I oppose the stimulus because I thought it was poorly drafted. But to come up at this moment in history with a stale "government is the problem," "we can't trust the federal government" - it's just a disaster for the Republican Party. The country is in a panic right now. They may not like the way the Democrats have passed the stimulus bill, but that idea that we're just gonna - that government is going to have no role, the federal government has no role in this, that - In a moment when only the federal government is actually big enough to do stuff, to just ignore all that and just say "government is the problem, corruption, earmarks, wasteful spending," it's just a form of nihilism... I think it's insane, and I just think it's a disaster for the party.
Click here for video.
The sad part of this is Jindal is actually a very sharp fellow with an excellent grasp of policy. Nate Silver makes this point on fivethirtyeight.com.
I just want to know who wrote the speech and who vetted it. Because it was manifestly at odds with the talents of the guy who delivered it.
Jindal was put in the difficult position of following the most gifted public orator since Reagan. His task was made harder by his party's requirement that he repeat stale, outdated talking points that made the GOP look clueless.
UPDATE: Turns out Jindal's key anecdote about the Sherriff and the bureaucrat "during Katrina" suffered from a bit of truthiness which his camp is now making worse with a changing story.
--Ballard Burgher
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment