On Obama’s first trip to Louisiana after the disaster, the governor describes how the president took him aside on the tarmac after arriving to complain about a letter that Jindal had sent to the administration requesting authorization for food stamps for those who had lost their jobs because of the spill.
As Jindal describes it, the letter was entirely routine, yet Obama was angry and concerned about looking bad.
"Careful," he quotes the president as warning him, "this is going to get bad for everyone."
The governor asserts that the White House had tipped off reporters to watch the exchange on the New Orleans tarmac that Sunday in May and deemed it a “press stunt” that symbolized what’s wrong with Washington.
And after Obama instituted a moratorium on offshore drilling, Jindal recounts that the president dismissed his concerns about the economic impact of the ban.
“I understand you need to say all of this, I know you need to say this, that you are facing political pressure,” Jindal quotes Obama telling him. When the governor said he was concerned about people losing their jobs, he said the president cited national polls showing that people supported the ban.
“The human element seemed invisible to the White House,” he writes.
Bobby Jindal hammers Barack Obama in new book - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com
Its a biased source, not saying he could not be right however since he has something to gain from this particular version of the story being believed I have a hard time trusting it. Is the book backed by more than his personal stories?
Why is it D's insert race into politics with sickening regularity... how about a focus on substance?btw - how is that fast track to the White House going for the GOP poster boy for diversity?
Its a biased source, not saying he could not be right however since he has something to gain from this particular version of the story being believed I have a hard time trusting it. Is the book backed by more than his personal stories?
What does that mean "Joe-the-plumber him"?
Bobby Jindal came off looking much more Presidential than the Pres. himself during the spill.
Obama failed miserably.
Jindal looking Presidential.....LOL.....ROTFL.....
YouTube - Republican Response to Pres. Obama Address to Congress
Jindal looking Presidential.....LOL.....ROTFL.....
YouTube - Republican Response to Pres. Obama Address to Congress
Oh get over it. So he sucked giving a speech. Obama sucks at everything but giving speeches.
Jindal looking Presidential.....LOL.....ROTFL.....
YouTube - Republican Response to Pres. Obama Address to Congress
Joe let Obama run his mouth and basically shoot himself, and in any normal election he would have been seriously damaged "spread-the-wealth around" comment. Instead the press turned on Joe-the-Plumber.
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Oooohhhh!!!!!! Bobby Jindall!!!!!! Be afraid, be very afraid!!!!!!
btw - how is that fast track to the White House going for the GOP poster boy for diversity?
Oh get over it. So he sucked giving a speech. Obama sucks at everything but giving speeches.
LOL....the Republicans loved to talk about Jindal being their next hope....and it turned out....the emperor had no clothes.
Oooohhhh!!!!!! Bobby Jindall!!!!!! Be afraid, be very afraid!!!!!!
btw - how is that fast track to the White House going for the GOP poster boy for diversity?
[democrat]Why do you hate people of Indian descent?[/democrat]
Revisionist history begins before history is even on the books. Truly amazing.
This was a guy who lied about his name, his profession his income, his plans for the future and his intent with Obama.
You folks sure pick out some strange heroes.
How so? Much of the berms he had built got wash away. Haste make waste.Bobby Jindal came off looking much more Presidential than the Pres. himself during the spill.
Obama failed miserably.
ok everyone lay off.
The partisan hackery quota for this thread has been filled and its only page 3.
This is so lame it's embarassing.
When it came to leadership during crisis, Jindal showed it in spades, whereas Obama was exposed for what he is... in way over his head.
This from the same guy who repeatedly said he had great judgment. It's also the same guy who hammered Bush about Katrina. Now... we have a disaster in the same state, but unlike Bush where the whole infra was laid dead, and where the populous largely left the state, and where it was the state and city's job to organize... FIRST... Obama had free reign and no such hindrances.
Obama had absolute authority because of the location of the rig... but... he failed miserably. So miserably Carville ripped him a new anus, one you could drive one of those thousands of school buses Nagin failed to put to use.
But... you want to focus on Jindal's speech. OK... Obama reads a nice teleprompteur, but is an incompetent, arrogant opportunist who's never managed anything in his life before being elected. That's your man.
I'll take the man who can get stuff done who may have given ONE weak speech.
This is why America has problems. Style over substance... but it seems we're learning... some aren't... won't, and never will.
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Oh get over it. So he sucked giving a speech. Obama sucks at everything but giving speeches.
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