Bobby the Page

I saw neither Obama's Not-Quite-the-State-of-the-Union speech last night, nor its rebuttal by Governor Bobby Jindal, but I've glanced around at some of the discussion in the epilogue. Apparently President Barack Obama gives a fine speech. And apparently Bobby Jindal gives one that's a whole lot less than fine.

But one of the ideas that's really taken off today is the Holy-shit!-Bobby-Jindal-is Kenneth-the-Page! comparison.

For those of you who don't watch 30 Rock (which I enjoy from time-to-time), it's Tina Fey's sitcom about a variety show. In the show, Kenneth the Page works for NBC, giving tours and running errands. He's a lovable, naive simpleton, sort of an update of Gomer Pyle.

And I have to admit that the comparisons are uncanny and entertaining. Governor Jindal really does sound like Kenneth the Page. HuffPo has several postings on its website about it, including this one, which links to my favorite of the day, Jindal's face morphing repeatedly into Kenneth's face.

We should probably consider this dead horse beaten now. We liberal snobs are, well, liberal snobs, and making fun of a southern governor because he sounds like the lovable simpleton on a Hollywood/New York City culturally elite sitcom... Well, let's face it: it's a little obnoxious, and it confirms what the Republican Party has been saying about liberals for decades now. We're snobs.

Still, the shit is funny today. Pass the latte, please.