using this for now, but still trying to figure out why the above post does not work.
<script>
if (getCookie('menu2')=="show"){
document.write ("<DIV style='display:show;' id='menu2Body' name='menu2Body'>")
} else {
document.write ("<DIV style='display:hide;' id='menu2Body' name='menu2Body'>")
}
</script>