Bobby Jindal Is Bad!

In a today’s Times Picayune, Stephanie Grace points out many of the hypocricies of Bobby Jindal and his campaign.

Here are some of the excellent points made in the editorial.

Jindal also has gone so far as to hurl the term [corruption] at his opponents, even if their supposed offenses fall way short of dishonesty, evil or whichever definition you choose — or if it’s unclear just what the alleged transgressions are supposed to be.

 In response to Jindal’s “stand up” ad, she states:

Now, as far as I’ve heard, neither Campbell nor Boasso has been accused of pocketing illicit cash, unlike a previous gubernatorial candidate or two. Nor has anyone alleged that Boasso has done anything that Webster might consider corrupt.

In response to Boasso’s ad about Jindal’s tenure at the Louisiana Department of Health, she states:

The story Lynn McNiece tells is horrific, but it’s also true. And as a federal judge later ruled, John McNiece was indeed wrongfully denied Medicaid assistance.

Since we have yet to hear of a slander lawsuit from Bobby Jindal, I would also have to believe that it is true (especially after reading the text of the summary judgement showing how Bobby Jindal’s policies where in direct contradiction to the law).

She even discusses the dreaded “Jindal on Religion” ad where she states:

If the ad is a “distortion and a misrepresentation,” as Jindal has said, that makes it no different from Jindal’s claim that the Democratic party has attacked his Christianity, when the controversial ad on his religion did no such thing.

She even goes as far as to compare the tactics of the Bobby Jindal campaign with Karl Rove:

But trying to tag a rival with the corruption label is different. It’s more insidious. It’s — dare I say it — Rovian. And when the accusations are as nebulous as Jindal’s, it’s really just name-calling. As Boasso says, he can’t answer the charges because he can’t figure out what Jindal’s talking about.

And that is exactly what I have said. Bobby Jindal does not prove anything with his ads. He is just resorting to childish name calling. And he did so a week after claiming that he rejected the idea of running attack ads. I mean, why doesn’t Jindal just use the term “poopy pants”?