Pundits weigh in on Jindal: "amateurish, laughable, a missed opportunity, awkward with capital A"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bobby Jindal Response Panned By Pundits, Republicans And Democrats Alike



Gov. Bobby Jindal's task tonight, to rebut President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress, was a thankless one. But it still constituted an opportunity for the Louisiana Republican to show that he could handle the national spotlight, present himself as a fresh face of the Republican Party, and stand up to the current president oratorically.

On each of these three hurdles, he came up short. Both Democrats and Republicans alike panned Jindal's rebuttal in terms that were decidedly harsh: "amateurish," "laughable" and, most commonly, "a missed opportunity."

"After watching Jindal," one Democratic strategist emailed, "I'd pay a lot of money to be back watching a Palin speech."

"Awkward with capital A," emailed another.

The punditry was equally brutal. Part of the problem was the crux of Jindal's address, which consisted almost entirely of red meat for conservatives. The Governor offered criticism for anything other than tax cuts and ridiculed government spending for items that are either widely supported -- "$8 billion for high-speed rail" -- or seemingly essential -- "$140 million for something called 'volcano monitoring'" (isn't Louisiana Exhibit A in the need for natural disaster warning?).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/25/bobby-jindal-response-pan_n_169710.html

[GodlessBiker]

1. He's clueless, and his "speech" reflected that.

[gratuitous]

2. Oh, well, if you're going to attack him on substance

The Republicans might as well just fold up their little pup tent and call it a day. See, you have to make fun of his name or his tie or his scrawny neck or something else. You start focusing in on the lies and lack of substance, and the GOP just doesn't stand a chance. So cut it out!

[NeedleCast]

3. Thanks

:thumbsup:

A few here on DU even decided to bash his heritage a little bit. That's pretty low.

[Still Sensible]

4. So basically his message was

that we really need to do what we've been doing for eight years--and most of the last three decades--to get out of this mess? That this problem is too big for the government to handle, but we individuals are gonna solve it? That the President is raising taxes and that is no way to boost the economy
I'm sure glad he spoke to that 30% of conservative, kool aid drinking Americans and rallied their base like that. They are step-by-step making sure that they become a somewhat permanent minority. Last night on CNN Ed Rollins seemed so disgusted and resigned to such a circumstance.

Jindal, Palin, Steele? The future of the republican party looks bright--for us--indeed!