By Robert L. Samuelson in Newsweek, Jan. 9, 2008: The Big Lie of 2008

"...  A moral cloud hangs over our candidates. Just how much today's federal policies, favoring the old over the young and the past over the future, should be altered ought to be a central issue of the campaign. But knowing the unpopular political implications, our candidates have lapsed into calculated quiet.

They pay lip service to children but ignore the actual programs that will shape their future. The hypocrisy is especially striking in Obama. He courts the young, promises "straight talk" and offers himself as the agent of "change." But his conspicuous omissions constitute "crooked talk" and silently endorse the status quo."

Read the entire article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/88764/page/1

Positively,
Carolan