cryowizard | Louisiana has spoken!

Well, well, well. Eat this one, my liberal friends.

The Louisiana voters have spoken, and what they said was "Fuck you, democrats!". Yes, federal government and FEMA fucked up big time on Katrina, but the voters know all-well that the federal mess was just the icing on the terrible shit cake created by years of local Democratic neglect of the state and the Big Easy.

The people were so pissed at Kathleen Blanco she decided not to even run for re-election, and then the voters have shown their displeasure with the Dems by giving Walter Boasso just 18% of the vote.

Enter the new conservative governor, Oxford-educated Bobby Jindal, a 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, taking in the overwhelming 53% of the vote. And guess what -- he's not white. And not black. He doesn't carry the old animosities. And he's young. And conservative.

People simply got tired of old bullshit and tried something new. And all this -- from the state constantly made fun of in New York for backwardness (this from people who elected Spitzer!). I wonder when New Yorkers will grow enough balls to bet on someone like Jindal (provided we even have someone like that on our stale political landscape).

Good luck to the new Governor, may he possess the intelligence and the will to make the lives of people in Louisiana better.

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He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those "feeding at the public trough," revisiting a campaign theme. "They can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go," he said, adding that he would call the Legislature into special session to address ethics reform.

Hell, if there was another republican to pledge that in NY, i'd vote for him...it just so happens that there ARE NONE! So, i agree, good luck to the new Governor and let's see if he carries any of his "pledges" out and whether he gets re-elected.

Let's also see if there is any other republican who has the balls to stand up and pledge the same thing for any other community in the country. So far other republican congressmans are only good for this (http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/ten-commandments.html").

Also, judging from Jindal's voting record, he is not overly concerned with prudent fiscal policy - only 3 "NOs" of 38 appropriation bills. Seems rather conformist to our thrifty conservative government. Shall we require the army to notify congress of moving people from Guantanomo Bay to other prisons - NO! Shall we permit people to burn flags out of protest (the ULTIMATE freedom of speech) - NO!

Vote to pass a bill that creates a mandatory rest period between deployments to Iraq for members of the Armed Forces. - NO!

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits lawsuits against anyone engaged in the food industry on claims that the food caused obesity or weight gain to the plaintiff. - YES!

Vote to pass a bill allowing the use of embryonic stem cells for research under certain conditions. - NO!

Should i go on? What exactly are you cheering for?

As to your points -- you're forgetting he is their choice. They don't seem to care about those points, giving him the benefit of the doubt in his promised effort to clean up one of the most corrupt local governments in the country. And if he delivers on half of what he promises, they will forgive him eating a baby for lunch every other day. It's their state and their priorities.

As to my cheering, here's the point: despite all the liberal yacking about how Bushies/neocons/Republicans/The Devil drowned the people of Louisiana and New Orleans, those people, instead of embracing what would seem to be a logical opposite of the Bushies/Republicans, gave a giant boot to both the apparently despised sitting Democratic governor, and to the Democratic runner-up as well. You can't call it anything else cz 18 to 54 is giant margin. So I'm guessing the people on the ground seem to have a different opinion from all those NY Times writers, and they didn't mind having their opinion shown.

The second part is that I am happy the supposed semi-literate rednecks in the one of the poorest states in the nation got so sick of the existing horseshit situation in their state they have overwhelmingly voted for an Indian guy (of all choices!) from New Orleans. I am simply happy to see that kind of common sense, to see that desire to change things is still alive in the populace.

i am not disagreeing with you in your third point (about his indian heritage). In fact, i am just as pleased that a non-white, non-black person won an election in a VERY southern state - it is truly amazing and could potentially signify great change...in Louisiana, in the south, etc. i am equally disappointed with the democrats in LO...and pretty much everywhere else. But i disagree that a cross-the-board conclusion that ALL democrats are bad should be made. We've SEEN what a republic congress with a republican president can do to our country...worst literacy rate, worst deficit, worst healthcare coverage, etc. Just like people in LO were unhappy with corrupt government, democratic or republican, i am fed up with corrupt government in DC. And sadly, there is no 26-yo indian guy promising to fix it, republican or democrat.

i don't think this election is indicative of ANYTHING with relation with dems/reps other than LO people wanting change to their corrupt government. Incidentally, that's what happened in Congress in 2006, with what i think is the largest turn-around ever - people lost confidence in their elected reps, so they booted them..with some of the most amazing sweeps and incumbent losses. So, ultimately, this is a sign that people are fed up with bi-partisan corruption and want change, even from an indian guy. i'll cheer to that, but not to a cross-the-board dems bashing.

Louisiana has spoken!

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