For the real skinny on Bobby Jindal and the Louisiana Science Education Act read Oyster at Your Right Hand Thief. Here's one quote:
Bobby Jindal and Timmy Teepell are not like Bush and Rove. No. Bobby and Timmy don't meet with leaders of the Fundagelical Right about legislative priorities, and then laugh at them after they leave the room. They don't string the fundagelical right along with "culture of life" talk, and just use them for their votes. No. But, surprisingly, it's not the reverse, either. The fundagelical right isn't using Bobby Jindal to further their political aims. Why? Because he's totally on board! People need to understand that Bobby doesn't "pander" to the extreme religious right, nor is he "used" by "them" because, in his heart of hearts, he is one of them. As hard is it may seem, Jindal really believes in the Discovery Institute pseudoscience just as he believes in the religious pseudo-history of Dan Barton.
How can this be? Jindal is an honor graduate in biology from Brown University, and he received his advanced degree from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Oh, it be. It be.
Jindal does exorcisms, too.
Well... If I didn't know you to be one of the most well balanced and trustworthy of Grand'mères, dear Mimi...
ReplyDeleteAll that Oyster says is true, Göran, and all that I say is true. Jindal is a strange character.
ReplyDeleteI realize...
ReplyDeleteOur state capitol, Baton Rouge, is just a whistle stop on Jindal's way to bigger and better things on the national scene. He's a traveling man. We can tell the rest of the country what he's like, but they won't listen.
ReplyDeleteToo bad your politicians aren't just corrupt the way they used to be in the good old days, Mimi. We have some in New Jersey we could ship your way.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to pine for the days of Edwin Edwards. He was a crook, but he did some good things for the state, and he wasn't a fecking ignorant buffoon.
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