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Gov. Jindal's tough love for GOP

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    Louisiana governor urges party introspection

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-- over here in New Orleans but a couple of days ago we had a chance to go to the governor's mansion over in Baton -- talked to governor Jindal.

Last hour we heard from the governor about how Washington -- by the way he's running his state of Louisiana now we focus on the Republican Party.

Listen.

We've got to stop being the stupid party.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It's not -- articulate our plans and our visions for America in real terms.

If you give a major address.

Two Republican Party and it's picked up by everyone a couple of days later and everyone's picking out one thing is if he only said two sentences.

And those sentences so we have to stop -- in -- stupid poured in what way do you believe that the Republicans have the right message they just don't have the right messaging while.

I've made very clear that's -- when -- change our principles.

But we have to apply our principles to specific policy ideas where we don't insult the intelligence the voters the president did a great job this last election trying to divide and scare people.

We know our ideas.

We know they work.

We also know -- that was the other guys they don't work mr.

-- thing.

Pay more.

So the people -- can't get a tax cut.

Contrary to the forward.

Bottom line in our society MTV society -- remember that -- go to over the cliff.

With the Republican tossing them more than -- have liked to show you my restructuring of Medicare how do you dumbed down and win and win an election.

So the -- whereas the class warfare the so called war on women.

I think we as Republican Republicans -- reject -- rejected -- politics reject this to visit that this in this and instead appeal -- really unites us Americans I think people get.

I think you know not every person follows every budget chart -- knows every the decimal point in the budget debt.

But they do know -- instinctively they know my family can't spend more money that I take in to have the government do that.

Instinctively they know there's no government that's been able to spend or borrow which way to prosperity I think we need -- the American people's intelligence and talked.

Mike adults anywhere the talk to -- your passion for intrusive for these subjects and looks in your background if anybody wants to be a candidate for president -- sixteen like yourself.

When do you think the decision has been.

Anybody on the Republican side even thinking or talking about running for president when he sixteen I said needs to get their head examined and the reason I say that is we've lost two presidential election zero.

We need to be winning the debate of ideas then will win elections a majority of American voters think the government's trying to do too much.

They want smaller government yet they still voted for pres Obama that means we're not winning the conversation we're not present our ideas were not in that debate -- -- we should.

Why do you need you head examined -- for president why don't you view quite as easily run for president like yourself.

By winning that debate of ideas.

Look at the country doesn't need four years of nonstop president we just an.

You can't imagine if Ronald Reagan were were alive today if you were running for office today.

This is what he would say about that for person that was on food stamps are on welfare -- on the front -- plummeted today.

This poor woman wants a better -- -- for herself and for children.

He would honor the dig into that person and say I can I can provider better economic future by putting in place policies -- actually work.

We need to be having that kind of debate we need to show people that there's a different future that goes back to our roots it's all about.

Independents sent -- government expansion not about government interference our lives it's about individual Americans providing for their families and doing better in a growing economy.

In he might -- decide to run yet but he does have a congress background he did work with.

President Bush in the administration announces successful governor pretty impressive resume guys -- -- -- -- nice to sit down at a -- Bryant's.

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