Do you dislike Jindal or any previous GOP governor of Louisiana

I liked foster. I also liked jimdal early on. Later in his tenure though he checked out and started campaigning nationally instead of doing his damn job

Mike Foster was the f&%king man! Best governor this state has ever had, though most of them have been pretty terrible. What Jindal did wasn't that bad, but the opportunities he wasted are criminal. His 8 years are like a drive with a couple first downs that ended with a punt but should have ended with a TD if not for basically lying down and giving up on what was working. Jindal gets flack because he was in the position to be the most transformative governor since Huey P. Long, but instead settled for the illusion of reform, kicking the fiscal can down the road, punting on most issues at the first sign of resistance, and ignoring priorities at home to chase a longshot bid at national office.

I legit haven't even thought about Bobby in like 3-4 years, which is kind of nuts

frick Bobby Jindal for pissing away all that political capital to really transform Louisiana for the better and get us caught up with the likes of Tennessee and Georgia.

That little piss ant abandoned Louisiana for a Presidential run that was dead in the water before it even started.

Absolutely unforgivable and easily the most disappointed in a politician I've ever been in my lifetime.

Have we ever had a governor that GOVERNED as a true conservative?

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Have we ever had a governor that GOVERNED as a true conservative?

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Nope, just a long line of populists. That's what you get when you consistently have the worst education system in the country.

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Mike Foster was the f&%king man! Best governor this state has ever had, though most of them have been pretty terrible.

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Agree. Though remember Stelly happened on his watch (though that was another good thing he did imho).

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Jindal gets flack because he was in the position to be the most transformative governor since Huey P. Long, but instead settled for the illusion of reform,

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Heavily disagree. Jindal:
-Dismantled the charity hospital system. That right there should put him in the pantheon of great conservative governors.
-Moved medicaid from a pay-for-service into a managed care system. Very under rated. (Should have done nursing homes too.)
-Transformed K-12 educational system with increased charter schools (Blanco should get a lot of credit here too), vouchers, school ratings, tenure and promotion reform, etc.
-Cut the hell out of state employee numbers. Privatized a lot of state government.
And most of that was in the second term.

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kicking the fiscal can down the road

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Yeah he did that too. It got real bad in the last two years of his tenure. I think a LOT of that is overstated because it gets conflated with the fall of the energy sector. People blame ALL of the fiscal problems JBE inherited on Jindal when he is probably only responsible for about 40%. Which isn't to say he didn't use too much one time money.

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and you forgot Roemer - he ran as a Dem, but changed in office to a Rep.

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Now, if there's any republican who deserves being absolutely shite on by fellow republicans, it's Buddy. What a joke.

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Now, if there's any republican who deserves being absolutely shite on by fellow republicans, it's Buddy. What a joke.

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Now, if there's any republican who is not really a republican, it's Buddy.

Jindal's 2nd term was all about setting himself up for a presidential campaign. Any move he made (or didn't make) was in the interest of Bobby Jindal.