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I mean are you kidding me?  Is that what makes people qualified to be President these days?  Deep theological questions that everybody and their Aunt Mary has a different opinion on?  <br><br>Moses smell the roses, I can't wait for November.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:11:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It wasn't a debate. Obama did not lose. McCain did not win. 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An adulterer, liar and cheat married to a lying, cheating drug addict.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:40:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602300, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't make sense out of nonsense. You're absolutely right, as is Monie. Now who in their right mind is buying any of this. Its so foolish I actually find it too stupid not to laugh. I know its beyond reprehensible, but damn, this is like a script for some upcoming Will Ferrell/Steve Carrell flick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:03:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see. So Evangelicals are to abandon their commitment to the unborn, their support of traditional marriage, support for school choice and confidence in our military to achieve victory in Iraq simply because you wish it so.<br><br>Tell me why you believe conservative Evangelicals Christians, who have voted overwhelmingly Republican and voted for Bush would flock to Obama?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:07:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602376, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And here Im thinking you were turdblossom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:38:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605048, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's been singing that song since Sanchez interviewed him.  He's been catching hell all day, no doubt.  He actually said he'd been talking about it all day.  I am sure that people in his faith understand basic fairness and were disappointed in how it was handled.<br><br>He can't run a mulit-million dollar organization and  be that naive not to understand that it was dishonest.   He's full of shit.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:42:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620341, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1619992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can McCain's camp get any stranger? Why would you......oh hell....nevermind. I just gotta laugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:40:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1619887, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606831": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Very good point D, but try pointing that out to some of your conservative colleagues. <br><br>I have my own issues with the fact that women can and do use abortion as a birth control method (I do realize that this is not the case in the majority of circumstances).  However, what scares me more is if abortion was illegal.  What people have failed to realize, or don't care about, is just because something is illegal, doesn't make the person's mindset change.  If they really don't want to be pregnant/have a baby, then they will find other ways to alleviate the problem.<br><br>At least with legal abortion, the health of the mother is protected to an extent because it is performed by licensed physicians.  But if abortion were illegal, and as a result criminalized, that could yield tragic results for many women.  <br><br>Which is why, even if you are pro-life, I would think that you could still get behind measures to reduce unwanted pregnancy and by default abortions (which Obama has been advocating by the way)--but that's not the argument that we focus on in these elections is it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:32:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604548, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Both.<br>McCain definitely did it on purpose.<br>Warren enabled him to do it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:53:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604243, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've already e-mailed my questions.  I imagine there will be hundreds similar sent into the show.  People are really annoyed about this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:39:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605084, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was not an \"open forum\".  Do you even know what an open forum is?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603632, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Blllllaaahhh - not even, he walks like Frankenstein.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:06:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603941, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Both posts are great. I think Obama has to do these religion forums. By him answering calmly he has a fighting chance  to change some people's  minds. It does suck.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:44:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604985, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, a bone:<br><br>For the actual presidential debates, Obama should show up at least half an hour late. And McCain should debate in the nude, lest anyone accuse him of having a wire.<br><br>Foolish, I know.....but then again, so is harping up and down about whether someone cheated in a open forum.<br><br>How the hell do you do that, again?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:29:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602633, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Compulsive liar.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:10:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1619887, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What? <br>You mean McCain wasn't in The Cone Of Silence?<br>Oops.<br>Sorry about that, Chief.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:29:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1605683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The coin toss did occur days before the forum: <a href=\"http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warren-going-people-2118790-forum-don\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warren-going...</a><br><br>It still doesn't explain why Warren said McCain was in the \"cone of silence\" when he wasn't even in the building, nor does it explain why McCain has answers for questions before they were asked. Sorry, but we've seen McCain in plenty of \"hummina, hummina\" moments to suspect that Saturday's forum was fixed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:34:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605084, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course...he regrets us learning that the demise of his first marriage and the birth of his second happened in the course of a month.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:30:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602466, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ask Mc Cain.<br>He did it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:30:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603632, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Both are to blame.<br><br>Warren lied to the audience by claiming McCain was backstage in a Cone of Silence (when he knew McCain wasn't even in the building) and McCain lied by claiming he was in the Cone of Silence when he wasn't even in the building.<br><br>The fair and right thing to do would be to disclose that McCain wasn't there.  <br><br>Both are to blame.  And if Obama had done this, every chattering teefes on TV would be analyzing Obama and wondering if Michelle was feeding him the answers etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604243, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "By oyhers, I meant others that I read like s and karmi etc.<br><br>But I hear you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:41:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603888, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wait, when did evangelical issues spread to school choice and victory in Iraq?  Did I miss something?  Aren't you grouping together conservative issues with evangelical issues?  <br><br>IAnd  won't make any assumptions here, but there are a whole host of reasons that traditional evangelicals would \"flock\" to Obama.<br><br>Look what voting for Bush got them.  Back in the day, he was the dark knight that was going to save Christians from the evil married gay people, now, we have an economy in the dumps, outrageous gas prices, a mortgage mess, and ...wait for it....evil married gay people.  <br><br>Maybe people will be encouraged to think outside of the box this time around.  But then again, maybe not.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:24:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602575, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thats it, Iraq is the clusterf*ck because of Clinton.When all else fails reThugs blame everything on Clinton.And before you reply I know that Clinton sign that insane piece of legislation because of his own ineptitude but never would he have committed our army into that hellhole", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:55:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604453, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lets just keep it real...dont try and make sense out of nonsense. We know there was no coin toss, we know darn well McCain wasn't \"running late\"...gimme a break. Lets just KEEP IT REAL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:41:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604976, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That was the best answer I've heard to any question all year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606727, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1612356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am already sick of the words \"cone of silence.\"<br><br>What does the disclosure gain? There was no similarity between the candidates' answers as far as I read.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:58:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606712, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>I do not think that reason and logic will prevail here today. This is the line of attack and they are sticking to it. <br><br>Obama has less of a chance of peeling away the Evangelical vote from McCain than ever before.  Obama's policy positions simply do not square with the values they hold most dear. They are conservative, Obama is not. <br><br>But Obama supporters have convinced themselves that McCain is such a weak candidate who does not stand a chance against Obama. How could this old, out-of-touch, warmonger connect with his base? The base is supposed to hate him.  They are supposed to stay home, or better yet, vote for Obama.<br><br>But that didn't happen. So now reality has reared its head, the base may cme out for McCain afterall. McCain may be able to hold his own against Obama in the debates? McCain is keeping the race close and confidence in McCain is growing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 30, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601826, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They both worked in concert to deceive and mislead.<br><br>If the rules were not to be actively enforced, and instead the candidates were expected to act on an \"honour system\".  Then McCain has failed that \"honour\" test.   He has proven once again, to be devoid of any objective measure of honour.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604243, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "...it was kinda creepy.  O was right to say it's above his pay grade.  Best leave those questions to the would-be guardians of the human soul.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606657, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So it matters what the setting is...oh.......So even though both camps agreed to certain rules, it would be okay if one party didn't actually follow those rules because, this setting wasn't a \"debate\"...and only in a \"debate\" are you actually obligated to follow any rules. Oh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:13:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602552, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's keep this real:<br><br>If OBAMA had not been in the \"Cone of Silence\" and was 30 minutes late to the forum, first off you'd have the chattering teefes complaining that Obama didn't respect Warren enough to show up on time.<br><br>Then the chattering teefes would have speculated that Obama had the questions in advance, that he cheated, that his behavior is suspect and they had every right to question what went down.<br><br>Obama's been raked over the coals for less.<br><br>There were rules established, and McCain broke those rules.  I think it's more than fair for people to question what went down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:09:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602552, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McSame's \"honor.\" Please. \"He told us he didn't hear anything?\" Exactly when did Pastor Rick stop believing in the tooth fairy?<br><br>In God and His Son, Jesus Christ, I trust; all others must provide evidence.<br><br>It's very simple. McSame should have been at the appointed place at the appointed time. Period. Allow for traffic. Otherwise, you open yourself to the appearance of impropiety. <br><br>Besides, an honorable man would have followed the rules--not pretending to do so.<br><br>Obama went into the lion's den and performed well with a group not his base. White evangelicals are *supposed* to be McSame's--and he had to cheat to get even THAT right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:14:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1601976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Haha! See my response below about the specificity of their nondenial denial.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:21:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Carnacki", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601947, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think if Obama can peel off younger Christians over to his side, it would be very damaging to McCain.  I read somewhere that Bush got 78% of the evangelical vote.  McCain is not likely to get that level of support.  If Obama can peel off \"some\" of those voters, it could make a real difference.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:23:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605017, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Concern troll.<br><br>Does anyone notice s is first out of the gate on this post???  S was the first person to respond when I commented about Rick Sanchez's interview yesterday.....<br><br>Must have hit a spot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601433, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So if (3) black people don't agree or support Obama, the media puts out there that \"The Black Community\" doesn't have his back...but we have a group of Vietnam vets against McCain and NO one is talking about this?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vietname Vets Against McCain</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:10:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1608285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Toll free number to call Larry King tonite and talk to Rick Warren<br>1-800-676-2100", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:51:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a little far fetched.....you're suggesting that 5-6 people had a hand in planting intelligence over the course of years<br><br>And let's not forget that <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton#Military_and_foreign_events\" rel=\"nofollow\">regime change in Iraq was signed into law under President Clinton.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:32:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604325, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He misled his audience.  At the time he talked about a coin toss, I doubt anyone believed that it had occurred days before, without the participation of the candidates.  Why perform a coin toss at all, why not choose arbitrarily?  Things like coin tosses are done for the APPEARANCE of fairness.  To do one in secret without participation of both parties defeats the purpose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605683, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1630312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The coverage of the \"cone of silence\" yesterday only focused on McCain being late to the forum, but why didn't the media focuse on his answers to the questions as well? You have to put BOTH together -- like the blogosphere has -- to show that McCain got those questions beforehand. He even answered a question BEFORE it was ever asked, but the media chose to ignore that, instead trying to paint bloggers and Obama supporters as a bunch of whiners who were pissed because \"McCain did better\" at the forum. And what about McCain LYING about the cross in the dirt story? *SMH*<br><br>The Democratic Strategist that appeared on Hardball last night pissed me off, trying to poo-poo McCain's late arrival to the forum, as well as subtly making fun of the blogosphere for pointing it out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_07:55:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1606249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There must be a word for a phenomon whereby people in different places all  reach the same conclusion at the same time.  I can't tell you how many phone calls and emails I received after the Saddleback forum from friends saying \"didn't it seem like McCain knew the questions beforehand?\"  Where's there's smoke, there's fire.  Just sayin'.<br><br>And, I saw this comment on another blog in response to the pundits falling all over themselves to declare McCain the \"winner\" on Saturday night.   I'm paraphrasing but it goes something like this:<br><br>\"One person is thoughtful and measured and deliberate, but the other guy is declared the winner?\"<br><br>I thought that was pretty perfect.  The traditional media truly cannot wrap their brain around the fact that Barack truly may/will/has to, please God! win this thing.  They are all complicit in attempting to ensure that it doesn't happen, in my view.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:47:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "pmof2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S has been earning his points today.  But you should be getting up to the knife set real soon.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:12:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603487, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's safe to say that Rev. Warren lied, somewhere. <br><br>Is he in the tank for McCain? Don't know.<br><br>The only thing McCain got out of this was probably a boost among evangelicals who weren't that enthused about him in the first place....but couldn't reconcile a vote for Obama with their principles. <br><br>At best, Obama's still up in the polls. At worst, it's a statistical tie. Nothing's changed.<br><br>Is winning in every forum worth the Obama insurgency coming off as a group of whiners?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:01:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604515, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In all fairness, you can't ask McCain today. That was a whole 48 hours ago, no way in hell he remembers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:36:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603639, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now I get it evangelicals want a theocratic government  who wants to control our lives and according to American conservatism they believe in limited gov. , sound fiscal policies and no unnecessary foreign adventures.<br>Hmm I guess reTHUGS fail all way around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:47:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605011, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't do it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:36:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603487, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whether this is a debate or not, this forum should not have started until both candidates had arrived.  Rick Warren chose to ask them the same questions in an effort to remain objective in his questioning---so it is only fair and objective to have made sure that both candidates were subject to the exact same treatment.  I would have rather heard an annoucement that McCain had not arrived and the forum is running behind schedule, then to later find out, he was not in a purported \"cone of silence\" during the entire duration of this forum.  So the question is still valid, because just like any debate, this forum will be used to shape voter's mind by introducing them to the candidate's thoughts.   Though in the case of McCain, it may be likely his thoughts were prepped beforehand. So now, you can chew on this bone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:36:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602552, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're right.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:41:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let me understand this. Obama did badly on Saturday night not because he is a phoney but because McCain was secretly listening. I guess if Obama is electd president we need to put McCain in a cone of silence for 4 or 8 years so Obama can have a successful presidency?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:13:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c746aa1166ab3c978646b4162c2452f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1603717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, I am on your side. I read all the words you post with as little self commentary as possible. Unlike a some others. I read your words as statement not as argument. I like that, I don't always agree but I don't think that has any bearing on why you post. It is an exchange of ideas not a rapping of knuckles.<br><br>I'll confess to rapping s's knuckles. My bad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:37:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603487, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You'll just have to keep wondering.  Chump.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:29:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605789, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've already shot down \"your take on it\".<br><br>Dick and Jane is rudimentary logic for kindergaten....a simple introduction to time lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:51:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602552, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If those are positions that so called Christan's hold dear then thank the flying humpback turtle I'm not a believer", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:38:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602575, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1630354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You make a good point about the coin toss, Truth. Why do it behind close doors? And who's to say that a coin toss really took place. This \"faith forum\" has all kinds of shady to it.<br><br><b>Then he said McCain teared up 3 times when he was answering.</b><br><br>And it was a bold face LIE! McCain didn't tear up at all! Him saying that exposed what this forum was really about. <br><br>I'm thoroughly disgusted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_08:04:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620008, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, then.....an objective question:<br><br>Under your scenario, who's to blame: McCain or Warren?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:15:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603710, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What's the point?<br>If he were, the MSM would spin it as a victory for McCain.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Does Rick Warren think he's slick?  He said the Secret Service would have reported if McCain had listened to the broadcast.  Is he out of his mind?<br><br>I worked in the book Industry when that fucker's books came out; they were like an infestation.  Next time I go to the library, I'm going to rip out the last pages of every one I can find.<br><br>Larry King needs to go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:54:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605683, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As a pro-lifer and former Evangelical, I can tell  you that there's a big contradiction in being a pro-life republican and at the same time pro-Iraq war. How can you be for the unborn, yet when it comes to the Iraqis all you talk about is Victory? Victory at the expense of what? More iraqi's lives which you obviously dont care about.  By the way, can you define victory for me! What are we \"winning\" in Iraq other than the hostile take over of that country's natural resources, something which you, yourself, would never see the benefits of.<br><br>Now, you're totally right, they wont flock to Obama.  But I tell you this much, given that the last eight years have shown the evangelical movement for the fraud they are (and I say this as a former evangelical who has stood in front of the supreme court protesting roe v. wade), Obama shouldnt be courting them.  If anything, he should be pointing out that the last eight years of republican/Evangelical rule have been the most disastrous  periods in American history.  We should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER want to comeback to the days of evangelical george bush, or evangelical tom delay, or evangelical al gonzalez, or evangelical monica goodwin.....And that, my friend, is why I'm supporting Obama despite the fact that that I've a different worldview than he does.  Because I seriously dont think I could live another day under a Bush-Cheney lite in the form of McSame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:39:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602575, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1607321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Warren is on Larry King Live at 6 PM Pacific time- call with your questions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:45:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1605789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You made a funnee!!! :)<br><br>Find a place to vote here yet?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:44:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605616, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S, McCain was Pro-Choice before Rove and company got a hold of his ass.<br><br>Additionally, he was known as a \"maverick\" because he seemed to be the only Republican with some sense.<br><br>That common sense is noticeably absent in his quest to become POTUS.<br><br>As the British would say, \"Sod Off, Troll.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602466, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1630369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081802434.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Candidates Got Advance Look at Questions</a><br><br><i>Spokesman A. Larry Ross said the candidates had agreed that McCain would not listen to Obama's interview, which came first by a coin-flip agreement. But Ross said Warren gave them both a sense of what to expect. <br><br>Warren provided McCain and Obama with the four subject areas, Ross said -- leadership, stewardship, worldview and international compassion -- and provided them a sense of the themes he would ask about, including topics such as energy and taxes. <br><br>He also offered three examples of questions he planned to ask: What is your greatest moral failure? What is America's greatest moral failure? Who are the three people you rely on for wise advice? <br><br>\"He wanted to give them an idea of where he wanted to go with this,\" Ross said in an interview.</i><br><br>Can this be put to rest now.....or is the next argument over who got more information out of Warren?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_08:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain incorporated the best of Obama's responses into his own thin answers.  He also - having knowledge of Obama's responses - attacked Obama on those responses.  In that sense it was a debate, but weighted against one candidate while favouring the other.<br><br>Dick and Jane.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:40:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602052, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've already seen him referred to as the \"Purpose Driven Lie.\" He should not sacrifice whatever credibility he has on covering for McSame. <br><br>Geez...if McSame would tell a bald-face lie in church, he'll definitely tell a bald-face lie in the Oval Office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:17:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As for the \"define rich\" question.....<br><br>McCain's response was deeply revealing.  In matters of public policy and govenment, \"rich\" is not a subjective, psychological measure....as per McCain's response that some of the wealthiest people he knows are the most unhappy.  In government, \"rich\" is a statistical measure.  John McCain seemed not to know this.  He seemed unaware of population income ratios.  McCain offered a vacuous, subjective response to the question of what is \"rich\".<br><br>Obama hit the nail on the head that the matter was \"relative\".  He said that people who earned above 150,000 annually, were in the top 2 percent....startling considering how low that number is as representation of only 2 percent.   One would think - having heard how prosperous the USA is, and it's access to higher education - that there are far more people making over 150,000.<br><br>Maybe people believe the mythology, rather than the facts.  McCain, instinctively responded with the mythology (meaningless platitude that rich people aren't really happy),  while Obama responded with the facts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:17:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hopefully, this will hurt Rick Warren as much as it does McCain. After all, hasn't he tried to present himself as a \"maverick\", copnared with the other fundies? We now know that's a damned lie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:26:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1602233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So you don't attach any term to McCain possibly listening to Obama's responses (or any part thereof) prior to his own turn. You don't attach any term to McCain's chief of staff refusing to directly answer if any of the staff had access to Obama's responses at the time he was actually on stage and if they used that access to further prep McCain. You see McCain's arrival to this hyped up national forum 30 minutes late, as just one big ole coincidence and now its \"whining\" on the part of those who question this. Yeah....ok.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:36:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602052, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1614524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's my girl crush.<br><br>She totally rocks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_20:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1613608, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If it makes you feel better to float these scenarios, fine. But the facts will not change.<br><br>McCain connected with his base in this forum in a way that Obama did not.<br><br>McCain's answers have renewed confidence in McCain's conservative bona fides and have given the base a reason to be 'fired up.'<br><br>In order for Obama to make inroad with this group of voters he them to buy into his 'nuanced' approach to issues but the stark contrast between his responses and McCain's strong, concise answers simply made Obama look 'vague'. He also needs them to remain skeptical of McCain.<br>Ergo, they floated the 'cheating' meme. Andrea Mitchell confirmed it came from Obama's camp and it is simply a diversion to keep from examining many of his remarks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:43:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602270, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think it's going to leave a mark.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:49:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603671, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would like to know how it was chosen who would go first.   A coin toss, as Rick Warren said occurred, would require both parties to be present for that toss.<br><br>Warren is  a liar.  Barack was the only one there, which is why he went first.  I wonder, how much Warren's church got paid for that broadcast.  His lies seem to be a means of salvaging the air of legitimacy of his broadcast.  Really, if he'd admitted up front that McCain had unfair access to the questions, and they hadn't taken basic steps to enforce the rules... essentially that the whole thing was a sham.....Eveyone would have watched with different eyes.<br><br>Larry King interviews him tonight.  Larry King will not probe.  Larry only asks uncomfortable questions about possible rape to female Colombian hostages.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ".The only thing McCain got out of this was probably a boost among evangelicals who weren't that enthused about him in the first place....but couldn't reconcile a vote for Obama with their principles<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br>Principles you got to be kidding LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604726, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "________________________\"I'm going to rip out the last pages of every one I can find\"__________________*tears*__LMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:03:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620119, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I dont think McCain cheated. I mean why would a man who use his connections to become a naval aviator, who left his wife who was severely injured and not the picture beauty he remembered, who committed adultery which is a crime punishable under military regulations, who was involved in a banking scandal known as as the Keating Five would resort to cheating. Come on he was a POW and a honorable man as far as we know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:44:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't blame Clinton...just pointing out the fact that getting rid of Saddam crossed party lines. <br><br>One threw missiles, one invaded. Different strokes, I guess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:10:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604669, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True. Too bad for McCain's staff, they simply don't get that he isn't a convincing actor at all. He had to go all Miss Cleo answering questions before they were even asked. Right away, the gig was up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:39:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601992, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2034394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Problem is one of his solutions has been done.  Paying women to keep having babies isn't the answer either.  That's what happened with welfare.   I know unwed mothers get 1 year of free, all expenses, medical needs for the child.  Years ago when unwed mothers were on welfare they found out the more children they had the more $$ they could get from welfare.  Well that stopped and they had to go to work instead of having more babies to stay home and have rent paid by the gov't.  I could see helping the pregnant women with expenses for the child but why should they get to stay home all day while everyone else has to work to keep a roof over their heads.  I would put a limit to how many children they support and until the child goes into school or pre school at the very least.  Why aren't they given free medical prenatal care?  and like heartsandflowers said they aren't being provided for.  Also why aren't the so called fathers participating in paying for the care of the child?  Giving them money to stay home all day isn't the answer either.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-03_15:48:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6e72b7f7bb08ba4f2d42c27c0060ae5c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605568, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:44:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603671, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is a losing battle for you and D here. But if you just want to present your point of view and let go of an end result then it is a good place for  you to post. <br><br>Most of us are doing that, not trying to win an argument but comment on it.<br><br>It is also passive aggressive to state somethng like \"reason and logic\" won't prevail. Not very nice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:39:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602117, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I  can respect other people's opinions on social issues that are contrary to my own.  However in the case of the Iraq War, it is very important to note that the Neo-con gruop Project for the New American Century (PNAC) had long-held regime change as part of their plan, by writing open letters to Clinton in 1998 and G.W. Bush  in Sept 2001, shortly after Sept. 11.  These same PNAC members were some of the chief architects of the Iraq War--Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Doanld Rumsfeld, Richard Armitage, Dick Perle etc.etc.<br>And now we are simply told, we were led into war by \"faulty intelligence.\"  It is hard  not to consider that this group, so hell-bent on invading Iraq could not have made absolutely sure we had the right intelligence in the 5 years prior to the war in which they first raised the possibilty of regime change in Iraq.  Why haven't those who gave us this faulty intelligence been investigated or punished.  That is the least that could have been done for the THOUSANDS OF U.S. AND COALITION TROOPS LIVES LOST, TENS OF THOUSANDS INJURED,AND QUITE POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQI'S KILLED, THE IRAQI REFUGEE CRISIS CAUSED BY THIS CONFLICT, THE CREATION OF AN IRAQI CIVIL WAR AND THE FINANCIAL STRAIN IT HAS CAUSED THE U.S. What can really be considered victory after all of this?   The moral battle was lost long ago.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:22:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604101, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>I think someone else beat you to the knife set.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:01:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602316, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Can we get back to the justices\" or some such was the dead giveaway.<br><br>The justices hadn't been brought up yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:22:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602265, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Warren is a lying, sack of shit.  He's on Larry King now, twisting and turning.  Then he said McCain teared up 3 times when he was answering.<br><br>I am without a shred of doubt that McCain had an Evangelical problem.  There was a plan to help him solve it....which Warren, and the right wing was an integral part of.   They set Obama up.   Do they really think everyone is stupid, or amoral?  People understand basic fairness, even if they pretend not to.   It's not complicated. <br><br>Warren deliberately misled his audience.  If they had known the facts up front, they would have watched with different eyes.<br><br>Rick Warren : Lying Religious charlatan.<br><br>John McCain: Amoral Compulsive Liar", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:41:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605683, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain is someone who must cheat and be propped up to win...always.  He is the negative stereotype of the affirmative action candidate.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603640, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know why I said that?<br><br>Cause if Obama had done the same thing (and let's not forget, he actually <b><i>said</b></i> he \"cheated\" and looked something up beforehand!!), the right wing would be doing the same thing....whining.<br><br>The Obama insurgency has set a dangerous precedent: either Obama wins every debate (or in this case, non-debate), or it's another GOP dirty trick. God forbid Obama actually have a bad day, as occasionally happens to humans (and that's not me saying he had one at the forum; I think, with the exception of a few points, he did well).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:42:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602233, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Key word...'possibly'.<br><br>For me, it is much easier to believe that McCain could hold a larger appeal to his base than Obama can. Would Obama need to prepare for an appearance before the NAACP? No. So why is it unrealistic to believe that McCain would have the same level of comfort with his own base?<br><br>Obama supporters simply fell for the theory that Evangelicals would not support McCain, that they would never warm to him and stay home.<br><br>Go ahead an question it, go ahead and accuse McCain of cheating. <br>The charge will not hold up and Obama supporters are doing their candidate a disservice and looking small.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:42:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602233, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm pretty sure they put McCain into a cone of silence every night right now.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:22:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704066, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These guys aren't anything new, and I think I've heard them floating in the media.<br><br>They're a 527, though, so their credibility is instantly reduced by half.<br><br>My personal is that fights between veterans are best left to veterans. Only they can say what they've seen/haven't seen.....for everyone else looking at the data, it's open to spin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604188, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think in terms of winning or losing here. Don't think S does either.<br><br>Besides, what about our knife set? I thought you were on my side?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:44:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602270, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "At least to this one person at Pat Robertson's network thought Obama did alright<br>Obama Shows Guts at Forum<br><a href=\"http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/429349.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/429349.aspx</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:24:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you a Canadian citizen?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:17:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604631, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is fair to raise questions in  this matter.  I would like to know why Rick warren advised the viewing audience that McCain was in a \"cone of silence,\" assumed by most to be in the building, when in fact that was not the case.  Why didn't he tell us McCain had not arrived, or taken part in a purported coin toss?  Instead, it is revealed he arrived at least 30 minutes after the start of this forum.  Watching a television is not the only way a person could have experienced this forum,  There is satellite radio.  Also, hypothetically it could have been possible that colleagues could have text-messaged the questions or simply relayed information through phone calls.  It is hard to completely dismiss these possibilites when John McCain was not in a \"cone of silence\" at the site of this forum from the very beginning.<br><br>Remember, McCain's campaign was allowed  to spread their own version about Obama's decision not to visit wounded troops in Germany based on their own speculation, not based on facts.  The McCain camp's argument  was basically disputed by journalists, yet they were able to malign Obama's name pertaining to an occurence in which they were thousands of miles away from, and had no first-hand knowledge of.  It is only fair that McCain's tardiness  and possible prior knowledge  is questioned, no matter whose side you are on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:46:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 34, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of all the definitions for the word <a href=\"http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/debate\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"debate\",</a> I couldn't find one that matched up with what took place at that forum.<br><br>How do you cheat in a situation where \"cheating\" isn't possible?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:09:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 43, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1613608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I want to have Rachel Maddow's baby. LOL She rocks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_20:10:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are a ton of those groups out there.  I had little idea how despised McCain was among veterans.   Didn't they call him a \"canary\", or something like that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:18:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604188, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know....and I respect you for that. For most here, it is just an exchange of ideas.<br><br>Then there's those who get off by trying to prove me wrong. They usually start posting.......(checking watch).....about now.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:45:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603717, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are right---I feel there has been a breakdown of the government's responsibilty in this matter on all fronts, from Democratic politicians and Republicans alike.  However, Bush decided to engage in this war and has to ultimately bear responsibilty.  And he has since explained to the American people that the intelligence was faulty.  I am not sure of how to link but the following PBS documentary\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar</a><br><br>is one of the best, in my opinion, historical accounts of the run-up to this conflict and was objective.  Americans were NOT  given an objective point-of-view leading up to the Iraq war by mainstream media.  Too many media sources were more concerned with trying not to appear \"unpatriotic\" than report the truth.  Please watch it, if you haven't already. It contains many interviews, timelines, overall a very good journalistic piece of media.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:59:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604453, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D, you don't, but S does. That's the only reason he comes on this blog; hoping he's going to get in an argument where he wins.<br><br>You, OTOH, seem to be reasoned and accepts debate and facts when presented to you. <br><br>S, doesn't have that ability, so don't give him any credit where credit is not due him/her/it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:46:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602316, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1619767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.....Olbermann just laid one into McCain.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:16:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1613608, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right on schedule.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:46:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603748, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I think Obama has to do these religion forums.\"<br><br>-And the MSM would crucify him if he didn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:50:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605212, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>\" Geez...if McSame would tell a bald-face lie in church, he'll definitely tell a bald-face lie in the Oval Office.\"</i><br><br>Ya think??   Did you see Cindy's face when McCain finished his cross in the sand story?  It wasn't quiet reverence, which would have been appropriate for such a story....it was surprise and a stifled laugh.  She couldn't believe what she was hearing.<br><br>John McCain is a compulsive liar.  He believes that he shares some mystical fate with that author and the now Russia.  John McCain is emotionally unstable.  His interference in the Russia/Georgia conflict is him playing out those twisted emotional themes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:29:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604271, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1630530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, D.<br><br>I read the article and I still have my doubts.  Particularly with this part:<br><br><i>Warren provided McCain and Obama with the four subject areas, Ross said -- leadership, stewardship, worldview and international compassion -- and provided them a sense of the themes he would ask about, including topics such as energy and taxes.</i><br><br>That's not the same as knowing what questions are going to be asked.  It's kinda like being told the SATs will test verbal, math and reading comprehension.  That's totally different than knowing the specific questions and when/where/how those questions will be asked.  So the WaPo title is a little misleading.<br><br>Sorry, but it still smells fishy to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_08:31:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1630369, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I give Obama an A+ for effort.  Who knows how this thing is going to shake out, but at least he is trying to think outside of the box.  Just because you are a Democrat, doesn't mean that you are a devil worshipper, and as much as I appreciate the separation between church and state, I like the fact that he highlights this.<br><br>On the other hand, some people are hardliners, i.e. no matter what Obama says people are not going to vote for him because of his views on abortion and gay marriage.  <br><br>And I didn't have any expectations on Obama going in to the forum.  I have resigned myself to the fact that for some whatever he does there will be criticism for him to measure up to someone's unrealistic standards.  I was also over this whole \"compassion forum\" idea after I saw the debacle on CNN.  Instead of intelligent political insight, the media is looking for soundbites.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:19:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601869, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now THAT's change you can believe in!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:29:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603638, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Obama has less of a chance of peeling away the Evangelical vote from McCain than ever before. Obama's policy positions simply do not square with the values they hold most dear.\"<br><br>Ha ha ha.  [using my Stewei-- from Family Guy--Voice]:::And what exactly are those values? Is it more War with no end in sight? massive incompetence and outright corruption? Is it more Al Gonzalez and Monica Goodwin running the Justice Department? Oh, oh, Let me guess, those conservative values are more Brownie, what heck of a Job yall doing! <br><br>I couldnt help it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:50:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602117, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You flatter yourself.<br><br>  ....then again, if you don't do it, who will?<br><br>Carry on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:30:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603897, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is Obama's ability to peel off a large portion of the 'Evangelical vote' overrated?<br><br>Was McCain's support among Evangelicals underestimated?<br><br>Did this lead to unrealistic expectations for Obama at the Saddleback Forum?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:13:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AnthonyMason, you are preaching, bro.  And I'm cosigning.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:48:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1612624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just come into the country legally; that's all I ask.<br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:59:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606794, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is where you are wrong. <br><br>Your characterization of McCain as an old, senile, stumbilng candidate is not true.<br><br> When confronted with this reality you are forced to invent scenarios that match this misconception. You are deceiving yourself. McCain is a formidable candidate who is capable of running a competitive campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:30:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602454, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hehe...<br><br>If you don't see me posting for a while, you'll know they threw my ass in jail for vandalism. ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:21:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620181, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Key word \"refuse\" as in why won't McCain's chief of staff just confirm that indeed no one with McCain or with access to McCain relayed any information (beneficial or not) to him as a result of listening, reading or watching Obama or Rick Warren for the duration of the time he was not in the \"cone of silence\"...its simple. Why won't he do that? Why? Why?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:52:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602300, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Your characterization of McCain as an old, senile, stumbilng candidate is not true.\"<br><br>Well...when you're right...you're right....I've never seen him physically stumbling. He walks just fine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:49:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603640, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oops.  Spell check is my friend--should be \"phenomenon.\"  Sorry", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:54:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "pmof2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606249, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It appears to hurting McCain....I guess he better get a better alarm clock so he'll be on time from now on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:15:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601433, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was about to propose that maybe the coin toss was held beforehand, over the phone. But that doesn't really make sense. Does it? I guess it's possible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:23:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604816, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought the same thing when I heard him say that.  He sured looked nervous in the beginning.  I would bet money he's lying.<br><br>And about McCain's adopted daughter, hasn't Cindy said that she brought him home a daughter?  Yet he said something different.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:23:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620119, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What word would you use instead?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:16:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601826, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If people were so concerned about preventing abortion they would make sure that women had equal pay, an adequate support system, paid time off for at least 6 months for the mom and at least 3 months for another care-giver, with a guarantee of their job, proper health insurance that didn't require you being a millionaire to afford and low-cost or free child care. But of course it would be understood that it's a choice that some women would still make like in cases of sexual assault or other reasons. <br><br>And as for the Iraq situation: it is not a war, it is an illegal and enforced occupation so the US holds onto it's power and can take the resources of another nation. The payoffs will only go so far. Any fighting that's going on is because there are some people left who will continue to defend themselves and their homeland from invaders. Just like we would if the situation was reversed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:24:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1619605": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't knock the Cheneys for what they do. Course, when your dad is the de facto second in command of the GOP, it's kinds hard for anyone to knock them.<br><br>I think the important thing to remember is that we all have to uphold the law, whether we like it or not. If we disagree, there's a method to work to change the law, but-in this case-it doesn't include blowing up clinics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_20:57:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1614836, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TS, I wouldn't even S with being concerned.<br><br>He's just a flaming troll and we have to stop feeding him/her/IT.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:50:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603671, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And at the same time, one could argue that abortion is a byproduct of the american mindset that pushes individuality ahead of others.  But here's what changed my mind on the issue of abortion:  Abortion is a very personal issue.  My wife, who was pro-choice up until our daughter was born four months ago,  just told me that she thinks to be late for that time of the month.  We're not freaking out.  Abortion is not an option for us.  Even if our financial circumstances are precarious, we arent having an abortion.  But, that's a personal and private choice between me and her and the God we worship.  If we're to care for the unborn like we profess to do, then we need change people's minds and hearts.  We need to change the mindset that leads women and men to want to abort the life of the unborn.  But that's to be done on a personal level, by family members, pastors, chaplains and the like.  What we shouldnt do is have the govt. do it. To have the govt. do it would be a major intrusion into private matters very serious to folks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:35:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604101, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is that you in that avatar?  If so, how come you're so fat?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604890, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rick Warren is a liar.<br><br>He said on CNN that when he stated that McCain was in a cone of silence, he really did believe McCain was.  However, Warren later said that he was able to get a question to Obama, but not McCain prior to the broadcast.  Why was he not able to get a question to McCain?<br><br>Also, isn't it normal for hosts to briefly greet the interviewee prior to a broadcast.  If someone wasn't even in the building, wouldn't the host know?  If Rick is claiming he wasn't aware initially that McCain wasn't in the building, when exactly did he find out otherwise?  Why didn't he make a statement to correct any misconceptions?  Why hasn't  Warren apologized to the Obama campaign at their failure to enforce the rules agreed to by both candidates?<br><br>Wasn't this broadcast Rick's show?  It's his church, and surely he is the man in control.  How is it that he could be so unaware of what was occurring.  Again, wouldn't Rick the pastor, personally greet and welcome the candidates prior to the broadcast...how could he not know that McCain had not arrived?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:51:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1619851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't argue with you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:25:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604416, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Case you didn't notice under your partisan rock, evangelicals have a tendency to be more conservative than most others who brand themselves conservative.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:26:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604819, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This doesn't hurt Obama in the least because as we speak people are going over that tape assiduously and will be playing clips of McCain answering questions before they are even asked.  It was obvious to many that he knew the questions and had prepared for the  answers.  He is a 71 year old man who cannot remember that Czechoslovakia still exists, still doesn't know the difference between Sunni and Shia, and  stumbles on the stump every day and he miraculously and seamlessly answered these questions?  I can hear the spin now:  He is a decorated war hero who was tortured for 5 1/2 years, how can you possibly attack his character this way.  Isn't that how every criticism of McCain is deflected, with a recitation of his POW status?   Not only does Rick Warren look bad but the pundits who praised McCain on Saturday look like dupes as well.  By the way, I thought Obama's answers were nuanced and thoughtful, but I also felt that he was speaking in front of a crowd that he had no shot against anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:56:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "hopee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sour grapes. Whining. Vicious. Unhinged.<br><br>This will hurt Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_13:56:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1601944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's a funny denial. \"The McCain campaign \u201cconfirmed that McCain did not hear or see any of the broadcast\u201d in the motorcade or after he arrived.\"<br><br>Notice how specific it is? That's not saying his handlers didn't hear or see the broadcast and he heard the questions from them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:18:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Carnacki", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1605017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know why Obama agreed to this. He is repeatedly set up. There has to be a strategy in this somewhere, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1601947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ABC News' Ron Claiborne, traveling with the McCain campaign, reports that McCain senior adviser Charlie Black would not say whether people around McCain while he was en route to Rick Warren's forum had access to blackberries and cell phones from which they could have tipped off Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about the questions.<br><a href=\"http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/fake-cone-of-silence-controvery-grows.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/fake-cone-of...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes--Barack was totally outmatched here. He's wading in hostile water and comported himself as if he could walk on it. The time for toughening has long past. He's got a tiny window and it's closing to a peephole. And FYI--you NEVER go first in these things. Always let the other guy extend himself. And yes, it also gives you the opportunity to cheat. This ain't tiddlewinks, nor checkers. To paraphrase Denzel, it's chess, but chess played on a mudspattered board.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601869, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you really think McCain needed to have the question in advance to answer that he is unequivocally pro-life?<br><br>Did he really need to think in advance about his tough decision to refuse early release from prison camp?<br><br>Is it shocking to find out, that without advance knowledge of the question, that McCain does not want to raise your taxes.<br><br>Is it so hard to believe that McCain would have regret over the failing of his first marriage?<br><br>These questions speak to core beliefs and character. McCain possesses both. They may be beliefs that you do not share. It may be character that you find lacking.<br><br>Both candidates had the topics. McCain's positions on all of these topics are well known to me, so surely he would be able to recall them at a moments notice.  But then, I never believed him to be an old, senile, out-of-touch warmonger.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:57:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602038, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am not venting about the questioning, nor the candidate's response to them.  Both candidate's brought forth their own style.  But I do feel Warren should have let us know John McCain was running behind and was not in a purported \"cone of silence\" for the duration of the forum.  It leaves open speculation that McCain may have  had access to questions, whether it will be proven or not.  And since I doubt it can be proven unequivocally, it is fair to raise the possibility. Warren should have told the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:40:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604243, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder where where got the idea that McCain is incompetent<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajm5JTf7jZs\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajm5JTf7jZs</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9rLDU-SiE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9rLDU-SiE</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbX26vp57c\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbX26vp57c</a><br>Theres so much more  where that came from", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:53:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603640, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, S, McCain DOES NEED TO HAVE THE ANSWERS given to him beforehand, because he forgets stuff like Czechslovakia still exists; or the reason for the demise of his first marriage, and the fact he had a marriage license for the second marriage before the first one was dissolved; he forgets how \"independent\" he was before the Bush Cabal smeared him the hell out of the 2000 Republican Race for the nomination.  Among other things.<br><br>Like Bush, he has to be prompted and he has to cheat.  Accept that your candidate isn't a good one and drink your can of STHU.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:54:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602466, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Flaunting the rules? Dishonorable behavior? Those work too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:20:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Carnacki", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601911, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1619887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know if anyone's seen this yet, but John Lewis just weighed in on Senator Complain's mention of him in the Faith Forum. Lewis says they've never consulted each other in the 22 years he's been in Congress.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/08/9293_john_mccain_john_lewis_wise_man.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_21:29:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1652280": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But only McCain got to hear his opponents answers before he gave his own.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_15:31:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8f04cc8a4b66c86ea2af14ef5d7ea2c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1630369, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1606584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for linking that article.  I looked even further and found a press release from the Saddleback forum dated 7/21/08 noting that a coin toss had determined that Obama would go first, though the actual date of the coin toss is not disclosed.  But like you said, it still does not excuse the fact that  McCain was not at the church for the duration of the forum.  And because of that it is possible he breached the \"cone of silence\" by not actually having been in one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_19:03:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605683, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm a big guy, but somewhat proportional.<br><br>Haven't been able to find my pic with Cheney yet, but it's coming......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604996, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know if you're serious or sarcastic.<br><br>Barack didn't chose to go first.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:42:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604511, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1603487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bullshyt. Where's Town....I want a recount.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:18:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602513, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who? Isn't the big news story about McCain crying about NBC. Next he will start complaining about going first, even if he didn't and truly take over from Hillbot. He has already misremembered something from the war.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_13:59:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1605568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>If people were so concerned about preventing abortion they would make sure that women had equal pay, an adequate support system, paid time off for at least 6 months for the mom and at least 3 months for another care-giver, with a guarantee of their job, proper health insurance that didn't require you being a millionaire to afford and low-cost or free child care. But of course it would be understood that it's a choice that some women would still make like in cases of sexual assault or other reasons.</i><br><br>I agree, and these were points that Obama addressed during the forum. He was offering realistic solutions instead of the same ol' \"Just Say No Abortion\" rhetoric.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:20:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604985, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My take is that making abortion illegal would actually present the negative effect of killing not only more babies, but mothers as well.<br><br>I'm not sure if that's a benefit we want....or have really sat down to think about. There's a compromise somewhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:43:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604481, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1601992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I doubt it was accidental. I bet it was planned from the beginning to be late so he could be given the questions. He's not allowed to use his own cellphone any more without permission. They don't want him out there without assistance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:22:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Carnacki", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601900, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1625335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell Me The Truth<br>When Does Obama reverse his opinion on the draft? PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) \u2014 Vice presidential candidate John Edwards promised a West Virginia mother on Wednesday that if the Democratic ticket is elected in November the military draft would not be revived.<br>During a question-and-answer session, the mother of a 23-year-old who recently graduated from West Virginia University asked Edwards whether the draft would be reinstated. <br><br>\u201cThere will be no draft when John Kerry is president,\u201d Edwards said, a statement that drew a standing ovat<br>on top of WSWS : News & Analysis : North America<br><br>Democratic Congressman reintroduces bill for military draft in US<br>By Joe Kay<br>12 January 2007<br><br>Charles Rangel, the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, reintroduced a bill on Thursday that would institute a military draft for all legal residents of the United States between the ages of 18 and 42.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-19_00:34:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "b203845ccf33310704ae51c7f57e8f23", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Feed the troll.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:43:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603638, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My question is:  Why did Rick Warren intentionally lie by saying that McCain was in a \"cone of silence\" when in fact he was a half hour late for the forum?  I have lost a lot of respect for this \"purpose-driven pastor!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:57:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "919abda75e7b9da3fea9211e3deb7c3c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1604560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's change, ....but I can't believe in it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:44:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604422, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Evangelicals won't get it....<br><br>The whole hour he was accusing them of greed, lack of empathy, lack of humility, selfishness, hypocrisy....but their heads are too far up their asses to get it.<br><br>Rick Warren, the 25 million book sale man is wondering what \"rich\" is.   He is worried about the dead fetuses while lamenting the number of live orphans who languish.   Obama redirected him to the fact that the women who had those children needed support in order to keep their kids.  PRick wasn't tryin' to hear about that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:34:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1620032, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Someone suggested that...but it defeats the purpose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:31:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604976, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Great questions, TruthSeeker. I wrote above that maybe the coin toss happened over the phone at a time prior to the taping. Could McCain have been there on time, then, instead of going to the green room, gone back to his limo?<br><br>There really shouldn't be this many questions in what should have been an honest interview between the pastor and candidates. I have a feeling that Warren is covering, but I would like to try to imagine scenarios where he could be telling the truth.<br><br>Please, Truthseeker, try to call into Larry King tonight to ask these questions. You seem to have analyzed the situation well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll check that out. The movie No End In Sight is, in my opinion, one of the better documentaries of Iraq before the surge. One of my favorite movies, actually. Check it out if you haven't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_17:13:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604713, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1620449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  He didn't provide his spiritual (I don't think he has any), rather he provided the more \"crowd pleasing\" and in his opinion \"better answer\".  Pure pandering.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_22:36:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603748, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are right, s. McCain was there only to shore up his base. He only needed to parrot back the things that they wanted to hear. It was not Obama's crowd, though I'm sure he managed to convince the few of those there not engaged in group think or those who are intelligent and sophisticated enough to appreciate a nuanced answer.<br><br>McCain was DISHONEST. He was not in a cone of silence, as Warren asserted. He was in a car where getting information was possible. He's not disputing that. He will never admit to cheating even if he did. Those of us who are used to seeing him resort to the low road will not put it past him to cheat. We don't need further evidence that it is possible. Neither we nor Obama can prove it, but it is not beyond the pale to suspect it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:46:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603784, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope SNL doesn't have any Obama skits on until after the election.<br>Don't give McCain anything to whine about.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:00:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1601470, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Funny that everyone admits that McCain was in a motorcade when the broadcast began which means, to me anyway, the McCain camp was forcing Barack to go first.<br><br>But no one that I've read has reported this.<br><br>Would he be late to a debate?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:47:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1613295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course not. But then-and I have to tread real lightly on this one-you don't necessarily see many conservatives heading off to the clinic, do you? <br><br>Some conservatives are far removed from that issue because they don't have to live it. My situation's different, so I can see both sides.<br><br>The extreme right to life movement scares me, honestly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_20:06:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1606831, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I meant your head.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:25:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1605048, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1614836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can agree with you on that.  But when women elect to have an abortion, the physician or anyone else is not concerned with their political affiliation--so we don't know who is really going to the clnic.  What I do know is Mary Cheney, a gay woman who campaigned for her father in 2004  had a child by artificial insemination in 2006.  Many conservatives may feel this is not natural,  but the is she not a conservative Republican because of that. I  am sure she is happy that she and her partner are able to enjoy motherhood through technological advances even though many of the ideologies that evangelical conservative Republicans share would frown upon such things.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_20:42:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1613295, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks CPL. I didn't watch the forum first, I read reactions to it, and the overwhelming consensus that I read was ' it seemed like McCain had the questions already. '  Seems as if those folks were right on the money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_14:25:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1605623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b><br>Maybe people believe the mythology, rather than the facts. McCain, instinctively responded with the mythology (meaningless platitude that rich people aren't really happy), while Obama responded with the facts.</b><br><br>But this Evangelical base doesn't believe in facts, preferring mythology to justify their beliefs. McCain knows this, which explains why he answered that question the way he did. He was clearly pandering.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_18:26:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604272, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1602552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's my take: were this an actual debate, the question raised would be more than valid. And I'd say McCain's behavior was suspect.<br><br>Thing is, it wasn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_15:05:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 27, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1602334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S - Have you been paying attention to McCain's campaign? I wouldn't call it successful, he's just getting 'free press passes' on all of his gaffes.<br><br>Even in his town hall meetings he's reading verbatim. There no way in hell he didn't know those questions before hand...How you answer a question before the moderator completes the question? How are you going ask the moderator \"aren't we getting to the justices next...\"? How the hell do you know what questions are next?<br><br>This is the first time in the history of his campagin that he represented himself favorably, but the truth of the matter is, he broke the rules to acheive it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:01:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603640, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sweet. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:02:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1603703, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1604607": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not even scratching the tip...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-18_16:48:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1604006, "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": "3245948", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 7498899428721537698}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 171, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3245948, "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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 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
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Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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/**
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Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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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;



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FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
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};

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

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			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
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	var flags = this.WRITING;
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	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
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	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=even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82' +
		'&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/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/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='	+ 'even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82'
			+ '&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/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/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">171</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/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/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/">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:3245948" 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/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/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:3245948" 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:3245948" 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'				: 'even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82',
			// 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/even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82/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='	+ 'even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82'
			+ '&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='	+ 'even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82'
			+ '&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='		+ 'even_in_a_8220christian8221_debate_mccain_has_to_cheat_82'
				+ '&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/3245948/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;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601470">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601470" class="dsq-comment-message">Who? Isn\'t the big news story about McCain crying about NBC. Next he will start complaining about going first, even if he didn\'t and truly take over from Hillbot. He has already misremembered something from the war.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604077" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604077">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604077" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604077" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope SNL doesn\'t have any Obama skits on until after the election.<br>Don\'t give McCain anything to whine about.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601869" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601869">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601869" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601869" class="dsq-comment-message">Is Obama\'s ability to peel off a large portion of the \'Evangelical vote\' overrated?<br><br>Was McCain\'s support among Evangelicals underestimated?<br><br>Did this lead to unrealistic expectations for Obama at the Saddleback Forum?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604511" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chrischambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604511" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604511" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes--Barack was totally outmatched here. He\'s wading in hostile water and comported himself as if he could walk on it. The time for toughening has long past. He\'s got a tiny window and it\'s closing to a peephole. And FYI--you NEVER go first in these things. Always let the other guy extend himself. And yes, it also gives you the opportunity to cheat. This ain\'t tiddlewinks, nor checkers. To paraphrase Denzel, it\'s chess, but chess played on a mudspattered board.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604538" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604538" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604538" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know if you\'re serious or sarcastic.<br><br>Barack didn\'t chose to go first.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606710">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606710" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606710" class="dsq-comment-message">I give Obama an A+ for effort.  Who knows how this thing is going to shake out, but at least he is trying to think outside of the box.  Just because you are a Democrat, doesn\'t mean that you are a devil worshipper, and as much as I appreciate the separation between church and state, I like the fact that he highlights this.<br><br>On the other hand, some people are hardliners, i.e. no matter what Obama says people are not going to vote for him because of his views on abortion and gay marriage.  <br><br>And I didn\'t have any expectations on Obama going in to the forum.  I have resigned myself to the fact that for some whatever he does there will be criticism for him to measure up to someone\'s unrealistic standards.  I was also over this whole "compassion forum" idea after I saw the debacle on CNN.  Instead of intelligent political insight, the media is looking for soundbites.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601944">Carnacki</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601944" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a funny denial. "The McCain campaign “confirmed that McCain did not hear or see any of the broadcast” in the motorcade or after he arrived."<br><br>Notice how specific it is? That\'s not saying his handlers didn\'t hear or see the broadcast and he heard the questions from them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601947">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601947" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC News\' Ron Claiborne, traveling with the McCain campaign, reports that McCain senior adviser Charlie Black would not say whether people around McCain while he was en route to Rick Warren\'s forum had access to blackberries and cell phones from which they could have tipped off Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about the questions.<br><a href="http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/fake-cone-of-silence-controvery-grows.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/fake-cone-of...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601976">Carnacki</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601976" class="dsq-comment-message">Haha! See my response below about the specificity of their nondenial denial.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602038">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602038" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks CPL. I didn\'t watch the forum first, I read reactions to it, and the overwhelming consensus that I read was \' it seemed like McCain had the questions already. \'  Seems as if those folks were right on the money.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602466" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602466">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602466" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you really think McCain needed to have the question in advance to answer that he is unequivocally pro-life?<br><br>Did he really need to think in advance about his tough decision to refuse early release from prison camp?<br><br>Is it shocking to find out, that without advance knowledge of the question, that McCain does not want to raise your taxes.<br><br>Is it so hard to believe that McCain would have regret over the failing of his first marriage?<br><br>These questions speak to core beliefs and character. McCain possesses both. They may be beliefs that you do not share. It may be character that you find lacking.<br><br>Both candidates had the topics. McCain\'s positions on all of these topics are well known to me, so surely he would be able to recall them at a moments notice.  But then, I never believed him to be an old, senile, out-of-touch warmonger.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604012" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604012" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, S, McCain DOES NEED TO HAVE THE ANSWERS given to him beforehand, because he forgets stuff like Czechslovakia still exists; or the reason for the demise of his first marriage, and the fact he had a marriage license for the second marriage before the first one was dissolved; he forgets how "independent" he was before the Bush Cabal smeared him the hell out of the 2000 Republican Race for the nomination.  Among other things.<br><br>Like Bush, he has to be prompted and he has to cheat.  Accept that your candidate isn\'t a good one and drink your can of STHU.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603638">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603638" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course...he regrets us learning that the demise of his first marriage and the birth of his second happened in the course of a month.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604422">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604422" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604422" class="dsq-comment-message">Now THAT\'s change you can believe in!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604560">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604560" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s change, ....but I can\'t believe in it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604556" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604556" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604556" class="dsq-comment-message">Feed the troll.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603744" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603744" class="dsq-comment-message">S, McCain was Pro-Choice before Rove and company got a hold of his ass.<br><br>Additionally, he was known as a "maverick" because he seemed to be the only Republican with some sense.<br><br>That common sense is noticeably absent in his quest to become POTUS.<br><br>As the British would say, "Sod Off, Troll."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602334">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602334" class="dsq-comment-message">It is fair to raise questions in  this matter.  I would like to know why Rick warren advised the viewing audience that McCain was in a "cone of silence," assumed by most to be in the building, when in fact that was not the case.  Why didn\'t he tell us McCain had not arrived, or taken part in a purported coin toss?  Instead, it is revealed he arrived at least 30 minutes after the start of this forum.  Watching a television is not the only way a person could have experienced this forum,  There is satellite radio.  Also, hypothetically it could have been possible that colleagues could have text-messaged the questions or simply relayed information through phone calls.  It is hard to completely dismiss these possibilites when John McCain was not in a "cone of silence" at the site of this forum from the very beginning.<br><br>Remember, McCain\'s campaign was allowed  to spread their own version about Obama\'s decision not to visit wounded troops in Germany based on their own speculation, not based on facts.  The McCain camp\'s argument  was basically disputed by journalists, yet they were able to malign Obama\'s name pertaining to an occurence in which they were thousands of miles away from, and had no first-hand knowledge of.  It is only fair that McCain\'s tardiness  and possible prior knowledge  is questioned, no matter whose side you are on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1602552" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602552" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s my take: were this an actual debate, the question raised would be more than valid. And I\'d say McCain\'s behavior was suspect.<br><br>Thing is, it wasn\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604171" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604171" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604171">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604171" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604171" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s keep this real:<br><br>If OBAMA had not been in the "Cone of Silence" and was 30 minutes late to the forum, first off you\'d have the chattering teefes complaining that Obama didn\'t respect Warren enough to show up on time.<br><br>Then the chattering teefes would have speculated that Obama had the questions in advance, that he cheated, that his behavior is suspect and they had every right to question what went down.<br><br>Obama\'s been raked over the coals for less.<br><br>There were rules established, and McCain broke those rules.  I think it\'s more than fair for people to question what went down.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602633" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602633" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602633">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602633" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602633" class="dsq-comment-message">So it matters what the setting is...oh.......So even though both camps agreed to certain rules, it would be okay if one party didn\'t actually follow those rules because, this setting wasn\'t a "debate"...and only in a "debate" are you actually obligated to follow any rules. Oh.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603632" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603632" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, a bone:<br><br>For the actual presidential debates, Obama should show up at least half an hour late. And McCain should debate in the nude, lest anyone accuse him of having a wire.<br><br>Foolish, I know.....but then again, so is harping up and down about whether someone cheated in a open forum.<br><br>How the hell do you do that, again?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603639">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603639" class="dsq-comment-message">Ask Mc Cain.<br>He did it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603703">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603703" class="dsq-comment-message">In all fairness, you can\'t ask McCain today. That was a whole 48 hours ago, no way in hell he remembers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604092" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604092">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604092" class="dsq-comment-message">Sweet. :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604646" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604646">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604646" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604646" class="dsq-comment-message">It was not an "open forum".  Do you even know what an open forum is?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603710" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603710" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603710">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603710" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603710" class="dsq-comment-message">Whether this is a debate or not, this forum should not have started until both candidates had arrived.  Rick Warren chose to ask them the same questions in an effort to remain objective in his questioning---so it is only fair and objective to have made sure that both candidates were subject to the exact same treatment.  I would have rather heard an annoucement that McCain had not arrived and the forum is running behind schedule, then to later find out, he was not in a purported "cone of silence" during the entire duration of this forum.  So the question is still valid, because just like any debate, this forum will be used to shape voter\'s mind by introducing them to the candidate\'s thoughts.   Though in the case of McCain, it may be likely his thoughts were prepped beforehand. So now, you can chew on this bone.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604243" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604243" class="dsq-comment-message">So, then.....an objective question:<br><br>Under your scenario, who\'s to blame: McCain or Warren?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604678" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604678">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604678" class="dsq-comment-message">They both worked in concert to deceive and mislead.<br><br>If the rules were not to be actively enforced, and instead the candidates were expected to act on an "honour system".  Then McCain has failed that "honour" test.   He has proven once again, to be devoid of any objective measure of honour.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604515">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604515" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not venting about the questioning, nor the candidate\'s response to them.  Both candidate\'s brought forth their own style.  But I do feel Warren should have let us know John McCain was running behind and was not in a purported "cone of silence" for the duration of the forum.  It leaves open speculation that McCain may have  had access to questions, whether it will be proven or not.  And since I doubt it can be proven unequivocally, it is fair to raise the possibility. Warren should have told the truth.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604726" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604726" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s safe to say that Rev. Warren lied, somewhere. <br><br>Is he in the tank for McCain? Don\'t know.<br><br>The only thing McCain got out of this was probably a boost among evangelicals who weren\'t that enthused about him in the first place....but couldn\'t reconcile a vote for Obama with their principles. <br><br>At best, Obama\'s still up in the polls. At worst, it\'s a statistical tie. Nothing\'s changed.<br><br>Is winning in every forum worth the Obama insurgency coming off as a group of whiners?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604819">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604819" class="dsq-comment-message">.The only thing McCain got out of this was probably a boost among evangelicals who weren\'t that enthused about him in the first place....but couldn\'t reconcile a vote for Obama with their principles<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br>Principles you got to be kidding LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1605011" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605011" class="dsq-comment-message">Case you didn\'t notice under your partisan rock, evangelicals have a tendency to be more conservative than most others who brand themselves conservative.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605241" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605241">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605241" class="dsq-comment-message">Now I get it evangelicals want a theocratic government  who wants to control our lives and according to American conservatism they believe in limited gov. , sound fiscal policies and no unnecessary foreign adventures.<br>Hmm I guess reTHUGS fail all way around.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604642">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604642" class="dsq-comment-message">Both.<br>McCain definitely did it on purpose.<br>Warren enabled him to do it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1606712" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606712">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606712" class="dsq-comment-message">Both are to blame.<br><br>Warren lied to the audience by claiming McCain was backstage in a Cone of Silence (when he knew McCain wasn\'t even in the building) and McCain lied by claiming he was in the Cone of Silence when he wasn\'t even in the building.<br><br>The fair and right thing to do would be to disclose that McCain wasn\'t there.  <br><br>Both are to blame.  And if Obama had done this, every chattering teefes on TV would be analyzing Obama and wondering if Michelle was feeding him the answers etc.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1612356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1612356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1612356" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1612356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1612356" class="dsq-comment-message">I am already sick of the words "cone of silence."<br><br>What does the disclosure gain? There was no similarity between the candidates\' answers as far as I read.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604631" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604631" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604631">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604631" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604631" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve already shot down "your take on it".<br><br>Dick and Jane is rudimentary logic for kindergaten....a simple introduction to time lines.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604890" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604890" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you a Canadian citizen?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604996" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604996" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604996">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604996" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604996" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that you in that avatar?  If so, how come you\'re so fat?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605048" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1605048" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605048" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a big guy, but somewhat proportional.<br><br>Haven\'t been able to find my pic with Cheney yet, but it\'s coming......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605141">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605141" class="dsq-comment-message">And here Im thinking you were turdblossom.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605616" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605616">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605616" class="dsq-comment-message">I meant your head.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605789" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1605789" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605789" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605789" class="dsq-comment-message">You made a funnee!!! :)<br><br>Find a place to vote here yet?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1606794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606794">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606794" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ll just have to keep wondering.  Chump.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1612624" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1612624" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1612624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1612624" class="dsq-comment-message">Just come into the country legally; that\'s all I ask.<br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604590" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604590" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604590" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604590" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny that everyone admits that McCain was in a motorcade when the broadcast began which means, to me anyway, the McCain camp was forcing Barack to go first.<br><br>But no one that I\'ve read has reported this.<br><br>Would he be late to a debate?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604816">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604816" class="dsq-comment-message">I would like to know how it was chosen who would go first.   A coin toss, as Rick Warren said occurred, would require both parties to be present for that toss.<br><br>Warren is  a liar.  Barack was the only one there, which is why he went first.  I wonder, how much Warren\'s church got paid for that broadcast.  His lies seem to be a means of salvaging the air of legitimacy of his broadcast.  Really, if he\'d admitted up front that McCain had unfair access to the questions, and they hadn\'t taken basic steps to enforce the rules... essentially that the whole thing was a sham.....Eveyone would have watched with different eyes.<br><br>Larry King interviews him tonight.  Larry King will not probe.  Larry only asks uncomfortable questions about possible rape to female Colombian hostages.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604976">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604976" class="dsq-comment-message">I was about to propose that maybe the coin toss was held beforehand, over the phone. But that doesn\'t really make sense. Does it? I guess it\'s possible.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605080" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605080">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605080" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605080" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone suggested that...but it defeats the purpose.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605182" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605182" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605182">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605182" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605182" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets just keep it real...dont try and make sense out of nonsense. We know there was no coin toss, we know darn well McCain wasn\'t "running late"...gimme a break. Lets just KEEP IT REAL.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605781">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605781" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s the point?<br>If he were, the MSM would spin it as a victory for McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602454" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602454">hopee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602454" class="dsq-comment-message">This doesn\'t hurt Obama in the least because as we speak people are going over that tape assiduously and will be playing clips of McCain answering questions before they are even asked.  It was obvious to many that he knew the questions and had prepared for the  answers.  He is a 71 year old man who cannot remember that Czechoslovakia still exists, still doesn\'t know the difference between Sunni and Shia, and  stumbles on the stump every day and he miraculously and seamlessly answered these questions?  I can hear the spin now:  He is a decorated war hero who was tortured for 5 1/2 years, how can you possibly attack his character this way.  Isn\'t that how every criticism of McCain is deflected, with a recitation of his POW status?   Not only does Rick Warren look bad but the pundits who praised McCain on Saturday look like dupes as well.  By the way, I thought Obama\'s answers were nuanced and thoughtful, but I also felt that he was speaking in front of a crowd that he had no shot against anyway.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603640" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603640">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603640" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603640" class="dsq-comment-message">This is where you are wrong. <br><br>Your characterization of McCain as an old, senile, stumbilng candidate is not true.<br><br> When confronted with this reality you are forced to invent scenarios that match this misconception. You are deceiving yourself. McCain is a formidable candidate who is capable of running a competitive campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603941" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603941" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603941">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603941" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603941" class="dsq-comment-message">"Your characterization of McCain as an old, senile, stumbilng candidate is not true."<br><br>Well...when you\'re right...you\'re right....I\'ve never seen him physically stumbling. He walks just fine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604136" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604136">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604136" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604136" class="dsq-comment-message">Blllllaaahhh - not even, he walks like Frankenstein.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604006">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604006" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder where where got the idea that McCain is incompetent<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajm5JTf7jZs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajm5JTf7jZs</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9rLDU-SiE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9rLDU-SiE</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbX26vp57c" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbX26vp57c</a><br>Theres so much more  where that came from</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604607" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604607" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604607" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604607" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604607" class="dsq-comment-message">Not even scratching the tip...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604090">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604090" class="dsq-comment-message">S - Have you been paying attention to McCain\'s campaign? I wouldn\'t call it successful, he\'s just getting \'free press passes\' on all of his gaffes.<br><br>Even in his town hall meetings he\'s reading verbatim. There no way in hell he didn\'t know those questions before hand...How you answer a question before the moderator completes the question? How are you going ask the moderator "aren\'t we getting to the justices next..."? How the hell do you know what questions are next?<br><br>This is the first time in the history of his campagin that he represented himself favorably, but the truth of the matter is, he broke the rules to acheive it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604855" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604855">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604855" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is someone who must cheat and be propped up to win...always.  He is the negative stereotype of the affirmative action candidate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602636" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602636">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602636" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602636" class="dsq-comment-message">McSame\'s "honor." Please. "He told us he didn\'t hear anything?" Exactly when did Pastor Rick stop believing in the tooth fairy?<br><br>In God and His Son, Jesus Christ, I trust; all others must provide evidence.<br><br>It\'s very simple. McSame should have been at the appointed place at the appointed time. Period. Allow for traffic. Otherwise, you open yourself to the appearance of impropiety. <br><br>Besides, an honorable man would have followed the rules--not pretending to do so.<br><br>Obama went into the lion\'s den and performed well with a group not his base. White evangelicals are *supposed* to be McSame\'s--and he had to cheat to get even THAT right.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603634">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603634" class="dsq-comment-message">What? <br>You mean McCain wasn\'t in The Cone Of Silence?<br>Oops.<br>Sorry about that, Chief.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603798">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603798" class="dsq-comment-message">I dont think McCain cheated. I mean why would a man who use his connections to become a naval aviator, who left his wife who was severely injured and not the picture beauty he remembered, who committed adultery which is a crime punishable under military regulations, who was involved in a banking scandal known as as the Keating Five would resort to cheating. Come on he was a POW and a honorable man as far as we know.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603918" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603918" class="dsq-comment-message">AnthonyMason, you are preaching, bro.  And I\'m cosigning.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603975">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603975" class="dsq-comment-message">Rick Warren is a liar.<br><br>He said on CNN that when he stated that McCain was in a cone of silence, he really did believe McCain was.  However, Warren later said that he was able to get a question to Obama, but not McCain prior to the broadcast.  Why was he not able to get a question to McCain?<br><br>Also, isn\'t it normal for hosts to briefly greet the interviewee prior to a broadcast.  If someone wasn\'t even in the building, wouldn\'t the host know?  If Rick is claiming he wasn\'t aware initially that McCain wasn\'t in the building, when exactly did he find out otherwise?  Why didn\'t he make a statement to correct any misconceptions?  Why hasn\'t  Warren apologized to the Obama campaign at their failure to enforce the rules agreed to by both candidates?<br><br>Wasn\'t this broadcast Rick\'s show?  It\'s his church, and surely he is the man in control.  How is it that he could be so unaware of what was occurring.  Again, wouldn\'t Rick the pastor, personally greet and welcome the candidates prior to the broadcast...how could he not know that McCain had not arrived?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604107">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604107" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t make sense out of nonsense. You\'re absolutely right, as is Monie. Now who in their right mind is buying any of this. Its so foolish I actually find it too stupid not to laugh. I know its beyond reprehensible, but damn, this is like a script for some upcoming Will Ferrell/Steve Carrell flick.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604271">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604271" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve already seen him referred to as the "Purpose Driven Lie." He should not sacrifice whatever credibility he has on covering for McSame. <br><br>Geez...if McSame would tell a bald-face lie in church, he\'ll definitely tell a bald-face lie in the Oval Office.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604416">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604416" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604416" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>" Geez...if McSame would tell a bald-face lie in church, he\'ll definitely tell a bald-face lie in the Oval Office."</i><br><br>Ya think??   Did you see Cindy\'s face when McCain finished his cross in the sand story?  It wasn\'t quiet reverence, which would have been appropriate for such a story....it was surprise and a stifled laugh.  She couldn\'t believe what she was hearing.<br><br>John McCain is a compulsive liar.  He believes that he shares some mystical fate with that author and the now Russia.  John McCain is emotionally unstable.  His interference in the Russia/Georgia conflict is him playing out those twisted emotional themes.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1619851" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1619851" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t argue with you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605084">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605084" class="dsq-comment-message">Great questions, TruthSeeker. I wrote above that maybe the coin toss happened over the phone at a time prior to the taping. Could McCain have been there on time, then, instead of going to the green room, gone back to his limo?<br><br>There really shouldn\'t be this many questions in what should have been an honest interview between the pastor and candidates. I have a feeling that Warren is covering, but I would like to try to imagine scenarios where he could be telling the truth.<br><br>Please, Truthseeker, try to call into Larry King tonight to ask these questions. You seem to have analyzed the situation well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605156">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605156" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve already e-mailed my questions.  I imagine there will be hundreds similar sent into the show.  People are really annoyed about this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605683">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605683" class="dsq-comment-message">The coin toss did occur days before the forum: <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warren-going-people-2118790-forum-don" rel="nofollow">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warren-going...</a><br><br>It still doesn\'t explain why Warren said McCain was in the "cone of silence" when he wasn\'t even in the building, nor does it explain why McCain has answers for questions before they were asked. Sorry, but we\'ve seen McCain in plenty of "hummina, hummina" moments to suspect that Saturday\'s forum was fixed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606584">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606584" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for linking that article.  I looked even further and found a press release from the Saddleback forum dated 7/21/08 noting that a coin toss had determined that Obama would go first, though the actual date of the coin toss is not disclosed.  But like you said, it still does not excuse the fact that  McCain was not at the church for the duration of the forum.  And because of that it is possible he breached the "cone of silence" by not actually having been in one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620008" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620008">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620008" class="dsq-comment-message">Warren is a lying, sack of shit.  He\'s on Larry King now, twisting and turning.  Then he said McCain teared up 3 times when he was answering.<br><br>I am without a shred of doubt that McCain had an Evangelical problem.  There was a plan to help him solve it....which Warren, and the right wing was an integral part of.   They set Obama up.   Do they really think everyone is stupid, or amoral?  People understand basic fairness, even if they pretend not to.   It\'s not complicated. <br><br>Warren deliberately misled his audience.  If they had known the facts up front, they would have watched with different eyes.<br><br>Rick Warren : Lying Religious charlatan.<br><br>John McCain: Amoral Compulsive Liar</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1630354">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1630354" class="dsq-comment-message">You make a good point about the coin toss, Truth. Why do it behind close doors? And who\'s to say that a coin toss really took place. This "faith forum" has all kinds of shady to it.<br><br><b>Then he said McCain teared up 3 times when he was answering.</b><br><br>And it was a bold face LIE! McCain didn\'t tear up at all! Him saying that exposed what this forum was really about. <br><br>I\'m thoroughly disgusted.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620071">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620071" class="dsq-comment-message">He misled his audience.  At the time he talked about a coin toss, I doubt anyone believed that it had occurred days before, without the participation of the candidates.  Why perform a coin toss at all, why not choose arbitrarily?  Things like coin tosses are done for the APPEARANCE of fairness.  To do one in secret without participation of both parties defeats the purpose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620119">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620119" class="dsq-comment-message">Does Rick Warren think he\'s slick?  He said the Secret Service would have reported if McCain had listened to the broadcast.  Is he out of his mind?<br><br>I worked in the book Industry when that fucker\'s books came out; they were like an infestation.  Next time I go to the library, I\'m going to rip out the last pages of every one I can find.<br><br>Larry King needs to go.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620181">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620181" class="dsq-comment-message">________________________"I\'m going to rip out the last pages of every one I can find"__________________*tears*__LMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620313">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620313" class="dsq-comment-message">hehe...<br><br>If you don\'t see me posting for a while, you\'ll know they threw my ass in jail for vandalism. ;-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620341">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620341" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought the same thing when I heard him say that.  He sured looked nervous in the beginning.  I would bet money he\'s lying.<br><br>And about McCain\'s adopted daughter, hasn\'t Cindy said that she brought him home a daughter?  Yet he said something different.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620503" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620503">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620503" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s been singing that song since Sanchez interviewed him.  He\'s been catching hell all day, no doubt.  He actually said he\'d been talking about it all day.  I am sure that people in his faith understand basic fairness and were disappointed in how it was handled.<br><br>He can\'t run a mulit-million dollar organization and  be that naive not to understand that it was dishonest.   He\'s full of shit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604046">Maurice Stewart</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604046" class="dsq-comment-message">My question is:  Why did Rick Warren intentionally lie by saying that McCain was in a "cone of silence" when in fact he was a half hour late for the forum?  I have lost a lot of respect for this "purpose-driven pastor!"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604188">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604188" class="dsq-comment-message">So if (3) black people don\'t agree or support Obama, the media puts out there that "The Black Community" doesn\'t have his back...but we have a group of Vietnam vets against McCain and NO one is talking about this?<br><br><a href="http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/" rel="nofollow">Vietname Vets Against McCain</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604360" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604360" class="dsq-comment-message">These guys aren\'t anything new, and I think I\'ve heard them floating in the media.<br><br>They\'re a 527, though, so their credibility is instantly reduced by half.<br><br>My personal is that fights between veterans are best left to veterans. Only they can say what they\'ve seen/haven\'t seen.....for everyone else looking at the data, it\'s open to spin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604910">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604910" class="dsq-comment-message">There are a ton of those groups out there.  I had little idea how despised McCain was among veterans.   Didn\'t they call him a "canary", or something like that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604272">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604272" class="dsq-comment-message">As for the "define rich" question.....<br><br>McCain\'s response was deeply revealing.  In matters of public policy and govenment, "rich" is not a subjective, psychological measure....as per McCain\'s response that some of the wealthiest people he knows are the most unhappy.  In government, "rich" is a statistical measure.  John McCain seemed not to know this.  He seemed unaware of population income ratios.  McCain offered a vacuous, subjective response to the question of what is "rich".<br><br>Obama hit the nail on the head that the matter was "relative".  He said that people who earned above 150,000 annually, were in the top 2 percent....startling considering how low that number is as representation of only 2 percent.   One would think - having heard how prosperous the USA is, and it\'s access to higher education - that there are far more people making over 150,000.<br><br>Maybe people believe the mythology, rather than the facts.  McCain, instinctively responded with the mythology (meaningless platitude that rich people aren\'t really happy),  while Obama responded with the facts.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605623" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605623">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605623" class="dsq-comment-message"><b><br>Maybe people believe the mythology, rather than the facts. McCain, instinctively responded with the mythology (meaningless platitude that rich people aren\'t really happy), while Obama responded with the facts.</b><br><br>But this Evangelical base doesn\'t believe in facts, preferring mythology to justify their beliefs. McCain knows this, which explains why he answered that question the way he did. He was clearly pandering.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605759">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605759" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605759" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604366">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604366" class="dsq-comment-message">At least to this one person at Pat Robertson\'s network thought Obama did alright<br>Obama Shows Guts at Forum<br><a href="http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/429349.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/429349.aspx</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604382">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604382" class="dsq-comment-message">Hopefully, this will hurt Rick Warren as much as it does McCain. After all, hasn\'t he tried to present himself as a "maverick", copnared with the other fundies? We now know that\'s a damned lie.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604985" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604985" class="dsq-comment-message">If people were so concerned about preventing abortion they would make sure that women had equal pay, an adequate support system, paid time off for at least 6 months for the mom and at least 3 months for another care-giver, with a guarantee of their job, proper health insurance that didn\'t require you being a millionaire to afford and low-cost or free child care. But of course it would be understood that it\'s a choice that some women would still make like in cases of sexual assault or other reasons. <br><br>And as for the Iraq situation: it is not a war, it is an illegal and enforced occupation so the US holds onto it\'s power and can take the resources of another nation. The payoffs will only go so far. Any fighting that\'s going on is because there are some people left who will continue to defend themselves and their homeland from invaders. Just like we would if the situation was reversed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605212">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605212" class="dsq-comment-message">Both posts are great. I think Obama has to do these religion forums. By him answering calmly he has a fighting chance  to change some people\'s  minds. It does suck.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606460">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606460" class="dsq-comment-message">"I think Obama has to do these religion forums."<br><br>-And the MSM would crucify him if he didn\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605568" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605568">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605568" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>If people were so concerned about preventing abortion they would make sure that women had equal pay, an adequate support system, paid time off for at least 6 months for the mom and at least 3 months for another care-giver, with a guarantee of their job, proper health insurance that didn\'t require you being a millionaire to afford and low-cost or free child care. But of course it would be understood that it\'s a choice that some women would still make like in cases of sexual assault or other reasons.</i><br><br>I agree, and these were points that Obama addressed during the forum. He was offering realistic solutions instead of the same ol\' "Just Say No Abortion" rhetoric.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2034394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2034394">questioning</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2034394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2034394" class="dsq-comment-message">Problem is one of his solutions has been done.  Paying women to keep having babies isn\'t the answer either.  That\'s what happened with welfare.   I know unwed mothers get 1 year of free, all expenses, medical needs for the child.  Years ago when unwed mothers were on welfare they found out the more children they had the more $$ they could get from welfare.  Well that stopped and they had to go to work instead of having more babies to stay home and have rent paid by the gov\'t.  I could see helping the pregnant women with expenses for the child but why should they get to stay home all day while everyone else has to work to keep a roof over their heads.  I would put a limit to how many children they support and until the child goes into school or pre school at the very least.  Why aren\'t they given free medical prenatal care?  and like heartsandflowers said they aren\'t being provided for.  Also why aren\'t the so called fathers participating in paying for the care of the child?  Giving them money to stay home all day isn\'t the answer either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1605017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1605017" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605017" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know why Obama agreed to this. He is repeatedly set up. There has to be a strategy in this somewhere, right?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1606741" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606741">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606741" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606741" class="dsq-comment-message">I think if Obama can peel off younger Christians over to his side, it would be very damaging to McCain.  I read somewhere that Bush got 78% of the evangelical vote.  McCain is not likely to get that level of support.  If Obama can peel off "some" of those voters, it could make a real difference.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606249">pmof2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606249" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606249" class="dsq-comment-message">There must be a word for a phenomon whereby people in different places all  reach the same conclusion at the same time.  I can\'t tell you how many phone calls and emails I received after the Saddleback forum from friends saying "didn\'t it seem like McCain knew the questions beforehand?"  Where\'s there\'s smoke, there\'s fire.  Just sayin\'.<br><br>And, I saw this comment on another blog in response to the pundits falling all over themselves to declare McCain the "winner" on Saturday night.   I\'m paraphrasing but it goes something like this:<br><br>"One person is thoughtful and measured and deliberate, but the other guy is declared the winner?"<br><br>I thought that was pretty perfect.  The traditional media truly cannot wrap their brain around the fact that Barack truly may/will/has to, please God! win this thing.  They are all complicit in attempting to ensure that it doesn\'t happen, in my view.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606502">pmof2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606502" class="dsq-comment-message">Oops.  Spell check is my friend--should be "phenomenon."  Sorry</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606657">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606657" class="dsq-comment-message">I still can\'t believe that people watched this "forum."  I love Jesus and all, but I find it unsettling that  the forum took place in a church,  that the questions were being asked by a pastor, and that the audience paid upwards of $500 and up to attend the event.    <br><br>And forget the debate about the alleged "cone of silence" is anyone else disturbed by the fact that people are critizing Barack for not directly answering the question about when life begins?  I mean are you kidding me?  Is that what makes people qualified to be President these days?  Deep theological questions that everybody and their Aunt Mary has a different opinion on?  <br><br>Moses smell the roses, I can\'t wait for November.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606727">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606727" class="dsq-comment-message">...it was kinda creepy.  O was right to say it\'s above his pay grade.  Best leave those questions to the would-be guardians of the human soul.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620032" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1620032" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1620032" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620032" class="dsq-comment-message">That was the best answer I\'ve heard to any question all year.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620433">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1620433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620433" class="dsq-comment-message">Evangelicals won\'t get it....<br><br>The whole hour he was accusing them of greed, lack of empathy, lack of humility, selfishness, hypocrisy....but their heads are too far up their asses to get it.<br><br>Rick Warren, the 25 million book sale man is wondering what "rich" is.   He is worried about the dead fetuses while lamenting the number of live orphans who languish.   Obama redirected him to the fact that the women who had those children needed support in order to keep their kids.  PRick wasn\'t tryin\' to hear about that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1607321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1607321">delfinajones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1607321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1607321" class="dsq-comment-message">Warren is on Larry King Live at 6 PM Pacific time- call with your questions.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1608285">delfinajones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1608285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1608285" class="dsq-comment-message">Toll free number to call Larry King tonite and talk to Rick Warren<br>1-800-676-2100</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1613608" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1613608">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1613608" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1613608" class="dsq-comment-message">I want to have Rachel Maddow\'s baby. LOL She rocks!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1614524">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1614524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1614524" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s my girl crush.<br><br>She totally rocks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1619767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1619767">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1619767" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1619767" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.....Olbermann just laid one into McCain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1619887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1619887">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1619887" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know if anyone\'s seen this yet, but John Lewis just weighed in on Senator Complain\'s mention of him in the Faith Forum. Lewis says they\'ve never consulted each other in the 22 years he\'s been in Congress.<br><br><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/08/9293_john_mccain_john_lewis_wise_man.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/20...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1619992">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1619992" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1619992" class="dsq-comment-message">Can McCain\'s camp get any stranger? Why would you......oh hell....nevermind. I just gotta laugh.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620232">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1620232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620232" class="dsq-comment-message">Compulsive liar.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1625335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1625335">draftage.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1625335" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell Me The Truth<br>When Does Obama reverse his opinion on the draft? PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Vice presidential candidate John Edwards promised a West Virginia mother on Wednesday that if the Democratic ticket is elected in November the military draft would not be revived.<br>During a question-and-answer session, the mother of a 23-year-old who recently graduated from West Virginia University asked Edwards whether the draft would be reinstated. <br><br>“There will be no draft when John Kerry is president,” Edwards said, a statement that drew a standing ovat<br>on top of WSWS : News & Analysis : North America<br><br>Democratic Congressman reintroduces bill for military draft in US<br>By Joe Kay<br>12 January 2007<br><br>Charles Rangel, the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, reintroduced a bill on Thursday that would institute a military draft for all legal residents of the United States between the ages of 18 and 42.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1630312" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1630312">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1630312" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1630312" class="dsq-comment-message">The coverage of the "cone of silence" yesterday only focused on McCain being late to the forum, but why didn\'t the media focuse on his answers to the questions as well? You have to put BOTH together -- like the blogosphere has -- to show that McCain got those questions beforehand. He even answered a question BEFORE it was ever asked, but the media chose to ignore that, instead trying to paint bloggers and Obama supporters as a bunch of whiners who were pissed because "McCain did better" at the forum. And what about McCain LYING about the cross in the dirt story? *SMH*<br><br>The Democratic Strategist that appeared on Hardball last night pissed me off, trying to poo-poo McCain\'s late arrival to the forum, as well as subtly making fun of the blogosphere for pointing it out.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1630369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1630369" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1630369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1630369" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081802434.html" rel="nofollow">Candidates Got Advance Look at Questions</a><br><br><i>Spokesman A. Larry Ross said the candidates had agreed that McCain would not listen to Obama\'s interview, which came first by a coin-flip agreement. But Ross said Warren gave them both a sense of what to expect. <br><br>Warren provided McCain and Obama with the four subject areas, Ross said -- leadership, stewardship, worldview and international compassion -- and provided them a sense of the themes he would ask about, including topics such as energy and taxes. <br><br>He also offered three examples of questions he planned to ask: What is your greatest moral failure? What is America\'s greatest moral failure? Who are the three people you rely on for wise advice? <br><br>"He wanted to give them an idea of where he wanted to go with this," Ross said in an interview.</i><br><br>Can this be put to rest now.....or is the next argument over who got more information out of Warren?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1630530" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1630530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1630530" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1630530" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1630530" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, D.<br><br>I read the article and I still have my doubts.  Particularly with this part:<br><br><i>Warren provided McCain and Obama with the four subject areas, Ross said -- leadership, stewardship, worldview and international compassion -- and provided them a sense of the themes he would ask about, including topics such as energy and taxes.</i><br><br>That\'s not the same as knowing what questions are going to be asked.  It\'s kinda like being told the SATs will test verbal, math and reading comprehension.  That\'s totally different than knowing the specific questions and when/where/how those questions will be asked.  So the WaPo title is a little misleading.<br><br>Sorry, but it still smells fishy to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1652280" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1652280" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1652280">Sharon </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1652280" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1652280" class="dsq-comment-message">But only McCain got to hear his opponents answers before he gave his own.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1704066" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704066" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704066">Pat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704066" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704066" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me understand this. Obama did badly on Saturday night not because he is a phoney but because McCain was secretly listening. I guess if Obama is electd president we need to put McCain in a cone of silence for 4 or 8 years so Obama can have a successful presidency?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1704189" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704189" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704189">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704189" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704189" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty sure they put McCain into a cone of silence every night right now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601826" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601826" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1601826" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601826" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601826" class="dsq-comment-message">Of all the definitions for the word <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/debate" rel="nofollow">"debate",</a> I couldn\'t find one that matched up with what took place at that forum.<br><br>How do you cheat in a situation where "cheating" isn\'t possible?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601911">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601911" class="dsq-comment-message">What word would you use instead?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601966" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601966" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601966">Carnacki</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601966" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601966" class="dsq-comment-message">Flaunting the rules? Dishonorable behavior? Those work too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1602052" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602052" class="dsq-comment-message">It wasn\'t a debate. Obama did not lose. McCain did not win. They both answered the questions to the best of their respective abilities.<br><br>I would stop whining.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603748">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603748" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603748" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain incorporated the best of Obama\'s responses into his own thin answers.  He also - having knowledge of Obama\'s responses - attacked Obama on those responses.  In that sense it was a debate, but weighted against one candidate while favouring the other.<br><br>Dick and Jane.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603897" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603897" class="dsq-comment-message">Right on schedule.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604425" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604425">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604425" class="dsq-comment-message">You flatter yourself.<br><br>  ....then again, if you don\'t do it, who will?<br><br>Carry on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1620449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620449">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1620449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620449" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  He didn\'t provide his spiritual (I don\'t think he has any), rather he provided the more "crowd pleasing" and in his opinion "better answer".  Pure pandering.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602233" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602233" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602233">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602233" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602233" class="dsq-comment-message">So you don\'t attach any term to McCain possibly listening to Obama\'s responses (or any part thereof) prior to his own turn. You don\'t attach any term to McCain\'s chief of staff refusing to directly answer if any of the staff had access to Obama\'s responses at the time he was actually on stage and if they used that access to further prep McCain. You see McCain\'s arrival to this hyped up national forum 30 minutes late, as just one big ole coincidence and now its "whining" on the part of those who question this. Yeah....ok.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602298" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1602298" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602298" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602298" class="dsq-comment-message">You know why I said that?<br><br>Cause if Obama had done the same thing (and let\'s not forget, he actually <b><i>said</b></i> he "cheated" and looked something up beforehand!!), the right wing would be doing the same thing....whining.<br><br>The Obama insurgency has set a dangerous precedent: either Obama wins every debate (or in this case, non-debate), or it\'s another GOP dirty trick. God forbid Obama actually have a bad day, as occasionally happens to humans (and that\'s not me saying he had one at the forum; I think, with the exception of a few points, he did well).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602300">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602300" class="dsq-comment-message">Key word...\'possibly\'.<br><br>For me, it is much easier to believe that McCain could hold a larger appeal to his base than Obama can. Would Obama need to prepare for an appearance before the NAACP? No. So why is it unrealistic to believe that McCain would have the same level of comfort with his own base?<br><br>Obama supporters simply fell for the theory that Evangelicals would not support McCain, that they would never warm to him and stay home.<br><br>Go ahead an question it, go ahead and accuse McCain of cheating. <br>The charge will not hold up and Obama supporters are doing their candidate a disservice and looking small.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602403">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602403" class="dsq-comment-message">Key word "refuse" as in why won\'t McCain\'s chief of staff just confirm that indeed no one with McCain or with access to McCain relayed any information (beneficial or not) to him as a result of listening, reading or watching Obama or Rick Warren for the duration of the time he was not in the "cone of silence"...its simple. Why won\'t he do that? Why? Why?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1620481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1620481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1620481">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1620481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1620481" class="dsq-comment-message">"McCain would have the same level of comfort with his own base?"<br><br>Believe it or not - yes.  To prevent the usual heming and hawing  and outbursts of facial anger.  And are they really his base?  An adulterer, liar and cheat married to a lying, cheating drug addict.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602117">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602117" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>I do not think that reason and logic will prevail here today. This is the line of attack and they are sticking to it. <br><br>Obama has less of a chance of peeling away the Evangelical vote from McCain than ever before.  Obama\'s policy positions simply do not square with the values they hold most dear. They are conservative, Obama is not. <br><br>But Obama supporters have convinced themselves that McCain is such a weak candidate who does not stand a chance against Obama. How could this old, out-of-touch, warmonger connect with his base? The base is supposed to hate him.  They are supposed to stay home, or better yet, vote for Obama.<br><br>But that didn\'t happen. So now reality has reared its head, the base may cme out for McCain afterall. McCain may be able to hold his own against Obama in the debates? McCain is keeping the race close and confidence in McCain is growing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602270" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602270" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602270">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602270" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602270" class="dsq-comment-message">It is a losing battle for you and D here. But if you just want to present your point of view and let go of an end result then it is a good place for  you to post. <br><br>Most of us are doing that, not trying to win an argument but comment on it.<br><br>It is also passive aggressive to state somethng like "reason and logic" won\'t prevail. Not very nice.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1602316" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602316" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602316" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think in terms of winning or losing here. Don\'t think S does either.<br><br>Besides, what about our knife set? I thought you were on my side?!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602513">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602513" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>I think someone else beat you to the knife set.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603487" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603487" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603487" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603487" class="dsq-comment-message">Bullshyt. Where\'s Town....I want a recount.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603707">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603707" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t do it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603717">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603717" class="dsq-comment-message">D, I am on your side. I read all the words you post with as little self commentary as possible. Unlike a some others. I read your words as statement not as argument. I like that, I don\'t always agree but I don\'t think that has any bearing on why you post. It is an exchange of ideas not a rapping of knuckles.<br><br>I\'ll confess to rapping s\'s knuckles. My bad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603888" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603888" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603888" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603888" class="dsq-comment-message">I know....and I respect you for that. For most here, it is just an exchange of ideas.<br><br>Then there\'s those who get off by trying to prove me wrong. They usually start posting.......(checking watch).....about now.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1605178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1605178">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1605178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1605178" class="dsq-comment-message">By oyhers, I meant others that I read like s and karmi etc.<br><br>But I hear you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604211">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604211" class="dsq-comment-message">S has been earning his points today.  But you should be getting up to the knife set real soon.  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603893" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603893" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603893" class="dsq-comment-message">D, you don\'t, but S does. That\'s the only reason he comes on this blog; hoping he\'s going to get in an argument where he wins.<br><br>You, OTOH, seem to be reasoned and accepts debate and facts when presented to you. <br><br>S, doesn\'t have that ability, so don\'t give him any credit where credit is not due him/her/it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603784">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603784" class="dsq-comment-message">If it makes you feel better to float these scenarios, fine. But the facts will not change.<br><br>McCain connected with his base in this forum in a way that Obama did not.<br><br>McCain\'s answers have renewed confidence in McCain\'s conservative bona fides and have given the base a reason to be \'fired up.\'<br><br>In order for Obama to make inroad with this group of voters he them to buy into his \'nuanced\' approach to issues but the stark contrast between his responses and McCain\'s strong, concise answers simply made Obama look \'vague\'. He also needs them to remain skeptical of McCain.<br>Ergo, they floated the \'cheating\' meme. Andrea Mitchell confirmed it came from Obama\'s camp and it is simply a diversion to keep from examining many of his remarks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604584">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604584" class="dsq-comment-message">You are right, s. McCain was there only to shore up his base. He only needed to parrot back the things that they wanted to hear. It was not Obama\'s crowd, though I\'m sure he managed to convince the few of those there not engaged in group think or those who are intelligent and sophisticated enough to appreciate a nuanced answer.<br><br>McCain was DISHONEST. He was not in a cone of silence, as Warren asserted. He was in a car where getting information was possible. He\'s not disputing that. He will never admit to cheating even if he did. Those of us who are used to seeing him resort to the low road will not put it past him to cheat. We don\'t need further evidence that it is possible. Neither we nor Obama can prove it, but it is not beyond the pale to suspect it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602376" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602376" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602376">Anthony Mason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602376" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602376" class="dsq-comment-message">"Obama has less of a chance of peeling away the Evangelical vote from McCain than ever before. Obama\'s policy positions simply do not square with the values they hold most dear."<br><br>Ha ha ha.  [using my Stewei-- from Family Guy--Voice]:::And what exactly are those values? Is it more War with no end in sight? massive incompetence and outright corruption? Is it more Al Gonzalez and Monica Goodwin running the Justice Department? Oh, oh, Let me guess, those conservative values are more Brownie, what heck of a Job yall doing! <br><br>I couldnt help it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602575">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602575" class="dsq-comment-message">I see. So Evangelicals are to abandon their commitment to the unborn, their support of traditional marriage, support for school choice and confidence in our military to achieve victory in Iraq simply because you wish it so.<br><br>Tell me why you believe conservative Evangelicals Christians, who have voted overwhelmingly Republican and voted for Bush would flock to Obama?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603726">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603726" class="dsq-comment-message">If those are positions that so called Christan\'s hold dear then thank the flying humpback turtle I\'m not a believer</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603736">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603736" class="dsq-comment-message">As a pro-lifer and former Evangelical, I can tell  you that there\'s a big contradiction in being a pro-life republican and at the same time pro-Iraq war. How can you be for the unborn, yet when it comes to the Iraqis all you talk about is Victory? Victory at the expense of what? More iraqi\'s lives which you obviously dont care about.  By the way, can you define victory for me! What are we "winning" in Iraq other than the hostile take over of that country\'s natural resources, something which you, yourself, would never see the benefits of.<br><br>Now, you\'re totally right, they wont flock to Obama.  But I tell you this much, given that the last eight years have shown the evangelical movement for the fraud they are (and I say this as a former evangelical who has stood in front of the supreme court protesting roe v. wade), Obama shouldnt be courting them.  If anything, he should be pointing out that the last eight years of republican/Evangelical rule have been the most disastrous  periods in American history.  We should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER want to comeback to the days of evangelical george bush, or evangelical tom delay, or evangelical al gonzalez, or evangelical monica goodwin.....And that, my friend, is why I\'m supporting Obama despite the fact that that I\'ve a different worldview than he does.  Because I seriously dont think I could live another day under a Bush-Cheney lite in the form of McSame.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604101" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604101" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604101" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604101" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m going to take part of this question, though I absolutely refuse to try to define victory in Iraq to anyone else on JJP again.<br><br>(Or at least try not to)<br><br>I reconcile the two by the fact that death is an unfortunate, though necessary, byproduct of war. Contrary to the belief of some on here, those who support the Iraq War aren\'t a group of bloodthirsty warmongers who live for combat, death, and destruction. It may sound juvenile, but the Iraqis aren\'t the only ones dying over there.<br><br>I\'m not a die-hard pro-lifer, but I am against abortion as a form of birth control. I\'m not presumptious (sp?) enough to tell a woman what to do with her body....but there are plenty of other alternatives to abortion, short of having a medical/psychological reason for having one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604325">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604325" class="dsq-comment-message">I  can respect other people\'s opinions on social issues that are contrary to my own.  However in the case of the Iraq War, it is very important to note that the Neo-con gruop Project for the New American Century (PNAC) had long-held regime change as part of their plan, by writing open letters to Clinton in 1998 and G.W. Bush  in Sept 2001, shortly after Sept. 11.  These same PNAC members were some of the chief architects of the Iraq War--Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Doanld Rumsfeld, Richard Armitage, Dick Perle etc.etc.<br>And now we are simply told, we were led into war by "faulty intelligence."  It is hard  not to consider that this group, so hell-bent on invading Iraq could not have made absolutely sure we had the right intelligence in the 5 years prior to the war in which they first raised the possibilty of regime change in Iraq.  Why haven\'t those who gave us this faulty intelligence been investigated or punished.  That is the least that could have been done for the THOUSANDS OF U.S. AND COALITION TROOPS LIVES LOST, TENS OF THOUSANDS INJURED,AND QUITE POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQI\'S KILLED, THE IRAQI REFUGEE CRISIS CAUSED BY THIS CONFLICT, THE CREATION OF AN IRAQI CIVIL WAR AND THE FINANCIAL STRAIN IT HAS CAUSED THE U.S. What can really be considered victory after all of this?   The moral battle was lost long ago.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604453" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604453" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604453" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604453" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a little far fetched.....you\'re suggesting that 5-6 people had a hand in planting intelligence over the course of years<br><br>And let\'s not forget that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton#Military_and_foreign_events" rel="nofollow">regime change in Iraq was signed into law under President Clinton.</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604669" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604669" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604669">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604669" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604669" class="dsq-comment-message">Thats it, Iraq is the clusterf*ck because of Clinton.When all else fails reThugs blame everything on Clinton.And before you reply I know that Clinton sign that insane piece of legislation because of his own ineptitude but never would he have committed our army into that hellhole</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604823">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604823" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604823" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t blame Clinton...just pointing out the fact that getting rid of Saddam crossed party lines. <br><br>One threw missiles, one invaded. Different strokes, I guess.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604713">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604713">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604713" class="dsq-comment-message">You are right---I feel there has been a breakdown of the government\'s responsibilty in this matter on all fronts, from Democratic politicians and Republicans alike.  However, Bush decided to engage in this war and has to ultimately bear responsibilty.  And he has since explained to the American people that the intelligence was faulty.  I am not sure of how to link but the following PBS documentary"<br><br><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar</a><br><br>is one of the best, in my opinion, historical accounts of the run-up to this conflict and was objective.  Americans were NOT  given an objective point-of-view leading up to the Iraq war by mainstream media.  Too many media sources were more concerned with trying not to appear "unpatriotic" than report the truth.  Please watch it, if you haven\'t already. It contains many interviews, timelines, overall a very good journalistic piece of media.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604858">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604858" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604858" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604858" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll check that out. The movie No End In Sight is, in my opinion, one of the better documentaries of Iraq before the surge. One of my favorite movies, actually. Check it out if you haven\'t.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604481">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1604481">AnthonyMason</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604481" class="dsq-comment-message">And at the same time, one could argue that abortion is a byproduct of the american mindset that pushes individuality ahead of others.  But here\'s what changed my mind on the issue of abortion:  Abortion is a very personal issue.  My wife, who was pro-choice up until our daughter was born four months ago,  just told me that she thinks to be late for that time of the month.  We\'re not freaking out.  Abortion is not an option for us.  Even if our financial circumstances are precarious, we arent having an abortion.  But, that\'s a personal and private choice between me and her and the God we worship.  If we\'re to care for the unborn like we profess to do, then we need change people\'s minds and hearts.  We need to change the mindset that leads women and men to want to abort the life of the unborn.  But that\'s to be done on a personal level, by family members, pastors, chaplains and the like.  What we shouldnt do is have the govt. do it. To have the govt. do it would be a major intrusion into private matters very serious to folks.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604548">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604548" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604548" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604548" class="dsq-comment-message">My take is that making abortion illegal would actually present the negative effect of killing not only more babies, but mothers as well.<br><br>I\'m not sure if that\'s a benefit we want....or have really sat down to think about. There\'s a compromise somewhere.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1606831">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1606831" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606831" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606831">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606831" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606831" class="dsq-comment-message">Very good point D, but try pointing that out to some of your conservative colleagues. <br><br>I have my own issues with the fact that women can and do use abortion as a birth control method (I do realize that this is not the case in the majority of circumstances).  However, what scares me more is if abortion was illegal.  What people have failed to realize, or don\'t care about, is just because something is illegal, doesn\'t make the person\'s mindset change.  If they really don\'t want to be pregnant/have a baby, then they will find other ways to alleviate the problem.<br><br>At least with legal abortion, the health of the mother is protected to an extent because it is performed by licensed physicians.  But if abortion were illegal, and as a result criminalized, that could yield tragic results for many women.  <br><br>Which is why, even if you are pro-life, I would think that you could still get behind measures to reduce unwanted pregnancy and by default abortions (which Obama has been advocating by the way)--but that\'s not the argument that we focus on in these elections is it?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1613295">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1613295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1613295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1613295" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1613295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1613295" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course not. But then-and I have to tread real lightly on this one-you don\'t necessarily see many conservatives heading off to the clinic, do you? <br><br>Some conservatives are far removed from that issue because they don\'t have to live it. My situation\'s different, so I can see both sides.<br><br>The extreme right to life movement scares me, honestly.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1614836">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1614836" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1614836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1614836">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1614836" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1614836" class="dsq-comment-message">I can agree with you on that.  But when women elect to have an abortion, the physician or anyone else is not concerned with their political affiliation--so we don\'t know who is really going to the clnic.  What I do know is Mary Cheney, a gay woman who campaigned for her father in 2004  had a child by artificial insemination in 2006.  Many conservatives may feel this is not natural,  but the is she not a conservative Republican because of that. I  am sure she is happy that she and her partner are able to enjoy motherhood through technological advances even though many of the ideologies that evangelical conservative Republicans share would frown upon such things.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1619605">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1619605" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1619605" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1619605" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1619605" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1619605" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t knock the Cheneys for what they do. Course, when your dad is the de facto second in command of the GOP, it\'s kinds hard for anyone to knock them.<br><br>I think the important thing to remember is that we all have to uphold the law, whether we like it or not. If we disagree, there\'s a method to work to change the law, but-in this case-it doesn\'t include blowing up clinics.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1606751">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1606751" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1606751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1606751">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1606751" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1606751" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait, when did evangelical issues spread to school choice and victory in Iraq?  Did I miss something?  Aren\'t you grouping together conservative issues with evangelical issues?  <br><br>IAnd  won\'t make any assumptions here, but there are a whole host of reasons that traditional evangelicals would "flock" to Obama.<br><br>Look what voting for Bush got them.  Back in the day, he was the dark knight that was going to save Christians from the evil married gay people, now, we have an economy in the dumps, outrageous gas prices, a mortgage mess, and ...wait for it....evil married gay people.  <br><br>Maybe people will be encouraged to think outside of the box this time around.  But then again, maybe not.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1601433">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601433" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601433">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601433" class="dsq-comment-message">Sour grapes. Whining. Vicious. Unhinged.<br><br>This will hurt Obama.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1601900">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601900" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601900">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601900" class="dsq-comment-message">It appears to hurting McCain....I guess he better get a better alarm clock so he\'ll be on time from now on.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1601992">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1601992" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1601992" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1601992">Carnacki</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1601992" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1601992" class="dsq-comment-message">I doubt it was accidental. I bet it was planned from the beginning to be late so he could be given the questions. He\'s not allowed to use his own cellphone any more without permission. They don\'t want him out there without assistance.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1602265">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1602265" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1602265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1602265">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1602265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1602265" class="dsq-comment-message">True. Too bad for McCain\'s staff, they simply don\'t get that he isn\'t a convincing actor at all. He had to go all Miss Cleo answering questions before they were even asked. Right away, the gig was up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1604336">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1604336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1604336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1604336" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1604336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1604336" class="dsq-comment-message">"Can we get back to the justices" or some such was the dead giveaway.<br><br>The justices hadn\'t been brought up yet.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1603671">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603671" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603671">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603671" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603671" class="dsq-comment-message">Concern troll.<br><br>Does anyone notice s is first out of the gate on this post???  S was the first person to respond when I commented about Rick Sanchez\'s interview yesterday.....<br><br>Must have hit a spot.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1603804">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603804">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603804" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1603959">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603959" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603959" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1603959">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603959" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603959" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s going to leave a mark.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1603968">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1603968" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1603968" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1603968" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1603968" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1603968" class="dsq-comment-message">TS, I wouldn\'t even S with being concerned.<br><br>He\'s just a flaming troll and we have to stop feeding him/her/IT.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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