I’m a congenital pessimist, so don’t give me too much credit for drawing attention to this pending debacle-cum-comic-relief. Instead, all praise should go to National Review’s Eliana Johnson, who reported Monday evening that a source “close to” Jindal was willing to confirm that the “slight” governor “has gained 13 pounds over the past few months” because he’s “looking to beef up” now that the 2016 campaign is “on the horizon.”Finally a national publication focuses on the maladministration of Jindal, who governed, untrammeled by the Louisiana Legislature, according to Tea Party philosophy. The legislature is complicit in every way, because they allowed Jindal to have his way in all his policies except the sales tax proposal. Jindal's legacy in Louisiana will be the destruction of worthy institutions and programs due to budget cuts and privatizing and a budget nightmare that will be left to the next governor to untangle.
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To understand why the Jindal camp’s decision to share this little scooplet is so phenomenally bizarre and foreboding, rather than simply silly and weird, you need to keep in mind just how much of a disaster his tenure as Louisiana governor has been.
It is beyond laughable that Jindal thinks he will revive his campaign for president by gaining weight. I have not once heard a Louisiana citizen criticize Jindal because he's not "beefed up" enough. Keep in mind that though the people of Louisiana don't like him now, he was reelected to a second term by a landslide.
