Why do Republicans believe myths? Bobby Jindal said that he never felt?

You can see just from some of the answers to this very question how some Republicans feel about Jindal.

Jindal came off very badly in the response to Obama's speech, I thought. It was unfortunate that this was the first look a lot of people got of him. He was really skewered the next day on The Daily Show. But he was on the Daily Show himself a few weeks ago and he looked much better--more relaxed, good-humored, well-spoken, able to think on his feet. I didn't agree with him but I liked him.

It's like this. For 100 years the Republican Party was the party of intolerance. Not just racism but -every- kind of intolerance--nativism and xenophobia, homophobia, even religious intolerance. The GOP has instigated, encouraged and exploited intolerance all this time to get votes from intolerant people,

But in recent years Americans are growing less intolerant. We have a new wave of immigration and foreign-born Americans are more common than they've been in 100 years. We are becoming more and more accepting of gays, and that's an irreversible trend. And we are becoming less racist.

Also the populations of blacks and (especially) hispanics are growing rapidly in some very important swing states, so Republicans are realizing they can't get vote at these peoples' expense, they need at least some minority votes in these states to win.

After their defeat in the '08 election, the leaders of the GOP know they need to reinvent and redefine the party, and part of the New and Improved GOP will be more tolerance. So they hired a new chairman who 'just happens to be black', and they are promoting an Indian-American as a possible candidate for 2012, a fresh face, a good speaker, someone who can answer questions off the top of his head.

But the Republican Party is all about a particular agenda, and whoever they run, its' not about the man, it's about the agenda. All the Republican candidates last year held all the same positions and opinions on all the same issues, because they were running not on their own ideas, but only to be a spokesman for the party agenda.

Everything that came out of Jindal's mouth the other night was this agenda. He must have felt pretty dumb. I don't know how he managed to keep a straight face.

So yeah, he's a token, but that's not necessarily the worst thing. The worst thing is that only the face has changed, the agenda is the same.

Jindal was elected long before Obamamania. Which is to say, they didn't elect him as a response to Obama. So, even if there is still racism in the South, I would take his election to mean that for most voters in Louisiana, a man's beliefs and character are more important than his race. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a republican and I think the Jindal speech was like listening to Mr. Rogers. I just think the actual number of racists in the South and in the Republican party are a lot lower than many people think. One factor, an expectation for cultural assimilation is being mistaken as racism. A lot of people think immigrants should adopt American culture and the English language, and are negative toward immigrants that hold onto their native culture. This resentment toward people who don't assimilate (who as immigrants tend to be minorities) is being mistaken as a hatred for minorities in general.

They like myths.

-- Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/...

The person who wrote his rebuttal speech must work for Mitt Romney. Because they definitely tried to take Jindal out of the picture. I would almost feel sorry for him. But he's trying to take food out of the mouths of his own voters for political reasons. I have NO respect for that.

What I really want to know is why someone who has studied biology in college actually believes in 'intelligent design', despite the Catholic Church saying there is no conflict with evolution.

Jindal comes off as a complete phony, I think he has tried to hard in his life to fit in instead of becoming his own person.

I think it is called Stockholm syndrome or something like that. It is like when an abused child stays with their abuser when they could escape. It is really sick. Michael Steele has it & kissed Porkuls heads *** today aplogizing for calling Rush ugly. The party hates them both & the same for anyone who is black or Jewish. I know I have been aroun republicans for many years when I was younger & changed my life so I am away now but they hate these people.

I thought Steele was the token minority person.

jindal wasn't in louisiana when katrina hit. he never talked to the sheriff about rescuing people. the sheriff in louisiana uses racial profiling is this the best your republicans have to offer? Americans can do anything

Why do liberals believe a stimulus package will work, when history has proven that stimulus packages have NEVER worked? Do they believe in myths? Those who control the past, control the future!

Jindal criticizing the government spending in volcano watching, well until one of them rubs under our asses then we'll think to watch volcano's