Finally, Jindal gets called out on National Guard

[ProSense]

Barack Obama takes shot at Bobby Jindal on issue of National Guard activation

Largely overlooked in President Barack Obama's Oval Office speech on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last week was some implied criticism of Gov Bobby Jindal.

Obama noted that he has authorized the deployment of more than 17,000National Guard members along the coast, with the costs to be paid forby BP. "These servicemen and women are ready to help stop the oil fromcoming ashore, clean beaches, train response workers, or even help withprocessing claims - and I urge the governors in the affected states toactivate these troops as soon as possible," Obama said.

Jindal hasn'tcalled up anywhere close to Louisiana's allotment of 6,000 Guardmembers, though his spokeswoman insists he's called up the numbersrequested and needed to aid the clean-up efforts.

[burrowowl]

1. Kick!

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. The media has gone really soft on Jindal. Wonder why? Hmmmmm...

[FrenchieCat]

3. The media has been "soft" on Republicans forever!

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. Ditto. They love creating the narrative, which is why I've pretty much tuned them out. (nt)

[TheKentuckian]

5. Jindal is, has been, and always will be a wanker.

He is also a Republican which means that he is ideologically opposed to governance other than for the purposes of facilitating big business and oppression and those skills don't really transfer to stuff like reacting to a catastrophe that can't be dealt with by launching forces.

How does one logically expect a Republican to execute policies or take actions that they promised up front that they were against?

Nobody that is paying the slightest bit of attention expects a Republican to do what we think of as the duties of the office. If they do a shitty job it is easy to see coming.

[CLANG]

6. Not only that, but the teabagging crowd thinks he's a "negro". He can't win the nomination.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. the tea baggers probably think the same of Betty White

and that she's using her name to cover her tracks