I’m home sick with mild flu symptoms, and as I catch up on reading and listening to the news I can’t help wondering if my nauseau is caused by the overwhelmingly distorted coverage of election issues and candidates. It’s all the usual stuff: quotes repeated without the benefit of the tone or situation they were made in, old dirt being dredged up, issues being refocused into items that people will emotionally react to. Everyone has the right to say what they want to say. But I do hope that everyone votes with a clear head and with attention paid to the cold, hard facts. That may result in many different opinions, but at least it’s a true opinion and one to be proud of.