--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: > > Don't knock his act. You have to appreciate how > he got to where he is from a humble immigrant beginning.
Jindal isn't an immigrant, just for the record. Also for the record, his "act" got bad reviews across the political spectrum: February 26, 2009 Gov. Jindal, Rising Star, Plummets After Speech By SHAILA DEWAN Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has been a rising star in the Republican Party, but his stock took a hit as he was roundly panned for his televised response to President Obama's first speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Conservative commentators were among the harshest critics, calling Mr. Jindal's delivery animatronic, his prose "cheesy" and his message that federal spending is not the answer to the nation's economic problems uninspired.... "This was the moment for him to seize the mantle with new ideas, new direction, and lay the groundwork for himself as a creative new thinker," said Thomas Schaller, a political scientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "He just used old platitudes and party clichés." Laura Ingraham, the talk radio host; David Brooks, the New York Times columnist; and Juan Williams of Fox News were among Mr. Jindal's unimpressed reviewers in television commentary, while Rush Limbaugh defended the governor on his radio show. Several commentators noted that response speeches, in which a designated member of the opposition party delivers a short, canned speech with no live audience, have often been a recipe for failure. "He went in there with high expectations, probably too high for any politician," said David Johnson, a Republican political strategist. "Republicans are looking for a voice to lead them out of the wilderness." Still, Mr. Johnson said, "it was a flop." Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/us/politics/ 26jindal.html?pagewanted=print http://tinyurl.com/dguejw
