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| Politico can't understand Jindal's disgust towards journalists |
| 2010-11-13 |
| What’s striking about the book — and what illustrates the degree to which it’s aimed at raising his profile among grass-roots conservatives — is the harshness of his attacks on Democrats, the media, elites and the political establishment in Washington. Striking to YOU, but of course you are an out-of-touch liberal so you'd perceive it that way. Such broadsides are, of course, standard fare for aspiring Republicans. But they don’t necessarily square with the image Jindal has carved out in Louisiana as a get-it-done, wonky reformer more interested in ideas and solutions than in lobbing bombs across the aisle. In addition to the shots he takes at Obama, Jindal also recounts anecdotes that depict reporters as out-of-touch liberals, turns around the famous William F. Buckley line to claim he’d rather be governed “by the first one hundred names in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, phone book than the faculty of Harvard University” and approvingly cites the old saw that “dumb people need representation too ... and they surely have it in Washington.” Obviously, this is patently offensive and journalists are the best people in the world. According to...journalists, of course. They have this idea that they are some sort of crusading white knights and are very put-out when someone suggests that the world could be viewed differently. The "what is this space oddity I've never seen it before" attitude is usually the response. Watch for this, you'll see it used again. Jindal dismissed any notion that the pugnacious tone of his book was in conflict with his pragmatic brand. Again, totally oblivious to the fact that a man could be a man instead of a brand name. It simply doesn't factor into their thinking that someone might not be like they are. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #6 Ghandi supposedly said "I believe in equal rights for everyone - except reporters and photographers" |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-13 23:00 |
| #5 The author of this article is obviously a racist who can't stand the thought of a brown-skinned man being in a position of power. (Wow -- it's so cool to be able to play the race card. I could get into this.) |
| Posted by: Matt 2010-11-13 10:46 |
| #4 The lib journalists (generous with that title) can dish it out but they cannot take it. Take a look at the circulation or viewers numbers, they tell the story. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-11-13 10:29 |
| #3 Christie, Jindal, Palin. The trunks have the smell of blood and will be going for the LIBERALS jugular in 2012. Romney doesn't have enough room to maneuver and Pawlenty better start. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-11-13 10:12 |
| #2 Takes many forms, that word "disgust." If it's any help, Brooks Bros. still doesn't have a very large offering of.... brown coloured shirts and matching ties. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-13 09:26 |
| #1 ..some sort of crusading white knights Like Don Quixote. They see giants and we see windmills. They see Dulcinea del Toboso, we see...well, you get the drift. "At times, Quixote goes into detail about her appearance, though he freely admits that he has seen her only fleetingly and has never spoken with her." Remind you of 2008? Get that tingling feeling? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-13 09:20 |