Reply #30: With regard to my last sentence in my first paragraph of my OP

[Time for change]

What I definitely had in mind when I wrote: "Only an idiot or a liar could look at the current mass of accumulated evidence and conclude that there is not a huge story there", was our corporate news media - NOT fellow DUers who might disagree with me on this. I feel that our corporate news media is largely responsible for our loss of democracy, by virtue of the fact that for many years now they have served as tools of the Republican Party -- which is now probably the most corrupt bunch of political hacks who have ever ruled our country -- under the guise of journalism. They have been willing participants in allowing the Bush Administration to lead us into a fraudulent war, they have covered for * every step of the way and were a MAJOR reason why he is now our "president", and they have steadfastly avoided covering any controversy over the election.

But after sleeping on this I realized that some DUers may have taken my statement as a means of stifling dissent within DU, and I'm sure that such a statement would serve to stifle dissent within DU, and that is something that should not be done. I have respect for DUers who voice unpopular opinions within this forum, just as I have respect for DUers in general for voicing opinions that are unpopular with mainstream Americans. So, I should not have made that statement, or I should have found a better way to say it.