Comments on: Happy Birthday, Piyush

By: winnie47

winnie47 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:16:56 +0000

9 Ã‚Â· don't messiah said

but what of the fact that Dems are using BobbyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Indian name in referring to him? Is it equally innocuous/vile?
it undoubtedly is since it is born out of the same exclusionary motives.

What's wrong with calling someone by their given name? Unlike the GOP, Dems are not using his name to call him a Muslim or a Terrorist. Piyush is his real first name. He never legally changed it.

By: winnie47

winnie47 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:11:05 +0000

I think we should call people by their real names. Barack Obama didn’t change his name to further his political career. He didn’t drop the middle name Hussein after 9/11, to save himself political grief. Bobby Jindal has been shifting his image to appear more mainstream and acceptable. The only problem is, he belongs to the party that shuns ‘others’. I don’t care if you name yourself after a Brady Bunch kid, or change your religion, Governor. You don’t look like a “real American” to the GOP. they are all about the “real America”. Weren’t you here to witness the LAST election?

By: dr.a

dr.a — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:35:30 +0000

it's racist to not call someone by their name in order to draw attention to their South Asian ethnicity (or to highlight the fact that he says he's performed an exorcism), but I think in this case it's not quite as bad as to not call someone by their name in order to call them Muslim, mainly because of the places of the two in American race right now.

But it's more relevant, I think, is that it's not really worth going to a u.s. politican's birthday if it's even in question whether they would allow rape victims to have abortions.

By: Huey

Huey — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:46:18 +0000

Bobby is going to be on “Face the Nation” tomorrow morning.

By: cmurthi

cmurthi — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:23:37 +0000

Sad to see anyone celebrating Jindal’s rise. The mere pride in wanting to see an Indian be in the VP spot should not blind us to his true nature.

Of course, an a complete Democrat and strong leftist myself, I always have to do a reality check when I see an Indian so totally right-wing as him (not that I’m naive, my political experience with Indians does not jibe with someone like him.)

See http://www.seeinggreen.net for my blog entry on Jindal’s devilish personality (if it’s ok to post links.)

By: Manju

Manju — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:49:21 +0000

54 Â· dark and unbalanced said

i think baby mama wins hands down. even better than terrorist fist jab.

nah, too obvious. that's for amateurs. a good southern strategy uses passive aggression so your opponent's cornered and can't complain. in fact, you want him to complain, so he looks like a whiner. win/win situation. like; "i take him on the basis of what he says...there's nothing to base that on...as far as i know." beautiful.

By: Camille

Camille — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:03:01 +0000

But what of the fact that Dems are using Bobbyâ€™s Indian name in referring to him? Is it equally innocuous/vile?

Yes.

By: Ankur

Ankur — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:47:28 +0000

I grew up in Baton Rouge in the 80's. There was a very small, tight knit Indian community back in then. We all knew him as Bobby. If the goal is to become the next Maureen Dowd, NY Times columnist who uses 'Bushies' 'Rummy' and Wolfie (Paul Wolfowitz) quite commonly in her editorials, then I'm sure there is a place for using 'Piyush' or a version of it somewhere too.

Democrats use of his real name in public just points to their lack of originality, stealing from the Republican Playbook. Although it just may work...

By: dark and unbalanced

dark and unbalanced — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:39:03 +0000

17 Â· Manju said

my favorite. to this day

i think baby mama wins hands down. even better than terrorist fist jab.

By: gm

gm — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:52:52 +0000

In reference to my last post, I think Pius is actually a Latin or Greek name or origins that are not necessarily English. So I should not say “Anglicized” (which is spelled incorrectly – oops).