Well said @Gadgeteer !! I of all people know how people can look at the same evidence and draw totally different conclusions. I made a good living twisting words, numbers, etc to sway opinion in favor of my client. That being said the court of public opinion is swayed the same way but instead of an attorney pontificating they have the media and internet. The media no longer is unbiased just reporting the news (Walter Cronkite is flipping in his grave) and many "journalists" do their very best to support or deny a candidate or proposal based on their opinion. Many believe if they hear it or read it on the news it is fact....NOT. The internet, we all know is a cesspool of distortions, ambiguity, and at worst just full on lies. Sooo, many who do not have the time and just pick up snipits from here and there will soon form opinions not based on fact but from unbeknownst erroneous information. I know I have been wrong many times on different things that I did not research the validity therof consequently losing an argument - which I hate to do. There are really good people on both sides of the aisle that argue and bash each other on facts and figures that BOTH sides are wrong on. If anyone doesn't think the government doesn't cook the books one way or the other based on who is in power is certainly being naive in my opinion!