NEW YORK – Almost 10 years ago, on February 24, 2009, the political career of the then Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, cratered, nosedived, to depths where probably Atlantis now thrives. All because of a highly awkward and embarrassing rebuttal speech, in response to President Barack Obama’s joint address to Congress.
When the otherwise highly capable Jindal, a born-again Christian, took the momentous decision to run for President, six years later – the first Indian American to do so- it was a debacle in the making.
It became obvious within a few months that America’s wasn’t ready to express confidence in a brown man who had been ridiculed and compared to the amusing singsong character ‘Kenneth the Page,’ from NBC’s ‘30 Rock’ sitcom, after his horrid, lackluster speech.
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