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And he wrote a very good book called \"God's Politics\" which is a must read for those with Christian, Progressive and Liberal values/ideology (which is where I coined my screen name because Sojourner's practices a progressive Christian ideology that I could get behind)&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:28:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673818, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chip Saltsman is the RNC's Rick Warren.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a01afac2453ef3641f6811f79f6f2d6a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Which statistically proves that there's no way in hell Black people were responsible for the passage of Prop. 8 - Matt Drudge and like-minded gay media like Andrew Sullivan took that \"70%\" and ran with it to blame Black people for something over which we had NO CONTROL.<br><br>The White Gays' Bigotry was Shown, and in loud fashion, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:47:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673840, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You Got It!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:09:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672284, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's NOT going to change until these elements are out of the party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:17:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671490, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is funny -- in a sad way. I find that Conservatives, generally, are inherently racist. It doesn't take much prompting for the them to start blurting out general foolishness. Here, you have a white guy who has done something that is clearly moronic and inexcusable, instead of him to tender an apology and blame it on a momentary lack of common sense, he ascribes his stupid action to humor. Black people who associate themselves with Conservative ideology or people amaze me. And one wonder why moderate Republicans don't speak out against shit like this. It's just a damn shame. As America continues to grow more diverse and multi-cultural, it would be interesting to see where these racist son-of-bitches hide their heads. How would they play their ploitics? How would they wage a serious fight for the electoral college when they cannot win states beyond the deep south? These people are absolute morons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:23:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef5b3d0a7db135b99780f0b4bf46d860", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  <b>GREAT THREAD!!</b><br><br>All I can do is ****shake my head***    at this <b>LEVEL OF IGNORANCE!!</b><br><br>WHEW!!  DEEP BREATHS!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:11:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm thinking we can come up with a few together GL:<br> <br>Rush the Magic Pill Pilfering Honky lived by the creed<br>He hired a maid called Maria and made her buy his pills and weed <br><br>Those Racist YT Rethuglicans Loved themselves some Rush<br>and listen daily to his racists antics on that radio show that sucks and Oh <br><br>Rush the Pill Pilfering Honky..................", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:34:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jmee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673996, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:34:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4674056, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I keep getting POed at the 70% of Black People, when the facts indicated that it was 70% of Black People participating in the EXIT POLL - not 70% of African-Americans who actually voted in the state of California.  You and I both know that African-Americans make up 12% of the entire state population in California, which would be around 4.5 million people.  Even if all 4.5 million Black folk in California were all registered to vote and went to the polls, this is still a statistical impossibility.  How quickly they forget that Latinos make up more than 50% of the state's population, and even then, it would assume that all 50% of the Latino population was legal citizens registered to vote as well.<br><br>It was easier to inflame the white gay community than to put the blame for the passage of Prop. 8 on the lazy white gay leaders who just \"assumed\" that POC would get into their boat and vote in lockstep, while not bothering to go into those communities and do outreach and education on the initiative.  It's their fault, but it was easier to make Andrew Sullivan and John Aravosis flame up and blame US.<br><br>That has left a nasty taste in my mouth that Listerine hasn't killed yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:34:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669509, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:12:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671855, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4677170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "exactly.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:58:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676802, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, no doubt HRC and her husband, Billy Boy, went down that road. But clearly, it didn't work, as is evident by the fact that the 44th President of America will be Barack Obama (Damn, just typing that makes me feel good!). In any case, the fact remains that Conservatives are inherently racist. This is hardly an issue up for debate at this point. It just comes with the territory, so this doesn't really piss me off. I just find it a bit disconcerting that mature and moderate heads in their Party aren't doing anything constructive to stem this bullshit. They can keep going down this route though, it's all good. As I said already, it would be interesting watching these morons continue to drive themselves to electoral irrelevancy. Obviously, this Duncan character is only condemning this racist piece of shit now so as to one-up him in their race for the RNC chairmanship. SMFH.<br><br>And quite frankly, all their efforts to shave off black votes by appealing to our assumed sense of hostitlity towards any-and-everything gay will not work. At the end of the day, when issues are properly illuminated upon, people care about what they are going to eat. Nobody, at least nobody I know, really cares whether or not the next man like to try colorful things. <br><br>Republicans -- making racism funny. What a bunch of fucktards.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:20:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef5b3d0a7db135b99780f0b4bf46d860", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671545": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't disagree. Some people are gonna have to go away.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_19:21:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671524, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For real.  I would NOT want to be a teenager these days.  Back in the day, all I worried about was missing the pill and getting preggers - these kids have ten times more shyt to deal with than my generation did...jeez.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:37:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673882, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rhondacoca:  Thanks for this information.  :&gt;)<br><br>Also, found it in Wiki:<br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro\" rel=\"nofollow\">Magical negro<br>From Wikipedia,</a><br><br><i>The magical negro (sometimes called the mystical negro or magic negro) is a supporting, often mystical stock character in fiction who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the white protagonist get out of trouble. The word negro, now considered by many as archaic and offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racist throwback, an update of the \"Sambo\" and \"savage other\" stereotypes.[1] Spike Lee popularized the term, deriding the archetype of the \"super-duper magical negro\" in 2001 while discussing films with students at Washington State University and at Yale University.[2][3]</i><br><br>Again, thank you!  :&gt;)<br><br>YES!  STILL OFFENSIVE!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_03:14:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672664, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4681802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Oh, boy.</i><br><br><b>Reading material!</b><br><br>Boykin I have tracked before, but Cannick I haven't so I'll be looking at their websites for news.<br><br>My information was that one of the King men was gay, but I couldn't figure out which one some critics have fastened on..  True--you could be married and still be gay--but what gets me is that I never heard <i>any</i> of the younger Kings having a social life and boy/girlfriends <i>until recently.</i>  Now I can understand--there would only be one man for Coretta, but the kids seemed in a box.<br><br>You hear about these guys: (Haggard, Jim Bakker, the list goes on and on) doing the holier than thou number and then they turn out to be gay or bisexual.  Which makes me think that the louder these kinds of people point the finger at gays, the more it looks like the speakers have <i>some issues.</i><br><br>...thanks again!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_16:52:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4680337, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4680746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And, y'all noticed that neither Earl nor Ward's Black Kinfolk arent' rushing to the public to claim their asses, either, unless they can do it in terms of embarrassing these knee-grows by reminding the public that these jackasses have Black relatives.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676838, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_19:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670948, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is just really, really ignorant.  But, more importantly, what was the inspiration for someone to study and report on this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:14:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671891, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unfortunately, while they are currently the underdogs, when it comes to minorites and issues having to do with minorites, they have much of the white American population in lock step aggrement. Please remember that in this past election, the popular vote was too close for comfort: 52-48. There is a sizable group of Americans who will still at least take a risk with their ideologies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>All I will ask is, that when we Republicans/conservatives begin to show up in minority communities to actively reach out-and not go trolling for votes-that you take us seriously. Extend the benefit of the doubt, and see that some of us-admittedly, not all but some-do take minority communities seriously.</i><br><br>Okay, D (Merry Christmas to you and yours, too) - I will give them the benefit of the doubt, but if I hear GOP ReThug talking points, and not a good sell for giving the Party some consideration, ALL BETS ARE OFF.<br><br>As a matter of fact, one of my closest friends and mentors in the Bay Area is a Republican - good brotha by the name of Samuel Wallace - a longtime member of the Bay Area GOP Vanguard.  He would always present reasoned arguments, such as taxation and whatnot - but he always got a good debate from me, regarding the policies you would consider \"liberal\" - i. e. good public education, effective social programs aimed at creating jobs and incentives for employee retention; programs to reorient and rehab ex-offenders back into society and give them gainful employment to reduce the recidivism rates, etc.  Not once did he give me a ReThug talking point, because he was also concerned about the Black community HE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN (Richmond/Contra Costa County, I believe), and he was the first businessman I knew that would hire brothas coming out the joint, and encouraged his Republican colleagues to do likewise, if for nothing else, the tax breaks they got from the State of California.<br><br>No other Black Republicans will speak directly to these issues - many times, they talk down and blame the downtrodden for their own predicament; never realizing that in a lot of instances, the system is set up to game the downtrodden into being further downtrodden.<br><br>I could write a book.  But, you did ask...however, in the meantime, is IT TOO MUCH TO ASK YOUR RACIST COLLEAGUES IN THE PARTY TO TONE DOWN THEIR BIGOTRY?  &lt;&lt;&lt;eyebrows raised&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:22:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "These elements pretty much ARE the party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:19:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671524, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4680820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See, Town, I have Black relatives who look whiter than Earl Woods, and could have actually passed if they wanted to.  Earl trying to claim and looks like Bookman from \"Good Times\" - while brothas like G. K. Butterfield (CBC member) could actually pass and DIDN'T.<br><br>I remember seeing Butterfield for the first time at a CBC conference about four years ago and he walked up to the panelists' table - he'd just won a special election when James Ballance had to bounce because he was about to get charged with corruption or some shyt; anywhoo, in walked Butterfield, and I took one look at him and had the same question as everybody else:<br><br>\"Who's the White Guy on the Panel?\"  and he told us he was the newest CBC member by saying, \"I know what y'all thinking: 'where's this white guy think he's going?'\" and we all busted up laughing because it was true.<br><br>Black guys light enough to pass for white (sorry, Dark SIth; your hair gives you away unless you touch up with texturizer), but don't; chocolate/charcoal brothas like Clarence and Earl Woods wanting to be white and CAN'T. <br><br>I'll never understand that dynamic at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676650, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's not going to happen, D.  The Republican party has shown black people time and time again that we are not needed or wanted under their big tent.  They know they can win elections WITHOUT black people, so there will NEVER be a serious effort to \"reach out\" to blacks.<br><br>I expect \"minority outreach\" to target Latinos and Asians, not blacks.  Even George Allen's \"ethnic outreach meeting\" this summer only invited Latinos and Asians, not blacks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_19:23:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually the popular vote was 52.9%- 45.7%", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:34:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669542, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4680337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I met Bernice in person at an affirmative action conference I attended back in 2005, and I got that \"vibe\" from her that she might be gay and having issues with that.  Dexter is also rumored to be gay, and it was speculated about Marty until he produced a wife and offspring (which doesn't mean much these days because gays and lesbians have produced offspring and married in the hopes of keeping themselves firmly in their closets).<br><br>And you notice none of this shyt broke out until after Coretta was buried, and really went upscale after Yolanda passed.<br><br>The gay brotha on Tavis' agenda at the SOBU back in '05 is named Keith Boykin - I couldn't remember the name at first.  He and Jasmyne Cannick started a website which questioned which prominent Black pastors were possibly in the closet, and if you click on the link, you'll see Eddie Long's name is on that list. <br><br>Just sayin'.<br><br><a href=\"http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-outing-campaign-targets-black.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-outing...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:16:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676514, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the first shot in their internal civil war.  The Palins and crackers versus the Susan Collins etc. I guarantee you if this jumps to MSM big time the more PR-sensitive GOPers, plus folk w/aspirations beyond the bumpkin vote (like Bobby Jindal) will speak up.<br><br>My question: why hasn't my man Michael \"Lexington\" Steele said a damn thing yet?  What's on Booker Rising?<br><br>PS  I posted on this story about black women \"shrinking\" in height (from the Tribune). Are y'all reverting to pygmies?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_15:47:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I bet Bernice King is behind this - she's the only one of the King family that's actively homophobic - enough to march in protest of gay marriage back in 2005, and almost got Tavis Smiley to pull his Negro Super Bowl event from New Birth Baptist Church as a result of her protests, along with Bishop Eddie Long.<br><br>The Good \"Bishop\" saw Tavis' event leaving his church, and the revenue plus national publicity going out the door, so they toned it down for that weekend, because one of Tavis' panelists was one of Clinton's former staffers, a gay African-American man.  As I said, Fast Eddie saw the dollars from Tavis' event leaving (cause Tavis threatened to pull the event and go elsewhere because of the gay-bashing by Long and Bernice), and kept Rev. Bernice out of sight the whole weekend until the Negro Super Bowl was over.<br><br>It seems only the older kids (MLK III, and Yolanda) actually understood their father's legacy, while Bernice and Dexter are pimping it for fun and profit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:29:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669509, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some shyt is NOT FUNNY.<br><br>But, maybe if I bash their head in as a response, and they call the cops, I'll see if I get out of it by saying <b><i>\"You Can't Take a Joke?  I was only playing when I bashed your head in to see if it would hurt, or if it would really bleed....\"</b></i>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:31:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669405, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol!!! lmao!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:24:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671855, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We probably need to get that \"too-race-sensitive\" Wiki going again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:32:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672931, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>My question: why hasn't my man Michael \"Lexington\" Steele said a damn thing yet? What's on Booker Rising?</i><br><br>There's a poll to <b>\"ask\"</b> if it was offensive...good thing Mike Duncan didn't check with the blog owner first ;-), his recently discovered offense at the material may have never made it to the light of day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:33:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "dilettante", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As far as I'm concerned, it's another arrow to shoot down sistas, so the brothas who want to date outside the race have another excuse for doing so, instead of fessing up and being honest about their preferences.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:33:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672602, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where did you hear about this study? Any links? Thanks.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:42:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669509, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well with Michelle in the White House I'm sure the following studies will be released:<br><br>Are Black women genetically predisposed to look angry?  <br><br>Why are Black women more \"masculine\" looking than white women and is that the reason why Black women can't get married?  Do their odds of getting married increase when they start applying weaves and relaxers?<br><br>Does constant relaxer use increase Black women's asses?<br><br>Why are inadequate wimpy Black men attracted to strong, Amazonian, angry Black women?<br><br>Is a Black woman more or less likely to be angry or angry looking the straighter her hair is?<br><br>You know this is coming, so get ready.  Black women have ALWAYS been studied, probed and researched since the days of Sarah Baartman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:18:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672745, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Head over to the black agenda report, Margaret Kimberly wrote a piece where she has a link to it. I will find it and link it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:28:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669629, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And that's fair.<br><br>I'm with you on the selling; the idiots over at NBRA pissed me off over that one. If all we can do is hammer liberals without presenting ourselves as something better, we lose the argument...and rightly so. At least the GOP in VA seems to get that.<br><br>Yeah, I could ask. I could go as far as to suggest that they not say this stuff out loud, cause it doesn't help what I'm trying to do. Most likely, it'll fall on deaf ears.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:38:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673638, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The question is are these people the water-carriers or the decision-makers. Because we need to properly vet an ally and if it's all talk with no action...well what good is it going to do? There are those black conservatives who are so due to religious beliefs as well as fiscal conservatives and not self-hating, but they've been hanging out on the sidelines and not sitting at the table or if they are, they're taking crumbs like a lot of Democrats. There's a lot of work that needs to be done and it will happen with a change in mindset and a long term plan in place. For example Rick Warren has spent years building up his political capital using religion as his springboard. You can best believe there are others already in place with their ducks in a row and most people are going to be standing by with their mouths open wondering how it happened.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:37:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4677338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wish Obama had chosen him to do the invocation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:16:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4674056, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's another BIG reason  the GOP ain't ready for prime-time - racist outreach strategies that overlook people like this:  <a href=\"http://www.truveo.com/The-debate-watched-from-Harlem/id/2582858867\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.truveo.com/The-debate-watched-from-H...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_17:40:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Even then, they would say, \"Cletus is just playing; he'll let me down in a minute...\" while they are literally breathing their last.<br><br>Ask Tiger Woods about playing \"hangman\" when he was a kid - his little white friends in the O.C. actually strung a damned noose around his neck, and he actually thought it was a game.<br><br>Why Earl Woods didn't turn into a brotha and go \"hood\" on his neighbors for teaching their kids that shyt, is the reason why Tiger saw nothing wrong with that; nor did he see anything wrong when he won his first Masters, and Fuzzy Zoeller was hollering about how Tiger was going to order fried chicken and collard greens for the Championship dinner.  If I were Tiger, I would have been on the phone to Big Mama with the menu of fried Chicken, Fried Catfish or Red Snapper; barbeque ribs, collard greens, mac and cheese, potato salad, some sweet-ass red punch and sweet tea to drink, and finish it off with red velvet cake from the Cake Man in Brooklyn, and Big Mama's peach cobbler, topped off with homemade ice cream.<br><br>I'd had a menu for their ass that Phil Nickelson and champs since then would have requested a second and third time.<br><br>Damn...now I'm hungry....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672284, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Earl Woods was a truly Louisiana Negro, imho.<br><br>Ward Connerly is like that, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:23:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676650, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4677352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:18:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4677103, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Guess Mike Steele is going to have to go \"street\" on them...again.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:41:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671763, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:31:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671891, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4680955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me neither, CPL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:53:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4680820, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's because Earl Woods himself claimed to be only 1/4 black, even though he looked like Mr. Jerome down the street who sat on his porch and played dominoes with Mr. Lamont and Mr. Tyrone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:05:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673762, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True dat,  While the moderates simply say nothing out of fear or leave and become independents.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_10:31:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673127, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, we can't anymore. And that feeling-that we can't win elections without bringing minorities to the table-is becoming more and more evident.<br><br>For my part, though, it's not about winning elections. Could care less. For me it's about winning-and in the case of the party, changing-hearts and minds.<br><br>Maybe my head's in the clouds. But I believe it's doable. And hopefully, I'll get a shot at proving you, and others here, wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:41:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671102, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because Steele is a scumbag, who will accuse the first black President of playing the race-card while keeping quiet like a good little chickenshit when real racist shit pops off within his own Party. He's the worst of the worst -- scum. <br><br>There's a civil war looming in the Republican ranks between Moderates, who want to see their Party head a different direction and Extremist nutjobs, who want to double down on the whole Palin worldview of Us vs Them, White vs Minorities, etc. I hope the extremist nutjobs win.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:45:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef5b3d0a7db135b99780f0b4bf46d860", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670635, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know what if we came up with the song \"Rush the Magic Pill Pilfering Honky\" or \"Rethugs the YT Party\" we would be considered racists, but oh not them its okay to call Barack a Magic Negro\" because obviously it has to be true.............. Utterly Pathetic!<br><br>The sad part is that those of us who share some conservatives views can't find it in our hearts to claim being a Rethuglican.  We continuously vote Independent due to the stupidity of the afore mentioned lack of melanin party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:48:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jmee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You spoke too soon.<br><br>One of Saltsman's rivals in the race for RNC chair, Ken Blackwell, an African-American himself, has defended Saltsman, dismissing the criticism as \"hypersensitivity in the press\".....\"Unfortunately, there is hypersensitivity in the press regarding matters of race. This is in large measure due to President-Elect Obama being the first African-American elected president,\" said Blackwell, in a statement forwarded to Politico by an aide. \"I don't think any of the concerns that have been expressed in the media about any of the other candidates for RNC chairman should disqualify them. When looked at in the proper context, these concerns are minimal. All of my competitors for this leadership post are fine people.\"<br><br>Is there any greater scumbag than this dude?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:36:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "0f873bbd064c7479abb7c81f09ffc124", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670635, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We may not like Rick Warren but a lot of people do. He's been selectively strategizing for more than two decades to get to this point. Bernice King personally invited Warren if I'm not mistaken. This is a power grab, pure and simple and it was a long-planned for goal. This was no accident. These are religious 'conservatives', who are opposed to homosexuality, abortion, stem cell research and a host of other things. They are not above using their religious platform for political gain. The question is where is the 'liberal' equivalent of a Rick Warren? Here's yet another white man who was groomed and planned for this rise in power. Where are the Black people, where are the Black women specifically? This is part of the reason why Obama went after the Evangelicals. The interesting thing about Warren to me, anyway is that 40 years ago he would've been a Southern strategist through and through in my opinion and would've been right up there with Strom Thurman and Bull Connor. I could be wrong but....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:49:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669409, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now, Shay Riley and some of the other White racist apologists at Booker Rising, don't seem to think that the phrase <i>Barack the Magic Negro</i> is offensive.   It's no wonder so many Republicans think that this kinda shyt is acceptable; they've got servile kneegrows like that, trained to lap it up like sweet milk.<br><br>I swear; some of these kneegrows wouldn't see the offense of the noose around their necks until their eyes bugged and their bowels loosed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_21:33:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_19:04:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Black vote such that is in in CA is not that great with a 6.2%age of residents and even less voters who are registered and/or went to the polls. It was a few hundred thousand votes around 450K.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:53:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669509, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4678963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh and don't forget a-hole extraordinaire Dan Savage whl knew he'd unleashed every racist white gay of his readership and simply walked away and washed his hands of it. Still there's no excuse for homophobia. But I have also learned how imperative it is to monitor when other people would lay claim to oppression on the backs of Blacks. Even so far as those Blacks who'd separate themselves as being better somehow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_13:54:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676123, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You forgot \"Draft-Dodging Bastard with a Boil on his Butt\" - he got out of going to 'Nam because of it.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:51:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4674090, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "(and a Merry Christmas to you too,  CPL)<br><br>I'm not going to waste time/breath/effort trying to defend this....because there's no defense that could be given with a straight face.<br><br>All I will ask is, that when we Republicans/conservatives begin to show up in minority communities to actively reach out-and not go trolling for votes-that you take us seriously. Extend the benefit of the doubt, and see that some of us-admittedly, not all but <i>some</i>-do take minority communities seriously.<br><br>It's going to happen, and-at least for my part-sooner rather than later.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_17:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Which isn't a preference really, it's skin shade racism. Can you imagine the damage to a young girl's psyche to be told in so many direct and indirect ways how ugly and undesirable she is? Top that with the racism from whites and some of us living under constant attack in undesirable neighborhoods and you have the reason why so many of us internalize the pain and confusion with overeating. It's a coping mechanism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_00:59:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673717, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4703583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign.  <br><br>There wouldn't be half the mess happening now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_20:43:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4677338, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You have not heard anything yet, The Right Rev. J Wright is doing the remix with DIddy and T-Pain. You idiots probably just insured the Demoncrats another four years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_17:58:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "86b81994be516db431f5670a57d67688", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "nope.<br><br>the voter-suppressor sambo blackwell knows no shuffle he wont do", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:48:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671763, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I have to hear anymore bad news about black women, I am going get bleaching cream and try to pass. Then they want to know why little black girls want white dolls. OMG depressing, we are more likely to be single or divorced and left with big headed kids, we are undesirable, we are more likely to die from breast cancer, colon cancer and HIV and the list goes on but now this is the worse, we are shrinking? we are shrinking according to a study. Can these studies leave black women alone to live and die in peace!<br><br>Sorry.<br><br>p.s. I am joking about the bleaching cream.<br><br><br>p.s. of course I am kidding about the bleaching cream.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:32:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671891, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:   Ham,  cheese & crackers, apple pie with whipped cream!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;<br><br>Annnnnnd, <b>DIET Coke!!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  CHEERS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_02:32:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4674035, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Star Spanglish Banner\"??? offensive...they cannot be serious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:10:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The <a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2008/12/even-chariman-of-rnc-is-shocked-at-its.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">RNC Chairman</a> has condemned this, but I think he is a day late and a dollar short.<br><br>The bottom line is this, all this crap and it was RACIST was thrown at us through the primaries, yes HRC went downt his road, and definitely through the general.  If the public wanted this they would have <b>VOTED FOR IT.</b><br><br>That is what they don't get.  Yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_17:02:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4678540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_14:09:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676650, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is offensive in the way in which these racist idiots are using it. Anyone who cannot see that is lying to themselves or just trying not to see it!<br><br>Magic Negro is actually a cinematic term used to describe a certain type of black character that is often played in movies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:22:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672284, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The story theorized that black women are shrinking because<br><br>a) we are more likely to be overweight/obese than other groups of women<br><br>b) overweight/obese = poor nutrition which<br><br>c) leads to shorter heights<br><br>The story says that higher income black women are generally on par heightwise to white women than middle/lower income black women and that higher income black women could be in better health and getting more nutrients, which equals increased height.<br><br>The story also speculates that early puberty / early pregnancy could also account for why black women are shrinking in height, since black men are being exposed to the same bad nutrition as children that black women are but there's little height differential between black men and other groups of men.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:52:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669335, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Black women shrinking in height....where was this the Tribune? do you have a link? Its because of stress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:11:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669078, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As long as you don't realize that the Republican Party is the haven for unreconstructed religious and racist Southerners and threatened white middle-class who have continued to lose out since 1975, using blacks and immigrants as the whipping boys, then you will continue to misunderstand.  <br><br>We 'get it' ahead of time, all the time, and it always takes the rest of the country to 'get it' as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:00:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671244, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow...great info. MLk's family and associates have done a horrible job at spreading his true legacy. I am telling you. <br><br>Why are they inviting Rick Warren, what is he going to say?<br><br><br>Also, Yes, the GOP has actually been trying to exploit black churchgoers for a while. I guess they are picking up steam now that they feel they have something.<br><br>I am pretty tired of blacks allowing themselves to be used as pawns and scapegoats for political gain. Some black people just don't get it. <br><br>However why is it that no one has reported that their is a study of stats that are going to be released that shows that black support for Prop 8 was more 57% than 70% or even 68%. That will put black support more in line with latinos whites and asians who all voted for the proposition.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:27:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669409, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washblade.com/2007/5-25/view/columns/10663.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">There have been persistent rumors that Bernice is in the closet and that her spiritual and emotional crisis that precipitated a suicide attempt was all about her lesbianism.</a>  That's how Eddie Long got his mitts on her.  Her cousin, Alveda, also a minister, is the daughter of  Reverend A.D. King (the one that drowned in the swimming pool after his brother was shot), marched with her that time.  Isaac Farris, president of the King Center, is on board for this as well, and he is a King cousin.<br><br>MLK III and Bernice have been trying to rebuild the SCLC.  Not for purposes, I believe, that their mother or father would have approved of, particularly if Eddie Long has anything to do with it.<br><br>Previously, MLK III has said some pretty nasty public things about gays until his mother intervened.  I wouldn't be surprised if he talked the talk but didn't walk it, waiting for his mother's passing.<br><br>Dexter may not be what we think he is, either.<br><br>Here's<a href=\"http://www.coxwashington.com/reporters/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/20/2008/07/22/KING_FAMILY20_COX.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> the dispute about the direction of the King Center.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_10:53:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673688, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with you. How many times during this campaign season were folks of color told that they were just being ' too sensitive', and we just really 'didn't get it'.<br><br>Too many times to count.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_22:55:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670948, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jmee:   <i>and listen daily to his racists antics on that radio show that sucks and.  . ..</i><br><br>IFFFF I may:    -eh-hemmm!   Mi!  Mi!   Mi! Mi! [vocal warm-ups!]  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><i>And listened daily to racist rants from a <b>DRUGGED-OUT LUSH!!</b><br><br>Ohhhhhhh. . . . </i>   :&gt;) <br><br> I'm  tha-rough!!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  My brain hurts! :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_02:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4674090, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4703774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Girl, Coretta was getting her groove on with Harry Belafonte, which suited both of them because when she was seeing someone she thought she would remarry, the Black public gave her hell for what they perceived to be dishonoring Martin's memory by remarrying.<br><br>She would have done well to take a page out of Myrilie Evers' book - that sista met a fine brotha and remarried, even though she never gave up the quest to find justice for Medgar.  And she reportedly advised Coretta to live her life cause she couldn't curl up with a memory of Martin for the rest of her life.<br><br>I guess Martin's successor would have had to have been nothing short of Jesus, but Belafonte would have been up to the task if he hadn't been married at the time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_21:06:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4681802, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  \"WHYCOME\" <b>YOU SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   I CLEARLY remember THAT EVENT!!<br><br>I love YOUR RESPONSE!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Ima get somthin' ta eat.  EXCUSE ME!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:16:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673762, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4677058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lmao.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4676650, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4671945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_20:57:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671855, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4673996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jmee:   HEY!   :&gt;)      -Er,  -ummm - - Got any suggestions for WORDS!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:17:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673810, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WTF???", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_18:09:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4670308, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4701145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess I'm one of those not offended, since all Republicans feel this way, this gut is just saying what they say in private. The only thing I don't get is why any sane person of color would want to be part of such a hate filled, dimwitted regional party which thrives on racists stereotypes for votes?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_19:13:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8f1294d2189025175b2c43167428144", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673810, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669405": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "that's the obvious part...they are serious, and then, when you call them on it, it's like<br><br>'can't you take a joke? it's just SATIRE -  the new word for 'let me be a racist and accuse you offended 'minorities' of being 'too sensitive'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669315, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4669409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, Mike Duncan, who wants to continue as RNC chair, suddenly finds the song <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16876.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">offensive</a>. Like, no shit! Where was he when Limbaugh first unleased it MONTHS ago? Awww shucks, I forgot...they were trying to win an election by any means necessary. LOL! Who does Mike Duncan really think he is trying to fool? Does he really believe that we are like the poor white people in the Appalachian mountains who they use for votes during election season and then leave them to wallow in poverty and ignorance when it's all over? <br><br>Puhleeeeze! <br><br>Here's what's up? The people up in the GOP have themselves all convinced that the raw stats - which means absolutely nada - coming out of California's Prop 8 battle puts them in real contention for the black vote. So convinced are they that they have a shot at peeling away the black vote from the Democratic Party, last week on Lehrer's report, some conservative guy boldly suggested that PE Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the inauguration, was a way to keep the black folks happy. He cited the Prop 8 issue as proof. I was like, WTF? Black people couldn't give a fuck about Rick Warren because they don't know who he is. But guess what? It seems that they are about to because, according to Field Negro, Rick Warren was just invited to Ebenezer Baptist Church to celebrate MLK Day. Can you believe that sh*t y'all? I just wanted to retch when I read it. I neither like Rick Warren's viewpoints nor do I trust the man. <br><br>Concomitant with that, consider Newt Gingrich's very transparent attempts to become a \"friend\" of black people - he wants to be Cao's liaison to the black community, lambasting the RNC for the Obama-Blago ad etc. - all this on the heels of the passage of Prop 8. <br><br>Looksto me like they are after the black evangelicals, who they've always ignored, to build up a new Republican coalition, which could at the same time stymie any progressive efforts in the LGBT community, if the black democrats like John Lewis, Joseph Lowery et al don't start speaking out. And, yeah, if the LGBT leadership doesn't start informing and educating the black community about their quest for equal rights and mutual interests, like fighting HIV etc.<br><br>Thanks PE Obama! You've just let the Republican foxes into the Democratic Party's henhouse! I hope it works out for ya!<br><br>In the meantime, I say this to black folks: Don't be fooled! Don't let the GOP get their hands up under your skirts with working for it. Don't let them use you...<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_16:18:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4670948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Using satire to harpoon racial stereotypes appears to be in vogue and not relegated to the right. <br><br>The most glaring example is the July 21 cover of the\"New Yorker\" -- a left-leaning weekly publication -- that portrayed then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and wife, Michelle, as gun toting, turban and afro-wearing, fist bumping, Black nationalists. Let me not forget to mention on the cover a portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs over the fireplace in the Oval Office with an American flag burning inside. <br><br>Despite the numerous calls from leaders in the Black community and some political pundits to The New Yorker to print a retraction and issue an apology to the Obamas, the editors vigorously defended the illustration by saying it was satirical and non-offensive. In fact, New Yorker editor, David Reminck, went a step further and said that the cover reflected the \"prejudice and dark imagings\" about the Obama's past and their politics. <br><br>The intent of satire is to expose events or ideas in a way that ordinary news stories cannot. Satire is supposed to be funny as well as informative. The reason why it is difficult for Saltsman, New Yorker and other perpetrators to use satire as a legitimate defense because there is NOTHING funny nor informative about what they're doing!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_19:05:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669405, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4672997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:  <b>SPEAK TRUTH!!</b><br><br>They probably thought that \"STRANGE FRUIT\" was REALLY describing a new \"genetically-made\" fruit!  <br><br>I can't believe this LOW LEVEL of thinking! OOPS!! scratch \"thinking!\"  Insert -mentality!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-27_23:04:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4672284, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4676588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...yep, that's a keeper!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_10:59:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4671855, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4677103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Still too many people", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:52:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4669569, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4674035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Shoot, Green Lady, I went and got a piece of bread pudding after I wrote that. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_01:23:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4673985, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "8944183", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1228845765645260152}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 92, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 8944183, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">92</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:8944183" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:8944183" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:8944183" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'dear_rnc_here8217s_why_we_won8217t_take_you_seriously'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/8944183/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4670295" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670295" class="dsq-comment-message">(and a Merry Christmas to you too,  CPL)<br><br>I\'m not going to waste time/breath/effort trying to defend this....because there\'s no defense that could be given with a straight face.<br><br>All I will ask is, that when we Republicans/conservatives begin to show up in minority communities to actively reach out-and not go trolling for votes-that you take us seriously. Extend the benefit of the doubt, and see that some of us-admittedly, not all but <i>some</i>-do take minority communities seriously.<br><br>It\'s going to happen, and-at least for my part-sooner rather than later.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671102">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671102" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not going to happen, D.  The Republican party has shown black people time and time again that we are not needed or wanted under their big tent.  They know they can win elections WITHOUT black people, so there will NEVER be a serious effort to "reach out" to blacks.<br><br>I expect "minority outreach" to target Latinos and Asians, not blacks.  Even George Allen\'s "ethnic outreach meeting" this summer only invited Latinos and Asians, not blacks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4671244" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671244" class="dsq-comment-message">No, we can\'t anymore. And that feeling-that we can\'t win elections without bringing minorities to the table-is becoming more and more evident.<br><br>For my part, though, it\'s not about winning elections. Could care less. For me it\'s about winning-and in the case of the party, changing-hearts and minds.<br><br>Maybe my head\'s in the clouds. But I believe it\'s doable. And hopefully, I\'ll get a shot at proving you, and others here, wrong.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4671389" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671389" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671389" class="dsq-comment-message">As long as you don\'t realize that the Republican Party is the haven for unreconstructed religious and racist Southerners and threatened white middle-class who have continued to lose out since 1975, using blacks and immigrants as the whipping boys, then you will continue to misunderstand.  <br><br>We \'get it\' ahead of time, all the time, and it always takes the rest of the country to \'get it\' as well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4671490" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671490" class="dsq-comment-message">What am I misunderstanding?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4671524" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4671524" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671524" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s NOT going to change until these elements are out of the party.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4671545" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671545" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4671545" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671545" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671545" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t disagree. Some people are gonna have to go away.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673127">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673127" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673127" class="dsq-comment-message">These elements pretty much ARE the party.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4676355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676355" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4676355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676355" class="dsq-comment-message">True dat,  While the moderates simply say nothing out of fear or leave and become independents.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4673638" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673638" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673638" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673638" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>All I will ask is, that when we Republicans/conservatives begin to show up in minority communities to actively reach out-and not go trolling for votes-that you take us seriously. Extend the benefit of the doubt, and see that some of us-admittedly, not all but some-do take minority communities seriously.</i><br><br>Okay, D (Merry Christmas to you and yours, too) - I will give them the benefit of the doubt, but if I hear GOP ReThug talking points, and not a good sell for giving the Party some consideration, ALL BETS ARE OFF.<br><br>As a matter of fact, one of my closest friends and mentors in the Bay Area is a Republican - good brotha by the name of Samuel Wallace - a longtime member of the Bay Area GOP Vanguard.  He would always present reasoned arguments, such as taxation and whatnot - but he always got a good debate from me, regarding the policies you would consider "liberal" - i. e. good public education, effective social programs aimed at creating jobs and incentives for employee retention; programs to reorient and rehab ex-offenders back into society and give them gainful employment to reduce the recidivism rates, etc.  Not once did he give me a ReThug talking point, because he was also concerned about the Black community HE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN (Richmond/Contra Costa County, I believe), and he was the first businessman I knew that would hire brothas coming out the joint, and encouraged his Republican colleagues to do likewise, if for nothing else, the tax breaks they got from the State of California.<br><br>No other Black Republicans will speak directly to these issues - many times, they talk down and blame the downtrodden for their own predicament; never realizing that in a lot of instances, the system is set up to game the downtrodden into being further downtrodden.<br><br>I could write a book.  But, you did ask...however, in the meantime, is IT TOO MUCH TO ASK YOUR RACIST COLLEAGUES IN THE PARTY TO TONE DOWN THEIR BIGOTRY?  &lt;&lt;&lt;eyebrows raised&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673746" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673746" class="dsq-comment-message">And that\'s fair.<br><br>I\'m with you on the selling; the idiots over at NBRA pissed me off over that one. If all we can do is hammer liberals without presenting ourselves as something better, we lose the argument...and rightly so. At least the GOP in VA seems to get that.<br><br>Yeah, I could ask. I could go as far as to suggest that they not say this stuff out loud, cause it doesn\'t help what I\'m trying to do. Most likely, it\'ll fall on deaf ears.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673747" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673747" class="dsq-comment-message">The question is are these people the water-carriers or the decision-makers. Because we need to properly vet an ally and if it\'s all talk with no action...well what good is it going to do? There are those black conservatives who are so due to religious beliefs as well as fiscal conservatives and not self-hating, but they\'ve been hanging out on the sidelines and not sitting at the table or if they are, they\'re taking crumbs like a lot of Democrats. There\'s a lot of work that needs to be done and it will happen with a change in mindset and a long term plan in place. For example Rick Warren has spent years building up his political capital using religion as his springboard. You can best believe there are others already in place with their ducks in a row and most people are going to be standing by with their mouths open wondering how it happened.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670308" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4670308" href="http://MrLeeXSlave.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mr. Lee X Slave</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670308" class="dsq-comment-message">You have not heard anything yet, The Right Rev. J Wright is doing the remix with DIddy and T-Pain. You idiots probably just insured the Demoncrats another four years.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4670416" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670416" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670416" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4670490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4670490" href="http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">libhomo</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670490" class="dsq-comment-message">Chip Saltsman is the RNC\'s Rick Warren.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4670518" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670518" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670518">Urban Reason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670518" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670518" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, no doubt HRC and her husband, Billy Boy, went down that road. But clearly, it didn\'t work, as is evident by the fact that the 44th President of America will be Barack Obama (Damn, just typing that makes me feel good!). In any case, the fact remains that Conservatives are inherently racist. This is hardly an issue up for debate at this point. It just comes with the territory, so this doesn\'t really piss me off. I just find it a bit disconcerting that mature and moderate heads in their Party aren\'t doing anything constructive to stem this bullshit. They can keep going down this route though, it\'s all good. As I said already, it would be interesting watching these morons continue to drive themselves to electoral irrelevancy. Obviously, this Duncan character is only condemning this racist piece of shit now so as to one-up him in their race for the RNC chairmanship. SMFH.<br><br>And quite frankly, all their efforts to shave off black votes by appealing to our assumed sense of hostitlity towards any-and-everything gay will not work. At the end of the day, when issues are properly illuminated upon, people care about what they are going to eat. Nobody, at least nobody I know, really cares whether or not the next man like to try colorful things. <br><br>Republicans -- making racism funny. What a bunch of fucktards.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4670635" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670635">dilettante</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670635" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>My question: why hasn\'t my man Michael "Lexington" Steele said a damn thing yet? What\'s on Booker Rising?</i><br><br>There\'s a poll to <b>"ask"</b> if it was offensive...good thing Mike Duncan didn\'t check with the blog owner first ;-), his recently discovered offense at the material may have never made it to the light of day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4670733" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670733">Urban Reason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670733" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670733" class="dsq-comment-message">Because Steele is a scumbag, who will accuse the first black President of playing the race-card while keeping quiet like a good little chickenshit when real racist shit pops off within his own Party. He\'s the worst of the worst -- scum. <br><br>There\'s a civil war looming in the Republican ranks between Moderates, who want to see their Party head a different direction and Extremist nutjobs, who want to double down on the whole Palin worldview of Us vs Them, White vs Minorities, etc. I hope the extremist nutjobs win.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671763">indabush</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671763" class="dsq-comment-message">You spoke too soon.<br><br>One of Saltsman\'s rivals in the race for RNC chair, Ken Blackwell, an African-American himself, has defended Saltsman, dismissing the criticism as "hypersensitivity in the press"....."Unfortunately, there is hypersensitivity in the press regarding matters of race. This is in large measure due to President-Elect Obama being the first African-American elected president," said Blackwell, in a statement forwarded to Politico by an aide. "I don\'t think any of the concerns that have been expressed in the media about any of the other candidates for RNC chairman should disqualify them. When looked at in the proper context, these concerns are minimal. All of my competitors for this leadership post are fine people."<br><br>Is there any greater scumbag than this dude?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671855">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671855" class="dsq-comment-message">nope.<br><br>the voter-suppressor sambo blackwell knows no shuffle he wont do</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671945">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4671945" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671945" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4672678" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4672678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4672678" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4672678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672678" class="dsq-comment-message">lol!!! lmao!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4673072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673072">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673072" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4676588" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676588" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676588" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4676588" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676588" class="dsq-comment-message">...yep, that\'s a keeper!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673769" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673769" class="dsq-comment-message">Guess Mike Steele is going to have to go "street" on them...again.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670941">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670941" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4672284" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4672284">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672284" class="dsq-comment-message">Now, Shay Riley and some of the other White racist apologists at Booker Rising, don\'t seem to think that the phrase <i>Barack the Magic Negro</i> is offensive.   It\'s no wonder so many Republicans think that this kinda shyt is acceptable; they\'ve got servile kneegrows like that, trained to lap it up like sweet milk.<br><br>I swear; some of these kneegrows wouldn\'t see the offense of the noose around their necks until their eyes bugged and their bowels loosed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4672664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4672664" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672664" class="dsq-comment-message">It is offensive in the way in which these racist idiots are using it. Anyone who cannot see that is lying to themselves or just trying not to see it!<br><br>Magic Negro is actually a cinematic term used to describe a certain type of black character that is often played in movies.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4674632">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674632" class="dsq-comment-message">Rhondacoca:  Thanks for this information.  :&gt;)<br><br>Also, found it in Wiki:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro" rel="nofollow">Magical negro<br>From Wikipedia,</a><br><br><i>The magical negro (sometimes called the mystical negro or magic negro) is a supporting, often mystical stock character in fiction who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the white protagonist get out of trouble. The word negro, now considered by many as archaic and offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racist throwback, an update of the "Sambo" and "savage other" stereotypes.[1] Spike Lee popularized the term, deriding the archetype of the "super-duper magical negro" in 2001 while discussing films with students at Washington State University and at Yale University.[2][3]</i><br><br>Again, thank you!  :&gt;)<br><br>YES!  STILL OFFENSIVE!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4672997">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672997" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:  <b>SPEAK TRUTH!!</b><br><br>They probably thought that "STRANGE FRUIT" was REALLY describing a new "genetically-made" fruit!  <br><br>I can\'t believe this LOW LEVEL of thinking! OOPS!! scratch "thinking!"  Insert -mentality!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4673054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673054">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673054" class="dsq-comment-message">You Got It!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4673762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673762" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673762" class="dsq-comment-message">Even then, they would say, "Cletus is just playing; he\'ll let me down in a minute..." while they are literally breathing their last.<br><br>Ask Tiger Woods about playing "hangman" when he was a kid - his little white friends in the O.C. actually strung a damned noose around his neck, and he actually thought it was a game.<br><br>Why Earl Woods didn\'t turn into a brotha and go "hood" on his neighbors for teaching their kids that shyt, is the reason why Tiger saw nothing wrong with that; nor did he see anything wrong when he won his first Masters, and Fuzzy Zoeller was hollering about how Tiger was going to order fried chicken and collard greens for the Championship dinner.  If I were Tiger, I would have been on the phone to Big Mama with the menu of fried Chicken, Fried Catfish or Red Snapper; barbeque ribs, collard greens, mac and cheese, potato salad, some sweet-ass red punch and sweet tea to drink, and finish it off with red velvet cake from the Cake Man in Brooklyn, and Big Mama\'s peach cobbler, topped off with homemade ice cream.<br><br>I\'d had a menu for their ass that Phil Nickelson and champs since then would have requested a second and third time.<br><br>Damn...now I\'m hungry....LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673985">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673985" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  "WHYCOME" <b>YOU SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   I CLEARLY remember THAT EVENT!!<br><br>I love YOUR RESPONSE!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Ima get somthin\' ta eat.  EXCUSE ME!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4674035" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674035" class="dsq-comment-message">Shoot, Green Lady, I went and got a piece of bread pudding after I wrote that. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4674425">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674425" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   Ham,  cheese & crackers, apple pie with whipped cream!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;<br><br>Annnnnnd, <b>DIET Coke!!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  CHEERS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4676650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4676650">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676650" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s because Earl Woods himself claimed to be only 1/4 black, even though he looked like Mr. Jerome down the street who sat on his porch and played dominoes with Mr. Lamont and Mr. Tyrone.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676838" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4676838" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676838" class="dsq-comment-message">Earl Woods was a truly Louisiana Negro, imho.<br><br>Ward Connerly is like that, too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4680746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4680746" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4680746" class="dsq-comment-message">And, y\'all noticed that neither Earl nor Ward\'s Black Kinfolk arent\' rushing to the public to claim their asses, either, unless they can do it in terms of embarrassing these knee-grows by reminding the public that these jackasses have Black relatives.  LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4677058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4677058" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4677058" class="dsq-comment-message">lmao.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4678540">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4678540" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4680820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4680820" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4680820" class="dsq-comment-message">See, Town, I have Black relatives who look whiter than Earl Woods, and could have actually passed if they wanted to.  Earl trying to claim and looks like Bookman from "Good Times" - while brothas like G. K. Butterfield (CBC member) could actually pass and DIDN\'T.<br><br>I remember seeing Butterfield for the first time at a CBC conference about four years ago and he walked up to the panelists\' table - he\'d just won a special election when James Ballance had to bounce because he was about to get charged with corruption or some shyt; anywhoo, in walked Butterfield, and I took one look at him and had the same question as everybody else:<br><br>"Who\'s the White Guy on the Panel?"  and he told us he was the newest CBC member by saying, "I know what y\'all thinking: \'where\'s this white guy think he\'s going?\'" and we all busted up laughing because it was true.<br><br>Black guys light enough to pass for white (sorry, Dark SIth; your hair gives you away unless you touch up with texturizer), but don\'t; chocolate/charcoal brothas like Clarence and Earl Woods wanting to be white and CAN\'T. <br><br>I\'ll never understand that dynamic at all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4680955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4680955">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4680955" class="dsq-comment-message">Me neither, CPL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673062">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673062" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  <b>GREAT THREAD!!</b><br><br>All I can do is ****shake my head***    at this <b>LEVEL OF IGNORANCE!!</b><br><br>WHEW!!  DEEP BREATHS!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673810">Jmee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673810" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what if we came up with the song "Rush the Magic Pill Pilfering Honky" or "Rethugs the YT Party" we would be considered racists, but oh not them its okay to call Barack a Magic Negro" because obviously it has to be true.............. Utterly Pathetic!<br><br>The sad part is that those of us who share some conservatives views can\'t find it in our hearts to claim being a Rethuglican.  We continuously vote Independent due to the stupidity of the afore mentioned lack of melanin party.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673996" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4673996">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673996" class="dsq-comment-message">Jmee:   HEY!   :&gt;)      -Er,  -ummm - - Got any suggestions for WORDS!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4674090">Jmee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674090" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m thinking we can come up with a few together GL:<br> <br>Rush the Magic Pill Pilfering Honky lived by the creed<br>He hired a maid called Maria and made her buy his pills and weed <br><br>Those Racist YT Rethuglicans Loved themselves some Rush<br>and listen daily to his racists antics on that radio show that sucks and Oh <br><br>Rush the Pill Pilfering Honky..................</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4674478">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674478" class="dsq-comment-message">Jmee:   <i>and listen daily to his racists antics on that radio show that sucks and.  . ..</i><br><br>IFFFF I may:    -eh-hemmm!   Mi!  Mi!   Mi! Mi! [vocal warm-ups!]  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><i>And listened daily to racist rants from a <b>DRUGGED-OUT LUSH!!</b><br><br>Ohhhhhhh. . . . </i>   :&gt;) <br><br> I\'m  tha-rough!!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  My brain hurts! :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676150" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676150" class="dsq-comment-message">You forgot "Draft-Dodging Bastard with a Boil on his Butt" - he got out of going to \'Nam because of it.  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4701145" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4701145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4701145">Mike</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4701145" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I\'m one of those not offended, since all Republicans feel this way, this gut is just saying what they say in private. The only thing I don\'t get is why any sane person of color would want to be part of such a hate filled, dimwitted regional party which thrives on racists stereotypes for votes?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669078" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chris chambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669078" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the first shot in their internal civil war.  The Palins and crackers versus the Susan Collins etc. I guarantee you if this jumps to MSM big time the more PR-sensitive GOPers, plus folk w/aspirations beyond the bumpkin vote (like Bobby Jindal) will speak up.<br><br>My question: why hasn\'t my man Michael "Lexington" Steele said a damn thing yet?  What\'s on Booker Rising?<br><br>PS  I posted on this story about black women "shrinking" in height (from the Tribune). Are y\'all reverting to pygmies?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669335" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669335" class="dsq-comment-message">Black women shrinking in height....where was this the Tribune? do you have a link? Its because of stress.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671891">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671891" class="dsq-comment-message">The story theorized that black women are shrinking because<br><br>a) we are more likely to be overweight/obese than other groups of women<br><br>b) overweight/obese = poor nutrition which<br><br>c) leads to shorter heights<br><br>The story says that higher income black women are generally on par heightwise to white women than middle/lower income black women and that higher income black women could be in better health and getting more nutrients, which equals increased height.<br><br>The story also speculates that early puberty / early pregnancy could also account for why black women are shrinking in height, since black men are being exposed to the same bad nutrition as children that black women are but there\'s little height differential between black men and other groups of men.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4672602">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672602" class="dsq-comment-message">That is just really, really ignorant.  But, more importantly, what was the inspiration for someone to study and report on this?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673717" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673717" class="dsq-comment-message">As far as I\'m concerned, it\'s another arrow to shoot down sistas, so the brothas who want to date outside the race have another excuse for doing so, instead of fessing up and being honest about their preferences.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673882" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673882" class="dsq-comment-message">Which isn\'t a preference really, it\'s skin shade racism. Can you imagine the damage to a young girl\'s psyche to be told in so many direct and indirect ways how ugly and undesirable she is? Top that with the racism from whites and some of us living under constant attack in undesirable neighborhoods and you have the reason why so many of us internalize the pain and confusion with overeating. It\'s a coping mechanism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4674117" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674117" class="dsq-comment-message">For real.  I would NOT want to be a teenager these days.  Back in the day, all I worried about was missing the pill and getting preggers - these kids have ten times more shyt to deal with than my generation did...jeez.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4672722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4672722" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672722" class="dsq-comment-message">??</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4672745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4672745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4672745" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672745" class="dsq-comment-message">If I have to hear anymore bad news about black women, I am going get bleaching cream and try to pass. Then they want to know why little black girls want white dolls. OMG depressing, we are more likely to be single or divorced and left with big headed kids, we are undesirable, we are more likely to die from breast cancer, colon cancer and HIV and the list goes on but now this is the worse, we are shrinking? we are shrinking according to a study. Can these studies leave black women alone to live and die in peace!<br><br>Sorry.<br><br>p.s. I am joking about the bleaching cream.<br><br><br>p.s. of course I am kidding about the bleaching cream.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4676802" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4676802">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676802" class="dsq-comment-message">Well with Michelle in the White House I\'m sure the following studies will be released:<br><br>Are Black women genetically predisposed to look angry?  <br><br>Why are Black women more "masculine" looking than white women and is that the reason why Black women can\'t get married?  Do their odds of getting married increase when they start applying weaves and relaxers?<br><br>Does constant relaxer use increase Black women\'s asses?<br><br>Why are inadequate wimpy Black men attracted to strong, Amazonian, angry Black women?<br><br>Is a Black woman more or less likely to be angry or angry looking the straighter her hair is?<br><br>You know this is coming, so get ready.  Black women have ALWAYS been studied, probed and researched since the days of Sarah Baartman.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4677170" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4677170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4677170" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4677170" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4677170" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669315" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669315" class="dsq-comment-message">"Star Spanglish Banner"??? offensive...they cannot be serious.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669405" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4669405">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669405" class="dsq-comment-message">that\'s the obvious part...they are serious, and then, when you call them on it, it\'s like<br><br>\'can\'t you take a joke? it\'s just SATIRE -  the new word for \'let me be a racist and accuse you offended \'minorities\' of being \'too sensitive\'</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670948">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670948" class="dsq-comment-message">Using satire to harpoon racial stereotypes appears to be in vogue and not relegated to the right. <br><br>The most glaring example is the July 21 cover of the"New Yorker" -- a left-leaning weekly publication -- that portrayed then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and wife, Michelle, as gun toting, turban and afro-wearing, fist bumping, Black nationalists. Let me not forget to mention on the cover a portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs over the fireplace in the Oval Office with an American flag burning inside. <br><br>Despite the numerous calls from leaders in the Black community and some political pundits to The New Yorker to print a retraction and issue an apology to the Obamas, the editors vigorously defended the illustration by saying it was satirical and non-offensive. In fact, New Yorker editor, David Reminck, went a step further and said that the cover reflected the "prejudice and dark imagings" about the Obama\'s past and their politics. <br><br>The intent of satire is to expose events or ideas in a way that ordinary news stories cannot. Satire is supposed to be funny as well as informative. The reason why it is difficult for Saltsman, New Yorker and other perpetrators to use satire as a legitimate defense because there is NOTHING funny nor informative about what they\'re doing!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4671063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4671063">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4671063" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4672931">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672931" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with you. How many times during this campaign season were folks of color told that they were just being \' too sensitive\', and we just really \'didn\'t get it\'.<br><br>Too many times to count.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673705" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673705" class="dsq-comment-message">We probably need to get that "too-race-sensitive" Wiki going again.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673700" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673700" class="dsq-comment-message">Some shyt is NOT FUNNY.<br><br>But, maybe if I bash their head in as a response, and they call the cops, I\'ll see if I get out of it by saying <b><i>"You Can\'t Take a Joke?  I was only playing when I bashed your head in to see if it would hurt, or if it would really bleed...."</b></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4669409">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669409" class="dsq-comment-message">So, Mike Duncan, who wants to continue as RNC chair, suddenly finds the song <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16876.html" rel="nofollow">offensive</a>. Like, no shit! Where was he when Limbaugh first unleased it MONTHS ago? Awww shucks, I forgot...they were trying to win an election by any means necessary. LOL! Who does Mike Duncan really think he is trying to fool? Does he really believe that we are like the poor white people in the Appalachian mountains who they use for votes during election season and then leave them to wallow in poverty and ignorance when it\'s all over? <br><br>Puhleeeeze! <br><br>Here\'s what\'s up? The people up in the GOP have themselves all convinced that the raw stats - which means absolutely nada - coming out of California\'s Prop 8 battle puts them in real contention for the black vote. So convinced are they that they have a shot at peeling away the black vote from the Democratic Party, last week on Lehrer\'s report, some conservative guy boldly suggested that PE Obama\'s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the inauguration, was a way to keep the black folks happy. He cited the Prop 8 issue as proof. I was like, WTF? Black people couldn\'t give a fuck about Rick Warren because they don\'t know who he is. But guess what? It seems that they are about to because, according to Field Negro, Rick Warren was just invited to Ebenezer Baptist Church to celebrate MLK Day. Can you believe that sh*t y\'all? I just wanted to retch when I read it. I neither like Rick Warren\'s viewpoints nor do I trust the man. <br><br>Concomitant with that, consider Newt Gingrich\'s very transparent attempts to become a "friend" of black people - he wants to be Cao\'s liaison to the black community, lambasting the RNC for the Obama-Blago ad etc. - all this on the heels of the passage of Prop 8. <br><br>Looksto me like they are after the black evangelicals, who they\'ve always ignored, to build up a new Republican coalition, which could at the same time stymie any progressive efforts in the LGBT community, if the black democrats like John Lewis, Joseph Lowery et al don\'t start speaking out. And, yeah, if the LGBT leadership doesn\'t start informing and educating the black community about their quest for equal rights and mutual interests, like fighting HIV etc.<br><br>Thanks PE Obama! You\'ve just let the Republican foxes into the Democratic Party\'s henhouse! I hope it works out for ya!<br><br>In the meantime, I say this to black folks: Don\'t be fooled! Don\'t let the GOP get their hands up under your skirts with working for it. Don\'t let them use you...<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673818" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673818" class="dsq-comment-message">We may not like Rick Warren but a lot of people do. He\'s been selectively strategizing for more than two decades to get to this point. Bernice King personally invited Warren if I\'m not mistaken. This is a power grab, pure and simple and it was a long-planned for goal. This was no accident. These are religious \'conservatives\', who are opposed to homosexuality, abortion, stem cell research and a host of other things. They are not above using their religious platform for political gain. The question is where is the \'liberal\' equivalent of a Rick Warren? Here\'s yet another white man who was groomed and planned for this rise in power. Where are the Black people, where are the Black women specifically? This is part of the reason why Obama went after the Evangelicals. The interesting thing about Warren to me, anyway is that 40 years ago he would\'ve been a Southern strategist through and through in my opinion and would\'ve been right up there with Strom Thurman and Bull Connor. I could be wrong but....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4674056" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674056" class="dsq-comment-message">HeartsandFlowers, the liberal equivalent of Rick Warren is Jim Wallis of Sojourner\'s.  And he wrote a very good book called "God\'s Politics" which is a must read for those with Christian, Progressive and Liberal values/ideology (which is where I coined my screen name because Sojourner\'s practices a progressive Christian ideology that I could get behind)&gt;</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4674091" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674091" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok thanks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4677338">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4677338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4677338" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish Obama had chosen him to do the invocation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4703583" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4703583" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4703583" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.  <br><br>There wouldn\'t be half the mess happening now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669509" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669509" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...great info. MLk\'s family and associates have done a horrible job at spreading his true legacy. I am telling you. <br><br>Why are they inviting Rick Warren, what is he going to say?<br><br><br>Also, Yes, the GOP has actually been trying to exploit black churchgoers for a while. I guess they are picking up steam now that they feel they have something.<br><br>I am pretty tired of blacks allowing themselves to be used as pawns and scapegoats for political gain. Some black people just don\'t get it. <br><br>However why is it that no one has reported that their is a study of stats that are going to be released that shows that black support for Prop 8 was more 57% than 70% or even 68%. That will put black support more in line with latinos whites and asians who all voted for the proposition.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673688" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673688" class="dsq-comment-message">I bet Bernice King is behind this - she\'s the only one of the King family that\'s actively homophobic - enough to march in protest of gay marriage back in 2005, and almost got Tavis Smiley to pull his Negro Super Bowl event from New Birth Baptist Church as a result of her protests, along with Bishop Eddie Long.<br><br>The Good "Bishop" saw Tavis\' event leaving his church, and the revenue plus national publicity going out the door, so they toned it down for that weekend, because one of Tavis\' panelists was one of Clinton\'s former staffers, a gay African-American man.  As I said, Fast Eddie saw the dollars from Tavis\' event leaving (cause Tavis threatened to pull the event and go elsewhere because of the gay-bashing by Long and Bernice), and kept Rev. Bernice out of sight the whole weekend until the Negro Super Bowl was over.<br><br>It seems only the older kids (MLK III, and Yolanda) actually understood their father\'s legacy, while Bernice and Dexter are pimping it for fun and profit.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676514" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676514" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washblade.com/2007/5-25/view/columns/10663.cfm" rel="nofollow">There have been persistent rumors that Bernice is in the closet and that her spiritual and emotional crisis that precipitated a suicide attempt was all about her lesbianism.</a>  That\'s how Eddie Long got his mitts on her.  Her cousin, Alveda, also a minister, is the daughter of  Reverend A.D. King (the one that drowned in the swimming pool after his brother was shot), marched with her that time.  Isaac Farris, president of the King Center, is on board for this as well, and he is a King cousin.<br><br>MLK III and Bernice have been trying to rebuild the SCLC.  Not for purposes, I believe, that their mother or father would have approved of, particularly if Eddie Long has anything to do with it.<br><br>Previously, MLK III has said some pretty nasty public things about gays until his mother intervened.  I wouldn\'t be surprised if he talked the talk but didn\'t walk it, waiting for his mother\'s passing.<br><br>Dexter may not be what we think he is, either.<br><br>Here\'s<a href="http://www.coxwashington.com/reporters/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/20/2008/07/22/KING_FAMILY20_COX.html" rel="nofollow"> the dispute about the direction of the King Center.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4680337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4680337" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4680337" class="dsq-comment-message">I met Bernice in person at an affirmative action conference I attended back in 2005, and I got that "vibe" from her that she might be gay and having issues with that.  Dexter is also rumored to be gay, and it was speculated about Marty until he produced a wife and offspring (which doesn\'t mean much these days because gays and lesbians have produced offspring and married in the hopes of keeping themselves firmly in their closets).<br><br>And you notice none of this shyt broke out until after Coretta was buried, and really went upscale after Yolanda passed.<br><br>The gay brotha on Tavis\' agenda at the SOBU back in \'05 is named Keith Boykin - I couldn\'t remember the name at first.  He and Jasmyne Cannick started a website which questioned which prominent Black pastors were possibly in the closet, and if you click on the link, you\'ll see Eddie Long\'s name is on that list. <br><br>Just sayin\'.<br><br><a href="http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-outing-campaign-targets-black.html" rel="nofollow">http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-outing...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4681802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4681802" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4681802" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Oh, boy.</i><br><br><b>Reading material!</b><br><br>Boykin I have tracked before, but Cannick I haven\'t so I\'ll be looking at their websites for news.<br><br>My information was that one of the King men was gay, but I couldn\'t figure out which one some critics have fastened on..  True--you could be married and still be gay--but what gets me is that I never heard <i>any</i> of the younger Kings having a social life and boy/girlfriends <i>until recently.</i>  Now I can understand--there would only be one man for Coretta, but the kids seemed in a box.<br><br>You hear about these guys: (Haggard, Jim Bakker, the list goes on and on) doing the holier than thou number and then they turn out to be gay or bisexual.  Which makes me think that the louder these kinds of people point the finger at gays, the more it looks like the speakers have <i>some issues.</i><br><br>...thanks again!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4703774" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4703774" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4703774" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl, Coretta was getting her groove on with Harry Belafonte, which suited both of them because when she was seeing someone she thought she would remarry, the Black public gave her hell for what they perceived to be dishonoring Martin\'s memory by remarrying.<br><br>She would have done well to take a page out of Myrilie Evers\' book - that sista met a fine brotha and remarried, even though she never gave up the quest to find justice for Medgar.  And she reportedly advised Coretta to live her life cause she couldn\'t curl up with a memory of Martin for the rest of her life.<br><br>I guess Martin\'s successor would have had to have been nothing short of Jesus, but Belafonte would have been up to the task if he hadn\'t been married at the time.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4673840">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4673840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4673840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4673840" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4673840" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4673840" class="dsq-comment-message">The Black vote such that is in in CA is not that great with a 6.2%age of residents and even less voters who are registered and/or went to the polls. It was a few hundred thousand votes around 450K.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4676123">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4676123" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4676123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4676123" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4676123" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4676123" class="dsq-comment-message">Which statistically proves that there\'s no way in hell Black people were responsible for the passage of Prop. 8 - Matt Drudge and like-minded gay media like Andrew Sullivan took that "70%" and ran with it to blame Black people for something over which we had NO CONTROL.<br><br>The White Gays\' Bigotry was Shown, and in loud fashion, too.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4678963">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4678963" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4678963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4678963" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4678963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4678963" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh and don\'t forget a-hole extraordinaire Dan Savage whl knew he\'d unleashed every racist white gay of his readership and simply walked away and washed his hands of it. Still there\'s no excuse for homophobia. But I have also learned how imperative it is to monitor when other people would lay claim to oppression on the backs of Blacks. Even so far as those Blacks who\'d separate themselves as being better somehow.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4674095">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4674095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4674095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4674095" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4674095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4674095" class="dsq-comment-message">I keep getting POed at the 70% of Black People, when the facts indicated that it was 70% of Black People participating in the EXIT POLL - not 70% of African-Americans who actually voted in the state of California.  You and I both know that African-Americans make up 12% of the entire state population in California, which would be around 4.5 million people.  Even if all 4.5 million Black folk in California were all registered to vote and went to the polls, this is still a statistical impossibility.  How quickly they forget that Latinos make up more than 50% of the state\'s population, and even then, it would assume that all 50% of the Latino population was legal citizens registered to vote as well.<br><br>It was easier to inflame the white gay community than to put the blame for the passage of Prop. 8 on the lazy white gay leaders who just "assumed" that POC would get into their boat and vote in lockstep, while not bothering to go into those communities and do outreach and education on the initiative.  It\'s their fault, but it was easier to make Andrew Sullivan and John Aravosis flame up and blame US.<br><br>That has left a nasty taste in my mouth that Listerine hasn\'t killed yet.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4669629">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4669629">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669629" class="dsq-comment-message">Where did you hear about this study? Any links? Thanks.<br><br>T.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4672708">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4672708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4672708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4672708" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4672708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4672708" class="dsq-comment-message">Head over to the black agenda report, Margaret Kimberly wrote a piece where she has a link to it. I will find it and link it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4669477">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669477" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4669477">Urban Reason</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669477" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669477" class="dsq-comment-message">This is funny -- in a sad way. I find that Conservatives, generally, are inherently racist. It doesn\'t take much prompting for the them to start blurting out general foolishness. Here, you have a white guy who has done something that is clearly moronic and inexcusable, instead of him to tender an apology and blame it on a momentary lack of common sense, he ascribes his stupid action to humor. Black people who associate themselves with Conservative ideology or people amaze me. And one wonder why moderate Republicans don\'t speak out against shit like this. It\'s just a damn shame. As America continues to grow more diverse and multi-cultural, it would be interesting to see where these racist son-of-bitches hide their heads. How would they play their ploitics? How would they wage a serious fight for the electoral college when they cannot win states beyond the deep south? These people are absolute morons.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4669542">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669542" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669542" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669542" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669542" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately, while they are currently the underdogs, when it comes to minorites and issues having to do with minorites, they have much of the white American population in lock step aggrement. Please remember that in this past election, the popular vote was too close for comfort: 52-48. There is a sizable group of Americans who will still at least take a risk with their ideologies.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4669569">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4669569">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669569" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually the popular vote was 52.9%- 45.7%</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4677103">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4677103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4677103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4677103" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4677103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4677103" class="dsq-comment-message">Still too many people</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4677352">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4677352" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4677352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4677352">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4677352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4677352" class="dsq-comment-message">True</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4669830">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4669830" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4669830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4669830" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4669830" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4669830" class="dsq-comment-message">The <a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2008/12/even-chariman-of-rnc-is-shocked-at-its.html" rel="nofollow">RNC Chairman</a> has condemned this, but I think he is a day late and a dollar short.<br><br>The bottom line is this, all this crap and it was RACIST was thrown at us through the primaries, yes HRC went downt his road, and definitely through the general.  If the public wanted this they would have <b>VOTED FOR IT.</b><br><br>That is what they don\'t get.  Yet.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4670176">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4670176" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4670176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4670176">Denise</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4670176" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4670176" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s another BIG reason  the GOP ain\'t ready for prime-time - racist outreach strategies that overlook people like this:  <a href="http://www.truveo.com/The-debate-watched-from-Harlem/id/2582858867" rel="nofollow">http://www.truveo.com/The-debate-watched-from-H...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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