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Jindal and Palin

Posted on by jwb0581

I may be alone on this, but as a lifelong independent conservative I don't know how anyone can compare Palin to Jindal. Don't get me wrong - I love Palin as a person and I love her positions on the issues. But some of the interviews were just embarrasing. I dislike Gibson and Couric more than anyone, but at times she was non-sensical or just plain empty in her answers and that can't be blamed on anyone but Palin.

I have seen others have their conservatism questioned because they have reservations about Palin. Just because someone has conservative positions that I agree with, doesn't mean they are presidential material. My grandmother has great positions on the issues but she would not make a good president.

Jindal may come off as a geek, and maybe he's too young to run in 2012. But this guy is the most brilliant, capable conservative I've seen in years. I live in Louisiana so I have watched him up close. He is the real deal.



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To: jwb0581

You do understand of course that those interviews were edited to make Palin look stupid?



To: Admin Moderator; SoCalPol

Seminar caller... And possible embedded troll. Sh!t stirrer is obvious.



To: jwb0581

Just my humble opinion but read my tagline. Either one would be a good president because of their policies and outlook.



To: jwb0581

Jindal is damaged goods (or will be after SNL does its take on last night’s speech)



by 5 posted onby Oztrich Boy ( As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. - D)

To: Rippin

And 'conservative' who actually fell for the Couric/Gibson play is an embarrassment to the cause. This excuse is just that, and excuse- and one that liberal trolls use. Beware.



To: jwb0581

Do you really want to start a war? Palin is my favorite, but I like Jindal too. Let’s give it some time and see how things play out before we tear down the top conservative contenders.



To: chickpundit

The poster has only posted Jindal favored threads, and only posts in Jindal favored threads. We may have our first real Jindal troll.



To: jwb0581

If I’m not mistaken, the talking heads said that Jimmah Cahtah would make a good president because he was a really bright guy - he was an engineer after all, right? Leadership rarely goes to the brightest, because rarely are the brightest the best.



by 9 posted onby ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)

To: jwb0581

I agree with you about Palin. But you'll be told it was an insurmountable conspiracy. She really DOES know of a SCOTUS decision she disagrees with. In those debates, when she kept falling back on the strategy of using talking points instead of answering the question, that was a media conspiracy, too. She's actually Ronald Reagan. As for Jindal, he IS a geek, and he IS too young, and he simply doesn't look like presidential material to me. It's hard to believe the GOP is so barren, but apparantly it is.



by 10 posted onby Huck (Don't vote! It only encourages them! Bye.)

To: jwb0581

Palin has exponentially more draw with the base than does Jindal. Jindal whilst conservative is sorta lackluster and I think his main draw for many here is his uniqueness which I think is the wrong path for conservatives. Identity picks. Palin inspires folks and scares the hell out of the left. Haley Barbour speaks much better and very disarming and affable but quite potent and is just as conservative but he’s a chunky late middle aged white guy with a southern accent. Why not him instead of Jindal.



by 11 posted onby wardaddy (I feel like a Boer but this time white northern liberals are playing the English)

To: rintense

We may have our first real Jindal troll. Why does that make him a troll? Why not an advocate? Are Palin-posters Palin trolls? This sort of retarded behavior is going to make matters very bad for conservatism.



by 12 posted onby Huck (Don't vote! It only encourages them! Bye.)

To: rintense

So you attack a fellow conservative for stating his opinion on the “chat” section of this site? I have been a member here longer than most. Would you rather all conservatives who don’t think Palin is the best choice in 2012 to not say a word? Is that consistent with conservative principles?



To: jwb0581

The one time I saw Jindal interviewed on TV, he was so bland that I wrote him off right then and there. Palin is another George Bush, I’m afraid. Can’t we do better?



To: jwb0581; Big_Monkey; dixiechick2000; SuzyQ

btw...are you and Big Monkey working in tandem?



by 15 posted onby wardaddy (I feel like a Boer but this time white northern liberals are playing the English)

To: rintense

Ah, I see.



To: jwb0581

It serves no conservative purpose to tear down either Palin or Jindal at the expense of the other. Both are rising stars (despite what the media will have you believe), and we don’t need to be doing the enemy’s job for them.



by 17 posted onby kevkrom ("The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.")

To: wardaddy

Palin doesn't even inspire the entire base. Obviously there are some, like myself, quite uninspired. She's definitely a draw. I'd put her on the undercard of any rally for that reason. But top of the ticket? Hell, I wouldn't even put her ON the ticket. As for Haley, he's a good old boy. He's a good debater. Not sure if he has the type of salesmanship skills/gifts I'd like to see in a presidential pick. But then, neither did McCain. Neither did GWB. Neither did Bob Dole. Neither did Bush1. The GOP looks rather pathetic.



by 18 posted onby Huck (Don't vote! It only encourages them! Bye.)

To: postoak

Cant we do better? That's what I keep asking. Apparantly we can't. And the base, as judged by freepers, would rather put their beer goggles on and anoint Palin than look at the cold hard truth.



by 19 posted onby Huck (Don't vote! It only encourages them! Bye.)

To: chickpundit

Do you really want to start a war? Palin is my favorite, but I like Jindal too. Lets give it some time and see how things play out before we tear down the top conservative contenders. I pretty much agree with your position. Palin was set up in a number of ways. The media went into an insane feeding frenzy, and she had to stay on script for McCain rather than being herself even while knowing the media would take anything she said out of context. I don't think that her incoherent answers (and she did have some) are a sign of a lack of intelligence. Given what I've seen from her when she's herself, the poor showings were far more likely due to a combination of edited interviews and trying to balance the McCain view with her own view under pressure and knowing that she was sitting across from reporters who hated her, hated her baby, and hate God. As for 2012, I'm hoping Palin will earn the nomination in 4 years. Like you though, I want her to earn it.



by 20 posted onby TurtleUp (Turtle up: cancel optional spending until 2012, and boycott TARP/stimulus companies forever!)

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