Posted on 02/25/2009 9:07:20 AM PST by jwb0581
I may be alone on this, but as a lifelong independent conservative I don't know how anyone can compare Palin to Jindal. Don't get me wrong - I love Palin as a person and I love her positions on the issues. But some of the interviews were just embarrasing. I dislike Gibson and Couric more than anyone, but at times she was non-sensical or just plain empty in her answers and that can't be blamed on anyone but Palin.
I have seen others have their conservatism questioned because they have reservations about Palin. Just because someone has conservative positions that I agree with, doesn't mean they are presidential material. My grandmother has great positions on the issues but she would not make a good president.
Jindal may come off as a geek, and maybe he's too young to run in 2012. But this guy is the most brilliant, capable conservative I've seen in years. I live in Louisiana so I have watched him up close. He is the real deal.
You do understand of course that those interviews were edited to make Palin look stupid?
And possible embedded troll.
Sh!t stirrer is obvious.
Just my humble opinion but read my tagline. Either one would be a good president because of their policies and outlook.
Jindal is damaged goods (or will be after SNL does its take on last night’s speech)
This excuse is just that, and excuse- and one that liberal trolls use. Beware.
Do you really want to start a war? Palin is my favorite, but I like Jindal too. Let’s give it some time and see how things play out before we tear down the top conservative contenders.
We may have our first real Jindal troll.
If I’m not mistaken, the talking heads said that Jimmah Cahtah would make a good president because he was a really bright guy - he was an engineer after all, right?
Leadership rarely goes to the brightest, because rarely are the brightest the best.
As for Jindal, he IS a geek, and he IS too young, and he simply doesn't look like presidential material to me. It's hard to believe the GOP is so barren, but apparantly it is.
Palin has exponentially more draw with the base than does Jindal.
Jindal whilst conservative is sorta lackluster and I think his main draw for many here is his uniqueness which I think is the wrong path for conservatives.
Identity picks.
Palin inspires folks and scares the hell out of the left.
Haley Barbour speaks much better and very disarming and affable but quite potent and is just as conservative but he’s a chunky late middle aged white guy with a southern accent.
Why not him instead of Jindal.
Why does that make him a troll? Why not an advocate? Are Palin-posters Palin trolls? This sort of retarded behavior is going to make matters very bad for conservatism.
So you attack a fellow conservative for stating his opinion on the “chat” section of this site? I have been a member here longer than most.
Would you rather all conservatives who don’t think Palin is the best choice in 2012 to not say a word? Is that consistent with conservative principles?
The one time I saw Jindal interviewed on TV, he was so bland that I wrote him off right then and there. Palin is another George Bush, I’m afraid.
Can’t we do better?
btw...are you and Big Monkey working in tandem?
Ah, I see.
It serves no conservative purpose to tear down either Palin or Jindal at the expense of the other. Both are rising stars (despite what the media will have you believe), and we don’t need to be doing the enemy’s job for them.
As for Haley, he's a good old boy. He's a good debater. Not sure if he has the type of salesmanship skills/gifts I'd like to see in a presidential pick. But then, neither did McCain. Neither did GWB. Neither did Bob Dole. Neither did Bush1. The GOP looks rather pathetic.
That's what I keep asking. Apparantly we can't. And the base, as judged by freepers, would rather put their beer goggles on and anoint Palin than look at the cold hard truth.
I pretty much agree with your position. Palin was set up in a number of ways. The media went into an insane feeding frenzy, and she had to stay on script for McCain rather than being herself even while knowing the media would take anything she said out of context. I don't think that her incoherent answers (and she did have some) are a sign of a lack of intelligence. Given what I've seen from her when she's herself, the poor showings were far more likely due to a combination of edited interviews and trying to balance the McCain view with her own view under pressure and knowing that she was sitting across from reporters who hated her, hated her baby, and hate God.
As for 2012, I'm hoping Palin will earn the nomination in 4 years. Like you though, I want her to earn it.
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