Jindal Proves He's Out Of His League -- Loses Cool During Time of Tragedy

[tomm2thumbs]

I'm sure his advisors said it would be a good thing to leave the campaign trail, considering he is sinking like quicksand anyway, but the defensive fierceness you hear in his voice, especially in the latter half of the questions shows he has all but lost his case for being US President. He just can't keep his cool. Want to bet he knows this was a sly way out of the debates? Cunning. Manipulative. Self-serving. Oh yes, he fits all those descriptions.

But mostly pathetic.

"No answers for you today. Come again later when I've prepared something to say...."

Emotionless. Witless. Heartless.... and defensive.

(insert nervous repeated nodding)

"It hasn't been 24 hours... it hasn't been 24 hours..." (repeat, ad infinitum... ad nauseam)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. What a weasel! The guy is right about one thing...he's not going anywhere, especially in the primaries...certainly not to the White House.

[Helen Borg]

2. Dummy!

[Sienna86]

3. I feel he is getting his airtime, one way or another. But he's toast.

How sad though. His political ads through time have heavily focused on his "love" of guns. And now we have this shooter, who was once involuntarily committed to a hospital for a serious mental health issue, who was able to buy a gun in Alabama.

[Unknown Beatle]

4. You forgot Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty.

Plus a jerk and an asshole.

[marble falls]

9. thanks for the reference:

this ones for you:

[MrModerate]

5. Not only is he stupid, he's wrong . . .

Which pretty much sums up every Republican politician currently in office or aspiring to (higher) office.

[47of74]

6. You can't exorcise stupid.

But stupid can run for higher office.

[gademocrat7]

7. Pathetic

[marble falls]

8. "out of his league", an apt epitath for his political tombstone.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Time and again with Republicans

it's all about self-righteousness, invincibility, and mental rigidity

In their own thoughts they are never wrong

A Legend in Their Own Minds

Always ones to stand up and say "Eureka!!!!"

But as usual, The Emperor Has No Clothes

[Fritz Walter]

11. Is it my imagination?

Or is he trying to sound more like a Southerner when he speaks? If you can stomach it, check out his SOTU response from 6 years ago:

I'm no expert in dialects but I'd say he's trying to appeal to the low-IQ voters by pretending to talk like them.

Subtle, Piyush!

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Agree

it may be his elocution is changing by listening to locals all the time
but it sure sounds like he can turn it on and off like a faucet

Y'all catchin' ma drift?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. He can't very well say that he fully supports this shooter's access to his murder weapon

Let's wait until the incident is no longer fresh in people's minds and he'll be glad to discuss the gun issue in the abstract.

[rickford66]

14. Now is not the time !!

With a senseless shooting daily, there will never be a time.

[IHateTheGOP]

15. Yea, we'll talk about how the right wing is wrong on every issue, but just not right now

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. Ironically he is shamelessly using this for political gain.

He has been in front of the podium on this case more than he has been all year.

[zebonaut]

17. Sorry You Ammosexual Jackoff; NOW is the right time; we've heard those filthy talking points before

Quick! Open a new hearing on Hillary Clinton's emails!!!

[catbyte]

18. What an asshole. He doesn't have a clue.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

19. It's never the time or place to discuss gun control just after a shooting

People have to grieve. Give them at least a month before we start talking about taking people's guns away. And reset the clock when this happens again in two weeks. Those families gotta grieve too...

[Gothmog]

20. Jindal is very weak

[freshwest]

21. I don't see what anyone is saying in that video. All I see is a typical GOP. n/t

[Red Knight]

22. It is EXACTLY the time to discuss it

But guys like this are interested in political ambitions above anything else.

Sad.

This shouldn't even be controversial for anyone. Is the NRA going to stand up there and support mentally ill people buying guns?

I want to see how that plays out.

If they can't get together on this one issue of a mentally ill man legally buying a gun they are not just extreme--they've gone over the cliff.