What's the big idea?

republicans have done this to mccain repeatedly ... good thing the "journalists" are on hand with their inconvenient truth dust pan and broom sets.

The fact that Gregory even suggested they were the party of "big ideas" is rather illuminating. Let us look at what their ideas are.

1) Deregulate industry.
2) Privatize as much government as possible.
3) Reduce taxation on wealthy individuals and corporations to as little as possible.
4) Get rid of the social safety net by getting rid of social security, medicare and anything else they can think of.
5) Get rid of organized labor.

and so on and so forth. Some big ideas.

Mitt Romney's, "Well, I’m not a historian that goes through all of the pieces of legislation John McCain has worked on, is sadly amusing. Imagine spending the money this guy has on his presidential run (the suits alone must have cost a fortune), then trying so hard to be the bridesmaid or vp, or whatever.....and he still didn't take the time to read up on McCain's legislative record? Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

Bobby Jindal is not the first McCain surrogate unable to defend McCain. See him and others in the VIDEO MASHUP

Jindal talks pretty bad about having a bureaucrat "telling people how they will get health care".

Odd, isn't Jindal one of those bureaucrats? He wants to tell us hopw to bail out Bear Sterns after telling us we can't regulate the Banks to prevents their collapses and forced bail outs?

And as a bureaucrat, Jindal wants companies to tell us how we will use our health care?

Jindal's favored bureaucrats are the ones he identifies with and his minority wants their bureaucrats to tell us how to live, from religion to who should have education to health care. This is a guy that was on McCain's V. P. list ?

Its a toss up for McCain's bureaucratic VP choice.
Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Jindal, Jeb Bush, Newt, Phil Graham,
Carly Fiorina or maybe pull General Petreaus from the field where he is not replacable and make him your VP? Man O man, I'm so fortunate NOT to be in McCain's spot having to choose from the outer limits of the playground like that.

"Oh please Mr. McCain give me a job in your administration. Look I'm saying all the right things. This Governor job in La. sucks. I spent all this time learning all this right wing BS and adopting this southern drawl. How was I supposed to know Carl Rove would overplay his hand and the neo-cons would drag us into the worst foreign policy blunder since Vietnam?"

I can't believe Jindal is even being considered for Veep. Way to take an awful candidate and stick him with an even bigger douche.

Is it just me or does Jindal look like W in that photo?

Totally off topic, but CNN just had Rick Warren on and they asked him about the "cone of silence". Apparently John McCain was a half hour late arriving and was NOT in the Cone of silence for the first 30 minutes.
Did any one else just hear this.

J.

someguy @ 18:

Is it just me or does Jindal look like W in that photo?

It's because he's thinks and acts the same way, so he has th same facial expressions.

That's a very bad sign, by the way.

He also told a few lies during that interview. 'McCain cut wasteful spending'... oh really?

Excuse me, but supporting Bush has been wasting this country's money on a fabricated war at such an astronomical rate that:

1. We are now in a deficit that may last for generations.

2. One fraction of that money wasted could have covered education and healthcare issues throughout this country.

3. We have lost much of our status as a superpower, and this country is certainly no longer respected as it once was.

4. We're borrowing money from China. CHINA! Who, in all likely hood will be our biggest enemy in a few years.

What's more, it was all done on the behalf of greedy men, who could care less about this country. They only care about their bank accounts.

So, Asshat. Tell us how McCain is saving us money?

While I'm at it, I should ask the question... Does anyone know how much it's costing Americans to support a group of fascist idiots that are using out tax dollars to spy on us?

Scott @ 6:

The fact that Gregory even suggested they were the party of "big ideas" is rather illuminating. Let us look at what their ideas are.

1) Deregulate industry.
2) Privatize as much government as possible.
3) Reduce taxation on wealthy individuals and corporations to as little as possible.
4) Get rid of the social safety net by getting rid of social security, medicare and anything else they can think of.
5) Get rid of organized labor.

Seems they can barely even get their traditional conservative stuff done these days. I think the modern day Rovian republican is more concerned with:
1) Muddying the political waters
2) Scaring the sh!t out of voters
3) WIN WIN WINNING that next election
4) Returning to 1)

...of course, their buddies get filthy rich somewhere in the middle there too.

With friends like these...
And Corsi's WND columns are a gift that will keep on giving.

ysbaddaden @ 24:

I was just checking on the opinion polls before coming on site. The Harris Poll essentially has mcgramps and Obama 45-45% with a only a 2 pt MoE. There is a five percent uncertain and four percent don't know, but in total that's only 9 pct that's not fixed to one or another.

Obama should be walking away with this thing. Hopefully, this'll arrest his rightward drift. It ain't working and it's costing him.

the polls mean nothing.....

obama will walk away with this easily on the one day it counts....and mccain will be shamed to tears.....

the only thing we have to fear is either bayh or biden on the ticket....

otherwise, there aren't enough fools, crooks and racists to lift mccain over 40 percent when the voting starts this fall....

polls are garbage

Robt @ 12:

Jindal talks pretty bad about having a bureaucrat "telling people how they will get health care".

Odd, isn't Jindal one of those bureaucrats? He wants to tell us hopw to bail out Bear Sterns after telling us we can't regulate the Banks to prevents their collapses and forced bail outs?

And as a bureaucrat, Jindal wants companies to tell us how we will use our health care?

Jindal's favored bureaucrats are the ones he identifies with and his minority wants their bureaucrats to tell us how to live, from religion to who should have education to health care. This is a guy that was on McCain's V. P. list ?

Its a toss up for McCain's bureaucratic VP choice.
Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Jindal, Jeb Bush, Newt, Phil Graham,
Carly Fiorina or maybe pull General Petreaus from the field where he is not replacable and make him your VP? Man O man, I'm so fortunate NOT to be in McCain's spot having to choose from the outer limits of the playground like that.

I'd hate to inflict Jindal on the rest of the country...

On second thought, spreading the misery of that incompetent, cowardly SOB all over the 50 states sounds quite appealing...

Perturbed @ 31:

"He understands..." Does anyone else get tired of Republicans praising other Republicans for understanding the issues? As though these are just facts, and Republicans really get it; if you don't understand you must be some kind of cretin.

I'm tired of this whole shit-throwing fest that passes for an election. At this point, I'm ready for a Revolution, street fights and-Oooh, shiny thing, shiny thing!

;-)

The obvious questions was left aside again.....

"Mr. Jindal, the McCain camp has attempted to pain Senator Obama as "exotic". Being someone who looks "exoctic" yourself, what is your response to the McCain camp's assertions?

General_Rennenkampf @ 29:

Jebus Cribes, that's my governor on there!

And he's speechless.

Ah, shit, we never seem to make a smart choice on who rules Louisiana. Should have voted for Boasso, dammit!

I did vote for Boasso. Jindal was a Bush rubberstamp in Congress. In his first campaign all he talked about was he was there for Bush and even prayed with him you knew nothing about in that campaign. He moved into a district to run for congress after losing the Governors race.
The man is full of potential but has shown nothing more to me than being a GOP rubber stamp when he knows it's not the best option. Actually I think he is an opportunist and would switch to Democrat in the next few years.

28 JohnMcCain and the Keating 5

I keep hoping so. Polls are based on landlines, and more and more people are using cells, that don't produce the computer print-outs that pollsters are dependent upon.

Big ideas from republicans? Gosh can you imagine Jindal as VP? Seriously he is a 'creationist' supporter right? I guess on big tough questions requiring scientific expertise they'll just cede to god's authority and have a big group prayer for the 'big ideas'.

Steve @ 15:

You know what, this is weak. I watched the so called interview/debate last night. If that is the way it is going to go, I can guaranteee you one thing: Mc Cain will win the election and become the next president. When will Obama- and the democrats- learn? They need to stop taking the high road. When the moderator asked the candidates NOT to use stump speech talk- Obama, of course, agreed, and gave long, nuanced, thoughtful answers. His response to the stem cell issue was pathetic and confusing, as was his non explanation behind why federally funded faith based organizations should not discriminate with respect to who they hire. Mc Cain, however, gave quick, decisive answers. The wrong answers, dangerous answers, but decisive nonetheless. The crowd ate it up. No long winded nuanced lectures. And when the moderator asked him not to spew out stump speech garbage, McCain ignored him, and gave his best Vietnam vet prisoner of war speech. Obama better wake up: he keeps thinking Americans are smarter than all of this, that they will see through Mc Cains bull and embrace thoughful, nuanced, responsible ideas, see through the negative ads. Guess what: we went down that road with Kerry. its a dead end street.

i agree with your characterization of the discussion, but not how people will process what they saw....america is done with scum like mccain, and all that jibber jabber political crap.... they see mccain for the corrupt pol he is.....he's spent a lifetime selfishly serving his pocketbook and his pocketrocket....

obama will cream mccain this fall....only a disastrous veep pick like bayh or biden could sink a candidate of obama's caliber against the likes of mccain..... come on now, let's get real here

Kastlefeer @ 40:

...Gosh can you imagine Jindal as VP?

yeah, a baby hillbilly too young to serve, and a baby dinosaur too old to serve anything but his own petty self interests....they could share diapers......

"....we do need nuclear power, we need clean coal, we need conservation...."

"...but those were bush/cheney big ideas!"

BwaaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Whew! The comedy just doesn't stop.

Also, the fact that McSame supporters can't readily respond to questions about his positions or policies may be the result of McSame negative-only ads. Of course the Rovians are trained to jump in with "Obama has no ideas or positions" when his ads are filled with them. Say it enough and the sheep will believe those who are happy to do their thinking for them.

Why does this stooge Jindal almost always look pissed off?

Christy Hannity @ 14:

"Oh please Mr. McCain give me a job in your administration. Look I'm saying all the right things. This Governor job in La. sucks. I spent all this time learning all this right wing BS and adopting this southern drawl. How was I supposed to know Carl Rove would overplay his hand and the neo-cons would drag us into the worst foreign policy blunder since Vietnam?"

Yeah, but he failed the media test...no vice presidency for you! Next! Lol.

Jindal- oogly ass opportunistic hack- not unintelligent as such- just willing to tow any line which might ultimately further his self-serving interests. (See his short yet revealing history of political offices held) As well, these ol' loins have slickered up over many stunningly beautiful folk of his particular ethnicity- well, honey- that nasty lookin' weasel Piyush ain't one of 'em. Maybe the physician delivering him squeezed a little too tight on those forceps.

General Jack D. Ripper @ 50:

Why does this stooge Jindal almost always look pissed off?

*Constipation*

The same thing happened to Romney a couple of months ago. I love it; they can't think of any of his ideas, because McBush doesn't have any. It's all he can do to try and same the same thing, two days in a row.

Shag @ 59:

When will Jindal be asked about the exorcism he performed on a old girlfriend?

True story- and skeery! Peeyoush belongs to that Opus Dei ilk of fanatical neocon Catholics. Bad as the 'Vangelists!

Please spare us from this guy Jindal. He talks and talks and talks With enough words maybe he can convince us of whatever about mcCain. Makes Biden very to the point as a speaker.

That GOP talking point about how Universal Healthcare would take away your right to choose a doctor or that "some beaurocrat will choose your doctor for you" is a TOTAL LIE. I grew up in Canada, where they have Provincial Healthcare (which would be like saying State Healthcare, here)
You have hundreds of local doctor options, only the most extreme specialists will opt out of the healthcare plan, or demand extra fees on top of what Gov. insurance pays them. But for the most part, a nominal fee in upfront provincial taxes, usually deducted by employee payrolls, means no fees for emergency room visits and basic medical coverage, ambulances etc. The system had flaws, but it sure beats the crazy billing down here. Oh and most doctors offices don't have to have huge accounts payable departments or have extra staff to act as debt collectors either. Most doctors offices deal mainly with patient records and appointments and stuff like that. So don't let them say that the gov has no business in your healthcare.

If mccain had accomplished anything in his 26 years in Congress, Romney and Jindal would have been promoting it to the skies. Since mccain has apparently achieved nothing, his supporters are forced to blather on in this foolish, talking-point way when asked to name something he actually stands for.

How pathetic. Get ready for another worthless president.

They haven't been telegraphed the talking points memo yet in regards to the "the big idea."

This Jindal guy is pretty creepy.

JIndal is great and I would even say awsome for someone merely 37 years old. This guy has been defending Mccain like he's been in washington for 37 years and not someone who was borned 37 years ago. Mccain will be almost unstoppable if he chooses Jindal. I, on the other hand being undecided will get much sasisfaction out of this pick. I have been watching this guy for a while now and I must say he is impressive. I never agree with Rush L but I must admit, Jindal is a rare breed and it'll be fascinating to see this man in the whitehouse.