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Gov. Jindal (R-LA) takes credit for delivering stimulus funds he opposed
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7-21-2009 6:28 PM
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7-23-2009
1:35 PM
citizenbfk
Hypocrisy knows no bounds.
7-23-2009
4:07 PM
dulios
True that.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3374c588-6028-486a-8503-0aea15cd9583/6A32FEFF-A6E1-41CC-82FA-DAC8554609FA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/" style="font-size: 11px;">thinkprogress.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/">Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902126.html">reemerged</A> on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar <A href="http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=951EB463-18FE-70B2-A8F6121708941817">stimulus that has not stimulated</A>.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/"> However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal <A href="http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/news/x488848492/Jindal-presents-parish-with-500K">traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana</A> to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least <A href="http://www.fhasecure.gov/local/la/news/pr2009-02-27.cfm">$157,848</A> in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and <A href="http://www.cole.state.la.us/programs%5Cuploads%5Cgrants%5Cstimulus_byrne.pdf">$138,611</A> for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/21/jindal-stimulus-check/">Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check. 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