Black Monday
Jan 14th, 2008 by Daniel Z.
Well, today is the first day of a long four years. Bobby Jindal will be inaugurated in what will most likely be a celebration of pipe dreams and hopes based on false praise of Jindal’s past “successes”.
In yesterday’s T-P, they continued their inability to find facts when it comes to their beloved Bobby Jindal. They cannot seem to help themselves. The first sentence starts off the spin:
Bobby Jindal, the immigrants’ son whose exemplary public service made him the wunderkind of Louisiana politics
Exemplary? I was unaware that not doing your job and collecting a paycheck is exemplary. See Bobby Jindal has missed many votes in Congress, going over a month between votes at times. Yet, he collected a paycheck. I was also unaware that cutting healthcare to the needy is also “exemplary”. The reason Bobby Jindal is the wunderkind of Louisiana politics is because hack newspaper editors, instead of grasping their duty to inform, decide to sell the garbage that Jindal and his campaign has distributed to them. If the T-P had a nose, it would be brown.
He will be Louisiana’s first non-white chief executive since post-Civil War Reconstruction and the first Indian-American to govern a U.S. state.
Again, more failures of fact checking. Kris Kolluri served as Governor for a very short time. Jindal is the first elected Governor.
A former head of the Department of Health and Hospitals, Gov.-elect Jindal also can appreciate the importance of rebuilding a medical school in New Orleans to anchor a biomedical research park.
Why should Jindal appreciate anything about healthcare? He did not appreciate the fact that by closing clinics and removing access to medical services to those who need them that the state’s health ranking would drop. But hey, I have long since given up on the T-P and their ability to give something called the truth.
The state’s future will be shortchanged, however, if we fail to reverse our corrupt reputation. Gov.-elect Jindal plans to deliver on a campaign promise by strengthening the state’s weak ethics laws during a special session expected next month.
Of course he hasn’t shared the legislation he will push. He also has never mentioned that he will bring campaign finance reform and eliminate corporate contributions. Without closing that loophole, you won’t have true ethics reform. Of course, considering Bobby Jindal benefits from the loophole, I will not hold my breath.
Im sure there will be many cheers by the die hard supporters as Bobby “the wunderkind” Jindal and his wife “Suburban Supermom” Supriya stand there smiling for the cameras. But for some reason I keep expecting to hear Dark Helmet exclaiming “fooled you“.
Cross posted at lj4a.com
Update 1: The January 17th T-P continues the lies about Bobby Jindal. Either that or they are doing some really good drugs.
Then-Rep. Jindal was instrumental in securing a share of federal offshore oil and gas revenues.
Wrong. Bobby Jindal fought for his bill to pass until he won the 2006 election. In doing so he fought against the Domenici-Landrieu bill (the actual bill that got signed by the President). Mary Landrieu, not Bobby Jindal, was instrumental in securing a share of federal offshore oil and gas revenues. Bobby Jindal only changed his mind once his 2006 race was over and there could be no risk of an opponent using his flawed bill against him.
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Good post Dan Z.
How bitter and full of hatred you must be to take a shot at Bobby’s beautiful family! Is your life that sad, Dan? Pathetic as usual!
Thanks, Dan - I couldn’t believe it when I read that editorial this morning. I mean, trying to be optimistic in light of a change in leadership is one thing, but good God, that thing was nauseating. I also noted that the T-P had to throw one more punch at poor Blanco just below the puff piece on Jindal. Ick. The editorial staff at the T-P are pathetic (I mean, excluding the likes of James Gill and Chris Rose - I’m talking about the invisible hand that pens the opinion pieces).
Actually, Dan, I’m talking about the puff piece today (Tuesday, the 15th - which is even worse than the tripe from the previous few days).
“Mike”: How did I attack his family?
It seems to be more that you simply disagree with Jindal than that he is bad. How is it bad to close shoddy clinics which cost Louisiana taxpayers lots of money, are inefficient, and do not provide the communities they serve a good return on their investment? And the people formerly served by those clinics could still go to ones which remained open. By consolidating facilities and eliminating excess cost, Jindal actually ensured the longevity of the public health program.
Jerry: “It seems to be more that you simply disagree with Jindal than that he is bad. ”
It is both. I disgre with many of his policies. However, I also feel that the policies he would enact (and the type of politics he practices) are bad for the State of Louisiana.
“How is it bad to close shoddy clinics which cost Louisiana taxpayers lots of money, are inefficient, and do not provide the communities they serve a good return on their investment”
Health clinics are not there for “investments”. They are there to help people who cannot afford to help themselves. And it is VERY bad to close those clinics and leave people without healthcare. It causes them to not get needed medical treatment, and it winds up costing the system more money in the long run.
“And the people formerly served by those clinics could still go to ones which remained open. ”
Could they? What if someone took public transportation to a community clinic? One woman I spoke with in 2004 could no longer get her needed services on the Northshore and when she needed aid she needed to go to either Baton Rouge or New Orleans. So it is not as easy as you make it seem, especially if the poor person who cannot afford their own healthcare also cannot afford gasoline (or a car for that matter).
“By consolidating facilities and eliminating excess cost, Jindal actually ensured the longevity of the public health program. ”
You keep telling yourself that. Louisiana’s health ranking dropped to dead last during his tenure. How is that in any way good?