The media gives Bobby Brady Jindal high marks for his dealing with the oil leak

[jenmito]

On Morning Joe, they were gushing over Jindal saying HE shows anger and emotion, HE connects with the people, and HE is doing a better job than Obama. I think it was Jon Meacham who said Jindal as doing better than Obama. But they all agreed that he really redeemed himself after the disastrous rebuttal to Obama's SOTU speech. Of course, NOBODY mentions that he has held on to $22 million out of the $25 million given to him to hand out to the parishes in need. Jindal for president!!! :eyes:

[rurallib]

1. I have a slogan "Oil's Well"

[shireen]

2. is it the media in general or just morning Joe?

I would expect his show and Fox to spew that garbage. But the afternoon and night shift at MSNBC, CNN/Anderson, and perhaps the network morning shows and network news are not buying that line. Does anyone know how the networks are covering it?

Rachel has been doing an outstanding job. I've not watched Cooper but i've heard he's been outstanding as well.

[jenmito]

6. It's more than just Morning Joe. I've seen many media people praising Jindal,

including people on CNN.

[WI_DEM]

3. Morning Joe?

[jaxx]

4. I think this says alot about Obama vs the Jindal show.

The media is now a bunch of reactors. Someone blurts and they react. They no more act...that's the old way of delving into a situation and finding truth. Obama acts. He pisses off all the "news" hounds because he won't react the way they want him to. Jindal has reacted and they love him for it. Shows nothing but a media gone to wild headlines with no substance in the story.

[daa]

5. Look, this is a republican moron, boring at that, running

for president. He wants SMALLER government and yest asks where the federal aid is, like blaming the federal government for not having enough booms to collect oil spills.

I have some advice for Jindall, give em TAX CUT Bobby.

[asphalt.jungle]

7. jindal is the gov of LA

this should be his only priority and he isn't even maximizing all the resources available to him (national guard and BP's millions). obama is the POTUS, while this is a tragedy, this is one of many issues he has to deal with that affects the nation. if obama was camped out in LA daily running around "emoting", the rest of the country would give him an F for failing them.

[Number23]

34. That's what I'm saying too!!!

Why are people so "shocked and awed" that Jindal is front and center and on top of things regarding the oil spill ravaging the shores of the state that he was elected to protect, lead and represent?? What the hell else is that idiot supposed to be worried about right now?? Damn folks! This is not hard!

Jindal is the chief executive of a state that is being ravaged right now. Obama is the President of the entire damn country. The idea that Jindal is more "on top of things" going on in Louisiana and surrounding areas sounds like a no damn brainer to me. What the hell else does he have to be on top of right now, unlike the pres??

[Peacetrain]

8. Seems brother Jindahl and the repubs in that area are not all they are cracked up to be..

Seems resources have been made available to them and the right is holding back for political gain...


http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/06/03/oil.spill.guard/

Washington (CNN) -- While local officials are calling for more federal government -- specifically military -- help with the oil cleanup, only a fraction of thousands of authorized, federally funded National Guard troops have been put into service.

In Louisiana, 1,100 of the 6,000 authorized National Guard have been deployed.

Alabama is using just 280 troops out of an authorized 3,000. Mississippi has called 70 Guard members into active duty out of an available 6,000, and Florida has only seven National Guard troops on oil-spill duty out of an authorized 2,500.

[golfguru]

30. Those Louisiana folks always hold things back like that mayor

what's his name from Nawlins, held back buses during Katrina. There must be a hoarding affliction going on in the bayou's.

[fugop]

9. Remember "America's Mayor"??

The media freakin' LOVES to create a homeboy hero narrative in a disaster. Good lord, could they have kissed up to Giuliani any more enthusiastically after 9/11? America's Mayor, my ass. They loved Jindal right up to the SOTU rebuttal, fawning over how he was the next big Republican deal. I guess they're trying to resurrect him now. Whatever. Most of the country still sees him as "Kenneth the Page."

But I expect the media to keep up the fawning. It makes them feel good about themselves, apparently.

[jenmito]

18. They compared Jindal to Giuliani this morning,

as a matter of fact. They're disgustingly transparent.

[fugop]

20. HA!

I KNEW it! That had to be coming. Like I said, they're just dying to create another hero out of nothing. The media blowhards have no understanding of subtlety. Well, we can only hope their drooling over Jindal works as well for him as it did for Rudy "It's all about Florida!" Giuliani!

[jenmito]

22. Yup!

It was only a matter of time before they compared Jindal to Giuliani, because they want to make him the newest hero so they can compare him to Obama (who they're comparing again to Jimmy Carter).

[ProSense]

10. The praise overlooks one little fact, mentioned in this WSJ article

Louisiana has jurisdiction over its coastline, but none in the federal waters of the Gulf.

Why hasn't he deployed the National Guard already? The federal government is picking up the tab.

[Peacetrain]

13. Exactly.. why have they held back the help that would have stopped so much of that coming on shore

[golfguru]

31. Is'nt there some environmental issues holding up action by

Louisiana authorities?

[rocktivity]

11. Inlcuding his insistence that offshore drilling continue?

:crazy:
rocktivity

[jenmito]

15. They don't mention that.

[asjr]

12. I don't mean to be ugly about this but the first

time I saw him and heard him speak with that Southern accent I cracked up.

[jenmito]

14. I think it's his similarity in sound to Kenneth the Page on 30 Rock. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

16. Well, he's special. So special he should be wearing a padded helmet. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. He's being canonized for this?

:wtf:

[jenmito]

19. Yup-the way he angrily called out the CEO of BP, the way he

was videotaped talking with "locals" and the "urgency" he speaks with when giving his briefings. :eyes:

[LeftyAndProud60]

21. So Bobby Jindal is handling it better because he shows emotion? Interesting. NT

[jenmito]

23. Yup-because he walks down sand dunes and acts angry. n/t

[MidwestTransplant]

24. The Republican Party is based entirely on form over substance.

[fugop]

26. Bingo!

Look at the fuss made over the crazy dude running for, what, Ag Commissioner recently! Because of a commercial (nutty, but certainly memorable), the guy actually had people crying, "Dale Peterson for president!"

All I could think was what you just said: Republicans HATE substance. They prefer a flight suit and a codpiece. So sad.

[Mimosa]

25. Jindal's been out in the coastal marshes and the barrier islands with environmental experts

Jindal is close to the people of Louisiana. He and the people stand to suffer from this man-made catastrophe.

I would not bash anybody in my former beloved Louisiana who is suffering through this. I saw Jindal in the middle of a marsh yesterday. He was commenting on how it was eerily quiet because all the creatures had died.

having been in the bayou and marsh areas many times, I understood.

[jenmito]

27. Those are photo ops. He's out in front of the cameras while not handing out the millions

of dollars given to him by BP to give to the different parishes. He's also angry at Obama for putting a moratorium on off-shore drilling for now. Do you agree with Jindal?

[DatManFromNawlins]

29. I won't excuse Jindal's politics...

... but as a competent administrator in an emergency situation, the man is head and shoulders above any other politician in this country, and it isn't remotely close.

[golfguru]

32. Hello Bobby! n/t

[Cha]

33. jindal is a big ass fake.

[jenmito]

35. Not everybody in LA thinks he's competent:

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/post_5.html

[Mimosa]

45. DatManFromNawlins, don't try to interrupt the hate fest

It doesn't matter that we've lived in New Orleans and actually have seen the man (or other Louisiana elected officials) in action over a period of years. Never mind that we may also have helped Obama get elected.

BTW, Carville was getting bashed on a few threads too. And that man comes second to nobody for his love of the state of Louisiana. I defended Carville too, how awful!

Louisianans and New orleanians are my people and when it comes to a crisis we will stick together.

When some others have been through pain like Katrina maybe they'll understand.

[Aramchek]

40. you really like Republicans, don't you?

[City Lights]

28. Good ol' Jon Meacham, eh?

Newsweak's editor. :puke:

I have no use for today's media. For the post part, they're nothing but GOP mouthpieces.

[Arkana]

36. Jindal has the charisma of a wet sponge and will end up much like Giuliani.

Sucked off relentlessly for a year or two, but his Presidential campaign will be much ado about nothing.

[jenmito]

37. NO WAY! He's ANGRY! He's making sure the cameras see him walking on sand dunes looking at

the oil and he talks REALLY fast with a serious look on his face! He's my daddy! :sarcasm:

[Mimosa]

38. Who's the governor of your state?

Jenmito, if -God forbid- a horrible disaster happened to the environment and the people in your state I can guarantee you I would not be putting down your governor to make political capital for another political figure.

Sometimes, as Americans, can't we come together and show some kindness? Jindal is actually doing a good job and will continue to be a fierce advocate for the people who elected him. I lived in Louisiana when Treen, Edwards, Roehmer, Edwards, then Blanco were governors. I do have points by which to compare Jindal. And he's been doing a good job in a difficult situation post-Katrina.

Now this comes along and smites the people of Louisiana just when they all -including the Governor- were looking forward to better days.

For the sake of the people, please have some kindness. I don't think you know how much this hurts Louisianians. We do come together in a crisis. That's what Americans should do.

[FrenchieCat]

39. Jindal's a piece of shit, and you've been defending him all fucking week!

He's politicized this entire event, when he didn't have to.

He wants his cake and he wants to eat it too!

He aggresively supports Offshore Oil Drilling which literally brought the spill
to the shores of his very own state, and yet he wants to act like
one has nothing to do with the other, when it sure in the fuck does.

So he's out there posturing and pointing fingers at what everybody else is doing
or not doing, and doesn't bother to realize that in the end,
his ass is as much to blame as anyone if not more so; because it is his ideological fucked up policies enacted of a past decades of Republican touted lax regulation and unfettered corporate power
that has gotten us to the point where we currently are. But of course,
it would be too simple for him to see this (or else he realize that not all of us are stupid)
...so instead he talks real tough, makes a lot of noise, acts indignant,
and hopes no one will notices that its the shit that he's been pushing that's come by way
of big payback.

So you can go on with your Jindal loving self, but I know an asshole when I see one,
and that's an asshole you are attempting to make look like a rose.

[Mimosa]

43. Sorry to disagree

Jindal is concerned about 90,000 jobs which would be lost by a suspension. That's on top of the jobs already lost.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june10/oil3_06-04.html

I've long been an environmentalist. But at this point, even now, as long as Americans depend on oil, there can be safe responsible drilling. That is exactly what Obama said about 2 weeks before the Deepwater rig exploded and i agreed with him. I am not for a panicky response.

God forbid I should ever call another human being harsh names or condemn them. I cannot pretend to know what is in another's heart. I've seen that Jindal cares about the people of Louisiana. I expect nothing more or less from him.

And you happen to know I was among Obama's earliest supporters here. I would defend him or anybody against unfair opportunistic politically motivated attacks.

I really don't judge other people MEANLY. That would degrade me.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

46. Jindal was one of the first to speak out on stimulus government intervention. Now in a crisis he's

new found convert. It's disingenuous, it's nauseating and just how they roll. Sure there maybe some personal impact on personal friends in this crisis that may make some of the angst real but if Bobby's first concern was Louisiana as a whole he would of gladly welcomed the stimulus money at the start. To be fair though, when people critique Bobby it's not judgement call on Louisiana, it's about one individual saying one thing then doing another. Great he's doing the right thing in a crisis but on a Democratic site it's only natural he won't be the most popular person we can think of.

[Mimosa]

47. Stereotype much?

ProgressiveOntheMove: "but on a Democratic site it's only natural he won't be the most popular person we can think of."

POTM, if you check my profile you might see I count as a 'we'.;)Except I don't ascribe to groupthink if there is such a thing.

"Member since 2003 before July 6th"


I ought to click on some others while I'm at it. I'm glad you're polite.:D

Almost every politician says one thing and does another. If I started giving some prominent examples at least one member's head on this topic would start turning like Regan's in "The Exorcist" and she (or he) might hurl green pea soup at me accompanied with some choice cuss words.:7

[JI7]

42. the fuckwad is demanding Obama end moratorium on drilling , he is a fucking whore

[Mimosa]

44. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june10/oil3_06-04.html

[Brother Buzz]

41. Rudy Giuliani is to 911 as Bobby Jindal is to the Gulf oil disaster

[peekaloo]

48. The corporate stooges desperately needs them a republican hero.

figures that person would come with slick and oily attributes.

[Jennicut]

49. The same guy who is mad that there is a moratorium on deep shore drilling?

The hypocrisy knows no boundaries. The same guy who has complained about sand berms endlessly while not giving a crap about what could happen to other states like Mississppi if he built them? The same guy who lambasted small govt. and volcano monitoring but is all for big govt. know when the shit hits the fan in his state? Please people, don't be suckered in. It is people like Jindal that have given govt. a bad name because they have criticized it over and over. This is more of that. Local states rights....get the big govt. out of the way. Very obvious to me.