Jindal warns of "hostile takeover" and a rebellion brewing

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Are y'all ready to storm D.C.?

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Just let me know ahead of time so that I can stay home and watch Anthony Bourdain reruns on my DVR. It's hard enough getting around the city with the damned tourists running around all over the place.

Ain't nobody got time for more traffic.

maybe if it's on a saturday or during a three day weekend, I work full time and I don't have any vacation days to spare yet.

I hope Jindal and Rick Santorum beat each other to death with Bibles on stage at some podunk-arse church in Nowhere, Iowa.

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He really has lost his mind. he is trying everything he can to get some love for a run for president.
He really is disappointing more and more.

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The more he tries to be "everything to everyone" the more he alienates people. If you're a republican, authenticity (or at least perceived authenticity) is essential. It's like old country music. It has to come from the heart. Why is Jindal hated and Vitter slightly less hated? It's because Vitter is true to himself even though that self is a scumbag. He doesn't pretend to be doing what he does as a service to others. He is completely clear that he is purely serving himself and his own agenda. He has nothing to prove or disprove to anyone, he is who he is and people respect him for it...even though he's a complete scumbag.

Jindal tries to be all things to all people and ends up being nothing to no one. No one can trust what he says or what he believes in because those things change depending on who he's standing in front of. For Bobby Jindal, building a candidacy right now is like building a castle in a marsh. The more you try to convince it the more you sink. If Jindal was smart about all of this, he would have come out and said "here's who I am, here's what I believe, and here's why you should believe it to." Instead it has seemed more like "Who would you like me to be? What do you want me to believe in order for you to vote for me?"

Republicans, like old country music fans (mostly the same demographic) care more for authenticity than substance.

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday night accused President Barack Obama and other Democrats of waging wars against religious liberty and education and said that a rebellion is brewing in the U.S. with people ready for "a hostile takeover" of the nation's capital.

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Would people in Louisiana be upset or grateful if Obama had Jindal arrested for treason?

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Why is Jindal hated and Vitter slightly less hated? It's because Vitter is true to himself even though that self is a scumbag. He doesn't pretend to be doing what he does as a service to others. He is completely clear that he is purely serving himself and his own agenda. He has nothing to prove or disprove to anyone, he is who he is and people respect him for it...even though he's a complete scumbag.

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Damn, dude.

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I hope Jindal and Rick Santorum beat each other to death with Bibles on stage at some podunk-arse church on Nowhere, Iowa.

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I would pay to see this.

I really hope when/if the GOP wins the next presidency, BJ is given the ambassadorship to Iceland & we never hear from him again. Sad to say, at his age, he's going to be around for a while in some capacity or another. A huge waste of talent, as he is way above average in intelligence, especially in comparision to other pols, and seemingly has no "criminal" intent in what he does (the polar opposite being EWE whose every action was criminally motivated)& at his age he could have done wonders for the state, and himself as well. Now he's a joke, pandering to anyone/thing he perceives as being able to help him politically.

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Within minutes last week of Scalise being elected Majority Whip, Jindal's twitter was trying so hard to brag about some bills he had just signed.

Whores gonna whore.

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See, I think there are plenty of appropriate criticisms of Jindal, but this isn't one.

A politician who doesn't pimp themselves is guilty of malfeasance in office. Your job simply cannot be done unless you have people on your side. To do that you should ABC: Always Be Campaigning.

This just isn't a valid criticism of Jindal, or any politician for that matter, in my book. The best (worst?) you can say is that he can be a little ham-fisted about it.