Governor Bobby Jindal joined the
Republican governor rogues gallery in a debate at the Aspen Institute.
Michelle Millhollon reports on the gathering which was mainly a closed affair, but...
For a $15 admission price, the public could grab a seat on the Aspen
Institute’s campus Wednesday night to listen to a panel discussion
featuring Jindal, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Gov.
Nikki Haley, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker. The talk was broadcast on Aspen’s public radio station and was
streamed on the Internet.
Ha! How about that lineup?
Jindal apologized several times for talking fast during the event,
explaining that he wanted to fit in several points. Christie ribbed him
for his bullet-point approach.
I've heard Jindal speak, and I vouch for the fact that he talks fast. After a while, I stopped trying to keep up and switched off.
Jindal rapidly described the changes he successfully proposed for
Louisiana’s public school system, racing from teacher tenure to the
scholarships that use public dollars to send children to private or
parochial schools.
“Basically vouchers,” Isaacson interjected to put a new name to the scholarships.
“We call it scholarships. The teacher unions call it four-letter words,” Jindal retorted.
Har-de-har-har. Jindal made a funny. And then is it back home to Louisiana for the governor? Indeed not. Jindal is off to Washington DC for meetings. Bobby, we hardly know ye.
If his speaking is as impressive as it was in 2009, when the Republicans picked him to reply to Obama's State of the Union address, he would be quite an asset to the Romney campaign in the Veep slot.
ReplyDeleteJindal's speaking style is pretty much the same all the time. I expect he's unteachable. He's quicker on his feet than Romney, but he's just as prone to answer questions with a response that far from an answer to the question asked.
ReplyDelete"If his speaking is as impressive as it was in 2009, when the Republicans picked him to reply to Obama's State of the Union address, he would be quite an asset to the Romney campaign in the Veep slot."
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean an asset to the OBAMA campaign?!
Americans just don't do irony, do they, Mimi?
DeleteSometimes we do, Lapin.
DeleteTrue. Some of you get it.
DeleteDunno, JCF. Jindal certainly managed to bamboozle the citizens of the Gret Stet.
ReplyDeletePeople paid $15 to see that gang of know-nothings? Were there carnival barkers outside the campus promising a really good freak show?
ReplyDeleteHard to believe, isn't it Bex? The phrase "rogues gallery" could have been coined for that crew.
DeleteHardly knew him? Good luck for you. From what we've seen of him here, the downside is that now the rest of us have met him.
ReplyDelete(Poclock Junior here, still outwitting FYWP)