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I am sure many voted for Obama because of the way he "sounds" and not based on policy and ideas. I see that as disturbing.
Look, after barely tolerating The Decider's lack of speaking abilities for eight long horrible years, we've been longing for an articulate POTUS that can inspire with his eloquence. We cannot nor do we deserve another obnoxious speaker on the podium. Hell no! Please...no more!
Wait until the American public hears about his creationism and exorcism beliefs. Of course the party of Bush and Palin and Joe the Plumber seems to think Americans like stupidity.
Maybe instead of assuming what we're talking about you should take the time to ASK first so you don't end up looking silly.
No one cares about his ethnicity nor his accent. He was speaking as though he was talking to a bunch of 3 year olds, not the adult population of America. Although I guess if you didn't notice...
The guy reminded me of Mr. Rogers on Prozac..Also, what will the wingnuts say about their new 37 year old leader of middle eastern descent. If they called Obama a terrorist, can anyone imagine
Jindal's speech did not contain enough substance to get Americans excited about the GOP's plans for America's future.
Instead, the governor stuck to the tried-and-true attacks on Democrats as the spend, spend, spend party. Hey, that's basically true.
But what's the alternative from the GOP? Exactly how do Jindal and the Republicans want to get America out of its fiscal mess?
Look closely, and Jindal's speech contained little that shows he and his party have a lot of good clues about how to do that.
There was the empty appeal to bipartisanship:
Republicans are ready to work with the new president to provide those solutions. Here in my state of Louisiana, we don’t care what party you belong to if you have good ideas to make life better for our people. We need more of that attitude from both Democrats and Republicans in our nation’s capital.
Notice there were no specifics from Jindal on what, exactly, the Republicans and GOP can work on.
Then there was the requisite self-flagellation:
In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear - because our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust - and rightly so.
Again, Jindal then offered no examples about how being a cost-cutting Republican might help in the immediate future.
Even the right wing nutjobs are not excited over his speech.
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Well, I don't feel as good about the Jindal response as I did earlier today.
There was a cheesy, salesman-like quality to the response that I don't think connected with the Rick Santelli-inspired anger so many Republicans are feeling right now. And, I'm pretty sure he's going to be SNL's next target. His speech tempo was just, so weird.
Enough complaning from me. He didn't pass the primetime test and it makes me sad. I don't want to dwell.
I don't understand something. Why was Jindal making the rebuttal?
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Poor Bobby Jingals
