05-08-2008, 08:41 PM
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Telegraph India,May 8
Mukul Kesavan
"A conservative columnist in the New York Times, William Kristol, suggested Bobby Jindalâs name as a possible running mate for the Republican p residential nominee, John McCain.
Bobby Jindal is the recently elected governor of Louisiana and in Kristolâs view, he has several qualities that recommend him. He is young: at 36, he is barely half John McCainâs 71 years and a McCain-Jindal ticket would help draw the sting of the charge that McCain is too old to run. He is properly conservative, unlike McCain who is suspected by the Republican base of flirting with liberal positions when it comes to âsocialâ issues such as abortion. Jindal is an uncompromising hardliner on abortion: he opposes it in every case, even if the pregnancy is the result of incest or rape.
It helps that heâs very bright (he graduated from Brown and went on to do a Masters at Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship) and has an extraordinary resumé given his youth. He was the secretary of Louisianaâs department of health at the age of 24, he has been an assistant secretary of state at the federal level under George W. Bush, a two-term Congressman, president of the Louisiana university system and now governor.
Also, in a year where the Democrats are making history with Barack Obama, it doesnât hurt that Bobby Jindal is every bit as brown as the senator from Illinois."
http://indiasecular.wordpress.com/
Telegraph India,May 8
Mukul Kesavan
"A conservative columnist in the New York Times, William Kristol, suggested Bobby Jindalâs name as a possible running mate for the Republican p residential nominee, John McCain.
Bobby Jindal is the recently elected governor of Louisiana and in Kristolâs view, he has several qualities that recommend him. He is young: at 36, he is barely half John McCainâs 71 years and a McCain-Jindal ticket would help draw the sting of the charge that McCain is too old to run. He is properly conservative, unlike McCain who is suspected by the Republican base of flirting with liberal positions when it comes to âsocialâ issues such as abortion. Jindal is an uncompromising hardliner on abortion: he opposes it in every case, even if the pregnancy is the result of incest or rape.
It helps that heâs very bright (he graduated from Brown and went on to do a Masters at Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship) and has an extraordinary resumé given his youth. He was the secretary of Louisianaâs department of health at the age of 24, he has been an assistant secretary of state at the federal level under George W. Bush, a two-term Congressman, president of the Louisiana university system and now governor.
Also, in a year where the Democrats are making history with Barack Obama, it doesnât hurt that Bobby Jindal is every bit as brown as the senator from Illinois."