hillary, or Jindal vs Clark or Jindal vs Biden or Jindal vs Dodd in the debate.

I think ABC news would call the slaughter rule, and stop the game in the seventh inning.

On Nov 4th, we elected "the smart guy" and the world celebrated!

by WashStateBlue on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:26:01 AM EST

I hope to GOD this is it (2.00 / 1)

because McCain would lose a lot of the white backlash vote he was gonna get because of Obama, as picking an Indian guy named Piyush Jindal would depress a lot of racist vote, and help a lot in Florida, hurting GOP turnout in the redneck riviera. He would inflame social moderates, and as vcalzone said, add Hillary to the Obama ticket, wreck the Jindal buzz, galvinize women further against Jindal, and easy 350 electoral votes and 10% victory. I hope Bobby is picked. Plus, him losing would torpedo and hopes of the future for him.

by Lakrosse on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:32:23 AM EST

If Obama/Clinton (none / 0)

wins by ten percent, they would win a lot more than 350 electoral college votes; they'd have at least 400, considering that even Ronald Reagan didn't defeat Carter by double digts.

by Blazers Edge on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:58:10 AM EST
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not gonna happen. (none / 0)

mccain is more saavy than that. my guess is florina, lieberman, guilini or huckabee...

or a high risk/reward in palin.

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by canadian gal on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:35:01 AM EST

Re: not gonna happen. (2.00 / 1)

you are really going out on the limb there with your guesses lol

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by lori on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:43:05 AM EST
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ya think? (none / 0)

i guess compared to the others talked about - these are more out there picks. but if we are being honest - mccain has never been a conventional sort of politician.

"Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!" Allen Ginsberg

by canadian gal on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:47:12 AM EST
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You were right about that (none / 0)

Nightline interview not disappearing; Pawlenty even called it a moment that could "haunt" Obama later on. That's probably hyperbole but McCain wants to milk Obama's hesistant answer to the surge for as long as he can.

Couric pushed him and I suspect Brokaw, Williams, and Gibson will do the same. Obama should have high-tailed it back home after Maliki's "endorsement" of his plan.

by Blazers Edge on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:23:13 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (none / 0)

That statement is going to show up in ads pretty soon.

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by lori on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:41:48 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (none / 0)

Sad part is that Obama is right, for the most part. Without the courage of some Sunnis who stood up to a terrorist organization, it wouldn't have worked. There WAS no good reason to be for the surge, particularly with the circumstances that surrounded it. McCain said that it needed to be much larger than it was, and Bush only picked it because it was the only option that not only kept him from having to admit he was wrong (which he has never, ever done ever) but let him pull a Scalia to the newly elected Congress.

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by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:52:59 AM EST
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Two can play that game (none / 0)

We've got this guy flippantly talking about a 100-year presence in Iraq.

by Blazers Edge on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:00:14 AM EST
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Re: Two can play that game (none / 0)

And still talking about wanting it, even when Maliki has made it clear that they'll face resistance. The GOP is talking about how Maliki doesn't make the strategy as if he isn't the one who could turn a blind eye to Iranian militias in a heartbeat if he wanted us out bad enough.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:21:17 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (2.00 / 1)

Credit should go to our boys and gals in the military for the heroic effort ,bravery and valor they have shown in the battlefield.

Obama should try to stay away from trying to discount or downplay the efforts of the military .

The surge worked because of the efforts of the military.

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by lori on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:04:42 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (none / 0)

But that effort would have failed had it not been for the decision of so many Iraqis to step up and take over leadership.

I'm not diminishing our troops' efforts. They have done nothing wrong this entire time, and were probably some of the ones MOST frustrated by Bush's leadership. I'm not diminishing Petraeus's insightful strategy and uncanny ability to run a counter-insurgency operation. I'm being realistic. There WAS a reason that even seasoned military veterans like Jim Webb, Wesley Clark and even freaking Colin Powell were pessimistic about the surge. And it wasn't cause they thought the troops weren't up to snuff.

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by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:16:33 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (none / 0)

That being said, you're right that Obama can't discount the military in any way shape or form, even if it means taking a hit by going with an obvious truth. Unless his camp can come up with a better spin on that answer, of course.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:18:22 AM EST
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Re: You were right about that (none / 0)

Not "obvious truth", "obvious explanation rather than the whole truth".

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:19:09 AM EST
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Obama did give credit... (2.00 / 1)

Let's not adopt Republican talking points as fact. Obama did give credit to the women and men in uniform. He always does, and he did it in that interview.

by smgreene on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 12:21:06 PM EST
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Pawlenty or Romney (none / 0)

One of those two.

by elrod on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:36:40 AM EST

Re: Pawlenty or Romney (2.00 / 1)

Romney

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by lori on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:42:11 AM EST
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Re: Jindal?? Please, please, please... (none / 0)

If anything I think he would go with Romney. The economy is the number one issue, where I think McCain is very weak, and it is percieved that because Romney is a business man that he'll be economy savvy.

my money is on Romney.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:11:20 AM EST

if you knew what Ted Kennedy (none / 0)

did to Romney in 1994, running ads featuring workers who got fired during Bain's leveraged buyouts, then you'd know Romney will become a huge economic negative, being that costing people their jobs was Romney's job. he bought companies, sold their assets and fired the workers. He is Gordon Gekko essentially.

by Lakrosse on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:20:36 AM EST
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Re: if you knew what Ted Kennedy (none / 0)

I still think people see him as this hotshot CEO. Im generalizing though. ehh... time will tell.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 03:51:52 AM EST
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some good Democratic ads (none / 0)

should clear that up. I'd also bet there is a ton of scandals involving Bain Capital too, IRS, insider trading, we just need someone good to look into this stuff. I'll bet Daley and his machine can get some of this done.

by Lakrosse on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 11:56:19 AM EST
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Re: some good Democratic ads (none / 0)

Let's not forget the plain and simple truth that he, just like McCain, completely sold out his principles to get elected to office on a national Republican ticket. Lest we forget that blatant pandering to the gay community (and subsequent betrayal, of course.

Also, is it just me, or does Romney frequently look like he could easily crush McCain's skull when he's standing next to him? He reminds me of a werewolf in some ways.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 10:49:58 PM EST
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Re: Jindal?? Please, please, please... (none / 0)

Has Jindal ever held a job for four years?

by johnny longtorso on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 08:06:11 AM EST

Re: Jindal?? Please, please, please... (2.00 / 1)

If McCain picks Jindal, I might just start believing in God again.

"But not me personally were those cheers for"

by QTG on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 11:30:25 AM EST

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