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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 2008
Page
4
The Gazette editorial urges Iowa to require an annual writing skills test funded with 250000 in federal dollars and ongoing scoring costs. It argues better writing boosts college readiness and productivity, cites No Child Left Behind influence, notes local district scoring, and supports starting with a mandated assessment to drive instruction.
Readers share opinions on Sarah Palin's Cedar Rapids appearance and the overall truthfulness of McCain Palin and Obama Biden ads. Contributors critique campaigning, gender in politics, labor vs business, offshore drilling, and government dependency with partisan views.
Richard Vindante of Coralville argues McCain Palin support Bush’s stock market based Social Security plan favors wealthy Wall Street interests and risks retirees’ money, while Obama’s plan is presented as the safer guaranteed option.
Readers debate Palin as a vice presidential candidate and the idea of Alaska’s tax policy. One letter argues Palin’s qualifications, while others critique media bias against Hillary Clinton and broader political prejudice.
The piece argues John McCain outsourced policy to deregulation advocates led by Phil Gramm, citing the Enron loophole and the 2000 repeal affecting mortgage derivatives. It links Gramm to the AIG bailout, Enron ties, and Bush-era housing bubbles, contrasting Obama’s critique of McCain’s approach and forecasting long-term costs.
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