Besides, Jindal has already done enough to prove his naysayers right.

Having studied enough econ in undergrad to be dangerous, I know that the whole free market/perfect competition model is based on false assumptions that have never occurred in the real world. Likely never will. I disagree with Sadow’s approach, but it has a large following nonetheless. Even among academics.

Weird thing is, Sadow (and many other conservatives) got just plain giddy about Jindal. And I found this very perplexing. Yes, he has the “smart” thing going on in spades, but his history shows a political operator and an understudy of Mike Foster, the Anti-Conservative who grew government spending in a huge way while beating the “I’m a conservative” drum. And Jindal’s the consummate bureaucrat.

Sadow and others are going to be sorely disappointed. He’s going to manipulate the marketplace by using tax incentives, tif’s and other things to favor certain businesses over others. And mind you, there is a great body of literature suggesting that economic development government incentives do more harm than good.

He has already shown himself a master of duplicity– the very things he espouses for others he refuses to do himself.

He will continue to grow the government in a way that is politically expedient for himself.

I am more than ever convinced that Bobby Jindal is not what he seems. His disciples are going to be sorely disappointed.

My prediction– we’ll see who’s right.

And like Sadow, many will say that those who have a problem with Jindal are only doing so because they don’t like him politically. Sadow and other blind Jindal supporters cannot see the possibility that somebody would actually criticize Jindal because Jindal did something that was deserving of criticism. See the responses I get from “4unionparish”.

Jindal (or most probably those behind Jindal) has (have) managed to assemble the ultimate “cult of personality” and at this moment I do not see what it will take to make the die hard supporters change their minds. They act as if they are proven wrong about Jindal that their worlds will come crumbing down around them so they refuse to listen to any criticism that might actually prove them wrong. They treat him like a significant other… and if someone dares insult their significant other they get really mad because they are attacking the person they love.

And that is what is so dangerous about Jindal. His ability to have such a cult following enables him to get away with so much more. So he can just say “im just following the law” while circumventing the law and his supporters just go “oh, ok, all is good”.

Jindal has definitely taken duplicity to a new level. The Jindal followers may well become disillusioned with him sooner rather than later. His followers had very high expectations of him. He ran on a platform of smaller government, transparency, and a “gold standard” for ethics. Not only do we not see this, we are seeing quite the opposite.

See, the problem with your argument is that the $5,000 campaign limit does not effect most people. Most people, if they choose to give, will give much less than that. So the reason for a $5,000 limit? Its to give the people the illusion that the wealthy don’t have as much say as they actually do.

Think what you want of my blog. I will continue to expose Jindal for the fraud that he is.

T.Wong: Do I sense some sarcasm?

I read Sadow’s entry on this subject and am convinced that his heart is still fluttering from the clandestine blogger’s meeting.