Bobby Jindal

The Governor is Right

"The Governor is Right"
By Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online
May 5, 2008

He’s so clean he can’t even accept a routine coffee mug.

At the National Press Club on Friday, just days after Reverend Jeremiah Wright appeared in the same spot, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal announced: “I don’t intend on being as entertaining or as newsworthy as Reverend Wright.”

But, sure enough, before the end of his luncheon appearance, Jindal proved to be as interesting as they come. Whereas not too long ago, the prospect of a Cajun politician being too honest he couldn’t even accept a coffee mug would have been laughable — or, as the governor himself said, putting Louisiana and ethics reform together would have sounded like material for a Washington correspondents’ dinner skit — Jindal is anything but a joke. The reformer governor made it a point to let the Beltway crowd know ethics reform is alive and well and brooks no exception: A Press Club mug would be accepted by Jindal on the state’s behalf, no gubernatorial perk — even if he sang for his lunch.

In other words: The funniest thing about Jindal laying on the jokes about being boring is that he is anything but.

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