SOUNDING OFF:

Currently, there is very little difference, if any, between the overall policy of President Bush and President-Elect Obama. Except there is an R after one and a D after the other.

The only ideas that were different were those of Gov. Palin.

College students do not know that, but they all know she has an unwed pregnant daughter and how much her dress costs.

But, they don’t know we have an unwed pregnant congresswoman.

An example of what serves as political news. The Washington Post is the perfect example.

The perceived difference on issues is created by the media so they can argue for or against the perceived difference they themselves have created.

It should be noted that Obama is more honest and direct about the social welfare state that he wants to create at a national level.

The problem is the college grads 19 to 29 have no idea what that really means.

They know not of the destruction and death carried out under the banner of national socialism.

The professor knows, the media knows, but the vast majority of college students do not.

If the news media just reported the facts, if public education just taught facts, we would all know the difference on every major issue from social welfare, the economy to foreign policy. Not consumed by some dreamy idea of socialist failed policies of the past.

We would know the real difference, not the perceived difference, created by the media in a malicious way to fix the outcome of elections based on personal political party affiliation and the reporting of that difference by the news media.

Possibly, I am not only backward, also naive, thinking we, as citizens, want factual information.

Even dopey college students given a choice would vote facts over propaganda.

A reasonably educated student, high school or college, would have cause for concern when the president-elect is proposing a form of national socialism.

Instead, they vote opinions based on spin and personal prejudice put forth for pure political reasons.

AUGUST LIGHTFOOT is a Newport Beach resident.