I'll accept a flip-flop if, in the end, he does the right thing. Unlike the guys who voted themselves the pay raise and then tried to crawfish away from the backlash. Just don't make it a habit. I think the proper reaction to this is to hold Jindal up to a degree of skepticism and give him a chance to prove that this was a one-time lapse of judgment. No one's perfect, especially not a guy six months into his first term as a chief exec.
I'll agree with Mc on that I'll take a flipflop when it was obvious that he was on the wrong side of the aisle before.
I love when someone is crucified for flip flopping. In some situations it's bad in others, someone just comes to their senses. I think he made the right decision. He definitely learned a lesson here, got some experience, and we didn't pay for it. I'm happy.
He may be a devious politician but Jindal is not a fool. He recognized the core problems of the matter. 1. His credibility with the people was badly damaged and risked being destroyed. 2. When you make a mistake you can either correct it or compound it. And he corrected it.
Unfortunately State Senator Ann Duplessis has skated through this uproar. She's the idiot that started this mess and yet has no fear of being recalled. The people used the governor as their focal point which made sense. If the legislators who were for the raise now try to use the veto against Jindal to halt progress, the same voters who called for Jindal's head should also do the same thing to those legislators. (regardless of party affiliation)
I hate to bring partisan politics into this, since clearly both sides of the aisle had their share of offenders, but since someone else did.....what do you (the rhetorical "you"'; anyone can answer) make of the fact that recall petitions were only brought against Republicans? Is it that only GOP supporters were bothered by their reps' behavior, or did Dems see a chance to solidify their power bases while the stupid Republicans ate their own? Something else, perhaps?
