Bobby Jindal

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'''Piyush "Bobby" Jindal''' {{lived|1971}} was the 
creepy
 [[Republican]] governor of [[Louisiana]] from 2008 to 2016, the first such 
tanned
 American of Indian descent (and we're talking about the subcontinent here) to hold such a position in US history, and a [[2016 Republican Party presidential nomination|2016 presidential candidate]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/24/us-usa-election-jindal-idUSKBN0P425E20150624 Louisiana Governor Jindal announces run for president in 2016]. Reuters, 24 June 2015.</ref> He chose the nickname Bobby based on the youngest son on ''The Brady Bunch''. Look up 'Bobby Jindal unofficial portrait' — you'll immediately understand what he's about.<ref>Yesha Callahan., [http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2015/02/someone_painted_louisiana_governor_bobby_jindal_as_a_white_man.html "The artist must have run out of brown paint"], ''The Root.''</ref>

==Rise to power==
He was constantly touted in the media as the new face of the GOP and was believed to be a 2012 front runner for their nomination (barring the [[2012 apocalypse]]), having since declined to run.  A former [[Hindu]], he converted to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] and took the Church's stance on [[birth control]] and [[abortion]].  He also served as [[Dubya]]'s Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation.

Many Americans got their first look at the governor when he addressed the nation after President [[Barack Obama|Obama's]] speech trying to sell his recovery plan to the American people.  Jindal is certainly a part of the [[War on Science]] since he believes that volcano monitoring is a form of [[pork|political pork]]. He has also publicly expressed support for [[Intelligent Design]]. He ran on a reform ticket, and so far, has not done much. Instead, he's done the opposite; ask any intelligent person from the State of Louisiana and they'll tell you that he turned Louisiana's economy and education system to shit.<sup>[''citation NOT needed'']</sup> There was even a recall petition against him.<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/bobby-jindal-a.html</ref> Some attribute its lack of success to the fact that the Lt. Governor at the time was [[Mary Landrieu]]'s brother. He was reelected in 2011 with over 65% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bobby-jindal-reelection-2011 Jindal reelected]</ref>

==Political and social views==
Jindal is 
110%
 against all forms of abortion, including cases of [[rape]], [[incest]], or saving the mother's life. The only exception in his eyes occurs if a woman needs a medical procedure to save her life, and the fetus is ''indirectly'' terminated.<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal.htm#Abortion On the issues: Jindal on Abortion]</ref>

In 2008, Jindal signed into law a bill that prescribes [[eugenics|mandatory chemical castration for second offense sex criminals]].<ref>[http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=270 Governor Signs Chemical Castration Bill, Authorizing the Castration of Sex Offenders in Louisiana] From the Governor's Website</ref>

Also in 2008, Jindal signed into law the [[Louisiana Academic Freedom Act]], a very thinly-veiled attempt to introduce [[creationism]] into the classroom. Under the law, teachers are protected from "discrimination" or job loss if they ''independently'' decide to introduce material on controversial topics, specifically evidence against [[evolution]].<ref>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/06/louisiana-passes-first-antievolution-academic-freedom-law.ars</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/louisiana-only-state-promote-academic-freedom-so-f/</ref> Oddly, this got fellow Catholic Republican Dan Claitor, a state senator, worked up enough that he tried to repeal it. He failed.<ref>[http://theadvocate.com/home/2615184-125/senate-rejects-repeal-of-science The Morning Advocate:Senate rejects repeal of science education bill]</ref> More recently, a [[School vouchers|voucher program]] intended to allow students to transfer to private schools from under-performing public ones was accused of steering students to schools that emphasize creationism according to LAFA repeal organizer Zack Kopplin and newspapers including the Alexandria ''Town Talk'', the Lafayette ''Independent Weekly'' and the New Orleans ''Times-Picayune''.<ref>[http://ncse.com/news/2012/07/vouchers-creationism-louisiana-007503 Vouchers for creationism in Louisiana?] National Center for Science Education web site</ref>

Louisiana is currently suffering from a budget crisis due to Jindal's cutting of [[income tax]]es, without raising the sales tax to compensate (the income tax rates were raised back in the day when sales taxes were reduced). The solution? Cut higher ed. And [[privatize]] pretty much everything: health insurance,<ref>[http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/06/jindal_health_care_privatization.html ColorLines:Bobby Jindal’s Plan to Privatize Health Insurance for 250,000 Workers]</ref> [[prison]]s,<ref>[http://www.theind.com/news/10266-prison-sale-on-leges-agenda The IND:Prison sale on leges agenda]</ref>, even the Office of Student Financial Assistance<ref>[http://louisianavoice.com/2012/03/28/office-of-student-financial-assistance-latest-to-be-overrun-by-jindal-privatization-express-47-set-to-receive-pink-slips/ Louisiana Voice: Office of Student Financial Assistance latest to be overrun by Jindal Privatization Express; 47 set to receive pink slips]</ref> and education (in a fairly shameless attempt to fund [[Bullshit|jackfuck]] [[insane]] [[Bible]] schools).<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USL1E8H10AG20120601 Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools | Reuters.com]</ref> In early 2013, Jindal started a push to eliminate the state's income tax and corporate tax, replacing them with a much higher (and more regressive) state sales tax.<ref>[http://theadvocate.com/home/4597073-125/jindal-says-end-income-tax The Morning Advocate:Jindal says end income tax]</ref> In December 2012 Jindal attempted to end all Medicaid hospice care, but backed down under pressure.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/gov_bobby_jindal_backs_down_on.html The Times-Picayune: Gov. Bobby Jindal backs down on Medicaid hospice elimination]</ref>
Jindal has also been accused of roadblocking proposed redistricting that would put a second majority-minority district in LA, as he demands 2 North Louisiana districts.<ref>[http://digbatonrouge.com/article/minority-voters-cry-foul-2015/ DIG]</ref>

==Outright wingnuttery==
Jindal openly claims to have personally battled a [[demon]] while a student at Brown University.<ref>[http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/05/bobby-jindal-exorcised-his-college-girlfriend]</ref><ref>[http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/bobby-jindal-the-exorcist-pro-or-con/]</ref> A member of his [[prayer]] group who was suffering from emotional distress after the suicide of a close friend and her own skin cancer diagnosis was allegedly surrounded by "sulfuric smells" and acting very strangely. During a prayer meeting, the woman collapsed into a seizure. Instead of seeking medical attention, the students began to perform an [[exorcism]] on her. She tried to flee two separate times during this ordeal and was physically restrained by the group. Jindal claims that not only was the demon exorcised but the woman's skin cancer was miraculously cured.<ref>http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1294-jindal</ref> He lied.

Jindal joined the [[Birther]] movement in 2011 when, in response to wingnuts' [[Obama citizenship denial|doubts]] about President [[Obama]]'s citizenship, he announced that he would "sign a state bill, if it reached his desk, that would require candidates for federal office on the Louisiana ballot to show proof of birth in the U.S." He then went one step further by releasing his own birth certificate despite there being no doubt about his citizenship.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/08/us-birther-jindal-idUSTRE74701F20110508 Louisiana governor Jindal caught in birther flap]</ref>

In 2015, Jindal attempted to out-[[Islamophobe]] [[Fox News]] by not retracting his claim that there were Islamic "no-go zones" within [[Europe]]. He nearly killed [[British|Britain's]] then Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]: "When I heard this, I frankly choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools Day."<ref>[http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/bobby_jindal_fox_news.html Bobby Jindal doubles down on 'no-go zone' comments, even as Fox News backs off similar statements]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://skydancingblog.com/2013/01/24/the-ultimate-lean-hungry-man-appears-to-have-the-villagers-fooled/ The Ultimate Lean Hungry Man Appears to Have the Villagers Fooled]
*[http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/bobby-jindal-is-governing-like-its-2016-87736.html?hp=t1 Bobby Jindal is governing like it's 2016]
*[http://americanxt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/The-Freedom-and-Empowerment-Plan.pdf Jindal's healthcare plan]

==References==
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