Family Values

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., despite having a name that might suggest otherwise to most Americans, is just about as devoid of scandal as any American politician can be. I mention this not to campaign for him, though having called several hundred people for him in the last week, I certainly am used to doing that. I mention this because there is another scandal in the White House this week. Well, this one actually doesn't come from the White House, but it is from the sector that put Bush in there. Paul Wolfowitz has taken to the trenches to defend his job as president of the World Bank, where he is under fire due to yet another scandal. The details of the scandal are not just unimportant, they are irrelevant. The important fact here is that there is another administration scandal. The American people are well and truly sick of these, both the public variety common to this president's men, and the private kind publicized by his predecessor. The moderates have had enough of the so called ethics that President Bush and his Evangelical beliefs have brought to power, which include: Firing people who have dissenting opinions, ignoring any evidence that is contrary to your position, using your influence to get your old buddies no-bid contracts, and, now, practicing nepotism when hiring for the highest paying federal jobs. Maybe that is what they mean when they talk about family values. The point is, we need a change. A major one. And we need it as soon as possible. Senator Obama not only has no public scandals; he also, seemingly, has no potential for scandal, which leads me to believe that he has no skeletons in his closet. Let's get rid of the current administrations take on family values, and bring on someone with real values, to begin.