Gov. Bobby Jindal: Sarah Palin "Absolutely" Electable for President

Friday, December 3, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Saying let the voters decide, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has 'manned up' and told Sarah Palin critics Joe Scarborough, the Republican establishment and D.C. insiders to back off in trying to pick who should be the Republican nominee for president in 2012.

In response to a question as to whether former Alaska Governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin would be "electable" should she run for president, Jindal said "Oh, absolutely. I think it is up to her to make the case to voters," adding that Palin is one of "several strong (GOP) contenders."

Jindal made his comments during an interview with Al Hunt on Bloomberg TV.

[P-Marlowe]

I care about the real Constitution, not the made-up birther one.

The real constitution says that in order to President you must be a "Natural Born Citizen" of the United States. If Jindal was born a Citizen of India, then how does he meet that definition?

'Splain that to me Lucy.

[Drew68]

'Splain that to me Lucy.

Quite simple. You're either natural born or naturalized. Jindal was born here. He's natural born and eligible for the presidency. As would Prince William's kid from your previous post.

Just because you believe something doesn't make it true.

Born in America = Natural Born Citizen. So simple even a caveman could understand it.

Don't believe me? Well, let's see. A man with a foreign father is currently serving as the President of the United States while birthers have lost every challenge they've thrown his way.

Looks to me like the people who say Jindal's not eligible are wrong.

[meadsjn]

Looks to me like the people who say Jindal's not eligible are wrong.

No, it just looks like the courts refuse to hear the cases, because every court knows that simply being born in the USA does not make one a Natural Born Citizen, and TSWHTF.

[P-Marlowe]

Born in America = Natural Born Citizen. So simple even a caveman could understand it.

That's not what the Constitution says. If the Framers had intended that every person born in the United States was going to be a natural born citizen, then they would have simply made the qualification that in order to be president you would have to be born on American Soil. They didn't. The intent of the founders in using that language was that they intended that the President of the United States not have divided loyalty.

As would Prince William's kid from your previous post.

You see, you've now exposed the fallacy of your argument. You are claiming that the once and future King of England, the very nation that this country rebelled against to gain our liberty, would be eligible to President of the United States and King of England at the same time merely by nature of his birth on American Soil.

Obviously you have not studied the Constitution. You may have read it, but you have clearly shown that your understanding of it is at a third grade level. And being at a third grade level, your best argument appears to be to call those of us who question the eligibility of Jindal "Birthers". No, we do not claim that Jindal was not born in the United States. He was. We simply questions his eligibility to be President under the authority of the Constitution.

[P-Marlowe]

A man with a foreign father is currently serving as the President of the United States while birthers have lost every challenge they've thrown his way.

Actually there have been no legal challenges. The courts have consistently denied standing to any and all challengers. The case has never been heard by any court. No evidence has been taken and every suit has been dismissed at the pre-trial level.

Personally I believe that Obama is a natural born citizen because both his mother Stanley Dunham and his biological father, Frank Davis, were both Citizens at the time of his birth.

Obama is the spitting image of Frank Davis. He looks nothing like Barak Obama Sr.

[meadsjn]

It is understandable that for you it is a personal issue.

You claim to be married to a foreign citizen, with which you have a son. If so, your son does not have sole allegiance to the USA.

If some USA female married Kim Jung Il, or his son, or Achmedinejad, or Hugo Chavez, or any lesser enemy of the USA, their son or daughter would not be eligible to become the President of the United States.

This was the intent of the founders and framers of the US Constitution; to prevent such usurpations, as had happened several times in the history of European nations.

[Drew68]

We simply questions his eligibility to be President under the authority of the Constitution.

A question that has been answered.

See the guy facing the camera? Yeah, that's the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Wanna know what he's doing? Well, he's swearing into the office of the Presidency a man born of foreign parentage.

Looks to me like Jindal's eligible.

Anyways. Don't blame me. I didn't swear him in. But your more than welcome to write Chief Justice Roberts a strongly-worded letter telling him how he has a third-grade understanding of the Constitution:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
One First Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20543

[Gene Eric]

>> Jindal is a smart guy.

Jindal is a gentleman regardless of Palin’s ineluctability.

[P-Marlowe]

Did you even read my post?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

“Maybe John Bolton as SoS?”

Need a place for Liz Cheney too.

[Kevmo]

You’re right about that, the SCOTUS did swear in a man who is ineligible to be president. They simply did not do the job that we as a people set them up to do. Any third grader knows that if they step forward on this, there’s gonna be a heap of trouble; and any third grader who had such a cushy job wouldn’t want to cause trouble to jeopardize it. So in that sense, you’re right, the SCOTUS has a slightly better understanding of the situation than the average third grader. They’re just capable of considerably more cynicism than an average third grader.

That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right, though. Like the Dredd Scott decision, it can be reversed.

And you are still an anti-constitutionalist troll doing your best to push buttons on a constitutionalist website. Hopefully the admin moderator doesn’t follow the limp wristed SCOTUS but rather, does his job and gets rid of trolls like you. Even if it doesn’t happen, it don’t mean you ain’t a troll. It just means the rules ain’t really the rules — which is why we have to put up with anticonstitutionalist jerks like you and like Obama.

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[miss marmelstein]

He handled the question beautifully. The ham-handed way the Republican elites deal with Sarah is destroying whatever credibility they have with voters. All Republicans should take the high road on Sarah and forget the burning, churning jealousy. It shows and it ain’t pretty.

[Drew68]

Did you even read my post?

Over and over again on hundreds of threads, yes, I've read the standard birther talking points. Nobody outside of the birther circus is buying any of this stuff, let alone any court.

[trisham]

bump

[newfreep]

see my tagline

[SueRae]

Jindahl fan here. Watch him, read his words. He’s the real deal. Another brilliant ‘young gun’. He’d be my pick for Health and Human Services.

[xzins]

birther crap - put a sock in it

P-Marlowe, you are exactly right about Jindal's birth status. If it weren't for the "anchor baby" misreading of the Constitution, everyone would realize that Jindal is not eligible.

There is no doubt that both his parents were citizens of India, that they had no intention of becoming citizens when he was conceived BEFORE they arrived in the US, and that they did not become naturalized until after his birth. All of that is indisputable fact.

The summation is that he's an anchor baby, and if he pushed the current conservative agenda regarding anchor babies, IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, then he'd be pushing legislation that would deny his own citizenship, much less his natural born status.

I, like you, can read the Constitution, and while I have great respect for Gov Jindal, I will NEVER support him for the presidency. Neither would any serious student of the Constitution, nor any honest person who has ever for a moment wondered at the actual status of BH Obama.

I would actively work against him, so let's pray that Palin shows enough sense that she wouldn't choose him. She'd lose a fair percentage of her support if she did.

If he is on any ticket, I will actively work against him.

[clee1]

Bachmann’s a lawyer, why not Attorney General?

Waste of talent.

Any pitbull-like prosecutor would be a good fit for AG.... I think we need a position with a little more umph for Michelle.

SCOTUS or perhaps Chief of the DC Circuit?

[chemicalman]

So happy Bobby's my Gov.

Keep doing what you doing, Bobby. No mind the critics.

[fantail 1952]

Natural Born Citizen.

Does that mean anyone anyone born utilizing C-section would be ineligable?

Lighten up people, we need to get rid of the userper-in-chief before any of this discussion has real meaning. We certainly won’t do it without unity, we just don’t have the cojones to steal elections like they do.