Why "College Republicans" have no integrity whatsoever

[Loonman]

If they really believed in Bush's invasion and occupation, they'd drop out of college and go to Iraq. No reason not to: they can finish school when they're back and have tuition paid via the GI Bill.


So if you run into any College Republicans, be sure to point this out to them.

[Thom Little]

1. They're following Bush's Nam-dodging example

[Ian David]

2. See OperationYellowElephant.com n/t

[LonelyLRLiberal]

but, but, but ... aren't they Republicans so they can get the lesser

of their fellow patriots to fight for them? And, lots of them don't have to worry about getting tuition paid via the GI Bill. They probably don't even have college loans. Daddy or the trust fund is paying for everything.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. I remember watching

this video of two guys at a college republican meeting and they were there with a camera and passing out forms of inlistment (it was on Operation Yellowelephant I believe) and this one guy who looked perfectly healthy and like a jock even came over and started scholding these guys about how they would be in Iraq but they all had their own priorities and it was a sensitive issue. If I was there I would've asked why he wasn't in Iraq. :eyes:

[LonelyLRLiberal]

17. College republican priority No. 1 - letting someone else die -eom

[Botany]

3. Easy to get the form online ..... what is keeping them?

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/enlistment.pdf

[ashling]

6. Send this link to

everycollwgw Republican you know.

[Botany]

13. Thanks for the idea!

The College Republican @ OSU just got that link. God Bless the internet
and google ..... type in a college name and republican and you can get
an e mail link. :rofl:

?

[Cyrano]

4. A Republican in college is a waste of a perfectly good education.

[Ladyhawk]

19. Not necessarily. College is where people are forced to realize

that not everyone shares the same ideals they do. People in college can do a lot of changing. Sometimes it takes awhile, like it did with me, but the experience can never be undone.

[patrice]

5. This is how that works for them.

Although we are "equal" under the law, each of us is created different from others. These divinely ordained differences are the basis for how/who/what your function is in the world; some are equipped for the ivy league, others are equipped to do blue color labor. It is the function of those who can't get into Princeton to do what they are told. If all of us went to the war, there would be no one to manage things. It is the function of those who can get into Princeton to manage others. ;)

[Wetzelbill]

7. you know, I almost joined the military in 2004

and I am a anti-Iraq war Dem to the hilt. As a columnist I was writing prescient columns about just how this would unfold for our school paper. I got a thing in the mail from the Navy saying they were interested in me going down and taking a test to get into officer training. So I just went and took the test cold. I probably didn't do well on it, because it had pilot questions and naval history questions that I knew nothing about at all, I didn't even study I just went and took it. The benefits were unbelievable though, and I would have gotten to finish school before I went in etc. However, I don't know if I could have passed the physical as I have disability, physically I could pass it, but in terms of a potential injury etc I may not be able to. I wanted to go into intelligence, that was what I was most interested in. But yeah, they never really got back to me on it too much after that. Sent me a few things here and there but nothing came of it. I wasn't about to enlist in the regular corps. No way. Not enough benefits and so on. Not like the other program that was offered. But, I would have went if they stuck with it and offered me the same package. Which is more than most Republicans I know could ever say for themselves. I know people over in Iraq too. I have 3 friends, that I know of, over there. I have a cousin who is in the military too.

[Tanuki]

9. College Republicans

are also infamous for victimizing senior citizens in donations scam operations:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002075044_repubs28m.html

[sui generis]

10. and those asses just bray about honoring everyone else's

sacrifice.

Here's a question: if you're so proud to have a soldier die to defend your freedoms, would you throw yourself in front of a bullet to save that soldier's life? If not, then just put a cork in it. Otherwise . ..

Well get crackin' junior! You're in the wrong place to make a difference! Put your body where your mouth is! Do you need airfare?

[Redstone]

11. Somehow, it's more revolting to me to see a young person spouting

that rightwing nonsense than it is to hear a grownup do it.

Not that I like hearing it from grownups, either. But it's worse coming from those snotty little bastards.

Redstone

[Loonman]

12. Kick before leaving

:kick:

[DemGirl7]

14. I ran into few on my campus and told them off too.

I can't stand College Republicans, and these assholes on my campus had the nerve to put up flyers all around campus saying "Love or Leave it" with american flags in the background. Which pissed me off so much that I went around campus writing on these flyers that they should sign up since they seem to love it so much. Plus I saw a bunch of other like minded people tearing the College Republicans' flyers down, Plus I saw som College Repugs putting more of those flyers, and I just told them off and pointed it out to them.

[Swamp Rat]

16. Keep up the good work!

:applause:

[no_hypocrisy]

15. The Omega House ("Animal House") is alive and well.

Greggie, Dougie, and the other Hitler Youth . . .

[mopinko]

18. then who would protest cindy sheehan?

that's who was paid to hold old campaign signs and shout down veterans and gold star families when i saw cindy here.

[Chemical Bill]

20. I just wrote that in a LTTE last weekend.

They haven't printed it yet. They must be waiting for the slow sales day tomorrow (if they print it at all).

Bill

[B Calm]

21. Co-president of Maine College Democrats being deployed to Iraq

The leader of the Bowdoin College Republicans and College Republican national secretary, thinks it is troubling that a vocal opponet to his president and our country is willing to fight in a war that he claims is wrong.

http://tinyurl.com/8gctx

BRUNSWICK — On Dec. 1, Alex Cornell du Houx, a 21-year-old Bowdoin College senior from Solon will head to Iraq for approximately 10 months as part of the Alpha 1st Company Battalion of the Marines. Instead of staying up late to finish off college papers and cram for finals, Cornell du Houx will use his training and experience as a 0351 Assault Man to shoot rockets, deal with demolitions and work the Javelin Missile System. "I am not nervous whatsoever. We are well trained and we're ready to go," Cornell du Houx said about the news of his unit's impending deployment to Iraq.

His mother and family are supportive of his plans as well. "I feel for every mom who has a son or daughter who has been deployed, for the innocent Iraqi families that have lost their loved ones, and for the families of 1,966 soldiers who never came home," said Ramona du Houx, Alex's mother. "But the overwhelming reality of how unjust this war is only truly hits home when it is your son or daughter who is going into harm's way."

The senior is most well known on the Bowdoin College campus in his role as development director for the College Democrats of America and as co-president of the Maine College Democrats. Under his leadership, the organization in Maine has grown from two chapters to 23. While Cornell du Houx has actively rallied against many of President Bush's policies, he feels that his involvement in the Marines is not a conflict of interest. "Regardless of my opinions regarding the war in Iraq, it is my duty as a U.S. Marine to serve and I am ready and willing to do my job to its fullest extent," he said.

Others on campus, particularly his political opponents in the Bowdoin College Republicans, feel differently about his service. Daniel Schuberth, a leader of the Bowdoin College Republicans and College Republican national secretary, said, "I applaud Mr. Houx for his service, just as I applaud any other soldier who is brave enough to take up arms in defense of his country. I find it troubling, however, that one of the most vocal opponents of our president, our country and our mission in Iraq has chosen to fight for a cause he claims is wrong. Mr. Houx's rhetoric against the war on terror places him in agreement with the most radical fringes of the Democratic Party, and I am left to question his logic and motivation."

Duty, honor, country
Paul Franco, one of Cornell du Houx's government and legal studies professors, disagrees. "He exemplifies democratic citizenship at its best," Franco said of Cornell du Houx. "Though he opposes Bush's war policies, he still feels obligated to fulfill his duty. ... This is the exact opposite of what is done by those supporters of the war who would never dream of fighting in it themselves or sending their own children to fight in it."