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The Second Gubernatorial Debate: A Quick Fact Check
Democrat Walter Boasso was asked to account for a vote he cast for a bill that would provide health care to legislators who have served a minimum number of years in state government. While Boasso explained how he would not have been a beneficiary of that legislation, he failed to note how his opponent, Republican Bobby Jindal, cast a vote in order to increase his pay for serving in the US House. Boasso may have cast a vote to provide health care for legislators serving in state government for an extended amount of time, but it was Bobby Jindal who…
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37 Reasons to Vote Against Bobby Jindal
1. Bobby Jindal has accepted thousands of dollars in donations from Rep. Tom DeLay and Rep. Jerry Lewis. Jindal accepted $5,000 from DeLay’s ARMPAC and $12,000 from PACs associated with Lewis. 2. Bobby Jindal has accepted $6,000 from Tony Rudy and the Chitimancha Tribe of Louisiana, both of whom were clients of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. 3. In 2005, Bobby Jindal voted with President Bush 90% of the time and with the Republican Party 97% of the time, according to Congressional Quarterly. 4. Rep. Roy Blunt, considered by C.R.E.W. to be one of the “most corrupt members of Congress,” gave…
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The Truth About the Anti-Corruption Agenda
During tonight’s gubernatorial debate, Representative Bobby Jindal was asked a direct question about his allegations that his three main opponents– John Georges, Walter Boasso, and Foster Campbell– are a “part of the corruption crowd,” a question that was awkwardly dodged by Mr. Jindal. Although Walter Boasso made it clear that the Jindal campaign had accused him of being “corrupt,” Foster Campbell underscored an important point that, until then, had been missing from the discourse: When a sitting United States Congressman has evidence of corruption, he is duty-bound to report it. From The Times-Picayune: Campbell became strident on the corruption question…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
