Wednesday, March 25, 2009
After 2006, 2008 elections, failure is new GOP talking point
Posted by Will Coviello on Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:42 PM
In what's becoming a more regular event, on the same night Pres. Barack Obama spoke to the nation, Gov. Bobby Jindal was discussing the future of the GOP. Instead of speaking (down) to a national audience, Jindal was addressing a private audience at a Republican fundraiser. (He's in D.C. attending four this week.) He entered into the difficult verbal gymnastics of explaining how Republicans can want Obama to fail and avoid the appearance of opposing what's best for the nation. He accused Democrats of using wishes of failure or success as a form of political correctness with which to beat down Republicans. Though in all fairness, it was Jindal's fan Rush Limbaugh who coined the phrase about wanting Obama to "fail," and offered it as a rallying point for the GOP to regroup. One wonders why Jindal is spending his time defending Limbaugh's stance instead of talking about what the party's elected officials are doing. Apparently some GOP congressmen skipped the fundraiser in favor of catching one of Louisiana's other bright young troubadours, Britney Spears, at the Verizon Center. It's not clear who House Republican Whip Eric Cantor went with. Wonkette reports that his office said he attended with other congress people including, the spokesperson said, Democrats like Sen. Mary Landrieu, but then retracted the certainty of Landrieu's appearance. Other folks talking up failure today included entertainer Fred Thompson and Czech prime minister.
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Would you want communism to fail? Even Jay Leno is comparing Obama's policies to communism. I want that to fail. Watch Leno blast Mr. O's policies: http://tinyurl.com/c4vkpq
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Keep it up Gov. Bobby. I am wishing for you to fail. Louisiana deserves a governor who has a laser-focus on the state's many problems instead of dancing with national conservative politics. I try to be color blind, but I can't think of any other reason why this GOP love affair with Bobby except that he's not white. There are plenty of conservative governors who have done much more than the La. Gov. Why else would he be getting so much face time??? I really with the national GOP would lay off and understand that La. needs a governor.
er, that's "I really WISH the national GOP would lay off and understand that La. needs its governor."
Communism?? LOL! Yeah, Obama is seeking a egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership of industry and property! Have social conservatives gone insane? I mean really. I think it's time for social conservatives to stop whining and start coming up with solutions. McCain's solution of giving me $2,500 to cover my health expenses wan not just "income redistribution" but it's insufficient (doesn't even cover premiums on private health insurance). I want solutions that work. Also: go ask your grandmother if she likes government income redistributed subsidies on her Medicare. It's funny how people become a lot more "socialist" when they turn 65.
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