Is this guy the Barack Obama of the GOP? Um, no.

Posted by Scanner Matt

 

With the Republican Party in crisis many are looking for a new leader to win them back the throne in 2012 (does anyone really believe it will be Sarah Palin?). Thirty-six-year-old Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (short listed as a McCain VP nominee before the barracuda graced our lives) just might be the guy. He's surrounded by presidential buzz and—let's be honest—it wouldn't hurt the GOP if their conventions looked a little less like white supremacist rallies.

Piyush “Bobby” Jindal picked up his Anglo nickname from The Brady Bunch. Yes, that Bobby, seriously, which he commonly uses as his first name. He at first appears to be a very intelligent individual; he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.

But here’s the thing. He’s crazy.

Jindal supports teaching intelligent design in public schools.

He voted to make the Patriot Act permanent.

He’s a hardcore-let’s-flip-Roe-v.-Wade pro-lifer.

He’s against stem cell research.

Not only does he staunchly support “traditional marriage,” he opposes civil unions.

He supported a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.

He’s against universal health care.

Watch out for this guy in 2012. He's sure to make an appearance.

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Comments

Michael said:

Jindel is a big time prospect for 2012. If not for the hurricane and him having to cancel at the Republican National Convention, he would be the brightest star for the GOP now. They set him up to give an Obama-esque speech (2004 Dem Convention). Instead we had to endure days of Palin speculation.

November 25, 2008 6:45 PM

Daniel J Dwyer said:

That's right. He disagrees with you, and therefore must be crazy. He couldn't possibly have well thought out, rational reasons for his stances on this handful of issues.

November 25, 2008 7:07 PM

daringdoc said:

If Obama does his job, it doesn't matter who the elephants nominate, they will lose in a landslide and none of these "hot" prospects will want to run against him.  We'll get Palin and a couple of others.

November 25, 2008 7:08 PM

wait said:

You people (and by that I mean Americans) need to stop with this over the top partisan bullshit. Your name-calling is pathetic and the cheapest one is 'crazy' or 'stupid'.

November 25, 2008 8:12 PM

afellowgirl said:

Don't forget his participation in at least one exorcism.  

November 25, 2008 8:27 PM

the rake said:

Describing the political view that hatred and intrusiveness are normal as crazy is, in my view, entirely defensible. And if that means all serious Republicans are crazy, so be it. If you don't like it, try to defend your ideology. Just try.

November 25, 2008 10:28 PM

sevoyeur said:

He also says that he helped to perform an exorcism on a friend--that's kooky.  He probably also believes that the world is flat, that spontaneous generation is how new rats are made, and that tickle down tax cuts work.  Why did he become a Catholic?  Wasn't Hinduism crazy enough for him?  I guess the Virgin Birth and transubstantiation are the fairy tales of choice for him.  I'm sure "God" will be talking to him to let him know what to do since it worked out really well for us when Bush heard the voice of the sky bully telling him to invade Iraq.

November 26, 2008 1:24 AM

deva14 said:

He did a good job handling Gustav, and... okay. That's all I got. Still, just by not leaving New Orleanians to die he's already a step ahead of a lot of GOPers.

November 26, 2008 12:12 PM

Anuj said:

Funny how all of the fellow brown people I know are left-leaning.

If this dude starts being considered as a serious candidate there will probably be a backlash from a lot of people from his own ethnic background...

November 27, 2008 6:57 PM

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