Bobby Jindal ran for governor on a one-word campaign platform - "Ethics!" He raced around the state claiming that, if/when he became governor, the state would enact "the gold standard" of state ethics programs.
Immediately after his inauguration in 2008, Governor Jindal convened the Legislature in a special session dedicated exclusively to reforming the state ethics code. Sure, in some ways his legislative package weakened ethics enforcement, removed the process from the public view, and did absolutely nothing to eliminate pay-to-play in the form of corporate campaign contributions, but Jindal and his band of sycophants proclaimed the session a success, the state rid of a dread scourge, and purity restored to our governmental processes. Behold, our political savior!
