While Jindal is trying out for President, who’s governing Louisiana?

Jeez, it seems it’s been about a week since Bobby Jindal (whose real first name is Piyush..I am not kidding, yes, another rising star using multiple names) last saw Louisiana, you know the state he’s supposed to be governing. 

First, it was the Governors Conference, then giving the rebuttal to Oblahblah’s pretend state of the union speech, and finally it’s CPAC, the conservative convention.  Who is paying for Jindal’s room and board this past week?  Who bought his clothes? Who’s running Louisiana while he’s trying out for the presidency? What are his qualifications since he’s only been governor for a year and has no foreign policy experience? Doesn’t he have a big ego to think he could be president since he is so young and lacking in experience?  Isn’t he only thinking of himself and ignoring the people of Louisiana?

Just wondering, because if that was Sarah Palin it would be all over the networks in the lower 48 and in Alaska that Palin is out campaigning at the state taxpayers expense (even if she was paying her own way; the truth might be whispered a month or so from now in the back pages of the local newspaper next to the obituaries); that Palin is only interested in herself, not the people of Alaska; that Palin sure has a big ego thinking she could actually be president since she has no foreign policy experience and comes from a remote state like Alaska.

Don’t seem to be any questions about Jindal’s ego or any comments on the fact that Louisiana is as corrupt, or more so, than Illinois.  I think it has something to do with SEXISM.  I mean, it’s to be expected that a young, male aspiring to higher office would go to conventions where he could look important and meet important people and the people of his state should be proud of him and proud of themselves for electing such a bright rising star. I mean, isn’t that normal?

It’s normal only if you are a man; if you are a woman, you are back in your state fending off malicious allegations intended to smear your reputation so that you will figure out that you are never going to run for office again, with a massive smear campaign already in high gear intended to make sure you never leave Alaska again let alone run for POTUS. 

You are to be criticized for collecting $8,500 in per diems even though you saved $900,000 compared to the previous governor. You are to be questioned about your children traveling with you and at whose expense and even though the conclusion is that nothing wrong was done, you will voluntarily seek a higher standard and make sure no one can question your actions regarding your family again.

I really wonder about the people of Alaska.  Why are they not proud of their governor?  I think that is very weird and if anyone from Alaskawould like to explain I would love to hear it. 

In the meantime, the GOP men will keep pushing forward any man as a future candidate and no one will ever question their ethics, their expense account, their ego, or their loyalty to their state.  No one, that is, except me.

You go Sarah!  See you in 2012.

 

Comments

[Stray Yellar Dawg]

Such an excellent question, you ask! And your reasoning is flawless.

It is pure sexism. Nothing more.

(Either that or the MSM do not really see Jindal as a threat to Obie's second term.)

I believe it's the former.

[alaskan10]

I am from Alaska, the majority of people(in a recent poll)taken in the Juneau Empire newspaper her popularity is still 63% and the chances are still really good for reelection. The small percentage that criticize Sarah are the politically motivated Democrats and liberals. They have no set agenda about her they just want to smear her. These people are not happy with anything, they just want to whine and some are coming in from out of state with the same agenda. The ADN newspaper is the most biased in Alaska. The Alaska Dispatch and Juneau Empire seems to be fair and balanced.

[Puma for Life]

alaska 10, thanks for the tip on the newspapers. I'll check them out. Glad Alaskans do support Sarah.