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...more likely that same-sex couples will be treated equally under Obama’s watch, should a case involving the Defense of Marriage Act make it to the federal court system. On the other hand, the vocal support given to Governor Palin (and, by extension, Senator McCain) by the intolerant and extremist representatives of the religious Right is particularly worrisome. For too long, these demagogues of bigotry and anti-intellectual skepticism have dominated the discourse in American politics; it is time that Senator Obama restore a sense of dignity and unity to the United States of America...
...More troubling is the McCain campaign’s most persistent talking point: that Barack Obama is a naive, idealistic hope-monger who spouts flighty rhetoric without offering real solutions. Such claims bear little relation to the reality of the candidates’ policy proposals. The recent financial crisis offers an illustration: Senator Obama responded to the crisis with steady pragmatism, while Senator McCain naively refused to recognize the fiscal irresponsibility of cutting taxes for the wealthy, and still clings to Republican dogma that the federal government ruins everything...
...Neither the black-and-white, “with us or against us” ideology of George W. Bush, nor the stubbornness that John McCain and Sarah Palin like to describe as the behavior of “mavericks,” will create the change we need. But the knee-jerk rejection of all things Republican is similarly insufficient...
Looking up to the crème-paned windows lining the streets of Harvard Square, the navy signs supporting “McCain-Palin” are most likely to catch the eye of an average Cantabrigian. In Cambridge, McCain is lemonade on a glacial morning or hot chocolate on a scorching summer afternoon. McCain is the brunt of Al Gore’s jokes and professorial grievances. McCain is the underdog, despite his policies that boost the job market, strengthen American independence, and grant our generation a promising future...
...creation likewise initiates contention on liberal college campuses. The US has the second highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world at 39.3 percent. McCain plans to cut the corporate tax rate by 10 percent, encouraging businesses to hire more workers and remain in the US. Obama’s plans to raise the corporate tax rate would have the opposite effect; businesses would be forced to cut jobs and may choose to leave the US for a nation with lower taxes. Despite his recent rise to fame, Joe the Plumber may only have a future in Calcutta...