I’m confused. What’s parallel? Is it how high Jindal and his potential is above Kilgore, even if he had won in 2005.

Posted by Mike on 27 February 02009 @ 2pm

I take it that you haven’t seen either Jindal or Kilgore (or both) speak on TV?

Mr. Rogers is the primary point of reference for each.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 27 February 02009 @ 3pm

I heard Jindal was trashed for his response speech. Hadn’t caught Kilgore on TV. I heard Jindal did much better on the Today show and other post-speech interviews, which is probably his strength.

Posted by Mike on 27 February 02009 @ 5pm

Jindal’s rebuttal was the first time that I’d seen him speak, and it was a bit eerie. I think I actually burst out laughing. He’s Louisiana’s very own Jerry Kilgore, albeit he became governor where Kilgore did not.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 27 February 02009 @ 9pm

Jerks! Quit picking on my man Bobby Jindal! He’s a bigger conservative than Kilgore will EVER be!

He stands UP to the evolutionists!

An’ Rush says that anybody who says his speech sucked is BANISHED.

Posted by Hawkins Dale on 27 February 02009 @ 9pm

“Mr. Rogers is the primary point of reference for each.”

Waldo, were you out tonight, somehow, w/my friends? Because we had a good half hour discussion about how Bobby Jindal is Mr. Rogers. (I believe we referred to his speech as the “Bobby Jindal Fun Happy Fun Time Show” at one point, and other things not fit to re-print here.).

Posted by Genevieve on 27 February 02009 @ 10pm

Just comparing him Kilgore, without any solid reasoning behind it? If baseless smearing is the best you’ve got to bash a rising, minority star in the Republican Party, you must be pretty desperate.

Posted by I.Publius on 28 February 02009 @ 12am

Wait, so, it’s official that comparing anyone to Kilgore is a “smear” and a “bash”? When did you guys figure out what a dope that guy is? Was it before or after he lost to Kaine?

Anyway, I’m not sure you can call Jindal a rising star in the Republican Party right now. That was a terrible performance on his part that has a lot of people ruling him out. He may still be a player on the national stage, but I think he took a lot of wind out of his own sails that night.

Posted by Ben C. on 28 February 02009 @ 11am

He’s only 37. He’s got lots of time to rise, probably 2016 instead of 2012. And if the Republicans upset Obama in 2012, he’s young enough to run into the mid 2030s. Plenty of time to gain experience.

Posted by Mike on 28 February 02009 @ 12pm

Waldo,

Bulls-eye!

Posted by F.T. Rea on 28 February 02009 @ 1pm

Alright, c’mon now. Would you make fun of someone who stutters? Then why are you mocking someone because of the inflection or accent of their voice?

Posted by Jason on 28 February 02009 @ 3pm

I thought Parallels was a virtual machine suite to run Windows on a Mac? Is there now a Jindel version?

Posted by Chris Gorski on 28 February 02009 @ 3pm

I’ll take Kilgore, Rogers or Jindal over, say, Al Gore in lecture mode. Now there’s a guy whose voice will drive you nuts.

Posted by Jon on 28 February 02009 @ 5pm

Now Jon, C’mon now. What we oughta do is take all of the social security money, and put it in a *slow way down to make sure your audience comprehends* “Lock Box.” Ah, the memories of Saturday Night Live parodies…

Posted by Chris Gorski on 1 March 02009 @ 1am

Waldo -

You have an unhealthy fixation on Kilgore. You bashed him and smeared him in 2005. Now here it is 2009 and you’re trying to smear him again.

Jindal’s appearance may have been a little wooden, but I bet you’ll see him again in another couple of presidential cycles.

But really — leave Kilgore alone. He is no longer a public official.

Posted by Robert on 6 March 02009 @ 4pm

You have an unhealthy fixation on Kilgore. You bashed him and smeared him in 2005. Now here it is 2009 and you’re trying to smear him again.

Perhaps you’re not familiar with political blogs, Robert. Let me explain. We write about politics. So, in 2005, Kilgore and Kaine were the candidates for governor. So political bloggers—and see if you can follow me here—wrote about Kilgore and Kaine. And now I mention him four years later and you called it “an unhealthy fixation”?

Now here it is 2009 and you’re trying to smear him again.

Am I? Where in that eleven-word blog entry did I “try to smear him”?

He is no longer a public official.

So? The guy was AG and the Republican nominee for governor. It’s not appropriate to bring up Kilgore or his campaign to compare to current political events?

You know who else is no longer a public official? Ronald Reagan. You get Republicans to stop talking about him and I’ll stop talking about Kilgore.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 6 March 02009 @ 5pm