Krugman Jindal Response: GOP Has Become 'The Party Of Beavis And Butthead'

[devilgrrl]

The full gamut of punditry had little praise for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's rebuttal speech Tuesday night. Notably, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman, responding to the flak Jindal gave high-speed rail and volcano-monitoring, has labeled the GOP 'the party of Beavis and Butthead':


So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course.

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The intellectual incoherence is stunning. Basically, the political philosophy of the GOP right now seems to consist of snickering at stuff that they think sounds funny. The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.

Sam Stein has more on the response from Democrats, Republicans and pundits, who more or less reached consensus: the speech was an awkward, embarrassing flop. From Stein:

"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?).

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/25/krugman-jindal-response-g_n_169826.html

[Uzybone]

1. They are in the process of dying

Their biggest names in the past year are Wurzelbacher, Palin, Steele, Jindal and Cantor.

[Wapsie B]

2. And they're stuck in the denial stage of the grieving process.

[bullwinkle428]

6. How could you forget Boehner?

[Uzybone]

7. Shit...you are right

[YOY]

3. Speaking as someone who will be working in High Speed Rail

I have to really laugh at Jindal....just sad...stupid and sad.

[bertman]

4. Krugman said "The intellectual incoherence is stunning." Hennhh hennhh

Ya know, if ya squash Jindal's head a bit so it's wider from top to bottom, he bears a very strong resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman. Like another famous Republican we all are trying to forget.

[lamp_shade]

5. Hmmmm....