Is Piyush Jindal a natural born US citizen? Was he born in India?

[bluestateguy]

Has he proven his citizenship? Has he provided a vault copy of his birth certificate?

:rofl:

[lxlxlxl]

1. He might be a MUSLIM!!!!!

=)

He converted to Catholicism after he got here ya know!?! WINK!

[11 Bravo]

2. Even worse! He could be a MUSLIN!

Alert the Porta-Pottie warriors. This is HUGH!

[old mark]

39. Or even a

Satin worshiper.....


mark

[Ioo]

10. or worse, a PEACE LOVING Hindu! Republicans for peace? NO WAY

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Here is a comment someone posted on my diary at DailyKos:

It rings true enough to make me believe it.

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2009/2/21/104747/186/?pid=0#c7

Jindal's plan is to add to the "success" of the Katrina aftermath by simply disinviting the poor to come back home. They refuse to rebuild the 9th ward or provide any housing options.

Now Jindal wants to refuse federal stimulus funds and especially unemployment benefits. So if you are unemployed in Louisiana your governor is politely asking you to get the hell out.

This is Jindal's plan to look good in anticipation of a run for Prez in 2012. Run all the unemployed out of the state, point to his lower unemployment rate than the national average and say "Look what I did for Louisiana, I can do that for America".

After he becomes president he boots millions of aliens out of the country so Americans can have jobs in the fields and encourage others to emigrate for employment.

As I commented there, Jindal is as evil as Cheney and infinitely smarter. He scares me.

[Cha]

5. It's totally credible..in fact I

would need it proven that it's not happening.

Yeah, you take a smarter evil asshole and as if cheney weren't dangerous enough you gotta especially watch out for someone like jindal.

There's gotta to be someway to get the real people back in their home.

[Baltimore]

54. Jindal and Hinduism

Maybe we have the Hindu caste system here? The poor are poor because they deserve it, they're being punished by bad karma from their former life. Mustn't try to help them, because that would defeat the Divine Purpose.

[Danger Mouse]

12. There's only one reason you need not fear him...

the Repuke party will NEVER nominate a nonwhite for president.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. This guy got elected GOVERNOR in a southern state.

Nobody squealed over either Condi or Colin. Tame darkies are apparently the in thing in fascist circles these days.

[Danger Mouse]

18. Governor is one thing. President is another thing entirely.

The GOP can't afford to run a 'darkie'...it would alienate their racist base. Remember, Condi and Colin were acceptable because they were Bush's toadies.

[Hutzpa]

25. I will not use that as a way to ignore him,

start digging now...sez I

wheres the talpidae when you need one.

[beac]

22. What about his little "exorcism" problem? I can't see his future GOP

opponents NOT finding a way to exploit that wacky story to keep him from the nomination.

[Buzz Clik]

4. My disgust with similar behavior from the right was not because they were Republicans.

It's because this kind of activity is disgusting.

I know that you are just kidding, but others have done this with more seriousness. I'd like to see it stop.

[Uzybone]

6. You are right, its too early for these kind of smear tactics.

[Occam Bandage]

8. The fact that something is a direct parody of an earlier political volley fired at our side

does not mean that something is not in and of itself offensive. In fact, it can be even more so. Case in point:




This is a clear parody of the Bush-chimp grid. That doesn't matter. It has to be taken within its own self-contained context as well as within its political parody context.

[Pharlo]

11. Think they've figured out the one major discrepancy between

this parody and the Bush one yet?

Bush actually resembled the chimp. Obama doesn't.

In this version, the human is the intelligent looking one.

[fujiyama]

45. Yeah, it just falls flat

Obama looks, well...human.

Also, the facial expressions Bush made in that image did look more chimp like.

[Odin2005]

52. Bush also has eyes that are close together, which looks ape-like

What's also funny is that Obama's African ancestry is EAST African, and East Africans tend to not have the facial features the racists use in calling people of West and Southern African ancestry "monkeys".

[Buzz Clik]

19. Refusing to call Jindal by his first name is not parody -- it's imitation of disgusting behavior.

It was not funny when used against Obama. It is not funny being used against Jindal.

By the way -- the display you posted was identical to the one used on bushorchimp.com. Yeah, it's dancing along a fine line, but considering that they used EXACTLY the same chimp pics as bushorchimp, it is hard to get too upset.

[dkf]

32. Piyush IS his real name.

[Buzz Clik]

34. And HUSSEIN is Obama's real name.

You people just don't get it. You scream and piss and moan when the GOP acts like a bunch of teenaged boys, but you have no problem imitating the same behavior.

A little introspection would go a long way.

[dkf]

36. Its his legal FIRST name.

Bobby is his nickname and they put it in quotes for goodness sakes.

What is wrong is to say that using someone's real name is a slur. That is the insult.

[Buzz Clik]

37. Yeah. Right.

Bullshit.

The implication is that there is something un-American about being of Indian descent. That's racist, bigoted bullshit and offensive as hell. It has no place at DU.

[dkf]

38. I'm Asian American. Please don't tell me about foreign names being

UnAmerican because I am insulted by that seeing as how 2 of my 3 names are distinctly NOT AMERICAN by your standards.

Here, we actually ADD middle names with our heritage because it means something to us, especially if you are mixed race.

No wonder people think Hawaii is exotic. Here we celebrate our heritage. That is why Barack Hussein Obama takes pride in his multi-ethnic roots.

I think its funnier that Piyush felt pressured into adopting a name from the Brady Bunch.

In Hawaii politicians add their middle or former names just for the election or they identify their mothers so people know what they are.

[Posteritatis]

48. Sounds like a great big step up from my neck of the woods! (nt)

[Buzz Clik]

58. You're trying to turn this shit around on ME? Read the fucking thread.

[dkf]

60. This thread is making fun of the freepers...taking their own stupid

prejudices and turning it around on them showing their pure hypocrisy.

Your posts are AGREEING with this stupid notion that you don't call people by their given names because its an insult.

I think you don't even get what you are doing.

And Hussein was an attempt to tie Obama to someone they identified as a terrorist and a tyrant. If Bush hadn't turned Saddam Hussein into enemy number one, the name would have been more associated with King Hussein of Jordan, a pretty good friend to the United States.

[Buzz Clik]

63. No, I am not.

I am saying the practice of making fun of their names is racist as hell. It's in the thread.

What is it about DU? People with an agenda refuse to read.

You carry on with your breathless ranting and your oh-so-genuine outrage. It's no longer my problem.

[ladywnch]

43. just for the record:

I'm not trying to start a war or anything but according to his wiki entry:

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana.<1> Prior to his election as governor, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district, to which he was elected in 2004 to succeed current U.S. Senator David Vitter. Jindal was re-elected to Congress in the 2006 election with 88 percent of the vote.


I'm not saying whether he was born in US or on Mars....just that his actual first name appears to be Piyush. I'm also not trying to imply that this qualifies or disqualifies him to be President one day.

[chollybocker]

57. Show me one Bush-as-Chimp parody

where the Chimp has two bullet holes through his chest.

[Buzz Clik]

59. You mean the real chimp that the cops actually shot, right?

That one?

[AlCzervik]

17. Weill said.

:thumbsup:

[Occam Bandage]

7. I like finding out exactly whose offense at the "B. HUSSEIN OBAMA IS NOT A CITIZEN" garbage

was only jealousy that they didn't get to be racist first.

[OHdem10]

9. He was born and raised here.

[Barack_America]

13. But his parents weren't born in the US so is he *really* American?

Of course I believe the answer to this is "yes", this is just the "reasoning" that the Birthers try to use to discredit Obama. If it applies to Obama, it certainly applies to Jindal.

[treestar]

15. Exactly, DUers sometimes don't get why it is not inconsistent

We're not just doing what they did to reverse things. We're pointing out to them that they held Obama to a certain standard about proving his birth, so why shouldn't they be subjected to the standard they set for others? Of course they are hypocrites and do not, since McCrook's birth in Panama should have been enough for them to require his birth certificate and at least one of his American parents' birth certificates. They never demanded that. Showing they are hypocrites once more.

[Posteritatis]

49. I just find the whole furor over it in the first place silly

The hypocrisy's just another layer of annoyance, especially when it gets to the point of going after people for having the 'wrong' names as I've seen implied in this thread.

Granted, I find birthright requirements for high office silly anyway, and think that if someone immigrated from Mars they ought to be allowed to run for president (or whatever) the same day they get their citizenship. Of course, that's actually the case where I am, so I'm guilty of taking it for granted.

[Thothmes]

20. Last time I checked, it does not make a fat rats ass

These discussions are as stupid here as those of similiar content on FR.

[DevonRex]

23. They're making FUN of the stuff the freeps come up with. It's snark.

[Bluebear]

14. Did he take his oath on some kind of Hindu book? Are you SURE???

[Thothmes]

21. Any proof that he is Hindu. or just gas.

[fujiyama]

55. The other poster was being facetious as are the others on this board

Jindall was born to Hindu parents and he converted when he was in high school.

He's also a RW religious nut and witnessed an exorcism, has a degree in biology but believes in biblical creationism. And of course, we know about his spiteful and nasty plan to screw over the unemployed in LA. He's absolute scum.

Look, when the freepers and other RWers discuss Obama's heritage, they do so because they seriously believe he's the Antichrist, a Muslim, or wasn't born here. No one here is claiming any of things about Jindall.

[jenmito]

24. Funny how RWers constantly complain about "illegal aliens" having children HERE, making those

children U.S. citizens (so they get rights of other U.S. citizens) yet some of these same RWers are trying to say if Obama's father wasn't a citizen, HE'S not a citizen even if he WAS born in HI! (Or whatever their "logic" is.)

[treestar]

33. Next they'll be demanding that the only US citizens are

those who can show they are descended from someone who came on the Mayflower.

[jenmito]

41. I don't know about that...

that would be the next LOGICAL step. But they're always trying to scare people by saying all these "illegal aliens" are coming here to have children who, even in their minds, are automatically U.S. citizens so they can "take advantage of our social programs."

[treestar]

44. Their anchor baby theory

And true, children of two illegal aliens are citizens if born on US soil, in spite of their parents' lack of status. Republics can't stand that. So now they'd like to extend that and make a new imaginary rule that one parent not a citizen of the U.S. means you aren't a citizen.

I'm surprised they don't try to find a day or two that Obama's dad was here illegally. Maybe he overstayed a visa! :rofl:

[jenmito]

47. Exactly...

I wish someone would ask one of these birthers about this inconsistency! But that would cause them to think rationally.

[nxylas]

56. Wonder how they'd react to a Native American Presidential candidate?

"Mushulatubbe? That ain't a real American name".

[AlinPA]

26. We cain't have no purzadent that hain't a whaht guy.

[Canuckistanian]

27. I'll bet he has a BUDDHA on his KEYCHAIN

And we all know what THAT means.

[PBS Poll-435]

28. Nah after the "conversion" he installed one of these in his bedroom

[Canuckistanian]

29. Yikes, that's hideous

I think someone took "Suffer the little children to come unto me" a little too seriously.

[Hutzpa]

30. His conversion is a myth

need to check and see if he really practices what he
to preaches.

[old mark]

40. Hell, at one time I had a Buddha on my keychain, but it got

replaced with a P-38 can opener (still there.)

You never know when you might need to open a can.

mark

[LiberalFighter]

31. He is actually a clone of his grandfather

Therefore not legally born. They used the research from stem cells to create him.

:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

35. Who cares? He'll never ever be the republican nominee. Ever.

[vaberella]

42. I would have said the same of the Chairman of the RNC. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

46. Not even remotely close to comparable.

[vaberella]

62. Anything that deals with Black Repubs in high places within the party is a toss up for me. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

53. So who's your odds on favorite?

Because I put on my "look at the world with a twist GOP perspective" this morning and he looks pretty .... well ..... he looks better than Palin anyway lol.

[BlooInBloo]

61. No idea. Guaranteed to be a white christian, though.

[DesertRat]

50. Piyush Jindal doesn't sound like a red blooded American

Does he salute the flag and wear the flag pin?!!
:rofl:

[MrPerson]

51. I'll call him Bobby Jindal. Let the other side be that way.