Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is fed up with Washington’s commitment to Big Government and the lapdog media’s role in misleading the public about the consequences. As the fiscal cliff looms ever closer on the horizon, the government and media are doing their utmost to ensure that class warfare and blame-gaming reign supreme.<\/p>\n
Jindal penned an op-ed piece on the fiscal cliff<\/a> for Politico, warning that “next year it will be the fiscal mountain, after that the fiscal black hole, and after that fiscal Armageddon” and charging that Washington is “psychologically incapable of getting our fiscal house in order without laws that give them no other alternative.”<\/p>\n Jindal’s op-ed, published yesterday, drew an immediate backlash from the media, drawing fire from the usual suspects. That’s good, right?<\/p>\n\n\n Paul Krugman in new blog post suggests Bobby Jindal is a “fiscal ignoramus” (and has a lot of company).bit.ly\/TVw8PQ<\/a><\/p>\n — Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) December 6, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Bobby Jindal tells GOP to demand spending cap, BBA, supermajority for tax hikes as part of cliff deal. slate.me\/TEHHes<\/a> #derp<\/a><\/p>\n — daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 6, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Bobby Jindal very upset about fiscal cliff, also very unclear on what this fiscal cliff thing is nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/20…<\/a><\/p>\n — Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 6, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n If Weigel, Krugman, and Chait are slamming Jindal, Bobby must be over the target. nola.com\/politics\/index…<\/a><\/p>\n — RB (@RBPundit) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n This afternoon, Jindal fired back on Twitter, giving his critics the smacking they so richly deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n I really enjoy being called “dumb” and “ignorant” by the liberal elite and their media water carriers. nola.com\/politics\/index…<\/a><\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Their opposition to a balanced budget amendment, term limits, and spending caps reveals their disdain for the American people.<\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n The American people, those slow-witted rubes, who just don’t understand the liberal utopia of ever growing government.<\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Another really ignorant guy-Charles Krauthammer-observed recently, public debt has increased by 83% under Pres. Obama washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/charl…<\/a><\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n More Krauthammer: as a % of GDP, “the real marker of national solvency,” public debt doubled from 45% to 70% washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/charl…<\/a><\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Washington has a spending problem & is incapable of fiscal restraint.That’s why we need structural reforms.<\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n No surprise these ideas offend the tax & spend crowd in D.C.They’re common sense.<\/p>\n — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n And common sense is anathema to our government and the media. New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait took notice of Jindal’s tweets and fired back.<\/p>\n\n\n Great thing about @bobbyjindal<\/a> tweets is that 140 character limit has no negative impact on the depth of his arguments.<\/p>\n — Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n Chait’s solution to hitting the debt ceiling? Just mint and deposit those trillion-dollar platinum coins<\/a>, duh.<\/p>\n\n\n I’m with @mattyglesias<\/a> on #teamplatinumcoin<\/a> slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox…<\/a><\/p>\n — Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 7, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/12\/07\/boom-gov-bobby-jindal-lays-into-tax-happy-dc-elites-lapdog-media\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheTortorian\/status\/277175771955621888 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is fed up with Washington’s commitment to Big Government and the lapdog media’s role in misleading the public about the consequences. As the fiscal cliff looms ever closer on the horizon, the government and media are doing their utmost to ensure that class warfare and blame-gaming reign supreme. 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