Which is it? Is he an “anomaly,” or does he “not have an original thought in his head”? Can’t have it both ways. And are you one of those who believes that one must share your views in order to be thinking for himself or herself?

By the way, there are plenty of us who support full rights for gays and lesbians, while still opposing the killing of any human being for the purposes of medical research. You don’t need to believe in a higher power to hold these views, either.

I liked Ronald Reagen, why is simply calling him that a negative, especially since it was meant as a compliment?

I would like to see more politicians of Barry Goldwater’s calibre, and less of Huckaclown’s … the R’s will have to take another few election year beatings until they can figure out that God-botherers and/or Socialism-lite won’t ever win elections.

The Dems, were, until recently, the party of Jim Crow. Your “step-and-fetchit” reference ain’t improving that old perception any … when D’s throw Oreos at Republicans of color, and make racist references like that ( here I thought only the Neo-Nazis believed in the concept of “race traitor”? ), it says way more about them then it does about Republicans.

He’s nothing but a tool to shore up support amongst those “social conservatives” who are uncomfortable with McCain’s more middle-of-the-road voting record.

If he’s looking to shore up his conservative bloc, which I agree he probably is, he will not go for this young, unknown, brown-skinned guy who looks like a “furriner.” The same people who spread rumors that Barack is a Muslim will decide that Jindal is a Hindu, or a Buddhist, or a Muslim as well.

He’d be much better off picking Brownback if he wants to appeal to conservatives and Christians.

I really doubt he’ll pick this guy who has very little track record and almost no national profile outside of political junkies like myself and his fellow Indian-Americans. It’s interesting that he’s apparently on the short list, but I can’t see it happening.

Do you really think that if this guy was still a Hindu, or had voted pro-gay or pro-stem cell research, that he’d actually be being considered for the Vice Presidential slot on the ticket?

He’s nothing but a tool to shore up support amongst those “social conservatives” who are uncomfortable with McCain’s more middle-of-the-road voting record.

Let’s face it, should the guy actually become President, the whack-job right would be less concerned about his skin color, considering he walks in lock-step with them.

The McCain campaign wants someone without an original thought in his head to make the far-right happy, and if he happens to be non-white, that just deflects the notion that the conservatives are bigots.

Or am I being too cynical here?

So … exactly when can we get a non-socialist atheist candidate … of any color?