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By Josh Teasdale
josht@purduereview.com
In 2008, Republicans were
ousted from the White House
just as they were ousted from
the Congress in 2006. Conser-
vatives, likewise, have lost in-
fluence in both the Republican
Party and in the country as a
whole. In order for conservative
Republicans to find their way
back to power, we will have to
examine past mistakes with an
objective eye. Here are the top
10 things conservatives and Re-
publicans must do in order to re-
start the conservative movement
and bring the party of purpose
back to power.
10) Accept the 2008 elections,
and celebrate the history that
was made
The 2008 Presidential and
On the Inside
congressional elections are over.
It is tempting to remain bitter
with the results, the media cover-
age, the shallowness of the way
the candidates were covered and
other atrocities. But dwelling in
the past will only waste precious
time. Midterm elections have
already begun and America will
have the chance to judge the
change which will come in the
next two years. Becoming bit-
ter about the elections will only
continue to play into the public
perception that the Republican
Party is a party of negativity.
The 2008 Election was a his-
torical election. Even if conser-
vatives can’t agree with Presi-
dent Obama on the vast majority
of issues, we should be able to
celebrate what the first black
president represents; the over-
coming of some of the dark pag-
es of our history, and the real-
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ization of Martin Luther King’s
dream. This doesn’t mean that
we should accept the policies of
the new president, but we should
celebrate our country.
9) Tap into young voters
The Obama campaign was
successful during this election
in part because it was able to tap
into young voters who were un-
satisfied with the present course
of the country. The campaign was
able to win them over by prom-
ising change and hope. These
are nice catch-words, but they
will be forgotten or resented in
the coming years as the realities
of the Obama administration be-
come clear. There is no reason to
believe that new voters in 2008
are political zealots, permanent-
ly loyal to Obama or the Demo-
crat Party. As the months pass,
the youngest of these new voters
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Paper
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will become older and many will
approach college graduation.
As this occurs, the new vot-
ers of 2008 will demand results.
If the Obama administration
and the Democrats do not live
up to all the promises they have
made, these new voters will
look toward candidates who can
deliver. Republicans must rees-
tablish a national reputation for
results, so that when the time
comes for an alternative to the
Obama-Pelosi-Reid threesome,
new and independent voters can
feel comfortable coming back to
the party of purpose.
8) Find new leaders and can-
didates
Past leaders of the Republi-
can Party should be respected,
but they have still have made a
number of mistakes regarding
ideology, policy, communicat-
America:
A Police State to be?
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“Quidquid latine
dictum sit, altum
viditur.”
December, 2008
ing with voters, and uniting the
country. Learning from these
mistakes and moving on means
we need to look to new lead-
ers, younger leaders, and lead-
ers who have a record of staying
true to conservative principals.
It is difficult to impossible for
a politician to redefine him or
herself to the public. Trying to
do so often means accepting the
tag of a flip-flopper, meaning a
person who is more interested in
political ambition than the good
of the country. Furthermore, the
public is simply tired with the
same faces they have seen and
come to mistrust. New blood is
needed to lead a new generation
of conservatives who, while re-
maining true to the principals of
our country, can persuade mod-
erate and liberal voters to the
conservative cause.
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Bailout Carousel
By Marshall Remmele
marshallr@purduereview.com
Once we all get over wheth-
er the CEOs of the major auto
manufacturers flew to DC in a
private jet, or drove in a fleet of
hybrid vehicles to beg for mon-
ey, we can get down to the real
issue. First, does the auto indus-
try deserve a bailout, and why or
why not? Second, is it in the best
interest of the country to bailout
the auto industry?
The first question is a little
easier to answer than the sec-
ond. The auto industry has done
absolutely nothing to deserve a
bailout. Like the financial sec-
tor, they’ve produced a lot of
junk that no one wants to buy.
They’ve entered into contracts
that they have no way of honor-
ing. Yet Congress seems to be
convinced that the Constitution
gives them the authority to act
as our national venture capital
firm, able to give out taxpayer
money if they see the right busi-
ness plan.
Let’s pause for a second to
consider the insanity of turn-
Living Without Toilet Paper
By Jay Wood
jay.wood@purduereview.com
Purdue’s Conservative Co-
alition for American Values, a
relatively new student group,
brought guest speaker Chris
Sasin to campus on November
19th. He spoke about the evils of
Communism and Socialism. Mr.
Sasin spent the first 28 years of
his life in Communist- controlled
Poland. He shared with the audi-
ence gathered in the Recitation
building about what it was like
growing up and living in a Com-
munist country.
He noted that the school-
teachers defined religion as
“backward” and told students
that people living in Commu-
nist nations were living in “the
best conditions”. When he was
in third grade, his class read a
Communist poem that stated
“one person alone is zero” and
(in so many words) that “pow-
er comes from the collective”.
He tried to question his teacher
about the poem, but any oppos-
ing views were put down.
Fix it, or haul it away?
ing Congress into our national
investment firm: what quali-
fications do these guys have
anyway? As you might expect,
most of them are former law-
yers or career politicians. There
are doctors, ministers, members
of law enforcement, scientists,
broadcasters, pilots, toll-booth
collectors, magicians and foot-
ball players to name a few oc-
cupations. Obviously, there are
also business men, but they
don’t constitute anything close
to a majority. This is hardly the
Sasin said that in 1956, when
Nikita Khrushchev took power,
he criticized the former leader-
ship for not following Com-
munist principles close enough,
citing that as the reason why
things weren’t going well. Sa-
sin discussed that from 1956 to
1968, there was still no progress.
He talked about how blame for
the nation’s struggles was being
placed on the Jews and how the
government began to expel peo-
ple of Jewish descent to Israel.
Although the overall tone of
Mr. Sasin’s address was seri-
ous, he couldn’t help but laugh
during one particular anecdote.
He discussed how the Soviets
emphasized military spending
saying, “Tanks came first, guns
second, everything else next.”
He went on to say, “I understand
that toilet paper isn’t in the top
10,000 priorities. Toilet paper
not being a priority is fine…
until you don’t have it.” When
toilet paper was no longer acces-
sible, newspaper would be used.
While running out of toilet paper
is unfortunate, at least the propa-
December, 2008
group that you would turn to for
investment advice, so why do
we turn to them to make these
types of decisions?
Back to the question at hand:
is it in the best interest of the
country to bail out the auto in-
dustry? Once again, the answer
is no. Bailouts are never passed
for economic reasons; they’re
passed for political reasons. This
bailout will be no different. To
the politicians, this isn’t about
the health of the auto industry—
it’s about the health of their
ganda newspapers could be put
to some good use.
Sasin went on to describe oth-
er miseries of life behind the Iron
Curtain. He talked about how the
Communist dictators would start
Chris Sasin, Lived Through Communism So We Won’t Have To
by getting rid of people’s right to
bear arms (so that they couldn’t
rebel) and continue by getting rid
of God and shifting people’s loy-
alty to the State. Industries with
any means of production be-
came nationalized. Success was
openly punished. People who
constituents in the United Auto
Workers (UAW) union.
Listen to the auto industry
executives on why they don’t
want to go bankrupt. According
to them, it isn’t because of their
stock options, it’s because of the
warranty implications. They ar-
gue that buyers won’t purchase
a car if they think the warranty
may be invalidated by bankrupt-
cy. If this is the root of the prob-
lem with bankruptcy, Congress
could simply insure the warran-
ties for much cheaper than they
could bail the auto companies
out. But this isn’t about warran-
ties to Congress, it’s about the
unions.
This bailout isn’t even in
the best interest of the auto in-
dustry. What the auto industry
needs more than anything is to
go bankrupt so it can rewrite its
onerous union contracts. Bank-
ruptcy doesn’t wipe out compa-
nies. It does, however, give them
a fresh start. That, unfortunately,
is politically unacceptable be-
cause it would constitute the last
nail in the coffin of the UAW.
Even if Congress caves and
owned more than ten acres of
land became an enemy of state.
In the mid-late 70’s, on a trip to
Romania, Sasin passed through
the Ukraine where he saw fertile
fields with unharvested grain.
The grain went unharvested be-
cause nobody cared – there was
no incentive.
He briefly reminisced about
riots in Poland in 1976. While
Sasin was not part of the riots
himself, he said, “One of the
happiest moments of my life was
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gives the auto industry what
they are looking for, it won’t be
the last we hear about bailouts.
General Motors is only request-
ing $18 billion in bailout cash.
I say only because GM is los-
ing more than $2.5 billion in
cash every month. At that rate,
they will burn through the bail-
out money in seven months. To
make matters worse, those fig-
ures are from before the reces-
sion! The auto industry will be
back on Capitol Hill begging
within six months.
By now, everyone is familiar
with the slippery slope that the
financial industry bailout started.
If you bailout one industry why
doesn’t every industry deserve a
bailout? The bailout isn’t a slip-
pery slope, it’s a carousel that is
spinning out of control. Unless
the fundamental economic prob-
lems (i.e. our people are broke,
our companies are broke, and
our government is broke) are re-
solved, these failing industries
will inevitably be back for more,
no matter how much money we
give them.
watching the local Communist
Party Headquarters burn down.”
He recalled Jimmy Carter send-
ing a 20 billion dollar aid pack-
age saying, “It was nice because
at least people had chicken to
eat, but in doing so, the Com-
munist regime stayed in power.”
Since people had food to eat,
there was less incentive to rebel
against the government.
Sasin completed law school
in 1980, but he saw no future for
himself. In the same year, he was
drafted to army. Not long after,
he heard Ronald Reagan speak
and was inspired. He noted that
the Communist propaganda was
telling everyone that people liv-
ing in the West were poor and
starving, but then he heard Rea-
gan call the Soviet Union “The
Evil Empire”. He said that state-
ment exposed the Soviet Union
for what it truly was and “left the
Kremlin naked”.
Sasin expected Communism
to continue for generations. See-
ing no future for himself in Po-
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THE PURDUE REVIEW
Sycamore Acres Farmstead Goat Cheese
Local Entrepreneurs: Brad & Nancy Knigga
By Abbie Knigga
abbiek@purduereview.com
Winter is here and the Farm-
er’s Market in town is closed.
For the students at Purdue who
still want to enjoy farm fresh
products, I have good news. An
award winning, family-operated
dairy in Russiaville, a small
town about thirty minutes east
of Lafayette, makes some of the
best cheese in the country..
Sycamore Acres is the small-
est farmstead cheese business in
Indiana. “There are just a few
goat cheese producers in Indiana
and as far as I know, we are the
only one that produces farmstead
cheese exclusively from raw
milk,” Nancy Knigga, owner
and sole employee for Sycamore
Acres’ cheese business said. “I
became interested in making
cheese when I was looking for
ways to use mass quantities of
goat milk.”
Brad and Nancy Knigga
bought their first two goats in
December of 1994. Their farm
has expanded exponentially
since then. Knigga began her
adventure in commercially sell-
ing goat cheese in 2000 when
construction of the milking par-
lor and cheese room, located di-
rectly on her farm, started. “The
major hurdle was meeting all of
the state regulations for the fa-
cility and equipment,” Knigga
went on to say, “We were finally
licensed in 2006. I have defi-
Sasin...
FROM PAGE 3
land, he wanted to seek refuge
to the United States. He couldn’t
do this directly, so he went to
Yugoslavia first, then Munich,
then West Berlin, and then even-
tually to America. At the begin-
ning of his talk, Sasin said, “I’m
Polish by birth, but American by
choice.” Since arriving here, he
has achieved citizenship.
After his closing remarks,
Sasin opened up the floor for
questions. A number of clear-
ly left-leaning students asked
questions. The first to be called
on was an eager young man who
said, “The title of the event is
‘The Evils of Communism and
Socialism’. Was Communism
nitely learned that there is a lot
of red tape to cut through when
starting your own business, and
sometimes it takes a while to
reach your goals.”
Knigga’s business has done
well, despite the trials she has
encountered over the years. “I
have made at least one entry in
the American Dairy Goat Asso-
ciation’s annual cheese competi-
tion since 2004 and have placed
each year,” she told me. Knigga
has won first place twice, sec-
ond place twice, and third place
in the amateur division. Now
that her business has gone com-
mercial, she has competed in
the commercial division in the
past two years and was awarded
a first, second, and third place.
Entries are made by cheese mak-
ers all over the nation.
The cheeses available in-
clude gouda, cheddar, and a
table Romano called Formag-
gio Caprino. “We also make
flavored variations of these with
the addition of various herbs and
spices such as caraway seed, hot
peppers, and black pepper. Our
award-winning Garden Gouda
is flavored with dill, onion, hot,
and bell peppers,” Knigga ex-
plained. Wondering what her
favorite cheese is? She took a
minute to think and answered
with, “The caraway gouda.”
Although Knigga’s farmstead
raw cheese business is still very
small, Brad and Nancy have as-
pirations to grow. They are pur-
evil because it’s a bad idea or
because it had bad leadership?”
It appeared as if the young
man was hoping that Mr. Sasin
would say bad leadership, spar-
ing the ideological principles
of Communism. Sasin replied,
Lenin failed. Stalin failed. Khrushchev
failed. Brezhnev failed. Gorbachev failed.
How many failures do you need to prove
it’s a bad idea?
December, 2008
Knigga’s Famous Goat Cheese
suing the possibility of purchas-
ing a commercial pasteurizer to
enable the sale of fresh cheeses.
“Raw milk cheese must be aged
a minimum of sixty days before
being sold,” she told me. While
being able to sell fresh cheeses
would greatly increase sales,
even a used small vat pasteur-
izer typically runs for $10,000
or more. “Revenue is still very
little because we were licensed
just a few years ago. We’ve
funded our farm and business
completely on our own, so this
purchase might have to wait.”
Although Knigga can usually
be found doing work around the
farm, her family believes that
reaching out to those who are
less fortunate is extremely im-
portant. “We have donated goats
“Lenin failed. Stalin failed.
Khrushchev failed. Brezhnev
failed. Gorbachev failed. How
many failures do you need to
prove it’s a bad idea?” The im-
plication was that, while each re-
spective dictator might or might
through two charities called
World Vision and Samaritan’s
Purse.” Knigga explained that
these charities send donated
farm animals around the globe
to third world nations. “You
cannot designate which country
they go to but I do know that
the communities and tribes that
receive our goats use them for
a more steady supply of milk.”
The Knigga family also supports
Purdue University. “My husband
attended Purdue, as did all three
of my children. We have a lot of
Boilermaker pride here.” Knig-
ga went on to joke about how
she is expecting a building to be
named after her family soon.
Knigga doesn’t only sell goat
cheese. “We also sell goat milk
soap,” Knigga added. A few
not have become corrupt in
power, their system was funda-
mentally flawed. The young man
packed up his things and walked
out of the room very shortly af-
ter Mr. Sasin’s response.
Sasin fielded more questions
after that, but his point had been
made abundantly clear. Despite
any evils of the dictators them-
selves (i.e. the millions of people
killed when Joseph Stalin was in
power), the far-left principles
that make up Communism and
Socialism are severely flawed.
Clearly, when Sasin was using
newspaper to wipe after expel-
ling a constant diet of a piece of
bread with lard, something need-
ed to change.
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scents available include Lav-
ender, Café Java, Chinese Gin-
ger, Chocolate Raspberry Swirl,
and Brown Sugar Vanilla Swirl.
“Goat milk is not only easily
digested, but it is great for your
skin,” Knigga remarked. These
soaps are moisturizing and work
great to help dry skin during the
harsh winter time.
As you may have figured
out by now, Nancy Knigga is
my mother and I am a huge fan
of her wonderful cheese. I am
certainly proud of her for over-
coming so many obstacles with
the process of getting her license
and continuing to keep it. I have
always known my mom to be a
persistent woman, but I was re-
ally able to get a sense of her
determination during our inter-
view. The most impressive thing
about this entrepreneur is that
she achieves excellence with no
matter what she does. She is a
great mom, cheese maker, and
business owner.
Interested in trying some of
this delicious cheese or luxuri-
ous soap? You can find it at
Sunspot Natural Market on 500
W Sagamore Pkwy (SR 52 near
Pizza Hut and AutoZone in West
Lafayette). You can also e-mail
Nancy to make an order at Milk-
goats@aol.com. Your order can
either be mailed or you can pick
it up directly from the farm. All
orders MUST be preordered.
Visit their website at www.syca-
moreacresfarm.com.
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Reagan...
FROM PAGE 1
7) NEVER trust the press; uti-
lize new technology and com-
munications methods
The press in 2008 was un-
abashedly biased towards the
Obama campaign and there is no
reason to believe the press will
repent and accept the notion of
objectivity. Conservatives and
Republicans have their job cut
out for them when trying to ex-
plain their principals. It is rela-
tively easy to convince people
to take government hand outs;
it’s much harder to explain how
those hand outs hurt society as a
whole. The press simply can’t be
trusted to bring such a message
to the people. The Republican
Party must stand on the cutting
edge of technology so that con-
servative ideas can be effective-
ly conveyed to voters.
6) STICK TOGETHER
The press is predicating, or
perhaps more accurately salivat-
ing over, a civil war in the Re-
publican Party between social,
economic, and national secu-
rity conservatives. The coalition
forged between these groups
by Ronald Reagan is far more
natural and compatible than the
hodge-podge of special inter-
est groups which make up the
Democrat Party. However the
Republican Party and conser-
vatives decide to approach the
coming elections, they much
present a united front. Discus-
sion is healthy and needed, but
we must never forget Ronald
Reagan’s 11th commandment:
that which holds conservatives
together is far stronger than any
specific differences we have
over a given policy.
5) Oppose the Democrats, but
don’t attack them
The Democrats are in power
and it is likely they will screw up
a lot while in control of the US
Congress and the Presidency.
There is a difference, however,
between opposing bad ideas
and attacking those who pres-
ent them. Attacking other poli-
ticians without a clear connec-
tion to policy or the issues that
matter the most to Americans
will only make the attacking
politicians look out of touch and
petty. The Republican Party and
conservatives need to improve
their image in the eyes of the
American people. Currently, we
are viewed negatively by many
people who we need in order
to win elections and carry out a
conservative agenda. Attacking
people with opposing ideas will
only worsen this view.
4) Embrace a more humble
approach to politics; put prin-
cipals before personal ambi-
tion
As conservatives, we should
always fight for what we believe
in with every fiber of our be-
ings. However, this cannot lead
to us becoming arrogant or pre-
sumptuous about our views. We
must continuously be challeng-
ing ourselves and our beliefs to
ensure we don’t fall out of touch
or end up on the wrong side
of an argument. Furthermore,
the allures of power are just as
dangerous to conservatives and
Republicans as anyone else. We
have seen far too many scandals
from Republican politicians in
the last few years. These are in-
dividuals who lost sight of their
real job. Politics isn’t about the
politicians; it is about public
service. The ideas we fight for
are not important because of the
politicians or individuals who
advocate them, but because they
are what is best for our country
and our fellow citizens. When
advocating conservatism, we
must approach our job out of hu-
mility, not pride.
3) Appeal to ALL voters, but
remain true to conservatism
The Republican Party ceased
to be a party of persuasion in
2000 when the Bush campaign
embraced a strategy that placed
more importance on appeal-
ing to and getting out the base;
rather than persuading other
voters to the Republican cause.
This worked in 2000 and 2004,
but had the long term effect of
increasing divisiveness. The
base of the Republican Party has
shrunk as the party has focused
only on the most loyal party
members. The base is now too
small to win national elections.
A reborn Republican Party
December, 2008
must find a way to persuade
voters of the merits of limited
government, strong national de-
fense, and the sanctity of life.
Remaining content with those
people who agree with the party
on such issues is not enough.
New, moderate, and liberal vot-
ers must be the consistent target
Limited government, not socialism,
is based on our founding principle of
freedom of man and independence from
government.
of a machine of persuasion that
can overcome the gross sim-
plicity of the “gimme-gimme-
gimme” liberal ideology. The
real tragedy is, even though
the Republican Party has aban-
doned bringing in new voters,
it has also abandoned many of
the conservative principles on
which it was built. There are
those who claim the Republi-
can Party has failed because it’s
too ideological. This, of course,
usually comes from left-leaning
pundits who can’t stand conser-
vatives. The Republican Party
must be the conservative party
in America and it must be able
to communicate those principals
to our nation.
2) Provide positive conserva-
tive alternatives to Obama’s,
Pelosi’s, and Reid’s Socialism
The Republican Party and
conservatism must never be-
come disjointed from each other
again. The Party of Lincoln and
Reagan must be a synonym for
conservative, whether it be in the
fields of social policy, econom-
ics, or national security. These
principals must be applied to
our problems in the world in a
way that inspires hope and pa-
triotism. Republicans must be
the happy warriors, the faithful
opposition to the Democrat’s so-
cialism. As long as Republicans
stay true to conservative thought
and provide hope for the future,
voters will come back to the par-
ty that stands for the freedom we
all seek.
1) Present the vision for Amer-
ica
In 1776, on the fourth day
of the month July, a group of
men came together to declare
some self-evident truths.
Among these truths is the no-
tion that all men are endowed by
their creator with rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness. We have rightly cherished
our founders as great men we
owe our country to. However,
the ideas which they exposed on
that day centuries ago were far
greater than any man or men in
history. Our Founding Fathers
risked their lives, their fortunes,
and their sacred honor; to fight
for notions of the equality of
all men, promises of personal
freedom, and the destiny of the
United States to be a city on the
hill. These timeless ideas were
born during a time in which they
were contrasted by dark evils in
our history. At the same time the
colonies were fighting for their
independence, they enslaved
a race of people, did not allow
women to fully participate in so-
ciety, and limited voting rights
to landowners.
America was then and re-
mains now an unfinished work.
We continue to fight for the
promise of the ideals on which
our country was founded and we
must continue to examine these
ideals to move our country for-
ward. The job of the party which
was founded by a man named
Abraham to end the enslavement
of a race of people in America,
which a century later became the
party of a great communicator to
defeat communism, must rise
again to defeat growing threats
of radical Islam, fascism, and
totalitarianism abroad, while it
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fights a growing trend towards
socialist thought at home.
Limited government, not so-
cialism, is based on our founding
principle of freedom of man and
independence from government.
It is the natural continuation of
America’s founding principles.
Protecting life and the unborn is
the charge that comes from our
country’s promise of life. To
remain the city on the hill, we
must retain a strong presence in
the world. These principals of
social and economic conserva-
tism, as well as strong national
defense, are not based on some
ad-hoc coalition made up for a
Presidential Election, but are
the very principles on which
our country was founded. It is
these conservative principals
which are the continuation of
the American Revolution, not
socialism, or its watered down
cousin, liberalism.
In order to return to power,
the Republican Party must be
able to tell the story of America:
where we came from, how we
got to where we are now, and
where we must go in the future.
It is a vision founded in conser-
vative thought and a story only
the Republican Party can tell.
Certainly today, the Republican
Party today is not a perfect ex-
pression of all the promise pres-
ent at the founding of our coun-
try. It has been, however, and
remains our country’s best great-
est hope. Conservatives in the
Republican Party have much
work to do in the coming months:
party infrastructure must be re-
built for a new age of politics, a
reputation recovered after years
of wondering from our ideals,
and leaders found to blaze the
path for our country. The vision
and the story for our country, re-
main the same. All that has
changed is the characters. It is
the story Republicans must tell
and continue to write, not for po-
litical success, but to continue
the unfinished work that is the
United States of America.
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Why John McCain Lost
By Josh Teasdale
josht@purduereview.com
The 2008 Presidential Elec-
tion will go down in history
as one of the more significant
events of our time. Going into
the Election, it seems highly un-
likely that John McCain would
become the next president of the
United States. Throughout the
campaign I was a staunch sup-
porter of John McCain. How-
ever, the McCain campaign
turned out to be a tremendous
disappointment, not because of
the qualities of the candidate but
because of the manner in which
the campaign was run. I have
compiled a list of what I believe
are the top ten reasons why John
McCain lost the 2008 Presiden-
tial Election.
10. McCain Blackout Post Pri-
mary
After the Republican Pri-
mary was decided all the way
up till the conventions the Mc-
Cain campaign did very little
to capitalize on John McCain’s
primary win. Instead they let
Barack Obama and Hillary Clin-
ton dominate the new coverage,
and even after the Democrats
had decided their nominee, Ba-
rack Obama was given far too
much ability in defining himself,
his vision, and his policies. This
went almost unchallenged by the
McCain campaign. The McCain
Campaign could have blunted
the Obama campaign early on
by exposing much of the rheto-
ric as empty and mostly mean-
ingless. Instead they chose to
take the “High Road” essentially
allowing the Obama Campaign
to define the whole race in its
own misleading and meaning-
less terms.
9. Palin Wasn’t Ready.
Sarah Palin is probably one
of the most impressive and tal-
ented politicians to come around
in Republican politics since
Ronald Reagan. However, hav-
ing served less than 2 years as
Governor of Alaska, she was
not ready to be the Republican
Nominee for Vice-President of
the United States. Although cer-
tainly a reformer and a conserva-
tive with a short but impressive
resume, she completely under-
mined John McCain’s experi-
ence arguments. The attempt to
brand them both as star-crossed
mavericks was overshadowed by
the fact Sarah Palin couldn’t get
through a few interviews look-
ing competent. Certainly a great
deal of the Palin media coverage
was baseless and unfair; howev-
er, any Republican politician on
the national stage must be pre-
pared for that, and Sarah Palin
simply was not at that point in
her career.
8. Suspending his Campaign
This idea must have seemed
far better on paper than in prac-
tice. Suspending his campaign
and political ambitions for the
good of the county would seem
to be the perfect way to rein-
force every aspect of John Mc-
Cain’s argument that he was the
best choice to lead the country.
But it played out as a shallow
stunt, with McCain feigning
selflessness in order to do some-
thing which was in fact in his
own self interest. If he was able
to walk away from Washington,
a deal in hand with his name on
it, it would have been a master
stroke, but there was never any
chance the Democrats on the hill
would let that happen. Instead
he got out maneuvered, and lost
a precious number of media cy-
cles looking insignificant during
a financial crisis.
7. Supporting the Bailout
The Bailout plan, which
eventually was passed by Con-
gress was an affront to some of
the most tightly held conserva-
tive principals. If John McCain
would have blasted the plan for
what it was, he could have ran
against it, rallying the support
of a majority of Americans who
also opposed a plan which bailed
out the very people who helped
cause our economic crisis. If
John McCain truly believed the
plan was the best course of ac-
tion than he should have sup-
ported it as he did, however it
certainly would have been po-
litically advantageous if he op-
posed it and ran against the na-
tionalization and socialization of
an entire American industry.
6. Lack of Details
The McCain campaign mir-
rored the Obama campaign
in providing little detail as to
how it would fix some of the
country’s problem. The Obama
Campaign could get away with
this because of Barack Obama’s
natural speaking abilities which
he used to tie vagaries into nice
tight bows. If John McCain
could have come up with some
10 point plans and some hard
December, 2008
ideas as to how to fix problems
he could have shown his experi-
ence and first-hand knowledge of
issues he has worked with over
his 25 year career in the senate,
hopefully at the same time relat-
ing to the American People.
5. (over)Repetition of phrases
I can’t count the number of
times I groaned as I heard Mc-
Cain utter the same phrases and
sound bites over and over again.
Whether it be in his stump
speeches, acceptance speech, or
the first two debates, he would
say things like “I will veto ev-
ery pork barrel spending bill that
And He Wants to Run Again in ‘10.
comes across my desk, and I
will make the authors famous.”
The first few times hearing this
it sounded good, but after 25
or so times it sounded stale and
overdone. If McCain would
have been more natural, com-
municating the same ideas in
different words and in different
ways he could have made many
of his arguments stick; however,
instead his communication staff
attempted to keep him on mes-
sage by turning him into one of
those dolls with a pull sting on
the back. Pull the sting and you
get one of 5 pre-recorded say-
ings.
4. Public Financing
Barack Obama broke one of
the first promises to the meri-
can people he ever made. Either
John McCain should have called
Barack Obama out on this clear
and blatant hypocrisy and made
it stick or he should have re-
versed his position and refused
to take public financing. Instead
Barack Obama was able to get
away with lying to the American
people, claiming to be a new self-
less kind of politician while he
was in fact breaking a promise
for no other reason than his own
ambition and self interest. John
McCain should have either tak-
en Public Financing and blasted
Obama, or gone with private
financing and at least been able
to keep up with the Obama ad
buys. Instead Barack Obama got
away with a tremendous amount
of hypocrisy and got a huge cash
advantage in the process.
3. Half Hearted Attacks
If any Republican Presiden-
tial candidate was caught with,
say, someone who had bombed
an abortion clinic the candidate
would be toast. The media would
have a field day. They’d tear the
Republican apart for no other
reason than much of the press
hates Republicans. It wouldn’t
have mattered the nature of the
relationship or how well the
bomber and Republican knew
each other. The number and
scope of Barack Obama’s rela-
tionship with utterly un-Amer-
ican and downright evil men is
unbelievable. There is only two
ways to approach such rela-
tionships, be prepared to attack
them with every ounce of effort,
or ignore them entirely. Instead
McCain allowed his campaign
to be tagged as negative without
making Barack Obama’s fishy
associations stick.
2. Links with Bush
If John Kerry’s was defined
in 2004 by a sound bit in which
he stated he voted for a bill be-
fore he voted against it, than in
2008 John McCain was defined
by a clip of him stating he voted
with the President 90% of the
time. I don’t know where this
90% came from, or what sub-
stantive issues it covered, but
it should have been disavowed
immediately. Instead John Mc-
Cain was too busy trying to
shore up the support of the Re-
publican base than to distance
himself from President Bush.
The base could have been se-
cured by exposing Obama early
on for the fraud that he was. The
clear and simple fact is that John
McCain broke with the Presi-
dent so many times that there
were serious doubts in the party
that McCain would ever get the
base. Instead of pointing this out
to independents, and getting the
base by attacking Obama, Mc-
Cain veered right. Obama was
than able to tell the lie that John
McCain was George Bush, a lie
that became more true as Mc-
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Cain veered away from his own
political leanings and toward the
Bush policies.
1. Lack Of a Vision for Amer-
ica
Every other mistake of the
McCain campaign can be attrib-
uted to political miscalculations
made either by campaign staffers
or the candidate himself, each of
which could have been over-
looked and overcome had the
McCain Campaign been able to
articulate a vision for the future
for the United States of Ameri-
ca. However the campaign was
unable to produce such a vision,
a failure that doomed the cam-
paign. Instead of attempting to
articulate a vision for America,
the campaign spent most of its
time trying to define its Presiden-
tial and Vice-Presidential candi-
dates. In comparison the Obama
campaign defined a Vision for
America, essentially one word:
“Change”, which than in turned
defined the candidate. John Mc-
Cain never clearly articulated a
vision for the future.
He was able to communicate
a compelling and heroic per-
sonal narrative, a determination
to win in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and desire to do good by his
country. However his vision for
America’s place and role in the
world never quite got through.
His concept of America’s past
and present course in history,
and where he wanted to steer
America was lost in political
maneuvering and sound bites.
A Presidential Candidate must
have a vision to run, the ego and
determination to believe he can
change the course of history, and
believe that the country is head-
ed on a course in the annuals of
history which must be changed
to the preferences of that candi-
date. A Presidential Candidate
who cannot communicate such
a huge vision is destined to fail
in an attempt to capture the most
important office in the history of
the free world.
John McCain would have in
fact made a superb President;
however, his inability to com-
municate his vision for the fu-
ture of this country has doomed
us with Barack Obama, a candi-
date who is in fact nothing more
than inexperienced, dishonest,
and a fraud.
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Government by the People

By John Westercamp very obvious that the activists
There was a California Supreme
johnw@purduereview.com who support gay marriage are a
Court decision, made by a few
minority, even in California.elite judges, which created this
The cornerstone of American The media coverage of this“right.”
government is the notion of a entire event has peeved me. The Many political analysts and
government for the people, by one-sidedness of the coveragejournalists have not gotten to
the people. Everyone gets an could make any objective lis-the heart of this issue. The real
equal vote and can exercise that tener sick. Just the titles of the
reason there is such uproar in the
right by casting their ballot – or stories reek of bias. Usually they
gay community is because they
at least I thought so. say something like “Ban Passed
would like to be legitimized by
While many Americans were on Gays” or “Rights Trampled in
the American government. What
celebrating the historic elec- California.” This vote was not a
better way to get this legitimacy
tion of Barack than by getting
Obama, many marriages sanc-
Californians There has never been a Constitutional tioned by soci-
had made a de- ety? I would like
cisive decision to qualify my ar- Everyone knows that a raving mob has the best interests of America at heart.
on Election basis to marry whomever you want. If ticle so that it is
Day. Proposi- not misinterpret- precedence in civilizations for fornia Supreme Court to respect
tion Eight was ed. Gays have thousands of years. the California Constitution as it
a constitutional that was the case, I could marry my dog every Constitu- I believe I am a reasonable has been changed to reflect the
proposal given tional right af- person. To a certain extent, I view of the majority.
to the California forded to them as understand that gays would like A monumental failure of de-
electorate that or cat and it should be recognized by any other Ameri- to transfer property to their part- mocracy would result if the Cal-
formally defined can: the right ners at death. Through contrac- ifornia Supreme Court overruled
marriage
tween one man
be- the government. to free speech,
vote, bear arms,
tual law, this can be remedied. I
am not trying to advocate a law
the will of the people. Policy de-
cisions should not be left to the
and one woman. etc. I support gay banning gays nor am I trying to courts. The U.S. Constitution
It passed with 52% of the vote. ban on gay marriage. There has rights just as I support hetero- regulate what people do in their has delegated the authority of
Remember, just because some- never been a Constitutional basis sexual rights. What the people bedrooms. What I am fighting legislation to the people and to
one voted against Proposition 8 to marry whomever you want. If of California and I do not sup- for is the people’s right to self- their elected representatives.
does not mean that they support that was the case, I could marry port are promulgating gay rights govern. Currently, the Califor-
gay marriage. If that is taken my dog or cat and it should be to marry. That has been saved nia Supreme Court is waiting to
into consideration, it becomes recognized by the government. for those who are able to create hear arguments over the passage
children – as has been the legal of Proposition 8. I urge the Cali-

Police State to Be?

By Paul Nann
pauln@purduereview.com
Recently, it was announced
that the Pentagon was planning
on stationing over 20,000 troops
within the United States in the
next 3 years – for the responsi-
bility of handling any nuclear
or other domestic catastrophe.
These 20,000 troops would be
uniformed and directly con-
trolled of the Department of De-
fense and the President, not by
state Governors. At first glance,
the plan proposed by the Penta-
gon appears to be great, one that
looks to be reasonable and de-
signed in our best interest. How-
ever there are currently troops
stationed within United States
borders; they are controlled by
the Governors, not the President.
Having large amounts of troops
within our borders under direct
control of the President is more
than worrisome.
Larger amounts of solders can
provide greater security. Having
to walk past troops every day
may remind you of your safety,
yet it also reminds you of some-
thing more – that the military is
constantly watching you over
your shoulder. In a catastrophe,
such a force would be incred-
ibly helpful – organized troops
can be well envisioned leading
frightened civilians to safety
and maintaining order. But they
should be commanded by state
Governors, not the President or
the Secretary of Defense.
We must constantly be vigi-
lant and be prepared for another
terrorist attack, but this does not
mean that we have to start fill-
ing our city streets with armed
soldiers. An influx of highly vis-
ible troops would imply martial
law (even if not intended) and
would threaten civilian free-
doms. 20,000 troops isn’t a large
number when you think about
it—evenly divided, this is only
400 troops per state. What is
worrisome isn’t that the military
is here to keep us safe in case of
a catastrophe, rather, that troop
counts within our borders are
growing and their duties ex-
Imagine a Boot Stamping on a Human Face--for Ever. -- Orwell
panding. Presidential control
over large numbers of troops is
one thing; statements President
Elect Obama made are some-
thing else.
Before the election, Obama
stated that he wanted to create a
Civilian National Security force,
one as strong and as well funded
as our military. Although such a
force ‘as strong as our military’
is unrealistic, if deployed within
the United States, it would have
the same effect as Presidential
controlled troops from the Pen-
tagon. It not only reminds me
of the Nazi Sturmableitung, a
civilian paramilitary force, but it
also is an inherent danger to our
freedoms.
The government is here for
one primary purpose – to keep
us safe and secure from both ex-
ternal threats (using the military)
and internal threats (using the
police and National Guard).
However, a balance must be
reached. Expanding executive
authority could create situations
where our freedoms would be
threatened. If Obama’s security
force were to go into effect, aug-
mented by a larger-than-planned
increase in military troops, the
groundwork will be laid for a
police state in which personal
freedoms are truly in danger. It
won’t be a sudden change. It will
be slow: 400 troops this year;
400 troops next year. When we
become a police state, you may
not even know; but you will no-
tice the troops you walk past on
your way to work.
Page 8THE PURDUE REVIEW December, 2008
C is for Cookie and Cookie Monster
Cookie Mon-
ster, a furry, goo-
gly eyed monster
known for his vo-
racious appetite
and love of cook-
ies, is probably one
of the most popu-
lar Muppets living
on Sesame Street. I
grew up loving the
Cookie Monster
and his song “C is
for Cookie, That’s
good enough for
me”. I (along with
many others) was
shocked to learn
that the Cookie
Monster was be-
coming the “Veg-
gie Monster” due
to the childhood
obesity epidemic
in this country.
In 2006, in re-
sponse to growing
concerns about
record levels of
Ohm! Nom! Nom! Nom! Nom! Vegetables???
childhood obesity
in the U.S., Sesa-
By Amanda Thayer Street is one of the most beloved me Street began airing segments
amandat@purduereview.com children’s shows of all time, hav- called “Healthy Habits for Life”.
ing taught millions of children In these segments, the Muppet
“Sunny day – Sweepin’ the life-long lessons. In fact, today, characters of Sesame Street talk
clouds away, approximately eight million about healthy habits, such as eat-
On my way to where the air is viewers watch Sesame Street ing properly and exercising.
sweet. each week, while more than 77 In a June 19, 2008 appearance
Can you tell me how to get, how million are Sesame Street “grad- on The Colbert Report, Cookie
to get to Sesame Street.” uates”, according to the Sesame Monster explained that “Cookies
Most people who’ve grown Workshop. are a sometimes food”. Colbert
up in America since the 1970’s But the way we remember had asked why he had “aban-
can sing the lyrics to this song Sesame Street is not the way it doned the pro-cookie agenda”.
without hesitation. Sesame is today. Cookie Monster claimed to have
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and ‘80s and referred to him-
self as the Robert Downey Jr. of
cookies.
Having a degree in Health
Promotion from Purdue, I agree
there is reason to be concerned
about the rising levels of obesity
and diabetes in children. Ac-
cording to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, 16 per-
cent of children and adolescents
ages 6 to 19 are overweight.
Turning cookie monster into a
veggie monster is a step too far,
though. Can we really accuse
Cookie Monster for promoting
childhood obesity?
Cookie Monster has never
served as a role model for chil-
dren. He is, and always has
been, a slob. He eats anything
and everything, including dan-
ishes, donuts, lettuce, apples,
bananas, as well as normally
inedible objects such as salt and
pepper shakers, signs, napkins,
pencils, typewriters, telephones,
and the Letter of the Day. In an
interview on NPR, Cookie Mon-
ster said, “Me eat everything”.
As evidenced by his name, how-
ever, his preferred food is cook-
ies, specifically chocolate chip
cookies.
Even the creators of Sesame
Street didn’t intend for Cookie
Monster to set an example. Ac-
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CTW’s associate research direc-
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1985 of Cookie Monster’s bad
habits: “Each of the characters
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to exaggerate a familiar human
foible, and Cookie Monster
is babyishness personified...
When parents object to Cookie
Monster’s grammar, we remind
them that children learn from a
variety of sources -- including
other Sesame Street characters
who speak properly. Cookie’s
eating habits, too, are a point of
concern for some parents. The
inedible things that Cookie eats
(a car fender!) make it clear to
children that his behavior is out
of the ordinary. Other charac-
ters, such as Captain Vegetable
of course, are vocal advocates
of good eating habits. (Sesame
Street Magazine, Issue 144).
As Stephen Colbert said,
“This is a betrayal worse than
when Scott McClellan turned on
the president”.
There is nothing wrong with
television programs, especially
those designed for children, hav-
ing a positive message and set-
ting a good example. However,
television cannot be blamed for
all our problems. Parents need to
take responsibility for what their
children are learning and how
they are behaving. We’ve be-
come a society only concerned
with what is termed “politically
correct”. But political correct-
ness can go too far, as it has in
this case. It is ridiculous that one
of the most beloved fictional
characters of all time needs to
be changed just because of his
name.
What’s next? Ernie doesn’t
like his rubber ducky anymore?
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CAMPUS DIVERSIONS - HE SAID THERE’D BE NO QUIZ!

Stickey Wicket by Stewart Simpson

Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley

Sudoku
Easy

Diabolical

Kakuro instructions: The object is to fill all

empty squares using numbers 1 to 9 so the sum of
each horizontal block equals the clue on its left,
and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue
on its top. In addition, no number may be used in
the same block more than once.

Sudoku instructions: The object is to fill all

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THE PURDUE REVIEW
Our First Christmas With Obama Claus
By Aaron Anspaugh
aarona@purduereview.com
Everyone knows the story of
Santa Claus. He is an ancient,
obese, jolly man who lives
at the North Pole and deliv-
ers presents to all children on
Christmas Eve via a sleigh and
magical reindeer. However, with
the election of Barack Obama,
our country has made a drastic
change for the better, replacing
the worn-out figure of Santa
Claus with someone who can
actually bring hope and change
during the Christmas season.
There are many similarities be-
tween Obama Claus and Santa
Claus, not the least of which is
that each has a list of good chil-
dren and bad children. Here are
Obama‘s:
Obama’s Good Children List
(with their presents in parenthe-
sis):
1. The Lazy and/or Un-
employed (Increased Welfare,
government-run healthcare,
more food stamps, less incen-
tive to actually work)
2. E n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s
(Legislation to force automak-
ers to make hybrids; forced
slowing of our economy by the
elimination of oil use; forced
use of alternative energy, such
as solar and wind)
3. Illegal Immigrants
(Continued government-fund-
ed education in Spanish; no
enforcement of borders; free
healthcare for all illegal aliens;
hate crime legislation against
those who use terms such as
“illegal”, “immigrant”, and
“alien”)
4. The Detainees at
Guantanamo Bay (U.S. Con-
stitutional rights, trials paid for
by the taxpayer, lawyers paid
for by the taxpayer, amnesty in
cases where they weren’t read
their rights when captured on
the battlefield)
5. Same-Sex Marriage
Advocates (Executive order to
overturn Prop. 8 in California,
as well as any other Constitu-
tional Amendments banning
gay marriage in the 26 states
that have them)
6. Failing Big Businesses
(Bailouts with increased regula-
tion, increased government sub-
sidies)
Obama’s Bad Children List
(with their “lumps of coal” in
parenthesis):
1. Small Businesses (in-
creased taxes, forced benefits)
2. Successful Big Busi-
nesses (increased taxes, forced
benefits, more taxes, and forced
unionizing)
3. Middle Class College
Students and Parents (more
SO! SO! SOcialism! Illustration by Jessica Kocher
December, 2008
government aid to poor families
with no pressure on colleges to
lower costs, thus allowing col-
leges to raise prices even more)
4. The Military (forced
pullout of vital military opera-
tions, downsizing military bud-
get, criminalization of standard
war operations)
5. Rush Limbaugh (Fair-
ness Doctrine to keep Rush
off the air, limitations on free
speech)
6. Investors (increased
taxes on earnings, elimination
of incentives to invest)
Along with the many gifts
Obama Claus will be giving out
to those he deems worthy, he will
also be sure to employ some of
the other techniques that Santa
Claus uses to keep an eye on the
children. Remember the line “he
sees you when you’re sleeping,
he knows when you’re awake”?
With the creation of the civil-
ian national security force, no
one will be able to escape the
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watchful eye of Obama Claus.
This security force will be just
as well funded as the military
in order to make sure that every
comrade in America is good (for
goodness’ sake).
A final similarity between
Obama Claus and Santa Claus
involves the ritualistic offer-
ing of a gift in return for all
the presents handed down from
the generous one. Santa Claus
had a thing for milk and cook-
ies. Obama won’t make such a
demand, partly because cook-
ies will be banned for having
trans-fats, and partly because he
would much rather have a sacri-
fice of money, time, or freedom.
Instead of leaving out a plate
of sugary baked goods, hoping
for a new toy, families will be
forced to include the govern-
ment in their will, hoping to re-
ceive some small bit of govern-
ment assistance.
With all of these radical
changes, one might wonder if
the holidays will ever be the
same. The truth is that Santa
Claus was an illusion, used as a
psychological tool for genera-
tions to make children adhere to
outdated conservative values.
With the newly elected Obama,
people will forever be able to
celebrate tidings of great joy,
without the need for such silli-
ness as Santa. Not only will
Obama Claus spread the wealth
around, but he will spread the
goodwill of his personality
around as well. Hope and change
will sprinkle down on the citi-
zens of America like snowflakes,
unifying every American in a
spirit of sacrifice and shared re-
sponsibility. Death rates will
drop, disease will vanish, storms
will calm, and crime will be
eliminated. This utopia could
never have been achieved by the
mere idea of Santa. With the
powerful leadership of Obama
Claus, America will finally turn
to the path of equality of oppor-
tunity, as well as equality of out-
come, no matter what!