Monday 8 June 2009

Superman, Not Socialism


Superman, Not Socialism


Alex Koppelman


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Friday, June 5, 2009 17:06 EDT


Shortly ago, being college Republican was not so difficult. Now it can be extraordinarily boring. During the Bush years, a lot of excitement surrounded the annual College Republican National Committee meetings. But the most recent one was "a little subdued."

A ballroom that might have been packed during the Bush years had plenty of space for the kids to stretch out in during speeches. An exhibit hall outside had only a few tables.
Being a Republican is "certainly not popular on college campuses these days," admitted Christina Aiuto, 21, the vice chairwoman of the University of Central Florida College Republicans chapter.

They distributed pamphlets on "Leftist Indoctrination in American Colleges."

[To fill this article out, I would want do see a report on the Leftist parties. One might imagine them being more rebellious, perhaps with Rage Against the Machine performing. The Rightist Tea Bag Party movement has potential for such "bad" appeal. Although the fact that they keep the tea in little tea bags rather than dumping them whole-leaf makes it a bit tame, effeminate in fact. Although, there is this clip of Young Republican Rappers.



"Great like the Gatsby, popping poses like it's Acne."
"Superman, not Socialism"
"No such thing as utopia"
"We need more women with intellectual integrity, I'm talkin Megan Kelly, not Nancy Pelosi"
"AIG was hooked up by Chris Dodd"
"Three things taught me conservative love: Jesus, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged"
"28% the new capital gains tax"

However, they also distributed a pamphlet, "Affirmative Action: The New Discrimination," which says, "while inequality might have existed back [in the 1960s], the level playing field is quite equal right now." This indicates that Young Republicans on a whole are not warm to urban struggles and culture.

My vision for the Young 'Pubs is that they embark on a Kerouacian "On the Road" journey, or a Sun Also Rises European adventure. It would begin with a faith-crisis. They see that the tide is turning against 'pubism, and they begin questioning their own beliefs. They leave their Bible and Ayn Rand behind. They ride Amtrak to the Northwest and explore British Columbia. There they experience raw uncommericalized nature, socialism, mind-widening BC sativa, and liberal thinking. Then they return, fully conservative, wiser for living the other side. So not a tea-bag adolescent rebellion, but an early-adult inner soul-journey freedom-adventure.]






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