Political Strategerie

The GOP announced yesterday that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will be giving the Republican response to President Obama’s address to Congress on Feb 24th.

They say he is a rising star, and the new face of the Republican Party. It’s the GOP’s bid to revamp themselves and appeal to a younger demographic. Jindal is being presented to America by letting him do this very important speech, and setting him up for a 2012 election bid.

I thought this was interesting for several reasons. First because I’ve never heard of this guy, and suddenly he’s the GOP’s new “it” guy. And second because they’ve abandoned Sarah Palin.

They kind of blame her for their loss last year, plus she has too much baggage. She’s been beat up by the press, which isn’t going to stop. Every perv in the country Photoshopped her face on scantily clad bodies holding guns and other things, which devalued her, and Tina Fey ripped her apart in her SNL skits. They can’t run Palin. She’s too venerable.

They looked at the election last year and saw a male minority become the President, so now they want to run the same play.

I also thought it was interesting that they waited until after the Academy Awards to announce this. I know, what do the Oscars have to do with politics? Think about it, the day after a movie from India wins 8 Academy Awards and becomes the number one feel good movie in America; they announce their new favorite person is someone with Punjabi heritage.

Am I reaching here?

I don’t want to take away from Jindal. From what I’ve read he seems like a real go-getter and a true conservative. I’ll have to wait to see what develops when the media gets a hold of him and starts digging up dirt though.

Personally I don’t care about race, color, or anything of that stuff. All I care about is their relationship with Christ. Unfortunately getting a Presidential candidate that is fully devoted to Christ would be like finding a live dinosaur. But I continue to hope.