in re "Bobby" Jindal:
He participated in an "excorcism" wherein he claims to have caused Satan to leave the body of a college friend. He personally takes credit for "beating a demon." "During his years at Brown University, Jindal pursued his Catholic faith with unbridled zeal. Jindal became emotionally involved with a classmate named Susan who had overcome skin cancer and struggled to cope with the suicide of a close friend. Jindal reflected in an
article for a Catholic magazine (called “Beating a Demon: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare”) that 'sulfuric' scents hovered over Susan everywhere she went. In the middle of a prayer meeting, Jindal claimed that Susan collapsed and began convulsing on the floor. His prayer partners gathered together on the floor, holding hands and shouting, 'Satan, I command you to leave this woman!' While under the supposed control of satanic demons, Susan lashed out at Jindal and his friends. 'Whenever I concentrated long enough to begin prayer, I felt some type of physical force distracting me,' Jindal reflected. 'It was as if something was pushing down on my chest, making it very hard for me to breathe… I began to think that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back; thus, I resigned myself to leaving it alone in an attempt to find peace for myself.' Toward the conclusion of what Jindal called “the tremendous battle between the Susan we knew and loved and some strange and evil force,” Jindal and his friends forced Susan to read passages from the Bible. “She choked on certain passages and could not finish the sentence ‘Jesus is Lord.’ Over and over, she repeated "Jesus is L..L..LL," often ending in profanities,” Jindal wrote. Finally, evil gave way to the light. “Just as suddenly as she went into the trance, Susan suddenly reappeared and claimed ‘Jesus is Lord.’ With an almost comical smile, Susan then looked up as if awakening from a deep sleep and asked, ‘Has something happened?’” Uhhhhhh....ok.
His given name is "Piyush" but he changed it to "Bobby" after watching an episode of
The Brady Bunch. "Marsha" Jindal didn't have the right ring to it.
Between Palin, Bachmann, and Jindal, I'd say the right has cornered the market on wingnuts.
The article from which I borrowed the details of Jindal's "exorcism" is:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-24/bobby-jindals-secret-past/