The Pink Flamingo :: An Ill Wind (or) the Katrinal Fallout Continues

I would love to use the old adage that it’s an ill wind…but I will refrain. Bobby Jindal is the son of Indian immigrants, Oxford educated, and a US Congressman.

CONGRATS TO THE OPINIONATED CATHOLIC! I have an idea he was right in the middle of the fight – if he wasn’t watching LSU. I know how he’s battled for this one! He also live blogged the election, so he probably has some of the best coverage and top insight on the whole campaign.
The Opinionated Catholic was live-blogging. I’m just going to ‘steal’ some of his comments instead of linking to a news article. He was there and saw it all.

“…10:40 Bobby has WON!! Praise God!!! He is letting all the other give their speeches and we shall see him soon. I am going to give a fuller roundup after the LSU game. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THAT TOO KEEP THE FAITH  10:30-WWL declares that Bobby Jindal is the winner and there will be no runoff. Buddy Roemer(former Gov) who is doing commentary thinks Bobby is doing well but it is too early to make the Call. However from what I am seeing I think Bobby has made it above 50 perecent. Mitch Landrieu has been relelected by the way  10:15- Looking at local Republican leaning areas in SHreveport huge amounts of vote are out. Rep Shaw's district which is very Republican is only showing 30 percent returns in. IT is apparent to me that Jindal is on a upward swing. About 280,000 votes are out and he needs about 110,000 out of them. Hold on  9:55-Ok North Louisiana races are coming in I can see looking at the state wiede races. This is where we were 10 minutes ago in Jefferson Parish.. A Republican strong hold  Jefferson, 133 of 268 Boasso 4,482 Campbell 1,698 Georges 7,543 Jindal 34,963  Looking real good. That means that large portions of Republican areas are still out   9:45-Republican such as myself I suspect are now in a weird position. I have mixed feeling on Mitch but he can't do much damage in the LT Gov office. IF there is a runnoff it would be so much better if Mitch was not running to in his own runoff. The Landrieu Machine would go into overdrive to save Senator Landrieu's baby brother and get democrat turnout to do it. If he wins tonight they save the money for Mary's tough race next year  9:39- WWL is report with 60 percent in that Jindal is over 50 percent again. However be careful here. Various stations are reporting different areas and different wards. HOWEVER it appears that the Northshore(NOLA area) as to local stations and Bobby is doing well. Again I am seeing indications while trying to moniter 5 stations that what we saw early on was a heavy democrat vote. FOr instance watch Bob Odom to start losing some percentage points…”

You need to read Shield of Achilles, where it has been discovered the reason Jindal won is because of GOP Ethnic Cleansing during Katrina. Yep, grab a martini and deal with their stupidity.

Ruffini

“… Jindal’s 54% first-round victory is an historic mandate for change against the most corrupt political culture in America. For decades, Louisiana has lived in the shadow of the easy populism of Huey Long, its politicians feasting on revenues from the state’s natural resources. If you want to get a taste of a sense of entitlement and venality normally seen in the Saudi royals, except right here in America, just visit Louisiana. From Blundering Blanco to Freezer Cash Jefferson, the political class was a parody of itself….”