Bobby, We Hardly Know Ye

The FireDogLake site (which I'm going to guess is rabidly liberal), mocks Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, for saying these two things --

In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the national Democrats’ view that says the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington and empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs.

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“We have been frustrated with the disjointed effort to date that has too often meant too little, too late to stop the oil from hitting our coast,” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said during a Monday news conference at Port Fourchon with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. “BP is the responsible party, but we need the federal government to make sure they are held accountable and that they are indeed responsible. Our way of life depends on it,” Jindal said.

Now, I'm not one to defend Bobby Jindal, who strikes me as a bit of a maniac (though not nearly as much of one as others on his side of the chasm, I mean, aisle), but I don't think those two statements contradict each other. To me, it sounds like he's saying that he's in favor of a smaller federal government and a more robust private enterprise effort, generally -- but that there are things that a federal government is required for, and this is one.

Just my guess, of course.