Some brilliant strategist over at Bobby Jindal‘s campaign thought it would be a good idea to hold a Twitter Q&A with the 2016 GOP (lack of) contender. Needless to say, things didn’t go as planned.
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Jindal has the distinction of being America’s least popular governor. He’s more hated in Louisiana than Barack Obama, which is quite an accomplishment in such a deeply red state. Earlier this week, he sent the conservative majority Supreme Court a big F-U on marriage equality with an executive order granting state employees the right to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs.
Yesterday participants across the country were encouraged to send the 2016 hopeless questions using the hashtag #AskBobby. We’re not sure whose idea this Q&A was, but we’re pretty sure that person has since been fired… On second thought, knowing Bobby, this genius might well have been promoted.
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Scroll down for a roundup of some of the best questions Jindal received…
When people rode dinosaurs, did women do it side-saddle? #AskBobby
— Brynn Tannehill (@BrynnTannehill) July 1, 2015
#AskBobby Why are u using religious liberty as an excuse for bigotry? – https://t.co/M6RO0mDGkC pic.twitter.com/eWPk1UVtWo
— Holy Bullies (@holybullies) July 1, 2015
How does it feel to sell your soul for political gain and yet not gain anything politically? #AskBobby
— Brandon Bordelon (@BrandonBordelo2) June 30, 2015
#AskBobby You say we don’t need to abide by decisions of “earthly courts” Is that true of all decisions or just ones that promote tolerance
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) July 1, 2015
What is the difference between you and a toilet? #askbobby
— Jon Swamp (@colonelnemo) June 30, 2015
You have a phone charger I could borrow? This hashtag is draining my battery #AskBobby
— JustLeslie (@LeslieHolder) June 30, 2015
#AskBobby You’re running on religious freedom. Will you condemn racists torching churches, or is this all about uncomfortable florists?
— erster (@erster) July 1, 2015
My daughter’s head rotated 360 degrees. Does she need a doctor or an exorcist? #AskBobby pic.twitter.com/Yl666gKCq8
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) June 30, 2015
Can I get an itemized list of which Supreme Court decisions my state must adhere to with the legal reasoning behind each? Thanks. #AskBobby
— Ben Moser (@benjaminmoser) June 30, 2015
Have you fired the person who came up with the #AskBobby idea?
— Lonnie Lazar (@LonnieLazar) July 1, 2015
Bob LaBlah
Here is a link to the account. I laughed my ass off. The pictures and comments regarding his portrait are the best.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskBobby?src=hash
Miguel Hollywood
Bobby …..
Glücklich
I find it hard to take seriously anything said by someone who goes by Bobby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6a1HE3aZ6w
Roger Honeycutt
Fool should have known better but he’s in his own world where he is intelegent and well liked. He should title his book fantasia
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Jiminy cricket, you nailed it. That video!
Chris Tan
In a world where love is getting harder to find, we should ALWAYS be happy for others who found it!
Jonny B. Mitchell
Lol I had to join in
Niko Graff
She’s an idiot
Glücklich
@Bob LaBlah:
I’ve never actually looked at a Twitter exchange or Twitter page. This Jindal thing is a first for me. So glad I did because I needed a chuckle today.
Bob LaBlah
@Glücklich: I have wondered many a day while he is standing in front of a camera ranting on and on about Obama and his policies if he was aware he is actually darker than Obama, and no where near as good looking either.
The comments about his portraits in the capital that make him appear cartoonishly white are what got me. I won’t say or repeat some of the things that are being said here but trust me, the whole thread is worth reading. I mean NOT ONE good thing was said nor asked of him.
How stupid can you get? And to think this comes naturally to this guy. Bad luck that is. I thought ol’ Ted “the closeted pillow biter” Cruz would be first to drop out (I had figured around mid July for him) but I now think he will be beaten to that punch by ol’ Bobby J., to be followed by Christy and then Cruz. All three will all be history come September.
BlueDude
This is toooo f*kn funny! Now, if only we could go down the line of Repug-clowns and do this same thing for each!!! All dunces…
mcflyer54
Please folks, his name is NOT Bobby, his name is PIYUSH (honest) something that he would very much like to keep from those in his party whose support he so desperately needs. You know, those Republican folks who, at every opportunity, mocked President Obama because of his “funny sounding non-American” name. And, by the way, has anyone ever seen Piyush’s birth certificate or is this too something that will now become irrelevant with the teabaggers?
mcflyer54
@Bob LaBlah: I only disagree on Cruz who I believe has enough money to hang around through the fall. I think HuckyBooBoo will bail before Cruz because his money raising efforts aren’t doing all that well and I think he’s really only in it to sell books (money he gets to keep for himself) anyway. Watch Kasich though, he’ll probably be the last to jump in but I think he’ll surprise a lot of folks once the bus gets rolling. Kasich has learned to control his hair trigger temper and, although most of his policies are pretty far right, he sounds reasonable (and without anger) when he talks a moderate line.
Kieran
If you haven’t seen the classic 1939 film Gunga Din, by all means do.
Bob LaBlah
@mcflyer54: What led me to believe Cruz was in trouble was when he accepted that money from the two gay hoteliers. Only a man desperate for cash would have went against his “principles” and openly accepted cash from “sodomites”, which he himself is under covers.
Remember when Alan Keyes, the man who lost the Illinois senate race against Obama and never got over it, threaten to sue to get Obama’s birth certificate made public? Well, if ever there was a time to break out the lawsuits here is a good chance for an up and comer to rock the boat.
Even more comments have come in but I still say the one about the “white guy posing as you” comment in regards to the portrait was the funniest. I doubt even the late Michael Jackson would have been stupid enough to allow being turned that white.
Thomas Ecker
Bobby Jindal says he won’t honor the new ruling. So… There’s that.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/07/bobby_jindal_says_state_govern.html#incart_river_mobile
Christian l'Aviance
https://twitter.com/angelindiskies/status/616439202012622848
Tony Godorecci
Neil Ballantyne
He will NEVER be President……. Jindal does not have a chance in hell…..
Gus Anderson
He’s a fauxmerican.
Realitycheck
@Glücklich: LOL you are the best 🙂
Realitycheck
@Gus Anderson: He is the living proof, hype can get you elected, and that is scary,
why hasn’t he been recalled yet?
Sluggo2007
Did you ever see such a stupid looking face in your life? Damn! He’s a mess!
mcflyer54
As southern tradition women voting for “Bobby” will be called Southern Belles. However, men voting Jindal will simply continue to be called idiots.
o.codone
All this reveals is what we already know. The voting public are idiots. Look who they elect to office. See what I mean? Idiots.
Bob LaBlah
@mcflyer54: “However, men voting Jindal will simply continue to be called idiots.”
The men who vote for him are called Bubba’s. The Bubba’s will also be the ones out protesting in favor of the Confederate Flag being flown high in the sky to show the arrogance and ignorance of their ancestors insistence on going to war in the first place. A war their generals (the southerners) knew from day one they were going to lose. I can’t wait to hear this colored white man talk about his stance on the confederate flag and whether that war was justified.
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@Sluggo2007: “Did you ever see such a stupid looking face in your life?”
Its called a Silly Puddy type face. Only Silly Puddy could create something like that. You are correct about his being a mess. A Silly Puddy face and Bundt cake for a brain qualifies him.
GayEGO
@Glücklich: Was that poop on the boy’s face? That’s what Bobby Jingleballs actions are about! :>)
Glücklich
@Sluggo2007
@Bob LaBlah:
Re Jindal’s face….anyone remember when Steve Forbes was running for president back in the 90’s and even when he was speaking seriously he always had (and still has) that stupid crooked little smirk that just makes one want to BASH HIS FACE IN? I don’t know if it’s a facial tic or he’s had a stroke or what. He’s an awful sort of right-wingnut conservative, too.
TRIGGER WARNING AHEAD
https://www.google.com/search?q=steve+forbes&rlz=1C1TSNP_enUS463US463&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EnOVVZjEEc-4oQT-hLnIBg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1242&bih=585#imgrc=kZ3TArFu284pPM%3A
TomMc
His parents came to The States before Jindal was born? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal) If he’s really pro-life then, he’s un-American.
mcflyer54
@TomMc: PIYUSH, of Hindu religion, says his mother was 4 months pregnant with him when the immigrated to America. While that would make Piyush an American by birth I think presenting his birth certificate is in order. After all the Teabaggers and GOP didn’t want to just take Obama at his word.
Bob LaBlah
@Glücklich: I remember ol’ Stevie like yesterday morning. I honestly like him. He reminded me more of a scientist teacher than politician.
tusgold
the Louisana economy is a diaster, health care is scarce and helping to increase deficits