Obama and Michelles are full of $h!t.
Posted on 02/24/2009 9:05:11 PM PST by AndrewWalden
Jindal:
As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country -- and they instilled in me an immigrant's wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: 'Bobby, Americans can do anything.'
Obama:
...Dillon, South Carolina - a place where the ceilings leak, the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop teaching six times a day because the train barrels by their classroom. She has been told that her school is hopeless, but the other day after class she went to the public library and typed up a letter to the people sitting in this room. She even asked her principal for the money to buy a stamp. The letter asks us for help...
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com ...
I dont think the delivery matters. He laid an excellent foundation and the authenticity of his family’s immigrant experience versus the fraudulent nature of the family and non-native birth of the One will increasingly become evident over the next four years as the One flounders and makes things worse.
I agree, Jindal would have hit a very wrong note by serving us red meat. Save that for 2012...when many more people will be ready to hear it!
just so happen to turn on the TV to see him speak. Maybe I listen to what is being said rather than how it’s being said, but I thought Jindahl did a great job.
Exactly—what is said is much more important than being a slick teleprompter reader!!
Romney was unacceptable to many "conservatives" because a.) he was from Massachusetts and, worse, b.) he was a Morman.
Palin is unacceptable to many "conservatives" in 2012 because she is a.) uneducated and b.) a redneck.
Now, Jindal is unacceptable to many "conservatives" because he is a.) too callow and b.) not a good speaker.
Note that all of the objections fall into the category of either irrelevant or shallow and subjective. An odd phenomenon, don't you think, since conservatives are supposed to be all about substance!
I also note that many of the negative assessments come from screen-names that are relatively unfamiliar (though some are of long-standing) -- which suggests a concerted effort on the part of somebody to shoot down any GOP candidate whose head rises above the horizon.
Finally, in the interest of full disclosure, I note that a.) I supported Romney after Thompson withdrew and b.) I'm prepared to support either a Palin or Jindal in 2012 (or any other legitimate conservative candidate who might yet emerge).
But, my God, Palin has "it" -- the electricity that can rivet attention -- plus strong conservative credentials as a government executive. And Jindal has "substance" -- he clearly understands conservative philosophy and possesses the ability to articulate it -- plus strong conservative credentials as a government executive.
And there are FReepers who are prepared to totally discount both...even attack them?
Pardon me if I wonder whether the board is becoming infested with trolls and we are being manipulated by posters who do not have our conservative interests at heart...
Frankly, now would be a very good time for us to invoke Reagan's 11th Amendment -- thou shalt not speak ill of any Republican. If you've got a candidate for 2012, by all means, promote him (or her)! But don't undertake to do it by tearing down another candidate.
The Politics of Personal Destruction are, after all, a liberal device...
Amen to that. I see too many blatant operatives blending in here, using FR to trash the other candidates and spread falsehoods. I don't know if the 11th Amendment is the answer, but we should try to ferret out the obvious trolls.
Don’t know much about Jindal at this point, but my objection to Romney had nothing whatsoever to do with his religion. He was (is) a slimy two-faced politician who would do or say anything to get elected. He ran and governed as an abortionist socialist liberal. His convenient conversion to pro-life conservatism just in time to try to capture the Republican nomination for president is laughable. He’s a fraud. JMHO, of course.
Knowing the average IQ and attention span of the Average American, I’d say it probably played well to them! Finally someone who talks directly! LOL
Hear, Hear!!!
” I would love to see Palin/Jindal in 2012. “
I’m with you. Give me someone who means WHAT they say, not just someone who SAYS a lot but really doesn’t mean it.
That’s unfortunately what we have in our new American Idol
Barry O’Wannabe President
the dow is back up today
What are they saying? I could use a good smile myself.
No, I didn’t.
Style always before substance. I don’t care if a politician drools on his shirt and wears a pocket protector. If he is the best one for the Republic then he should be listened to.
Obama and Michelles are full of $h!t.
Wasn't questioning your objection to Romney. I respect them. But many did object to him on the basis of religion and, superficially, his home state.
Indeed, speaking for myself, I won't be supporting Romney for the nomination in 2012. If you can't beat as unsatisfactory a candidate as John McCain, what's the point...???
Instead, my immediate concern is what I'd judge as a wave of markedly irrelevant or shallow, small-minded criticism of the next generation of candidates -- Palin and Jindal, in particular.
I'm questioning the criticism's source. And their motivations. Either many FReepers have begun ignoring substance and are making judgments on the basis of what the MSM tells them...or we are infested with agents provocateur.
Does a President need to be a communicator or not? RR was the Great Communicator - he knew how to make people feel the power of his ideas. It’s not a crime to say the Jindal doesn’t have that power.
So he makes a good speechwriter. Or a good policymaker. If you think that those skills alone will carry him to the Oval Office, you have more faith in the political process than I do.
“Don’t know much about Jindal at this point, but my objection to Romney had nothing whatsoever to do with his religion. He was (is) a slimy two-faced politician who would do or say anything to get elected. He ran and governed as an abortionist socialist liberal. His convenient conversion to pro-life conservatism just in time to try to capture the Republican nomination for president is laughable. He’s a fraud. JMHO, of course.”
I second that!
Jindal and Palin are far and away more conservative than Romney is. Romney got picked apart because he deserved it.
Yes or DeMint - nice call
Yup.
I hope Romney doesn’t try to make a comeback. He’s a phony!
MHO matches your’s Jim...
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