Oh, Piyush, please STFU...Obama / Brewer TarmacGate "brought back memories." Obama's a MEANIE!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Jindal: Brewer, Obama confrontation 'brought back memories'
By Justin Sink - 01/30/12 08:41 AM ET

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that the recent confrontation between President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) "brought back memories" of a similar exchange he and the president shared during the BP oil spill nearly two years ago.

Brewer said that Obama was "disturbed" by the way she described a previous meeting in her recently published book, and said at one point the president walked away from her mid-sentence. An image of Brewer pointing her finger at the president quickly became front-page material as cable news commentators dissected the incident.

Obama later dismissed the incident as overblown political theatrics. "It’s always good publicity for a Republican if they’re in an argument with me,” Obama said during an interview with ABC News. “I think this is a classic example of things getting blown out of proportion.”

But Jindal suggested that the president was capable of tarmac theatrics of his own, pointing to a widely reported confrontation with Obama shortly after the dramatic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama, clearly upset, pulled Jindal aside after exiting Air Force One in a moment Jindal described as "obviously staged."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/207315-jindal-brewer-obama-confrontation-brought-back-memories

[liberal N proud]

1. These idots are full or pure and utter bullshit

[EFerrari]

2. They remind me of 7 year olds yammering in the back seat.

"Mom, he's LOOKING at me!"

[pinboy3niner]

3. LOL!

They should take the advice of one GOP constituent...

[lunatica]

4. Shakespeare had these people pegged

"A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

edited to spell the Bard's name correctly.

[Bonobo]

5. Is there a "Worst thread title ever" award?

[Broderick]

7. This would be in contention

For a prize

[KharmaTrain]

6. Now Piyush Will Send Out The Fundraising Letter...

These grifters know if they play "tough" to that evil, awful "coloured" person in the White House, the racists that dominate the rushpublican party will throw money at them. The louder they squeal the more money is thrown. If it's not a confrontation then they'll cry that they were being ignored...and, btw, throw more money!!


Remember, the GOTB is the party of greed...and feeding on their own is modus operandi...

[Broderick]

9. Is using the Piyush name meant as some type of slap or slur?

As far as I know, he likes to go by Bobby. Which is fine with me. Do you use his Indian first name to make fun? Do you think people will look down at him because of the Indian heritage? I thought his policies were enough to put him down.

[JCMach1]

10. It's his name...

[pinboy3niner]

11. Edit: I had no idea Piyush is Jindal's given name

Since that's the case, I'm dropping the jokes.

[Broderick]

14. Does he go by that?

I think it's crass. My personal family heritage aside as i have two adopted Indian children, but I think the intention to make fun of the name is clear.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. YES! Using his legal name is some kind of slap or slur. Your insight is AMAZING and UNCANNY.

How the FUCK do you make these assumptions? How the FUCK do you think you KNOW me? Welcome to my ignore list.

[Broderick]

15. Trust me that doesn't hurt my feelings

Your intentions were clear to me. Indian folks amuse you perhaps so you think subtly in humor is appropriate. Thanks for adding me to ignore. Honored.


There is enough to attack Bobby Jindal on that name play is unnecessary. Even if it's his name, it's not what he goes by. I am certain he is not offended by his name and doesn't think of it as a slur as some might when they use it out of spite or crassness

[Solomon]

20. why does he call himself bobby? is he

Ashamed of his real name?

[Broderick]

21. Many Indian folks have given names

And names they go by. There is no shame.

[JCMach1]

16. +1

Bobby is the 'freakin' alias...

His name is Piyush Jindal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyush_Jindal

You are correct Amerigo

[Broderick]

17. Not one entry in google news as him referred to as such

He is referred to as Bobby. But for some reason we throw out his Indian name and I know why. If reporters and editorials use Bobby, but we have people using Piyush here, it means one thing.

[JCMach1]

18. Good grief- Do I have to do all the work around here?

http://www.usnews.com/news/campaign-2008/articles/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal


Birth Certificate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/07/bobby-jindal-birth-certificate-_n_858975.html

[Broderick]

19. Good grief is right. If nobody is using his given name in the news, not even himself

What is the reason here??? To make fun of him? As a pejorative? For what reason? Do tell?


Is the given name funny to you as well?


Find me one news report or editorial or reference to him anywhere as that name in the msm.


So if they don't, why did the op?? Use your head. Don't defend garbage. It totally distracts from the fact as pointed out in the article "Bobby" Jindal is using the Jan Brewer incident to get press coverage for himself.

[JCMach1]

26. 'Bobby' is the worst part of his name

I prefer people who are proud of who they are... I live and work at a university with 72 different nationalities where no group is larger than 20%. He should legally change his name if he is unhappy. I have known many NRI's who do actually do that. One memorable guy changed his first name to Zeus. Name satire has been part of DU since the beginning.

[Broderick]

27. You may be right.

I found this site years ago googling a name and incident to get what people were saying. Looking for discussion so to speak. Titles and names mean something. I am backing off this and am moving on. Pissed enough people off.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. The issue is

that the party that he is a member of (and that he gave a rebuttal SOTU for) is known for it's insinuated "Muslims = terrorists" slur by referring to President Obama as "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" (with the middle name in caps and with it fresh in the minds of the low information voter, that it is the same name of the "hated" Saddam Hussein - despite the fact that it is a very common name).

Thus you see the reponses not only here, but around the liberal blogosphere and forums when dealing with cultural naming practices and attempts at anglicizing the name to "fit in".

The GOP has fomented this sort of hatred and many feel the desire to point out the hypocracy of folks like Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley (Indian-Americans) along with nuts like Alan West and Tom Scott (both African Americans), who help promote a party that exhibits this sort of hatred, and don't call the party out on it. And that's because they know if they did, they will end up like a Michael Steele, who has been forced to flap back and forth in the wind as the GOP stomps on him when he has called them on it... And then he relents.

[Broderick]

24. Good thoughtful post

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[pinboy3niner]

23. I have to say, as a 'cyberfriend'...

...that using that name is a lot like the wingnuts insisting on using 'Barack HUSSEIN Obama' or 'Barry' or 'Soetoro'.

The OP can stand without that.

[ellisonz]

28. +1

[rocktivity]

25. Being subject to a such a "slap or slur" comes with the territory

as Barack "Barry" Obama can tell you. If Jindal hates it that much, he can exercise the option of changing his name legally.


rockivity

[flobee1]

12. If I was in Obama's position

I would have also grabbed the little prick and pulled him to the side and ask WTF!

STFU Bobby, this has nothing to do with you!




"Instead, he was mad that he was going to look bad, Jindal said during an interview on Fox News."
I would think Jindal would have been concerned that HE would look bad?
Just shows how much Jindal GAF about the people that elected him.