E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSS
Jamie Novogrod/NBC News
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks with a Romney supporter in Coral Springs, Fla. Saturday.
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Stumping for Mitt Romney in southern Florida Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal cast the presidential election in stark terms, hammering President Obama over a vision of America that he said pits people against each other and diminishes the contributions of individuals to the national economy.
“It was ‘Hope and Change’ four years ago,” Jindal said, referring to Obama’s 2008 campaign. “Now it’s ‘Divide and Blame.’ Everything is somebody else’s fault.”
Jindal, who is speculated to be on Romney’s vice presidential short list, delivered the remarks from the bed of a pickup truck parked outside a newly opened Republican “victory” office here in this suburb north of Fort Lauderdale.
The visit marked just one of several high-profile events this weekend, as top Romney supporters blitzed key swing states while the candidate continues his foreign trip.
Others rumored to be on the short list – including former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Ohio Sen. Rob Portman – also held events Saturday.
Asked during an interview with NBC News Saturday whether the activity constitutes a nationwide weekend try-out, Jindal demurred.
“No, our role continues to be to remind voters what the important issues are in this election,” he said.
Jindal, who supported Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the Republican Primary, has since defined himself as a disciplined flag-bearer for Romney who pounces readily on Obama. He would not comment on speculation over whom Romney might choose as a running mate.
“This election is not about Joe Biden,” Jindal told NBC News. “I think this election is really about the two guys running at the top of the ticket with their very, very different visions of America,” he added.
Speaking from the pickup truck to about 150 Romney supporters and local volunteers, Jindal called Obama a “good family man” before attacking the President over his “you didn’t build that” statement earlier this month.
The Obama campaign asserts the statement was merely a reference to how private business and public infrastructure are interconnected.
“How many times have we heard this?” Jindal told the crowd, drawing a parallel to another set of remarks by the President in June. “You remember a few weeks before that, he said, well, the private sector is doing just ‘fine?’ It’s the public sector we’ve got to worry about?”
“I think it’s appropriate to point out that this President has very, very liberal views,” Jindal said later during his interview. “He says them, and then when his campaign aides realize that they don’t poll well, they don’t test well in focus groups, they come out and try to apologize for them, or take them back.”
Before Jindal arrived, about a dozen volunteers worked a phone bank inside the office, calling voters with prepared questions measuring approval of the President.
One volunteer, Rose Criscuola, of Margate, Fla., said they were calling listed Democrats in an effort to identify swing voters. She reached several Obama supporters.
But next to her, another volunteer, John Scarpulla, also of Margate, said he reached one such swing voter.
Scarpulla, a retired taxi owner from Queens, New York, complained between calls about the national debt. He said he himself is a registered Democrat, though the last Democrat he supported for President was Bill Clinton.
Asked why he hasn’t changed his party affiliation, Scarpulla said he’s “too lazy.”
“Actually,” he added, “I don’t change it because when I get a call from Democrats, I give them a piece of my mind.”
Jindal attended area fundraisers before and after his visit to the Republican victory office.
Leave a Comment:
Yup, it's a choice alright. Like Harry S. Truman says in his book Plain Speaking "Under Republican administrations, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer."
Domewars-
Another typical liberal, making a usual ignorant comment without any substance. Liberals must like hearing themselves talk unintelligent and sound like a moron. There is never anything substantial to listen to with liberals/Dems. Jindal is far from being someone like you. Just because liberals don't agree with the rest of the country, whether you are a Republican, Independent, Moderate, Conservative or whatever you call yourself, why can't they carry on an intelligent, productive, non abusive conversation?You are just showing the rest of the country how uneducated and stupid you are. people tend to tune someone out that is abusive and makes no sense. Obama has really divided this country unlike any other president in history. Obama has NEVER shown any LEADERSHIP SKILLS even in Congress. He has never tried to work with the Democrats or the Republicans.
ABO in November for a future for the USA.
Fuzzy-0457 you are one dumb a@s RED NECK.
Fuzzy has a warm spot in his heart for anchor babies.
Obama/Biden 2012!
Oh I don't know. Ask Mr. Osama Bin Laden whether he thinks President Obama has any leadership qualities. Oh wait a minute, he can't can he.
skip if you think the lier in chief has leader ship skills you must have gotten your education from the teachers union
HOW DARE YOU insult teachers. Teachers are some of the hardest working people this country has. I depise the republican party BECAUSE of how they always belittle public sector employees, as if they are less than private sector. Guess what no one goes into public sector work for an easy pay check they go into it because they want to SERVE something greater than themselves you retardicans tick me off to no end with stupid comments like this. I bet you were home schooled by bible thumping idiots.
When I was in college most of the students out partying were in Education - obviously a tough curriculum requiring true dedication.. Although I have been lucky to have some of the devoted teachers to which you refer, most I have known were in it for the good money, pensions, and three month summer vacation. "Those who can do, work; those who can't, teach." Most public sector employees are bureaucrats with little motivation to do an efficient job and are a burden on the taxpayers.
HOW DARE YOU insult private sector workers and bible thumpers!
To see what Mr. Bobby Jindal is referring, I suggest you take a visit to Louisana and witness Mr. Jindal's vision of America.
Jindal provides the best argument against anchor babies. This one's parents gave birth to him here and now he wants to make the US into the same hell hole his ancestors created and his parents ran away from.
Jindal is probably one of the more stupid Republithug Governors. Aside from $arah Falin.
The choice is between a America the land of freedom and equality, and Romney's halucination, the land of corporations and the rich.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
When you really can't afford the upper 1%
I'll bet your waiting for thr the unicorns and rainbows?
Gee not one word about the 65,000 people from the baised press what a shock
figure it out libs
The 4 R's required to be "right with Republicans":
Religious
Racist
Rich
Retarded
BONUS: Retired
Check if you got all 4 and YOU WIN!
No accounting for a total lack of common sense and morality! Total ignorance and lack of education! TRY READING A LITTLE IF YOU CAN. HISTORY EVEN STATES THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST RACIST SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT BRING IT UP ALL THE TIME. Liberals cannot dispute facts and truth, so they bring up the race card. If being truthful, correct, factual is racism we are guilty.
YOU LOST.
London Bridge is falling down....... send for Mitt the Twit & his team of President Bush genius' who got us in this deep hole ..............hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
VOTE..................................................................................................OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
righty:
so you want to give the country back to the very people who nearly destroyed it? With privatizing SS and Medicare, you wanna give all that entitlement money to the same people that crashed the economy??? Regarding the debt crisis, it was caused by the GOP strategy of "starve the beast", which involved using tax cuts and overspending to mortgage the government to the hilt, for the purpose of privatizing SS and Medicare!
That debt has become a matter of national security. When anyone or group deliberately endangers the national security of the United States, it is called treason!
Well then, Obama should be tried for TREASON. Spending money the country doesn't have or have you liberals forgotten the over $800 Billion dollars for saving Wall street, General Motors, Solyndra, and other paybacks Obama gave to his BIG financial supporters. Also, don't forget the money Obama is taking out of SS and medicare. That was Americas money, not Obama's! you people remember what you want, which is very little facts about Obama. How Convenient!
FUZZY........ UUUMMM........ Obama inherited a $1.3T deficit from bush. For years, the GOP has refused to allow that to be addressed, perferring that it reflect negatively on Obama. That most recent example of this was last August, when the GOP walked away from $4T in budget cuts just to save the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and the corporate loopholes! Finally, studies have shown that the rate of spending increases under Obama is the lowest on 60 years!!
Obama spending binge never happened
http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-05-22/commentary/31802270_1_spending-federal-budget-drunken-sailor
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-president-is-the-biggest-spender-of-all/
Finally, all of the deficits under Obama have all been right around $1.3T! ( They dont just magically disappear the following year ya know! PLUS the interest on the debt goes up!)
So, if Obama inherited that deficit, and the GOP refused to take action to lower it, and Obama's spending increases have been so VERY low, WHOSE budget defcits are they?? YEP. Bush's.
We don't need no stiinking dark skinned foreigners telling us how to be Amerikans...I can't find jingles birth certificate...this could be a problem if he is the nominee for VP...right Donald?
Just like Obama, and still hasn't produced a ORIGINAL COPY of ANYTHING!! You are sadly proving for a fact liberals are the biggest RACIST (Dark Skinned)?!! And really uneducated and ignorant to not agreeing with someone. WHY are liberals so uneducated and respond like their opinion, unsupported, is the ONLY correct one????You people really show what morons you are.
Why is it that the Republicans suddenly have amnesia about the Bush/Cheney years? Two wars, a collapsed banking system, Wall Street needing $700 Billion, of which $350 Billion is unaccounted for, and the largest number of outsourced jobs since the beginning of the republic. As a Republican of fifty-years, I cannot find a single reason to support Mitt Romney or any other Republican until George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Hank Paulson explain what Goldman Sachs did with $350 Billion in TARP Funds that arrived on Wall Street in October 2008. One thing about electronic funding transfers, there must be a trail.
"...explain what Goldman Sachs did with $350 Billion in TARP Funds that arrived on Wall Street in October 2008"
Why not ask Jon Corzine? He absconded with a billion or so, but he gets off scot free because he is a Democratic crook and bundles wall Street loot for Obama...
Conservatism has proved many times that it does not work. If no unions, few regulations and low taxes were any recipe for success then we would never have had the great depression because all of that was true then. Liberalism has more than had its share of failures too. People fail, societies fail. The good ones get up and go on. All of this arguing about who is right about being conservative or liberal is not based on any historical reality. It is just based on preconceived notions that offer no practical solutions to any of our problems. One of our biggest problems is that there is far too much inequity between haves and have nots and neither side feels like government represents them anymore. Real wages have not gone up in 30 years which opened the credit markets and caused a meltdown. I don't know that either philosophy can fix that since they do not address that. It has all of the earmarks of disaster.
Conservatism in my opinion is a social disease that kills societies and countries. Those countries that stick to tradtion will always always fail inovation is the only way to go we have to change how we do things we need to start by updating our electric grid, and roads, then our powerplants. We need a massive building program of green energy and nuclear plants to replace everysingle coal plant in the country that would employ a lot of people. We then need to hit the auto industry with a stick and carrot approach to try to get rid of gassoline as a fuel source. With a concentrated effort we could switch within 20 years.
The Vision for America? Right, when Bush checked out, he and his legion of doom, they made sure there was little left standing economically for our country. Even 2/3 of our U.S. auto industry was on there knees, begging the FEDs for assistance. Question: What would Romney had done? Answer: Sell piece-by-piece General Motors and Chrysler to China. Remember: He thinks like a Bain Capitalist. Not the kind of decision-maker I envision leading our country.
Jindal, you could not have put it more succinctly - yes it is a choice between helping the middle class, education, environment, research, new green energy, affordable medical care, elederly and main street or making the rich richer, wall street cheat, screwing environment, research, education, social security/medicare, being subservient to the billionairs and OPEC.
What does Sarah Palin have that neither Romney nor Jindal have? Balls.Not one of the 3 has enough character or even a conscience to ever be a proper leader of this nation. They are all beholden to the corporate greed manipulating their every political move by their puppet-stings.
Here is one example of Obama's vision for this country. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing decided it wanted to build a new plant in South Carolina. It was going to cost 2 billion and employ 1000 workers. The NLRB sued Boeing to prevent the building of the new plant because South Carolina is a right-to-work state. Workers in SC can't be forced to join a union. Workers in SC can decide for themselves if they want to belong.
This is an unprecedented intrusion by an administration against at private sector company. The Obama administration is saying that Boeing management does not have the right make its own business decisions, that the Federal Government needs to be consulted, and that the FG considers the interest of the workers is more important than the interests of the shareholders who actually own the company.
Obama ultimately said something like the NLRB is an independent agency, blah, blah, blah. Who just happened to take this unprecedented step after Obama was elected.
I would just like to know if this is truly the vision the left has for America? Can somebody actually defend this?
You are confusing the liberals with the facts and truth about their messiah. You know they can't comprehend logic. All they will do is rant some BS, as usual.
It's ridiculous really. Obama makes speeches that have no resemblance to what his minions like the NLRB are doing behind the scenes.
Forget what he's saying, look at what he's doing. That's what matters. That's what affects people. If a company like Boeing can't build a plant in a state of its choosing then we do not live in a free country. It's pretty simple.
What does an action taken by NLRB have to do with Obama. The rightwingers have this silly notion that anything they don't like is Obama's fault. Basically you don't like an African American President - get over it.
I have the silly notion that what Obama's administration does is Obama's fault. Is this not true? Does Obama not control his administration? That could be another, equally serious problem.
AJ, race card? really? right out of the chute? I must have struck a nerve with the Boeing thing.
Text book liberal response. Deny it was Obama's doing. Play the race card.
What does it say about your economic policy if you have to deny it and deflect when somebody shines a light on it?
If you want the government making decisions for private industry admit it. Embrace it. Own it so we can be clear about the choice we are making in November. If you don't, then speak out against it. What are you afraid of? That people will see what you really want for this country?
right to work=right to be a slave seriously. Wages in right to work states are pathetically low. Unions are the only defence comon workers have
OK, finally somebody with the courage of their convictions. I applaud you Tiffany1.
So then, it is your position that Right to Work policies in the 20 some states that have them need to go and that the Federal Government should lead the charge on this front? And you think Obama is the best candidate to advance this cause?
And you agree, I'm asking not saying, that the NLRB was perfectly justified in its interference with Boeing's plan to build a plant in SC? And this is the vision for America to which you subscribe?
The unions have been the major cause for companies moving out of the United States. There demands are all one way. They would rather have 100% of nothing, than a percentage of something. So in turn, they have killed employment in the USA. Also, it is an individuals born freedom to elect to join a union or not to join. No one is going to tell me I have to join a Union. In theory now, it sounds good. In reality its a disaster. They have swayed away from the original need of the unions. This is why they have been getting smaller and smaller over the years and more so the last 4 years.
black1520;snk;Skip Murray
No accounting for common sense from the liberals. Still living in the dark from reality. You must be on government entitlements while the rest of us support your ignorant lazy selves. The military had been looking for Osama for 10 years, and even the military said Obama acted like he personally killed him. Obama even let the doctor that gave Osama up, go to prison for 33 years and wouldn't let his family and him come to the USA for protection. Real decent person that Obama. He is a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and letting them infiltrate our government. All Obama is interested in is his own personal wants to be a dictator by pushing Welfare onto us. The more people on government the more power government has. Our forefathers designed the Constitution and Bill of Rights to protect us from people like Obama. This is why he circumvents Congress and abuses Presidential authority. He thinks he is above everyone and everything. Living off the accomplishments of other people and totally IRRESPONSIBLE and DELUSIONAL. Liberals need to learn how to read and comprehend facts and what history has to say, about how socialist and communism is supported by you libs/Dems. Believe the ignorance, and not do any research on your own. You are afraid of the truth and reality. You people will be the demise of the United States unless you smarten up fast. If you people had common sense, you would see that Obama has NOTHING to run on for a platform for reelection. All he knows how to do is LIE and trash other people. That is pretty sad that he is the ONLY president that has blamed everything on Bush and the GOP. Bush didn't blame Clinton for letting Osama Bin laden get away when he could have captured him. Clinton wasn't blamed for the housing disaster by Bush. Each of these men and ALL the past presidents were TRUE LEADERS and assumed the RESPONSIBILITY of the office they ran for. Obama is nothing but a insecure, inexperienced,dishonest, unpatriotic, divider. "Ignorance is Bliss for liberals"! I would like for once, for one of you liberals to back up what you rant and not show your lack of education and knowledge as to what Obama has ACTUALLY done, to IMPROVE the unemployment and Economy of the United States. All he has done is given GE and GM American taxpayer money, which has not been reimbursed, as well as ownership to the unions in GM. Obama outsourced for GM and GE over 100,000 jobs to other countries. And he talks about private sector outsourcing. He has NO idea what he is talking about, at all. You can't do it with logic, can you?
Take two aspirins or better yet valiums and feel better.
you invalidated every point you may have had with your idiocy about the muslim brotherhood even John Mccain called Bachman and her ilk out on that one, thanks for proving what a nut job every conservative is
This little weasil is nothing but a political puppet trying to climb his corrupt Republican corporate MONARCHY ladder to VP! He's STILL WET behind the ears!! The Louisanna people, need to impeach him for slander! He doesn't give a damn about them or he wouldn't be talking like this!
99% American People, vote 100% STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC and let's rid our selves of this corruption ONCE & FOREVER! The lives you save WILL be YOURS & your CHILDREN! BELIEVE IT, IT'S TRUE!!!
Thank the lord, not all people are ignorant of the truth, only the liberals. Not all Americans want Socialism and Communism like these people. History shows the liberals and present day Democrats believe in a corrupt socialist country. Like what we are on the path for. November WILL change the course of America back to a Republic, as it use to be. ABO in November!!!!
Its easy when the majority of them have not met criteria set by Clinton when he was in office. Obama waved all requirements. That's how easy when taxpayer money is ABUSED! You and your ignorance really shows on you! Never anything said with substance.. You ought to try speaking with some intelligence and wouldn't get an answer to coinside with your rediculous comment.
Just,
I assume when you say "take away" you mean that the gozillionairs are not giving as much of their income as you think they should. Let's be clear on what is really happening.
The top 10% earners already pay something like 70% of the taxes.
How much would they have to pay before you would agree that they are not taking away from poor (who pay 0%, by the way)?
If corporations are people, we should be able to fine them, throw them in jail, put them in Guantanamo,
ECT
Mr grover, the gop, & the rushbo & jindal will tell you that global warming is not happening. That's it just part of a cycle. They cannot tell you anything about the cycle like high high temps will get, how long is the cycle or what it will do to the seas or rain fall. No. No. They will just tell you that it's a cycle. A cycle that has nothing to do with co2. That's the main thing - nothing to do with co2.
They know that 98% of climate scientist will tell you that climate change and global warming is all about co2 but mr grover, the gop, & the rushbo & jindal disagrees with them. You hear it on rushbo's radio every day. His minions believe him too. They forgive him for getting his volcano theory of global warming 10 years ago discounted. The rushbo hardly never talks about volcanoes causing global warming. It's because after a real volcano erupted, the global temps began to drop. And climate scientists suggested that thousands of man-made volcanoes might be the solution to global warming.
The rushbo's 10 year old volcano theory of climate change will tell you one thing. That mr grover, the gop, & the rushbo & the jindal man are not very good at climate modeling.
If Fuzzy thinks helping the middle class get opportunities to better themselves is socialistic/communistic or whatever his stupid definition is let him comeout and say that he will never collect social security, apply for medicare, ask for police or fire protection, take advantage of publicly funded education programs etc. etc. I don't know who in their right mind support a presidential candidate who doesn't want to publish his tax returns (what's hidden, how he avoided millions in taxes), support companies that outsourced jobs to China/India to make themselves rich (talk of job creation? where?). hide millions in Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Swiss banks to avoid taxes and then give a darn lame excuse that his millions are controlled by a blind trust!! We are not blind or deaf - may be he is.
This SSN and Medicare thing is another BS argument by the left. The government has been taking money out of my paychecks since 1971 for social security and Medicare. I've paid in over $300,000 so far. If I had put that money in the bank instead of giving it to the government, it would be worth well over $1 million by now.
And so what, now you are going to call me a hypocrite when I retire and sign up to get some of my money back from Social Security and Medicare? The government forced me to participate on the contribution side and I'm damn right well going to participate when it's time. That's my money.
AJ-2738807
Again you are talking asinine, I have been paying into SS and medicare for over 40 years. Why should I forfeit my money to help the majority of people that are on Welfare are not eligible by what Bill Clinton instituted when he was president. Obama as usual, has forgiven any and all regulations for qualifying for Welfare. Besides this is a unfunded free entitlement which is being supported with stolen money out of SS and Medicare by the administration. Welfare is SUPPOSE to be used for the elderly and sick, not lazy people or baby making machines or even families that have made a general practice of Welfare from generation to generation thanks to the Democrats for buying there vote. So outside of the top 2% or 10% paying the MAJORITY of the taxes, Obama is spending money on worthless projects like Solyndra, where $500,000 million dollars was handed over to his friend and supporter. As he has done with hundreds of millions of dollars to the union and other friends like George Soros. So until you can substantiate your ignorant ranting with proof, facts and the truth don't bug us. We have had enough of liberal nonsense and ignorance. Get a life!
Bobby Jindal tries to be American but he is simply an Indian Ultra religious Christian Rightist. They all try to fool us. I am not being discriminatory but I know these people because I belong to their culture and ethnic casting they are a bunch of pooofs and Americans should understand where this Indian Maggot comes from. he can try to be whatever he wants he is still an Indian maggot and prays for a day when he can ascend a throne and try to be a Obama Wanna Be??? Bobby me man Jindal go get a turban and walk the streets of louisana with the KKK up your ????
"Democrats have become significantly less liberal."
I guess this a new party line. Read the comments on this piece and tell me honestly if Democrats appear to be less liberal.
It's the liberals that truly show there lack of education and ignorance to what is happening in the real world! Democrats have still become comfortable being socialist and heading government towards Communism. They are still by history, the biggest racist. The change has been with there control of government for over 45 of the last 60 years destroying our country slowly and Obama is icing on the cake. COMMON SENSE dictates that the damage has been mainly done by the Democrats since they have had CONTROL more than the Republicans. But they will dispute, even though history STATES it.
I heard a liberal the other day blaming the high unemployment rate on lazy people who refuse to get jobs. It wasn't Obama's fault, the argument went, it was the unemployed people who refuse to work.
That might qualify as a less liberal democrat.
fuzzy & jt1, oh stop with the communist rant bs, you to need to stop shopping in wal-mart if you want to put a dent in communism, and stop buying Citgo gas (Chavez) Stop being taken in with fox, limbaugh, beck's bs. Meanwhile Jindal, governor of one of the poorest states in the union, over 20% of the people living there have no medical insurance of any kind, including medicare. La. has the one of highest infant mortality rates in the country, Alabama, 50th, and Arkansas out rank them in that category, 60% of live births are to unwed Moms, that should give you a clue what is still all about under republican rule. To refuse federal money for medicade is unconscionable.
I don't get your point. What do the republicans have to do with unwed moms? In 1960 unwed mom's were 5% of new moms. In the 60's, LBJ came up with Medicaid and started throwing money at unwed moms and today they are 60% to 70% of new moms, proving once again that if you encourage a certain behavior, you get more of it.
What role are you saying the Republicans played in this?
The reason that democrats have become so much less liberal is that there is huge vacuum between the liberal left and the self-righteous, but utterly wrong, right. With the extreme right holding the Republican Party hostage, the democrats are absorbing all the independents and even former Republicans like myself. This is not going to be a close election - the Republican are going to implode.