Meet Bobby Jindal: Governor, VP Candidate, and Exorcist
Folks have apparently known for awhile that Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal participated in, ahem, an exorcism while a student at Brown. Now that Jindal has been increasingly mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate for John McCain's ticket, it seems like a good time to go over the details again. As TPM's comprehensive roundup reminds us, Jindal wrote extensively about this experience, in which he and his prayer meeting buddies exorcised the demon out of his friend "Susan" and cured her cancer to boot.
More Satan-rific details after the jump.
During a prayer meeting, the suicidal, skin cancer-y, "sulfuric"-smelling Susan had a seizure and collapsed. The other students began shouting, "Satan, I command you to leave this woman" while Jindal worried "that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back." The ordeal -- from which Susan tried to escape but was wrestled down to the floor by her Jesus-loving friends -- lasted "a few hours." A preacher from the "rival" Christian group on campus refused to help, since performing exorcisms without official permission is forbidden within Catholicism. But finally, Susan managed to read from the Bible being held to her face, "Jesus is Lord."
With an almost comical smile, Susan then looked up as if awakening from a deep sleep and asked, "Has something happened?" She did not remember any of the past few hours and was startled to find her friends breaking out in cheers and laughter, overwhelmed by sudden joy and relief."
Aw, Kodak moment. But wait! There's more:
When the operation occurred, the surgeons found no traces of cancerous cells. Susan claimed she had felt healed after the group prayer and can remember the sensation of being 'purified.'"
Say what you will about John McCain, but it'd be pretty rad to have a magical VP.
In other macabre news, some Penn students left a human skull in their apartment when they moved out for the summer. The details are murky, but the police lieutenant is calling it "kind of a weird story."
If anyone spots Voldemort strolling down College Walk, please tip us here. Friday the 13th may have been a few weeks ago, but a diabolical triumvirate is always newsworthy.
Students move out, but leave human skull behind [AP]
Bobby Jindal: Errant Catholic Exorcist? [The Daily Dish]
"Bobby" Jindal: The Story They Don't Want You to Read [Daily King Fish]
BEATING A DEMON: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare [New Oxford Review]
Is Bobby Jindal -- Who May Be On McCain's Veep Shortlist -- An Exorcist? [Talking Points Memo]
Meet the Republican VP Prospect: Bobby Jindal [WSJ.com]
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June 27th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Ugh. I hate this guy. For a biology major, his advocacy of the intelligent design movement is just inexcusable.
Nice going, Brown. One more person to add into the Ivy League Hall of Shame.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
A fine addition to the likes of Chuck Colson and George Lincoln Rockwell. And note that Jindall was not only a biology major, but in a department that included Ken Miller. Jindal’s back in the news today; apparently he can cure not only cancer, but maleness.