Jindal Puts Politics Over People
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is a Republican rising star, a potential Presidential nominee come 2012 and/or 2016. As such, he’s adopted an attitude toward the stimulus bill that disregards the needs of the people he represents, choosing instead to garner a wide swath of publicity as he goes on a media blitz criticizing the plan.
This site also has its problems with the package, one that Pelosi and company worked out without much, if any, consultation with the Republicans down the hall or the White House down the block. However, as long as it’s been passed and signed into law, any public official, especially in a state as recently devastated and in the hole (2 billion dollar budget shortfall) as Louisiana is, would be doing his constituency a disservice by using his disingenuous objections as the basis for turning down the aid.
His refusal of funds may well backfire, as footage of his statements refusing help, juxtaposed with footage of the state of the state of Louisiana in 2011, will make for a devastating campaign ad that will make him look petty and short-sighted on a national stage.
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