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Backing Dean guarantees a Bush victory (must read)
The Daily Northwestern ^ | 1/6/04 | Nadir Hassan

Posted on 01/06/2004 7:39:36 AM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 04; 2004; howarddean
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DU, Move-on.org, here's that clue you were looking for.
1 posted on 01/06/2004 7:39:36 AM PST by Valin
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2 posted on 01/06/2004 7:41:35 AM PST by Support Free Republic (If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
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To: Valin
"I'm a Pakistani...I do, however, care deeply about my country...When I visited my ancestral homeland of Afghanistan last year"


...yeah, I am relieved this multinational phony is a Bush supporter.
3 posted on 01/06/2004 7:43:06 AM PST by JohnGalt ("Nothing happened on 9/11 to make the federal government more competent.")
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To: Valin
This guy is a sophomore? Hot diggity. I hope his philosophy catches on every where!
4 posted on 01/06/2004 7:43:52 AM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: Valin
Thanks for posting this! Have the feeling that Dean is going to galvanize Republicans and Indy's to vote for Bush in large numbers even if they have doubts since Dean seems to be scaring even his own party who will ultimately vote for him in the end.

First Gore and now Bradley support Dean -- Weasley Clark is being left behind in endorsements!
5 posted on 01/06/2004 7:44:31 AM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Support Bush-Cheney '04)
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To: JohnGalt
I'm not so sure he IS a phony. You can believe what you like. But I certainly do like this phrase when referring to Howie: moral vacuum .
6 posted on 01/06/2004 7:47:12 AM PST by EggsAckley
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To: JohnGalt
I'm an American. My ancestral home is Scotland. This makes me a multinational phony?

7 posted on 01/06/2004 7:48:15 AM PST by IndyMac
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To: JohnGalt
That young phony has a much deeper grasp of the big issues than you do, John.
8 posted on 01/06/2004 7:48:41 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: EggsAckley
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9 posted on 01/06/2004 7:49:34 AM PST by Happy2BMe (2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
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To: Valin
Catholic ecumenical Bump. Stop the soft bigotry of lowered expecations.
10 posted on 01/06/2004 7:49:39 AM PST by tort_feasor ( anti-Semitism is not a lifestyle choice)
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To: JohnGalt
I am relieved this multinational phony

As opposed to a 'national phony', such as yourself?

11 posted on 01/06/2004 7:50:03 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: IndyMac
Nope, did you really think that is a parallel example?
12 posted on 01/06/2004 7:50:45 AM PST by JohnGalt ("Nothing happened on 9/11 to make the federal government more competent.")
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To: Valin
Terrific article.
13 posted on 01/06/2004 7:52:02 AM PST by tkathy (The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
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To: Coop
Exactly like the rest of the phonycons, only he does have the courage to admit he does not care about socialism at home so long as the President protects his arse from cave dwellers so he can keep doing that imporant work of going to college on mommie and daddies dime.
14 posted on 01/06/2004 7:52:36 AM PST by JohnGalt ("Nothing happened on 9/11 to make the federal government more competent.")
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To: Valin
Saddam Hussein, who came up with the novel idea of mass murder as a solution to overpopulation.

I do declare........dis boy need some history lessoning.

Stalin gave saddam da idea.

15 posted on 01/06/2004 7:52:58 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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To: JohnGalt
...yeah, I am relieved this multinational phony is a Bush supporter

Same old Buchananite tripe, eh Galt? Making moral judgements on people who dont agree with your leftist isolationism? You are all alone here, with your masked anti-Semitism and Bush hatred. Yecch to you and all your Raimondo friends!

16 posted on 01/06/2004 7:53:26 AM PST by Nonstatist
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To: tbpiper
Wow, that was witty.

Come on, I have seen you do significantly better.
17 posted on 01/06/2004 7:54:10 AM PST by JohnGalt ("Nothing happened on 9/11 to make the federal government more competent.")
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To: JohnGalt
You have no idea who's paying for his education. Then again, you don't let ignorance get in the way too often...
18 posted on 01/06/2004 7:54:58 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: JohnGalt
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.

And you don't pursue terrorists with Letters of Marque and Reprisal, Ron Paul's answer to Osama bin Laden.

John, you're a sincere libertarian.

And libertarians, thankfully, willl get nowhere near important decisions in the war on terror.

19 posted on 01/06/2004 7:55:15 AM PST by sinkspur (Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
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To: Nonstatist
Statist,

I made comments on his sloppy article but it does not surprise me that you support an effort where the authors states boldly that he does not care about socialism at home.

But you keep parroting all your witless comebacks about anti-Semitism and Clinton, err-Bush hatred, just like the Lefties taught you, because it further exposes what phony socialists you are.
20 posted on 01/06/2004 7:57:22 AM PST by JohnGalt ("Nothing happened on 9/11 to make the federal government more competent.")
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