LouisianaVoice is initiating its very own Birther Campaign, Louisiana style.
A group affectionately (or derisively, depending upon your perspective) tagged as birthers has worked itself up into such a lather over the past four years trying to prove that President Barrack Obama was born in Kenya and not America, that to expand the argument to our state and our governor just seemed to be the thing to do.
Before we get too far into this and just so we’re clear, we should point out that unlike the real birthers, we are not claiming he was born somewhere other than the U.S. This is purely tongue-in-cheek and not intended to be taken seriously. But we thought it might be a nice topic to kick around during the morning coffee break. Call it a slow news day.
In both 2008 and 2012, when Piyush Jindal took the oath of office as governor of Louisiana, he began his oath of office with the words, “I, Bobby Jindal….”
Moreover, the official ballot printed by the Secretary of State last fall lists “Bobby Jindal” as the Republican candidate for governor.
Bobby Jindal was the only Republican and the only Jindal among the 10 candidates for governor last October.
The problem with all that is there is no such person as “Bobby Jindal.”
His name is Piyush.
He chose Bobby as his name from the character on the TV sitcom The Brady Bunch, (which of course, begs the question of how could anyone who openly admits adopting his name from a character on The Brady Bunch possibly expect people to take him seriously?).
Though he obviously prefers Bobby over Piyush, he never had his name legally changed to Bobby.
His name is still Piyush.
His paychecks are made out to Piyush Jindal, not Bobby.
There is no Bobby Jindal.
Ergo, when he qualified to run and was listed on the Secretary of State’s slate of candidates as Bobby, he was committing fraud of sorts—seeking office under an assumed name.
If John Jones runs for office but lists his name when he qualifies and subsequently on the ballot as Richard Jones and he wins, is John Jones or Richard Jones the new officer holder? Our guess would be neither: John Jones was not on the ballot and it was not Richard Jones who qualified to run.
So, as this guy Jindal loves to say, two things:
Piyush Jindal did not qualify nor was he ever elected;
There is no one with the legal name Bobby Jindal.
So, say hello to Gov. Jay Dardenne.
Louisiana Voice 
Now THIS would be a fun class-action lawsuit. Almost makes me regret God made me an honest man instead of a laywer.
This may be tongue in cheek but at least it’s true and not some made up foolishness. I’ve watched him get very upset when a reporter calls him by his name and not his alias.. Lol!! I say if you want to be called Bobby then change your name legally.
Seriously, could we get rid of this non-existent person without a recall election?
Nah. You just have to choose your battles and take this in the spirit in which it was written.
Wow! Great point. No one else by that name is there? Why couldn’t the real Bobby Jindal demand his position. I would love to see a legal challenge like Midnight 2 mentions. Jay Dardenne would be a much better choice than Piyush.
Will not be any better off with Jay dardene either..
Went to pronunciation.com and checked the pronunciation of Piyush since I did not know if it was supposed to rhyme with flush or ooosh. Imagine my surprise to hear Pee Yhewsh! No wonder he wants to be called Bobby. Pee-Yoo – something stinks!
I meant pronouncenames.com.
Mitt’s name is also not Mitt. Could he be gotten rid of while we are at it? A birther investigation might embarrass Piyush enough to make him quit. You think?
That depends. Will he qualify under Mitt or his real name and if elected, will he take the oath as Mitt or his real name?
(Subsequent to writing this response, we learn that Mitt actually is part of his name, so that question is moot.)
I don’t know what nutty left-wing rag you have been reading but the Republican candidate for President was born “Willard Mitt Romney.” He chooses to go by his middle name, which many people do and it is no big deal. A recent Presidential example of not using a birth name would be Jimmy Carter, who was born James Earl Carter, Jr. (and he was sworn into office as “Jimmy Carter”). In both of these cases, either a given middle name or a variation of a first name is used. In the case of Jindal, there is no correlation as the name “Bobby” is no part of his given name. I can’t for the life of me figure out why he didn’t legally change it, in which case no one would care.
See comments of “The Truth Shall Set You Free.”
This should be filed under “You just never know.” We do serious stories and often get no response and then we do something as a parody and it sets off a wave of comments.
Secretary of State (Arizona) — all about making sure those named on state/general election ballots in AZ are who they say they are AND qualified to run and serve if elected. …… Hmmm.
If I change my name, legally, to Bobby Jindal, can I be governor in Louisiana instead of Piyush? I wanna fire some folks (call it de-teagueing the state)
This is Louisiana with the secluded flavor (Have it your way), we have lots to do in this state to clean it up and this will only happen when we get our hands out of the pocket of our neighbor and begin to work together. With all that is going on in Education across this state, where is the BESE and how are they looking out for the education of our children? It matters not who that stranger is in our oval office, he has only to continue his CONTROL wherever his friends have put their $$ to take over this state. People we are in a unique position, geographically speaking and they know this in the political crash and burn situation we are in today. It is not to late, my formula is P & P ( Prayers and the Polls)
Bobby’s real name is “Piyush”.
Nikki Haley’s real name is “Nimrata”.
Is there some reason why Indian Republicans are not using their real names?