It’s hard to believe that Indo-Pakistani
politics are playing a role in the Louisiana governor’s race, but that’s
what the Times-Picayune reports. Pakistani-Americans are raising money for Republican Bobby
Jindal’s opponent (Jindal’s parents are Hindus from India). “I think it’s a
kind of unforeseen fear that if Bobby Jindal gets elected he might push
things that are against the Pakistani interest,” said Ashraf Abbasi of Port
Arthur, Texas, who is president of the Pakistani-American Congress, an
umbrella organization for Pakistani-American groups. Boy, it’s hard to
figure what the governor of Louisiana can do to hurt Pakistan. Halt Tabasco
exports to Karachi? Ban the Neville Brothers from playing Mardi Gras in
Quetta?