HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, MOSLEM, BLACK- WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIS AFRICAN “FAMILY

HIS MOTHER IS A KANSAN, AN ATHIEST, AND IS WHITE-

WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HIS KANSAN, WHITE MOTHER AND HIS WHITE GRANDPARENTS WHO RAISED HIM?

HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER AND HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND WENT BACK TO HIS FAMILY IN KENYA

HIS MOTHER MARRIED AN INDONESIAN MOSLEM AND TOOK HIM TO JAKARTA WHERE HE WAS SCHOOLED IN A MOSLEM SCHOOL

HIS MOTHER RETURNED TO HAWAII AND HE WAS RAISED BY HIS WHITE KANSAN GRANDPARENTS

HE LATER WENT TO THE BEST HIGH DOLLAR SCHOOLS, HOW?

HE LIVES IN A $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A DEAL WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER. HOW?

HE “WORKED” AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO- HAS NEVER HELD A PRODUCTIVE JOB. THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS POST

NOR IS IT SUBJECT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SET ASIDES

HE ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE HE HAS MINIMAL EXPERIENCE

HE IS PROUD OF HIS “AFRICAN HERITAGE” BUT IT SEEMS THAT HIS ONLY AFRICAN CONNECTION WAS THAT HIS AFRICAN FATHER GOT A WHITE GIRL PREGNANT AND DESERTED HER. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT SPERM CARRIED A “CULTURAL” GENE.WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS WHITE CULTURE?

HE ATTENDS A “AFROCENTRIC” CHURCH THAT HATES WHITES, HATES JEWS, AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE WORLDS PERCEIVED FAULTS AND THEN REPEATEDLY COVERS UP FOR THE PASTOR AND THE CHURCH

HE CLAIMS THAT HE COULD NOT CONFRONT HIS PASTOR BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN CONFRONT NORTH KOREA AND IRAN, RIGHT!!!

YEAH, I THINK I SEE HOW HE COULD BE A UNITER AND BRING US TOGETHER, I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT HE HOPES NO ONE WILL PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.

Rahul, Just to be clear here–I think you are conflating two points (or, maybe I am guilty of same)–but–at any rate, I’m not arguing that Jindal is insincere in converting to Catholicism–the details you mention seem to argue that he is pretty sincere–what I’m calling “pandering” is going from Catholicism to his advocacy of teaching “Intelligent Design”-I don’t think the latter has much to do with Catholicism (see, e.g., Italy, or New England). So, I don’t think Jindal is pandering when he says he’s a Catholic Christian, but I do think when he says the schools should teach Intelligent Design as an alternative to evolution (to the extent he does say that) that it’s just pandering–he doesn’t really believe that (I’m asserting).

ow. ow. ow. i feel little red ants crawling and biting through my skin, over my eyes, nostrils.

it’s ok to support your guy, dude – but I am very skeptical about your comment. if you are bothered about executive compensation, I would agree that there are some examples [e.g. home depot] that stand out. but … inefficient, old school mgmt…!! Well, could you please explain what you mean. I hate to sidetrack but may be you have a strong case in your support of Sen. obama. pray elaborate.

I personally I am against tax breaks for all large corporations anyway… tax breaks should be given to the entities that make best use of that capital.. and large corporations are full of ineffecient old school management.

How does a corporate tax break going to help the middle class or the poor Americans? Such a plan might lead to playing with numbers. For instance a company could cut the wages and benefits to balance out the losses or decrease in profit incurred due to keeping an extra person on the pay roll in the US to get the number of employees in the US to be just above the required mark.

right now corporations get taxbreaks for sending jobs overseas. obama wants to stimulate the market from the bottom-up by encouraging corps to stay within borders and create jobs for the working class again.

Yeah, I’ve heard that and it’s a poor reason to not vote Democrat 45 years on.

well, opposing Castro is their civil rights movement…hell its their abolitionist movement.

LOL–I guessed you would get a kick out of that! The rest of the comments are pretty interesting too, though.

Yeah, I’ve heard that and it’s a poor reason to not vote Democrat 45 years on.

This may change as their generation dies out and their grandchildren become of voting age.

Oh, they can stoke their flames of resentment with the memory of Elian.

“Clinton said she would refuse to sit down with incoming President Raul Castro until he implements political and economic reforms. Obama said he would meet “without preconditions,”"

I think the actual debate transcript says that there’s really not much difference between the two on Cuba. But whom are we kidding? Cuba really has very little international strategic importance, and there is no domestic percentage to be had from actually changing the status quo. And these are both smart politicians – I’d be willing to bet that neither of them is likely to do anything substantive on Cuba unless something dramatic happens.

Rahul, I had in mind, for example, this, but I’ll admit I haven’t canvassed things comprehensively (and admittedly Bertram is a Brit).

I loved the first comment on this post: Cool, now the right-wing bloggers searching for pro-Castro posts won’t come up empty-handed.. But who knows? Maybe you are on to something?

Rahul, I had in mind, for example, this, but I’ll admit I haven’t canvassed things comprehensively (and admittedly Bertram is a Brit).

“Clinton said she would refuse to sit down with incoming President Raul Castro until he implements political and economic reforms. Obama said he would meet “without preconditions,”"