hyp·o·crite
noun \ˈhi-pə-ˌkrit\: a person who claims or pretends to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs.
hypocrite
[hip-uh-krit] /ˈhɪp ə krɪt/
noun
1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
hyp·o·crite
[ híppə krìt ]
noun
Somebody feigning high principles: somebody who pretends to have admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings but behaves otherwise
No matter whose definition you use, Gov. Bobby Jindal is 100 percent hypocrite.
The candidate who promised us an open and accountable administration promptly gutted the State Ethics Board within weeks after becoming governor in 2008.
The candidate who promised a “gold standard” of transparency has repeatedly relied on the vague term “deliberative process” to shield his office from that very transparency.
The candidate who touted the value of civil service workers turned on those same state employees at the first opportunity and began throwing the rank and file workers to the curb while at the same time protecting the highly-paid appointees.
The candidate who criticized the use of one time revenue for recurring expenditures has become a master of the art.
The governor who constantly told anyone who would listen during his first term that “I have the job I want,” has spent his entire second term running for a presidency that is so far beyond his grasp as to be laughable while barely giving a second thought to the needs of those who elected him.
All those qualify him to be labeled a hypocrite but the most hypocritical came last week when he called Rep. Vance McAllister an “embarrassment” in another of his regular appearances in Iowa. http://atr.rollcall.com/vance-mcallister-bobby-jindal-embarrassment/?dcz=
How the hell can this governor sit in judgment of McAllister, who was caught on video kissing an aide in his Monroe office while at the same time remaining mute on Sen. David Vitter’s consorting with hookers?
Let’s get this out in the open right now. We don’t for one minute condone McAllister’s behavior. But a kiss is just a kiss (does Casablanca come to mind with that phrase?) and so far as anyone knows, that’s all McAllister did.
Also, just to shed a little more light on the McAllister affair, let’s not forget who outed him. Sam Hanna, Jr. is publisher of a West Monroe newspaper, the Ouachita Citizen and it was the Citizen’s web page that first broke the story, complete with the grainy black and white video.
How is that relevant? Well, for openers, Hanna had endorsed State Sen. Neil Riser, McAllister’s opponent in last year’s 5th District congressional race. Riser was Jindal’s candidate in that race, even allowing a couple of his staff members to work in Riser’s ill-fated campaign.
Then there is John King, a West Monroe businessman you probably never heard of who as a teenager set several dumpsters on fire. He has been unable to obtain a pardon for that youthful if foolish indiscretion and consequently cannot obtain a permit for a firearm in order to take his stepson hunting.
Hanna, on the other hand, was granted a pardon by Jindal six years after his fourth DWI conviction. Hanna applied for the pardon in 2010 and it was granted a year later. King is still waiting after 17 years.
Asked why the governor granted his pardon, Hanna said, “I guess because I deserved it.” http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/5136552-148/wiping-the-record-clean
So, as soon as Hanna releases that damning video, Jindal and his attack dog Roger Villere, state GOP chairman, pounce. Villere, apparently reading from the same script employed last week by Hypocrite-in-Chief Jindal, said McAllister had “embarrassed” the GOP and Louisiana. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/203211-la-gop-chairman-calls-for-mcallisters-resignation
Could it be that that embarrassment stems from McAllister’s refusal to toe the party line and to call for an expansion of Medicaid in Louisiana in order to provide health care to hundreds of thousands of low income families currently not covered? Surely not. Jindal and Villere would never be so crass.
It’s all about morals and family values. But still, there’s that matter of Vitter…Rhymes with bitter, sort of like Jindal rhymes with swindle.
Well, we know a little more about Vitter, don’t we? We know even if Jindal and Villere choose to continue to ignore the elephant in the room.
His name shows up in the D.C. Madam’s list of clients. Another prostitute, this one from New Orleans, also has claimed she also had trysts with the good family values senator.
Yet he remains untouchable to the party hierarchy and as things now stand, is the odds-on favorite to become Louisiana’s next governor?
Could things possibly get any more repulsive than to have that smirking, two-faced fraud as our next governor? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse than Jindal…
At least Edwin Edwards never pretended to be something he wasn’t. The last thing one could call Edwards is a hypocrite.
“Look, he originally made the right decision when he decided not to run for reelection,” Jindal said of McAllister in an interview with Congressional Quarterly’s Roll Call during a visit to his home away from home on Saturday.
“I said he should have stepped down at the time,” Jindal continued to whine. “I think he’s making a mistake, I think he should, I think he should’ve stuck to his original decision and not go back inside and try to run again.
“I think it’s been an embarrassment to him, the district, and the state,” he added.
Well, we believe we could cite a few embarrassments Jindal has brought upon himself and the State of Louisiana.
His telling the 2012 annual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry that teachers in Louisiana have their jobs by virtue of their being able to breathe is not only an embarrassment, but an affront to every school teacher in Louisiana, including the ones with the unenviable job of having taught him as a child.
His firing of anyone holding a different opinion than his is an embarrassment.
His signing of the Edmonson Amendment, an unconstitutional bill giving State Police Superintendent a $55,000 a year increase in retirement only a year removed from his effort to gut the retirements of state civil service employees is an embarrassment.
His constant legal setbacks in the Louisiana courts are an embarrassment.
His shameless abandonment of his duties as governor in favor of chasing the ludicrous dream of become President is an embarrassment.
The comedy of errors in hiring Bruce Greenstein as Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals only to see Greenstein become embroiled in the CNSI controversy is an embarrassment.
And the ongoing dispute with BESE and Superintendent of Education John White, which more resembles a name-calling schoolyard fight than a serious discussion of issues, is a true embarrassment.
Trouble is, all those are apparently only embarrassing to the state. Because Jindal has no moral compass, no real code of ethics and no sense of values, he continues on his merry way oblivious to reality and without a shred of self-awareness—or embarrassment.
Hypocrite.
Louisiana Voice 
Come on, Tom, why not tell how you really feel about the governor rather than holding back like this? 😉
A true hypocrite describes jindal well. One could take lessons but could never surpass his ways and yet their are those who are blind to see the Wolf in Sheep clothing
Jitler – Sociopath-in chief. Charming, hypocrital, dangerous. America next – a clear threat.
If there is one thing about politics that I truly hate it would be how hypocritical so many politicians are. I guess that being a hypocrite is a prerequisite to being in politics. Mr. Jindal definitely Aced those classes.
McAllister will be re-elected if the Duck Dynasty guys endorse him again. They are more popular than Bobby Jindal.
One of the Duck Dynasty family members is now a candidate in that race so it’s not likely McAllister will get their endorsement this time around.
At least McAllister is a repentant hypocrite (and, one could make the same argument with regard to Vitter). McAllister also seems to be the most qualified person running for his seat, particularly since Jimmy Mayo doesn’t seem to be making a serious effort. I seriously doubt Governor Jindal is capable of recognizing his own hypocrisy, or that he would see it as an issue worthy of consideration if he did.
Jaime Mayo’s electoral effort is entirely dedicated to getting the Dem vote out for Sister Mary. Whether he wins in the 5th is irrelevant.
I don’t begin to see how that’s possible. 😉
So true!
Tom, now that is the way someone tells it like it is. You made my year!
Great work. There is no better way to describe those two without the use of foul words.
Thank you, thank you, Thank you!
AMEN!
Ditto (not ditto head)!
Jindal has no place talking about McAllister or Vitter. I’m sure his evangelical Catholic religion frowns on throwing stones.
You missed several other embarrassments. However, I know the page isn’t long enough!!!!
The good news here is that an anti-endorsement from the hypocrite-in-chief is better than an endorsement. I don’t think I’d like to run in the 5th with Jindal’s endorsement (ask Neil Riser).
Jindal is all political and has no personal standards. He is seen at Baptist meetings giving his testimony but doesn’t mention that he converted to Catholicism at Brown University and wrote a paper stating that he realized the Catholic Church was the one true Church established by followers of Jesus. Jindal is the worst governor Louisiana has ever had and the state will be broke financially when he leaves.
Preach it, Tom, preach it. Plenty of folk all too happy to chime in with an AMEN!
It’s a dilemma. Do I vote for McAllister in order to thumb my nose at Jindal again, or do I vote for a Democrat? Jindal is backing that Zack guy now, the bearded people’s cousin. It would be too sweet to have Jindal’s second guy go up in flames in the 5th District (Neil Riser being the first one). But just consider where the state of politics is that I even have to think this way about who to vote for. I’d like to vote for someone I thought was competent, not corrupt, and aligned with my policy values. Has that become too much to ask in a candidate in the 5th District?
Probably, and I think you have correctly surmised that your runoff choice will be McAllister v. Mayo. I think it will be close, and if I had to make a call, I’d say McAllister holds onto his seat 53-47.
Judith, the mere face that McAllister has openly called for a Medicaid expansion for Louisiana should help you make your decision. Even though McAllister is registered as Republican, I feel that he thinks more like a Democrat and that is what really galls Jindal. I also believe it would be the best way to defeat the Duck commander candidate.
Jindal’s opposition to him should just be icing on the cake.
I agree, and though we are many miles apart, Judith, I also live in the 5th district. At this point, as indicated in my original comment on this thread and barring a surprise candidate, I’m voting for McAllister.
Can you imagine Jindal in a duck blind or Jindal watching the Duck Dynasty show? No way. Jindal will do any and say anything he thinks will get him votes!