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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (146171)	10/3/2010 11:31:32 PM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543322

washingtonpost.com Moynihan -- the only person to have served in the Cabinets or subcabinets of four consecutive presidents (Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford) -- said that politics is an argument about the future: "The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself." Today, seven years after Moynihan's death, conservatism's contention is that liberal politics produces a culture of dependency and a government riddled with rent-seeking -- the manipulation of government power for private advantage. Would that Moynihan were here to elevate the liberal side of the debate, as he did throughout his well-lived life. Moynihan was a smart guy. I would be interested in his thoughts on our country today.