Support for Jindal in the Media--Yes, the Media Supporting a Republican

Will wonders ever cease. David Freddoso has more.

Louisiana's GOP is circulating this editorial on the smear ad in the Ouachita Citizen, which demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the Democrats' political thinking.

Remember, it was among rural, white Protestant voters who Jindal polled poorly four years ago when he lost a close race for governor to Kathleen Blanco. Clearly, the Democrat's new ad was geared toward hurting Jindal among those rural, white Protestant voters in the 2007 gubernatorial campaign.

While we have never been a fan of any candidate for public office using his or her faith as a tool to garner votes in any election, we abhor the efforts launched by the state Democratic Party to lie to the people of Louisiana about Jindal's views on religion.

The ad is an extremely low blow in a year when Louisiana Democrats find themselves cornered and desperate (you may remember, from 2003, the ad where they actually darkened Jindal's skin color, so it isn't unprecedented). Jindal is already going to mop up on October 20, and then there's the Democrats' Hurricane Problem: the state legislature has not had an election since 2003 (in both houses they serve four-year terms), and people there know very well who was in charge when Katrina went down. (links in original)

The Democrats ad was the lowest of low blows, it may be blowing up in their faces.

Good.