While I would have supported Breaux (since I saw him as the best possibility to beat Jindal), I think the fact that I am waiting to make a decision on who I am supporting shows that I absolutely care about our state and what happens to it. I am willing to take the time and educate myself on all the candidates before I make a decision on who I am supporting.

If you really cared about Louisiana, you would take the time to educate yourself on the truth about Bobby Jindal. If you really cared about Louisiana you would stop buying the misleading spin from his campaign and the Louisiana Republican Party.

Have you taken the time to educate yourself about the policies and positions of all the candidates running for governor? What about those who would enter the race later? Will you give them a chance? Or will you just back Bobby Jindal, regardless of who runs and regardless of what he has actually done in his political career? If you are unwilling to look at other candidates and to look at the truth about him, I have to question if you really care about the future of Louisiana.

If his record at the Louisiana Department of Health gives us any clues about the future of Louisiana, electing Jindal will be the worst mistake we could make. Just look at Mississippi! They followed the Jindal model of cutting healthcare to run a surplus (Jindal cut healthcare services to get a surplus when he was in the department of health) and now they have increasing infant mortality rates!

If Jindal’s solution is to just hack and slash without looking at the effects his cuts will have on the people of Louisiana, I see no reason to elect him and I see no way that electing him will give us a “better future”.

See, there is a difference. Voting for Jindal is a vote for weak ethics, partisan politics, and political extremism. If that is what you want, then I feel sorry for our state if it happens.

Here are the actual facts.

1) Jindal’s version of the bill, as amended by Pombo, passed the House.
2) The Domenici-Landrieu bill passed the Senate.
3) In order to make it to the desk of the President, the same version of the bill has to pass both houses.
4) The bill to make it out of committee was the Senate version.
5) The House then voted to pass the Senate version, word for word.
6) The President signed the Senate version.

This is not bias, this is fact. You can research it yourself if you don’t believe me. It is very simple. Jindal did not author the Domenici-Landrieu bill. Jindal failed to have his legislation make it to the desk of the President. To claim otherwise shows that you are either believing liars or you are lying yourself.

Jindal fought for HIS version of the bill, working against the Domenici-Landrieu bill until he was re-elected. That is when he started to cave and finally voted for the Domenici-Landrieu bill.

Good try, but you lost. The offshore bill is the Landrieu-Domenici Bill, and Jindal had NOTHING to do with it.

HAHA.

I believe that as well. Although I do not incorrectly assign “rights” to states. Rights are reserved for the people (as are powers). The state only gets powers, no rights.

“Let’s have a class in Political Science 101, shall we?”

I don’t need it, but ok.

“Every bill, introduced in either house, must have a “companion bill” in the other house. ”

Actually, every bill that passes one house must pass the other to go to the President. Bills can pass one house before the other house even considers it.

Here is a simple site that explains it. http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/index.html

“Once each bill clears its respective chamber it goes into conference committee. This bipartisan committee is made up of members from BOTH HOUSES, i.e., Jindal and Landrieu sat on this conference committee!!!!! ”

Yes they did sit on that committee. And the bill that came out of the committee was the Senate version of the bill… NOT the Jindal/Pombo version.

“Both bills are actually combined in a sense, with the most agreeable verbage from each bill combined to make one bill. Since most of the verbage agreed upon came from the Senate (that part which states FUTURE ROYALTIES AND NOT CURRENT ROYALTIES presently STOLEN FROM US BY OTHER STATES “States Rights” as you see it) the Senate bill is what geets approved in the Senate, duh, then goes to the President for signature. Consequently, both legislators can claim credit for authoring the bill, they BOTH “worked on it”. ”

Wow, are you dizzy after all that spin? Since it was the Senate version that passed, Jindal cannot claim to have authored it. In that committee, Jindal FOUGHT for his verbage and lost. His wording was not included. Period. He didnt author the bill. His “hard work” almost caused it to NOT pass in the last Congress… but his misleading spin would have you believe that he was responsible for it all.

“Well, in the sense that the actual verbage that he submitted- IT PASSED THE HOUSE, it washed in conference committee- yes it “failed.”

Thank you for admitting that the Jindal bill failed.

“However, if you look at Bobby’s record for submitting legislation, you’ll see that he has submitted- and has had more legislation approved- than any freshman congressman during the last session (congressional record).”

Again, nice spin. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400634

” Bobby Jindal has sponsored 53 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 45 haven’t made it out of committee (Very Poor) ”

So yes, he has sponsored many bills (many of which have failed to get a vote).

“Even if the bill fails completely, it take more than just one vote to pass a bill. The credit goes to authoring the bill. Bobby, as well as most of Louisiana’s delegation, is VERY JUNIOR in the House and Senate. Therefore, we are lucky to get ANYTHING PASSED in our favor.”

Funny, when he ran in 2004 it was stated that his “clout” in D.C. would enable him to get things done. Now that he is unable to do it, you blame his lack of seniority? You can’t have it both ways!

“Hey, for the record, I diagreed with Jindal’s public support of Dardenne (a liberal) and the fact that he might just vote “Present” instead of “Against” seating “Dollar Bill” Jefferson on the Homeland Security Committee. However, compared to what else is out there, right now, he has my vote. ”

Well, it is good to see a Jindal supporter actually come out against something Jindal has done. I hope you take the time to educate yourself more about why Jindal will not be good for governor though. Educate yourself about the others who will be running in the Governors election as well. You may not think certain people are good now, but I am sure that when all is said and done there will be other Conservative candidates that would be better for this state than Congressman Jindal.

Actually, I am a conservative in the States Right’s traditions, which is exactly why I believe WE have the RIGHT to ALL the royalties earned off OUR shores. However, its the Feds and other states, who are enjoying OUR ROYALTIES, who are saying sorry! Since it is very unlikely that we will ever see the royalties that are RIGHTFULLY OURS, the next best thing is to take royalties from future production off other coastlines.

“That is correct. The bill that passed was the “Domenici-Landrieu “Fair Share” Plan”. Not the Jindal-Pombo bill. So Jindal cannot claim authorship of the bill that passed because he did not author it!”

Let’s have a class in Political Science 101, shall we? Every bill, introduced in either house, must have a “companion bill” in the other house. Once each bill clears its respective chamber it goes into conference committee. This bipartisan committee is made up of members from BOTH HOUSES, i.e., Jindal and Landrieu sat on this conference committee!!!!! Both bills are actually combined in a sense, with the most agreeable verbage from each bill combined to make one bill. Since most of the verbage agreed upon came from the Senate (that part which states FUTURE ROYALTIES AND NOT CURRENT ROYALTIES presently STOLEN FROM US BY OTHER STATES “States Rights” as you see it) the Senate bill is what geets approved in the Senate, duh, then goes to the President for signature. Consequently, both legislators can claim credit for authoring the bill, they BOTH “worked on it”.

Im sure he worked on his bill…. and his bill failed. I don’t know about you but I would rather a rep that can get bills that help us PASSED over a Congressman with “higher mental capacity” who authors bills that cannot pass. His bill failed to pass, hers passed. It is just that simple. To try and use this as an example of why Jindal is better is absurd!

Well, in the sense that the actual verbage that he submitted- IT PASSED THE HOUSE, it washed in conference committee- yes it “failed. However, if you look at Bobby’s record for submitting legislation, you’ll see that he has submitted- and has had more legislation approved- than any freshman congressman during the last session (congressional record).

Even if the bill fails completely, it take more than just one vote to pass a bill. The credit goes to authoring the bill. Bobby, as well as most of Louisiana’s delegation, is VERY JUNIOR in the House and Senate. Therefore, we are lucky to get ANYTHING PASSED in our favor.

Hey, for the record, I diagreed with Jindal’s public support of Dardenne (a liberal) and the fact that he might just vote “Present” instead of “Against” seating “Dollar Bill” Jefferson on the Homeland Security Committee. However, compared to what else is out there, right now, he has my vote.