confining themselves to commenting on what the MSM deigns to have noticed. My original post today was intended to highlight what appears to be a particulary egregious attempt by CBS to time the airing of their "explosives bombshell" to occur at a time when it would create maximum heat -- for Bush, without regard for whether it also created any light -- for voters. Nothing you say has addressed this directly, except possibly the obscure reference to Arnold. My recollection is that the LA Times worked on that story for many months, and then "suddenly" got the right anonymous source lined up to run the harrassment claims in the final week before the recall election. Their long-running support for that idiot, Gray Davis, had nothing to do with that story, I am sure. And by the way, we could argue all day about the facts of this lost weapons story, and while I suspect it is largely overblown (a view strengthened by the fact CBS did not want to run it when a reasoned rebuttal might have a chance to get on the air before it had its' desired effect on the election), I do not beleive you or I -- or even Josh -- have enough data yet to get to a clear picture. Your absolute certainty about the perfidious motives and character of anyone with whom you disagree is a serious character issue. It must be lonely to be so rightous... Thanks for the well reasoned reply. You