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...chance of winning (knock on wood), but I want to take a moment to be the devil’s advocate (no conservative pun intended) and imagine the opposite scenario. More specifically, I want to take this chance to reassure all of America’s artists that a McCain-Palin administration wouldn’t be the end of the world for their work. Please keep reading.The best way of understanding my argument is to imagine some of the Republican ticket’s policies as catalysts for the creation of art. For example, let’s start...
...credit, McCain has defied the Republican leadership to advocate for a cap-and-trade system of controlling carbon emissions. But his selection of Sarah Palin as a running mate has destroyed whatever credibility he might have had on this issue. Governor Palin’s energy policy—what little there is of one—largely consists of chanting “drill baby drill” at campaign rallies, a strategy soundly rejected by the U.S. Department of Energy. Even more frightening to us is the Governor’s refusal to acknowledge the scientific consensus...
...approach to the health care crisis. His plan for a $5,000 health care tax credit for every American seems attractive at first glance; unfortunately, he plans to recoup the extraordinary costs associated with this credit by taxing employers on health benefits. As such, instead of expanding coverage, the McCain program is likely to discourage employers—currently the largest providers of health insurance in the United States—from offering health insurance as a benefit. This would be catastrophic to the public health of the United States, and would leave more Americans at risk...
...Senator McCain, who has run an inconsistent and erratic campaign based on the themes of foreign and military policy, has seemed at times, more Bushian than Bush himself. Despite 26 years of Congressional experience, McCain continues to perceive foreign relations as a field where moral absolutes predominate, neatly splitting the world into virtuous friend and despicable...
...candidates expressed their skepticism about Roe v. Wade and the importance of women’s health and reproductive choice. Governor Palin remains dogmatic in defining “pro-life” to prohibit all abortions, even in the case of rape, incest, or medical necessity; and Senator McCain openly mocked the question of a mother’s health during the presidential campaign...