Louisiana’s been Obamafied

My first thought when hearing Republicans call Louisiana Governor Jindal their Obama is that they are so right but I doubt they mean it in the same way I do. My second thought is please, get him out of here before his record and positions get Louisiana any more Obamafied.  Considering John McCain won Louisiana by a bigger margin than any other state, you probably think this is a strange comment.  Like Obama, Jindal’s rhetoric and record are light years apart.

Obamafy(verb): to bamboozle the public so they attribute miraculous traits and records to a politician simply because of his appearance, rhetoric, and personality; to dupe the public into to believing one represents change and competency based on appearances, speeches, and personality only;  As in:  The Republican party has Obamafied Jindal because they’d really like him to be something he isn’t but since he looks different, maybe they can convince voters that he actually will be different.

Jindal is a throwback to the Dark Ages (oh, make that social conservative).  The Republicans can be certain of that.  The first time he ran for governor against Kathleen Blanco I remember watching their debate and hearing him talk about the most important time in his life was when he became a Catholic Christian while witnessing an exorcism.   He’s actually witnessed and written about the topic.  ( For those of you cynics:  here’s his published article:  Jindal, Bobby (December 1994). “Beating a Demon: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare“. New Oxford Review. “I began to think that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back….Did I witness spiritual warfare? I do not have the answers…” )  He is hyperCatholic as only the recently converted can be. He also was brought to the American myth by The Brady Bunch.   His name is actually Piyush and much like Obama, he tries to mimic the American experience in a way only those who try to forget their past mimic the American experience.  He is definitely in love with the zygote nation–he is for a myriad ‘rights’ for protohumans but is fine with state sanctioned deaths of criminals and zygote-saving deaths of women. He does voice knee-jerk negative reaction to gay Americans (against even civil unions), and support flag burning amendments, human life amendments, and marriage defined as man and wife amendments.  But remember, there is supposed to be more to being a Republican than being the country’s leading Christian Cult Leader,  let’s look at his record.

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