Bobby Jindal Does Stimulus Two-Step

9:04 pm EST July 21st, 2009 | Republicans | 17 Comments

Hey Kenneth, you aren’t allowed to take credit for dispensing stimulus money when you opposed the stimulus.

Also, VOLCANOES.

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17 Responses to “Bobby Jindal Does Stimulus Two-Step”

  1. metricpenny says:
    July 21, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Hey Oliver, you aren’t suppose to remember that when you know the American people are supposed to have short memories.

    Also, HYPOCRITES.

  2. Jaim says:
    July 21, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    Nutters like Jindal and Sanford were against the stimulus bill before they were for it.

    Politics aside, it’s good to see jobs being created. Let’s hope it puts a substantive debt in the Bush Unemployment numbers.

  3. SaveFarris says:
    July 21, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    You can’t be this dumb, can you? That’d be the same as you claiming to love the NFL and someone accusing you of hypocracy because we can prove your distaste for the Cowboys.

  4. Wilbur says:
    July 21, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    I’ve spent the last few minutes, SaveFarris, trying to figure out what part of the anti-matter universe that analogy makes sense in. I give up.

  5. Jaim says:
    July 21, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    Even before the stimulus bill was passed, wingnut politicians were going back to their home districts and telling their constituents how much pork they’d be hauling home. Then they’d go on CNN and say how bad the stimulus bill was, etc.

    This is the GOP, a party that can’t wake up in the morning without committing a dozen hypocritical acts. They don’t do smaller government (2001-2008), they don’t do national defense (9/11) and they definitely don’t do moral virtue (Craig, Foley, Vitter, Ensign, Sanford, etc., etc., etc.).

    Difference is, people know this, and they’re getting fewer and fewer passes from the media these days.

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    July 22, 2009 at 12:08 am

    what part of the anti-matter universe
    Qward. It makes perfect sense on Qward.

  7. Wilbur says:
    July 22, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Golly, I think you’ve nailed it – the wingnuts are Qwardians in our midst!

  8. Wilbur says:
    July 22, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Sorry, Qwingnuts.

  9. News Reference says:
    July 22, 2009 at 3:19 am

    Qwardnutz.

    Nomenclature is important.

    |-:

    [straight face]

  10. SaveFarris says:
    July 22, 2009 at 8:00 am

    The “stimulus” is actually thousands of projects bundled together. That Jindal said yes to some and no to others is not suprising at all. It’s what most people do every single day of their lives. But in the “Reality Based” world, everything has to be all-or-nothing for all time.

  11. mike in dc says:
    July 22, 2009 at 9:17 am

    So, you’re saying it’s ok for him to brag about dispensing stimulus money because he didn’t oppose any of the money designated for his state?

    So, he’s not a hypocrite, just incredibly disingenuous.

  12. metricpenny says:
    July 22, 2009 at 9:23 am

    SaveFarris, read Oliver’s post again.

    Then go to the story at this link:

    http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl030409cbstimulus.29c0d8c.html

    An excerpt – “Though the Republican governor was an outspoken critic of the stimulus package, Davis said Jindal plans to use Medicaid, education, transportation and general bailout dollars, along with several other pools of smaller stimulus funds.”

    Maybe we should use the word duplicitous to descibe Gov. Jindal. “Duplicity – deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.”

  13. jr says:
    July 22, 2009 at 9:27 am

    Exorcist Jindal fanboys are awesome

  14. Enlightened Liberal says:
    July 22, 2009 at 9:31 am

    So when Jindal campaigns for re-election for governor or election as a presidential candidate, will he be trumpeting his job growth record, failing to mention that it was mostly from the stimulus that he strenuously opposed?

    Of course he will, it was a rhetorical question.

  15. SaveFarris says:
    July 22, 2009 at 10:05 am

    Lest we forget, Jindal’s anti-stimulus views were specific and targeted. If he’s now taking credit for the very program he derided, then yes, he’d deserve every bit of scorn that could be mustered.

    But the story specifically mentions the pieces of stimulus Jindal touts (Medicare, transportation, education), which have nothing to do with the unemployment section he declined. This is just Oliver trying to invent a story where none exists.

  16. Wilbur says:
    July 22, 2009 at 10:56 am

    I guess SF missed this part of the story:

    In that case, Jindal’s office released a statement from The Nature Conservancy crediting the stimulus act. “We are very excited about this project being one of two Louisiana projects selected by NOAA for American Relief and Recovery Act funding,” state director Dr. Keith Ouchley said.

    In his response to the President’s address to Congress, Jindal had complained about a similar program which funded volcano monitoring in Alaska.

    Jindal also requested federal stimulus funding for a rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans after attacking the stimulus bill’s investment in high-speed rail.

    It’s pretty clear: Jindal likes the part of the stimulus that lets him stand up there with a billboard-sized “Bobby Jindal” check and a eejit grin. The rest of it is teh soshalizzum and teh pork.

  17. Duros62 says:
    July 22, 2009 at 11:17 am

    This is the GOP, a party that can’t wake up in the morning without committing a dozen hypocritical acts.

    Some of them, without even getting out of bed. Theirs or someone else’s.