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News & ArtsFriday, February 27, 2009
Politics Kenneth the Governor
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Jindal didn't just suck. He lied.
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It is such a weird lie to tell. Why take a chance at losing (more) credibility by telling such an easily disproved story to such a large audience?
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@2 i wondered the same thing when hrc told the story about landing under sniper fire in bosnia. what possess them to say such things? i guess we'll never know.
looks like another "golden gop hopeful" is going down in flames. so sad.
looks like another "golden gop hopeful" is going down in flames. so sad.
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@2
Because Republicans respect "Take Charge, Do-Stuff Types." Their ideal president is actually an action figure, posed with real "kung-fu grip." Bush used the same theater trick when he did the carrier landing during the "mission accomplished" fiasco.
Because Republicans respect "Take Charge, Do-Stuff Types." Their ideal president is actually an action figure, posed with real "kung-fu grip." Bush used the same theater trick when he did the carrier landing during the "mission accomplished" fiasco.
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I thought that seemed not quite right. Jindal was in Baton Rouge pretty much the whole time during Katrina. He was on every radio station and every TV station (which I discovered when I went to stay with a friend who had power - mine was out for a week). He was probably the most visible politician in Baton Rouge during that whole thing - certainly more visible than Richard Baker, who represented East Baton Rouge Parish, and William Jefferson, who represented Orleans Parish. Granted, Jefferson was busy hiding money in his refridgerator....
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This is amazing. In less than a week Jindal goes from bright light of the GOP to yesterday's news just like that. This is not something you can recover from.
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@6 - Agreed - I don't see how he'll recover from this. Jindal's response speech was his "Howard Dean scream" moment.
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The best they could get, their up and comer, is a liar.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
POINTS, LAUGHS.
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Wow. A politician from Louisiana who's a liar. That's got to be the first time that happened in the history of the world.
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@6 I'm not sure, Tricky Dick Nixon came back from the dead a few times. People are dumb, people forget, that's why we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over.
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The GOP must be so embarrassed.
Compared to 'working in the coal mine' Biden or 'sniper fire' Hillary Jindal is a joke.
Compared to 'working in the coal mine' Biden or 'sniper fire' Hillary Jindal is a joke.
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What did you expect?
1. Jindal is a Republican
2. He opened his mouth
- it pretty much follows that a lie was going to come out when he did that.
1. Jindal is a Republican
2. He opened his mouth
- it pretty much follows that a lie was going to come out when he did that.
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@ 12, I'm not the biggest Nixon bio reader, so you'll have to tell me if Nixon had any incidents like this prior to 1968.
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Americans love being lied to. We love being lied to almost as much as we love Jesus. What we love most is being lied to about Jesus. We want to know who Jesus would shoot with a gun, and skull-fuck. It's mother's milk to most of us. Jindal's pedantic babble was what killed him. We want our leaders to holler their lies from the mountaintop with pride, not baby-talk them out like a Dick and Jane book read to first graders. See Bobby lie. Lie Bobby lie.
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There goes Dan again with another personal vendetta against a man of color.
Really, he just sees brown skin and goes into bitchin' mode.
Really, he just sees brown skin and goes into bitchin' mode.
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If Keith Olberman didn't say that the night of the speech, he did the next day.
Watch Countdown - you'll learn who lies, earlier.
Watch Countdown - you'll learn who lies, earlier.
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Matt@16:
Nixon lost the presidential race in 1960 to John F. Kennedy, then lost the CA Gov race in 1962 to Pat Brown. After the second, he was written off as a has-been.
Nixon lost the presidential race in 1960 to John F. Kennedy, then lost the CA Gov race in 1962 to Pat Brown. After the second, he was written off as a has-been.
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Sven@24
After losing the gov race in '62 Nixon gave that retiring from public life speech in which he uttered those unforgetable words: "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore!" (talk about lying to us). That was the final, humiliating blow after losing 2 major elections in 2 years . He was toast. He was finished. He was so yesterdays news. He was President 6 years later.
The best comeback ever, followed by the worse fall from grace.
After losing the gov race in '62 Nixon gave that retiring from public life speech in which he uttered those unforgetable words: "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore!" (talk about lying to us). That was the final, humiliating blow after losing 2 major elections in 2 years . He was toast. He was finished. He was so yesterdays news. He was President 6 years later.
The best comeback ever, followed by the worse fall from grace.
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Of course he lied. He's a bone head southerner who wouldn't know the truth if it hit him like a hurricane.
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@24, 25
Thanks, that's what I was referring to. Not the exact same situation, but the idea that being "dead" isn't permanent in politics.
Thanks, that's what I was referring to. Not the exact same situation, but the idea that being "dead" isn't permanent in politics.
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@ 27,
I heard you can keep them from rising from the grave with garlic, holy water, and wooden stakes.
I heard you can keep them from rising from the grave with garlic, holy water, and wooden stakes.
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Sven, Seabear, I'm familiar with the trajectory of Nixon's career. (I'm not being bitchy when I write that, BTW, so please don't take it that way.)
I'm just not sure that the original comparison @ 12 is apt because here we have Jindal lying about (or at least grossly misrepresenting) an incident to support his party's anti-government arguments.
Did Nixon publicly lie about anything before his comeback? Did such a lie contribute to his early 60's downfall? If not, then it's not exactly and apple and apples comparison.
I'm just not sure that the original comparison @ 12 is apt because here we have Jindal lying about (or at least grossly misrepresenting) an incident to support his party's anti-government arguments.
Did Nixon publicly lie about anything before his comeback? Did such a lie contribute to his early 60's downfall? If not, then it's not exactly and apple and apples comparison.
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