Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal unveiling his portrait, which for some reason depicts him as white.
Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal has had a busy week. First, he launched a presidential exploratory committee. As that committee begins the job of gauging the support Mr. Jindal can expect, the man himself decided that the best way to make himself stand-out in the already crowded Republican field is to stand tall and alone at the furthest point to the right on the anti-gay bigotry scale.
To that effect, Mr. Jindal announced an executive order giving any agency or employee of Louisiana the right to deny service to their state's gay citizens.
what eye thynk: Obviously hoping to become the darling of all those who worship at the Church of the Holy Bigot, Mr. Jindal ignored the common sense demonstrated by Louisiana's legislature this week when they failed to move the Louisiana Marriage and Conscience Act forward by announcing he would single handedly settle the contentious issue of gay rights for his state.
This is the same man who, when President Obama issued an executive order on immigration after the U.S. Congress failed to act, said, "If the President wants to make the case that the law should be changed, he should go make the case to Congress and our people. This is an arrogant, cynical political move by he President."
If Mr. Jindal were running for Secretary of Hypocrisy, he'd get my vote.
The backlash over a similar bill effectively ended the dark-horse presidential hopes of Indiana's Governor Mike Pence (R) earlier this year, but that didn't deter Bobby! He can now move on with his presidential dreams, proudly proclaiming that he is the only Republican governor in the anti-gay rights fight who has proven himself brave enough, strong enough, committed enough to turn his back on his own legislature, his state's Chamber of Congress, his state's Department of Tourism, national corporations like WalMart, IBM and Apple, and major sports leagues who decide where big-money championships are played, and decide entirely on his own to issue an executive order creating an anti-gay law expressly for the drooling "Christian" right.
My "catty genes" (those immature little devils) have me picturing him in his office, his white portrait hanging behind him, pointing his finger to the skies, crying: "Take that, Ted Cruz, et al. Who is the most conservative, anti-gay Republican now, huh? Who?!"
New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Stephen Perry said the bill could cost the state--which is already facing a $1.6 billion budget deficit--an additional $65 million/year. But Bobby Jindal made it clear that he doesn't think his state's economy is as important as pandering to the Duck Dynasty crowd when he wrote: "As the fight for religious liberty moves to Louisiana, I have a clear message for any corporation that contemplates bullying our state: Save your breath."
Better that Mr. Jindal should tell his exploratory committee to save their time and effort. America's not interested.
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