Well, I think I will stick around for another 4 years.....

.....How about TigerEducated, and SabanFan, and Bengal B, and the rest of the right wing posse here?

LOL

 

And LA will stay at the bottom of the pile just like you. You probably like it that way, because otherwise people would just pass you up to easily.

 

God, I love it when you right wing nuts take it bad. Thanks.

 

See my response to South Sports Media in another thread.

 

I am not taking it bad. I do not even live in the state. Although I had hope that Jindal would help make it easier to move back.

It is obvious to even an out-of-stater that the best candidates lost the Gov and Insurance races regardless of political parties, and I think you are ok with this because this gives greater value to your ignorance. I think all who have read any of your posts can attest that you are not the brightest person around. Not trying to mean, but it is just a fact. The old machine democrats in LA rely on your type of ignorance to have a chance to keep getting elected. I hope one day you will be freed from your ignorance and see the truth.

 

No matter who won the election don't you think you would be more comfortable somewhere where you could be around more of "your own kind" , fruits, nuts and flakes? I don't think any of us shotgun toting rednecks will mistake you for a deer or a duck but you are in great danger of being taken for a squirrel.

 

CottonBowl'66's candidate won, and I think we should all take pause to think about that...

A woman who couldn't tell us what her plan to fix health care would be until after she was in office for 100 days and called a big summit...

A woman who couldn't take care of figuring out what she was going to do before she ran. She had announced over a year ago. So, it's not like she didn't have time to sharpen her focus on what her issues would be...

That's what I'm worried about...The most salient and pragmatic of the left-leaning Democrats here, JD, literally said that he would vote for her because she would "do no harm".

What kind of indictment is it that we voted in a Governor who's biggest vote of confidence from the most eloquent of liberals on this board is that she will "do no harm"?

I am shocked but heartened in that Bobby Jindal actually got 3 out of every 10 votes in the Democratic black stronghold of Orleans, and won outright in Livingston, East Baton Rouge, Asension, St. Tammany, and Jefferson parishes. Some of those parishes were not a surprise, but the numbers in some of them were.

It's also interesting to note that-once again-Lafayette Parish did not support it's hometown candidate. Puzzling.

Having said that, we can all take solace in that Bobby Jindal is not forever gone from our political landscape. I believe that after Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is eaten alive by the frightening fiscal crisis that will await her, she'll have taken so many head shots that she'll be glad to vacate the office having lined a few friends pockets, expanded state spending, while "doing no harm" in JD's words...

Hopefully, by then, Republicans will be smart enough to remember to combat a silly commercial with some person that refers to himself as a "staunch Republican" who was head of a hospital that actually got more funding and more doctors and no cuts, an actual cost increase, while he complained on camera and in a very noticeable and conspicuous wheelchair about Bobby Jindal's cuts hurting people.

 

The most salient and pragmatic of the left-leaning Democrats here, JD, ".

Now you're getting it.

What kind of indictment is it that we voted in a Governor who's biggest vote of confidence from the most eloquent of liberals on this board is that she will "do no harm"?
It's an indictment of the open primary system. We didn't pick the candidates - I would have supported Jindal if he wasn't an extremist on social issues. I'm not asking for gay marriages, state run abortion clinics etc (hell I don't like any of that stuff), but I'm also not looking for a theocracy and his position on women is something he needs to really think through, instead of listening to Pat Robertson. Note to Jindal -you are a catholic, the catholic church recognizes exceptions and there are some clear cultural and theological differences between catholics and the christian coalition. Blanco herself is a social conservative - but in line with the mainstream conservatives, not the extemists.


I am shocked but heartened in that Bobby Jindal actually got 3 out of every 10 votes in the Democratic black stronghold of Orleans, and won outright in Livingston, East Baton Rouge, Asension, St. Tammany, and Jefferson parishes. Some of those parishes were not a surprise, but the numbers in some of them were. Really, the surprising thing is that he got those numbers and still lost by a fairly wide margin. He failed to get the moderates who are willing to vote republican and often do.

It's also interesting to note that-once again-Lafayette Parish did not support it's hometown candidate. Puzzling.
Not puzzling at all - first Jindal only got 51% - that's probably the smallest percentage a republican has gotten there in a long time. Consider the demographics of Lafayette - wealthy, a lot of cajuns (lean dem but certainly can vote republican) BUT a TON of transplants from Texas and Oklahoma in the oil business - these are republicans.

You can argue the fine distinctions and debating points all you want, but their platforms were similar in most instances. But, Jindal aligned himself with extremists from the get go and didn't move to the center and didn't try to. From a political standpoint, Blanco finally questioned his health care miracle (with an extremely effective ad) and he didn't respond.

And before you get all wrapped up in the notions that all democrats want is a bunch of political payoffs (we can see from halliburton and bechtel that it hardly applies only to dems) and that blanco won't attract business because she is a poor debater, she has one big advantage - Mitch Landrieu and she WILL use him. In fact, she should put him in charge of transportation and industrial development. He has a lot of relationships in the state and makes excellent connections (as one could see that he had the Lt Governor's race locked up with support from all the major businesses 4 months before the primary vote - he crowded out every republican who even thought of running). He's my kind of politician - doesn't have his handout, isn't interested in people's private lives, understands economics and has a heart.

I am not confident on education from Blanco - Foster, for all his warts, did put a lot of money into higher education and expanded the CC system. I don't support a strong LSU for the sake of a strong LSU - I support it because this state needs a top public school for many reasons. I am afraid Blanco will not do any of the relatively obvious reforms that need to take place so that we can use our funds more wisely - she might cater to the short-term focused and protectionist elements at the universities that oppose higher standards because of a temporary decline in revenue (and elements of that focus exist at LSU, don't kid yourself).

I think Jindal has a reasonable chance of taking the Bennett Johnston route - after losing a governor's race, he ended up in the senate for the rest of his professional career. La would be more inclined to vote for boy wonder to the senate and let his great ideas work into national policy. But, something inside tells me he did the best he can do (although I have no idea of what dem will run in that race). And did he even congratulate Blanco in his concession speech?

 

Well, at least the floors of the Governor's Mansion will be mopped and the clothes will get ironed.

 

Kathleen Blanco is a very conservative Democrat. The fact that she is not right wing enough for TE and the rest of the right wing nuts here shows just what extremists they are.

Thanks all of you for taking this very hard and very badly. It makes it triple sweet.

The defeat of right wing extremism is always something to celebrate.

Bobby Jindal's political career, short as it was, is over. He is dead meat. He cannot get elected to the House of Reps, or the US Senate, and we know he cannot be governor.

He will get a consolation job with the Bushies in Washington, then go on to some right wing think tank and spend the rest of his career in some such way.

Jindal was just some suck ass bureaucrat who could get on the good graces of people in power. He had nothing to recommend him to the Governorship. Good riddance.

We retired Suzy Haik Terrell also this go round. Another good retirement. Who's next? Jim McQueery in the Senate race? Richard Baker?