Bobby Jindal stays on message about substance over delivery
Bobby Jindal quoted by Stephanie Grace one month before his badly-delivered response to President Obama’s speech to Congress on February 24, 2009:
Jindal said that, in effect, the GOP should stop fretting over the identity of its next standard bearer.
“We have to not worry about the messenger, ” he said, “and start focusing on the substance.”
and then to Larry King after the much-panned speech:
KING: Governor, you took a lot of flak for that speech. Were you surprised that you did?
JINDAL: Well, a couple of things, Larry. Let’s be clear, the president is a great speaker — probably the greatest we’ve seen in a generation. I’m certainly not nearly as good of a speaker as he is. And I’m not the only one that’s got that opinion. I hope people look at the content of the speech, not just the delivery. You know, for years, I’ve been told I speak too quickly. Now I’m told I speak too slowly. [my emphasis]
He’s certainly staying on his message…
Posted: March 9th, 2009 under Crisis Management, Key Message.