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Stiles

Stiles

Oakland, CA
November 2002

FEB 24, 2009 08:00 PM

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



Washington state residents near Mt. St. Helens would disagree...

before


after

silversoul7

silversoul7

Portland, OR
January 2008

FEB 24, 2009 08:02 PM

Stiles said:

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



Washington state residents near Mt. St. Helens would disagree...


So would those of us on the border of Washington who live within sight of Mt. St. Helens.

wildswan

wildswan

I'm lost
June 2006

FEB 24, 2009 08:05 PM

dkmfc said:

wildswan said:
I wonder what it being a Republican shill pays these days?



well usually you get about $150,000 in neiman marcus shopping sprees, a few katie couric nationally broadcast interviews, and subsidies for your helicopter wolf hunting trips.



Bwahahaha! Bravissimo!

Homme

Homme

Los Angeles, CA
January 2009

FEB 24, 2009 08:18 PM

dkmfc said:
the best part is how he's touting the recovery of his state in the last few years...

you know, the state that the federal government has dumped millions of dollars into trying to rebuild.
hey, have you seen new orleans east lately? yeah...lookin good jindal.



Oh yeah, it's probably the most selfish political posturing in awhile.

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

FEB 24, 2009 08:18 PM

Stiles said:

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



Washington state residents near Mt. St. Helens would disagree...



Easily explained.

That was God's way of showing displeasure with homosexuals.

no reason to monitor volcanoes, republicans just need to stop the influx of the evil homosexuals through prayer.

wildswan

wildswan

I'm lost
June 2006

FEB 24, 2009 08:23 PM

Jindal rhymes with swindle.

Homme

Homme

Los Angeles, CA
January 2009

FEB 24, 2009 09:19 PM



Heh. Apparently Bobby Jindal is not the Republican Barack Obama but the Republican Harry Reid. And that's coming from Fox News. Ouch.

BatAttaK

BatAttaK

Tacoma, WA
OLD SKOOL

FEB 24, 2009 09:34 PM

Homme said:


Heh. Apparently Bobby Jindal is not the Republican Barack Obama but the Republican Harry Reid. And that's coming from Fox News. Ouch.



He sounds like someone reading a book, poorly, to a third grade class. This is the best they can do? BWAAAAAHAHAHAH!!! Almost makes me long for Sarah and her bumbling idiocy.


Almost

silversoul7

silversoul7

Portland, OR
January 2008

FEB 24, 2009 10:12 PM

Nate Silver said:
If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth graders, that's because he is. They might be the next people to actually vote for Republicans again.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

FEB 24, 2009 10:34 PM

silversoul7 said:

Nate Silver said:
If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth graders, that's because he is. They might be the next people to actually vote for Republicans again.



Zing.

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

FEB 25, 2009 02:27 AM

Bobby Jindal is beiong compared to


OhSoOrdinary

OhSoOrdinary

New York, NY
July 2006

FEB 25, 2009 04:04 AM

^^ BWAAAAHAAAHAAAA...

Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

FEB 25, 2009 05:18 AM

Homme said:

Coyotemike said:

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



Didn't you know? Republicans don't believe in science.

Or geothermal energy.

Or Pompei (spelling?)



How about this? BIG ANGRY FIRE MOUNTAIN WILL KILL YOU!

Heh. I'm still laughing to myself about that one.



Little known fact: Abstinence Only Education was created by the Republican party to provide America with an ample supply of virgins to sacrifice to cantankerous volcano gods.

And until condoms become as effective at halting geological eruptions as male eruptions, that's the volcano policy they plan to stick to.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

FEB 25, 2009 07:00 AM


Leave it to David Brooks to compare Jindal's speech to Nihilism.

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

FEB 25, 2009 10:27 AM

The Republican Party got too modern?

Half the reason i am a Democrat is because of the fact that the republican party fails to realize the importance of technology. While i don't disagree with Brooks, too modern is not the reason in my mind, too archaic definitely comes to mind.

OhSoOrdinary

OhSoOrdinary

New York, NY
July 2006

FEB 25, 2009 10:33 AM

I think he said moderate.

Accuser

Accuser

Scottsdale, AZ
October 2006

FEB 25, 2009 11:25 AM

Yup, moderate.

And that concept is still wrong. The only way you could call the Republican Party of today "moderate" is if you consider that their hilariously poor financial policy couldn't honestly be called "conservative". But that's not an effort on their part to move toward the middle - that's ineptitude. It's trying to have a cake and eat it, too.

smithers_jones

smithers_jones

I'm lost
November 2003

FEB 25, 2009 11:32 AM

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



That the governor of Louisiana would come out and say that the government shouldn't be taking a role in mitigating the potential impact of a natural disaster before it happens is a special kind of stupid.

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

FEB 25, 2009 12:32 PM

Hooraydiation said:
cantankerous volcano gods.



Potential Band Name Alert!

Elichrusos

Elichrusos

I'm lost
October 2007

FEB 25, 2009 12:57 PM

TheFuckOffKid said:
Bobby Jindal is beiong compared to



I cannot stop laughing.

Pom_felo

Pom_felo

San Antonio, TX
February 2004

FEB 25, 2009 01:29 PM

Elichrusos said:

TheFuckOffKid said:
Bobby Jindal is beiong compared to



I cannot stop laughing.



hahahaha! I was trying to think of who he reminded me of and that hit it perfectly!

I get Republicans politicians have a tendency to be a bit...well...patronizing, but this was some weird ballpark.

OTOH, he got us talking about him and not the speech, so... whatever

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

FEB 25, 2009 01:37 PM

pomfelo said:

Elichrusos said:

TheFuckOffKid said:
Bobby Jindal is beiong compared to



I cannot stop laughing.



hahahaha! I was trying to think of who he reminded me of and that hit it perfectly!

I get Republicans politicians have a tendency to be a bit...well...patronizing, but this was some weird ballpark.

OTOH, he got us talking about him and not the speech, so... whatever



There's nothing much to say about his speech. He didn't respond to anything the President said, blathered on with the same stale Republican talking points, and ignored the facts of the Stimulus plan. His speech was worthless.

Attack_Macaque

Attack_Macaque

Mesquite, TX
September 2004

FEB 25, 2009 05:07 PM

Homme said:
My favorite Jidalism:

"...something called Volcano monitoring. We don't need to monitor Volcanos."

Erm... what?



It's simple, he thinks that volcanoes are something that we should be feeding virgins to, not monitoring. biggrin

surreal

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

FEB 25, 2009 11:14 PM

pomfelo said:

Elichrusos said:

TheFuckOffKid said:
Bobby Jindal is beiong compared to



I cannot stop laughing.



hahahaha! I was trying to think of who he reminded me of and that hit it perfectly!



Kenneth the Page Responds.

Also:


Also also: Rush Limbaugh wants you to stop picking on his boyfriend.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

FEB 25, 2009 11:22 PM

Meanwhile, Obama was pretty much Triple Word Score Awesome

CBS Poll: 79% Approve of Plans for Economic Crisis After Speech. CBS News Conducted a Poll of 500 respondents during the speech and they found that before the speech 62% of respondents approved of the President’s plans for the Economic Crisis. After the speech the number rose to 79%. [CBS News Special Report, 2/24/09]

CBS Poll: 69% Understand President’s Economic Plans; Up From 56% Before Speech. CBS News Conducted a Poll of 500 respondents during the speech and they found that before the speech 56% of the respondents believed they understood the President’s plans for the Economic Crisis. After the speech the number rose to 69%. [CBS News Special Report, 2/24/09]

David Brooks: This “Was An Excellent Speech” That “Perfectly Captured The Tenor Of The Country.” “I thought it was an excellent speech. It’s been a long time since I’ve really been able to rave over an Obama speech, but I thought this was a speech that perfectly captured the tenor of the country.” [PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Coverage of Presidential Address, 2/24/09]

Brooks: Speech Was “Outstanding,” Hits “Exactly The Right Tone,” and “Will Really Galvanize People.” “The essential message was ‘no more fooling around,’ and I thought that was exactly the right tone to take…So just as a speech, as an explanation, ‘here’s what I’m going to do,’ I thought it was outstanding. It will really galvanize people.” [PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Coverage of Presidential Address, 2/24/09 ]

Howard Fineman: President Obama Earned “Great Applause” and Respect from Republicans and Democrats Alike. The President “I think won great applause, that’s a measure of respect, not only from Democrats, but most of the Republicans in that room who realize sitting in that chamber what a political talent they are dealing with.” [MSNBC, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 2/24/09]

Fineman: “The Best Budget Speech Anyone Ever Gave.” "This was the best darn budget speech that anyone ever gave because he gave it a sense of lift and drive and competence. The guy just has an ability to exude a sense of confidence in very tough circumstances." [MSNBC, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 2/24/09]

CNN’s Dana Bash: “More Of A Bipartisan Tone” In The Chamber During President’s Speech Than Past Eight Years. “I was also in the chamber Anderson, during the president’s speech and certainly as opposed to what we saw for the past eight years, particularly the past couple years with President Bush, there definitely was more of a bipartisan tone in terms of the kind of reaction he got.” [CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, 2/24/09]

CNN’s David Gergen: President’s Speech Was “Most Ambitious… We’ve Heard In This Chamber In Decades.” “This was the most ambitious president we’ve heard in this chamber in decades. The first half of the speech was FDR fighting for the New Deal. The second half was Lyndon Johnson fighting for the Great Society and we have never seen those two presidents rolled together in quite this way before.” [CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, 2/24/09]

Associated Press: Obama “Used Address to Tap the Deep Well of American Optimism…” that “Great Presidents Embody.” “The president used his address to Congress on Tuesday night to tap the deep well of American optimism — the never-say-die national spirit that every president tries to capture in words. And great presidents embody…The themes of responsibility, accountability and, above all, national community rang throughout an address carefully balanced by the gravity of its times.” [Associated Press, 2/24/09:]

Fox News’ Major Garret: President's Speech is Bi-Partisan: "Well I think what we’re seeing right there playing out there on the floor of the House of Representatives is that continued efforts at bipartisan outreach, and that will be going on be a consistent quality for this President even when Republicans don’t respond in-kind because the White House believes politically it puts the President in a very safe, very productive frame of mind in relationship with the broader American public.” [Fox News, 2/24/09]

Newsweek’s Howard Fineman: President Gave A “Commanding” Performance. “That was as commanding performance, as confident a performance, as in control as I’ve ever seen a President.” [MSNBC, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 2/24/09]

CBS News’ Jeff Greenfield “One of The Most Effective Uses” of the Medium. "It reminded in some sense of the radio speeches FDR gave where he talked about complicated issues in a simple way… I have to say it was one of the most effective uses of this wonderful imposing scene, the Congress. To talk not to the Congress, there was no ten-point plan. Here’s where we are and this is how I am going to get you out.” [CBS News Special Report, 2/24/09]

CNN.com: “Obama Puts Forth Ambitious Agenda in Speech.” “In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, President Obama outlined an ambitious agenda to revive the economy, saying it's time to act boldly ‘to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity.’ President Obama says the United States will overcome its current economic struggles. Obama focused on the three priorities of the budget he will present to Congress later this week: energy, health care and education.” [CNN.com, 2/24/09]

NBC News’ Chuck Todd: Speech “Hopeful, Uplifting.” “I think this idea that somehow [President Obama] had not been talking hopeful enough about the situation, I have a feeling that President Clinton isn't going to be criticizing him, particularly for that last I'd say ten minutes of the speech where it was all hopeful. It was all uplifting. It was as somebody had said to me, the last part of this speech, you're going to recognize it, is Obama-esque, and I think that it's not hard to look at that last part of the speech and saying he wasn't being hopeful and talking up about the economy.” [NBC, Nightly News with Brian Williams, 2/24/09]

ABC News: President “Greeted With Thunderous Applause;” Speech Earned "Standing Ovation From Both Democrats And Republicans." "Obama was greeted with thunderous applause in the House chamber, as lawmakers reached out to try and get a handshake or in some cases a kiss as the president made his way down the narrow aisle to the podium. Obama is enjoying a 68 percent approval rating after his first month in office, according to the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, and his pledge to reverse the nation's economic woes earned him an early standing ovation from both Democrats and Republicans."[ABC News, 2/24/09,]

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Speech “Obama’s Best Moment Yet.” “I give him an A.” [CNN.com's Political Ticker, Jeffrey Toobin, 2/24/09]

Keith Olbermann: Speech a “Resounding Debut.” “Repeatedly inspiring members of both parties to rise to their feet in the House Chamber, the 44th President of the United States with a resounding debut at that the highest stage, thus far, of his presidency.” [MSNBC, Coverage of Presidential Address, 2/24/09]

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: Speech Received High Rankings from McCain and Obama Voters in Focus Groups. Maddow noted that both McCain and Obama voters on MSNBC’s audience reaction “stayed up at the top the entire speech essentially.” [MSNBC, Coverage of Presidential Address, 2/24/09]

CNN’s Anderson Cooper: Calls President’s Address “Highly Ambitious.” “President Obama just finished his first address to a joint session of congress -- highly ambitious, mixing policy, pep talk, progress report on the economy. Saying America’s best days are ahead of it…” [CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, 2/24/09]

Washington Post: “A Note of Hope at a Time of Crisis.” “Five weeks into an administration already marked by dramatic highs and lows, President Obama sounded a note of hope at a time of crisis tonight, delivering an address to a joint session of Congress heavily focused on the ailing economy and how to fix it. Offering the prospect of a brighter future after weeks of grim rhetoric, Obama sought to put a human face on complex policy proposals. He linked his banking rescue proposal to the ability of a ‘young family’ to ‘finally buy a home.’ And he acknowledged populist anger at the prospect of more Wall Street bailouts, vowing to crack down on CEO bonuses and conduct tough oversight of the hundreds of billions of dollars already pledged to address the economic crisis.” [Washington Post, Ben Pershing, 2/24/09]


Flawless. Victory.

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