The contrasts are stark.
The week when Deepwater Horizon blew was also the week 
in which Interior Secretary released the (hopefully) decisive decision to give the go-ahead to Cape Wind. Stark choice: do we want to drill aggressively, increasing the risks of massive oil damages to our oceans and costs or do we want to seed the oceans with the reality of a clean energy future?
The 2008 election (and beyond) occurred amid a chorus of calls to “Drill, Baby, Drill”. Well, the Gulf Coast is seeing today, tomorrow, and for decades to come the quite serious implications of these calls.
Will the stink from oil across the Gulf Coast turn citizens toward even stronger support for a clean energy future? And, will America’s political leaders turn aside in their decision-making from the massive contributions that they’ve received from fossil foolish interests to represent faithfully their constituents’ desires for emphasizing clean energy and energy efficiency over the maximization of oil, natural gas, and coal industry profits? The gap between what the American people want and what Congress enacts when it comes to clean energy and environmental protection is striking.
The contrasts are stark.
And, these contrasts require laying out strongly and forcefully to the American public.
A choice existed in 2008 … it was taken. A choice exists in 2010 and the stark contrasts in those choices need to be made apparent to all.
Thank you to Young Turks for reminding U.S. how Sarah Palin asserted that offshore drilling is entirely safe.
From The Conservatives Lie is this montage contrasting the 2008 Republican National Convention with oil “spill” impacts.
“Safe to drill and we need to do more of that” … vs “the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history” …