one more nail in the coffin of bobby jindal's presidential hopes

karma decided to bite louisiana governor and gop 2012 presidential hopeful bobby jindal. bobby failed to heed the old truth that you never campaign against funds related in any way to natural disaters lest they occur and make you look even more like a moron than you had previously. in bobby's case it was his impassioned attack on the $140m in the stimulus package for volcano monitoring - including some place in alaska called mt. redoubt. now whether or not volcano monitoring belonged in a stimulus package aside, you don't mock this stuff and use it as a jokey dig line. it will always come back to bite you in the butt.
bobby jindal angers the volcano gods

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Actually, Jindal is a pretty amazing story, and though I disagree with much of what he stands for socially, he is exactly what all the corruption in Louisiana needs. He may not be Presidential material, but he seems like an honest, thoughtful, and diligent public servant. He may be exactly what they need in the near term.

And a lousy geology teacher.

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and i might vote obama in '12.

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cupboard's a bit bare.

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