Gov. Jindal Denies VP Aspirations
Yeah … Yeah … Some of us on this site have tossed around Bobby Jindal’s name for a McCain Veep nod …
Okay … I like Gov. Bobby Jindal too … a lot! I think he is a promising and beautiful new face for a Grand Old Party that get’s unfairly tagged as ‘the mean old white man’s party’ …
But he is young and needs to get his feet wet for a few years. I firmly believe that if he does very good things in New Orleans, and on the scourge that is the democrat corrupted state of Louisiana, he WILL have a big future in national politics.
Gov. Jindal Touts New Orleans’ Rebirth, Denies VP Aspirations
While admitting that he changed his given Indian name to Bobby after his favorite character on “The Brady Bunch,” Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal denied having any ambition to become Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) vice presidential pick at the National Press Club on Friday.
“First of all, like anybody whose name has been put on such a list, it’s certainly flattering,” Jindal said. “I’ve said it before … I’ll say it again. I’ve got the job I want.”
Jindal, a pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax Rhodes Scholar, won a landslide victory to become governor of Louisiana in October 2007. An Indian-American, he is the first person of color to be elected governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction.
Jindal spoke on Friday about following through on his promise to root out “corruption” and “incompetence.” He credited bipartisanship for those and other successes, including putting a stop to taxing businesses that wanted to set up shop in the state.
He also said that significant progress has been made toward the “rebirth” and “recovery” of post-hurricane Louisiana, including extensive disaster preparedness programs that hold the state and individuals responsible as first responders to a catastrophic event.
Jindal said while Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the state and its citizens, they also offered an opportunity to rebuild it to be better than it was before the storms, including creating an improved health care system and schools that produce a skilled labor force.
“The legacy I want to leave is the legacy of effective leadership so that my children don’t have to leave the state to fulfill their dreams,” Jindal said.
When asked what he and McCain spoke about when the presumptive GOP presidential candidate visited the state recently, Jindal said he appreciated McCain’s promise to provide needed resources to aid in the ongoing recovery process and that the federal government’s response to such a disaster would “never happen again.”
When pressed by the moderator if he would “promise” not to leave the governor post to be McCain’s running mate, Jindal revealed a bit of the personality that helped lead the 36-year-old to make history when he was elected by a landslide last year.
“I likened it earlier this week to telling the prettiest girl in high school ‘I’m not going to the prom with you,’ before she asked me,” Jindal said.
Jindal, whose parents were immigrants from India, took 54 percent of the vote in Louisiana’s unique election process in which all candidates of all parties run in a single October primary. If no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote in the primary, the top two candidates face each other in a November runoff. Jindal’s 54 percent win made a runoff unnecessary.
“I tell people this is a historic time (in Lousiana),” Jindal said. “The changes we are making are generational changes and I want to be a part of that.”
(CNSNews)
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I live in Louisiana and Jindal is the best thing this state’s seen in a long time
we were all very excited around here when there was VP rumors, but alas he has denied any aspirations several times
Don’t write him off though, he’s going to run for the presidency one day
May 5th, 2008 at 9:14 amGood Dude, but he needs to fix LA before he gets thrown into the lions den. I am sure by the 2016 he will be ready to run on top or as a number two and that is my two cents.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:13 amonce he gets politically weathered he’ll try for bigger things, you’re right
it’s a dirty business
May 5th, 2008 at 10:40 amI like him. I’ve heard him speak, and he is smart and conservative; a combo not always found in Washington.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:58 amYeah, I agree with Robbie, Louisiana is a corrupt bastion of democrats, who really stepped in it during Katrina. He needs to fix Baton Rouge, before national aspirations. But, he shows promise, it’ll be interesting to see his future.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:58 amI am definitely a Jindal supporter from Baton Rouge who thinks that he is not ready until he proves himself in the trenches while in the governor’s mansion. He came into office with the wind at his back and breezed through the impressive two special sessions of legislature populated by a LOT of newly elected members with little experience at the state level.
Jindal is starting to get some opposition now and there are some chinks in the armor of his ethics reform that still need to be secured. How he fares in the regular sessions will really tell the tale of his real ability beyond facts and figures intelligence.
No doubt about it in bringing a lot of disenfranchised voters to the trough of campaigning he definitely mastered, but he really did not run against strong opposition (a redneck populist, a rich guy who tried to buy his way in, and a change party to suit his desires of the moment business man whose ads made him look like a mafioso)
Besides NOLA did not play that big of a role as it used to, and the urban areas around the nation are still liberal bastions.
Now Jindal did get a lot of campaign volunteers from Southern University (overwelmingly black student body) which means that the intelligent blacks who see the truth are no longer supporting liberal politics around here. If fact beginning about a year before the election you could send packs of late teens foot soldiers going door to door for Jindal around the state.
Clearly Jindal would have performed far better than Obama did during his interview on the Today Show this morning. It definitely showed that he wanted to jump through the camera and throw a few punches at Matt Lauer when asked about the longterm association with Wright. Man did he start stuttering when it did not go according to what he thought it would.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:22 amahh another pat dollard fan from LA
May 5th, 2008 at 11:57 am
sam
May 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pmYep he was a guy I met several years ago in BR at Mike Anderson’s with a group of friends. He was a straight shooter regarding an Arnold question I had regarding the CA gov’s race. I heard about him on Hannity and Colmes, googled him and been checking in here since.