Comments on: Solving the perception of corruption. http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/02/07/solving-the-perception-of-corruption/ My personal blog to promote those ideals that our country was founded on. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Daniel Z. http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/02/07/solving-the-perception-of-corruption/#comment-1123 Daniel Z. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:52:49 +0000 http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/02/07/solving-the-perception-of-corruption/#comment-1123 Of course the statement about perception is political speak. He is being a typical politician and going back on what he said in his campaign. In his campaign he wanted to fight the ethics problem of our state. Now he is wanting to fight the "perception" of ethics problems in our state. It is a huge difference between the two. One allows people to continue being unethical. What proof do you have that Bobby Jindal is "very serious" about ethics reform? The "give him a chance" argument is flawed for two reasons. First of all, anyone who does not believe Jindal is authentic and genuine when it comes to ethics reform will not prevent JIndal from going after true ethics reform if that is what he really desired. Secondly, he had a chance. He had the chance to present meaningful ethics reform. However, he did not. He presented a window dressing to try and shield the ethical problems from view instead of actually trying to solve the ethical problems we have. And I must have been a mind reader because Bobby Jindal did not enact ANY ethics legislation that would change the way he has to campaign for his next election. The facts I base my observation on is his record as a politician to date. From his vote to weaken house ethics standards for Tom Delay to his hypocricy on free tickes and many other examples I have listed both here and on jindalisbad.com I have clearly laid out why Jindal is a hypocrite, weak on ethics, and not the person his campaign claims him to be. It is all there in black and white for all those who want to see it. And the Blanco comparison is flawed for two reasons as well. One, if you think Blanco was the worst Governor we ever had then comparing Jindal to her would be setting the bar low, wouldn't it? Two, Blanco did not run. How many times are Jindal supporters going to run to the "Blanco Comparison" well before it dries up? Jindal should be judged on his own merits, or lack therof. Of course the statement about perception is political speak. He is being a typical politician and going back on what he said in his campaign. In his campaign he wanted to fight the ethics problem of our state. Now he is wanting to fight the “perception” of ethics problems in our state. It is a huge difference between the two. One allows people to continue being unethical.

What proof do you have that Bobby Jindal is “very serious” about ethics reform?

The “give him a chance” argument is flawed for two reasons. First of all, anyone who does not believe Jindal is authentic and genuine when it comes to ethics reform will not prevent JIndal from going after true ethics reform if that is what he really desired. Secondly, he had a chance. He had the chance to present meaningful ethics reform. However, he did not. He presented a window dressing to try and shield the ethical problems from view instead of actually trying to solve the ethical problems we have.

And I must have been a mind reader because Bobby Jindal did not enact ANY ethics legislation that would change the way he has to campaign for his next election.

The facts I base my observation on is his record as a politician to date. From his vote to weaken house ethics standards for Tom Delay to his hypocricy on free tickes and many other examples I have listed both here and on jindalisbad.com I have clearly laid out why Jindal is a hypocrite, weak on ethics, and not the person his campaign claims him to be. It is all there in black and white for all those who want to see it.

And the Blanco comparison is flawed for two reasons as well. One, if you think Blanco was the worst Governor we ever had then comparing Jindal to her would be setting the bar low, wouldn’t it? Two, Blanco did not run. How many times are Jindal supporters going to run to the “Blanco Comparison” well before it dries up? Jindal should be judged on his own merits, or lack therof.

]]> By: Mike Dugas http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/02/07/solving-the-perception-of-corruption/#comment-1115 Mike Dugas Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:44:49 +0000 http://blog.lj4a.com/2008/02/07/solving-the-perception-of-corruption/#comment-1115 The statement about "perception" is political speak. Bobby Jindal is VERY serious about ethics reform but he can't do it on his own and he won't get any cooperation from other state politicians if they think he's calling all of them corrupt. It's already obvious what a hard time he's going to have when even people such as yourself won't give him a chance. I mean really, you must be a mind reader to make accusations like this "And we all know that Bobby Jindal is not going to push for any legislation that makes life harder for him. " without having ANY facts to base it on. You should give him a chance before you tear him apart, at least be fair. I don't see how he could be any worse than Blanco. The statement about “perception” is political speak. Bobby Jindal is VERY serious about ethics reform but he can’t do it on his own and he won’t get any cooperation from other state politicians if they think he’s calling all of them corrupt. It’s already obvious what a hard time he’s going to have when even people such as yourself won’t give him a chance.
I mean really, you must be a mind reader to make accusations like this “And we all know that Bobby Jindal is not going to push for any legislation that makes life harder for him. ” without having ANY facts to base it on. You should give him a chance before you tear him apart, at least be fair. I don’t see how he could be any worse than Blanco.

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