Jindal, then what nickname would you choose?

[Stingo]

Bobby Jindal carried the GOP response to Barack Obama last night, about the only Republican in the country who is not tainted by the last eight years of Republican incompetence and outright corruption. But he spouted the same old tired Republican line, like a puppet, which means he deserves a nickname. Give us one, willya?

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/02/25/jindal/

[EFerrari]

1. Jesus. What is the matter with people. n/t

[xultar]

2. All this racist shit is going to come back and haunt our liberal asses.

[noiretextatique]

4. there is no racism on DU

:sarcasm: at least that's what i read in a post here yesterday.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. That is definitely racist. (nt)

[Burma Jones]

5. How about just plain "Babblin' Bobby"?

Because he's just repeating the same old shit that got us into this mess

And yes, nicknames highlighting his ethnicity are racist........so, let's just stop it.

[Stingo]

10. I'll go with that.

[Dr.Phool]

30. I prefer Jack-off. It melds nicely with Jindal.

And, it's descriptive.

Other than that, I'll settle for "Fuckface".

[Stingo]

6. slumdog is about

people brom India who strive to achieve a dream. I'll give that to Jindal, though he's American and only of Indian extraction. As to the Mumbai comment, perhaps it should be Curry Gumbo. The guy is from Louisiana where corruption is rife, and that's likely how he can stand being near his fellow Republicans, whose whiff of corruption would knock the normal man down.

[EFerrari]

11. I don't think your title means what you think it means

or does what you want it to do.

[peacetalksforall]

7. People should stick to the person, not their parental heritage. We should stick

to names that fit their performance, what they do and don't allow-say-spout, their hypocrisy, their honesty.

It's very unimaginative to slip into racial and religious associations.

Mumbai Gumbo could be the body parts from the recent bombings.

I know you didn't write it.

I'm not impressed.

[Glorfindel]

8. Louisiana resident = "coonass" here in Darkest Mississippi

though I can't imagine why. As a native Georgian, i guess I'm both a "cracker" and a "hillbilly." There are slurs aplenty to go around without inventing new ones. Publicly admitting that one is a Repuke is humiliation enough for several lifetimes.

[last_texas_dem]

22. "Coonass" is slang for a Cajun person, so maybe all Louisianans are getting lumped in

under that banner, too.

I live on the TX-LA border and have heard it with some regularity, mostly from Cajuns using it in a self-deprecating fashion. However, it's unlikely a non-Cajun person would be able to get away saying that one to a Cajun's face without it being seen as an insult (for obvious reasons!).

[tosh]

26. "coonass" is the nickname of my 16 y/o cat when she plunders

for food that is not hers in a raccoon-like manner.:rofl:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. How about something more creative and perhaps a little less... hmm what's the word I'm looking for?

Ah yeah less fucking ignorant and bigoted.

[Occam Bandage]

12. There's no racism on DU, though. I'm just seeing things.

[Peacetrain]

13. Racist commentaries about people we disagree

with, all the way to our core, does nothing for our "dignity" and brings us down to "their" level.

[DevonRex]

14. ENOUGH.

[Stingo]

15. I stand corrected

and humbled. The post is edited, as will be the article.

[EFerrari]

16. Thank you.

:)

[Peacetrain]

17. Thank you for taking a second look at that

:hi:

[xultar]

18. Thank you!

[scd1008]

20. Thanks

I posted on another thread that the Jindal stuff was taking a turn to the dark side.
I think we need to avoid this ...........

[noiretextatique]

19. good for you

:hi: as for a nickname, i'm finding jackass is working for most republicans.

[JuniperLea]

23. Good for you!

That was a very honorable thing to do.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Thank you. nt

[EFerrari]

24. You know, I'm thinking something like "Toogood".

Because that's what Republicans do. They project this completely sort of celestial perfection -- their hair, their cr@p about religion and family values, their squeaky clean life styles that won't bear inspection. It's preternatural. No real people live like that but, that's what Republicans put out there.

And in trying to be "too good", they make themselves into cartoons. Someone who actually has a brain like this guy -- it must be hell for him to constantly have to simplify and exaggerate what he thinks and who he is. :shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

25. Jan Brady...

Except that it's not very fair to the character, "Jan Brady".

The timing and content of his farcical "response" screamed "Me Me Me", including a mini-biography that he wishes could rival that of our president.

"...As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country - and they instilled in me an immigrant's wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: 'Bobby, Americans can do anything.' I still believe that to this day. Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome...."

:eyes:

[Harry Monroe]

27. Assface McGee

[Stingo]

34. Isn't there someone with that name

who used to be an aide to Cheney?

[snake in the grass]

28. Dickhead comes to mind.

[sledgehammer]

29. JinDull? n/t

[Stellabella]

31. How about 'Dickless'?

n/t

[Earth Bound Misfit]

32. ENOUGH WITH THE FRIKKIN JINDAL THREADS

Any presidential aspirations of his went :nuke: last night. End of story.

[Stingo]

35. Celebrating that

would be a good use of your time

[mwb970]

33. Just "Jingles" will do.

It makes him sound like the host of a children's TV show, which was the way he acted in his speech. "My Pet Goat", anyone?