Bobby Jindal Options

[Inferia]

Am I the only one who found his speech to be weird? Like he's addressing the nation as the Gov. of Louisiana? Whether if I agree with him is another thing, but I feel it was rather inappropriate.

[THECHICKEN]

Have no idea what your talking about.

[Spectatrix]

Have no idea what your talking about.

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOR8a2_sMM

I haven't watched all of it yet, but from the first couple of minutes it sounds like he's addressing a bunch of 3-year-olds.

[Inferia]

it sounds like he's addressing the nation, as the governor of louisiana

[jonathan83]

i thought he was representing the republican party? because they chose him to speak.

[chook]

I listened to the first 2/3rds. Nothing offensive.

[Spectatrix]

it sounds like he's addressing the nation, as the governor of louisiana

This:

i thought he was representing the republican party? because they chose him to speak.

I listened to the first 2/3rds. Nothing offensive.

Nah, nothing offensive. His tone is just weird to me.

[jonathan83]

inferia, why did you think it was inappropriate?

i didn't hear anything offensive or anything, but i kinda agree with spec that he sounded like he was talking to a bunch of kids. however, i think he's just trying to sound enthusiastic and down to earth, to get people back in touch with the republican party.

[Dogmeat]

Am I the only one who found his speech to be weird? Like he's addressing the nation as the Gov. of Louisiana? Whether if I agree with him is another thing, but I feel it was rather inappropriate.

.....Who cares who gave the address?

[chook]

Nah, nothing offensive. His tone is just weird to me.

It sounded like something PBS produced.

This is probably the best thing the Republicans have done in a while. Its the same tone as an Obama speach, just much higher pitched.

[jwttu]

it usually is a governor from the opposition party that gives the response, so I'm not sure why it is an issue this year? I think his speech would have been better if he had more charisma.

[dauss]

So, it seems that he doesn't like the "irresponsible" spending of the Democratic party and government intervention. It's quite funny that the lack of government intervention is how we have gotten here. We had known for over a year that the subprime mortgage crisis was serious, but nothing was done, until the whole financial and banking industry nearly collapsed and froze credit.

Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us. Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts.

Supposedly he wasn't even in New Orleans during Katrina.

While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a magnetic levitation line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called volcano monitoring.

Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C.

For the governor of a state that it still suffering from the effects of a devastating natural disaster, one would think that he would want some sort of monitoring for a potential future natural disaster.

[jwttu]

So, it seems that he doesn't like the "irresponsible" spending of the Democratic party and government intervention. It's quite funny that the lack of government intervention is how we have gotten here. We had known for over a year that the subprime mortgage crisis was serious, but nothing was done, until the whole financial and banking industry nearly collapsed and froze credit.


Supposedly he wasn't even in New Orleans during Katrina.


For the governor of a state that it still suffering from the effects of a devastating natural disaster, one would think that he would want some sort of monitoring for a potential future natural disaster.

I don't think the issue is whether or not volcano monitoring is a good place to spend money but rather does it stimulate the economy, and if so how much so. The argument is pretty much a moot point though because important items will get paid for whether its a stimulus bill, a budget bill, or attached to some random bill.

[Inferia]

Is this a normal thing? Am I missing something? After the President addresses the nation, the other party put someone up and addresses the nation on behalf of that party?

[jwttu]

Is this a normal thing? Am I missing something? After the President addresses the nation, the other party put someone up and addresses the nation on behalf of that party?

yep there is usually an opposition response

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_...sition_response