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By GottaLaff

Feelin' down? Wish Iran was doing better? Sick of Rushpublic hypocrisy and nastiness? This ought to help:

Fundraising Begins for a Jindal Presidential Bid

A group of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) political supporters, "including an uncle of the governor's wife, Supriya Jindal, are forming a federal political action committee to support a presidential run by the 38-year-old Republican," the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

Though Jindal's press secretary insists to the Baton Rouge Advocate that the governor, "does not support this effort," an insider tells Political Wire that Jindal's top aides manage their responsibilities "in the context of preparing Bobby for a 2012 run."

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Bobby Jindal’s office the most opaque in the nation

By GottaLaff

And here we thought Limelight Palin was the gift that kept on giving. Move over, Sarah, Ba-ba-ba*-Bobby's in town:

[A]fter all of his grandstanding on how government needs to be more transparent, about how there needs to be increased disclosure and stronger ethics laws in the state of Louisiana… Governor Jindal’s office ranks dead last nationwide when it comes to transparency.

S.B. 363, a bill about the Louisiana Youth Advisory, includes an amendment to exclude any records in Jindal’s hands from the open records law.

Let me repeat this for all the Jindal supporters who still are grasping on to the hope that Jindal is a reform candidate. Bobby Jindal, the person who said:

Today, we embark on the single most important endeavor for the future of Louisiana - bringing comprehensive ethics reform and transparency to our state

will now only have to give you his records if he feels like it. You cannot make a public records request for them. [...] Jimmy Faircloth on why the Governor needs to operate in secrecy.

… the governor’s office opposed the bill because it would create problems for the governor to freely receive ideas, policy recommendations and communications from legislators and others. He also said it would create problems with investors who want to privately negotiate with the state.

It is really hard to orchestrate bribes in the form of campaign donations when you are under public scrutiny after all.

So now Jindal has his own propaganda machine, can operate in secret without anyone knowing what he is doing, and has a Press Secretary and the rest of his handlers who will make sure that you cannot even talk to him unless they want you to.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

*What Rachel Maddow said after Jindal's rebuttal speech.

H/t: Spock8585