10 reasons not to kill Bush
Oregon Daily Emerald ^ | 5/25/05 | Jennifer McBride
Recently in Georgia, the president gave a speech only to have someone chuck a hand grenade at him. Lucky for all, the blast cap did not explode. Though originally thought to be a dud, the FBI later revealed the weapon was far from safe.
I can't possibly guess the assassin's reasoning, but I've heard enough people on campus proclaiming their hatred of George W. Bush to know that some wouldn't have shed many tears. And that's a shame.
If the assassin were looking for a way to hurt America, blowing up the president would be a good idea. Bush's martyrdom would put the last nail in the coffin of the liberal agenda. So, for those Bush-haters out there, here are 10 reasons you should stop praying for an assassinated G.W.B.:
1) Killing the president immediately generates sympathy for his cause. If the president died tomorrow, there would be no question that all of his nominees for the judicial branch would make it through the Senate.
2) A dead President Bush leaves a live Dick Cheney in charge. Need I say more?
3) The Pakistani political situation is drastically fragile. Should President Bush die, Musharraf's brutal, mostly secular dictatorship probably will be replaced by a brutal, religiously fundamental dictatorship, reducing the United States' chances of bringing in Osama bin Laden to nil.
4) Any criticisms of the administration will be regarded as more unpatriotic than ever. In the next election, you could expect to see Democratic primary candidates proclaiming that their Republican counterparts aren't "fit to follow in President Bush's footsteps."
5) Killing President Bush could spur another spate of international invasions, with or without U.N. approval. The U.S. military cannot deal with invading another country without further hollowing our ability to defend ourselves and respond to threats from other countries, such as a nuclear North Korea.
6) The news cycle would be justly co-opted. With the media so focused on one story, there wouldn't be time to examine important issues such as the government suppression in Uzbekistan or Egyptian election tampering. In fact, all foreign news that didn't directly affect the assassination would probably grind to a halt.
7) President Bush's status as a martyr would leave the electorate more polarized than ever, especially if liberals were seen as publicly irreverent to President Bush's memory. It would be a little different if natural selection decreed death-by-snacking, but toasting an assassin's success leaves a decidedly bitter taste in the national mouth.
8) Jeb Bush's popularity would skyrocket. He would undoubtedly win the Republican nomination and then the election in 2008. With the Supreme Court full of near-zombies, I would prefer a different man to pick the people who are going to strangle us with laws.
9) Killing George Bush won't end any of the policies people disagree with. An assassination would merely strengthen our resolve to stay the course in Iraq, keep troops in Saudi Arabia, support our Israeli allies, etc. Policies don't die just because the president does.
10) Slaying President Bush is simply immoral. Anyone who advocates purposefully killing someone defenseless (and a democratically elected leader, no less) is clearly value-challenged. I don't understand the logical contortions some people must go through to be anti-death penalty yet pro-assassination.
In all seriousness, I don't hate President Bush. I dislike a lot of his administration's choices, but I think he's a good man doing a difficult job. As a leader, you're always going to be hated. I am too often shocked by the vitriolic repulsion many people feel for our leader and America in general, especially because the loathing is often poorly informed. I've met people on this campus who see America as the worst human rights abuser in the world (unlike the angelic paradise of Cambodia) and people who sway liberal not because they actually know anything about issues but because it's popular.
Liberalism has to be more than a college fad or a collection of loudmouths whose idiotic comments stir headlines. The rabid dislike some people feel for a man they've never even met makes me ashamed to be a Democrat.
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You forgot #11) Killing him would be considered a hate crime against the mentally handicapped and as such, harsher penalites under the law are in order.
As you stated, I do not hate Bush, I simply think he is a terribly misguided individual. He was born a priveleged youth, sheltered, protected, given everything, earning nothing. For an insight into this, Jamie Johnson an heir to Johnson and Johnson did a very intersting documentary about his rich friends like Paris Hilton and Donald Trump's daughter called "Born Rich". I suggest you view it for some insight into these folks and their way of thinking. Very interesting indeed. In my opinion, Bush has never had to earn anything, amount to anything, and for the first 40 years of his life, he lived up to that standard. He woke up one day with something to prove -- to himself. Now he is on a rampage to make a difference, as he sees it should be done. The end justifies the means in his Machiavellian mind.
Liberalism has to be more than a college fad or a collection of loudmouths whose idiotic comments stir headlines. The rabid dislike some people feel for a man they've never even met makes me ashamed to be a Democrat.
These are the same who would put slick willie in office for 8 more yrs if they could.
Saw the aclu& aministy international comparing gitmo ,bay, cuba prison & our troops the other day to stalins death camps & the hit /death squads of south america- maybe thats where they get some of there info.
Yes the same ones - who dont want capital pinishment, but abortion on demand to kill the human unborn , but want to save the whales & ban guns,killoff the prez - but save the baby seals& fish& chickens from expoltation.
Id be ashamed to miss if i where you..
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I simply think he is a terribly misguided individual
Yet the best we've seen since Reagan
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Yet the best we've seen since Reagan
Absolutely NOT!!! Bill Clinton had his problems, but his record on just about everything is far superior to G.W. Even Reagan's "Reagonomics" were not all that great. For true supply side economics to work, deflation must be allowed to take place. Allen Greenspan has made sure that delfation has not occurred. No delfation = bastardized version of supply side economics = B.S. If we really want to have free trade and supply-side economics, the corporate whores have to be willing to accept that fact that if the supply overproduces, they will crash and possible burn (see airline industries). Instead they give bloated wages to CEOs.
LOL AlaskaMagnum, Thats funny right there I don't care you ya are! I'm gonna take that as a joke cause you can't be serious! lol
Moose, with all due respect, I have read some of your posts, and if I am making YOU laugh, then I must be doing something right. You and I are so far apart, it's not even funny. You are obviously very relgious, what some would call a fundamentalist, I am not. I maybe a Deist, I may be agnostic, not really sure. I know one thing though, I cannot stand having this culture of life crap and Jerry Falwell's view of the world shoved down my throat. My views and your views are totally different, and always will be. If I made you laugh, I did something right.
You would be happy with a relgiious state, I would heading to British Columbia or perhaps Argentina. Let's look at this way, Pat Robertson gets on TV and actually perpetuates to heal people. Now, I have never actually met someone who has benefited from Pat's miraculous powers, but I figure I should. I mean, the way I figure it, Pat should have healed close to 100,000 people in the past twenty years, yet I have never met any of them. Never seen on the local news saying Pat Robertson healed me, nada, zip nothing. Seems like the neocons cannot get enough of old Pat. Everytime I turn on the tv he's there giving his "opinion". I wanna puke every time I see him. If Pat Robertson goes to Heaven, pass the suntan lotion baby I am going down under.
10 reasons not to kill Bush
