Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP

Face The Nation: Republicans Discuss The Future Of Their Party Following Election Losses

(CBS)  When asked about the future course of the Republican Party following their losses on Election Day - losing not only the White House but also considerable ground in the House and Senate - Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said it is imperative his party offers solutions to voters, and not just be the opposition.

"As Republicans, we need to do three things to get back on track," he said on CBS' Face The Nation. "Number one, we have got to stop defending the kind of spending and out-of-control spending that we would never tolerate in the other side. You know, when voters tell us that they trust Democrats more to cut their taxes [and] control spending, that tells you something is wrong with the Republican Party. We've got to match our actions with our rhetoric.

"Number two, we've got to stop defending the kinds of corruption we would rightfully criticize in the other party. The week before the election, our most senior senator is convicted on federal charges - and that's only the latest example.

"Number three, we have got to be the party that offers real solutions to the problems that American voters, American families are worried about. We don't need to abandon our conservative principles; we can't just be the 'party of no.' We need to offer real solutions on making health care more affordable, on the economic challenges facing families, on the international threats."

Also on the program, former House speaker Newt Gingrich said that Republican Governors represented the GOP's future.

"When you look at the governors - Governor Jindal and what he's doing in Louisiana; you look at Governor Mitch Daniels, who won by 20 points in Indiana, while McCain was losing it; Governor Jon Huntsman, who has the lowest unemployment rate in the entire West in Utah and a $1 billion surplus last year, about a $300 million surplus this year - there are a lot of lessons to be learned out there."

Another name that came up was Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who appeared to dominate news from the conference of Republican governors last week.

"The natural pattern in the news media is going to be, they know how to spell Sarah Palin's name; they have it locked in their word processor," said Gingrich (left). "She's going to be a much bigger story in the short run. But, I think, as she goes back to being governor and as she works in Alaska, you're going to see a group of governors emerge, not just Sarah Palin. And there are 36 governorships up in 2010.

"I think focusing on rebuilding the Republican Party from state legislature and governor to Senate and House is the right model. And I think that the Republican Governors Association is probably more important than the Republican National Committee in trying to get this done."

"So you do not see [Palin] as the de facto leader of the party at this point?" Schieffer asked.

"No," said Gingrich. "She's a wonderfully, intelligent, aggressive hardworking person who got, you know, hammered very badly by the press in, I think, fairly distorted ways.

"I think that she is going to be a significant player. But she's going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She's not going to be the de facto leader."

Gingrich was wary of writing the party's obituary, despite the resounding electoral and popular vote victories by Democrat Barack Obama. "I've been through this," he said. "I've been through the '64 collapse when the Republican Party was going to disappear, and the '74 Watergate collapse when the Republican Party was going to disappear, and the '92 defeat of President Bush.

"And in each case, I watched us, within a short time, focus on new ideas and new solutions and, within a very short time, come back as a stronger and healthier party."

Also on the program, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (left), and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, discussed the proposed bailout of the auto industry.

Frank said the House is ready to pass a bailout package, saying failure to do so would inflict pain on an already very weakened economy.

Shelby, however, said that a bailout of the auto industry would be "the wrong road to go down right now," and said he would prefer troubled automakers file for bankruptcy rather than get taxpayers' money.

"Some people believe that Chapter 11 bankruptcy would be a lot better management than what they have today," said Shelby (left), "where they would reorganize, they would get rid of the management that has brought them to where they are today, bloated contracts, everything that goes with it. No profits, no products to sell, to speak of.

"[It's] headed down this road to oblivion. Should we intervene to slow it down, knowing it's going to happen? I say no, not for the American taxpayer.”

Frank disagreed: "It might be one thing to tolerate a bankruptcy if we had a lot of jobs out there, if there was prosperity.

"When you talk about the negative shock that would result from bankruptcies of these companies right now - and by the way, I wouldn't be blithe about Chapter 11. There are suppliers out there who are owed money, smaller businesses. They get hurt in a bankruptcy. There are a whole range of people who didn't make bad decisions at GM here."

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Read the full "Face the Nation" transcript here.

By CBSNews.com producer David Morgan.

[skeezix06]

Jindal''s part of the problem. All his solutions were just the same ole, same ole that we''ve heard for the last 8 years. And although it makes me feel odd to say it, Mr. Gingrich is more aware of the nature of the real problem than Mr. Jindal.

[notopennshut]

NO BAILOUT for the auto industry! For too long, they have been too arrogant, overspending, overpaying their workers and promising lifelong benefits, while refusing to change and implement new innovations. So why should they now look to suck the blood from the rest of us?? They should file for bankruptcy, re-organize and rebuild with new ideas instead of asking for more money and continue down the same path? Of course, many others will be affected, but one needs change and until we do that, they will come back asking for more, more, more. This will never end: SO NO BAILOUT!!

[trishab56]

CBS: "So you do not see [Palin] as the de facto leader of the party at this point?" Schieffer asked.

"No," said Gingrich. "She''s a wonderfully, intelligent...

-LOL! Nitwit Gangrainich is funny!

[farmerbb]

Watch out for this nut. He is the one with a degree in biology who wants schools to teach creationism along with evolution. That tells us that no matter what the evidence shows (and he should know better) - he will pander to anyone who will vote for him, even if that group wants to bring bronze age myths (i.e. religion) into the schools.

"This morning, class, we will study Astrology and Astronomy, with special emphasis on the statement that Gravity is just a theory. This afternoon, Alchemy and Chemistry. And anyone who wants to answer "goddidit" on the science exams will get the same mark as students who provide the scientific answer. Just remember, kids, that your formal education stops at this high school, as no university worth its salt will accept you unless you take a one year remedial science course to erase the religious brainwashing that Governor Jindal and his supporters want to impose on you."

[colvinatch]

Newt on Palin: "She''s a wonderfully, intelligent" when she couldn''t name a single supreme court case besides Roe, when asked what newspapers she reads answers "all of them" Newt.. PLEASE let Palin be the de facto standard bearer for your party! It insures that the republican brand will remain in the minority FOREVER!

[smirk5]

"We''ve got to match our actions with our rhetoric."

"Number two, we''ve got to stop defending the kinds of corruption we would rightfully criticize in the other party."

"Number three, we have got to be the party that offers real solutions to the problems that American voters, American families are worried about. We don''t need to abandon our conservative principles; we can''t just be the ''party of no.'' We need to offer real solutions on making health care more affordable, on the economic challenges facing families, on the international threats."

Jindal is saying the right things even though I really doubt he means it. After all, he is a Republican.

Now, watch the Republicans eat him for dinner.

[pvperson]

Maybe Jindal should perform an "exorcism" like he did in college and get the "devils" out of the GOP. He could start with Palin.

[mytoosense]

What Republican''s need to do is what is best for the country and the voting public WHILE THEY ARE IN OFFICE!!!!

Not at election time or post lost-election time.

I predict their screww-ups these last eight years will be remembered for the lifetime of millions of Americans.

What a Shame :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[smirk5]

In the last 8 years, Republicans demonstrated that:

They are for big spending

They are for big gov''t

and they are for nation-building.

The thing they were against? The wishes of the American public. How''d that work out?
President-elect Barack Obama.

[centerfall93]

"Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP"

Awww...

And it only took them eight years to figure that out.

But don''t take their word for it, they''ll need four to eight years of spankings before they''ll begin to learn.

Let the spankings begin! WOOHOO!

[joepack61]

The Bush cult of personality is what is wrong with the GOP. Enough people became sick of it and voted the bums out. They''re a hoard of mindless sychophants parroting party ideology in lockstep: "tax cuts create jobs" is all we heard during the campaign, for example. Then Bush press secretary Paraino says during the time of the bailout arguements, "credit is what creates jobs." The only thing that is clear about the GOP is that nothing they say can be believed, and the American people caught on to this fact by the millions. The GOP had a chance in theory with Palin up through her RNC speech and until her first interview. Once she spoke her mind, we all saw how small and uneducated it is. She was not of the caliber of Hillary Clinton. Game over. The thought of her runing amock like a *** Cheney in lipstick, let alone President, was unsettling to say the least. If she is intelligent, her only abilities center around twisting words and wielding power. At every turn she and the GOP responded to factual critisisms of her with twisted untruths. The GOP rank and file repeated the twisted untruths and praised Palin and McCain. The voters in realityland voted Democratic.

[smirk5]

Sarah Palin in her own words:

"My concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance to me with that issue as we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that were kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, the relevance was Alaska%u2019s investment in Darfur with some of our permanent fund dollars."


She knows words. She just doesn''t know how they''re supposed to fit together to make any kind of coherent statement.

[smirk5]

Rowdydfw,

What specific bills passed by the democrats and signed by Bush Jr. do you blame for the economic downturn?

[rjstolba]

Jindal needs to switch parties. He''s too lucid and progressive to be a Repugnican. He is also very, very right about his party. While I''d like to see them stay #2, I think progressive thinking Repugs like Jindal could Make their party relevant again. Of course, that means that Newt and his compatriots get the boot.

[sydney1023]

Rowdydfw/LooneyLeft:
Perhaps you should read your missives and musings, they reek of the same old tired rovian-rhetoric. Your mental maturbations are so lame.

[smirk5]

President elect Barack Obama. God has blessed us.

[walt1944-2009]

Everyone of the neocon Fascist Nazi Republican is puzzeling why their party got their butts kicked in the last 2 elections and what they should do to "reinvent" thmselves.

The Republican Party has over the past 25 years become a party made of mostly of "wackos", extremists, corrupt politicians, mega-rich corporate officials, war-mongers, hate-mongers, and Christian ultra-rightists who want everyone to believe the way THEY DO!

With this kind of circus running the party, its no wonder the average citizen feels "left out" and "without a voice" in the party and that their chances of being heard are a lot better with the Democrats!

Its often been said that if Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt were alive today and running for office, they wouldn''t be Republicans; the party wouldn''t have them because they would be too liberal!

So maybe the GOP should go back and re-examine their roots, get rid of the "wacko" groups, and start LISTENING to what the people want AND DELIVERING!!!

SIG HEIL, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS HERBERT HOOVER!!!, BUSH!!!

[smirk5]

Wow Rowdydfw,

You sure listed a bunch of welfare states there. I think Arizona at least pays it''s way.

[ramos937]

I hope someone that posts on this site proves me wrong but I have these comments: (1) Unless Obama does something incredibly stupid, the black voting bloc belongs to the Democrats; (2) Hispanics are very sensitive to the anti immigration measures that the Republicans (federal and state) have initiated. One was the one Rep. Sussenbrenner (R-PA)was responsible for passing when the GOP controlled Congress. This measure was despised by Hispanics. Others were the measures passed by the GOP in AZ, CO and OK. Measures like these turned the Hispanic vote againist the GOP. It will take years of conciliation moves by the GOP to even begin to repair this damage.

To me, then, the Republicans have two important voting blocks closed to them. It will require years to repair the damage.

[danielle_mom]

Politician align themselves with parties. True statesmen disconnect themselves from their party.

McCain and Palin would have made a powerful partnership if they were not associated with the republican party. Liberman disassociated himself with the democrats, but has a loose connection for political reasons. Obama used the same type of association to win the candidacy.

We will see two new parties emerge in the next decade. One will be the conservatives who do not believe in big government and a liberal party that thinks Obama went too extreme.

[smirk5]

Rowdydfw,

Funny stuff. So you blame the democrats in the last two years for the economic downturn and can''t name any bills they passed and that Bush signed that might be the cause. Instead, you run back to Clinton. So, why would you originally blame the Congress starting two years ago for the downturn? You make no sense at all.

[smirk5]

Rowdydfw,
You blamed the Congress that took over 2 years ago for the economic downturn and can''t point to anything they passed that Bush signed that you think is responsible for that downturn. You''ve got nothing.

[tommieofford]

The election is done and over with. We''ve elected someone whom, with the American people''s help, can put the US back on track. Why don''t you people grow up, stop the name calling, ignore the ignorant fools who still wish to partake of this mindless chatter I am reading and concentrate on the well being of this country for a change and not a political party.

[Stratmaster7]

Something is wrong with the GOP? Really? You mean other than them being out of touch, exclusional, elitist and a high percentage of them being immoral and criminal? Other than them having no real ideas and only be able to campaign by trying to smear the opposition? We knew about those things already. What else do they mean?

[smirk5]

John McCain is about to get a new Commander In Chief. His name is Barack Obama.

[dburfears]

As long as the Fundamentalist extremists run the GOP, they will continue to be a party of 40%, half of which are the radical Theocrats that want to create a "Christian" state and replace the CONSTITUTION with THE BIBLE.

[Stratmaster7]

Rowdy!!?? you already had to come up with ANOTHER screen name since earlier today? How many are you up to now, anout 500?

[Stratmaster7]

Posted by TommieOfford at 05:19 PM : Nov 16, 2008


Actually a great post Tommie. I sometimes am embarassed at myself for getting drug into the slime, but in this case, Rowdy deserves it. People who hope our country will fail just to somehow prove in some dark sick way that they were "right" about a candidate are traitors to their country, and she fits that bill perfectly.

[mytoosense]

Wow, The Republican name is so damaged that Republicans don''t want to be recognised as Repuplicans.

Watch in coming months for new nick names for the GOP proposed by these Greasy Old P ricks.

[smirk5]

Rowdydfw,

You blamed the Democratic Congress that took over 2 years ago for the downturn. Now, you refuse to offer any evidence of what they passed that Bush signed that is responsible for the downturn you blamed on them. I guess you''ve got none. But thanks for playing.

[smirk5]

At least the Republicans have people like Rowdydfw in their camp. That''s working well for them.

[earache4]

"Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP"

Let''s ask Sarah! She''s the GOP star!

[smirk5]

"The fundamentals of our economy are strong"
John McCain
Sept. 15, 2008

The Republicans might want to avoid putting up candidates with this kind of stupidity in the future. That might help.

[Stratmaster7]

It is interesting that Rowdy always blames the Clinton administration... yet she was the biggest Hillary supporter on these boards.

[earache4]

"Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP"


Could the problem be a party registered electorate like Rowdydfw? Hmmmm....

[Stratmaster7]

lmao! Slownewsday/daze, lastdance133, and Floydzeppd...AND YOUR 50 OTHER NIC NAMES...

WE KNOW YOU''''RE IN THE COMMIE CAMP..NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.


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Posted by Rowdydfw at 05:31 PM

Now THAT is real irony. The lady of 10000 screen names calling someone else out for having more than 1.

[smirk5]

Rowdydfw doesn''t know it, but he or she is doing Democrats a favor with every post he or she makes.

[earache4]

Ya''''ll can continue to skrew each other with the help of Slownewsday/daze, lastdance133, FloydZeppd, and his 50 other nic names...
gonna go find an adult to visit with, besides some pinko commie posting under 50 nic names...
ENJOY!
Posted by Rowdydfw at 05:35 PM

Y''all don''t go away angry now......

[trishab56]

JIndiall wanna get one million dallars! He''ll be the next prrresident of Amerrika. Lung before the lipstick from Allaska!

-No seriously, I don''t understand how come an Indian Immigrant is not with the Democrats, knowing now, how racist many Republicans are!

[trishab56]

JIndiall wanna get one million dallars! He''ll be the next prrresident of Amerrika. Lung before the lipstick from Allaska!

-No seriously, I don''t understand how come an Indian Immigrant is not with the Democrats, knowing now, how racist many Republicans are!

[bobgee_1999]

The GOP is over... Weren''t they saying the exact same thing about the Democrats four years ago? Of course they were, but most of you have the attention span of two year-olds. The GOP has a built-in defense against obsolescence: it has always been obsolete, by INTENT. The GOP clings to mythological American values that never actually existed, and resists progress on principle. It is the party of fearful clockstoppers who want to pretend women still wear beeehive hairdos and stay home all day waiting to please their man, that picture-shows are still in black and white, and that the darkies can''t vote, smile wide and say "Yassah!" when you speak to them.

[centerfall93]

"Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP"

Well YEA.

Some of us have been saying that for at least the past eight years.

Filled with hypocritcal evangelists, racists, bigots and supremacists, they stand for nothing but their own petty interests.

Fortunately the rest of America put a stop to their evil agenda on November 4th when President-elect Obama won.

Time for a change.

[toolmangler-2009]

Jindal: Something Is Wrong With The GOP


Well, DUH!!!!!

Why do you think they were voted out?

[trumpetstuff]

It might be helpful if the Republicans cease their relationship with the American Taliban.

[whitemale08]

Right now the GOP and George Bush are sabatoging what''s left of the economy by refusing to save the auto industry so millions more will hit the soup kitchens and bread lines so our new President can look like a ''failure'' on his watch.

The Ford administration did the same thing to poor Jimmy Carter and made him a one-term President so some ''B'' actor named ''trickle-down'' Ronny could blow-out'' the defecit.

Many of the GOP hates America.

[centerfall93]

It might be helpful if the Republicans cease their relationship with the American Taliban.

Posted by trumpetstuff at 05:51 PM

Totally agreed. The tax-free Religious Reich must end.

[byeneocons]

It would be nice if Bobby Jindal actually accomplished something before he begins running for President.

[Stratmaster7]

Time to get off your butts, get an education and GO TO WORK! WHITE GUILT IS DONE!

No more racist bull ***** will be tolerated!


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Posted by Rowdydfw at 05:52 PM : Nov 16, 2008

So in one sentence you make a blatantly racist coment, and then follow it by saying racism is done. Before the election I thought you were just a liar spewing smears to try to influence voters. But the election is over, which means you really believe all the cr*p you are spewing. That makes you a laughing stock idiot, as even the GOP are laughing at you for believing it.

Why don;t you just admit you have an irrational grudge against Obama because he beat your candidate in the primaries, andf then go get some professional help to get over it?

[silverstar06]

Yeah. Because some folks just ride an elephant to get from here to there, while others ride a donkey...

[windmaster12]

GOP
Grumpy Old People
Mostly White

Making up Lies
Spin Spin Spin
Hanitty O''reilly
All Spin Zone
Dinosaurs
They Lost
Because less than half the Population
Are Dumb enough to believe the same old Shiite
Thank God!!!