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Jindal wins Louisiana governor’s race

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Oct 21, 1:09 AM EDT
By MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press Writer

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)—U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor’s race Saturday, becoming the nation’s youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state’s post since Reconstruction.

Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, carried more than half the vote against 11 opponents. With about 92 percent of the vote in, Jindal had 53 percent with 625,036 votes - more than enough to win outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.

“Let’s give our homeland, the great state of Louisiana, a fresh start,” Jindal said to cheers and applause from a crowd that began chanting his name at his victory party.

His nearest competitors: Democrat Walter Boasso with 208,690 votes or 18 percent; Independent John Georges had 1167,477 votes or 14 percent; Democrat Foster Campbell had 151,101 or 13 percent. Eight candidates divided the rest.

“I’m asking all of our supporters to get behind our new governor,” Georges said in a concession speech.

The Oxford-educated Jindal had lost the governor’s race four years ago to Gov. Kathleen Blanco. He won a congressional seat in conservative suburban New Orleans a year later but was widely believed to have his eye on the governor’s mansion.

Blanco opted not to run for re-election after she was widely blamed for the state’s slow response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

“My administration has begun readying for this change and we look forward to helping with a smooth transition,” she said in a prepared statement. “I want to thank the people of Louisiana for the past four years, though there is still much work to do in my last few months as your governor.”

When he takes office in January, Jindal will become the nation’s youngest governor in office. He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those “feeding at the public trough,” revisiting a campaign theme.

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Apparently, the people of Louisiana don’t think too much of Governor Blanco’s handling of Katrina.  It’s unfortunate that the people of New Orleans didn’t find a way to find Ray Nagin a new job.

Nagin could start as “bus washer” and with honest, hard work make his way up to “bus parker”.

That or he can harrass tourists down by Harrah’s with the old favorite, “I’ll bet you 5 dolla I can tell you the city where you got them shoes, and the time you got them!”

Good job, Bobby. You’ve inherited quite a mess from your Democrat predecessor, so it’s not going to be all smooth sailing. Congratulations nevertheless.

The Republican Party - It’s not just for white folks anymore!

Curtiss - 21 October 2007 02:35 AM

Apparently, the people of Louisiana don’t think too much of Governor Blanco’s handling of Katrina.  It’s unfortunate that the people of New Orleans didn’t find a way to find Ray Nagin a new job.

It’s a point many have been making, here, that clearly the leftist establishment failed to cry their way out of this (if one remembers a particular tv interview with a Dem ward ‘captain’ at the time), essentially saying that Bush as much as conjured the storm, took a jackhammer to the dam/levee, and gleefully watched as the town flooed - when in fact he told Bianco to get everyone to clear out, ahead of time. Particularly the free broadcast networks and PBS have been making this charge, picked up by the lazy local and liberal broacast affiliates. And at least for the people of LA, they weren’t buying. Good for them.

I’ll just bet this is quite the story in India itself.

Mike C. - 21 October 2007 08:04 AM

I’ll just bet this is quite the story in India itself.

I can’t wait for the MSM to profile Governor Jindal with the same fawning hyperbole with which they swoon over every syllable Obama utters. I just KNOW they will!!! It’s only FAIR! I mean L-O-O-K at the color of Jindal’s skin!!!

It’s a dang shame he went to Oxford. They’ve never had race quotas OR affirmative action. Jindal had to earn his degree all by himself with study and hard work. Racist English dogs!!!

BTW… has anyone ever seen a mention of the skin color of any of Jindal’s opponents? Anyone?

The MSM is all for minorities, as long as they were raised on the plantation and agree to stay there.

Here is Scrapplefaces report, brilliant as usual :lol:

The official DNC statement said Democrats who failed to vote for one of the three Democrat candidates for governor did so “in the spirit of affirmative action to lift up the downtrodden Mr. Jindal. Ultimately, his election is a victory for Democrats who have loved and cared for immigrants and racial minorities for decades, giving Jindal the breaks he needed to get a decent job at a livable wage.”

The entire piece is here.

[url=http://www.scrappleface.com/]http://www.scrappleface.com/[/url]

Heh. 

It is satire, isn’t it ?

I have been reading about Bobby Jindal for quite some time over at Michelle Malkin’s site. I am thrilled that he won. Now, if they can get rid of a few more of their politicians, maybe the state can make a comeback.

Huzzahs all ‘round!!

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Michelle Malkin has more…

http://tinyurl.com/ynwfrf

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.

I was very pleased that Jindal was elected. Another bit of good news is that Charlie Foti is out. He was the AG who tried to prosecute the doctor and nurses at Memorial Hospital in the Katrina aftermath.

I am a Louisiana resident and have voted for Bobby Jindal at every opportunity.  He is certainly a breath of fresh air to Louisiana politics.  He is an extremely bright guy and I it my hope that politics will not in any way corrupt or damage him personally or professionally.  It almost seems like too much to hope for, but that is my hope.

A_Tom - 21 October 2007 03:32 PM

I am a Louisiana resident and have voted for Bobby Jindal at every opportunity.  He is certainly a breath of fresh air to Louisiana politics.  He is an extremely bright guy and I it my hope that politics will not in any way corrupt or damage him personally or professionally.  It almost seems like too much to hope for, but that is my hope.

I take it that he has been your Representative in Congress. Mine too!

Isn’t Jindal the first Republican governor elected in ages?

Typically, the AP focuses on race instead of that particular fact.

Pandora - 21 October 2007 05:01 PM

Isn’t Jindal the first Republican governor elected in ages?

Typically, the AP focuses on race instead of that particular fact.

No, Mike Foster preceded Blanco and Dave Treen served in the 80’s. They are both Republican.