Backing Dean guarantees a Bush victory (must read)

The Daily Northwestern ^ | 1/6/04 | Nadir Hassan

[Valin]

I want Howard Dean to be the Democratic nominee for President despite the fact that his intellect is the size of a single in the Foster-Walker Complex.

If he gets the nomination, George W. Bush is going to launch a major can of whoop-ass, the likes of which have never been seen before in any election. It will make the 99 percent landslide "victories" of dictators around the world look like closely fought contests.

Many ask why I have a dog in this fight. After all I'm a Pakistani with no interest in the debates over Medicare and school vouchers. I'd rather go to class than read about campaign finance reform.

To put it simply, American politics bore me.

I do, however, care deeply about my country. At the risk of sounding like a peace activist -- which I most certainly am not, at least not in the NOWAR tradition -- I also care about the freedom and well-being of the global community. And right now, Dubya is the only person capable of doing that.

Ideally, Muslims wouldn't need Bush to do their dirty work for them. They would repudiate all forms of terrorism, reform their own dirty political systems and realize that women should be treated as human beings, not cattle. But since they're not up to the task Bush is the next best alternative.

In the last 28 months he has managed to bomb Afghanistan into modernity and rid them of the Taliban, who subscribed to the "women-as-cattle" philosophy mentioned above. He has also managed to free the Iraqis from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, who came up with the novel idea of mass murder as a solution to overpopulation. He got the spineless President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to develop a backbone and renounce his previous support for terrorism.

Howard Dean, showing himself to be the moral vacuum he undoubtedly is, said "I suppose it's a good thing" upon hearing of Saddam's forced removal. This is why he does not have a chance in hell against Bush. The American people must realize the importance of freedom and not give Dean the chance to fiddle while the Muslim world burns.

I feel like puking with disgust whenever I see a "no war" sign painted on The Rock. Liberals need to realize it is only at gunpoint that extremist Muslims will learn that anti-Semitism is not a lifestyle choice, and suicide bombings will not result in a Palestinian state. You control mass murderers with war, not resolutions and court orders.

When I visited my ancestral homeland of Afghanistan last year, I felt safe in the knowledge that I would not be incarcerated for being a beardless, non-praying, T-shirt-and-jean-wearing individual. That freedom was exhilarating. It was a freedom no one in the country enjoyed until Bush came dashing in like the Texas sheriff he is so often portrayed as being.

Which is why I urge College Republicans -- all five of them -- to rally behind Dean during the primary season.

And then come November and Bush's landslide victory, I will feel safer and freer.

Nadir Hassan is a Medill sophomore. He can be reached at n-hassan@northwestern.edu.

[JohnGalt]

This is not a Republican web site, this is a conservative web site. Please bother to learn the difference before coming in.

Yes, there are lots of Marxists calling themselves conservatives and telling everyone how they 'hate liberals' on this thread.

Just because I don't take the federalis seriously and challenge their lies, does not mean I don't enjoy life. I am under 30, married, decent job, all the latest gadgets, but I also want to preserve real conservatism, not phonyconservatism with its childish fascination for tanks and bombs and girlish fear of cave dwellers.

[MacDorcha]

this isnt a "johngalt is right no matter what" website either. i haev told you i am done with you several times now. get the hint.

acording to your testimonies, their is no "true conservatism" anymore. their hasnt been since the second world war. if you're going to say that, why state you wish to keep a 60 years dead thought on life support?

note: im keeping this in your words.

quit moving the goalposts and leave me alone.

[MacDorcha]

as for it being republican or not. in case you havent noticed, the other conservative group out their hasnt exaclty ever won a major election. back the republicans until conservatives become mainline. THEN talk about chagning everything. you'll scare people other wise.

[JohnGalt]

I accept my fate and change my views to serve no Earthly God.

I am not trying to win any elections, only expose the phonies amongst us, left and right, and have a good time doing it.

[MacDorcha]

volture? was that some kind of pun on computers?
and "you're" when you you're trying to tell someone what they are is what you need to use. if you spelled it how you meant to spell it, i must say you have quite a language there.

[MacDorcha]

wrong post. sorry. as for "Earthly God" think about this. without God, we wouldnt exist. and vice versa.

and as for winning elections, you dont have to win an election, just quit keeping on trying to get the last word.

[JohnGalt]

I'm not following you; which post are you referring to?

I really doubt you care, but the dyslexia wrecks me for this medium, though you should see me on a bar stool. It really is not worth your valuable time to go to the spell check tactic of debate.

[JohnGalt]

Earthly God as in the 'state' as classically understood.

I am a Christian.

[JohnGalt]

As to wrong post,

No prob., happens all the time.

[MacDorcha]

and yet again grasping for that last word. and i was aware of it being classically understood without a capital G.

[MacDorcha]

and either way, without us, governement wouldnt exist, and again, vice versa. funny how that works, no?