No, truly independent, the last politician I actually can say I voted for is Reagan. I have voted for both Republicans and Democrats (at the local level here in Baton Rouge), but I do not want to affiliate with either party. The Republican party and its neocon wing was very good at starting wars that they would not send their own son to fight. The Iraq war was a joke, this drum beat to start a war with Iran is a joke. To hell with them, If it is a war that you would not believe your own son should fight, then you shouldn't send someone else's son to fight. The Republican party can do to hell just like the Democrats. My vote at the national level is the lesser of 2 evils. I was once a registered Republican, but Bush-Chaney Neocons and their endless wars ended that.

so since you made a statement about being a democrat, as I said, every vote other than Reagan has been a vote against someone.

As for Jindal, his entire platform was to say he had a perfect record for the Heritage foundation in terms of taxes. I am not for excessive tax, but I am for fair taxation for things that benefit the state. Louisiana has the 7th lowest tax burden in the country (sales, property and Income) if you add in Fuel taxes, we are even lower (we have 2nd lowest fuel taxes). So you look at roads in LA, yes I would vote for an increase in GAS tax to fund roads since everybody who drives pays it, if you don't want to pay more taxes, then drive less. It is in essence of Voluntary tax. In 2008 when Gas was $3.5 a gallon, I did notice a change in the driving behavior of anyone in Baton Rouge which gives me empirical evidence that $3.5 gallon a gas did not cause a change of driving behavior of anyone on Baton Rouge. So, you think a 1 cent increase in gas taxes will to fix the damn roads in this city.

So when Jindal balanced the budget on the back of Higher education, without giving the Universities the ability to charge fees without his and legislature approval, he damn near destroyed LSU and public higher education with any reasonable tax changes (even if it was a temporary tax). Of course only in Louisiana is tuition increase thought of as a tax increase. It is voluntary fee, if someone thinks the additional fees you pay at LSU is not worth it, you go to the next tier school, which charge lower fees, etc.

And of course, if your are honest, Jindal in the fall of 2015 put the breaks on Miles getting let go and Jimbo since he was worried about cutting the hell out of LSU, and then having a new coach for $60 million and paying Miles 15 million to go away.

So I am no fan of Jindal and like I said, I voted for that guy twice.