Republican response speech will be given by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a rising star and potential 2012 Presidential candidate.  I wonder how Palin, Huckabee, Huntsman, et. al. feel about Jindal being picked to give the response?  Cabletubes are almost foaming at the mouth about “this bright young man who may be the next Republican nominee.”  Lots of Obama analogies.

So the first ad on CNN post-speech is from Exxon Mobil.  Gee, what a surprise.

Another ad features P Diddy promoting a brand of vodka — again not exactly the message you think you’d want to be promoting in the immediate aftermath of a serious talk about just how bad things are in this country.

Okay, to start out, Jindal’s delivery style sounds like a tour operator or a Disney ride.

Seriously, I appreciate Jindal’s story — really — but he’s sounding like a kid giving his first speech.  Have your voice go up on every third syllable!  And he sounds like he’s reading.  Did he practice this at all?

Wait — let me get this straight.  He’s telling a Katrina story?  Really?  As Molly said, I don’t think that was the Republicans’ (or local Louisiana Democrats’ for that matter) finest hours.

The big theme here is one that Republicans have been hitting on for years — government doesn’t trust you to spend your money.

Volcano monitoring?  Did McCain write this speech?

Listening to a Republican talk about earmark reform is like listening to a pornographer talk about women’s rights.

Okay Jindal, healthcare decisions currently made by doctors and patients — they’re made by corporate bureaucrats.

This just in:  we can do anything.  Including saying we can do anyting over and over again.

There’s too much here about Louisiana.  But was the anti-corruption line a shot at Illinois (and Democrats)?

“Way to strengthen our country is not to increase dependence on government.”  Did anyone tell Bush that?

Republicans “went along” with earmarks and spending?  Weren’t they in charge?

Who’s telling us we cannot recover?  Obama certainly didn’t say that tonight.

9-11!  Where’s Giuliani when you need him?

Gotta say that I was underwhelmed by the response –  pretty disingenuous, and Jindal’s delivery left a lot to be desired.  Maybe that’s why Huckabee, Palin, and others didn’t mind his getting the gig.

In fairness, it was a pretty thankless job.  Jindal wasn’t exactly given much to work with — he had to go out after Obama and say “Wait — we were wrong, but now we’re not, and really we’ll be the people we promised to be when we were in charge!  Really!  We swear!”  It strikes me that current Republican rhetoric is as bankrupt as that of Democrats in the 1980s.

And again, Katrina — what were Republicans thinking?

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