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The Pen And The Sword: Why the phrase 'College Republican' isn't an oxymoron
Ryan Bilodeau
Issue date: 9/19/07 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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I am a Republican in college because the values that have helped me weather the storms of temptation I have faced while in college in the form of drugs and excessive partying are a result of having a mother and a father who instilled in me wholesome family values from point of views distinct in origin and impact.
The moral relativism present in 2007 that attacks the sacred walls of marriage, the union of a man and a woman who procreate thus forming a family, has been contested only by the Republican Party. The GOP realizes that a child deserves a mom and a dad, and that changing the definition of a 2,000-year-old covenant that is the building block of society threatens the healthy existence of the country for the next 2,000 years.
Six years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, I am a Republican because I would like to leave college knowing that the "real world" is a safe world. The Republican Party is the only party that realizes that Iraq is a battle in the war the jihadists have waged upon western civilization for hundreds of years, and is the only party not scared to go on offense in the War on Terror.
Our enemies in Iran released terrorists the day that Republican President Ronald Reagan was elected after holding them for 444 days, while Democratic President Jimmy Carter was president because when faced with a country whose political will matches its military capabilities, they will always back down. Years after the beginning of a currently unpopular war, the Republican party is the only party willing to lose an election in order to win a war.
The Republican Party is the party of strong national defense in a dangerous world for allowing the individual and not the government to make decisions related to health care and Social Security, and is for the protection of the sacred institutions needed for the survival of our society. I am a college student because I care about my future. I am a Republican for the same reason.
The moral relativism present in 2007 that attacks the sacred walls of marriage, the union of a man and a woman who procreate thus forming a family, has been contested only by the Republican Party. The GOP realizes that a child deserves a mom and a dad, and that changing the definition of a 2,000-year-old covenant that is the building block of society threatens the healthy existence of the country for the next 2,000 years.
Six years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, I am a Republican because I would like to leave college knowing that the "real world" is a safe world. The Republican Party is the only party that realizes that Iraq is a battle in the war the jihadists have waged upon western civilization for hundreds of years, and is the only party not scared to go on offense in the War on Terror.
Our enemies in Iran released terrorists the day that Republican President Ronald Reagan was elected after holding them for 444 days, while Democratic President Jimmy Carter was president because when faced with a country whose political will matches its military capabilities, they will always back down. Years after the beginning of a currently unpopular war, the Republican party is the only party willing to lose an election in order to win a war.
The Republican Party is the party of strong national defense in a dangerous world for allowing the individual and not the government to make decisions related to health care and Social Security, and is for the protection of the sacred institutions needed for the survival of our society. I am a college student because I care about my future. I am a Republican for the same reason.
