"His speech will put a face on the name." Bobby "The Reshaper" Jindal FEVER. That's HOT.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

updated 11:08 p.m. EST, Mon February 23, 2009

GOP rising star Jindal's speech a 'coming-out party'







WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Thrust into the spotlight as a Republican rising star, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been depicted as an up-and-comer capable of helping reshape the party and jockeying for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.

And now, Jindal's party is putting him on a national platform, awarding the once little-known congressman the political plum of delivering the Republican's televised response to President Barack Obama's address to Congress Tuesday night.

"The speech is very important. This is his coming-out party," said G. Pearson Cross, head of the University of Louisiana's political science department, who has observed Jindal's political rise. "His speech will put a face on the name."

And put a fresh face on the Republican Party.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/23/jindal.gop/index.html

[MannyGoldstein]

1. The Exorcist

Every time I hear his name I think of "Tubular Bells".

[GoesTo11]

2. Americans need more exercise.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Republicans Need More Exorcise n/t

[tavalon]

3. He might want to shave the five o'clock shadow before picture time

He kind of looks shifty.

[cherish44]

4. He's Rod Blagojevich's long lost brother

[acmavm]

5. This guy is gonna go down with repubics just like Michael Steele.

There is some really wild cosmic Karma running through this whole situation. The party of mysoginsitic white men has acquired a black man to head their party and another person of 'color' is going to lead them out of the dark (no pun intended) and back into power.

This is wildly wonderful.

[IADEMO2004]

12. The GOP Diversity Decoys, Jindal and Steele

[Life Long Dem]

6. He's off to a good start

Rejecting $100 million of stimulus funding for his state in unemployment funds will go over good.

[grytpype]

7. The latest savior of the GOP.. after Thompson, Palin, and I forget who else.

Too bad he's a Hindoo. The base doesn't like idolaters.

[Hepburn]

18. He is a Roman Catholic....

....at least according to Wikipedia.

[bushmeister0]

19. I think he's actually Catholic, but they're idolaters, too.

Or is that spelled "I-dollar-ers."

[vanderBeth]

9. "And put a fresh face on the Republican Party."

Yikes! They should choose a new face.

[TlalocW]

10. It's too bad for Jindal

That his party and its talking heads are about to embark on 4 (and then 8) straight years of racism - both subtle and overt - against the president. I'm sure it will be fun trying to sell himself to the good ol' boys while they're listening to Rush et al making fun of another man of color in a position of authority.

TlalocW

[madokie]

11. And its an ugly one

and I'm not talking about what you see with your eyes either.

President Obama will make this governor, wanta be pResident, look like the idiot he is.

[Skidmore]

13. The Republican party dresses up in

blackface and thinks it will fool people. Same old people, same old ideas, same old racism....behind the paint.

[KharmaTrain]

14. I'm Sure His Fresh Brown Face Will Go Over Well With This Constituency

Don't they have a CCC office somewhere near Baton Rouge???

[Inspired]

15. That is one goofy looking man.

Kind of half man, half child.

[eilen]

16. They are lining up

There is Jindal, who is apparently the party hopeful and some of the other Repub congress people on one side.

Then you have Crist and Ahnold, and the Northeast 3 on the other.

I don't know that Palin is in step with former, I think she is a weathervane, raising money and reworking her image so when the wind changes she'll fly with it. She is an opportunist.

The extent of American suffering will determine which side wins. I'm thinking of starting a pool.

[peekaloo]

17. "Let's be clear"

he used that phrase over and over on Sunday's Press the Meat.

as a drinking game phrase it could be lethal.

[lamp_shade]

20. He looks like Steve Urkel - somebody photoshopped a great

picture of Urkel/Jindal the other day. Wish I could find it.

[Soupy Liberaltarian]

21. Even if its all for show, can we really fault the GOP for making a conscious effort at diversity?

I'd rather see an ignorant Bobby Jindal deliver the response than an ignorant Joe Whiteguy.

[hatrack]

22. Oh, they're just trying to jump on the Slumdog Millionaire bandwagon . .

Sheesh. How predictable!