Shhhh! The problems both candidates don’t want to face

The US presidential rivals have remained silent on some very serious issues, says Conor Ryan.

THE final weeks of the election were dominated with talk of tenuous links to former terrorists and the now-famous Joe the Plumber from Toldeo, Ohio.

However, debates on such trivia covered-up many deep problems facing America which the candidates did not want to talk about either through national embarrassment or political sensitivities.