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NOV. understand that at this time it is just ;.in unsuhstanti . ..aed rumor that "Hollywood Hogan, - "Hulk 1 log;in. - whatever the hell his imrne is. will run for President of the United States. But it gives me a nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomach to e% en imai2ine it. because \ye ha\ c the I reccloin to elect :1111/1"0 vv retler. clu vve rcall \ . ) I Ins, our countr\ , hccome Lackadaisical in ow - political eon that \‘‘e want to elect u Join me in Reali Tell it like it is Is there am one else on this planet. besides \ sell. that is ahsolutel\ sick and tired (ti the phrase "politically correct''" Wh \ is it that e‘ cry word that Collie, out of our mouths these day, i1111 , ,l pass appio\ al front all ites. races. genders. and religious constant questioning .oinething i, politically correct or not It&, to mop. II ot.i ha‘e ,onto Mini;to sa\ say it. The idea of political correctness tivrtainl \ allect,ekenone.but the lo cus ot it recent!y has been surround ing politicians. Alter all, these are the men and women that represent us as American. And heaven lur one of them saN, what the\ we I , \ LI ,jai matter. 13CCaLISC )011 Call bel (hal All) k Sphl On an I•ogIC, tqll ILTIVNCInati\ CS \kill he the last to tell tql \\ hat the\ ale thinking. Recentk. Jesse "the Nlouth. - wean "the I\ find . ' Ventura has taken the idea id' being political] \ correct nul (In . o\n It out ilie vv intio\\. And change his se \ has issues. N()(leyree lict_dol 111,,lh•t ho am I to judge? Who are YOU to judge? You so tactfully decided Milt I' in an "idiot" and "ignorant." No judging there, huh? I won't stoop to your level and call you a hypocrite though. Name calling is beneath me If I'm On a hi,o- .1111:. \ C Ilu' lip II IL „ horse. it's simply because I didn't \vant to walk through the pages of the newspaper with. In conclusion, just because I refuse to compromise my beliefs to suit sonic ultra-fanatics on campus doesn't make me a bigot. It doesn't mei it name calling or personal attacks. This is college, people. If Jenna Mitchell wants to call me names. maybe next she'll hunt me down so she can pull my hair or bite me. Come on. Jenna, there's no teachers looking. Grow up. Any future attacks can he sent to me: my 11,111 IL e-mail is: rpmls2Vpsu.edu. Don't aste the paper's time to further a vendetta OF promote latKOicisni Ray Morelli 05, HIS OCTOBER 22, 1999 IreNs a, a V. ()man and felt the need to soil _ mal Katie Galley (;,1/1( I\ 1/i( rihto /it/ Pt/,l ilfi//01 Ott /?('‘ik ~// llrr ' , HOW/ kippearlCl - r‘ eh\ ho ~ iLtrucd in !he mo\je -N,ll Nonn \ I was in class last week anJ there was a heated discussion over 11Cillel rekTIC vN,uulil \ Ole rot diould he decide torun) )1' -all actu,il VHdilit C;illdici:llC. 1 CLIII not hclic\ this con \ cisation took pl . acc! It just hog lc, in) mind that secmingl\ rcople fi)l• 111,11. I .tiTI. ,I IJ LIM I dk)ll't ;t1)- Ill.:11(111111i 1 , 11 lliC that lA\ 0)111C out 1)1.11 I Lk) spc . dh. HP2 that I \ 1 ti,Ll I d )11. allft2C \l•., hul j I 112,H1 I ,I1!1 ~ , 21% CI) All IlllA h;L , C (I'llllOllN :11)0(11 Vcriltii,t ri,lll .:(11i2 Un in 111.11 111;t1 )k.•,t1,1)\ - ;up c ! !NHL) '_'lA 1()1 \ ill Will (r 1 111( . 2 t( ) ill ()Ili \\ ilh ,\ll.tt lIICv In ()Lit a k tnv In response Straight 1 ,, thc cdition edi torial how pson or Knight- Riddo on \ oung for can \\ iill n roho L :al \pecience. I Llon't think that he reahies how impoi taw pet icricc is in an elected cspc,:ialL the president. He belie \es that most politicians are crooked. Fins is a ridiculous idea: eltcted (Theials are honest hard \\ oiling individuals that really ‘‘ant to make a difielence. Mr. "Fh ompson presents no evidence of poli ticians hcii - n.r. crooks. Ile just plays On the '!ere' \re of politicians being I los a 1d.,..1e5s irresponsible charge. ithout any real examples Of misconduct, Ibis is little better than a character ,i , ,sassination. He is enam ored with Jesse Ventura. apparently because he likes to make reckless, de meaning. comments. I Rio not want to he perk_ el \ ed as being concerned about political correctness. because Fin not Ido icali/c that theme is a dilleien,:c bet ,en !mudding to cer tain gi ours Lind respecting oth ers' beliefs. He cites his "hreathtaking candor' . and his "Candid discourse's. I don't think he realites that there arc bigger drawbacks to electing presidents that have no c\ perience than the fact that ered The President of the United States would vote for a man that used to he called "Hulk." Freedom, shreedom why would you want to have a man who took weekly hits to the head in the most powerful position in the United States'? My faith in human ity is plunging rapidly. Since all this is still rumor, let's talk hypothetically. What does "Hulk" have to offer this country'? Nothing of substance, I am sure. What would his campaign promises be'? "Booth voting will become ob solete when replaced by ring matches, winner taking all."'? Please. His only confirmed take on American policies is that he doesn't think that the United States should he involved in any other countries' business. He wants us to he neutral, like Switterland. Hum...l remember reading somewhere that Switterland was secretly hoarding the money of A politician never has a problem say in "tie must cut taxes for all Americans. - But those same politi cians will sairry to 1‘,'011.1 question, concerning controversial issues on religion or race. Why do ) ou think Bill Clinton is considered to he such a great speaker? You can bet that his popu larity doesn't Come from him actu ally speaking his mind. If he did. C might hear inure comments like, - I wonder it . there are any no\ in terns in here. - rather than a speech actually having an effect on ~ \ nierica. Maybe it our president would have spoken his wind from the start. in 1992. we wouldn't have had to deal with these last seven years of the presidency being de- , lt 0 \ ed And it you think that politicians arc fulfilling their duty h\ preach ing on what Americans want, you are sail) mistaken. We vote for people that we reel have the same beliefs in the is the leader of this country. He is a reflection of it. What role would eye be able to assume in Middle East peace talks if our president thought that organized religion was "...a sham and a crutch for the weak minded. '' ? Organized religion is very important to the Israelis and Muslims; in fact it is one of their basic differ ences. I don't think they would really accept help from a man that thought they was "weak minded". We will soon be able to see the damage done by a candid president, because of President Clinton's recent remarks about the conflict in Northern Ireland and its correlation to two drunks leav ing the bar. I doubt that this had a positive effect on relations between the Irish and British. It probably has not helped our integrity with them ei ther. Mr. Thompson also focuses on the other probable presidential candidates from the Reform party as a refresh ing change of pace. I don't know if Warren Beatty's experience in mov ies makes him an appropriate choice for a position that needs to decide what tax reforms we need or whether we should increase the number of pro tected forests and national parks. I wonder what Donald Trump's stance is on Taiwan and if he believes we should recognize them as a sovereign nation or only a rogue Chinese prov ince? He may be one of the most ato to "Shooting Foot" the assassinated Jewish people. Doesn't seem too neutral to me. Good call "Hull,- Please don't respond to this article telling me that it is unconfirmed that Hogan will run and that it is all just to get him publicity, blah, blah, hlah. That is not what I am concerned with. 'What I am worried about is the state of America, when in a class of 35 people. 23 of them said that they would not vote at all unless "Hulk" ran. And since I seem to he in the minority here, you are invited to write to tell me that I am wrong, or that I am right, whatever. Just don't write to tell me that I made you want to vote for the - Hulk - because I don't think that your WON warped mind should he voting an \ way. that we do, hecause if a politician leek as strongly about an issue as we do. there will he something done about it. But the politicians that feel the need to call Indians, Native Americans. for the sole reason that Indians. I mean. Native Americans want to he called that, are the same politicians that v ill say something will get done, but it never will. In fact. political correctness has gotten so out of hand in this country, that w hen I type in the word - Indian, - in Nlicrosoft Void. it automatically capitalites it. So. is the only way to make it through this life without con troversy. to change all fats to over weight. old people to elderly, hlacks to African Americans or the other wav around. whites to Caucasians and Indians to Nati \ e Americans? I hope not. What next? A universal x‘a,. to say the word pop'? Or is it soda? Give me LI hre:ik qualified candidates to decide fiscal policy, hut is he prepared to accept the responsihility of Commander-in-Chic) of the United States Military? I think the editorialist should real ize that the vote for the president is more than a vote for "Mr. Candor.'' Our president should he a man of in tegrity and honesty. hut also one of tact and compromise. We need a strong leader, who will stand strong in his convictions and speak for us, but not just any small minded, derogatory thought that springs from his mind. David Sand DI. FIN Send all letters to the editor to: behrcoll2@aol.com PAGE 4
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