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null, "subscribe_on_post": 2, "moderator_can_edit": false, "is_remote": false, "is_verified": false, "missing_perm": "login"}, "realtime_paused": false, "posts": {"1956955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know what they're trying to do by throwing in the air so many racist remarks...<br></br><br>They're getting bolder if you ask me </br><br></br><br>Where is this going to stop?</br><br></br><br>I hope it stops before it is too late if you see what I mean...</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_21:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, just when I didn't think The Monster could get any more monstrous.  She--and her fucking acolytes--can fuck right off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_21:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2c07cbf7719e961a0175adbf88e6aed8", "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}, "1956957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah, I read this today and I was just racing over to tell you guys to add it to your wiki!!<br></br><br>They are so brazen and arrogant.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_21:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cbd40bd4a675a59c12f3216f7b123aae", "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}, "1956958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I'll let you decide....does this go into the ClintonAttacksObama Wiki Incident Page?\"<br></br><br>-HELL YES!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_21:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "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}, "1956959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes... I think this should go in the Wiki page. Isn't it also part of the story line -- Obama is lucky, he benefits from being black, and Hillary, the hard worker and experienced one is overlooked. Doesn't that play into Clinton's PA demographics fears and prejudices? Her campaign makes me sick. I am so glad Obama is moving up in the polls again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_21:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4ad584f334d3e60af6f9f321359f5b8", "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}, "1956960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wish the media would properly call the Clinton campaign out on their repreated and systematic racebaiting.  <br></br><br>How many more times does a Clinton surrogate have to say something racist before it becomes a pattern?</br><br></br><br>And why doesn't Hillary denounce this nearly as strongly as Obama did the Samantha Powers remark?</br><br></br><br>If anything this is worse, because it denigrates an entire race of people.  </br><br></br><br>If the media were fair, they would stop tippy-toeing around this issue and call Hillary Clinton out on her racist campaign tactics.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ferraro needs a wiki all to herself. She's been everywhere whining about Obama for the last several weeks. She's gotten on my last nerve.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Listen to her on YouTube.<br></br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL_sm0J8jc</br><br></br><br>Her interview is actually <b>worse </b> than what is quoted. She is rabid and without any sense.</br><br></br><br>Just listen.</br><br></br><br>And, her luck may be that she's lucky that she was only married to the mob rather than being in the mob...</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "363c2f6b494574d0d44acfb0bcd59869", "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}, "1956963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What? The? F@%ck? This makes me sick to my stomach. Yes, please add it to the Wiki page. I swear, if Hillary is elected, I'm applying for Canadian citzenship. I came here to read about Hillary's suggestion that Barack run for VP. Now, I find this. Very unfortunate indeed. Yes, us black folks are so lucky, just ask Margaret B. Jones, who obviously felt being a privileged white woman was boring.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ca5ec8b8af41ca86caf9b6a2f1f045f", "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}, "1956964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm waiting for Hillaryland to claim that discontent with Ferraro's dumbass comment is Obama's campaign playing the race card.<br></br><br>It shouldn't take long.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3cc83a2ceefa041f1ad1c453f964a446", "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}, "1956965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep, that's precisely what I'd say the night before the Mississippi primary.<br></br><br>Help me out here. Are these people actually racist... or just stupid?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Its interesting to me how this campaign has brought the racism of some of these white boomer women bubbling up to the surface (Steinem, Jong, and now Ferraro).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thehill.com/dick-morris/its-over-2008-03-06.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">It's over! </a>Enough of the whining. <br></br><br>I must tell you that I'm an ER physician at a hospital in inner-city Baltimore. I encounter people on a nearly daily basis in the grips of acute mental disorders. But the psychological deterioration that the public is witnessing in the Clintons is truly fascinating. I don't recall anything in public life for the past twenty-five years that approaches the folie a deux of Bill and Hillary. I wasn't alive when LBJ was POTUS and I was an oblivious infant during Nixon's reign, but I'm sure that this past year of Billary will undergo serious psychological assessment. I'm awed by how Hillary Clinton is becoming everything that she accused Obama of: a pathetic, weak little figure unfit to lead; an untrustworthy individual who makes you wonder how in the hell did they reach their position and what do her supporters see in her to believe that she could actually be POTUS? I thought Bill would be severe enough to read the writing on the wall and hang it up but Mike Tyson has nothing on this man. As it stands he is rapidly becoming another Tiki Barber and losing all ties with his former team. Bill and Hillary Clinton are going to be treated like Jimmy and Roslyn Carter: peripheral figures and distant relatives that you see once in a while at a cookout, muster a forced smile and pat too aggressively on the back and quickly excuse yourself to go to the punch bowl. How can a so-called smart power couple be so utterly inept? She has to quit the race by the end of March to keep what little political they have left. She might be able to keep her Senate seat if she does so but if she  tries to raise doubts about  Obama's capacity to lead at the  convention right before the fall campaign she will not have a future in public life.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a64ac50ccdebb1c745479763ea2721ab", "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}, "1956968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG you are SUCH a breath of fresh air.  I've been coming to Jack and Jill for a few weeks and I AM SO HAPPY to have found you.<br></br><br>They like it when we think we're different from our neighbors and we must be crazy to see what we see.  They want us to feel isolated and powerless.</br><br></br><br>\"kiss.my.lucky.black.ass\" gave me  the FINEST laugh I've had since Klinton began derailing this train... gut level, hearty good LAUGH.</br><br></br><br>Thanks for being yourselves and doing what you do.  Just for the record, I think you're anything BUT  BOOJIE... mho.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a1cb14eb7da5ed3c883297e7c050a18", "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}, "1956969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I use to admire this woman.  This is beyond disgusting.  The more I hear from the Democratice establishment, the more certain I am of going Independent.<br></br><br>I read this early and couldn't believe it. </br><br></br><br>Obama's surrogates better get on this and respond soon!! I am beyond offended, yet not surprised.  It looks like the Old Democratic party establishment is getting desperate to hold onto power.</br><br></br><br>So it's ok for Ferraro to play the gender card and the race card?  Sybillary will never get my vote nor respect.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_22:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "66b46c7ea60fc982ec853b4f635c2718", "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}, "1956970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have been searching for a African American Political blog and glad I found you.<br></br><br>A few things.  I am a Hillary supporter.  I know that is not popular here but it is what it is.  </br><br></br><br>A do not know if any poster here has had a chance to see the youtube spot \"polished like gold\" but you should.  There is this 91yr unbelievable lady who talks about how she is so proud that America has finally found in itself the courage to have a \"afro american\" and a woman running for president.  Then she says something I find remarkable.  She says after I got over that; she asked herself who would be good for the country.  The 91 yr old lady explained that the country was at the foot of the rough side of the mountain and needed to reach the top to be polished like gold.  </br><br></br><br>Anyway, it is a very good video.  Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a \"viable\" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities?  To me how you honestly and soberly answer that question is how you should pick the democratic nominee.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_23:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This should go into the wiki for sure.  It's a horibbly racist thing to say.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_23:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "02957354f950e8dfe2adeca9b017b198", "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}, "1956972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a \"viable\" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities?\"<br></br><br>I don't even know where to START with this comment. </br><br></br><br>Do you think that African Americans who support Barack Obama are only doing so because of his skin color? That they haven't asked themselves the questions you posed?</br><br></br><br>I am a white woman, and I don't think Hillary could successfully run a hot dog stand, much less this country.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_23:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ferraro is an idiot. What she doesn't get is that her and her fellow clueless feminists (thankfully a minority of the feminist movement) are starting to sow a division between women and African Americans. If that division gets entrenched and remains long-term, no woman or African American will be elected to the Presidency this century, if ever. So Ferraro is just preventing her own dream; but that's what stupid and ignorant people do. They don't think through the consequences of their words.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_23:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a2201364786f612d9d33bb12f2de038", "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}, "1956974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who is best? Certainly not the moron who took Condi's word for it and voted to send 4,000+ Americans to their deaths and maim tens of thousands of others. Certainly not the moron who DIDN'T even bother to READ the National Intelligence Estimate before making the most critical decision of her life. Certainly not the moron that voted for a bankruptcy bill that screwed the average American over but \"hoped it didn't pass.\" Certainly not the moron who liked NAFTA, supported it when it was passed, said it was a good thing on balance--until she decided to run for President. Certainly not the moron who thought race baiting was an acceptable tactic. Certainly not the moron who failed to read the writing on the wall and get out of the way of history and instead chose to continue a fruitless quest solely for her own ego. Hillary Clinton--ready to fuck up and screw you over on Day One.<br></br><br>And no, I won't get over what happened in this campaign. You assholes ran a RACIST campaign and betrayed the ideals you claimed to stand for. If Obama goes down, Bill and Hillary Clinton will be viewed by history as the murderers of the dream. It couldn't happen to two more deserving people--total scum bags who care about nothing other than their own power and betrayed their supposed ideals for their endless pursuit of power.</br><br></br><br>Clinton wins, I'm going to vote for McCain. Then I'll write a book about how Hillary Clinton's pathetic, shameful, vile and racist campaign destroyed the Democratic Party and set the struggle for Civil Rights back 75 years. It'll be one of 5,559 books on that subject.</br><br></br><br>Hillary stays in and tolerates bullshit like Ferraro, Wolfson, her husband, Mark Penn, Andrew Cuomo, Billy Shaheen, Bob Johnson, anonymous staffers, the Insight Magazine smear, the Machinists' union President and herself (she her despicable performance on 60 Minutes where she tried to insinuate Obama was a Muslim), it is ultimately her responsibility. The buck stops with her. Hillary has tolerated racism in her name, therefore she is fine with racism, which makes her personally a racist. (McCain is less of one, he at least denounced his version of the Machinists' President on the spot).</br><br></br><br>Hillary Clinton has shown herself to be a fraud; Bill Clinton has shown himself to be a fraud. And no, I won't get over it. They steal the nomination on Super Delegates, I'm doing everything I can to see McCain win. The Clintons don't deserve the respect of anyone who is actually thinking about the issues. Sorry, not going to get over it. But it is appropriate that the Clinton supporters would think that; the Clintons sold out unions, African Americans, and progressives in the 1990s. They are experts in taking people for granted. Payback is a tough thing to deal with; it happened in this election, and it couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than Hillary Clinton.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-10_23:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a2201364786f612d9d33bb12f2de038", "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}, "1956975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i> Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a \"viable\" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities? To me how you honestly and soberly answer that question is how you should pick the democratic nominee.</i><br></br><br>Read the rest of this blog.</br><br></br><br>I'm quite clear on where I stand about Hillary. </br><br></br><br>I.WILL.NEVER.VOTE.FOR.HER. </br><br></br><br>Once upon a time, I thought, I MIGHT be able to hold my nose, though I doubted it. </br><br></br><br>Her race-baiting, beginning with Billy Shaheen, made it impossible for me to ever vote for her.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_00:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "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}, "1956976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maxine Waters<br>Stephanie Tubbs</br><br>Sheila Jackson Lee</br><br>Mayor of Philly</br><br></br><br>Hello?  Hello? Hello?</br><br></br><br>I can't hear you</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_00:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For Anon 8:16, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/obama-if-im-not-ready-_n_90765.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">your gal Hillary done answered your question</a>. Check <a href=\"http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/03/dresden.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">this out</a> and tell me one unsubstantiated point. <br></br><br>Hillary is losing all credibility. She is becoming a grotesque joke. If she wants to still be influential and remain a senator, then she must quit the race by the end of March. Any potential gain she achieves in Pennsylvania will evaporate the following month in Indiana and North Carolina. </br><br></br><br>The outcome has been mathematically decided. She's gotta go freely or face eviction. And with the new scandal involving Gov. Spitzer, the media no longer has a vested interest in perpetuating the illusion of a viable Hillary. </br><br></br><br>This race was effectively decided in February. It was a <a href=\"http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/02/barack-obama-has-had-gettysburg-moment.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gettysburg moment</a>. Sure the campaign continued, but the end was foretold. None other than Bill Clinton said that Hillary needed overwhelming victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4 in order to have a chance. That didn't happen. </br><br></br><br>I'm sorry for you and other Hillary supporters. The mainstream media and the Clintons colluded in deception. They made you think she had a real shot at winning legitimately. But now the media is moving on to fresh meat and is no longer propping up the house of cards. </br><br></br><br>Make no mistake. The convention is a coronation. The Clintons have made their supporters believe that something could be finessed at the convention but that hasn't been true since the Sixties.</br><br></br><br>Essentially Bill and Hillary have been hoping for the Democratic Party elites to do Barack what the Supreme Court did to Al Gore: ratify an outcome not supported by the numbers. This just can't happen without destroying the party apparatus. </br><br></br><br>If she cares about you and her supporters and is indeed the one to do the things that you describe, then Hillary needs to exercise the moral courage of a Robert E. Lee at Appomattox and concede the prize to Barack by the end of this month. They can put aside past differences and work together for the good of the nation and secure a Democrat victory. </br><br></br><br>But this relentless, win-at-all-costs thrust for the nomination is more becoming of a recklesss gambling addict doubling their bets after losing than an honest sober leader.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_00:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a64ac50ccdebb1c745479763ea2721ab", "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}, "1956978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, it should go in the Wiki and if they have ranking, this should go near the top!<br></br><br>People don't be surprised, this is just the beginning.  If he gets the nomination, and I believe he will, you might actually hear someone speak the word.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_00:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "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}, "1956979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For the Anonymous Hillary Clinton supporter above, I was insulted by your comment. It is the same condescending rhetoric that I hear from Clinton supporters. I am sick of it. You dont think we have already thought through the issues. Read the rest of the blog and see where the issues are brought up and discussed before you judge. <br></br><br>You are not speading any \"knowledge\"...if you want to vote for Hillary Clinton then fine...marvelous but I have thought through my decision. I believe that Senator Barack Obama is the superior choice for many reasons. </br><br></br><br>Thank You</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_00:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cbd40bd4a675a59c12f3216f7b123aae", "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}, "1956980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know how infuriating HRC and her 'cult members' can be, but it's just par for the course. This is who they are. Their latent racism has bubbled to the surface for all w/o blinders on to see. Those that still support her have a right to do so but they are overlooking some serious flaws. I'm talking about the 'average' voter not the ones she's promised things to in exchange for a vote or help. We'll get the type of country with the politicians we allow for. Hopefully enough people will see past the bs and do the right thing, but more important than even voting for a specific person we need to hold the ones in office now accountable and weed out the bad ones. This is our test. We can decide our future.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_01:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c77a5893306cd838d15cacfc57cb6f4", "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}, "1956981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Maxine Waters<br>Stephanie Tubbs</br><br>Sheila Jackson Lee</br><br>Mayor of Philly</br><br></br><br>Hello? Hello? Hello?</br><br></br><br>I can't hear you</br></b><br></br><br>Clearly you can't hear. You are willfully blind, deaf and dumb just like HRC.  You're probably a sixty-ish second wave feminist who thinks Gloria Steinem and her ilk actually make sense.  Have you met any black people in the real world by chance?</br><br></br><br>Because if you did, then you would know that Waters, Tubbs Jones, Jackson Lee) have had ZERO impact on the votes in their own districts. And they have very little standing in the national black community with the exception of Maxine Waters (and her Clinton support has damaged that).</br><br></br><br>Michael Nutter (the mayor of Philly) will have the same impact on the black vote in Philly: NADA.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_01:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You misunderstood my point.  My point was that these Black superdelegate supporters of HRC seem to be silent over this issue.  When normally they would run towards the first camera that came their way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_01:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You should warn people not to listen to that youtube clip within 30 minutes of eating. I nearly retched my turkey bacon all over my laptop. I never would have gotten that smell out of the keys...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_02:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ed613debb3ff32133f08bfbc1ae21c1", "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}, "1956984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think this is a deliberate strategy; it is possible that these comments are simply racist and the words reflect what they actually think.  If it was a one time thing, that could be a slip of the tongue.  They are beyond that now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_02:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How unfortunate for the Dems that they chose this year to have 2 candidates from the two largest, most vocal, most aggrieved factions of the party; feminists and black, vying for the same prize.<br></br><br>Neither party wins the \"which is worse: racism or sexism?\" debate.</br><br></br><br>Racism and sexism are alive and well right here in the 'progressive,' 'rainbow coalition' that is the modern Democrat party.</br><br></br><br>Keep this up and voters will be yearning for a kindly, grandfatherly, white man to keep them safe.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_03:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting historical footnote I saw regarding Geraldine \"Lucky to be a woman when Mondale was specifically seeking a minority or female VP\" Ferraro.  Marc Ambinder's blog highlighted this July 2, 1984 Time magazine article on his blog at The Atlantic.<br></br><br>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926644,00.html</br><br></br><br><b>The former Veep began his formal search for a running mate by interviewing a black, a Southerner and a woman: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, followed by Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. Although most observers said his selection was unlikely, Mayor Bradley, the son of a sharecropper, touched reporters by reminding them how remarkable it was that a presidential nominee would even consider a black running mate. A female running mate (more probably Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York than Mayor Feinstein) is becoming increasingly possible. Mondale's political adviser John Reilly said a female candidacy would offer national appeal. \"It cuts across geography,\" he noted.</b></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_03:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "376c4de9b9dbc5d8a0f228c9592205c6", "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}, "1956987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "anon   12:00am<br></br><br>Actually,  I'm thinking it's quite the opposite.  I think it is VERY fortunate that Clinton and Obama are running at this moment, at this time.</br><br></br><br>I have been too, too tired of racist Democrats acting as if black folk ought to vote for them just because they are democrats.  </br><br></br><br>By the way, I am damn sure not voting for Barack just because he's black.  Hell, Alan Keyes is in the race,  I wouldn't insult dogs by voting him in as dog catcher.  If Republicans hadn't been such assholes over the last, oh, lemme see, 150 years and beyond, they could have gotten more black folk to join the party.</br><br></br><br>If this destroys the Democratic Party, it NEEDED to be destroyed.</br><br>It's like a boil that needed to burst.  </br><br></br><br>Go back and really listen to that  Ferraro clip.  It might have been scripted at one point, but it rolls into a whole new thing.  She gets exasperated trying to make her point. She's thinkin' \"What?  Doesn't he get it?  Why the hell doesn't he just play along?\"  </br><br></br><br>They have been playing the \"insult black folk, just apologize, they will vote for you anway\"  game for so long, they believe that shit!  </br><br></br><br>Racist and stupid. Damn.</br><br></br><br>I think it is time to prove them wrong.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_03:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cd75d797f8c02bab58c0b2885f10af4", "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}, "1956988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now Michael Nutter is being criticized?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_03:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fc804380ded9f8b58ae0aded96432ff", "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}, "1956989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Obama was a white man, Hillary would have bowed out a month ago and he'd be the Democratic nominee.<br></br><br>But he's not.  He's a Black man who has to put up with this kind of race-bating bullshit, from a northern white woman who calls herself a Democrat, no less.  </br><br></br><br>It's going to be interesting to see how much more of this Obama will take before gut-punching one of these bitches.  (Yeah--I used the \"b\" word, and I'm a feminist and a woman.  I just call 'em like I see 'em.)</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_05:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8739178e7d893e285e5ca04630965169", "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}, "1956990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I gotta tell y'all.  Last night, I wrote a comment about 4 or 5 times before I decided to delete it and just leave it alone.<br></br><br>That's how mad I actually am.  I had to physically restrain myself from hitting the \"post\" button because I knew that I was about to write some words that I wouldn't want my mama to see(LOL).  </br><br></br><br>I am beyond pissed at this moment.  This all started with that dumb a*s article by gloria steinem.  It continued with that stupid, \"B*tch is the new Black,\" comment on SNL and it's just gotten worse and worse ever since. </br><br></br><br>I wish someone would write an op-ed piece (perhaps Melissa Harris-Lacewell) and call them out on this nonsense.  I'm so sick and tired of hearing white feminists distort black history and cheapen the black struggle for political gain.  And the media buys into it hook, line and sinker.</br><br></br><br>I am trying soooooo hard to restrain myself, but some of these middle-aged white \"feminists\" are working my very last nerve!  I won't chastise an entire group.  But someone needs to tell these women to shut up.  </br><br></br><br>It is the epitomy of privilege and entitlement.  They're like that spoiled brat in \"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - stamping their feet and screamin' \" . . . \"Don't care how, I want it NOW!\"</br><br></br><br>That's all they're saying.  And they think they've earned the right to say this garbage about another minority and then hide behind the shield of being an \"oppressed woman\" (read, white woman).</br><br></br><br>It's clear that some of them think black men ain't sh*t.  And, for the life of them, they can't understand . . . can't comprehend. . . can't fathom the FACT that this \"uppity nigger\" is whoopin' their a*ses!  Man, that must drive them crazy!  You know that's what's killing them right now.  It burns, don't it!?!</br><br>Because you all know that it would be one thing if they could call him dumb, lazy, etc.  But they can't do that.  He's always been a step ahead of them.</br><br></br><br>So, like some have said, they'd rather paint him as the Affirmative Action candidate.  Unreal!</br><br></br><br>This hits on a personal level.  Because I'm sure that, like myself, all of you have had your \"affirmative action moments,\" where whites use it as a crutch to dismiss your success.</br><br></br><br>Just like they're trying to dismiss Obama's success right now.  So . . . now he's only winning because people like the \"concept\" of electing a black president?  I'm with rikyrah.  I didn't know that being black was a concept.</br><br></br><br>And, surprise, the media is silent on the issue!?!?!?  </br><br></br><br>You can't say \"boo\" to Hillary Clinton without having N.O.W. jump down your throat.  I'm with that anonymous poster from earlier on . . .Where the hell is the NAACP and other groups like that?!?!  I mean, I don't need a civil rights march, but it would be nice to see someone stand up and draw attention to these types of comments.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_07:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1956991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "isn't  MRS Clinton lucky to  be a woman and the wife of Bill Clinton?  for without  Hype, Hyperbole, and hubby she would not be running for the presidency.  she made it into congress by pity, pardons and prostate Cancer (not hers) and that of all the able women in the country we are having to deal with this sociopath.<br></br><br>james</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_07:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c94ce852e24143731ac6f12862b10976", "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}, "1956992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "b-serious,<br></br><br>It's clear that some of them think black men ain't sh*t. And, for the life of them, they can't understand . . . can't comprehend. . . can't fathom the FACT that this \"uppity nigger\" is whoopin' their a*ses!</br><br>_____________________________________</br><br></br><br>I think she (ie, white fems) thinks MEN ain't sh*t! I think she's saying he's lucky he's a black man because if he was white, the fems would have him by the b*lls.</br><br></br><br>Because he is black, they can't go after him the way fems can go after a white man.</br><br></br><br>I dusagree with those who say if he was white, he'd be the nominee. If he was white he would have been evicerated long ago. Hard=core feminists are experts at emasculating white men.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_08:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ferraro's comments were ignorantly racist; I'm surprised she wasn't crying when she said it.<br></br><br>The good news is that these people are getting desperate about a certain reality; namely, their days are numbered.  Each day someone opens their mouth, another Super Delegate comes to Obama's side.  </br><br></br><br>The day will come when someone from the Klinton Kamp will finally drop the N-bomb.  On that day, we'll know that we've won.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_08:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "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}, "1956994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ anonymous,<br></br><br>I hear what you're saying.</br><br></br><br>I was talking to my sister yesterday and she said something very interesting.</br><br></br><br>She thinks that Hillary and her ilk are gonna slip up real soon and start calling him \"boy.\"</br><br></br><br>That's when gender politics butts heads with racial politics.  And Hillary's bold enough to try it. </br><br></br><br>This is highly probable.  I've seen feminists use that term, \"boy,\" when fighting patriarchy.  But that will backfire BIG TIME if people like Erica Jong, Ferraro, Steinem, Taylor Marsh and N.O.W. try to take that rout with Obama.</br><br></br><br>They've already come close.  Bill and Hillary were calling him \"kid\" back in January.</br><br></br><br>I'm telling you.  Hillary's mouth is going to get her in trouble.  Her campaign says whatever they want without consequence.  The only problem with that is that it encourages them to keep talking.  And people like Hillary don't know when to stop.  They keep pushing their luck until it comes back to bite them.  </br><br></br><br>Her mouth (or someone in her campaign) is gonna write a check that her a*s can't cash.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_08:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1956995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ronnie b,<br></br><br>LOL!  You and I were thinking (and typing) the same thing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_08:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1956996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "truely amazing again, and surely for the wiki.<br></br><br>even worse is that these people are not really racists, but they are using racism in an entirely machiavellian manner.</br><br></br><br>now let's ask, isn't hillary lucky to be a woman? she's been playing her gender card to the ultimate, while obama is refusing to make much out of his race.</br><br></br><br>so it's her the lucky one, because if she were not a woman, she'd be out by now like all the other guys, except obama.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_09:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "abae42e5f15036a8e5fb7c96309de1b3", "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}, "1956997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They keep pushing their luck until it comes back to bite them.<br>___________________________________________</br><br></br><br>From CBS this morning:</br><br></br><br>Barack Obama continued to go after Hillary Clinton this evening, accusing her of using \u201cRepublican tactics\u201d against him.</br><br></br><br>\u201cWhen in the midst of a campaign you decide to throw the kitchen sink at your opponent because you\u2019re behind,\u201d he said, \u201cand your campaign starts leaking photographs of me when I\u2019m traveling overseas wearing the native clothes of those folks to make people afraid, and then you run an ad talking about who\u2019s going to answer the phone at three in the morning, an ad straight out of the Republican playbook, that\u2019s not real change.\u201d</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_09:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1956998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"...even worse is that these people are not really racists...\"</i><br></br><br>B.S.</br><br></br><br>These statements, the whole wiki, reflect on a mind state which devolves from being racist, even if it's not \"really\" racist (whatever the hell that is).</br><br></br><br>When Hillary Clinton can go to the SOBU needing to make amends for her campaigns race-baiting, etc. but instead carries the message that she and her husband have \"been good to you nigras\" talkin' about how her husband \"apologized for slavery (ain't that good enough for ya'll nigras?)\" then it's clear we're dealing with a mind set that goes beyond trying to use race to score political points.</br><br></br><br>In fact, the very practice of using race to score political points as early and often as Campaign Hillary begs the question:  is it live or is it memorex?</br><br></br><br>If white Republicans/conservatives were doing it few people would try to excuse this behavior by claiming that the persons exhibiting the behavior aren't \"really racist.\"  </br><br></br><br>(Supposed) White liberals aren't exempt from being racist.  The term paternalism comes to mind and feeling entitled is the flip side of it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_09:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ecde559248958521e4cb25a77f2ee65", "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}, "1956999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In that same article: <br></br><br>Obama says,</br><br>\u201cEverybody always asks 'well, how come you haven\u2019t already wrapped this up? Well, it\u2019s because there are a lot of very powerful people who are doing very well under the existing system,\u201d he said. \u201cSo they resist. They\u2019ve got power and they\u2019ve got money. But what we\u2019ve got are the American people.\u201d</br><br>____________________________________</br><br></br><br>Directly challenging the Superdelegates...is this a good thing to do? Ultimately they both NEED the superdelegates. Preserving the status quo can be very tempting, especially if it perceived that Obama is going to shake things up inside the party. Most would agree, that his main theme of change was taken to be a change from Bush and the corruption of the Republicans. He may find it more difficult to persuade supers if they feel too threatened.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_09:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Where the hell is the NAACP and other groups like that?!?!\"<br></br><br>Firmly in the pockets of the Clintons ... the leadership is anyway which counts for everything in terms of visibility and speaking out.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_09:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Again, I go back to the theory that Hillary has yet to go nuclear on Obama.<br></br><br>To be so shameless, and so brazen, so willing to say and do anything, I have got to believe that all of these negative comments will be trumped by the bomb to come.</br><br></br><br>I know y'all here think that this Rezko trail is going no where, but I recently read that as a Senator-elect, Obama may have violated the Senate ethics rule about 'gifts.' </br><br></br><br>The term \u2018\u2018gift\u2019\u2019 means any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan,forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The term includes gifts of services, training, transportation, lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has been incurred.</br><br></br><br>A real estate transaction designed to allow a senator to buy a house more expensive that his budget permits by splitting the house and the vacant lot next door into two parcels and having Mrs. Rezko buy the empty lot, that looks like a 'favor' done for an important man by a political fixer.</br><br></br><br>Everyone who recalls buying their first home and hunting for the down payment or getting some help from mom or dad knows what happened here --the Obamas got a favor from the Rezkos.  Now Rezko is in the dock and his finances very murky, leading to the question of who really did the favor for Barack Obama. </br><br></br><br>Obama's not out of the woods on this I fear.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hate to burst everyone's fun <a href=\"http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/03/commander-in-chief-threshhold.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">but it's a wrap</a>. With a story like this contrasted against Barack's ability to help Dems pick up a net gain from Dennis Hastert's district while not even yet POTUS, it's clearr for all to see. Too late for Hillary to step down gracefully and remain in Washington. She's outta here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a64ac50ccdebb1c745479763ea2721ab", "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}, "1957003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If \u201cHillary\u201d was a black man, she would not be in this position,\u201d \u201cAnd if she was a woman (of any \u201cother\u201d color) she would not be in this position. She happens to be very lucky to be married to whom she is married to.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, dumb - or at least politically incorrect - of her to say that.  But  you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who'd served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy?  Deep down, I think we all know the answer is 'hell no.  are you kidding?'.  <br></br><br>So she does have a completely valid point.  But you're not really supposed to come out and say it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "submariner,<br></br><br>Hate to burst your bubble, but Illinois has been fast becoming a solidly Dem state. The Republican party is all but dead there. No help from Obama was necessary.</br><br>Don't get too cocky.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am concerned more about the race baiting and fear mongering that came about as a result of Obama becoming a candidate more so now b/c I am Afircan American. If this were based on issues alone it would be different! So I don't really agree with you Anon 7:19.<br></br><br>In other words, if this were based on issues/politics alone I would not be overly concerned. What I am concerned about is African Americans being used a a pawn in this dirty game of politics and I will NOT accept it!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "anonymous 7:08 wrote \"A real estate transaction designed to allow a senator to buy a house more expensive that his budget permits by splitting the house and the vacant lot next door into two parcels ...\"<br></br><br>So much BS that you hinge on this one ignorant lie.  Anyone who has purchased (and many who haven't) knows that houses are built on lots and larger acreage is divided into lots (or parcels if you prefer) by the local zoning commission or whatever is the land development authority.  So neither the Obamas nor Rezko could have \"split the house and the vacant lot next door\" for resale purposes because those separate pieces of real estate were never one large item of real property.  The lot that the house sat on is and was always one piece of real estate and the adjacent lot was always a second, different, and distinct piece of real estate ---they both just had the same previous owner.</br><br></br><br>However, any person who owned those TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OF REAL PROPERTY or any other multiple pieces of property may choose to sell them at different times, at the same time, or sell one piece of property and keep the others forever; they may also sell them to different individuals or multiple persons in partnership or to one buyer.  Just because one owns multiple lots doesn't mean that they are all the same real property, by definition, reality and fact they never are.  People who buy larger pieces of land are always buying more than one lot/parcel, which are multiple but separate pieces of property.</br><br></br><br>OOO</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess I really shouldn't be surprised, but I expected other blogs (with mostly white staff) that I usually read to be all over this.  I've emailed a few (gawker, jezebel, feministing, rifuture), but we really need to let people know how brazen the Clinton campaign is.  <br>I think it's a nice companion piece to the Spitzer story - crazy NY politicians do/say some pretty fucked up  things!!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5b82ec8933b4baa904c7ab5d63576bef", "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}, "1957009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So she does have a completely valid point. But you're not really supposed to come out and say it.<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>Who says you're not supposed to say it...the hypocritical, politically correct, oppressive, Democrat party.</br><br></br><br>The party is eating itself alive and when its over the winner will say, \"If I didn't do it, the Republicans surely would have.\"</br><br></br><br>Having the Republicans as a scapegoat may help you to rationalize the racism and sexism within your own party, but you will pay a high price in the end.</br><br></br><br>The truth is the Democrat party's life's work is to elevate it's 'victim groups' by trying to create an imaginary, level playing field.</br><br>To create 'fairness'.</br><br></br><br>Who ever said life was fair. No one can 'make it fair.'</br><br></br><br>Obama is where he is today, in large part, because of Affirmative Action. Hillary is where she is, in large part, because of her husband.</br><br>Neither are playing fair. They have both benefited from a party that has elevated them and made everyone feel so good about how fair and inclusive and utopian the Democrat Party is. It's not real.</br><br></br><br>We all struggle. We all face obstacles to overcome. And in the end, as my Pop always told me, \"No one is going to look out for you, EXCEPT you.\"</br><br></br><br>Conservatives don't promise to protect anyone from racism and sexism and all the ills of the human condition, like liberals do.</br><br> </br><br>Victims have been asked to put their trust in a party that has been promising that they will be rewarded for their victimhood. Now two groups are vying for the same prize and now the illusion of 'fairness' is shattered.</br><br></br><br>'Fairness' has always been the pretense for 'dependence.'</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anon 7:32,<br></br><br>The seller was only willing to seel both lots AT THE SAME TIME. Would the Obama's have been able to afford both lots? No. Obama has admitted as much.</br><br>Did Rezko do him a 'favor' by agreeing to but the second lot?</br><br></br><br>Did this 'favor' violate Senate Ethics rules?</br><br></br><br>That is the question. Your argument does not address this question.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_10:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lord, hold my mule and keep me near the cross.  I can't take this ish anymore.  I'm moving to Canada.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_11:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef53ea7bb9fd32fad54f029480a19ad4", "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}, "1957012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Isn't it weird how the folks with the craziest comments are always anonymous?<br></br><br>It's like that's a requirement to write some random shit.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_11:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "812b857b8bd461a5014e16fe5944df62", "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}, "1957013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The media are loathe to call somebody a racist unless they use won of the \"magic hate words.\" And even then, it depends on whether they seem serious when they use those words.<br></br><br>So, despite what is clearly a strategy in the Clinton campaign to brand Obama as the Affirmative Action candidate (which I wrote about over at my blog) nobody is really going to report on that because it's too close to calling somebody in power in racist. Y'all know white people equate being called a racist to calling a black person a nigger.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_11:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "812b857b8bd461a5014e16fe5944df62", "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}, "1957014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "anonymous 7:53 wrote \"Obama is where he is today, in large part, because of Affirmative Action.\"<br></br><br>It is a self-hating and racist fallacy to cast every successful Black person as only being successful due to affirmative action. If you are only quasi-successful because of affirmative action, then speak to your own story and diminishing of your accomplishments but don't speak as if you know ish about how Senator Obama got to where he is.  He is currently in primary position  for the nomination that would have been long ago sealed by the party if he was white but for some \"unknown\" reason he is having to work three times as hard to get credit for half as much.  When he wins the presidency , I hope people like you who may have the inkling to say he is president \"in large part due to affirmative action\" would for once shut the heaven up. </br><br>-------------------------------------</br><br></br><br>Anonymous 7:58, the answer to your original BS is there but you are obviously incapable of accepting it.  The kitchen sink strategy requires using any and every smear and hoping it sticks to the brains of fools but once it has (your case in point) it is almost impossible to scrub that small area of the dirt.  </br><br></br><br>The most Senator Obama is guilty of is continuing to associate with a friend who had mounting legal issues ensuing---anything else is simply desparation politics without cause, substance, proof, or basis in the rule of law.  If the man, so to speak, could have gotten him on any of the BS you try to spread, they would have.  They are not holding back just as a favor to him; everyone who has intimate knowledge of the situation admits and acknowledges that Senator Obama is accused of NO WRONGDOING related to Rezko.  In case you are unaware, it was Rezko's wife who purchased the adjacent lot ...you may want to find a way to weave at least one truth into your smear.</br><br></br><br>OOO</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_11:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957015": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "anon7:53--put a name to your comments and maybe--MAYBE--I might take your comments with a half a grain of salt.  <br></br><br>*How* do you know that Obama is \"where he is\" because of Affirmative Action?  The very notion is racist--you assume that he has no intelligence, no qualifications to be where he is (Harvard law graduate, Senator from Illinois) and that he somehow \"depended\" on liberal whites to be gracious enough to let his poor, unqualified self into law school.  To that notion, I ask you *anonymous*, \"Where's your proof?\"</br><br></br><br>Oh, you don't have any, you say?  You just thought you'd troll around, hiding behind anonymity and your own deeply sedimented racist nonsense in order to make stupid comments about a candidate about whom you clearly know less than nothing?  Go sit in a corner somewhere until you get a clue.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2c07cbf7719e961a0175adbf88e6aed8", "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}, "1957016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>She thinks that Hillary and her ilk are gonna slip up real soon and start calling him \"<b>boy</b>.\"</i><br></br><br>During an interview on the Al Sharpton show, Ralph Nader reported that one of Clinton's surrogates use the term \"boy\" when referring to Barack.  Specifically, \"<b>we're going to take this boy down</b>\", Nader said.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "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}, "1957017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Anonymous@7:53, <br></br><br>Your assessment would be brilliant if you weren't absolutely short-sighted and wrong. If Obama benefited from Affirmative Action, then Hillary benefited not only from Affirmative Action but also being married to Bill. So in the \"oppression game\", we'd do better not to rank, as white women have been the overwhelming majority of \"minorities\" who have benefited from Affirmative Action and they benefit twice from it because people usually forget that they have been beneficiaries and want to start pulling out the black and brown problem. </br><br></br><br>Gerraldine Ferraro benefited from Affirmative Action as did Hillary Clinton. Almost every one is this country has benefited from Affirmative Action and I'll tell you how, without the first very white and very white system of Affirmative Action (that is in play today), the reactionary system of Affirmative Action wouldn't have had to have been created. No one got there by merit alone, buddy and that's what pains the fuck out of you meritocracy types. There's no person in this country that has ever done it without anyone else's help.</br><br></br><br>Let's put this shit in perspective, more white women exist than the entirety of the black population. Black people only make up about 33-35 million people in the country. </br><br></br><br><i>We all struggle. We all face obstacles to overcome. And in the end, as my Pop always told me, \"No one is going to look out for you, EXCEPT you.\"</i></br><br></br><br>Excellent piece of conventional wisdom but we don't all face the same level of obstacles and respect has got to be given to that.</br><br></br><br>Not only that, but believe it or not other people are looking out for you on an \"outside level\" and they make sure that people like you</br><br>(who no one is looking out for) that they know, get preferred treatment and opportunities  that other people (who no one is looking out for) that they don't know will never get. That's the other affirmative action, your pop's advice would be brilliant if we were all one man islands who rarely came in contact with other people and if no society existed. But yes, Virginia people are actually looking out for you.</br><br> </br><br>If, as a white woman from a wealthy background you make it into an Ivy League college and obtain a successful job as Senator, you haven't had the same obstacles as a lower middle class white woman who made it into the same instance so to consider your struggles equal is to negate the very real differences that exist between the two parties.</br><br></br><br>I don't think any critical thinking people of color or white women in any large number have ever been fooled into thinking that the Democrats are a Utopian party. That's a strawman.</br><br></br><br>There is no victimhood, you guys are always talking about that because you're upset that no one sees you as a victim. Because you think life would be so much easier if someone would just \"look at my problems and see I've overcome, too\".. You want a piece of the \"victim\" pie and it's in every word you guys ever type that goes down this line of thinking. </br><br></br><br>You think victim is something to be reviled and yet you want it so bad you can taste it. Contrary to popular belief, as a black person, I don't revel in victimhood. I don't want to be a mascot/hero/constant victim, but you need to paint that narrative otherwise you can't look at me with the same humanity that you would look at yourself. And that is the crux of all of your arguments, it would behoove you to have to think of your \"enemies\" as fucking human beings. Make no mistake this is exactly what people who disagree with you in this fashion are. You don't talk to people you respect the way you're talking to \"liberals\" here. </br><br></br><br>It's much simpler to say we're victims. Because if we didn't, who knows we might actually be like you. And then you'd have to question why is it that people who are like me are living under an entirely different type of rule in the United States? And why is it that people who are like me and just as qualified as me get paid less than me? And why do women get paid only 70% on the dollar? And why if education is the key do sometimes really educated white women and people of color have fewer opportunities than I do? And why are these people who are like me, pulled over more often than I am? And why are these people who are like me dying at a higher rate from heart disease? And why are these people stressed out? And why is it that these people who are just like me have problems that I don't have to deal with or that I can brush to the side and pretend never happened? Why is that? </br><br></br><br>But that would require too much self-examination. It's much easier to look at someone else and <i>think</i> you know the problem when you have \"conventional wisdom\" that doesn't support facts, but is \"what we all know to be true\". Even in your complete ridiculousness and inaccuracy you speak with authority </br><br></br><br>It's easy to ask whoever said  life was fair, when you're reaping the benefits of it being unfair. Fairness is dependent sure, but you know what, the people who benefit from unfairness will never try to change that and you're evidence of it. You can like that, but I have every right to want to change it so that it benefits not only me, but others like me and that's regardless of party affiliation.</br><br></br><br>That kind of \"look out for myself, fuck everyone else\" attitude is precisely what I'm repulsed by regardless of party affiliation.</br><br></br><br>Your Pops should have told you that after all is said and done, if you write a check and you sign your name to it, not to be surprised if the people you wrote the check to want to cash it. We were written a check by this country and we're cashing it. Now, what we have to decide is how do we pay for this check of equality, how do we balance it... The world is changing and you can hold onto your partisan know-it-all-ism, and your \"conventional wisdom\", but don't be surprised when you're no longer preferred candidate.</br><br></br><br>-The other anonymous</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Roger,<br></br><br>My proof is Affirmative Action itself. Is no black the beneficiary of it? Has no woman benefited from it? </br><br></br><br>It makes no sense to believe that Affirmative Action was created, yet NO ONE benefits!</br><br></br><br>Of course he's smart, of course he's qualified and the whole point of Affirmative Action is to find smart and qualified minorities (black and women, hispanics, gays, et al) and elevate them to the Ivy League and such. Level the playing field for all of us victims of circumstances beyond our control. Affirmative Action was created because liberals think we all need their help.</br><br></br><br>Is it really necessary to insult me and call me racist because I happen to say something with which you do not agree? I am not making this stuff up out of thin air. It exists and it exists in the party which has for the last 40 years, been telling everyone how fair it is.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You think victim is something to be reviled and yet you want it so bad you can taste it. <br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>All was well in the Democrat Party as long as all of the various groups felt they held the same amount of power. Now that blacks and women are coming up against each other, they are crying, \"It's not fair.\"</br><br></br><br>It would be soothing for you to think I want to be a victim. After all, misery loves company.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That kind of \"look out for myself, fuck everyone else\" attitude is precisely what I'm repulsed by regardless of party affiliation.<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>\"F**K everyone else attitude.\" Those are your words, not mine. Don't foist your issues on to me. Simply because I have been taught to be self-reliant, hard-working, and independent, doesn't mean I don't care about my fellow man.</br><br></br><br>This system of 'political correctness' and 'fairness' foster dependence and resentment. Don't hate me because I am free.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Well, dumb - or at least politically incorrect - of her to say that. But you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who'd served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy? Deep down, I think we all know the answer is 'hell no. are you kidding?'.<br></br><br>So she does have a completely valid point. But you're not really supposed to come out and say it.</br></i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>We did when his name was John F. Kennedy. </br><br></br><br>If a person's message resonates, s/he gets attention and votes. </br><br></br><br>Period.</br><br></br><br>Doesn't matter their race.</br><br></br><br>Or level of experience.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "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}, "1957022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "'even worse is that these people are not really racists, but they are using racism in an entirely machiavellian manner.'<br></br><br>I must disagree with your statement. A public face who has pretended for years to stand for all people who now makes race the issue instead of the candidates and insults all of us by calling him a concept, is the worst kind of racist. The closet racist.  </br><br></br><br>It speaks volumes about the core beliefs of the speaker of the words.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_12:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f478e6e2b46b66dcf987dbad39e90f9f", "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}, "1957023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's been my experience that people who are closet racists never play the race card.  As a matter of fact they never say the word black.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_13:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fc804380ded9f8b58ae0aded96432ff", "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}, "1957024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>But you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who'd served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy?</i><br></br><br>Valid point, Craig.  But what Ferraro did was reduce Barack down to a \"concept\" because he's Black.  She didn't see his Blackness as a contributing factor; as a bonus.  She characterized his Blackness as some kind of unfair advantage against over some anonymous white person.</br><br></br><br>Did she view <i>her</i> VP run with Walter Mondale as a \"concept\"?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_13:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "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}, "1957025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This hits the nail right in the head, ronnie b:<br>She characterized his Blackness as some kind of unfair advantage against over some anonymous white person.</br><br></br><br>May I quote you on that?</br><br></br><br>btw, none of the blogs I emailed have said boo about this.  The only other place I saw it was here: <a href=\"http://slog.thestranger.com/%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EUm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://slog.thestranger.com/</br><br>Um</a>, where are the calls for her to resign?  \"Monster\" is a terrible thing to call someone, but this is totally cool with the MSM?  WTF?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_13:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5b82ec8933b4baa904c7ab5d63576bef", "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}, "1957026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Regarding the Ferraro comment, the terse and dismissive response from Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson:  \"We disagree with her.\" I find that as insulting as so much being made about Obama's minister's association with Farrakhan and nothing being made of Clinton's direct association with Eliot Spitzer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh good grief. Y'all have lost your ever loving minds. READ what the woman said. She didn't say that Black was a concept. . . . sheesh. Your paranoia is reading for you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff7516df938922b3b3a5c3fc27766f69", "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}, "1957028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Clintons have long tried to suggest/reinforce/establish, by subtler means than Ferraro's recent verbal diarrhea, the idea that Obama is the affirmative action candidate.  In this framing, the counter argument that Hillary is also an affirmative action candidate because she is a white female doesn't resonate so much with me - she's actually the equivalent of the legacy admittance.<br></br><br>The concept of unqualified minorities getting a leg up makes a lot of people stinking mad.  But those same people are A.O.K. with morons getting ahead just because of lineage.</br><br></br><br>And, no, I'm not saying Hillary is an idiot.  But what I don't get is how it's just a given that she's such a brilliant mind and so much more qualified with Obama.  I hope there will be further investigation into her foreign policy \"expertise\" - I want to hear firsthand from Sinbad.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e92eceb2a7b2a2077611cc4589f01686", "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}, "1957029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First he'll lose because he's black _ rendell<br>Now he'll win because he's black _ Ferraro</br><br></br><br>1. If \u201cHillary\u201d was a black man, she would not be in this position,\u201d \u201cAnd if she was a woman (of any \u201cother\u201d color) she would not be in this position. She happens to be very lucky to be married to whom she is married to.\u201d</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The white leadership within the Democrat faction supporting Hillary and the white leadership with in the MSM supporting Hillary simply don't care how they win, only that they win. They are too arrogant and narcissistic to see the error of their ways and are marching ahead to impose their will on the Democrat party. They are keeping their less educated, dependent, and lazy followers in tow by speaking to their fears and prejudices. <br></br><br>All of this was acceptable and even praised as long as the 'enemy' was the Republicans.</br><br></br><br>Now Obama and his supporters are the 'enemy'.</br><br></br><br>Does the Democrat party have the ability to purge itself of this destructive brand of politics? Obama's message may resonate with the broader, general electorate, but is 1/2 of the Democrat party will to own up and take responsibility for their actions or complicity in the actions of their leaders? We have given the Clinton's a pass so many times, for so long. Until a majority of Democrats reject this behavior, it will grow, pervade and dominate the party.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know...maybe this is our chance for a viable third party.  If Clinton steals, the nomination, half the Democratic Party leaves, along with some of the Republicans drawn in by charisma and the idea of a break with traditional party politics.  <br></br><br>Wait.  Who has the most delegates right now?  Why the hell is a Clinton candidacy being discussed anywhere as a plausible option.  This is so fucked up.</br><br></br><br>Sorry about the cursing. I've literally been driven to drink.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5b82ec8933b4baa904c7ab5d63576bef", "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}, "1957032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They have both been elevated for more or less the same reason: IDENTITY.<br></br><br>Democrats love to feel good about themselves and their choices. They vote on emotion, how a candidate makes them feel. </br><br></br><br>'Voting for Hillary makes me feel proud to be a woman.'</br><br></br><br>'I feel America is ready for a woman president.\"</br><br></br><br>'Voting for Obama makes me proud to be black.'</br><br></br><br>'I feel America is ready for a black president.'</br><br></br><br>These may not be the ONLY reasons, but they are reasons for sure. And with little policy and experience difference between them, personal identification with their candidate has become A PRIMARY for support.</br><br>This is why we see the party breaking along racial, gender and class lines. </br><br></br><br>Since there is no real ideological difference between the candidates, no policy positions upon which to draw significant contrasts, all we have left is race, gender and class. How those differences will be exploited, and who will be the most effective, remains to be seen.</br><br></br><br>Which group will emerge victorious over the other. Will the voters decide? Or are the voters to be viewed as dependent children, who need superdelegates to show them the way. The child that throws the biggest temper tantrum will wear down the party elders and win the nomination.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_14:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Since there is no real ideological difference between the candidates, no policy positions upon which to draw significant contrasts, all we have left is race, gender and class.<br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>This myth is tiring. </br><br></br><br>Clinton wants to mandate health insurance for all. Obama does not.</br><br></br><br>That's a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Obama wants to repeal the entirety of DOMA. Clinton does not.</br><br></br><br>That's a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Obama wants civil union rights to extend to immigration issues. Clinton does not.</br><br></br><br>That's a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Clinton is a hawk. Obama is not.</br><br></br><br>That's a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Clinton wants to fight unfairly even against her party memebers. Obama does not.</br><br></br><br>That's a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>I could go on, but you get my point.</br><br></br><br>Do your own research. Don't regurgitate bullshit.</br><br></br><br>It's not okay.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "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}, "1957034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Kerry just said that Ferraro's remarks were unacceptable, disrespectful, and flatout wrong. And the wrong seemed laced with the intonation we apply to the word racist.<br></br><br>And Susan Rice is the only Black person to go on record against these remarks?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "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}, "1957035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When will the Democratic Leadership stand up to the Clinton Campaign?  For that matter, where the hell is the African American Leadership?  The only person taking on the Clinton Campaign's attempt to steal this election via FL and MI is Al Sharpton.  Now that's some irony for your ass.  It's no longer a question of if the Clintons will try to steal this election or even how, but what the hell are we going to do about it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "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}, "1957036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, sure.   All things being the same (oratory, positions, experience), if Obama looked like Dan Quayle, I wouldn't give a flying fcuk about him.  He'd basically be John Edwards with a lot less experience - and white.<br></br><br>So, in a way, Geri FerretFace's point is 100% valid and something everyone already realizes, but very, very, very few will actually utter out loud.</br><br></br><br>Not PC, but true.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Wait. Who has the most delegates right now? Why the hell is a Clinton candidacy being discussed anywhere as a plausible option. This is so fucked up.\"<br></br><br>That's what is killing me!  How the hell can she claim she is the victim of media bias when the media is treating this insanity with respect!  It feels like an episode of the Twilight Zone!  If Obama was losing in delegates, states and popular vote, but nonetheless suggesting Clinton as his VP, the collective national response would be, \"that nigger is crazy!\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "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}, "1957038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"He'd basically be John Edwards with a lot less experience - and white.\"<br></br><br>What superior experience does John Edwards have, you ignorant mother fucker?</br><br></br><br>John Edwards was a one term Senator, period!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "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}, "1957039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nmp:  Want to get together for a drink later - or right now??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5b82ec8933b4baa904c7ab5d63576bef", "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}, "1957040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nmp,<br></br><br>Do Gore, Edwards, Kennedy, Durbin, Mitchell and Jesse Jackson know something we don't?</br><br></br><br>Check this out:</br><br></br><br>Rezko, along with co-defendants Ali Ata and Abdelhamid Chaib, face federal grand jury charges presented in October 2006 by the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald.  The case centers on allegations of fraud between 2000 and 2004 in the sale of 17 Papa Johns\u2019 Pizza parlors in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee.  The case may begin with pizza, but it leads to Europe, Syria, Iraq, and the UN Oil for Food program. </br><br></br><br>http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4C33B7D0-C44E-4F03-919E-B71328BA42ED</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_15:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ nmp,<br></br><br>You asked,  \"When will the Democratic Leadership stand up to the Clinton Campaign?\"</br><br></br><br>Well, Nancy Pelosi just spoke out against the Clinton campaign.  She said that the \"dream ticket,\" is \"impossible,\" and guess who she's blaming . . .</br><br></br><br>Here's the quote:</br><br></br><br>\"I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that [dream ticket] out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama. I think that either way is impossible,\" she continued, \"Nothing ever resolves itself -- it has to be resolved by some outside forces . . .\"</br><br></br><br>Uh oh!  Not good news for Hillary Clinton.  Looks like you tick off a lot of the Democratic Leadership when you try to throw the Democratic frontrunner under the bus and give the RNC its talking points for the fall.</br><br></br><br>Now, Pelosi remains \"neutral,\" but this is as strong a condemnation as you'll probably see from her.  </br><br></br><br>Let's hope that this is a sign of things to come.  Maybe . . . just maybe the Democrats will show some spine and do the right thing.</br><br></br><br>We'll have to wait and see.</br><br></br><br>Link:  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/pelosi-dream-ticket-imp_n_90981.html%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EOne\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/pelosi...</a> last thing.  I am somewhat pleased by the fact that there are some people who are finally beginning to call the Clintons on their bs.  Keith Olbermann, Randi Rhodes, Ed Shultz and Stephanie Miller have done a great job of pointing out some of these issues.  </br><br></br><br>The television MSM is out to lunch.  But talk radio and the internet media are starting to get on Hillary's case.  And the anger is growing each and every day.  They're not ignoring the math.  They're not falling for that \"tight horse-race\" crap.  </br><br></br><br>They look at the math (as they did with EVERY other candidate) and realize that Hillary can't win this thing without the super delegates.  They're getting more and more upset at the fact that, because she can't win, all Hillary is doing is hurting the party in the process.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_16:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1957042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WOW.<br>What an example of reducing a complex man to the color of his complexion.</br><br>All Geraldine sees is a black man.</br><br>Shameful.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_17:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b24a81458837f3ac7dbe461150b081b", "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}, "1957043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "obamaton said:<br>\"What an example of reducing a complex man to the color of his complexion.</br><br>All Geraldine sees is a black man.</br><br>Shameful. \"</br><br></br><br>And, as we're seeing in state after state, the same can be said about 9 out of 10 black voters.</br><br>Yes.  Shameful.  Embarrassing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_17:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love how trolls can only sling the Rezko mud at Obama.  And they love to do the six degrees of Obama, linking him to some former Ba'athist guy who was associated with Rezko and now lives in England.  It works so perfectly for their xenophobia: Obama = Kenyan = Muslim = Iraq = al aqaeda.  That whole former Ba'athist link thing is a load sh*t.  We're working with thousands of former Ba'athits: <b>it's called Iraq.</b><br></br><br>If the only thing they've got on Obama is Rezko and some bad land deal (a backyard for his friggin daughters), then that's pretty sad.</br><br></br><br>Let's look at the Clinton's dealings.  The Presidential Library and Saudi donors, and Bill's trip to Uzbekistan to praise the dictator over there so he could get a $30mil donation for his foundation are the first to come to my mind.  Can anybody think of any others?</br><br></br><br>You show me someone who hasn't done something questionable in their lifetime, and I'll show you a liar.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_17:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6aa3ee71bc9714917dc34dde9e4e2b41", "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}, "1957045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only reason George Washington was the 1st President was because he was a white man. If he'd been oh let's say Benjamin Banneker or Phillis Wheatley he'd have been frozen in obscure history books.<br></br><br>Seriously, when did America turn into Ghana? Have we forgotten that for the past 230 years the American presidency has been the pedestal of <b>white male privilege</b>? </br><br></br><br>Maybe black men should look in the mirror and realize our manhood gives us an advantage at least over black women. However, would these bitter old white feminists like Geraldine Ferraro and Gloria Steinem like to trade places with black men?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b6e73b6d46e8c929e46a5d49022a8ce", "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}, "1957046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love how trolls can only sling the Rezko mud at Obama. And they love to do the six degrees of Obama, linking him to some former Ba'athist guy who was associated with Rezko and now lives in England. It works so perfectly for their xenophobia: Obama = Kenyan = Muslim = Iraq = al aqaeda.<br>-------------------------------------</br><br></br><br>Oh you wish it was so simple. We are talking about a very wealthy man(Auchi) with a history of bribing politicans. He lent Rezko $3.5 million dollars, a loan that was later forgiven for a prime slice of Chicago real estate. Rezko gave $700,000 to his wife, who in turn used part of the money to buy Obama a backyard.</br><br></br><br>n 2003, Auchi was convicted in France for receiving about $100 million in illegal commissions as part of a scandal involving the French oil giant ELF Aquitane.  The UK Guardian termed the scandal, \u201cthe biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent \u00a3200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewelery, fine art, villas and apartments.\" </br><br></br><br>Auchi\u2019s General Mediterranean Holdings financed a 250 megawatt power plant in the Kurdish town of Chamchamal, Iraq along with Rezko and Iraq's former Minister of Electricity (and Chicago resident), Aiham Alsamarrae. </br><br></br><br>Returning in 2003 to post-Saddam Iraq, Alsamarrae had been made Minister of Electricity under the occupation government of Paul Bremer.  Alsamarrae escaped \u201cthe Chicago way\u201d from the Green Zone in December, 2006 after being held for four months in relation to a $2 billion Iraqi reconstruction corruption case.</br><br></br><br>n 2003, Auchi was convicted in France for receiving about $100 million in illegal commissions as part of a scandal involving the French oil giant ELF Aquitane.  The UK Guardian termed the scandal, \u201cthe biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent \u00a3200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewelery, fine art, villas and apartments.\" </br><br></br><br>Auchi\u2019s General Mediterranean Holdings financed a 250 megawatt power plant in the Kurdish town of Chamchamal, Iraq along with Rezko and Iraq's former Minister of Electricity (and Chicago resident), Aiham Alsamarrae. </br><br></br><br>Returning in 2003 to post-Saddam Iraq, Alsamarrae had been made Minister of Electricity under the occupation government of Paul Bremer.  Alsamarrae escaped \u201cthe Chicago way\u201d from the Green Zone in December, 2006 after being held for four months in relation to a $2 billion Iraqi reconstruction corruption case.</br><br></br><br>\u201c(In 2004) Mr. Auchi traveled by private aircraft to Midway Airport in Chicago and then to a fete at the Four Season Hotel, where he met with his business partner in Chicago real estate, Mr. Rezko, as well as with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Also present that night, according to a fresh report by James Bone and Dominic Kennedy of the London Times, was State Senator Barack Obama, who had recently won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat\u2026.\u201d</br><br></br><br>Auchi, \"has been able to collect British politicians the way other people collect stamps,\u201d wrote Nick Cohen in a 2003 profile of Mr. Auchi in the left wing British newspaper the Observer.</br><br></br><br>Given Mr. Auchi\u2019s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it\u2019s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ferraro discussing her comments on Fox:<br></br><br>http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIwQSq9y8o</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "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}, "1957048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The best response is, \"this is about equal opportunity.\" As people have been saying, the whole purpose of Ferraro's comment was to provoke others into pointing out that the Clinton campaign is bringing up affirmative action,  thereby introducing it into the discussion while pretending they were just talking about a more general \"concept.\" <br></br><br>It's a trap, and IMO the best way to avoid it is to refuse to engage in a discussion about affirmative action and focus instead on the benefits of equal opportunity. I think it's a concept most people respond very positively to, and it applies just as much to Clinton's Yale law degree as it does to Obama's Harvard law degree.</br><br></br><br>I'd love to see Obama respond by talking up equal opportunity and pointing to all the ways Clinton has benefited from it (along with backhanded praise about how that's been a good thing), link it to American traditions of fairness and to his personal \"only in America\" story AND find a way of slipping in a sly reference to how, if Harvard and Yale had started restricting admission only to those students who are actually qualified years before they did, maybe we wouldn't have been stuck with George W. Bush as president today. </br><br></br><br>Given how deftly he's been responding to other attacks recently, I have no doubts he can turn this one around on Clinton too.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have one question anon 3:17 (who so cowardly can't reveal his/her name), what does this long ass post about Auchi have to do with Obama?  Am I a criminal, too, because I had Christmas dinner with my convicted felon cousin who was out on parole?<br></br><br>Hillary Clinton said she didn't know Rezko, and a few days later an embarrassing picture of her with Rezko surfaced on the internet.  I take her word, though, that she didn't know Rezko personally and that she's taken pictures with thousands of people.</br><br></br><br>Yet, you are trying to tie Obama to this former Ba'athist because Obama was present at a meeting.  What was this meeting?  Was it a fundraiser?  A dinner?  To hear you tell it, the meeting was some sort of Skull and Bones affair.  You're trying to make a story out of a non-story.  But like I said, that's what xenophobes and racists do.</br><br></br><br>A McCain advisor helped Ahmad Chalabi trump up evidence about Iraq's WMDs in the lead up to the war.  Chalabi, I think, is still wanted by the Jordanian government for some fraud he committed.  But I don't think McCain can be directly tied to Chalabi because of this.  McCain CAN be tied to corruption, but not through some friend of a friend.</br><br></br><br>Like I said earlier, we all have done some questionable things and have had shady friends, family members, and associates.  And like I also said, if the only thing you trolls can dig up is Rezko, you're in some serious f*cking trouble in November because <b> Obama will win</b></br><br></br><br>You can write back whatever b*llsh*t defense you want, but I won't respond because I'm tired of feeding the trolls.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6aa3ee71bc9714917dc34dde9e4e2b41", "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}, "1957050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now outline Rezko's connection to the Clintons.<br></br><br>I dare you.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_18:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "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}, "1957051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like I said earlier, we all have done some questionable things and have had shady friends, family members, and associates.<br>____________________________________</br><br></br><br>Given Mr. Auchi\u2019s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it\u2019s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_19:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Everyone,<br>On one hand, I'm sitting here thinking is this more of Billary's so called \"brilliant\" strategy? She wants US/Obama/His surruogates to get pissed and demand she denounce/reject whatever Ferraro's comments. The fact is she CHOSE NOT to be clear in rejection of this racist rhetoric. The only statement thus far from her camp was brief that they \"disagreed\" with the commments. I think this is again their attempt to do a couple of things (1) remind voters hey this is a NIGRA you is voting for, (2)should he be the nominee, damage him somthing awful by continuing to aid McCain. I mean what else get's the right wing going more that \"affirmative action\".  She already knows she has lost the African American vote in the primary. Pundits are always saying people have short memories in politics so she perhaps she thinks we will vote for her another day, another election (or perhaps her thinking is she does need us, she has the Latino vote).</br><br>But yeah, where is so called Black Leadership (where ya at Stephanie Tubbs)?</br><br></br><br>Lord help me, Pat Buchanan is on right now talking about this.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_19:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Given Mr. Auchi\u2019s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it\u2019s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.<br></br><br>Tue Mar 11, 04:25:00 PM 2008</br></b><br></br><br>Nor would it be unreasonable to ask the Clinton's about the fate of some of their \"friends\", employees and associates: </br><br></br><br>This is what happens when you have dirt on Clinton:</br><br></br><br>1 - James McDougal - Clinton\u2019s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement.  He was a key witness in Ken Starr\u2019s investigation.</br><br></br><br>2 - Mary Mahoney - A former intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown.  The murder  happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual  harassment in the White House.</br><br></br><br>3 - Vince Foster - Former councelor, and colleague of  Hillary Clinton at Little Rock Rose Law firm.  Died of a gunshot  wound to the head, ruled a suicide.</br><br></br><br>4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman.   Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist  close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown\u2019s skull resembling a gunshot wound.  At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his  willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.</br><br></br><br>5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.</br><br></br><br>6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992\u2026 Described by Clinton as a \u201cDear friend and trusted advisor.\u201d</br><br></br><br>7- Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in of a gunshot wound to the head.  Ruled a suicide.   Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House.  Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.</br><br></br><br>8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton\u2019s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock.  Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock.  Park\u2019s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton.  He allegedly threatened to reveal this information.  After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide.  It was reported that he had a \u201cBlack Book\u201d of people which contained names of  influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.</br><br></br><br>10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide.  He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.</br><br> </br><br>11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head.  It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere.  Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.</br><br></br><br>12 - Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy</br><br>Ferguson.  Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.</br><br></br><br>13 - Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton\u2019s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994.  His client was a convicted drug distributor.</br><br></br><br>14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was  related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case.  He died of three gunshot wounds.</br><br></br><br>15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General.  Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide.  Was pregnant at the time of her death.</br><br></br><br>16 - Paula Grober - Clinton\u2019s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992.  She died in a one car accident.</br><br></br><br>17 - Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter.  Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority.  He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 \u201cOctober Surprise\u201d was found dead on a toilet  June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno three weeks before his death.</br><br></br><br>19 - Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp.  Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993.  He was investigating the Morgan Guarantee scandal.</br><br></br><br>20 - Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer.  Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang.  Cause of death unknown. Died  November 29, 1996.  Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.</br><br></br><br>21- Charles Meissner - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.</br><br></br><br>22 - Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee, died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash.  Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton\u2019s advisory council personally treated Clinton\u2019s mother, stepfather and brother.</br><br></br><br>23 - Barry Seal - Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.</br><br></br><br>24 - Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop.  He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.</br><br></br><br>25 - Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guarantee.  His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.</br><br> </br><br>26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. - Kevin Ives and Don Henry - Known as \u201cThe boys on the track\u201d case.  Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation.  A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the two boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks.  Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.</br><br></br><br>THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE</br><br>IVES/HENRY CASE: - Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, July 1988.</br><br></br><br>29 - Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 - Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. - Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.</br><br></br><br>33 - James Milan - Found decapitated.  However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to \u201cnatural causes.\u201d</br><br></br><br>34 - Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.</br><br></br><br>35 - Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths.  He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.</br><br></br><br>THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:</br><br></br><br>36 - Major William S. Barkley Jr.</br><br>37 - Captain Scott J. Reynolds</br><br>38 - Sgt. Brian Hanley</br><br>39 - Sgt. Tim Sabel</br><br>40 - Major General William Robertson</br><br>41 - Col. William Densberger</br><br>42 - Col. Robert Kelly</br><br>43 - Spec. Gary Rhodes</br><br>44 - Steve Willis</br><br>45 - Robert Williams</br><br>46 - Conway LeBleu</br><br>47 - Todd McKeehan </br><br></br><br>http://www.liberallyconservative.com/?p=2243</br><br></br><br></br><br>And, lest we forget</br><br></br><br>Whitewater v. Rezko: The Battle of the Billing Records</br><br></br><br>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-russell/whitewater-v-rezko-the-_b_83040.html</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_20:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bee8ee2325453819d3b598abe1e11397", "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}, "1957054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do you all believe that this seasoned politician was angry enough to make such a divise statement as the one she made.<br> </br><br>NOT, THIS IS A CAMPAIGN STRATEGY and has been I doubt the Clintons and their friends are as racist as they want the base (uneducated working class white folks) to think they are.  The Clinton Campaign does not care if they lose the black vote if through their tactics they can get twice as many angry white folks to take their place.</br><br></br><br>Each time something clearly playing to race is said, we speak up, the media inflates it and trys to speak our issue as if we are not individuals with our own thoughts and problems with what's going on, and white America who was either not sure about Senator Obama or on the fence, stand up to defend their own kind.</br><br></br><br>I've said it before, but it bares repeating; shame on the black folks who are involved with the campaign and know what's really going on. </br><br></br><br>It is a plan, along with the muslim thing, the Farrakhan thing, the experience thing and so on.  It is also part of the plan to have these same voters that were turned against Mr. Obama in the primary vote against him in a general.</br><br></br><br>I am so sick about the way this race has played out.  Hillary and Bill Clinton have set race relations back in an effort to gain the nomination.  Yet, they say they love this country and have always tried to help blacks.  I guess they wanted to help us until we tried to help ourselves.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_20:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "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}, "1957055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She said it about Jesse Jackson too. Here is the information - <br>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html#comments</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_21:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4ad584f334d3e60af6f9f321359f5b8", "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}, "1957056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyah, I love this site and your posts, sooo refreshing.<br></br><br>I'm not surprised at all by Geraldine's comments, the closer Obama gets to the nominee the more the haters lose their cool.</br><br>But here's a thought:  Are these older white women tripping off the fact that Obama's wife, Michelle could become the most powerful woman in America?  Don't get me wrong there are millions of commendable white people showing Obama love and it feels so good to see that.  But the polls show an overwhelming number of older white women voting for HRC.  I strongly believe many of these women have a problem with a black woman up in there a white house, a Black 1st Lady is a hard pill for them to swallow.</br><br>I happen to be married to a successful white man and I constantly hear white women mutter that they can't believe my husband is with a black woman and that I don't deserve the spoils of an accomplished white person's success.</br><br>I'm just sayin, Geraldine and the others problem is with Michelle more so than Obama. (Don't ask me what's wrong with Sheila Jackson Lee and the minstrel show.)   What do you think?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_21:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "dff8871fe714ff2bebcbe1a08a294ecc", "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}, "1957057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are so damaging Obama that when he gets the nomination, he may lose<br>the general.  And what does the party </br><br>leadership say?</br><br></br><br>NOTHING so far!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_21:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c36c5e8bd4d56491f8a60b53ae8e9eb4", "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}, "1957058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A Ferraro flashback<br></br><br>\"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race\"</br><br></br><br>Geraldine Ferraro, April 15, 1988 Washington Post </br><br></br><br>Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his \"radical\" views, \"if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race.\"</br><br></br><br>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html#comments</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-11_22:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "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}, "1957059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keith Olbermann will have a special commentary tomorrow (3/12) about Ferraro's comments and the Clinton campaign.  I bet he gut-punches the both of them!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-12_02:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8739178e7d893e285e5ca04630965169", "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}, "1957060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I'm not surprised at all by Geraldine's comments, the closer Obama gets to the nominee the more the haters lose their cool.<br>But here's a thought: Are these older white women tripping off the fact that Obama's wife, Michelle could become the most powerful woman in America? Don't get me wrong there are millions of commendable white people showing Obama love and it feels so good to see that. But the polls show an overwhelming number of older white women voting for HRC. I strongly believe many of these women have a problem with a black woman up in there a white house, a Black 1st Lady is a hard pill for them to swallow.</br><br></br></i><br></br><br>society noir,</br><br></br><br>I think you are on the money. I DO believe they have a WHOLE lotta problems with Michelle. Not only because she's a Black woman, but because she's a VISIBLY Black woman. </br><br></br><br>And, because, Michelle seems so absolutely comfortable in her own skin. She knows who she is and doesn't shy away from it. </br><br></br><br>So, I definitely believe Michelle freaks them out.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-12_02:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "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}, "1957061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yea about the Michelle thing. I love Michelle Obama and I could tell how much she gets under their skin. I hear on a regular basis as a matter of fact.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-12_03:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cbd40bd4a675a59c12f3216f7b123aae", "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}, "1957062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here I had hoped we could avoid the race-baiting, at least in the Democratic primaries.  Her Majesty is now completely off the rails.<br></br><br>I take solace in the fact that she's getting her rear end kicked all over the country.  I just hope that, in the end, this country reassures me that, as a people, we're better than this scum.</br><br></br><br>Otherwise, Christ, I should've just stayed in Britain and never have come back.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-12_08:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8256fefe5c7e451e9bcdd16aac262034", "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}, "1957063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And..Michelle is no damsel in distress.  She doesn't play victim to get ahead; she doesn't make deals with men to get power.  Her husband obviously respects her.  She's gorgeous, confident, accomplished, likable and stylish.  Maybe she does - by her mere existence - make certain people look bad.  She refutes the negative stereotypes of black women.<br></br><br>How swiftly things can reach a critical mass and change!  Many people got comfortable with the social status quo and then BAM!  Even AA's were taken by surprise.</br><br></br><br>I have to give young people of all races props for being ready though!  They really make me proud.  They were the first ones to hear and respond to Barack's message.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-12_15:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "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}, "1957064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought Maureen Dowd was the only one who was madly irritated at the mere idea of a Michelle Obama, let alone the real thing existing but now I see all these goats (that's what I am calling these women who are so committed to the belief that Hillary Clinton is the only ovary who gets to be considered presidential) bleating their brains out about Obama's real challenge to Hillary's 'rightful' throne.<br></br><br>Yep, they are a hateful bunch but I'm glad they are letting the masks drop and showing their true monstrous nature.</br><br></br><br>And yes..please add this to the Wiki page.  Goat Ferraro deserves it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-13_01:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2978faeeb8934b97dedc1ba2941b062b", "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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "3964312", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 905617417365933391}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 110, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3964312, "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"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black' +
		'&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/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/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='	+ 'ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black'
			+ '&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/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/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">110</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/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/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/">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:3964312" 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/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/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:3964312" 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:3964312" 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'				: 'ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black',
			// 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/ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black/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='	+ 'ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black'
			+ '&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='	+ 'ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black'
			+ '&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='		+ 'ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black'
				+ '&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/3964312/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 {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956955">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956955" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956955">Anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956955" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956955" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know what they\'re trying to do by throwing in the air so many racist remarks...<br></br><br>They\'re getting bolder if you ask me </br><br></br><br>Where is this going to stop?</br><br></br><br>I hope it stops before it is too late if you see what I mean...</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956956">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956956">Roger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956956" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, just when I didn\'t think The Monster could get any more monstrous.  She--and her fucking acolytes--can fuck right off.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956957">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956957">Rhonda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956957" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah, I read this today and I was just racing over to tell you guys to add it to your wiki!!<br></br><br>They are so brazen and arrogant.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956958">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956958" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956958" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956958">Admiral Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956958" class="dsq-comment-message">"I\'ll let you decide....does this go into the ClintonAttacksObama Wiki Incident Page?"<br></br><br>-HELL YES!</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956959">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956959" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956959" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956959">anj</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956959" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956959" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes... I think this should go in the Wiki page. Isn\'t it also part of the story line -- Obama is lucky, he benefits from being black, and Hillary, the hard worker and experienced one is overlooked. Doesn\'t that play into Clinton\'s PA demographics fears and prejudices? Her campaign makes me sick. I am so glad Obama is moving up in the polls again.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956960">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956960" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956960">Anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956960" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956960" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish the media would properly call the Clinton campaign out on their repreated and systematic racebaiting.  <br></br><br>How many more times does a Clinton surrogate have to say something racist before it becomes a pattern?</br><br></br><br>And why doesn\'t Hillary denounce this nearly as strongly as Obama did the Samantha Powers remark?</br><br></br><br>If anything this is worse, because it denigrates an entire race of people.  </br><br></br><br>If the media were fair, they would stop tippy-toeing around this issue and call Hillary Clinton out on her racist campaign tactics.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956961">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956961">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956961" class="dsq-comment-message">Ferraro needs a wiki all to herself. She\'s been everywhere whining about Obama for the last several weeks. She\'s gotten on my last nerve.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956962">golden star</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956962" class="dsq-comment-message">Listen to her on YouTube.<br></br><br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL_sm0J8jc</br><br></br><br>Her interview is actually <b>worse </b> than what is quoted. She is rabid and without any sense.</br><br></br><br>Just listen.</br><br></br><br>And, her luck may be that she\'s lucky that she was only married to the mob rather than being in the mob...</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956963">Nadra</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956963" class="dsq-comment-message">What? The? F@%ck? This makes me sick to my stomach. Yes, please add it to the Wiki page. I swear, if Hillary is elected, I\'m applying for Canadian citzenship. I came here to read about Hillary\'s suggestion that Barack run for VP. Now, I find this. Very unfortunate indeed. Yes, us black folks are so lucky, just ask Margaret B. Jones, who obviously felt being a privileged white woman was boring.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956964">Gregory</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956964" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m waiting for Hillaryland to claim that discontent with Ferraro\'s dumbass comment is Obama\'s campaign playing the race card.<br></br><br>It shouldn\'t take long.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956965">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956965" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, that\'s precisely what I\'d say the night before the Mississippi primary.<br></br><br>Help me out here. Are these people actually racist... or just stupid?</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956966" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956966">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956966" class="dsq-comment-message">Its interesting to me how this campaign has brought the racism of some of these white boomer women bubbling up to the surface (Steinem, Jong, and now Ferraro).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956967">Submariner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956967" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thehill.com/dick-morris/its-over-2008-03-06.html" rel="nofollow">It\'s over! </a>Enough of the whining. <br></br><br>I must tell you that I\'m an ER physician at a hospital in inner-city Baltimore. I encounter people on a nearly daily basis in the grips of acute mental disorders. But the psychological deterioration that the public is witnessing in the Clintons is truly fascinating. I don\'t recall anything in public life for the past twenty-five years that approaches the folie a deux of Bill and Hillary. I wasn\'t alive when LBJ was POTUS and I was an oblivious infant during Nixon\'s reign, but I\'m sure that this past year of Billary will undergo serious psychological assessment. I\'m awed by how Hillary Clinton is becoming everything that she accused Obama of: a pathetic, weak little figure unfit to lead; an untrustworthy individual who makes you wonder how in the hell did they reach their position and what do her supporters see in her to believe that she could actually be POTUS? I thought Bill would be severe enough to read the writing on the wall and hang it up but Mike Tyson has nothing on this man. As it stands he is rapidly becoming another Tiki Barber and losing all ties with his former team. Bill and Hillary Clinton are going to be treated like Jimmy and Roslyn Carter: peripheral figures and distant relatives that you see once in a while at a cookout, muster a forced smile and pat too aggressively on the back and quickly excuse yourself to go to the punch bowl. How can a so-called smart power couple be so utterly inept? She has to quit the race by the end of March to keep what little political they have left. She might be able to keep her Senate seat if she does so but if she  tries to raise doubts about  Obama\'s capacity to lead at the  convention right before the fall campaign she will not have a future in public life.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956968">cranky</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956968" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG you are SUCH a breath of fresh air.  I\'ve been coming to Jack and Jill for a few weeks and I AM SO HAPPY to have found you.<br></br><br>They like it when we think we\'re different from our neighbors and we must be crazy to see what we see.  They want us to feel isolated and powerless.</br><br></br><br>"kiss.my.lucky.black.ass" gave me  the FINEST laugh I\'ve had since Klinton began derailing this train... gut level, hearty good LAUGH.</br><br></br><br>Thanks for being yourselves and doing what you do.  Just for the record, I think you\'re anything BUT  BOOJIE... mho.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956969">freespiritbeautee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956969" class="dsq-comment-message">I use to admire this woman.  This is beyond disgusting.  The more I hear from the Democratice establishment, the more certain I am of going Independent.<br></br><br>I read this early and couldn\'t believe it. </br><br></br><br>Obama\'s surrogates better get on this and respond soon!! I am beyond offended, yet not surprised.  It looks like the Old Democratic party establishment is getting desperate to hold onto power.</br><br></br><br>So it\'s ok for Ferraro to play the gender card and the race card?  Sybillary will never get my vote nor respect.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956970">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956970" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been searching for a African American Political blog and glad I found you.<br></br><br>A few things.  I am a Hillary supporter.  I know that is not popular here but it is what it is.  </br><br></br><br>A do not know if any poster here has had a chance to see the youtube spot "polished like gold" but you should.  There is this 91yr unbelievable lady who talks about how she is so proud that America has finally found in itself the courage to have a "afro american" and a woman running for president.  Then she says something I find remarkable.  She says after I got over that; she asked herself who would be good for the country.  The 91 yr old lady explained that the country was at the foot of the rough side of the mountain and needed to reach the top to be polished like gold.  </br><br></br><br>Anyway, it is a very good video.  Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a "viable" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities?  To me how you honestly and soberly answer that question is how you should pick the democratic nominee.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956971">Lesley Plum</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956971" class="dsq-comment-message">This should go into the wiki for sure.  It\'s a horibbly racist thing to say.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956972">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956972" class="dsq-comment-message">"Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a "viable" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities?"<br></br><br>I don\'t even know where to START with this comment. </br><br></br><br>Do you think that African Americans who support Barack Obama are only doing so because of his skin color? That they haven\'t asked themselves the questions you posed?</br><br></br><br>I am a white woman, and I don\'t think Hillary could successfully run a hot dog stand, much less this country.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956973">The Bag of Health and Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956973" class="dsq-comment-message">Ferraro is an idiot. What she doesn\'t get is that her and her fellow clueless feminists (thankfully a minority of the feminist movement) are starting to sow a division between women and African Americans. If that division gets entrenched and remains long-term, no woman or African American will be elected to the Presidency this century, if ever. So Ferraro is just preventing her own dream; but that\'s what stupid and ignorant people do. They don\'t think through the consequences of their words.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956974">The Bag of Health and Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956974" class="dsq-comment-message">Who is best? Certainly not the moron who took Condi\'s word for it and voted to send 4,000+ Americans to their deaths and maim tens of thousands of others. Certainly not the moron who DIDN\'T even bother to READ the National Intelligence Estimate before making the most critical decision of her life. Certainly not the moron that voted for a bankruptcy bill that screwed the average American over but "hoped it didn\'t pass." Certainly not the moron who liked NAFTA, supported it when it was passed, said it was a good thing on balance--until she decided to run for President. Certainly not the moron who thought race baiting was an acceptable tactic. Certainly not the moron who failed to read the writing on the wall and get out of the way of history and instead chose to continue a fruitless quest solely for her own ego. Hillary Clinton--ready to fuck up and screw you over on Day One.<br></br><br>And no, I won\'t get over what happened in this campaign. You assholes ran a RACIST campaign and betrayed the ideals you claimed to stand for. If Obama goes down, Bill and Hillary Clinton will be viewed by history as the murderers of the dream. It couldn\'t happen to two more deserving people--total scum bags who care about nothing other than their own power and betrayed their supposed ideals for their endless pursuit of power.</br><br></br><br>Clinton wins, I\'m going to vote for McCain. Then I\'ll write a book about how Hillary Clinton\'s pathetic, shameful, vile and racist campaign destroyed the Democratic Party and set the struggle for Civil Rights back 75 years. It\'ll be one of 5,559 books on that subject.</br><br></br><br>Hillary stays in and tolerates bullshit like Ferraro, Wolfson, her husband, Mark Penn, Andrew Cuomo, Billy Shaheen, Bob Johnson, anonymous staffers, the Insight Magazine smear, the Machinists\' union President and herself (she her despicable performance on 60 Minutes where she tried to insinuate Obama was a Muslim), it is ultimately her responsibility. The buck stops with her. Hillary has tolerated racism in her name, therefore she is fine with racism, which makes her personally a racist. (McCain is less of one, he at least denounced his version of the Machinists\' President on the spot).</br><br></br><br>Hillary Clinton has shown herself to be a fraud; Bill Clinton has shown himself to be a fraud. And no, I won\'t get over it. They steal the nomination on Super Delegates, I\'m doing everything I can to see McCain win. The Clintons don\'t deserve the respect of anyone who is actually thinking about the issues. Sorry, not going to get over it. But it is appropriate that the Clinton supporters would think that; the Clintons sold out unions, African Americans, and progressives in the 1990s. They are experts in taking people for granted. Payback is a tough thing to deal with; it happened in this election, and it couldn\'t have happened to a more deserving person than Hillary Clinton.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956975">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956975" class="dsq-comment-message"><i> Look, after you get over the wonderful thing of a "viable" black man running for president you need to ask yourself who is best to begin to solve all the financial and healthcare problems pledging our communities? To me how you honestly and soberly answer that question is how you should pick the democratic nominee.</i><br></br><br>Read the rest of this blog.</br><br></br><br>I\'m quite clear on where I stand about Hillary. </br><br></br><br>I.WILL.NEVER.VOTE.FOR.HER. </br><br></br><br>Once upon a time, I thought, I MIGHT be able to hold my nose, though I doubted it. </br><br></br><br>Her race-baiting, beginning with Billy Shaheen, made it impossible for me to ever vote for her.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956976">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956976" class="dsq-comment-message">Maxine Waters<br>Stephanie Tubbs</br><br>Sheila Jackson Lee</br><br>Mayor of Philly</br><br></br><br>Hello?  Hello? Hello?</br><br></br><br>I can\'t hear you</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956977">Submariner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956977" class="dsq-comment-message">For Anon 8:16, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/obama-if-im-not-ready-_n_90765.html" rel="nofollow">your gal Hillary done answered your question</a>. Check <a href="http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/03/dresden.html" rel="nofollow">this out</a> and tell me one unsubstantiated point. <br></br><br>Hillary is losing all credibility. She is becoming a grotesque joke. If she wants to still be influential and remain a senator, then she must quit the race by the end of March. Any potential gain she achieves in Pennsylvania will evaporate the following month in Indiana and North Carolina. </br><br></br><br>The outcome has been mathematically decided. She\'s gotta go freely or face eviction. And with the new scandal involving Gov. Spitzer, the media no longer has a vested interest in perpetuating the illusion of a viable Hillary. </br><br></br><br>This race was effectively decided in February. It was a <a href="http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/02/barack-obama-has-had-gettysburg-moment.html" rel="nofollow">Gettysburg moment</a>. Sure the campaign continued, but the end was foretold. None other than Bill Clinton said that Hillary needed overwhelming victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4 in order to have a chance. That didn\'t happen. </br><br></br><br>I\'m sorry for you and other Hillary supporters. The mainstream media and the Clintons colluded in deception. They made you think she had a real shot at winning legitimately. But now the media is moving on to fresh meat and is no longer propping up the house of cards. </br><br></br><br>Make no mistake. The convention is a coronation. The Clintons have made their supporters believe that something could be finessed at the convention but that hasn\'t been true since the Sixties.</br><br></br><br>Essentially Bill and Hillary have been hoping for the Democratic Party elites to do Barack what the Supreme Court did to Al Gore: ratify an outcome not supported by the numbers. This just can\'t happen without destroying the party apparatus. </br><br></br><br>If she cares about you and her supporters and is indeed the one to do the things that you describe, then Hillary needs to exercise the moral courage of a Robert E. Lee at Appomattox and concede the prize to Barack by the end of this month. They can put aside past differences and work together for the good of the nation and secure a Democrat victory. </br><br></br><br>But this relentless, win-at-all-costs thrust for the nomination is more becoming of a recklesss gambling addict doubling their bets after losing than an honest sober leader.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956978">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956978" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it should go in the Wiki and if they have ranking, this should go near the top!<br></br><br>People don\'t be surprised, this is just the beginning.  If he gets the nomination, and I believe he will, you might actually hear someone speak the word.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956979">Rhonda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956979" class="dsq-comment-message">For the Anonymous Hillary Clinton supporter above, I was insulted by your comment. It is the same condescending rhetoric that I hear from Clinton supporters. I am sick of it. You dont think we have already thought through the issues. Read the rest of the blog and see where the issues are brought up and discussed before you judge. <br></br><br>You are not speading any "knowledge"...if you want to vote for Hillary Clinton then fine...marvelous but I have thought through my decision. I believe that Senator Barack Obama is the superior choice for many reasons. </br><br></br><br>Thank You</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956980">Faith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956980" class="dsq-comment-message">I know how infuriating HRC and her \'cult members\' can be, but it\'s just par for the course. This is who they are. Their latent racism has bubbled to the surface for all w/o blinders on to see. Those that still support her have a right to do so but they are overlooking some serious flaws. I\'m talking about the \'average\' voter not the ones she\'s promised things to in exchange for a vote or help. We\'ll get the type of country with the politicians we allow for. Hopefully enough people will see past the bs and do the right thing, but more important than even voting for a specific person we need to hold the ones in office now accountable and weed out the bad ones. This is our test. We can decide our future.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956981">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956981" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Maxine Waters<br>Stephanie Tubbs</br><br>Sheila Jackson Lee</br><br>Mayor of Philly</br><br></br><br>Hello? Hello? Hello?</br><br></br><br>I can\'t hear you</br></b><br></br><br>Clearly you can\'t hear. You are willfully blind, deaf and dumb just like HRC.  You\'re probably a sixty-ish second wave feminist who thinks Gloria Steinem and her ilk actually make sense.  Have you met any black people in the real world by chance?</br><br></br><br>Because if you did, then you would know that Waters, Tubbs Jones, Jackson Lee) have had ZERO impact on the votes in their own districts. And they have very little standing in the national black community with the exception of Maxine Waters (and her Clinton support has damaged that).</br><br></br><br>Michael Nutter (the mayor of Philly) will have the same impact on the black vote in Philly: NADA.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956982">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956982" class="dsq-comment-message">You misunderstood my point.  My point was that these Black superdelegate supporters of HRC seem to be silent over this issue.  When normally they would run towards the first camera that came their way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956983">Der Vandernder Yid</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956983" class="dsq-comment-message">You should warn people not to listen to that youtube clip within 30 minutes of eating. I nearly retched my turkey bacon all over my laptop. I never would have gotten that smell out of the keys...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956984">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956984" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think this is a deliberate strategy; it is possible that these comments are simply racist and the words reflect what they actually think.  If it was a one time thing, that could be a slip of the tongue.  They are beyond that now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956985">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956985" class="dsq-comment-message">How unfortunate for the Dems that they chose this year to have 2 candidates from the two largest, most vocal, most aggrieved factions of the party; feminists and black, vying for the same prize.<br></br><br>Neither party wins the "which is worse: racism or sexism?" debate.</br><br></br><br>Racism and sexism are alive and well right here in the \'progressive,\' \'rainbow coalition\' that is the modern Democrat party.</br><br></br><br>Keep this up and voters will be yearning for a kindly, grandfatherly, white man to keep them safe.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956986">Nichelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956986" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting historical footnote I saw regarding Geraldine "Lucky to be a woman when Mondale was specifically seeking a minority or female VP" Ferraro.  Marc Ambinder\'s blog highlighted this July 2, 1984 Time magazine article on his blog at The Atlantic.<br></br><br>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926644,00.html</br><br></br><br><b>The former Veep began his formal search for a running mate by interviewing a black, a Southerner and a woman: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, followed by Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. Although most observers said his selection was unlikely, Mayor Bradley, the son of a sharecropper, touched reporters by reminding them how remarkable it was that a presidential nominee would even consider a black running mate. A female running mate (more probably Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York than Mayor Feinstein) is becoming increasingly possible. Mondale\'s political adviser John Reilly said a female candidacy would offer national appeal. "It cuts across geography," he noted.</b></br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956987">an OBAMA mama</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956987" class="dsq-comment-message">anon   12:00am<br></br><br>Actually,  I\'m thinking it\'s quite the opposite.  I think it is VERY fortunate that Clinton and Obama are running at this moment, at this time.</br><br></br><br>I have been too, too tired of racist Democrats acting as if black folk ought to vote for them just because they are democrats.  </br><br></br><br>By the way, I am damn sure not voting for Barack just because he\'s black.  Hell, Alan Keyes is in the race,  I wouldn\'t insult dogs by voting him in as dog catcher.  If Republicans hadn\'t been such assholes over the last, oh, lemme see, 150 years and beyond, they could have gotten more black folk to join the party.</br><br></br><br>If this destroys the Democratic Party, it NEEDED to be destroyed.</br><br>It\'s like a boil that needed to burst.  </br><br></br><br>Go back and really listen to that  Ferraro clip.  It might have been scripted at one point, but it rolls into a whole new thing.  She gets exasperated trying to make her point. She\'s thinkin\' "What?  Doesn\'t he get it?  Why the hell doesn\'t he just play along?"  </br><br></br><br>They have been playing the "insult black folk, just apologize, they will vote for you anway"  game for so long, they believe that shit!  </br><br></br><br>Racist and stupid. Damn.</br><br></br><br>I think it is time to prove them wrong.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956988" class="dsq-comment-message">Now Michael Nutter is being criticized?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956989" class="dsq-comment-message">If Obama was a white man, Hillary would have bowed out a month ago and he\'d be the Democratic nominee.<br></br><br>But he\'s not.  He\'s a Black man who has to put up with this kind of race-bating bullshit, from a northern white woman who calls herself a Democrat, no less.  </br><br></br><br>It\'s going to be interesting to see how much more of this Obama will take before gut-punching one of these bitches.  (Yeah--I used the "b" word, and I\'m a feminist and a woman.  I just call \'em like I see \'em.)</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956990">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956990" class="dsq-comment-message">I gotta tell y\'all.  Last night, I wrote a comment about 4 or 5 times before I decided to delete it and just leave it alone.<br></br><br>That\'s how mad I actually am.  I had to physically restrain myself from hitting the "post" button because I knew that I was about to write some words that I wouldn\'t want my mama to see(LOL).  </br><br></br><br>I am beyond pissed at this moment.  This all started with that dumb a*s article by gloria steinem.  It continued with that stupid, "B*tch is the new Black," comment on SNL and it\'s just gotten worse and worse ever since. </br><br></br><br>I wish someone would write an op-ed piece (perhaps Melissa Harris-Lacewell) and call them out on this nonsense.  I\'m so sick and tired of hearing white feminists distort black history and cheapen the black struggle for political gain.  And the media buys into it hook, line and sinker.</br><br></br><br>I am trying soooooo hard to restrain myself, but some of these middle-aged white "feminists" are working my very last nerve!  I won\'t chastise an entire group.  But someone needs to tell these women to shut up.  </br><br></br><br>It is the epitomy of privilege and entitlement.  They\'re like that spoiled brat in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - stamping their feet and screamin\' " . . . "Don\'t care how, I want it NOW!"</br><br></br><br>That\'s all they\'re saying.  And they think they\'ve earned the right to say this garbage about another minority and then hide behind the shield of being an "oppressed woman" (read, white woman).</br><br></br><br>It\'s clear that some of them think black men ain\'t sh*t.  And, for the life of them, they can\'t understand . . . can\'t comprehend. . . can\'t fathom the FACT that this "uppity nigger" is whoopin\' their a*ses!  Man, that must drive them crazy!  You know that\'s what\'s killing them right now.  It burns, don\'t it!?!</br><br>Because you all know that it would be one thing if they could call him dumb, lazy, etc.  But they can\'t do that.  He\'s always been a step ahead of them.</br><br></br><br>So, like some have said, they\'d rather paint him as the Affirmative Action candidate.  Unreal!</br><br></br><br>This hits on a personal level.  Because I\'m sure that, like myself, all of you have had your "affirmative action moments," where whites use it as a crutch to dismiss your success.</br><br></br><br>Just like they\'re trying to dismiss Obama\'s success right now.  So . . . now he\'s only winning because people like the "concept" of electing a black president?  I\'m with rikyrah.  I didn\'t know that being black was a concept.</br><br></br><br>And, surprise, the media is silent on the issue!?!?!?  </br><br></br><br>You can\'t say "boo" to Hillary Clinton without having N.O.W. jump down your throat.  I\'m with that anonymous poster from earlier on . . .Where the hell is the NAACP and other groups like that?!?!  I mean, I don\'t need a civil rights march, but it would be nice to see someone stand up and draw attention to these types of comments.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956991">james d granata</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956991" class="dsq-comment-message">isn\'t  MRS Clinton lucky to  be a woman and the wife of Bill Clinton?  for without  Hype, Hyperbole, and hubby she would not be running for the presidency.  she made it into congress by pity, pardons and prostate Cancer (not hers) and that of all the able women in the country we are having to deal with this sociopath.<br></br><br>james</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956992">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956992" class="dsq-comment-message">b-serious,<br></br><br>It\'s clear that some of them think black men ain\'t sh*t. And, for the life of them, they can\'t understand . . . can\'t comprehend. . . can\'t fathom the FACT that this "uppity nigger" is whoopin\' their a*ses!</br><br>_____________________________________</br><br></br><br>I think she (ie, white fems) thinks MEN ain\'t sh*t! I think she\'s saying he\'s lucky he\'s a black man because if he was white, the fems would have him by the b*lls.</br><br></br><br>Because he is black, they can\'t go after him the way fems can go after a white man.</br><br></br><br>I dusagree with those who say if he was white, he\'d be the nominee. If he was white he would have been evicerated long ago. Hard=core feminists are experts at emasculating white men.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956993">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956993" class="dsq-comment-message">Ferraro\'s comments were ignorantly racist; I\'m surprised she wasn\'t crying when she said it.<br></br><br>The good news is that these people are getting desperate about a certain reality; namely, their days are numbered.  Each day someone opens their mouth, another Super Delegate comes to Obama\'s side.  </br><br></br><br>The day will come when someone from the Klinton Kamp will finally drop the N-bomb.  On that day, we\'ll know that we\'ve won.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956994">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956994" class="dsq-comment-message">@ anonymous,<br></br><br>I hear what you\'re saying.</br><br></br><br>I was talking to my sister yesterday and she said something very interesting.</br><br></br><br>She thinks that Hillary and her ilk are gonna slip up real soon and start calling him "boy."</br><br></br><br>That\'s when gender politics butts heads with racial politics.  And Hillary\'s bold enough to try it. </br><br></br><br>This is highly probable.  I\'ve seen feminists use that term, "boy," when fighting patriarchy.  But that will backfire BIG TIME if people like Erica Jong, Ferraro, Steinem, Taylor Marsh and N.O.W. try to take that rout with Obama.</br><br></br><br>They\'ve already come close.  Bill and Hillary were calling him "kid" back in January.</br><br></br><br>I\'m telling you.  Hillary\'s mouth is going to get her in trouble.  Her campaign says whatever they want without consequence.  The only problem with that is that it encourages them to keep talking.  And people like Hillary don\'t know when to stop.  They keep pushing their luck until it comes back to bite them.  </br><br></br><br>Her mouth (or someone in her campaign) is gonna write a check that her a*s can\'t cash.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956995">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956995" class="dsq-comment-message">ronnie b,<br></br><br>LOL!  You and I were thinking (and typing) the same thing.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956996" class="dsq-comment-message">truely amazing again, and surely for the wiki.<br></br><br>even worse is that these people are not really racists, but they are using racism in an entirely machiavellian manner.</br><br></br><br>now let\'s ask, isn\'t hillary lucky to be a woman? she\'s been playing her gender card to the ultimate, while obama is refusing to make much out of his race.</br><br></br><br>so it\'s her the lucky one, because if she were not a woman, she\'d be out by now like all the other guys, except obama.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956997" class="dsq-comment-message">They keep pushing their luck until it comes back to bite them.<br>___________________________________________</br><br></br><br>From CBS this morning:</br><br></br><br>Barack Obama continued to go after Hillary Clinton this evening, accusing her of using “Republican tactics” against him.</br><br></br><br>“When in the midst of a campaign you decide to throw the kitchen sink at your opponent because you’re behind,” he said, “and your campaign starts leaking photographs of me when I’m traveling overseas wearing the native clothes of those folks to make people afraid, and then you run an ad talking about who’s going to answer the phone at three in the morning, an ad straight out of the Republican playbook, that’s not real change.”</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956998">Nquest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956998" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"...even worse is that these people are not really racists..."</i><br></br><br>B.S.</br><br></br><br>These statements, the whole wiki, reflect on a mind state which devolves from being racist, even if it\'s not "really" racist (whatever the hell that is).</br><br></br><br>When Hillary Clinton can go to the SOBU needing to make amends for her campaigns race-baiting, etc. but instead carries the message that she and her husband have "been good to you nigras" talkin\' about how her husband "apologized for slavery (ain\'t that good enough for ya\'ll nigras?)" then it\'s clear we\'re dealing with a mind set that goes beyond trying to use race to score political points.</br><br></br><br>In fact, the very practice of using race to score political points as early and often as Campaign Hillary begs the question:  is it live or is it memorex?</br><br></br><br>If white Republicans/conservatives were doing it few people would try to excuse this behavior by claiming that the persons exhibiting the behavior aren\'t "really racist."  </br><br></br><br>(Supposed) White liberals aren\'t exempt from being racist.  The term paternalism comes to mind and feeling entitled is the flip side of it.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956999" class="dsq-comment-message">In that same article: <br></br><br>Obama says,</br><br>“Everybody always asks \'well, how come you haven’t already wrapped this up? Well, it’s because there are a lot of very powerful people who are doing very well under the existing system,” he said. “So they resist. They’ve got power and they’ve got money. But what we’ve got are the American people.”</br><br>____________________________________</br><br></br><br>Directly challenging the Superdelegates...is this a good thing to do? Ultimately they both NEED the superdelegates. Preserving the status quo can be very tempting, especially if it perceived that Obama is going to shake things up inside the party. Most would agree, that his main theme of change was taken to be a change from Bush and the corruption of the Republicans. He may find it more difficult to persuade supers if they feel too threatened.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957000">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957000" class="dsq-comment-message">"Where the hell is the NAACP and other groups like that?!?!"<br></br><br>Firmly in the pockets of the Clintons ... the leadership is anyway which counts for everything in terms of visibility and speaking out.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957001" class="dsq-comment-message">Again, I go back to the theory that Hillary has yet to go nuclear on Obama.<br></br><br>To be so shameless, and so brazen, so willing to say and do anything, I have got to believe that all of these negative comments will be trumped by the bomb to come.</br><br></br><br>I know y\'all here think that this Rezko trail is going no where, but I recently read that as a Senator-elect, Obama may have violated the Senate ethics rule about \'gifts.\' </br><br></br><br>The term ‘‘gift’’ means any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan,forbearance, or other item having monetary value. The term includes gifts of services, training, transportation, lodging, and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the expense has been incurred.</br><br></br><br>A real estate transaction designed to allow a senator to buy a house more expensive that his budget permits by splitting the house and the vacant lot next door into two parcels and having Mrs. Rezko buy the empty lot, that looks like a \'favor\' done for an important man by a political fixer.</br><br></br><br>Everyone who recalls buying their first home and hunting for the down payment or getting some help from mom or dad knows what happened here --the Obamas got a favor from the Rezkos.  Now Rezko is in the dock and his finances very murky, leading to the question of who really did the favor for Barack Obama. </br><br></br><br>Obama\'s not out of the woods on this I fear.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957002" class="dsq-comment-message">Hate to burst everyone\'s fun <a href="http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/03/commander-in-chief-threshhold.html" rel="nofollow">but it\'s a wrap</a>. With a story like this contrasted against Barack\'s ability to help Dems pick up a net gain from Dennis Hastert\'s district while not even yet POTUS, it\'s clearr for all to see. Too late for Hillary to step down gracefully and remain in Washington. She\'s outta here.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957003">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957003" class="dsq-comment-message">If “Hillary” was a black man, she would not be in this position,” “And if she was a woman (of any “other” color) she would not be in this position. She happens to be very lucky to be married to whom she is married to.”</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957004" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, dumb - or at least politically incorrect - of her to say that.  But  you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who\'d served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy?  Deep down, I think we all know the answer is \'hell no.  are you kidding?\'.  <br></br><br>So she does have a completely valid point.  But you\'re not really supposed to come out and say it.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957005">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957005" class="dsq-comment-message">submariner,<br></br><br>Hate to burst your bubble, but Illinois has been fast becoming a solidly Dem state. The Republican party is all but dead there. No help from Obama was necessary.</br><br>Don\'t get too cocky.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957006" class="dsq-comment-message">I am concerned more about the race baiting and fear mongering that came about as a result of Obama becoming a candidate more so now b/c I am Afircan American. If this were based on issues alone it would be different! So I don\'t really agree with you Anon 7:19.<br></br><br>In other words, if this were based on issues/politics alone I would not be overly concerned. What I am concerned about is African Americans being used a a pawn in this dirty game of politics and I will NOT accept it!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957007" class="dsq-comment-message">anonymous 7:08 wrote "A real estate transaction designed to allow a senator to buy a house more expensive that his budget permits by splitting the house and the vacant lot next door into two parcels ..."<br></br><br>So much BS that you hinge on this one ignorant lie.  Anyone who has purchased (and many who haven\'t) knows that houses are built on lots and larger acreage is divided into lots (or parcels if you prefer) by the local zoning commission or whatever is the land development authority.  So neither the Obamas nor Rezko could have "split the house and the vacant lot next door" for resale purposes because those separate pieces of real estate were never one large item of real property.  The lot that the house sat on is and was always one piece of real estate and the adjacent lot was always a second, different, and distinct piece of real estate ---they both just had the same previous owner.</br><br></br><br>However, any person who owned those TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OF REAL PROPERTY or any other multiple pieces of property may choose to sell them at different times, at the same time, or sell one piece of property and keep the others forever; they may also sell them to different individuals or multiple persons in partnership or to one buyer.  Just because one owns multiple lots doesn\'t mean that they are all the same real property, by definition, reality and fact they never are.  People who buy larger pieces of land are always buying more than one lot/parcel, which are multiple but separate pieces of property.</br><br></br><br>OOO</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957008" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I really shouldn\'t be surprised, but I expected other blogs (with mostly white staff) that I usually read to be all over this.  I\'ve emailed a few (gawker, jezebel, feministing, rifuture), but we really need to let people know how brazen the Clinton campaign is.  <br>I think it\'s a nice companion piece to the Spitzer story - crazy NY politicians do/say some pretty fucked up  things!!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957009" class="dsq-comment-message">So she does have a completely valid point. But you\'re not really supposed to come out and say it.<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>Who says you\'re not supposed to say it...the hypocritical, politically correct, oppressive, Democrat party.</br><br></br><br>The party is eating itself alive and when its over the winner will say, "If I didn\'t do it, the Republicans surely would have."</br><br></br><br>Having the Republicans as a scapegoat may help you to rationalize the racism and sexism within your own party, but you will pay a high price in the end.</br><br></br><br>The truth is the Democrat party\'s life\'s work is to elevate it\'s \'victim groups\' by trying to create an imaginary, level playing field.</br><br>To create \'fairness\'.</br><br></br><br>Who ever said life was fair. No one can \'make it fair.\'</br><br></br><br>Obama is where he is today, in large part, because of Affirmative Action. Hillary is where she is, in large part, because of her husband.</br><br>Neither are playing fair. They have both benefited from a party that has elevated them and made everyone feel so good about how fair and inclusive and utopian the Democrat Party is. It\'s not real.</br><br></br><br>We all struggle. We all face obstacles to overcome. And in the end, as my Pop always told me, "No one is going to look out for you, EXCEPT you."</br><br></br><br>Conservatives don\'t promise to protect anyone from racism and sexism and all the ills of the human condition, like liberals do.</br><br> </br><br>Victims have been asked to put their trust in a party that has been promising that they will be rewarded for their victimhood. Now two groups are vying for the same prize and now the illusion of \'fairness\' is shattered.</br><br></br><br>\'Fairness\' has always been the pretense for \'dependence.\'</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957010" class="dsq-comment-message">Anon 7:32,<br></br><br>The seller was only willing to seel both lots AT THE SAME TIME. Would the Obama\'s have been able to afford both lots? No. Obama has admitted as much.</br><br>Did Rezko do him a \'favor\' by agreeing to but the second lot?</br><br></br><br>Did this \'favor\' violate Senate Ethics rules?</br><br></br><br>That is the question. Your argument does not address this question.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957011" class="dsq-comment-message">Lord, hold my mule and keep me near the cross.  I can\'t take this ish anymore.  I\'m moving to Canada.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957012" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t it weird how the folks with the craziest comments are always anonymous?<br></br><br>It\'s like that\'s a requirement to write some random shit.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957013" class="dsq-comment-message">The media are loathe to call somebody a racist unless they use won of the "magic hate words." And even then, it depends on whether they seem serious when they use those words.<br></br><br>So, despite what is clearly a strategy in the Clinton campaign to brand Obama as the Affirmative Action candidate (which I wrote about over at my blog) nobody is really going to report on that because it\'s too close to calling somebody in power in racist. Y\'all know white people equate being called a racist to calling a black person a nigger.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957014" class="dsq-comment-message">anonymous 7:53 wrote "Obama is where he is today, in large part, because of Affirmative Action."<br></br><br>It is a self-hating and racist fallacy to cast every successful Black person as only being successful due to affirmative action. If you are only quasi-successful because of affirmative action, then speak to your own story and diminishing of your accomplishments but don\'t speak as if you know ish about how Senator Obama got to where he is.  He is currently in primary position  for the nomination that would have been long ago sealed by the party if he was white but for some "unknown" reason he is having to work three times as hard to get credit for half as much.  When he wins the presidency , I hope people like you who may have the inkling to say he is president "in large part due to affirmative action" would for once shut the heaven up. </br><br>-------------------------------------</br><br></br><br>Anonymous 7:58, the answer to your original BS is there but you are obviously incapable of accepting it.  The kitchen sink strategy requires using any and every smear and hoping it sticks to the brains of fools but once it has (your case in point) it is almost impossible to scrub that small area of the dirt.  </br><br></br><br>The most Senator Obama is guilty of is continuing to associate with a friend who had mounting legal issues ensuing---anything else is simply desparation politics without cause, substance, proof, or basis in the rule of law.  If the man, so to speak, could have gotten him on any of the BS you try to spread, they would have.  They are not holding back just as a favor to him; everyone who has intimate knowledge of the situation admits and acknowledges that Senator Obama is accused of NO WRONGDOING related to Rezko.  In case you are unaware, it was Rezko\'s wife who purchased the adjacent lot ...you may want to find a way to weave at least one truth into your smear.</br><br></br><br>OOO</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957015" class="dsq-comment-message">anon7:53--put a name to your comments and maybe--MAYBE--I might take your comments with a half a grain of salt.  <br></br><br>*How* do you know that Obama is "where he is" because of Affirmative Action?  The very notion is racist--you assume that he has no intelligence, no qualifications to be where he is (Harvard law graduate, Senator from Illinois) and that he somehow "depended" on liberal whites to be gracious enough to let his poor, unqualified self into law school.  To that notion, I ask you *anonymous*, "Where\'s your proof?"</br><br></br><br>Oh, you don\'t have any, you say?  You just thought you\'d troll around, hiding behind anonymity and your own deeply sedimented racist nonsense in order to make stupid comments about a candidate about whom you clearly know less than nothing?  Go sit in a corner somewhere until you get a clue.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957016">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957016" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>She thinks that Hillary and her ilk are gonna slip up real soon and start calling him "<b>boy</b>."</i><br></br><br>During an interview on the Al Sharpton show, Ralph Nader reported that one of Clinton\'s surrogates use the term "boy" when referring to Barack.  Specifically, "<b>we\'re going to take this boy down</b>", Nader said.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957017" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Anonymous@7:53, <br></br><br>Your assessment would be brilliant if you weren\'t absolutely short-sighted and wrong. If Obama benefited from Affirmative Action, then Hillary benefited not only from Affirmative Action but also being married to Bill. So in the "oppression game", we\'d do better not to rank, as white women have been the overwhelming majority of "minorities" who have benefited from Affirmative Action and they benefit twice from it because people usually forget that they have been beneficiaries and want to start pulling out the black and brown problem. </br><br></br><br>Gerraldine Ferraro benefited from Affirmative Action as did Hillary Clinton. Almost every one is this country has benefited from Affirmative Action and I\'ll tell you how, without the first very white and very white system of Affirmative Action (that is in play today), the reactionary system of Affirmative Action wouldn\'t have had to have been created. No one got there by merit alone, buddy and that\'s what pains the fuck out of you meritocracy types. There\'s no person in this country that has ever done it without anyone else\'s help.</br><br></br><br>Let\'s put this shit in perspective, more white women exist than the entirety of the black population. Black people only make up about 33-35 million people in the country. </br><br></br><br><i>We all struggle. We all face obstacles to overcome. And in the end, as my Pop always told me, "No one is going to look out for you, EXCEPT you."</i></br><br></br><br>Excellent piece of conventional wisdom but we don\'t all face the same level of obstacles and respect has got to be given to that.</br><br></br><br>Not only that, but believe it or not other people are looking out for you on an "outside level" and they make sure that people like you</br><br>(who no one is looking out for) that they know, get preferred treatment and opportunities  that other people (who no one is looking out for) that they don\'t know will never get. That\'s the other affirmative action, your pop\'s advice would be brilliant if we were all one man islands who rarely came in contact with other people and if no society existed. But yes, Virginia people are actually looking out for you.</br><br> </br><br>If, as a white woman from a wealthy background you make it into an Ivy League college and obtain a successful job as Senator, you haven\'t had the same obstacles as a lower middle class white woman who made it into the same instance so to consider your struggles equal is to negate the very real differences that exist between the two parties.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t think any critical thinking people of color or white women in any large number have ever been fooled into thinking that the Democrats are a Utopian party. That\'s a strawman.</br><br></br><br>There is no victimhood, you guys are always talking about that because you\'re upset that no one sees you as a victim. Because you think life would be so much easier if someone would just "look at my problems and see I\'ve overcome, too".. You want a piece of the "victim" pie and it\'s in every word you guys ever type that goes down this line of thinking. </br><br></br><br>You think victim is something to be reviled and yet you want it so bad you can taste it. Contrary to popular belief, as a black person, I don\'t revel in victimhood. I don\'t want to be a mascot/hero/constant victim, but you need to paint that narrative otherwise you can\'t look at me with the same humanity that you would look at yourself. And that is the crux of all of your arguments, it would behoove you to have to think of your "enemies" as fucking human beings. Make no mistake this is exactly what people who disagree with you in this fashion are. You don\'t talk to people you respect the way you\'re talking to "liberals" here. </br><br></br><br>It\'s much simpler to say we\'re victims. Because if we didn\'t, who knows we might actually be like you. And then you\'d have to question why is it that people who are like me are living under an entirely different type of rule in the United States? And why is it that people who are like me and just as qualified as me get paid less than me? And why do women get paid only 70% on the dollar? And why if education is the key do sometimes really educated white women and people of color have fewer opportunities than I do? And why are these people who are like me, pulled over more often than I am? And why are these people who are like me dying at a higher rate from heart disease? And why are these people stressed out? And why is it that these people who are just like me have problems that I don\'t have to deal with or that I can brush to the side and pretend never happened? Why is that? </br><br></br><br>But that would require too much self-examination. It\'s much easier to look at someone else and <i>think</i> you know the problem when you have "conventional wisdom" that doesn\'t support facts, but is "what we all know to be true". Even in your complete ridiculousness and inaccuracy you speak with authority </br><br></br><br>It\'s easy to ask whoever said  life was fair, when you\'re reaping the benefits of it being unfair. Fairness is dependent sure, but you know what, the people who benefit from unfairness will never try to change that and you\'re evidence of it. You can like that, but I have every right to want to change it so that it benefits not only me, but others like me and that\'s regardless of party affiliation.</br><br></br><br>That kind of "look out for myself, fuck everyone else" attitude is precisely what I\'m repulsed by regardless of party affiliation.</br><br></br><br>Your Pops should have told you that after all is said and done, if you write a check and you sign your name to it, not to be surprised if the people you wrote the check to want to cash it. We were written a check by this country and we\'re cashing it. Now, what we have to decide is how do we pay for this check of equality, how do we balance it... The world is changing and you can hold onto your partisan know-it-all-ism, and your "conventional wisdom", but don\'t be surprised when you\'re no longer preferred candidate.</br><br></br><br>-The other anonymous</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957018" class="dsq-comment-message">Roger,<br></br><br>My proof is Affirmative Action itself. Is no black the beneficiary of it? Has no woman benefited from it? </br><br></br><br>It makes no sense to believe that Affirmative Action was created, yet NO ONE benefits!</br><br></br><br>Of course he\'s smart, of course he\'s qualified and the whole point of Affirmative Action is to find smart and qualified minorities (black and women, hispanics, gays, et al) and elevate them to the Ivy League and such. Level the playing field for all of us victims of circumstances beyond our control. Affirmative Action was created because liberals think we all need their help.</br><br></br><br>Is it really necessary to insult me and call me racist because I happen to say something with which you do not agree? I am not making this stuff up out of thin air. It exists and it exists in the party which has for the last 40 years, been telling everyone how fair it is.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957019" class="dsq-comment-message">You think victim is something to be reviled and yet you want it so bad you can taste it. <br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>All was well in the Democrat Party as long as all of the various groups felt they held the same amount of power. Now that blacks and women are coming up against each other, they are crying, "It\'s not fair."</br><br></br><br>It would be soothing for you to think I want to be a victim. After all, misery loves company.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957020" class="dsq-comment-message">That kind of "look out for myself, fuck everyone else" attitude is precisely what I\'m repulsed by regardless of party affiliation.<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>"F**K everyone else attitude." Those are your words, not mine. Don\'t foist your issues on to me. Simply because I have been taught to be self-reliant, hard-working, and independent, doesn\'t mean I don\'t care about my fellow man.</br><br></br><br>This system of \'political correctness\' and \'fairness\' foster dependence and resentment. Don\'t hate me because I am free.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957021">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957021" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Well, dumb - or at least politically incorrect - of her to say that. But you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who\'d served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy? Deep down, I think we all know the answer is \'hell no. are you kidding?\'.<br></br><br>So she does have a completely valid point. But you\'re not really supposed to come out and say it.</br></i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>We did when his name was John F. Kennedy. </br><br></br><br>If a person\'s message resonates, s/he gets attention and votes. </br><br></br><br>Period.</br><br></br><br>Doesn\'t matter their race.</br><br></br><br>Or level of experience.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957022" class="dsq-comment-message">\'even worse is that these people are not really racists, but they are using racism in an entirely machiavellian manner.\'<br></br><br>I must disagree with your statement. A public face who has pretended for years to stand for all people who now makes race the issue instead of the candidates and insults all of us by calling him a concept, is the worst kind of racist. The closet racist.  </br><br></br><br>It speaks volumes about the core beliefs of the speaker of the words.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957023">LeLe  Hill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957023" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s been my experience that people who are closet racists never play the race card.  As a matter of fact they never say the word black.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957024" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>But you DO got to ask: Would any of us really give a $hit about some senator from IL who\'d served only half his first term if he were another pasty-faced white guy?</i><br></br><br>Valid point, Craig.  But what Ferraro did was reduce Barack down to a "concept" because he\'s Black.  She didn\'t see his Blackness as a contributing factor; as a bonus.  She characterized his Blackness as some kind of unfair advantage against over some anonymous white person.</br><br></br><br>Did she view <i>her</i> VP run with Walter Mondale as a "concept"?</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957025" class="dsq-comment-message">This hits the nail right in the head, ronnie b:<br>She characterized his Blackness as some kind of unfair advantage against over some anonymous white person.</br><br></br><br>May I quote you on that?</br><br></br><br>btw, none of the blogs I emailed have said boo about this.  The only other place I saw it was here: <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EUm" rel="nofollow">http://slog.thestranger.com/</br><br>Um</a>, where are the calls for her to resign?  "Monster" is a terrible thing to call someone, but this is totally cool with the MSM?  WTF?</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957026" class="dsq-comment-message">Regarding the Ferraro comment, the terse and dismissive response from Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson:  "We disagree with her." I find that as insulting as so much being made about Obama\'s minister\'s association with Farrakhan and nothing being made of Clinton\'s direct association with Eliot Spitzer.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957027">Rita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957027" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh good grief. Y\'all have lost your ever loving minds. READ what the woman said. She didn\'t say that Black was a concept. . . . sheesh. Your paranoia is reading for you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957028">cm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957028" class="dsq-comment-message">The Clintons have long tried to suggest/reinforce/establish, by subtler means than Ferraro\'s recent verbal diarrhea, the idea that Obama is the affirmative action candidate.  In this framing, the counter argument that Hillary is also an affirmative action candidate because she is a white female doesn\'t resonate so much with me - she\'s actually the equivalent of the legacy admittance.<br></br><br>The concept of unqualified minorities getting a leg up makes a lot of people stinking mad.  But those same people are A.O.K. with morons getting ahead just because of lineage.</br><br></br><br>And, no, I\'m not saying Hillary is an idiot.  But what I don\'t get is how it\'s just a given that she\'s such a brilliant mind and so much more qualified with Obama.  I hope there will be further investigation into her foreign policy "expertise" - I want to hear firsthand from Sinbad.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957029">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957029" class="dsq-comment-message">First he\'ll lose because he\'s black _ rendell<br>Now he\'ll win because he\'s black _ Ferraro</br><br></br><br>1. If “Hillary” was a black man, she would not be in this position,” “And if she was a woman (of any “other” color) she would not be in this position. She happens to be very lucky to be married to whom she is married to.”</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957030">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957030" class="dsq-comment-message">The white leadership within the Democrat faction supporting Hillary and the white leadership with in the MSM supporting Hillary simply don\'t care how they win, only that they win. They are too arrogant and narcissistic to see the error of their ways and are marching ahead to impose their will on the Democrat party. They are keeping their less educated, dependent, and lazy followers in tow by speaking to their fears and prejudices. <br></br><br>All of this was acceptable and even praised as long as the \'enemy\' was the Republicans.</br><br></br><br>Now Obama and his supporters are the \'enemy\'.</br><br></br><br>Does the Democrat party have the ability to purge itself of this destructive brand of politics? Obama\'s message may resonate with the broader, general electorate, but is 1/2 of the Democrat party will to own up and take responsibility for their actions or complicity in the actions of their leaders? We have given the Clinton\'s a pass so many times, for so long. Until a majority of Democrats reject this behavior, it will grow, pervade and dominate the party.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957031">MZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957031" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know...maybe this is our chance for a viable third party.  If Clinton steals, the nomination, half the Democratic Party leaves, along with some of the Republicans drawn in by charisma and the idea of a break with traditional party politics.  <br></br><br>Wait.  Who has the most delegates right now?  Why the hell is a Clinton candidacy being discussed anywhere as a plausible option.  This is so fucked up.</br><br></br><br>Sorry about the cursing. I\'ve literally been driven to drink.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957032">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957032" class="dsq-comment-message">They have both been elevated for more or less the same reason: IDENTITY.<br></br><br>Democrats love to feel good about themselves and their choices. They vote on emotion, how a candidate makes them feel. </br><br></br><br>\'Voting for Hillary makes me feel proud to be a woman.\'</br><br></br><br>\'I feel America is ready for a woman president."</br><br></br><br>\'Voting for Obama makes me proud to be black.\'</br><br></br><br>\'I feel America is ready for a black president.\'</br><br></br><br>These may not be the ONLY reasons, but they are reasons for sure. And with little policy and experience difference between them, personal identification with their candidate has become A PRIMARY for support.</br><br>This is why we see the party breaking along racial, gender and class lines. </br><br></br><br>Since there is no real ideological difference between the candidates, no policy positions upon which to draw significant contrasts, all we have left is race, gender and class. How those differences will be exploited, and who will be the most effective, remains to be seen.</br><br></br><br>Which group will emerge victorious over the other. Will the voters decide? Or are the voters to be viewed as dependent children, who need superdelegates to show them the way. The child that throws the biggest temper tantrum will wear down the party elders and win the nomination.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1957033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957033">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957033" class="dsq-comment-message">Since there is no real ideological difference between the candidates, no policy positions upon which to draw significant contrasts, all we have left is race, gender and class.<br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>This myth is tiring. </br><br></br><br>Clinton wants to mandate health insurance for all. Obama does not.</br><br></br><br>That\'s a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Obama wants to repeal the entirety of DOMA. Clinton does not.</br><br></br><br>That\'s a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Obama wants civil union rights to extend to immigration issues. Clinton does not.</br><br></br><br>That\'s a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Clinton is a hawk. Obama is not.</br><br></br><br>That\'s a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>Clinton wants to fight unfairly even against her party memebers. Obama does not.</br><br></br><br>That\'s a clear and HUGE difference.</br><br></br><br>I could go on, but you get my point.</br><br></br><br>Do your own research. Don\'t regurgitate bullshit.</br><br></br><br>It\'s not okay.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957034">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957034" class="dsq-comment-message">John Kerry just said that Ferraro\'s remarks were unacceptable, disrespectful, and flatout wrong. And the wrong seemed laced with the intonation we apply to the word racist.<br></br><br>And Susan Rice is the only Black person to go on record against these remarks?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957035">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957035" class="dsq-comment-message">When will the Democratic Leadership stand up to the Clinton Campaign?  For that matter, where the hell is the African American Leadership?  The only person taking on the Clinton Campaign\'s attempt to steal this election via FL and MI is Al Sharpton.  Now that\'s some irony for your ass.  It\'s no longer a question of if the Clintons will try to steal this election or even how, but what the hell are we going to do about it?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957036">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957036" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, sure.   All things being the same (oratory, positions, experience), if Obama looked like Dan Quayle, I wouldn\'t give a flying fcuk about him.  He\'d basically be John Edwards with a lot less experience - and white.<br></br><br>So, in a way, Geri FerretFace\'s point is 100% valid and something everyone already realizes, but very, very, very few will actually utter out loud.</br><br></br><br>Not PC, but true.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957037">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957037" class="dsq-comment-message">"Wait. Who has the most delegates right now? Why the hell is a Clinton candidacy being discussed anywhere as a plausible option. This is so fucked up."<br></br><br>That\'s what is killing me!  How the hell can she claim she is the victim of media bias when the media is treating this insanity with respect!  It feels like an episode of the Twilight Zone!  If Obama was losing in delegates, states and popular vote, but nonetheless suggesting Clinton as his VP, the collective national response would be, "that nigger is crazy!"</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957038">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957038" class="dsq-comment-message">"He\'d basically be John Edwards with a lot less experience - and white."<br></br><br>What superior experience does John Edwards have, you ignorant mother fucker?</br><br></br><br>John Edwards was a one term Senator, period!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957039">MZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957039" class="dsq-comment-message">nmp:  Want to get together for a drink later - or right now??</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957040">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957040" class="dsq-comment-message">nmp,<br></br><br>Do Gore, Edwards, Kennedy, Durbin, Mitchell and Jesse Jackson know something we don\'t?</br><br></br><br>Check this out:</br><br></br><br>Rezko, along with co-defendants Ali Ata and Abdelhamid Chaib, face federal grand jury charges presented in October 2006 by the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald.  The case centers on allegations of fraud between 2000 and 2004 in the sale of 17 Papa Johns’ Pizza parlors in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee.  The case may begin with pizza, but it leads to Europe, Syria, Iraq, and the UN Oil for Food program. </br><br></br><br>http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4C33B7D0-C44E-4F03-919E-B71328BA42ED</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957041">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957041" class="dsq-comment-message">@ nmp,<br></br><br>You asked,  "When will the Democratic Leadership stand up to the Clinton Campaign?"</br><br></br><br>Well, Nancy Pelosi just spoke out against the Clinton campaign.  She said that the "dream ticket," is "impossible," and guess who she\'s blaming . . .</br><br></br><br>Here\'s the quote:</br><br></br><br>"I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that [dream ticket] out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama. I think that either way is impossible," she continued, "Nothing ever resolves itself -- it has to be resolved by some outside forces . . ."</br><br></br><br>Uh oh!  Not good news for Hillary Clinton.  Looks like you tick off a lot of the Democratic Leadership when you try to throw the Democratic frontrunner under the bus and give the RNC its talking points for the fall.</br><br></br><br>Now, Pelosi remains "neutral," but this is as strong a condemnation as you\'ll probably see from her.  </br><br></br><br>Let\'s hope that this is a sign of things to come.  Maybe . . . just maybe the Democrats will show some spine and do the right thing.</br><br></br><br>We\'ll have to wait and see.</br><br></br><br>Link:  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/pelosi-dream-ticket-imp_n_90981.html%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EOne" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/pelosi...</a> last thing.  I am somewhat pleased by the fact that there are some people who are finally beginning to call the Clintons on their bs.  Keith Olbermann, Randi Rhodes, Ed Shultz and Stephanie Miller have done a great job of pointing out some of these issues.  </br><br></br><br>The television MSM is out to lunch.  But talk radio and the internet media are starting to get on Hillary\'s case.  And the anger is growing each and every day.  They\'re not ignoring the math.  They\'re not falling for that "tight horse-race" crap.  </br><br></br><br>They look at the math (as they did with EVERY other candidate) and realize that Hillary can\'t win this thing without the super delegates.  They\'re getting more and more upset at the fact that, because she can\'t win, all Hillary is doing is hurting the party in the process.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957042">obamacanintheOC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957042" class="dsq-comment-message">WOW.<br>What an example of reducing a complex man to the color of his complexion.</br><br>All Geraldine sees is a black man.</br><br>Shameful.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957043">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957043" class="dsq-comment-message">obamaton said:<br>"What an example of reducing a complex man to the color of his complexion.</br><br>All Geraldine sees is a black man.</br><br>Shameful. "</br><br></br><br>And, as we\'re seeing in state after state, the same can be said about 9 out of 10 black voters.</br><br>Yes.  Shameful.  Embarrassing.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957044">Felicia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957044" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how trolls can only sling the Rezko mud at Obama.  And they love to do the six degrees of Obama, linking him to some former Ba\'athist guy who was associated with Rezko and now lives in England.  It works so perfectly for their xenophobia: Obama = Kenyan = Muslim = Iraq = al aqaeda.  That whole former Ba\'athist link thing is a load sh*t.  We\'re working with thousands of former Ba\'athits: <b>it\'s called Iraq.</b><br></br><br>If the only thing they\'ve got on Obama is Rezko and some bad land deal (a backyard for his friggin daughters), then that\'s pretty sad.</br><br></br><br>Let\'s look at the Clinton\'s dealings.  The Presidential Library and Saudi donors, and Bill\'s trip to Uzbekistan to praise the dictator over there so he could get a $30mil donation for his foundation are the first to come to my mind.  Can anybody think of any others?</br><br></br><br>You show me someone who hasn\'t done something questionable in their lifetime, and I\'ll show you a liar.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957045">Phillip M. Bailey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957045" class="dsq-comment-message">The only reason George Washington was the 1st President was because he was a white man. If he\'d been oh let\'s say Benjamin Banneker or Phillis Wheatley he\'d have been frozen in obscure history books.<br></br><br>Seriously, when did America turn into Ghana? Have we forgotten that for the past 230 years the American presidency has been the pedestal of <b>white male privilege</b>? </br><br></br><br>Maybe black men should look in the mirror and realize our manhood gives us an advantage at least over black women. However, would these bitter old white feminists like Geraldine Ferraro and Gloria Steinem like to trade places with black men?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957046">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957046" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how trolls can only sling the Rezko mud at Obama. And they love to do the six degrees of Obama, linking him to some former Ba\'athist guy who was associated with Rezko and now lives in England. It works so perfectly for their xenophobia: Obama = Kenyan = Muslim = Iraq = al aqaeda.<br>-------------------------------------</br><br></br><br>Oh you wish it was so simple. We are talking about a very wealthy man(Auchi) with a history of bribing politicans. He lent Rezko $3.5 million dollars, a loan that was later forgiven for a prime slice of Chicago real estate. Rezko gave $700,000 to his wife, who in turn used part of the money to buy Obama a backyard.</br><br></br><br>n 2003, Auchi was convicted in France for receiving about $100 million in illegal commissions as part of a scandal involving the French oil giant ELF Aquitane.  The UK Guardian termed the scandal, “the biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent £200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewelery, fine art, villas and apartments." </br><br></br><br>Auchi’s General Mediterranean Holdings financed a 250 megawatt power plant in the Kurdish town of Chamchamal, Iraq along with Rezko and Iraq\'s former Minister of Electricity (and Chicago resident), Aiham Alsamarrae. </br><br></br><br>Returning in 2003 to post-Saddam Iraq, Alsamarrae had been made Minister of Electricity under the occupation government of Paul Bremer.  Alsamarrae escaped “the Chicago way” from the Green Zone in December, 2006 after being held for four months in relation to a $2 billion Iraqi reconstruction corruption case.</br><br></br><br>n 2003, Auchi was convicted in France for receiving about $100 million in illegal commissions as part of a scandal involving the French oil giant ELF Aquitane.  The UK Guardian termed the scandal, “the biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent £200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewelery, fine art, villas and apartments." </br><br></br><br>Auchi’s General Mediterranean Holdings financed a 250 megawatt power plant in the Kurdish town of Chamchamal, Iraq along with Rezko and Iraq\'s former Minister of Electricity (and Chicago resident), Aiham Alsamarrae. </br><br></br><br>Returning in 2003 to post-Saddam Iraq, Alsamarrae had been made Minister of Electricity under the occupation government of Paul Bremer.  Alsamarrae escaped “the Chicago way” from the Green Zone in December, 2006 after being held for four months in relation to a $2 billion Iraqi reconstruction corruption case.</br><br></br><br>“(In 2004) Mr. Auchi traveled by private aircraft to Midway Airport in Chicago and then to a fete at the Four Season Hotel, where he met with his business partner in Chicago real estate, Mr. Rezko, as well as with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Also present that night, according to a fresh report by James Bone and Dominic Kennedy of the London Times, was State Senator Barack Obama, who had recently won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat….”</br><br></br><br>Auchi, "has been able to collect British politicians the way other people collect stamps,” wrote Nick Cohen in a 2003 profile of Mr. Auchi in the left wing British newspaper the Observer.</br><br></br><br>Given Mr. Auchi’s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it’s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1957047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957047">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957047" class="dsq-comment-message">Ferraro discussing her comments on Fox:<br></br><br>http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIwQSq9y8o</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957048">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957048" class="dsq-comment-message">The best response is, "this is about equal opportunity." As people have been saying, the whole purpose of Ferraro\'s comment was to provoke others into pointing out that the Clinton campaign is bringing up affirmative action,  thereby introducing it into the discussion while pretending they were just talking about a more general "concept." <br></br><br>It\'s a trap, and IMO the best way to avoid it is to refuse to engage in a discussion about affirmative action and focus instead on the benefits of equal opportunity. I think it\'s a concept most people respond very positively to, and it applies just as much to Clinton\'s Yale law degree as it does to Obama\'s Harvard law degree.</br><br></br><br>I\'d love to see Obama respond by talking up equal opportunity and pointing to all the ways Clinton has benefited from it (along with backhanded praise about how that\'s been a good thing), link it to American traditions of fairness and to his personal "only in America" story AND find a way of slipping in a sly reference to how, if Harvard and Yale had started restricting admission only to those students who are actually qualified years before they did, maybe we wouldn\'t have been stuck with George W. Bush as president today. </br><br></br><br>Given how deftly he\'s been responding to other attacks recently, I have no doubts he can turn this one around on Clinton too.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957049">Felicia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957049" class="dsq-comment-message">I have one question anon 3:17 (who so cowardly can\'t reveal his/her name), what does this long ass post about Auchi have to do with Obama?  Am I a criminal, too, because I had Christmas dinner with my convicted felon cousin who was out on parole?<br></br><br>Hillary Clinton said she didn\'t know Rezko, and a few days later an embarrassing picture of her with Rezko surfaced on the internet.  I take her word, though, that she didn\'t know Rezko personally and that she\'s taken pictures with thousands of people.</br><br></br><br>Yet, you are trying to tie Obama to this former Ba\'athist because Obama was present at a meeting.  What was this meeting?  Was it a fundraiser?  A dinner?  To hear you tell it, the meeting was some sort of Skull and Bones affair.  You\'re trying to make a story out of a non-story.  But like I said, that\'s what xenophobes and racists do.</br><br></br><br>A McCain advisor helped Ahmad Chalabi trump up evidence about Iraq\'s WMDs in the lead up to the war.  Chalabi, I think, is still wanted by the Jordanian government for some fraud he committed.  But I don\'t think McCain can be directly tied to Chalabi because of this.  McCain CAN be tied to corruption, but not through some friend of a friend.</br><br></br><br>Like I said earlier, we all have done some questionable things and have had shady friends, family members, and associates.  And like I also said, if the only thing you trolls can dig up is Rezko, you\'re in some serious f*cking trouble in November because <b> Obama will win</b></br><br></br><br>You can write back whatever b*llsh*t defense you want, but I won\'t respond because I\'m tired of feeding the trolls.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957050">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957050" class="dsq-comment-message">Now outline Rezko\'s connection to the Clintons.<br></br><br>I dare you.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957051">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957051" class="dsq-comment-message">Like I said earlier, we all have done some questionable things and have had shady friends, family members, and associates.<br>____________________________________</br><br></br><br>Given Mr. Auchi’s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it’s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957052" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Everyone,<br>On one hand, I\'m sitting here thinking is this more of Billary\'s so called "brilliant" strategy? She wants US/Obama/His surruogates to get pissed and demand she denounce/reject whatever Ferraro\'s comments. The fact is she CHOSE NOT to be clear in rejection of this racist rhetoric. The only statement thus far from her camp was brief that they "disagreed" with the commments. I think this is again their attempt to do a couple of things (1) remind voters hey this is a NIGRA you is voting for, (2)should he be the nominee, damage him somthing awful by continuing to aid McCain. I mean what else get\'s the right wing going more that "affirmative action".  She already knows she has lost the African American vote in the primary. Pundits are always saying people have short memories in politics so she perhaps she thinks we will vote for her another day, another election (or perhaps her thinking is she does need us, she has the Latino vote).</br><br>But yeah, where is so called Black Leadership (where ya at Stephanie Tubbs)?</br><br></br><br>Lord help me, Pat Buchanan is on right now talking about this.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957053">Cut the BS Hillary</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957053" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Given Mr. Auchi’s shady past, his history of bribing politicians, it’s not unreasonable to ask if Mr. Auchi, through Mr. Rezko, was trying to buy influence with a rising political star.<br></br><br>Tue Mar 11, 04:25:00 PM 2008</br></b><br></br><br>Nor would it be unreasonable to ask the Clinton\'s about the fate of some of their "friends", employees and associates: </br><br></br><br>This is what happens when you have dirt on Clinton:</br><br></br><br>1 - James McDougal - Clinton’s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement.  He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.</br><br></br><br>2 - Mary Mahoney - A former intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown.  The murder  happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual  harassment in the White House.</br><br></br><br>3 - Vince Foster - Former councelor, and colleague of  Hillary Clinton at Little Rock Rose Law firm.  Died of a gunshot  wound to the head, ruled a suicide.</br><br></br><br>4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman.   Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist  close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound.  At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his  willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.</br><br></br><br>5 - C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.</br><br></br><br>6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992… Described by Clinton as a “Dear friend and trusted advisor.”</br><br></br><br>7- Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in of a gunshot wound to the head.  Ruled a suicide.   Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House.  Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.</br><br></br><br>8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock.  Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock.  Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton.  He allegedly threatened to reveal this information.  After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide.  It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of  influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.</br><br></br><br>10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide.  He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.</br><br> </br><br>11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head.  It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere.  Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.</br><br></br><br>12 - Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy</br><br>Ferguson.  Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.</br><br></br><br>13 - Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994.  His client was a convicted drug distributor.</br><br></br><br>14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was  related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case.  He died of three gunshot wounds.</br><br></br><br>15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General.  Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide.  Was pregnant at the time of her death.</br><br></br><br>16 - Paula Grober - Clinton’s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992.  She died in a one car accident.</br><br></br><br>17 - Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter.  Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority.  He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet  June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno three weeks before his death.</br><br></br><br>19 - Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp.  Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993.  He was investigating the Morgan Guarantee scandal.</br><br></br><br>20 - Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer.  Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang.  Cause of death unknown. Died  November 29, 1996.  Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.</br><br></br><br>21- Charles Meissner - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.</br><br></br><br>22 - Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee, died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash.  Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton’s advisory council personally treated Clinton’s mother, stepfather and brother.</br><br></br><br>23 - Barry Seal - Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.</br><br></br><br>24 - Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop.  He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.</br><br></br><br>25 - Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guarantee.  His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.</br><br> </br><br>26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. - Kevin Ives and Don Henry - Known as “The boys on the track” case.  Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation.  A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the two boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks.  Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.</br><br></br><br>THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE</br><br>IVES/HENRY CASE: - Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, July 1988.</br><br></br><br>29 - Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 - Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. - Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.</br><br></br><br>33 - James Milan - Found decapitated.  However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to “natural causes.”</br><br></br><br>34 - Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.</br><br></br><br>35 - Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths.  He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.</br><br></br><br>THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:</br><br></br><br>36 - Major William S. Barkley Jr.</br><br>37 - Captain Scott J. Reynolds</br><br>38 - Sgt. Brian Hanley</br><br>39 - Sgt. Tim Sabel</br><br>40 - Major General William Robertson</br><br>41 - Col. William Densberger</br><br>42 - Col. Robert Kelly</br><br>43 - Spec. Gary Rhodes</br><br>44 - Steve Willis</br><br>45 - Robert Williams</br><br>46 - Conway LeBleu</br><br>47 - Todd McKeehan </br><br></br><br>http://www.liberallyconservative.com/?p=2243</br><br></br><br></br><br>And, lest we forget</br><br></br><br>Whitewater v. Rezko: The Battle of the Billing Records</br><br></br><br>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-russell/whitewater-v-rezko-the-_b_83040.html</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957054">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957054" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you all believe that this seasoned politician was angry enough to make such a divise statement as the one she made.<br> </br><br>NOT, THIS IS A CAMPAIGN STRATEGY and has been I doubt the Clintons and their friends are as racist as they want the base (uneducated working class white folks) to think they are.  The Clinton Campaign does not care if they lose the black vote if through their tactics they can get twice as many angry white folks to take their place.</br><br></br><br>Each time something clearly playing to race is said, we speak up, the media inflates it and trys to speak our issue as if we are not individuals with our own thoughts and problems with what\'s going on, and white America who was either not sure about Senator Obama or on the fence, stand up to defend their own kind.</br><br></br><br>I\'ve said it before, but it bares repeating; shame on the black folks who are involved with the campaign and know what\'s really going on. </br><br></br><br>It is a plan, along with the muslim thing, the Farrakhan thing, the experience thing and so on.  It is also part of the plan to have these same voters that were turned against Mr. Obama in the primary vote against him in a general.</br><br></br><br>I am so sick about the way this race has played out.  Hillary and Bill Clinton have set race relations back in an effort to gain the nomination.  Yet, they say they love this country and have always tried to help blacks.  I guess they wanted to help us until we tried to help ourselves.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957055">anj</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957055" class="dsq-comment-message">She said it about Jesse Jackson too. Here is the information - <br>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html#comments</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957056">Society Noir</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957056" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyah, I love this site and your posts, sooo refreshing.<br></br><br>I\'m not surprised at all by Geraldine\'s comments, the closer Obama gets to the nominee the more the haters lose their cool.</br><br>But here\'s a thought:  Are these older white women tripping off the fact that Obama\'s wife, Michelle could become the most powerful woman in America?  Don\'t get me wrong there are millions of commendable white people showing Obama love and it feels so good to see that.  But the polls show an overwhelming number of older white women voting for HRC.  I strongly believe many of these women have a problem with a black woman up in there a white house, a Black 1st Lady is a hard pill for them to swallow.</br><br>I happen to be married to a successful white man and I constantly hear white women mutter that they can\'t believe my husband is with a black woman and that I don\'t deserve the spoils of an accomplished white person\'s success.</br><br>I\'m just sayin, Geraldine and the others problem is with Michelle more so than Obama. (Don\'t ask me what\'s wrong with Sheila Jackson Lee and the minstrel show.)   What do you think?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957057">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957057" class="dsq-comment-message">They are so damaging Obama that when he gets the nomination, he may lose<br>the general.  And what does the party </br><br>leadership say?</br><br></br><br>NOTHING so far!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957058">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957058" class="dsq-comment-message">A Ferraro flashback<br></br><br>"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn\'t be in the race"</br><br></br><br>Geraldine Ferraro, April 15, 1988 Washington Post </br><br></br><br>Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don\'t ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn\'t be in the race."</br><br></br><br>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html#comments</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957059">fullnelson</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957059" class="dsq-comment-message">Keith Olbermann will have a special commentary tomorrow (3/12) about Ferraro\'s comments and the Clinton campaign.  I bet he gut-punches the both of them!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957060">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957060" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I\'m not surprised at all by Geraldine\'s comments, the closer Obama gets to the nominee the more the haters lose their cool.<br>But here\'s a thought: Are these older white women tripping off the fact that Obama\'s wife, Michelle could become the most powerful woman in America? Don\'t get me wrong there are millions of commendable white people showing Obama love and it feels so good to see that. But the polls show an overwhelming number of older white women voting for HRC. I strongly believe many of these women have a problem with a black woman up in there a white house, a Black 1st Lady is a hard pill for them to swallow.</br><br></br></i><br></br><br>society noir,</br><br></br><br>I think you are on the money. I DO believe they have a WHOLE lotta problems with Michelle. Not only because she\'s a Black woman, but because she\'s a VISIBLY Black woman. </br><br></br><br>And, because, Michelle seems so absolutely comfortable in her own skin. She knows who she is and doesn\'t shy away from it. </br><br></br><br>So, I definitely believe Michelle freaks them out.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957061">Rhonda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957061" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yea about the Michelle thing. I love Michelle Obama and I could tell how much she gets under their skin. I hear on a regular basis as a matter of fact.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957062">drew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957062" class="dsq-comment-message">Here I had hoped we could avoid the race-baiting, at least in the Democratic primaries.  Her Majesty is now completely off the rails.<br></br><br>I take solace in the fact that she\'s getting her rear end kicked all over the country.  I just hope that, in the end, this country reassures me that, as a people, we\'re better than this scum.</br><br></br><br>Otherwise, Christ, I should\'ve just stayed in Britain and never have come back.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957063">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957063" class="dsq-comment-message">And..Michelle is no damsel in distress.  She doesn\'t play victim to get ahead; she doesn\'t make deals with men to get power.  Her husband obviously respects her.  She\'s gorgeous, confident, accomplished, likable and stylish.  Maybe she does - by her mere existence - make certain people look bad.  She refutes the negative stereotypes of black women.<br></br><br>How swiftly things can reach a critical mass and change!  Many people got comfortable with the social status quo and then BAM!  Even AA\'s were taken by surprise.</br><br></br><br>I have to give young people of all races props for being ready though!  They really make me proud.  They were the first ones to hear and respond to Barack\'s message.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1957064">I am not Star Jones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1957064" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought Maureen Dowd was the only one who was madly irritated at the mere idea of a Michelle Obama, let alone the real thing existing but now I see all these goats (that\'s what I am calling these women who are so committed to the belief that Hillary Clinton is the only ovary who gets to be considered presidential) bleating their brains out about Obama\'s real challenge to Hillary\'s \'rightful\' throne.<br></br><br>Yep, they are a hateful bunch but I\'m glad they are letting the masks drop and showing their true monstrous nature.</br><br></br><br>And yes..please add this to the Wiki page.  Goat Ferraro deserves it.</br></div>\
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	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=ferraro_says_obama_is_lucky_he8217s_black&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




