Even the New York Times thinks Bobby Jindal will win; Update: Victory!
Jindal, a 36-year-old Republican, will be the nation’s youngest governor. He had 53 percent with 625,036 votes with about 92 percent of the vote tallied. It was more than enough to win Saturday’s election outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.
“My mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened. They found the American dream to be alive and well right here in Louisiana,” he said to cheers and applause at his victory party.
Update 2 (See-Dub): Congratulations, Rep. Jindal!
Update (MM): My favorite quote from Bobby Jindal as he heads toward a win today…
“People want to make everything about race. The only colors that matter here are red, white and blue,” Jindal said.
Here’s a flashback to my column on Jindal and the NYTimes’ skin-color obsession and here’s a reminder of the smear campaigns the Left has waged against him over religion.
He’s an extraordinary, young, dynamic, whip-smart, staunchly conservative Republican.
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I bet it just killed them to write this about the LA governor’s race:
Analysts predict Mr. Jindal, 36, could get more than 50 percent of the vote in the open primary, thus avoiding a November runoff and becoming the nation’s first Indian-American governor. If he fails to win a majority, he would face the next-highest vote getter in the runoff.
Louisiana Democrats are demoralized, caught between the perception of post-hurricane incompetence surrounding their standard bearer, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who is not running for re-election, and corruption allegations against senior elected officials like William J. Jefferson, the congressman from New Orleans.
So, despite the Times’ best efforts to shift all the blame onto President Bush for the botched Katrina response, they have to admit that the political consequences on the ground are landing right where they ought to…on the dithering, indecisive governor Blanco, on Mayor Nagin, and the Democratic machine that assisted their failure.
I bet they don’t like this part either:
He is a born-again Roman Catholic who has suggested that teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution may not be out of place in public schools, favors a ban on abortion and opposes hate-crimes laws. Conservative views aside, the slightly built congressman is anything but a backslapping good ol’ boy.
Blasphemy! How could someone who is both a Rhodes Scholar and from a racial minority believe that stuff? Those are The Wrong Ideas, and in the New York Intelligentsia’s reckoning, Rep. Jindal might as well be wearing overalls, chugging moonshine, and a plucking a four-string banjo as he wipes the stains from his lunch of pan-fried squirrel from his cheek with a Confederate flag bandana and contemplates assaulting suburban canoeists.
Speaking of which, if Rep. Jindal wins, it will undermine the very stereotypes the Times trades in:
The congressman, tossing souvenir cups from a fire truck in a town parade, was met with shouts of “Hey Bobby!” from the rural whites lining the route.
Hmm…maybe everything in the whole world…isn’t about race after all?
Oops, more blasphemy. Sorry.
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Good for the people of La. Let their votes be heard and counted. Maybe the rest of America will count out the entire Democrat party in due time. Here in Pa. we have our fair share of worthless Democrats; Rendell, Casey, Murtha, and Specter(RINO).
That is so true about New York Times type liberals. Actually, the South is far more racially tolerant than liberal areas such as New York City. Liberals live their whole lives placing people into convenient categories, which makes them racists and bigots by definition:
They so badly want to say “born again Christian” to meet their false stereotype, but they can’t. So they have to invent a new phrase “Born again Roman Catholic” that does not exist.
You got that right. Living down South one has to be tolerant, if not accepting, of all races. We are mixed up all together. Sure, there are some areas which are strictly one race or another, but that is the same everywhere.
Go Bobby, go! Conservatives are always portrayed as the racists; the fact is we only care about the content of their character and if they are the type to roll up their sleeves and get to work. Liberals only exist by getting minority groups to believe they are victims and that they need to be babied. Simply put; if you stand up on your own two legs and make your own future, you are a conservative. If you act the victim and blame everyone else for your lot in life and want someone to provide for you; you are sheep the Liberals want, for they will control you and your ability to make something of yourself. So; go Bobby, go!
I’m from Louisiana. I voted for Bobby Jindall the first time he ran for governer. I will be voting for him again. This time it looks like it’s a sure bet he will win the race. I hope so! It could be the best thing to happen to the state of Louisiana in a long long time. I just hope Mr. Jindall follows through with his campaign promises. Only time will tell, but I am willing to give the man a chance to turn this state around. Go Bobby Go!
Gee, I wonder what Joe Biden and Hillary will offer as congratulations when he wins? If I recall correctly, both of these politicians have some relatively insensitive comments for those from India and other contiguous countries in Asia. Probably very irksome to liberal democrats that the Indian culture makes family values, integrity and self reliance priorities in life.
I think this is fantastic for the Country. Here is a gleaming POSITIVE example of how recent legal immigration opens opportunities to all who choose to muster the grit and determination to seize them. If I recall correctly, it was Bobby’s parents who took that important step.
Best of luck to the next governor of LA.
Very exciting news: the MAF confrontation, Rush’s letter and Harry’s stupid response and LA governor’s race w/sensible candidate?! We need such a person for NC.
Heard full hr of Glenn Beck’s interview w/former AR Gov. Huckabee (impressive – usually switch to Jeopardy @ 1/2 hr.)
Thanks, Michelle, for reporting, participating and giving us hope that truth will prevail. Thanks to all who support our troops (gippergirl: brought tears to my eyes).
ROFL. Thanks for the visual this early Saturday morning. I think I will go take some sleeping pills and watch a horror movie – maybe – An Inconvenient Truth. That should fix it.
All kidding aside, he is a good man so we should expect the liberals to attack him.
Because teaching evolution has brought so much good into schools. Your great, great, great, great grandpa was an ape and all life is equal. After teaching our kids we are just upright apes, we have to keep them from chasing each other and picking teams in order to keep from bruising their psyche!
The article was great and informative as usual. But this, Michelle, was positively poetic!
I am very happy the voters of Louisiana have woken up and are prepared to vote some adults into office. We were stationed at Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA in the mid-80s and despite the oppressive humidity I hated the locals were the nicest folks we every met. Once again the MSM is sounding more and more like the hysterical fools they are.
Isn’t the last actual back slapping good old boy their favorite, Bill Clinton?
Mind your stereotypes, NYT, or they will come back to bite you.
FYI: I just returned from the voting booth in Pineville, LA. I saw my landlady at the polls lol. She voted for Bobby as well. There wasn’t very many people at the polls when I arrived. There was just one person ahead of me and I was able to get in the voting booth fairly quickly. When I was finshed voting a line had started to form about 7 to 8 people long so things looked to be picking up in stride. I hope they were there to vote for Mr. Jindall. God Bless Louisiana.
I hope he runs for senator some day. It’s so interesting to watch the liberal’s racist gloves come off when a conservative minority runs for an office that they really care about.
First black secretary of state, first female secretary of state, first Indian governor, leseee, what else…
If he wins (I hope), it may be the FIRST ethical politician La. has chosen in history. I lived in Slidell for yrs, and many of the people seemed to vote for the guy who’d give them the most freebies. Maybe things are changing.
Praying for Bobby.
Funny how there’s a virtual media blackout on this election.
Hello Michelle,
Long time reader, first time commenter.
I don’t want to seem picayune, but one strums a 4-string banjo and picks or plucks a 5-string banjo.
Not being critical, but you seem to be the meticulous sort, so I thought you would want to know.
Thank You, Kevin
I just voted for Piyush (Bobby) 5 min. ago. Best thing for Louisiana in a long time. IMHO
Go, Bobby!
Michelle, I think you made an error with the name of the present governor Louisiana, its not Kathleen Babineaux Blanco it’s Edith Bunker Blanco.
Difficult to see what subject intelligent design would be covered under. Until scientific theories are developed by the proponents of ID, then it shouldn’t be a part of the biology curriculum that students are graded on.
Is it consistent with science to believe that God was at the origin of things and could have guided the development of the natural world? Yes. But those questions belong somewhere other than science class.
another minority candidate has thrown the reins
Heh. I’ll take blame for the banjo goof, and credit for the canoe part.(it’s all mine under the asterisks.)
Well, God Bless Him, I hope he wins big.
This is exactly what we need more of. Good candidates, with good morals, that support the will and needs of the people.
Let’s hope this catches on
IMHO X 2
The lame stream media demigods are the worst bigots on earth, using race et al as their tittilating bait to attract readers.
I apologize to Mr. Jindal for mispelling his name lol.
I also apologize for mispelling Governor LMAO… Gosh how embarrassing!
“People want to make everything about race. The only colors that matter here are red, white and blue.”
Three cheers for Bobby Jindal!! Maybe with his gubernatorial victory, that will finally be the wedge which dismantles the thoroughly entrenched and totally corrupt swamp scum of democratic politics that has plagued that area for generations.
But rest assured, young Bobby, the leftist race pimps & disfunctional culture slave traders will not give up trying to destroy you & sink your republican efforts.
You broke the cardinal rule of democratic socialist enslavement politics – you dared to go off the reservation to think for yourself and make your own way. And democrats don’t like that….it undermines their power!
Keeping fingers crossed Bobby wins and helps clear the way for a full recovery for the beautiful state of LA.. The citizens have been taken advantage of for too long and this is such a positive move.
This story renews my dimming optimism of our political process. Glad to see there’s still a little room left for good people like Jindal.
Will you please, please, please reveal the name, the bill number and/or the sponsor carrying this evil seed!!! I have read a dozen articles on LOST here and on WND, and NO ONE identifies the bill. The Thomas search engine is also unable to find it from either LOST or SEA. Both get at least hundreds of hits.
Imagine me calling my congresscritter and saying I don’t want to be LOST. Please, please stop that bill. I don’t know its number, I don’t know its name, I don’t know who is sponsoring it, but please stop it! Fat chance!
duke
‘ceptin it was a five string bango with a broken string and he is just too stooopid to be able to know how to fix the dern thing.
*snort.grunt.hack.spit
OMG! No, no, NO, Michelle!
No true Confederate would ever use a Confederate-flag-ANYthing to wipe his nose, mouth, or any other body parts. Must’ve been a plaid one recently lifted from a local Iii-talian joint.
GO, Bobby, GO!!!
And the good voters WHO DON’T STAY HOME!
lol! They really do think of us that way, don’t they? Mostly not true, although I’ve known some folks who eat squirrel. Anyhow, I’ve bett to cast my vote for Bobby this time, just like I did last time, and am hopeful of a better outcome this time.
OOPs – rare typo – I’ve BEEN to cast my vote for Bobby this time – rare typo.
Happy Birthday, Michelle!
May you live as long as you want and
never want as long as you live!
What Louisiana needs in a governor more than anything is competence and integrity regardless of party affiliation. Sounds like Bobby Jindal will fit the bill, and hopefully he can clean that cesspool up.
FANTASTIC! If there is one thing that Louisiana and New Orleans specifically needs it’s some good ole CONSERVATIVE house cleaning.
Maybe he will go in and clean that state up and herald in a new REAL conservative movement.
Good Luck Bobby Jindal.
Cesspool!? My home this is! *in yoda speak*
Can’t a brother get a break?
Wait…I mean “You like me, you really like me.”
Congratulations Governor.
Hope he stays over 50%. But all those dead Democrats who vote in New Orleans haven’t been tallied yet.
It will be interesting watching them try to explain how all of us heathen rednecks just elected the first Indian-American governor. No doubt it will include some reference to him tricking us and that we were just too dimwitted to know better.
In his speech tonight he promised to call a special legislative session as soon as he is inaugurated to address meaningful ethics reform. One of the nuances of Louisiana law is that when the Governor calls a special session, he/she sets the legislative agenda for it, and no other legislation can be considered.
Make sure your seatbelts are fastened, seat backs are up, and tray tables are in the upright and locked position. We are headed into uncharted territory.
if, god forbid, we lose the presidency in 2008, who’s hoping he runs in 2012?
Sorry BeEtLjOoZ. I meant “cesspool” in the best possible way.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a Senate full of guys like this. He would never make it talking about ethics reform.
Which bring to mind:
What is going on with another elected official in LA – William “The Freezer” Jeferson?
Congratulations and God Bless you and your family Governor Elect Jindal. Some black political leaders are complaining of problems at the polls in New Orleans Saturday, from what I read on Foxnews.com just a little whie ago. Also read this little tidbit Side note also not to get off track, aslo read A second grader in NJ school gets suspended no hold on to your seats for this one …. Ready… For drawing a Stick Figure shooting a gun. A 8 yeay old gets suspended for drawing a stick figure shooting a gun. The poor kid should of drawn a stike figure putting on a condom, that picture would have been placed in the main hall next to the principles office… for all to see. God these people a completely NUTS!
I meant a Little while ago.. Sorry
Sarcasm: (ON CLICK)
Could the Political Leaders happen to be; In this corner weighing in at $90K Willian “The Freezer” Jefferson and His Tag team Partner weighing in at 150+ Tons of stranded School Buses Ray “Chocolate City” Nagin. I am just aghast to think that these two fine up standing citizens would think this way…. Sarcasm: (OFF CLICK)
Saw this on aol this morning-JINDHL WINS!
He won with over 53% of the vote, and with 97% of the preceints reporting in which will mean no run off election in November!
It seems that most Louisaninas were having buyers remorse for voting blanco in and her dealing with Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005.
GSP
Theres a new Sheriff in town, He’s got ‘Spurs that Jindal Jangle Jindal’
sounds like the ole Mel Brooks movie huh?
Congratulations Mr. Jindal! The state of Louisiana may finally recover from decades of corruption yet.
ajmontana good one!
Protestations of disenfranchisement because of Katrina victims who were displaced into Texas and didn’t get to vote in 5, 4, 3, …
Lol@darkine~ Yay for Bobby’s outright win, and no runoff! Let’s hope this cesspool gets a face lift!
Geeeeez, I apologize for mispelling Dakine! It’s early, and I haven’t had a full cup of coffee yet!
Now that Governor Jindal has won outright I urge all fellow residents of the State of Louisiana to lean hard on their congresspeople to block any and all amnesties.
The Dream act is back.
http://www.numbersusa.com/index
The best part of all is how the media is completely omitting the fact he is a republician while playing up the minority issue. When will these guys learn the omission of facts makes them biased just like outright lying
Congrats, Gov. Jindal. Louisiana is one broke a$$, corrupt state that’s been irreparable damaged since Hughey P Long became governor. You’ll need all the luck and support that you can get.
This must be the Twilight Zone! With Katrina and the aftermath being blamed on a Republican president and congress by the Democratic senator, governor and mayor continually, the people actually saw through all that? I guess they didn’t get stuck on stupid like the liberal press!
Give the people a truly conservative candidate, who they trust will maintain those conservative values in office, and we will win. Maybe not on the West Coast and in the Northeast, but most of the rest of the country will.
IT IS ABOUT RACE!!! Every race has a place at the Conservative table.
Congratulations, Governor-elect. I wish you well. Good news is always welcome, these days.
“The congressman, tossing souvenir cups from a fire truck in a town parade, was met with shouts of “Hey Bobby!” from the rural whites lining the route.” I think this says volumes about the northern Liberals’ racism and assumptions about the rest of the country. Nobody gives a damn what color he is, what they voted for were the ideas and principles he brings to the table. This should also shut them up about “anti-immigrant” bias in the “provinces” when they write about what is really anti-illegal immigrant lawbreakers sentiment. People have demonstrated they are not xenophobic. They were given the chance to vote for a fellow countryman who represents what they believe, regardless of ethnic orgin, and they took it.
Yay! Good luck, Governor Jindal!
Congrats to Bobby.
This is the first step in making sure what happened with Katrina won’t happen again. The next step would be getting rid of the mayor and the senator, successfully eliminating the “everyone’s fault but ours” triangle.
Born Again Catholic? What the heck is a Born Again Catholic?
The democraps will be spinning a long while trying to figure this one out. Principle won out over ethnicity and race? The democrap brand of politics is definitely sitting on the shelf with an expiration date of “Best when used by Jan. 1992.”
Ummm….
Hope the media finally get off the obsession with race.
To be accurate: To the best of my recollection, I remember learning in school ~40 years ago or so that the Indians of India are Caucasians (part of the Indo-European, or Indo-Iranian group), that had originally come out of Eurasia/Central Asia.
Yes, many of them can be rather dark -as dark as “Africans”.
So?
Tiger Woods is mostly Oriental (”Asian” – ‘course, the term “Asian” raises the question of what exactly the Iranians, Pakistanis, Indians, Turkish peoples, and Afghanis are, does it not?); and is actually more “white” than “black”.
So what?
It should not be made an issue.
Tiger himself has referred to his raical makeup as “Cablinasian”, in order to show the silliness of pigeoholing him into a racial group; and has asked that he be considered as a man, not as a representative of an ethnic or racial group.
I absolutely agree with you, Mr Woods.
Ever seen how light some folks of African heritage are?
Ever seen how some “Asians” (Orientals) are quite dark; and on the other hand that many have a skin tone exactly matching that of very many Caucasians?
Ever notice just how dark many people of Mediterranean heritage (as is my heritage) can get?
Again, I’ll say, “So what?”
To state the very obvious: We are all so overwhelmingly more alike than we are different.
George Foreman, Rudy Giuliani, Kristi Yamaguchi, Bobby Jindal, Pete Sampras, Bill O’Reilly, Jay Silverheels, Desi Arnaz, Babe Ruth, Nat King Cole, Irving Berlin, Jimmy Stewart, Danny Thomas, Michelle Malkin, Ronald Reagan, David Horowitz, etc….
We are all Americans, past, present, and future.
That is our culture and society – American.
Let’s make sure we never forget that.
God Bless America.
granite, that was a really strong take…good stuff.
The rednecks and good ole boys sure considered Tiger Woods to be black when they banned him and his dad from some golf courses when he was a boy.
Anyway
I don’t share Mr. Jindal’s political views, but if he’s able to clean up the mess that is New Orleans, and also turn LA around as a state, I’ll sure as hell give him mad respect. He’s pretty young, and if he’s successful in LA, I bet we’ll see him in a bid for the White House down the road some day. Race seems to matter less and less every year, and I’ve noticed attitudes change since I’ve been alive(I’m the first in my family born post Jim Crow), so that’s a beautiful thing.
There will always be racist pieces of trash in our society, but they are in the minority. People like Jindal don’t pay attention to labels and refuse to be victimized. Good for him.
I realize I’m really not adding much to the discussion, but wanted to give props to Buck I for a very strong take as well.
Congrats, Mr. Jindal, on a well-won election.
Congrats, Louisiana, on realizing that the only way to rid yourself of the feculent corruption was to free yourself from the liars who kept returning it upon you. Hopefully, the rest of this nation can learn your lesson before November 2008.
But I’m not counting on that lesson being learned in Northern VA before next month.