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Louisiana elects first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction
CNN Online ^ | October 21, 2007 | AP

Posted on 10/21/2007 6:49:56 AM PDT by avacado

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.

Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, had 53 percent with 625,036 votes with about 92 percent of the vote tallied. It was more than enough to win Saturday's election outright and avoid a November 17 runoff.

"My mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened. They found the American Dream to be alive and well right here in Louisiana," he said to cheers and applause at his victory party.

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When he takes office in January, Jindal will become the nation's youngest governor in office. He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those "feeding at the public trough," revisiting a campaign theme.

"They can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go," he said, adding that he would call the Legislature into special session to address ethics reform.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: election; governor; indianamericans; jindal; louisiana
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To: Jane Austen
His skin isn't white. He's parents are from Punjab India. That should give you an idea of his skin pigmentation. They immigrated here in '71. Bobby was born and raised here.

He's a conservative who thinks homosexuality is unnatural. Very anti-abortion(he actually delivered his own son when the baby arrived a few days early.)

Rep. Bobby Jindal barely had time to call 911 when his wife woke with labor pains Tuesday. Minutes later, he helped deliver his own son.

Slade Ryan Jindal arrived before the ambulance did at about 3:25 a.m. Jindal, coached over the phone by a nurse at the doctor's office, put the baby in the arms of his wife, Supriya, and tied off the umbilical cord with a shoestring.

"We certainly didn't expect this," the Louisiana Republican said later Tuesday. "We thought we had more time than we did."

Their third child, born two days before his due date, weighed in at a healthy 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 21 inches long.

Supriya Jindal had been to the hospital twice in the last week with pains thought to be contractions, her husband said. She was at the doctor's office as recently as Monday and was told there were no signs the baby would be coming as soon as it did, he said.

He is very pro-gun, a strong supporter of the second amendment. He's a good guy and we desperately need more of him here. We were proud to cast our votes for him. And he keeps his head under pressure. (delivering his baby.) LOL

61 posted on 10/21/2007 9:18:57 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: avacado

Jindal is an Indo-European. He is not African and is not “Black.”


62 posted on 10/21/2007 9:25:11 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: avacado

Have the reports of “disenfranchised” voters displaced by Katrina started rolling in yet?


63 posted on 10/21/2007 9:41:39 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Kanzan

So, to greet the growing hispanic population of LA, you could tell them that they have a non-Blanco governor, right?


64 posted on 10/21/2007 9:42:08 AM PDT by Defiant ("Expectorate" has Specter in it.)
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To: ReignOfError
That depends hugely on how you define your terms -- terms that, for the most part, don't have a scientific definition.

Just as with actual people from Africa who come to the US are often denied the title African American.

65 posted on 10/21/2007 9:43:41 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Phantom Lord
Have the reports of “disenfranchised” voters displaced by Katrina started rolling in yet?

Hahahaha. Did you ever doubt it? Yes. There's an article in one of the threads. They always toss the race card.

66 posted on 10/21/2007 9:48:46 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: sionnsar

“Who cares about his skin color? Other than the Clintoon News Network?”

CNN just can’t believe all those backwards racists in Louisiana haven’t strung Jindal up. CNN has been spending the last few months going on and on about how racist that area of the country is because they had the nerve to prosecute some blacks.


67 posted on 10/21/2007 10:05:31 AM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: avacado

“....the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction.......”

I presume the reconstruction governor to whom they refer was P.B.S. Pinchback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback


68 posted on 10/21/2007 10:07:53 AM PDT by Mila
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To: diefree
Indians from India are Caucasions.

Not only are they Caucasians, they are Aryans. Doesn't mean they are "white". Some are darker skinned than others, but all are darker than the vast majority of Europeans. Oh there might be some overlap between the lightest Indians and the darkest Europeans.

But then again, who cares?

69 posted on 10/21/2007 10:32:40 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: ReignOfError
Jindal himself, who referenced -- reasonably enough -- his immigrant roots in the campaign.

Sure, but so would a first generation descendant of European (or other "white") immigrants. Not quite the same as caring about his skin color.

70 posted on 10/21/2007 10:36:54 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

If Jindal were a liberal democrat, they would all be crowing about how this was a harbinger of defeat for the republicans next November.

Well this shows Republicans can reach across races, and that we will win next November.

That would mean I could attend the third FreeRepublic Inaugural Ball in a row. Yahoo.


71 posted on 10/21/2007 10:38:44 AM PDT by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: balls
The big question now is: Is he now, or has he ever been, a Muslim? (:

At 38, his parents were likely born post separation, or immediately pre-separation. If they were Muslim, they'd probably be Pakistanis or Bangladeshi, although there are still substantial numbers of Muslims in post separation India.

He's most likely Hindu, with no love lost for Muslims. He could be Christian too. I worked with a very bright young lady whose parents were Christians from Southern India. She'd be close to his age, probably a little younger.

72 posted on 10/21/2007 10:48:42 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Clara Lou
Jindal has straight hair. What’s he supposed to do— get a burr?

So do I, and while I have worn a burr, I've never had anything like John Edwards either. (But I disagree that Jindals "do" looks much like Edwards. If I had a face as think as his, I'd have a shorter haircut than that, but as it is, mine is similar, if a bit shorter (My barber cuts mostly Army heads. :) )

But as with his skin color, whatever it might be, who cares?

73 posted on 10/21/2007 10:55:43 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: sionnsar
Who cares about his skin color? Other than the Clintoon News Network?

It's probably a lot easier to see and write about the color of his skin than the content of his character.

74 posted on 10/21/2007 10:58:46 AM PDT by Bernard (The only fair tax is the tax that taxes you and not me.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Why 2016? Why not 2012?

I'd rather think in terms of an incumbent Republican President running for re-election in 2012. If not, whoever opposes Hillary in 2012 will be the target of the mother of all smear campaigns.

75 posted on 10/21/2007 11:02:48 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: El Gato

re: skin color
The MSM needs to notice that. Apparently they need it to be politically significant. It fits their stereotype.


76 posted on 10/21/2007 11:03:04 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Thompson '08)
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To: shrinkermd
Jindal is an Indo-European. He is not African and is not “Black.”

True that is. But again:

Who Cares?

Not I

77 posted on 10/21/2007 11:03:06 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: diefree
>> Indians from India are Caucasions. <<

Indians from India are classified as "East Asian" (even though they're not oriental)

78 posted on 10/21/2007 11:07:26 AM PDT by BillyBoy (FACT: Governors win. Senators DON'T. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it)
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To: Mila
The previous "non-white" gov.

(Like Obama, half "white" (his father)) As you can see, he looks a whole lot more "Euro-Caucasian" than Jindal. He was a Republican too, BTW.

79 posted on 10/21/2007 11:12:57 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: sergeantdave
It’s my firm belief that hillary will prove to be the new George McGovern of the 21st century.

From your keyboard to God's eyes...

80 posted on 10/21/2007 11:17:57 AM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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