The Comebacks
See if you can spot the subtle differences between these two Bobby Jindal photos. Concession speech, 2003:
Victory speech, 2007:
Ah yes, there they are:
So does Gore run again?
Political analysts said Jindal built up support as a sort of “buyer’s remorse” from people who voted for Blanco last time and had second thoughts about that decision. Blanco was widely criticized for the state’s response to Hurricane Katrina… “I think the Jindal camp, almost explicitly, (wanted) to cast it this way: If you were able to revote, who would you vote for?” [Link]
The first desi governor is a milestone all right, but an awkward one. A Rhodes Scholar pandering to these regressive views is a far cry from first Indian-American Congressman Dalip Singh Saund. He’s like the brown Mitt Romney:
His social-conservative message [included] teaching “intelligent design” as an alternative to evolution in public schools, a total ban on abortion, repealing hate-crimes laws… [Link]
But Punjab will take any excuse to break out the bhangra:
In India, Jindal’s family members were proud, and were going to celebrate with the traditional Punjabi folk dance called bhangra. “We’re very proud that he has reached such a high position in the United States,” said Subhash Jindal, a cousin who runs a pharmacy in the Jindal family’s hometown in Maler Kotla in northern Punjab state. [Link]
on Sunday, October 21st, 2007, 10:09 am in Bobby Jindal, Photographs, Politics › 
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Congrats to Jindal even though I would’ve never voted for him. After all, he’s to the right of George Bush– if that’s even possible.
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I’m not surprised India is claiming him as one of his own, they claim every success to be theirs. Jindal, after all, is second-generation Indo-American, his children will be third-generation. His connection to India is tenous at best. What I like to know is:when an NRI ceases to be a NRI?
The term NRI is a dissonant, Brazil-ish acronym. Politically, you can point to someone’s citizenship. In terms of latitude and longitude, you can point to someone’s country of residence. But judging who-is-an-Indian culturally is just obnoxious. That’s best left up to people themselves.
I find it quite sickening how Indians are still so desperate for accolades that they happily associate themselves someone who I find morally repugnant, simply because of the colour of his skin.
Hell, if I was Subhash in my pharmacy, even then I’d want to play the connection down. Still…there are very pro-Republican righwingnuts in India too.
Well said!
Rohin - “I find it quite sickening how Indians are still so desperate for accolades that they happily associate themselves someone who I find morally repugnant, simply because of the colour of his skin.”
In order to stem future affronts to your sensibility, why not send those inferior Indians a list of people, whom you do not find “morally repugnant”?
There will always be some Desis cribbing on some pretext or the other… relax guys, I’m sure once you have achieved some thing famous in like you wouldn’t mind fellow desis going gaga over it.
There is no harm in celebrating everything Indian and someone with Indian connection.
Does Mrs Jindal (all Mrs Jindals, in fact!) always wear only red?
The guy looks unwell.
He’s just living his slogan: Tighten Your Belts, Louisiana.
I did my special pongalraj puja on the night of Mr. Bobby election. It is too bad only that his has become Christian only.