Editing Wikipedia re: democracy vs republic

This constant rebuttal that the U.S. is not a democracy, but a republic needs serious addressing. I tried replying to a couple of older threads on or near the subject. It's in here along with an 2003 discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1116&pid=26537

There's this old (from 2003) discussion which gets at the questions I have:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x636538

I noticed that Wikipedia's description of the American government has been edited to remove any description of democratic government. Months ago when I looked, it was there. It's been my understanding that the country is a Republic, but governed democratically. I figure this is being altered to reflect the fact that Republicans today want to prevent any legitimacy for the votes of minorities. And since the pundits point out that we are soon to be a minority of whites vs all other races, this is the apparent plan for coping and preventing voting rights of the emerging majority. Thinking on it, it's the only way to keep power completely in the hands of the top 10%. They just use the disposable income of the top 1% to accomplish this.

I believe this needs a major push back by those who respect the traditions of a democratically elected government in the United States. Sure, A "Banana Republic" is what we've become, but it isn't what we were meant to be by the founders.

Task #1: How do we fix the Wikipedia entry?