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JUN 26 If you're an inhabitant of the Twitterverse, you might have seen #bobbyjindalissowhite trending on Thursday. That trend began with a comedian named Hari Kondabolu, who took issue with some of Bobby Jindal's comments regarding his heritage during his announcement speech. The results are hilarious, BuzzFeed reports here.
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DREHER ON THE SOUTH AND ITS HISTORY
JUN 26 Blogger Rod Dreher posts a thoughtful essay about the South, racism and history. It's definitely a good read, and thought-provoking on a number of levels. It is certainly a more intelligent approach to the discussion than you're likely to read on the Facebook.
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JUN 26 Satirist Andy Borowitz likens the ever growing field of GOP presidential candidates to an epidemic in this post, quoting the Centers for Disease Control as saying they thought it was contained. (We should be so lucky.)
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ZACK: FROM BRILLIANT STUDENT TO 'BIGGEST TROLL'
JUN 26 Mother Jones posts this profile of Zack Kopplin and his odd history with Bobby Jindal. How a man with a biology degree could pretend to be anti-evolution (and still hope to be viewed as sincere) is anybody's guess, but, Zack points out, Bobby's kids are taking biology from an evolutionist.
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JUN 26 Columnist Jim Beam writes about the "lukewarm" governor's race in this post. It's not exactly going gangbusters yet, he says, and one of the main problems is that voters aren't really interested right now. (No kidding.)
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BOBBY'S BIZARRE TRICK ON HIS KIDS
JUN 26 Yahoo Parenting posts this one about that cringe-inducing, stilted and awkward video Bobby Jindal posted showing him speaking about himself in the third person to his teen and tween kids. The conventional wisdom is, this "bizarre trick" backfired.
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
The Twitterverse is all a twitter about Bobby Jindal's lack of pride in his heritage. Also today, Jim Beam is bored by the guv's race so far, and Rod Dreher offers a thought-provoking essay on racism and the south.