I have never seen a response given in front of a crowd. Have you? nt

[LLStarks]

[sunnybrook]

1. This is the anti-Jindal speech

his words are still a joke, but his suit fits and plenty of black folks are there

[Patsy Stone]

2. Word. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. This makes it like a mini-SOTU address. Note the chair arrangement in the hall.

It's a mini version of congress.

[spanone]

4. they need something, this guy is cardboard.

[G_j]

5. I notice there is a black and an asian right behind him nt

[sunnybrook]

6. although his face is lobster red

and his concealer looks like chalk! This a crowd of paid clappers!

[Johonny]

7. this isn't going to focus group well

I think we won't be seeing this again.

[falcon97]

11. Yup. They needed something between

Jindal and this charade.

[sunnybrook]

8. I would not buy a used car from this guy

what is his lapel pin?

[johnfunk]

9. Five years ago, i recommended to the DNC that they do just

The two people I talked to thought it was a great idea. Guess the higher-ups shot it down.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. No, I haven't.

I'm wondering who everybody is. I guess it will be in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

[LostInAnomie]

12. It's says "The New Republican Party" is equal to the president.

At least it did until that droning buffoon started speaking.

[fishwax]

13. no, I haven't -- and it didn't work at all

Jindal's kid-giving-a-speech-at-Boy's-State routine was pretty pathetic, but usually there is at least a somewhat dignified address to the people through the camera. This, though, just came off as an echo chamber, and since the setting paled in comparison to Obama's speech, the attempt to replicate it just looked pathetic.

[LLStarks]

14. So, has this type of response format ever been used before historically?

Or was this a debut?