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thatcrazycajunRod Dreher, columnist for the Dallas Morning News, apparently emigrated to Texas from his home state of Louisiana, just as I did back in my grade-school days. Of course, I was a kid and he was grown and with a family to support, but the mutual understanding of the situation is still there...as he demonstrates in this very good op-ed about Republican Bobby Jindal's recent outright win in our shared home state's gubernatorial primary.
Member of the hated GOP though he may be, I now find myself actually willing to give Jindal the benefit of the doubt...at least, until he's been in office for about six months; after that, he's fair game. But if he really thinks he can make some headway in cleaning up the decades-old cesspool that is governance in the Pelican State, I'm interested to see him try...and how he does it. Here's hoping he can avoid being unduly influenced by the various interests that dominate his party—big business, the religious Reich, the chicken-hawk warmongers, the gaming industry, etc.—and truly govern for all Louisianans.
I truly would be overjoyed to see him turn my home state into a great place to actually live...instead of just a good place to be from, as it has been my entire lifetime and before.
Member of the hated GOP though he may be, I now find myself actually willing to give Jindal the benefit of the doubt...at least, until he's been in office for about six months; after that, he's fair game. But if he really thinks he can make some headway in cleaning up the decades-old cesspool that is governance in the Pelican State, I'm interested to see him try...and how he does it. Here's hoping he can avoid being unduly influenced by the various interests that dominate his party—big business, the religious Reich, the chicken-hawk warmongers, the gaming industry, etc.—and truly govern for all Louisianans.
I truly would be overjoyed to see him turn my home state into a great place to actually live...instead of just a good place to be from, as it has been my entire lifetime and before.
