Report: Bobby Jindal didn’t wow influential conservative group

[TexasTowelie]

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was one of six Republican presidential hopefuls picked to audition in front of conservative VIPs during a secret meeting in Virginia last month.

But according to a new report from The National Journal based on interviews with nearly a dozen attendees, Jindal didn’t wow the Council for National Policy crowd with his 30-minute speech and Q&A with CNP head Tony Perkins. The National Journal’s report describes his performance as “forgettable.”

“This was particularly surprising in the case of Jindal, who in February wowed the CNP gathering in California by giving a fiery speech about the collapse of conservative values in America,” the National Journal reports. “But Jindal didn’t bring much new material to this meeting, attendees said.”

Jindal, who can’t seek re-election because of a term limit, has been flirting with a presidential run for several months. He’s expected to officially launch a campaign for the GOP’s 2016 nomination during an event in Kenner on June 24.

Read more: http://blogs.theadvocate.com/politicsblog/2015/06/10/report-bobby-jindal-forgettable-council-for-national-policy/

[drray23]

1. cool. so they have to audition in front of the rich donors to be allowed to run ? nt.

[tblue37]

4. As per this Lukovich cartoon:

[FSogol]

2. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you.

[Aristus]

3. He's a very poor public speaker, in my estimation.

But even if he was as dazzling a speaker as Bill Clinton or President Obama, he would have failed miserably with those old coots. Too brown...

[mdm646]

5. Please

Please just get him out of my state while there is some state left.

[TexasTowelie]

10. I don't believe that the rest of the nation wants him either,

but I understand why you would feel that way.

Welcome to DU! I suggest subscribing to the Louisiana Group since I post threads there frequently.

[Arkana]

6. Holy shit, I have a browser extension that changes his name to "Homophobicus Maximus"

and it makes reading these articles so much funnier.

[world wide wally]

7. If he can't be a governor, he wants to be a president.

Or something where he gets government money and benefits.

[Kablooie]

8. I can see them all huddling around in the green room rehearsing their lines for the audition.

Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Again!
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Again!

God, I hope I get it.
I hope I get it.
How many people does he need?
How many people does he need?

Look at all the people!
At all the people.
How many people does he need?
How many boys, how many girls?
How many people does he...?

I really need this job.
Please God, I need this job.
I've got to get this job.

God, I really blew it!
I really blew it!
How could I do a thing like that?

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This is how to become the most powerful leader in the world nowadays.

[Jefferson23]

9. It is, you're right..good post. Very funny and sadly accurate. n/t