Liberal bloggers are making a preemptive strike against Bobby
Jindal by circulating this 1994 article from the New
Oxford Review, published when Jindal was 23, in which he
described participating in an exorcism of a college friend. To me,
this is another reason why it's too early to pick Jindal as a VP
candidate. Without enough experience and objective accomplishments
in government, it will be easier for Democrats and the media to
paint him as some sort of crazy religious freak. Give him two terms
in office, in which he hopefully realizes his potential, and
stories like this become less important, because they can be offset
by actual accomplisments as governor -- ethical reforms,
improvements in the health care system, better educational
performance, economic growth, fiscal restraint, etc. Without such a
foundation, it'll be easier for Democrats to drive up his negatives
with these type of stories.
In other Jindal news, he turned 37 this Tuesday. Happy belated
birthday!
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Education, Health Care
