Jindal is as phony as his name, let's help him fix that
His first name isn't "Bobby", it's "Piyush". It means "nectar" in Sanskrit, a delicious drink.
Why not use his real name as Republicans always like to say about Barack Hussein Obama? Piyush is a perfectly good name even if it's not very common in America. Hell "Rush" isn't very common either and it even rhymes with "Piyush" if I have the pronunciation right. A wingnut can't go wrong reminding people of Limbaugh. So he should be proud of his heritage, the voters of Louisiana are a diverse group, they'll still accept him, won't they?. Especially if he steals Obama's line about being a skinny kid with a funny name.
But maybe I'm wrong and his polling shows him that Piyush just won't fly. In that case he should try an Americanized version of "delicious drink" as a sobriquet. I suggest he call himself "OJ" or "Whiskey" Jindal. Both have a certain panache.
When I think of "Bobby" I think of RFK, not Piyush Jindal. That nickname just doesn't fit him. It's like calling your daughter "Spike" or "Rocky". So let's have a little contest, let's see who can come up with the best new handle for the governor of Louisiana. Any ideas?
Why not use his real name as Republicans always like to say about Barack Hussein Obama? Piyush is a perfectly good name even if it's not very common in America. Hell "Rush" isn't very common either and it even rhymes with "Piyush" if I have the pronunciation right. A wingnut can't go wrong reminding people of Limbaugh. So he should be proud of his heritage, the voters of Louisiana are a diverse group, they'll still accept him, won't they?. Especially if he steals Obama's line about being a skinny kid with a funny name.
But maybe I'm wrong and his polling shows him that Piyush just won't fly. In that case he should try an Americanized version of "delicious drink" as a sobriquet. I suggest he call himself "OJ" or "Whiskey" Jindal. Both have a certain panache.
When I think of "Bobby" I think of RFK, not Piyush Jindal. That nickname just doesn't fit him. It's like calling your daughter "Spike" or "Rocky". So let's have a little contest, let's see who can come up with the best new handle for the governor of Louisiana. Any ideas?
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Can we call him Peeew for short? How about PeeWee?
February 26, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I came up with Jingle - as in 'Jingle Jive' for all his rhetoric and posturing.
Jingle for the sound of all the coins in his pocket he clenches as he withholds needed coinage from those in his home state who have none and/or are losing what little they still possess.
Jingle for all the bells that will have to be rung to drown out the sound of his and his cohorts rants and lies.
Jingle because it reminds us of the famous Xmas tune and how bleak the season will be if the repubs continue in their quest to put politics and party above the USA and American's well-being.
And the list goes on............
February 26, 2009 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
How about Pi? Not referring to The Tao of Pi, but rather, as in "Pi is the quintessential 'irrational number' that goes on and on into an infinite and empty void, the great nothing....."
February 26, 2009 1:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
wwstaebler if we're going on definition alone I think you'll win hands down. LOL PI also brings to mind the great meta pie wars on Daily Kos a few years ago. I'm not even sure what that was all about As far as I can recall they too went "on and on into an infinite and empty void, the great nothing....."
February 26, 2009 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Peeew Jindal? Kind of sounds too verby if that's a word. PeeWee Jindal fits him physically. He looks like a PeeWee. Jingle Jindal is good. Makes him sound like a Vegas card shark, but maybe too much like a Vegas card shark who wins.
February 26, 2009 1:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Either Piyushover, or we need someone else called Shove.
February 26, 2009 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
My vote is for 'Piyushover' since that's what the GOP will try to do when they realize he's no match for Obama and has all the "Evil President with an alien earwig implant" appeal as Mitt Romney.
February 26, 2009 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agreed, Tikitembo -- Donal's "Piyushover" is great, as is "Shove" for short.
February 26, 2009 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Shove" is one of Palin's kids' names, isn't it?
February 27, 2009 6:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think you're on to something there Donal but it needs a little work. Maybe run it by Q. He has a knack for taking an idea and setting it on fire.
February 26, 2009 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
My personal favorite is OJ. It denotes a certain cluelessness that fits the Republican party well.
February 26, 2009 1:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's my laugh for today. I didn't know his name was Piyush!!! I'll bet he runs away from that just as fast as he can. It's going to be hard enough for diehard southerners to accept him as "Bobby"...but Piyush??? nuh-uh
February 26, 2009 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just call him Jindy.
February 26, 2009 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Piyush is perfectly acceptable Indian name. It's not to be mocked. I discovered they have a cricket star named Piyush in India. But apparently it just doesn't sound folksy enough. But hey, I know lots of people who'd rather be called something else. Teddy Kennedy and Teddy Roosevelt come to mind. Would you enjoy being addressed as Theodore all the time?
There's lots of possibilities that go with Jindal. It's just begs for a nickname in front of it. I'm thinking Winky Jindal.
February 26, 2009 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why bother creating a different, and by the examples listed here, insulting name?
If he wants to be called "Bobby", fine.
Let's just make sure he's not called "Governor" for much longer.
February 26, 2009 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Former Governor Bobby Jindal. I like the sound of that.
February 26, 2009 7:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
The only trouble with that is if he loses his job they'll put him on the teevee all the time. I see more of Tom Delay yammering on Mathews show now when he should be in prison than I did when he was in office.
February 26, 2009 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
juicy jindal
February 26, 2009 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
juicy jindal
February 26, 2009 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Repubs already call him "Slumdog".
http://www.dependablerenegade.com/dependable_renegade/2009/02/bobby-jindal-slumdog-governor.html
February 26, 2009 7:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to admit I saw this at another site today, but I'll throw it out: Piyussie ????
February 26, 2009 8:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
As some point in his acreer, seems inevitable that he'll get Jindal = Swindle.
But personally, I'm happy just to go with his initials. BJ.
February 26, 2009 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice spelling, eh? acreer = career.
BTW, keep on rockin' the pavement Mark. How long 'til the election? And how's the team's spirits? GO CATS GO!
February 26, 2009 8:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
April 7th Q. Seems like a long time but there's so much to do it also seems like I'm behind schedule.
Heard today that we may get some help from the county which will be very welcome. Arranged a meeting with the mystery man I wrote of yesterday for Sunday noon. Got a bunch of flyers from the ballot integrity folks. We'll post those in selected places to let voters know that even if they haven't re-registered after they moved, they still have time and can still vote.
We're rolling along hoping the weather report of this rain turning back to snow and cold by Saturday is wrong. I'm about ready to pull a Patton, call on the chaplain and ask him to write a prayer for temperate weather so I can slay Republicans.
February 26, 2009 8:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mark, I miss you by seven hours? Well nectar is close to nectarine. Lets call him....pit. pitiful pit.
Bobbyhaahahahahhaahah
Yeah and if you missed my reply go get elected. You have a real life. You can really make a dif. It is interesting to hear from you and find out about highway commissioners and all these country and municipal offices you really do not link to elections and dollar per dollar, they wield more power than the feds.
Good luck. Funny post!!!!
February 26, 2009 8:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks Dick! I was taking a break and it'd been bugging me for a couple of days so I just had to go look that stuff up. I knew there was no way his parents named him Robert. At first I was gonna post this at another Jindal blog here but I figured it's a little off topic so what the hell, let's have a some fun and make a name contest.
You know right about now Jindal's gotta feel pretty stunned. He delivered a speech that was chock full of Republican shibboleths and even his own lambasted him for saying what they all say and most demoralizing for him, ripped his personal speaking style. He went from being a possible presidential candidate making his national debut to national joke overnight. He's gotta be thinking, "what the hell just happened?".
February 26, 2009 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
You got that right.
February 26, 2009 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bobby Rum Raisin.
February 27, 2009 6:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
The precious part about his nickname is that he gave it to himself after watching Bobby Brady on "The Brady Bunch."
Not sure what the appeal of Bobby was, in particular, and not sure I want to know.
February 27, 2009 10:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
There was a comment here accusing us all of being "profoundly racist" that apparently was removed for cause. Somebody must have hit the "report abuse" button and the powers that be at TPM decided it had to go.
But I'd like to respond anyway. It's not racist to mock Jindal for adopting a good ol' boy nickname to fit in and rise within his own racist party. Contrast that with the president, who stopped using the "Barry" diminutive long ago. As his political career rose he knew the name "Barack" would draw curiosity on the left, not the kneejerk rejection that Jindal rightly feared "Piyush" would draw on the right.
It speaks to which party is inclusive and which is exclusive. A nickname is minor thing, but if you need to hide your real name because it sounds too "ethnic" what does that say about the voters you're trying to appeal to? Our America is the great melting pot. I guess Republicans prefer a homogenizer where under great pressure all particles of milk are forced to be white and the cream never rises to the top.
It also speaks to the utter phoniness of the modern Republican party. There's no subject too big or too small for them to lie, distort or misinform the public about. Once you start pretending you're someone you're not you're well along the path of saying and doing anything to get ahead.
A case in point is Jindal's anecdote about being in Sheriff Lee's office soon after Katrina listening to him rail on the phone about some bureaucrats trying to stop volunteers from rescuing folks on rooftops in NO. Evidence from an old Larry King interview with Lee shows no such conversation took place, and Jindal was most likely nowhere near Lee's office on the day in question.
Governor Jindal proved himself a typical Republican the other night and that's a shame. We don't need more typical Republicans. We need a few atypical ones.
February 27, 2009 11:20 AM | Reply | Permalink