Posted on 07/31/2008 6:26:24 AM PDT by Ebenezer
In 1988, 16-year-old Piyush Jindal totaled his father's new car a few weeks before graduating from Baton Rouge High School. Piyush -- who then and now prefers the nickname "Bobby" he adopted from "The Brady Brunch" sitcom -- had to assess more than fender damage with his parents.
"Which God do you have to thank for your safety?" Mr. Jindal, now governor of Louisiana, remembers his mother, Raj, a practicing Hindu, inquiring after he escaped from the wreck. For the child of Punjabi immigrants who had announced his Christian beliefs the previous summer, the question was difficult.
Twenty years later, Mr. Jindal, a convert to Roman Catholicism, is being mentioned as one of John McCain's top choices for the Republican vice-presidential nomination. And his strong religious faith is often cited as a potential bonus for the ticket.
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Well i went back through his posts and apparently he supported Romney and so now he goes off on this elmer gantry rant about Huckabee. Wonder if it is coincedence that he left the thread, when i mentioned how i didn’t fit his RELIGIONIST mold because i have never supported Huckabee? hey, angkor, funny thing is, I VOTED FOR ROMNEY in the VA primary! LOL!! maybe angkor’s head is exploding now that it has been demonstrated that religious conservatives do not blindly support candidates but actually can make reasoned principled choices DESPITE their religious faith? i can’t stand mike huckabee, because i think he is a smarmy opportunist. But how can that be, since i know darn well i am a RELIGIONIST, because a candidate’s religious faith is a factor i consider !
Do you think pushing aside Born Again Christians has been a benefit to the GOP, or a hindrance?
I remember Pres. Bush winning OH. in large part due to the issue of marriage being on the ballot. It seems to me the rush to ignore the Born Again Christians has led to such a miserable candidate, as McCain, and the loss of the House and Senate.
One day this week he got raked over the coals (again) by the evangelicals in the Washington Times, and by the Wall Street Journal for this state’s universal health-care program. That gave every Huckabee-worshiping blogger the chance to (again) run the photo of Mitt signing the bill at Faneuil Hall, cracking up in laughter with Ted Kennedy and Sal DiMasi.
Or this? (WashTimes, Tuesday, July 29)
"McCain and Romney would be like oil and water," said evangelical novelist Tim LaHaye, who supported Mr. Huckabee. "We aren't against Mormonism, but Romney is not a thoroughgoing evangelical
No religious test there. Is McQueeq an evangelical?
Or this? (WashTimes, Tuesday, July 29)
Mr. Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, was the favorite of evangelical voters .... well-placed Christian conservatives say that although many evangelical leaders could accept [Romney] ..... Mr. Huckabee's supporters tend to be "rabid" in their views against Mr. Romney because of his faith: They do not regard Mormonism as a Christian denomination.
No religious test there, either.
And finally from the Monomaniacal Single Issue anti-Abortion wing of the Religionist Party comes Schlafly with her "social conservative" and "Values Voter" proposals for more liberty, smaller government, and lower taxes:
(WashTimes, Tuesday, July 29) Longtime social-conservative leaders such as Phyllis Schlafly, Phil Burress, Donald P. Hodel and Mathew Staver said earlier this month that they can rally their voters around Mr. McCain largely on the issues of abortion and the judiciary [aka, abortion], as long as they are confident that the vice-presidential candidate is pro-life [aka abortion]."
The GOP deserves to lose everything from listening to these yo-yos.
Jindal is for all of these things, genius.
>>>>>Jindal is for all of these things, genius.
Hey Einstein, did you read the headline?
“Bobby Jindal’s Spiritual Journey”
As in:
“Bobby Jindal’s Decision To Part Hair On Right, Not Left”
“Bobby Jindal’s Dislike Of Kahakis Over Blue Jeans”
“Bobby Jindal’s Favorite Movies”
...and other relevant political issues.
It's an interesting story about Jindal the person as opposed to Jindal the politician. You know, I'm a libertarian and tend to catch a lot of flack from the social conservatives around here, but I've come to realize that you rabidly anti-religion people are an even bigger pain in the ass.
>>>>>but I’ve come to realize that you rabidly anti-religion people are an even bigger pain in the ass.
Maybe you’re a closet “SOCON” who can’t admit that he’s really not a libertarian, or even an unhyphenated conservative.
Believe me, I'm not. I favor ending the drug war, I enjoy watching chicks make out with each other, frequently party like a rock star and have a lot of sex. But I am pro-life which has gotten me branded as a "fake libertarian" on a certain wannabe message board. Go figure.
One day this week he got raked over the coals (again) by the evangelicals in the Washington Times, and by the Wall Street Journal for this state’s universal health-care program. That gave every Huckabee-worshiping blogger the chance to (again) run the photo of Mitt signing the bill at Faneuil Hall, cracking up in laughter with Ted Kennedy and Sal DiMasi.
Yes, I thought that line was hilarious for a couple of reasons: (1) It referred to the broad coalition of conservatives who objected to government intrusion into the health-care market as "evangelicals"; and (2) it referred to all those "Huckabee-worshipping" bloggers as if Huckabee was the primary force in derailing Mitt's candidacy.
You probably never noticed the tagline that I used when Thompson dropped out of the race leaving us with the unfortunate choice of McHuckney. From that point until Romney dropping out, my tagline was "Romney 2008 - The most palatable RINO left". Once Romney dropped out, I changed my tagline to "McCain 2008 - If it's inevitible, lay back and try to enjoy it." At no time did I even consider Huckabee a viable choice. Two years ago I would probably have considered him a prospect for President of the Southern Baptist Convention, but once I started learning about his record as Governor of Arkansas, I decided I couldn't support him even for that, much less for POTUS.
darn it, Vast, angkor’s bubble keeps bursting because we SOCONS can’t all be pigeonholed as kneejerk religious zeolots. guess the socon movement is a bit more nuanced than he can comprehend. when you hate religion, and its adherents, it tends to narrow your view and blur your vision. as a matter of fact, it may make even make you see elephants in the middle of your living room...
ANYBODY who sees animals that aren't there needs to get off the computer and get to a psychiatrist's office!
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