CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Ieyoub Revelation Exposes Jindal Health Care Hypocrisy

    Richard Ieyoub has revealed that during his tenure as State Attorney General, then-Governor Mike Foster and then-Director of Health and Hospitals Bobby Jindal worked to block Louisiana from receiving its share of a large settlement from the tobacco industry. Acting in his capacity as legal representative of the State of Louisiana, Ieyoub sought damages in a multi-state federal lawsuit to compensate the State for health care expenses to treat illnesses caused by tobacco products: In 1996, Jindal was the Republican Foster administration’s secretary of the state Department of Health and Hospitals when Ieyoub, a Democrat, filed suit against tobacco companies…

  • Bobby Jindal’s Real Record on America’s Veterans and Military

    LOUISIANA IS HOME TO MORE than 337,000 veterans, 55,000 of whom live in the First Congressional District, represented by Congressman Bobby Jindal. In one of his most recent television ads, Bobby Jindal defends himself against the accusations that he has voted against our veterans, implying that such a claim is absurd. Yet, at the same time, Jindal has refused to argue against any of the specifics. Here are the facts, provided by a third-party watchdog: Jindal Voted Against Giving the National Guard Access to TRICARE. In May 2005, Jindal voted against a motion to recommit the Fiscal 2006 Defense Authorization…

  • Jindal’s Alexandria Strategy: Skip School and Canvass Neighborhoods

    Around 8:30 this morning, my doorbell rang. Outside, there was a young white girl who looked to be around 13 years old holding a pile of Bobby Jindal push cards. Today, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 (the blog is published in GMT) is, in fact, a school day, but while most children were in school, a group of teenage girls “decided” to skip class in order to canvass Alexandria neighborhoods with Bobby Jindal push cards. Representative Jindal arrived in Alexandria a few hours later, and coincidentally, he was met by a crew of teenage girls. It is always great when young…