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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (6532)	2/5/2009 7:29:47 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Hey pedophile you for this pork bill ? You are a good commie aren't you ?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (6532)	2/5/2009 7:49:28 PM
From: pompsander	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Like Steele, a reasonable voice actually planning a winnable future for the GOP. ________________________________________ Gov. Bobby Jindal: GOP needs to focus on country, not self by Mike Baker, Associated Press Thursday February 05, 2009, 8:27 AM RALEIGH, N.C. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday the Republican Party needs to stop worrying about fixing itself and start worrying about fixing the nation as he traveled from his home state to rally conservatives and project his vision for the country. The rising GOP star, who has demurred at speculation he'll run for president in 2012, touted his work in Louisiana on sex offenders and corruption during a speech in Raleigh but also spoke on national issues more suited for a presidential candidate than a governor. He said Wednesday he was simply speaking in the state to support the mission of the conservative think tank that was hosting him, the John Locke Foundation. The Raleigh speech followed fundraisers in Cary and Charlotte that his staff said were for his 2011 gubernatorial re-election bid. Jindal told reporters before his speech, titled America: An Agenda for the Future, that the nation needs to break its addiction to debt both in Washington and in households. He said the $900 billion economic stimulus plan moving through Congress will simply create more debt at a time when the nation needs less. "Our society is so much in debt," Jindal said. "We're not going to solve that by simply creating more debt. Our children and grandchildren are going to have to pay that." He cited debt as the primary cause of the crisis at hand. "People argue that it was all the banks' fault, it was all Wall Street's fault, it was all the government's fault," Jindal said. "Certainly each of those institutions bears a responsibility for the challenges we face, but we've got to break our addiction to debt." Jindal implored the nation to live within its means while praising the resilience of the country. In his speech, Jindal said the beauty of America does not come from the nation's free-market economic system, its democratic government or its military. Instead, quoting from the Bible, Jindal said the nation's greatness came from its culture, although he warned that the nation was straying from its ideals. He said the nation needs to refine its culture, arguing that traits like greed have triggered the financial crisis. "Our culture is crucial to our success as a nation," Jindal said. Jindal had particular criticism for his own party, saying it had become the party of corruption, big spending and earmarks. He told reporters the GOP needs to work with President Barack Obama, reaching out to him when both sides agree and providing alternative solutions when they don't. "We can't just be the party of 'no,'" he said. Conservatives in the crowd came to get an early look at the 37-year-old politician who has often been mentioned as a presidential prospect and who some had speculated was a potential running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Jindal has denied interest in running for president in 2012. Marc Rotterman, a Republican media strategist who helped broker the event, said Jindal is the best and the brightest of a new generation of GOP leadership. "You have to assume that he'll be a (White House) contender if he wants to be a contender," Rotterman said.