 merrie says: Mr. Jindal, who was elected to Rep. David Vitter's seat when Mr. Vitter ran for U.S. Senate in 2004, was re-elected for a second term with 88% of the vote. That's not enough experience? It's as much experience in Congress as Barack Obama has to show for his three years. Oh, and by the way, Mr. Jindal, in his last term, had an American Conservative Union rating of 100, with 96 for both terms. In addition he has consistently taken the No New Taxes pledge proposed by Americans for Tax Reform. In 1991 he was a young Hill staffer working for Rep. Jim McCrery. One day Mr. McCrery asked him to look over some Medicare plans being proposed in committee. A couple of days later, he brought back to the boss a totally revised system that was so impressive that Mr. McCrery remembered him and in 1995 introduced him to Gov.-elect Murphy J. Foster Jr. Mr. Jindal, at the age of 24, was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. He was born in Baton Rouge, La., of hardworking parents who emigrated from India. His father was one of nine children from a poor family in a small village in the Punjab. He could give a lot of advice to Mr. McCain. Mr. Jindal favors immigration legal immigration. He is strongly opposed to illegal immigration. Born a Hindu, Mr. Jindal converted to Roman Catholicism in high school and has remained a devoted practitioner of his faith. He campaigns foursquare in favor of the human rights of unborn children. He is opposed to embryonic stem-cell research and same-sex marriage. In the gubernatorial election, he visited scores of Pentecostal and evangelical churches and won them over with his test... I really like Jindal, but I personally don't want to see him get mixed up with McCain. I think Jindal will be able to stand on his own right in 2016. How's that for future projection? When the British granted independence in 1947, the Punjab was partitioned with approximately one-third in India, and the other two-thirds in what was to have been the majority-Muslim state of Pakistan. Within weeks the Muslims began a genocidal jihad against the Hindus and Sikhs to drive them out of Pakistan. Thousands of non-Muslims were slaughtered, hundreds of villages burned. Millions of non-Muslims streamed out of Pakistan on foot, on trucks, on trains, and on the top of trains. Millions of Muslims streamed in. In all, 20 million people were dislocated. Pakistan was no longer just Muslim majority; it was virtually all Muslim.Um, this is a simplistic and inaccurate descr... I think Jindal will be able to stand on his own right in 2016. How's that for future projection?I've just learned about his extraordinary resume from the article. I know what you mean about McCain. Maybe Jindal would restore integrity to McCain's presidency. Jindal sounds totally incorruptible. (Or possibly 2012) Um, this is a simplistic and inaccurate description of what happened during the Partition.The article was meant to be biographical as far as Jindal's political career. The history of the partition of India is too complex to explore in this article. Please excuse the inaccuracy that's portrayed here, I admit that I know little of India's history. |
View the Top Clips from March 25, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
|
||
|
|
|||
