College Republicans hold rally
to celebrate patriotism, GOP
Wednesday's event features
state Republican candidates
and much country-loving
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
University College Democrats
members on Tuesday rallied stu
dents in the EMU Amphitheater at
their first "Bush Bash" celebration,
delivering speeches, playing games
and giving out pro-Kerry parapher
nalia for prizes.
Eighteen hours later, the Republi
cans answered the call with a rally
they had been planning for a while.
With flag-waving, patriotic music
and a host of speeches, the University
College Republicans sponsored a
Memorial Day rally on Wednesday —
an event that College Republicans
Chairman Jarrett White described as a
celebration of our country.
U.S. Congress candidate Jim Feld
kamp, who is running against Peter
DeFazio for Oregon's 4th District, was
Wednesday's keynote speaker. Feld
kamp, a veteran of the Gulf War, said
the United States needed to oust for
mer dictator Saddam Hussein and re
spect U.S. military veterans.
Feldkamp also spoke in opposition
to same-sex marriage, but he said he
supported civil unions. He said mi
nority opinions shouldn't impose
their will on the majority, however.
Oregon legislative candidates
Michael Spasaro, Norm Thomas,
Debi Farr and Gary Pierpoint also
spoke at Wednesday's event.
White said some rally attendees
were less than friendly to the rally's
message, however. A man in his early
Lauren Wimer Senior Photographer
U.S. House of Representatives candidate Jim Feldkamp speaks at the University College
Republicans-sponsored Memorial Day rally Wednesday.
20s tore down a sign and tried to
steal a "Bush Cheney '04" sign, he
said. When White struggled to get
the sign back, the man scratched
him, he said, showing a small scratch
on his left forearm.
Another man tore two signs from
the ground and threw them into the
amphitheater.
"All of a sudden, I guess he got sick
of our country and the flags," White
said.
College Democrats spokesman
Chris Halverson said the "Bush Bash"
on Tuesday helped channel anti-Bush
emotions into support for Kerry.
But White saw it differently.
"It's not going to be a 'Bash Kerry,'
as you (saw) what liberals (did Tues
day)," White said. "This is one of the
huge differences between liberals and
conservatives or between Democrats
and Republicans — we actually have
values and morals and beliefs, which
we stand on. But, Democrats and lib
erals don't know anything, except that
they hate us. That's why they put on
'Bush Bash,' and we put on Memorial
Day candidate rallies.
"We have enough good things
about our candidates and about our
party and about our country that we
don't need to use up time by saying
bad things about other people,"
White added. "We don't have enough
time in the day to say good things
about our own country, our soldiers
and about our candidates."
Contact the campus/
federal politics reporter
at jaredpaben@dailyemerald.com.
Senior Photographer Lauren Wimer
contributed to this report.
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