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DEL.ICIO.USGingrich on Jindal: A case for choosing the new governor of Louisiana as McCain’s running mate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In a piece posted at Human Events, Newt Gingrich makes the case for Bobby Jindal, the new governor of Louisiana, as a running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain:
”He is the most transformational young governor in America today. The principles that motivate his Louisiana Revolution are the same pro-innovation, pro-competition, anti-bureaucracy and anti- big government principles that I urge each week in this newsletter - the same principles that are so desperately needed in Washington, D.C.”
On the Democratic side, several of you have pointed to this Newsweek column by Jonathan Alter, who makes an argument for former Georgia senator Sam Nunn:
Selecting Nunn would be a defensive move but not a weak one. That’s because the choice would have its own doubling down effect, reinforcing Obama’s support for ending the war in the context of greater support for veterans and the military, and for shifting the Pentagon’s emphasis in the Middle East from Iraq to Afghanistan.
Nunn also makes it clear that he backs Obama’s position on talking to Iran. “You can’t have a dialogue when you have a pre-condition to beginning that dialogue,” he said in Aspen, sounding like a man who could dispense with John McCain’s appeasement analogies with a wave of the hand.
And Nunn might offer a bit more boldness than those who covered him in the Senate may remember. When asked about the U.S. embargo against Cuba, he said: “To show that I’m not running for anything, the policy is counter-productive and should have been changed long ago. It’s biggest beneficiary is Castro.”
Comments
By Copyleft
July 9, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
This WOULD be an excellent choice. Who better than a Louisiana Republican to remind America how the GOP administration utterly FAILED to do anything for New Orleans?
By Clarence
July 9, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
Also who better to remind everyone that McCain is REALLY old than a running mate barely old enough to qualify for office.
By copyleftisaliberalidiot
July 9, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
Yeah, and state reponse in New Orleans led by their then DEMOCRAT governor (who got blown out by Jindal in the next election) was just SO strong wasn’t it…..and lets not forget their glorious DEMOCRAT mayor Ray “school-bus” Nagin (hey, lets let hundreds of school buses sit around and get flooded instead of using them to evacuate the people!) The responsibulity falls on the state first. FEMA definitely screwed up, but the state screwed up just as bad or worse. You never seem to hear about that from you idiots with “Bush derangement syndrome” though.
I also wonder why you rarely hear anything about the folks in Mississippi (you know, where Katrina actually hit) who were devastated just as badly or worse as New Orleans. Gee, I wonder if it is because Mississippi had a Republican Governor and it hit in a Republican area. Those folks seemed to take care of themselves without waiting around for them government to save them.
Liberals are so friggin’ stupid.
By Cotton Gin Rummy
July 9, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
There ocurred an incident of a militia who fired upon Katrina refugees crossing a bridge.
the conservatives better explain themselves, because those were the shots heard round the country. We’re waiting. Tick Tock, Flip Flop, Flippity Floppity Poo!
Ballots, not bullets, People! We will achieve justice in this country.
Obama 08: Change4Justice.
By SharonH
July 9, 2008 9:13 PM | Link to this
Bobby Jindal would be an excellent choice. He would be the perfect answer to Obama: He’s young and attractive(younger than Obama even!), he has brown skin(see Republicans like minorities too) and he’s one of the preferred minorities so he’s a “safe” choice. Good thinking Newt!
By DaninMacon
July 10, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
I think that Obama should pick Rev Wright as his running mate. Rev Wright would take the focus off of the fact that Obama has no substance. One thing Rev. Wright has is plenty of things to say. He would not have to repeat the words, change and hope over and over and over. He would really flesh out Obama’s “platform.”