Redstate tells the saga of young Dan Gilgoff, Faith (!) reporter for U.S. News and World Report and Huffington Post writer. Gilgoff wrote about Bobby Jindal’s Catholic faith and then was so mesmerized by the comments of a single poster, 
Helen of Georgia, that he followed up with this:
I’m surprised that a few comments on my post about Bobby Jindal as the new face of Christian conservatism allege that he’s got ancestral Muslim roots, in addition to the acknowledged Hinduism of his Indian born parents. Remind you of any other recent rumor campaigns against promising young minority politicians?
What’s surprising is that some of the comments appear to be from pro-Sarah Palin conservatives. They’re a likely preview of what a Jindal primary faceoff with Palin or another Christian conservative might look like, with both vying for conservative Christian support.
Okay, to be fair, there were three posts that claim Jindal is a secret Muslim:
As one views the comments section of Gilgoff’s February 23 posting, one can see two commenters out of 28 replies that mention Jindal’s supposedly secret Muslim background. Two from a “Helen of GA” that says Jindal is “secretly from the faith of Islam” and saying Palin will be president in 2012, and a third comment from a “Welfare for the Rich of GA” that also makes the same basic claim saying, “Jindal is a muslim who now claims to be a Christian.” The third comment does not mention Palin or anyone else and focuses solely on Jindal.
The story of Helen includes this:
“In the Cypria, Nemesis did not wish to mate with Zeus. She therefore changed shape into various animals as she attempted to flee Zeus, finally becoming a goose. Zeus also transformed himself into a goose and mated with Nemesis, who produced an egg from which Helen was born.”
A goose egg seems like an apt symbol for the reliability of the source of Gilgoff’s information, what it says about Sarah Palin, and the journalistic integrity of Gilgoff and U.S. News.
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Gilgoff is a Romney supporter probably eager to accidentally “notice” this battle between Palin and Jindal supporters. His flimsy reasoning based on one post makes me think he knows more about that one post than he lets on. Romney’s playing dirty already!