[Assam] ECSTACY

Dilip and Dil Deka dilipdeka at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 25 08:03:37 PST 2009 

The Republicans can make a come back (Jindal or no Jindal) only if Obama administration fails in its effort to salvage the economy. As seen so far, the Republicans will make every attempt to derail the Obama train and will point out every mistake the administration makes.
Right now, everyone's focus is on domestic issues, mainly the economy.

Please note: I voted for Obama as a man, not on party lines, and I want him to succeed. Let's see how it goes in the next six months.
Dilip Deka




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At 10:13 AM -0500 2/25/09, amlan saha wrote:
>Agreed!  Also, I do not know much about the wider Indian-American community
>but from the little bit I do know about the politically active
>Indian-American groups, it appears to me that a staunch anti-choice and
>pro-intelligent design Jindal is unlikely to pick up much traction come
>campaign time.
>
>A.


*** Very true.

And add to that the patently cruel and typically anti-poor , southern 
approach to not allowing unemployment benefits to part time workers 
or not extending it to those whose benefits have already run out  by 
refusing to accept federal monies . This shows that he is more 
interested in appealing to the strident Republican base in the 
pursuit of political ambitions at the cost of those who are already 
hurting
bad by the economic downturn.

That will cost him dearly!













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>On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>>  At 11:52 PM -0600 2/24/09, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>>  Bobby Jindal is normally a pretty good speaker - but look at what he was
>>>  up
>>>  against:
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>>  *** I thought so too. He does present himself well and usually speaks
>>  convincingly on the subject.. But my exposure to  Jindal is very cursory.
>>  Never saw a full speech or a discussion on the TV circuits where he was a
>>  major participant.
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>>  So, I was horrified by his performance last night!
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>>  I realize that no matter who or how good a speaker or intellect one is, to
>>  compete with the like of a President Obama last night, is, at the very
>>  least, a tremendously challenging task, as far as the SHOW part of the task
>>  is involved.
>>
>>  But what about the SUBSTANCE part? Could Jindal have not been expected to
>>  do MUCH better than how he did on the substance of the Republican rebuttal ?
>>
>>  There was a lot of hype from the Republicans on how Jindal wrote his own
>>  speech ( Obama like) and how it was vetted by the leadership luminaries like
>>  Michael Steele ( heh :-)), Mitch McConnell ( new blood :-)) and who helped
>>  him fine tune it ( that ought to have been a giveaway).  What Jindal
>>  delivered, was almost sophomoric.  I could not believe how much of it was a
>>  poor repeat of what Obama spoke about minutes earlier. Then there was this
>>  incredulous example of his policeman friend's  story about governmental
>>  ineptitude and bureaucratic bungling, compounded by the Bush admin's.
>>  horrific failures in the Katrina response to support the old and tired
>>  conservative arguments against GOVERNMENT ! Who was he thinking he was
>>  speaking to? Where was all that intellectual acuity of the Rhodes Scholar?
>>
>>  Either his speech was thoroughly stymied and diluted by the veteran vetters
>>  or he/they  just did not really have any ideas  beyond repeating the same
>>  old tired  mantras of tax-cuts and tirades against big-government. And if
>>  the substance was that weak, they needed at least a stellar orator to
>>  deliver it.
>>
>>  I have to give him high marks, however, on not thoroughly discrediting
>>  himself like the Rush Limbaughs of the right by sounding to be the strident
>>  obstructionists and acknowledging why the Republicans have lost the
>>  confidence of the people.
>>
>>  We realize that style alone ought not to be the measure to judge a speaker
>  > by.  Jindal was handicapped on style and personal charisma. But he could
>>  have and should have been able to make a difference on substance.
>>
>>  I was watching MSNBC. And guess what?  As Jindal was walking in, someone
>>  exclaimed with the mikes on, Oh God!  That was very bad on CNBCs part. But
>>  being a visual event, one could not ignore the fact of his processional
>>  being that of an awkward,  nerdy, high-school kid's. That was sad. And to
>>  add insult to injury, the Republican audio-visual  team really blew it, when
>>  they filmed him in dim light, against a darkened, haunted-house like
>>  background of the Governor's Mansion, where his dark complexion almost
>  > disappeared into the background.  The final straw was  that artificial grin
>>  at the end of his spiel, that made him appear like a cartoon character.
>>
>>  No wonder then, those who were hoping to see Jindal as the Republican
>>  Obama, were in for some shock. And for the desis looking for one of their
>>  own in the White House, I guess we will have to wait a little longer. I
>>  can't wait to see what  the desi-decoder will have to say in The Daily Show
>>  with John Stewart  in Comedy Central :-).
>>
>>  *** I agree that Republicans ought to go ahead and accept Sarah Palin as
>>  their leader. That will be good for the country and would serve them right
>>  :-).
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>>>  A charismatic President, who is probably one of the best orators
>>>  (Presidents) the US has had for a long time. Add to that that the
>>>  Republicans have been branded as the party of 'NO', and are in the wrong
>>>  side of history.
>>>
>>>  And then he made a statement that LA did not get Fed funds - and it was
>>>  all
>>>  private & state funds after Katrina. The fact though is that LA did get
>>>  something like 181 Bill $ Fed funds for Katrina.
>>>
>>>  His speech was more like 'he also spoke' and not much more.
>>>
>>>  What Ed Rollins ought to have said was if Palin runs, then it is actually
>>>  excellent for another Dem  term. For the Reps. their best (long) shot is
>>>  someone like Jindal, and not a loon like Palin. GW, Chenney, and their
>>>  dream
>>>  team have done the GOP in at least for another 8 years.
>>>
>>>  --Ram
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>    What did you all think of the Republican response delivered by Bobby
>>>>  Jindal?
>>>>
>>>>  Republican political consultant Ed Rollins' tongue-in-cheek comment that
>>>>  it
>>>>  was a good night for Sarah Palin was telling :-).
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>>>>  At 9:33 PM -0600 2/24/09, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>>>    Mukul da,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I agree, it was a fantastic speech. I am surprised that the speech was
>>>>>  broadcast in India too. I mean, they pay to a address of the President
>>>>>  to
>>>>>  the jt. session of the Congress.
>>>>>  On a side note, GW Bush is slated to start speaking for a fee, March
>>>>>  17th
>>>>>  (to a select group of people). I wonder, how much anyone is willing to
>>>>>  pay,
>>>>>  to listen to someone who is unable to put together a complete, coherent
>>>>>  sentence.
>>>>>
>>>>>  --Ram
>>>>>  On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:56 PM, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com>
>>>>>  wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>    If  USA had general Election tomorrow -Who would get 99% votes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I wish I could speak like he did -and the dream-better than Jack
>>>>>>  Kennedy's!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  mm
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