McCallister was endorsed by Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo and Former Congressman Cleo Fields. We know absolutely nothing about him except what he’s told us in his advertising. He’s never been politically active, never shown up at police jury (county commission), city council, or school board meetings.
He’s never written a letter to the editor.
His entire claim to fame is that he’s friends with the Robinson clan, the Duck Commanders.
Riser has a solid voting record in the state senate, and has conservative bona fides. I served with him on the GOP State Central Committee in the late 90s.
As for my good friend Moon Griffon, who I’ve known personally and worked with for twenty years, I’m afraid his antipathy toward Jindal clouded his judgement on this race. Riser is considered a Jindal ally.
Now as for Jindal, he is a RINO. He’s done some things, especially right after he took office in 2008, that I didn’t agree with. He likes to spend money too much. All that was documented right here on FRee Republic at the time. I got into some vociferous fights with fellow FReepers about Jindal.
That said, he’s still been a net plus for the state and he’s had the guts to take on the teacher’s unions. They’re a sworn enemy and they’ve vowed revenge. The state’s scummy newspapers - they all suck, like everywhere else - are anti-Jindal.
There is still a dedicated crew of progressives here in Louisiana. Soros sends them money and they know what they’re doing. They never give up, and they know how to divide and conquer as well as anyone.
I need to add that I’m afraid we here in Louisiana have bought a pig in a poke with McAllister. I hope I’m wrong and he will turn out to be a Tea Party type, even though he’s never been active with any of those folks. And I know a lot of them around Northeast Louisiana.
He will have to be watched carefully.
But then, they all have to be watched, don’t they?
You’re right there’s plenty to criticize Jindal on.
But those that are so affected that they
A)They back inferior candidates just because he’s for the other guy
B)Call him an anchor baby when his parents were LEGAL
Need to wipe the gunk from their eyes and wake up. What a disappointing display of irrationality on their parts. For negative feelings about Jindal to outweigh McCallsters troubling positions on Osamacare and shamnesty and whoring for democrat support (I can’t find any info on him being for “reparations” as Auh2o says, was that in Cleo’s robocall?), sigh.