More campaign rhetoric by the Jindal campaign.
Jul 25th, 2007 by Daniel Z.
Bobby Jindal’s first television buy is called the “war on corruption”.
“In the ad, Jindal says, “We’ve got a government that’s out of control. We’ve got a government that spends our money without any regard. We’re in the top five in having the most crooked politicians in America. We’re gonna change that.”
But when asked to describe the type of corruption Jindal, R-Kenner, was proposing to fight or who Jindal considered corrupt in Louisiana, Teepell wouldn’t offer specifics.
“I think it’s the culture of corruption, it’s here in Louisiana, and it has held us back for generations,” Teepell said.
When asked how Jindal would fight corruption, Teepell also wouldn’t provide details, saying instead the congressman would unveil a “number of policy positions in the coming weeks and months,” the first at a news conference early next week. “
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6834285
Of course Teepell wouldn’t provide specifics. He just uses the rhetoric that we have had “corruption” that has “held us back” without naming names. I wouldn’t expect anything else from the campaign of smoke and mirrors. Especially since Bobby Jindal is a part of that culture of corruption. He was appointed to positions within that culture, he defended that culture by voting to weaken house ethics rules in the House, he accepted money from that culture by accepting funds from ARMPAC and associates of Abramoff.
Perhaps Jindal should take one of those mirrors and use it to look at himself.
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What is with all the secrets, I thought we moved past that? We need a leader that is not going to hide and that is not going to ask about the definition of Alibi when being questioned by the press. We need answers not more of the same old same old status quo.
Lets tell this story too and ask Jindal about it too!:
From Down with Tyranny:
FP: Well for some reason, Jindal will give vague rhetoric and people eat it up. There does seem to be some hope that the media is waking up because both the Times Picayune and KATC mention that Teepell was asked about what the specific plans where and that he refused to answer them.
So perhaps Jindal is losing some of his “media darling” status and reporters will actually start to do some investigative reporting into Jindal.
Im not holding my breath yet though. The media has spent too much time basically doing what ammounts to reprinting Jindal campaign propaganda in their articles. Hopefully that will change. Hopefully the media will give a fair and objective view of the governors race. I don’t expect any more from them, but the past has shown me to expect much less.
“Smoke and mirrors!” you nailed it. Did you see the latest Blanco smear in some of the local rags? Something about Republicans being upset that she is going to cut funding for barrier islands. Like republicans ever cared! The whole hit piece was full of smoke, mirrors and half truths. It was totally designed to appeal to wingnuts emotions and it purposely steered clear of any relevant facts. I wish somebody would dissect it and counter it in the local media because the wingnuts love it so much.
And here is the link to the video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5HkgbAeEz2A
Notice, that comments have been disabled for it! More cowardice from the Jindal campaign! That is pretty typical. Ratings have been disabled as well.
But Jindal is smart when it comes to political stuff. He he basically trying to frame the argument that if you are against Bobby Jindal then you must be one of those who benefit from corruption.
Some people might actually buy that argument as well. However, until Bobby Jindal actually comes out with a plan on how he plans to actually fix the corruption in the system (and not via the laughable “forcing the legislature to do something” method), this commercial is just plain old simple rhetoric with no subtance behind it. You know, like the entire Jindal campaign.
Another example of how his rhetoric doesn’t match reality.
People have mixed opinions about Govs. Blanco and Foster, but they were honest.
Most of the examples of corruption have been at the local level and allegations have been made about members of Congress? How does he propose to keep these people honest?
Dan -
What are the other candidates saying about corruption?
What is your plan to deal with corruption?
Did you see your fellow Democrat legislators kill the LA Ethics 1 package this past session?
Did you see the state budget increase over 6 BILLION dollars in Blanco’s one term?
Did you see the dumping of recurring expenses by the term-limited DEMOCRAT legislators this past session, adding BILLIONS more to this state’s problems?
Look at all the fake posters and posting.
Trying to make it look there is more people participating in your little racist hate fest., than there actualy It?
That funny !
Im sure you can both prove that those people are “fake posters” and why this site is racist.
I won’t hold my breath, you are all talk (and mostly b.s).
What am I saying about corruption? We all know it exists. Louisiana does not corner the market however we’ve earned that distinction. First of all I look forward to working with state lawmakers to enact an Ethics Bill that will put Louisiana on the forefront. Whatever stumbling blocks or hurdles that were in the way lets work on them. Lets walk away with something, something positve. Each session we’ll build on it. As new people join the senate and representative ranks we can shift gears and get the Bill we want. We have to make positive steps forward.
Coming out swinging calling the lawmakers corrupt like Jindal did sounds good to the public. The fact is you have to work with these people to accomplish goals you might have for the state. Labeling the whole group as corrupt is actually pretty stupid. There are a lot of good people in both the Senate and Rep.s quantifying them all as one is short sighted.