Dear College Students,
I know you've been enthusiastic about the Obama candidacy this campaign season. I know it because the media says so. I know it because the polls say so. Most of all, I know it because your professors say so. Because for all the talk on campuses across the country about standing up to authority, for all the talk about thinking for yourself and forging your own path, it's far more comfortable to follow the ideological footsteps of your teachers. After all, they're the ones administering the finals.
I remember. I only graduated from UCLA in 2004, the last time professors backed a Democratic candidate to the hilt. A lot of my classmates showed up to vote for John Kerry. A lot of them showed up to campaign for Kerry — after all, the students in the Kerry campaign office were probably easier than the students down at Bush-Cheney headquarters.
I'm sure the same holds true today. There are probably a lot of good-looking Obama students out there. And I'm sure that it's tempting to go sign up to phone bank next to that student wearing the "I Heart Abortion Rights" T-shirt.
But there is no reason in the world why you should vote for Barack Obama. Behind the misty words about hope and change, there's an agenda you will have to pay for. Yes, you. That is, when you get a job.
Here, then, are the top four reasons for you to vote McCain-Palin in November.
1. Health care. You've heard all the pretty phrases from Obama and Biden about how health care should be universal. And we all feel bad for the uninsured guy with a bad hip, emphysema and diabetes. But here's the problem: He's not you. You're not going to be that guy for another fifty years. If Obama's plan goes into action, however, you're going to be paying for that guy, and a lot of guys just like him. Then when you're old, you'll pay for those same surgeries yourself. That's ridiculous. Here's a better solution: Let people pay for their own health care. That way you can get the cheap health care plan — you're not going to need that pacemaker for a few decades — and save up for that Wii.
2. Social Security. Democrats constantly talk about how Republicans are going to take away everyone's Social Security and leave the elderly on the streets to eat cat food.
There's only one problem: Nobody's Social Security actually exists. There is no giant Social Security fund where your parents' taxes went — that money went to the crappy public school down the block. Your parents' Social Security will be paid for by you. That is, unless you're allowed to keep some of your own money and invest it. While the stock market looks risky and volatile today, over the course of decades it invariably rises. Always. In 1980, the stock market was 891. In 1990, it was 2,678. Today, it's still well above 9,000. It's far smarter to bet on your own stock market picks than on future taxes.
3. Taxes. You're just starting out in life. The last thing you need is the government taking all your hard-earned cash. Plus, you're not going to be able to find a job in a market where small-business owners are getting smoked by Barack Obama's fiscal irresponsibility.
4. The War on Terror. You've heard all of the idiotic rumors about re-institution of a draft. Three words: Ain't. Gonna. Happen. You've heard about how Obama will bring flowers and posies and rainbow ponies to Afghanistan as soon as we pull out of Iraq. Three words: Ain't. Gonna. Happen. You may have thought that the war in Iraq wasn't a good idea, probably because you were 15 and MTV was telling you that war is bad. But whether you disagreed with the origins of the war or not, Islamist terrorists are now in Iraq. And if we don't kill them there, they'll take over that country and turn it into another terrorist state. If we keep surrendering countries to terrorists, then it won't be long before we (BEGIN ITALS) will (END ITALS) have to institute a draft — because it won't be long before someone hits L.A. with a suitcase nuke.
So try standing up to the campus herd. Try abandoning the Obama headquarters and taking a walk over to the McCain booth on campus — chances are that the students are better looking there anyway, and have a Texas accent to boot. Try thinking beyond all the slogans and the insults and the elitist vagaries. You'll find that the case for McCain-Palin is far stronger than your professors are telling you.
Ben Shapiro, 24, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School. He is the author of the new book "Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House," as well as the national bestseller "Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth." To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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Sir;...Forget about the price of change... This country is about to discover the high price of not changing and it will cover the face of the world, and be a price no one, and no country can afford to pay. Change is as essential to societies as it is for people. When a person needs a change of air, of atmosphere, of diet, of environment, of clothes or bedding sooner or later the denial of change will affect the health of the person. Things are fine for you. You have money in the bank, and stock in your portfolio. Why should you change only because so many others are struggling? Change brings the best to the top. Shuffling the cards of life and changing the game brings out the best in people and lets the best people win. It does not have to stop there. It should never stop there. Change is our environment, and intelligence is our adaptation to change. Trying to stop change is futile. But it also causes a lot of pain and insecurity to buy little security for a few. Do you feel secure? You should not. No one becomes more secure robbing the security of their neighbors or countrymen. We all need security, and it is why we organize and form governments. If a government established to secure justice, sells justice for wealth it sells security. That is where we are. So peddle your same old has been was been politics. The people need change, and lookout for the one who promises change and does not deliver. This could get ugly, and perhaps must if it will ever get pretty again....Thanks...Sweeney
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Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Wed Oct 8, 2008 6:28 AM
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This is a fact: the only certainty is "change". You know Webster's version, let me give you the Torah/Bible version: Nothing comes to stay, it only comes to pass..."and it came to pass....", etc. When things don't change, they stagnate, wither, putrify, and die. Our economy, the global economy is withering and putrifying. Death or change is next. You've listed possible changes with Obama/Biden, well here's the McCain/Palin scenario: Chances McCain won't serve full term are high. Palin will be President. Consider:McCain's campaign manager, chief strategist, top economic advisor, foreign policy director and fundraising chairman are all lobbyist's and part of the corporate terrorists that have attacked the American economy, and Palin is Christian conservative, so...
If McCain and Palin do get in you'll have a corporate lapdog and Christian Right at the helm. With Palin, forget freedom of religion and separation of Church and State. Whatever rights and religious freedoms you think you now enjoy will be stripped away due to the passage of laws that suit not only their political, but also their religious agenda and ideology. Remember, if religion can't get the people to behave the way "God wants", they get into politics and enact laws to make mankind slaves/sheep to fall in line with whatever popular ideology is running the show. Why do you think a candidates stand on homosexualityand abortion make such big news? When religion and politics mix, we have tyranny and persecution, and candidates voted in that are not qualified but pass the "Christian" test. Sound familiar? Think Iraq, Iran, etc. Maybe you think you know why, but are you sure you know who and what you're supporting?
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Posted by: liz
Wed Oct 8, 2008 3:39 PM
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I just had to comment -
I'm a college student at a liberal arts school in a liberal city. I will also be voting McCain / Palin in November. If anybody asks who I'm voting for, though, I say, "Obama!" - because 99.99% of the time, the asker is wearing a ton of Obama paraphernalia. I'm lousy with debating and I get tired of defending my choice against a crowd of people yelling "CHANGE!" at me. So I guess you might say that I'm a closet McCain supporter.
Anyway, I have a feeling that I may not be alone in this. In an anonymous survey given out in one of my classes, nearly one-third of the students said they would be voting for McCain / Palin in the fall. However, I haven't seen any McCain handbags or McCain-is-my-Homeboy t-shirts around. Choosing McCain / Palin over Obama / Biden - it's certainly not "the cool thing" to do, but I have hopes that a good number of college students will be doing it anyway.
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Posted by: pytho
Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:19 PM
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