...real and meaningful issues.

It makes no difference to me what Barack Obama says off-the-cuff to a gathering of supporters in San Francisco. Especially, if all I'm hearing is a snippet taken out of context. And it doesn't matter, either, what Obama's church pastor has to say in a sermon. Because he's free to say what he wants. And that shouldn't reflect on Obama, as some pundits would have us believe. Just more examples of how distorted the coverage of the presidential campaign has become. I'm more concerned about real and meaningful issues, such as the need for universal health care and the narrowing of the gap between the rich and poor and ending the obscene preemptive war in Iraq. --Jim Broede