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as i do the other sellouts in congress. <br><br>should i have given her a free pass because she is a woman? the first? hardly. obama doesn't get a free pass because his very candidacy is something so many of us have dreamed of. or at least he shouldn't, in a free country. but i don't think we're really free here. we just say the words and pretend. no constitution. no laws. no freedom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_22:17:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 850934, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm outraged. I'm outraged at the lack of coverage that McSane gets for his obvious flip flops, gaffes, and just general insanity.<br><br>Poor Rachel Maddow (bless her) has been doing her damnest filling in for Keith to point out every inconsistency, but it simply just does not have any traction. <br><br>Did anyone see the Vietnam veteran who confronted McSane at one of his town hall meetings? You know the town hall meetings that he does so well connecting with people. Well, the veteran took him to task questioning him on his voting record in regards to veteran affairs (most recently Senator Webb's GI Bill) for the last several years. McSane was completely caught off guard and basically never answered the question, repeating the same meme that he has perfect record according to all military groups. This meme again was debunked by the vet.<br><br>I am not sure who said it, but it was mentioned that this election is a \"referendum on Obama\". 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And even if there is civil immunity from suit, can't people still be held criminally liable?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:09:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry, I meant to add that I read an article that said both of those things.  That the inspector general will be responsible for investigating past abuses, and that the bill would prohibit civil liability, but not criminal liability.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:11:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848405, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hate admit it even to myself, but it was going to be law anyway.  Once Pelosi caved, that was it.  But I don't think this is nearly as apocalyptic as everyone else.  If you really think Bush & Co. think that they need a FISA law to enable them to spy on us, you need to wake up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Scientific", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848012, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well then I guess there' s no problem with McCain's statements about Obama today:<br><br>\"A few short months ago, Barack Obama outwardly opposed terrorist surveillance legislation, saying that he would filibuster any bill that includes immunity for American telecommunications companies that had been asked by the government to participate in the program. Today, the U.S. Senate will approve legislation providing the immunity Barack Obama supposedly opposed, and despite his promise, he will not support a filibuster. What Barack Obama will do is show that he's willing to change positions, break campaign commitments and undermine his own words in his quest for higher office.\"<br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/mccain_hits_obama_on_fisa_vote.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>Isn't this what many of the anti-FISA posters have been saying themselves lately. Don't try to fool yourselves. If this was a statment from Greenwald or KOS, or whatever other icon of the anti-FISA movement, most of you would agree right?  <br><br>I don't have a problem with people who are against FISA, but as Hilary Clinton learned during the primary, once you put it out there for mainstream consumption (i.e. \"not ready to be Commander in Chief), then you inadvertently help the opposition with ammo for attack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:03:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Clinton voted against it. And I hope she's getting some joy from watching Obama forced to vote conservatively to appeal to the lowest common national denominator, as she routinely was forced to do in anticipation of her presidential run--and in the face of a media that pounced on her every move.<br><br>Not that I'm planning on holding my breath for either Obama or the more vociferously less discerning of his supporters to come to this realization.<br><br>Props to Jill for this post. I don't think that Obama's stance makes him any less of a politician than Clinton, and I'll still vote for him in November: it's just disappointing to see him cave like any other hack after all of that brave talk about change.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_21:34:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "699a0ed7291c19435029056b684bd583", "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}, "848431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Now obviously, Barack isn't in support of Bush's brand of FISA. So let's not characterize him as such. Yet let's also recognize that Barack would have been writing the script for the Republicans' next attack ad had he voted against FISA.</i><br><br>Yes he is. He voted for the version of FISA that was to quote one rethug in Congress, \"more than they dreamed of.\"<br><br>He completely reversed his earlier position.<br><br>He voted AGAINST the constitution.<br><br>And the reason this has been such a big deal to the 'thugs is (1) that it provides immunity to one of their most important constituencies, the big telecom companies, but <b>more important</b>, it provides blanket coverage for any Bush & Co. misdeeds. We will never know everything Bush has done with this having passed. Never. <br><br>So it is a big deal. And frankly, I am beginning to believe that the talk I'm hearing about Bush & Co. having spied on members of congress in order to blackmail them is true.<br><br>I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why Congress continues to bend over and take an *unlubed ass fucking from these people who have a 30% approval rating, if that. <br><br>The only thing that makes sense is that for the 7 years he sat in the White House like a big fat toad eavesdropping and plotting and politicking and manipulating, Karl Rove actually uncovered misdeeds by our congressional reps that would cost them their congressional seats. As a result, they continue to bend over* when they don't have to.<br><br>The spinelessness of this congress defies explanation. It does. It is outrageous and inexplicable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:11:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847953, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While the telecoms get immunity from civil litigation, the bill is written in such a way that it allows future criminal prosecution by an Obama Administration (hopefully, with John Edwards as AG) for everyone in Dim Son's administration. <br><br>Anyone who hasn't read the bill should do so, as it is only 114 pp long and is very poorly constructed. <br><br>Of course, we need to also remember that the current administration has been illegally wiretapping US citizens since February 2001, months before September 11.<br><br>Then again, most blacks aren't as outraged as other progressives, since Dr. King, the Black Panthers and others labeled \"dissidents/radicals\" by our government have been victims of warrantless wiretaps since the 60s, if not before, with AT&T happily violating the rights of Americans, no matter the administration. <br><br>In fact,  I wouldn't be surprised if Justice Thurgood Marshall wasn't wiretapped, especially since even Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. fell victim to this same so-called violation of US citizens' 4th Amendment rights.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:08:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry, I also meant to add, how would the civil suits go forward anyway?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the government doesn't have to disclose the information that was the basis for their investigations because it was very top secret.  How were people going to determine whether their rights were violated if they had no access to this information?  Are there any experts in the house?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:13:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848417, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Seriously, I'm laughing out loud at this one because more black folks than not don't have the slightest idea what FISA is about, nor do they know the telecoms were involved.<br><br>Really now, if you all are so out done buy this, you could start with cancelling your mobile phone service or at least switch it to a company that wasn't involved.  Some grass roots efforts in this area would speak volumes to your outrage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:07:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847624, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847953": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a dire issue because it is the only way to discover what the Bush administration did all those years. There were likely not to be any monetary damages requested. The point was to get at all the information through discovery that Bush now classifies as being inaccessible or secret because of national security.<br><br>Now there is little chance that Bush can be prosecuted for illegal wiretapping because the details of how it was accomplished will be kept secret.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:30:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847812, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess I won't get flamed anymore, and maybe we can start having real constructive discussions regarding the presumptive Democratic Nominee.  The time to reign his butt in is NOW; not after he gets the White House, because if we stay silent on this, he thinks he has a blank check as far as Black people are concerned.  Everyone else is raising their voices, loud and clear.  We are guilty of playing the race card if we are unwilling to call out our own people, and demand everyone else call out McCain and others for their BS.<br><br>This is not a \"double standard\".  It is about Obama living up to his advertisement.  If we want \"change we can believe in\", he needs to bring it and stop slinging cliches.<br><br>Glen Ford and Bruce Dixon have been lambasted as \"haters\", and you've flamed me and anyone else who tried to point out how important it is to hold Obama's feet to the fire, NOW, instead of \"get him elected and hold him accountable then.\"  I will repeat myself - if we don't demand Obama be accountable to us, his BASE, what makes you think he's going to remember our demands once he's in the White House?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:43:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This surveillance effects such a small percentage of Americans it's not even measurable.  Hell, most Americans don't even know the damn country code of Pakistan.  <br><br>Where is all of the outrage to surveillance cameras and checks points going up in cities like DC?  Neighborhoods where black folks have lived for generations under siege from open air drug markets and violence with no police protection or surveillance.  Now that the neighborhoods are in \"transition\" (young white liberals moving in), damned the 4th Amendment!  I haven't seen KOS or any sympathetic Negros on Montana Avenue, NE, DC protesting.  Where is the outrage from white liberals and like-minded Negros?  It's interesting how willing white folks are to compromise on their core beliefs when it serves their own interests.<br><br>As I said, the 4th Amendment has been steadily eroding under both Republican AND Democratic administrations.  Up until now, those effected have been mostly Black and Brown.  Now that white folks on the upper east side of Manhatten have to worry about their phone calls to to their Pakistani room mate from graduate school  being tapped, white liberals want to cry foul.<br><br>Get the fuck out of here!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:17:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"THERE IS NO 'BLACK AMERICA'\".<br><br>Black people's issues are generally everyone's issues.  FISA is everyone's issue, but I'm old enough to remember COINTELPRO.  FISA-type legislation got that ball rolling, too, but hey, y'all paint me as being looney, anyway.<br><br>Read \"The Spook Who Sat By the Door\" if FISA isn't a big enough issue to worry you.  Additionally, as Jill pointed out, Bush gets a \"Get-out-of-Jail\" card courtesy of Congres on this issue.  FISA didn't need any overhaul - out of over 50,000 requests for wiretapping, that secret court only turned down requests five times in the thirty-year history of FISA.  So, why was Bush afraid to go that route with FISA as it was already written?<br><br>The answer is that he didn't need to.  Period.  But, then again, Bush is the only POTUS I know that considers the Constitution toilet paper.<br><br>Obama taught Constitutional Law.  There are times he may have to compromise, but this issue, after <i>promising to filibuster the legislation</i>, is not the time for that compromise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:32:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain didn't even vote. So I'm not feeling the \"free pass\" of all of this.<br><br>Barack hasn't gotten a free pass. He's being pulled apart from all sides on this. That should satisfy you, no?<br><br>Until I change my provider, I'm with AT&T, who clearly are part of the wiretapping, and I'm still free.<br><br>And I say all kinda shit on my cell phone to all different kinda people.<br><br>And I'm still free.<br><br>I will change providers because I'm not interested in giving any more money to AT&T.<br><br>But I'm still free.<br><br>So if what you're saying is that Barack shouldn't get a free pass on this because he's Black, so be it.<br><br>He's not getting a free pass. <br><br>I respect everybody's melodrama. I do.<br><br>But I, for one, am not interested in taking him to task on this because it's very clear to me that there's more going on here than meets the eye.<br><br>A <i>lot</i> more.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:09:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847857, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree and disagree with you.  I absolutely think that Obama's supporters should hold his feet to the fire when they feel like he is compromising too much, but I think what other people are pointing out is that some, this is not directed at you, expect Obama to be perfect, or side with them on all issues when it is NOT going to happen.  <br><br>The other problem is, as you already mentioned, a lot of people don't know about FISA or haven't done their research, and they are giving their opinions without that information.  I have only read about it through the bias of third parties, and I don't know much about the history of the FISA court, or this bill's relation to the Protect America Act, so that's why I asked questions below.  On the one hand, I think that Obama should have supported a fillibuster on the bill as he said he would do, but on the other hand, because I don't know the history of the bill, I want to temper my remarks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:18:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847857, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "853094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bush wasn't going to be prosecuted regardless. Once Pelosi took impeachment off the table it was over. Now had she received emails, phone calls, and attack ads from millions of people every day until she put it back on the table, we could have taken a powerful step to hold Bush accountable - and signed an acceptable version of FISA. But we didn't because as upset as some people may be it just isn't a singular priority to a majority of us.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_06:50:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847953, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "exactly. and remember that richard nixon was forced to resign ~ to avoid impeachment ~ for also breaking the laws regarding surveillance.<br><br>our president is a felon. he should be in prison.<br><br>instead, congress just gave him a pat on the back and prevented anyone from ever addressing his crimes. <br><br>crimes. <br><br>do you think any of us would have our criminal acts ignored or approved of as congress has just done with george bush? <br><br>doubt it. <br><br>what do they have on barack obama? what could it possibly be that would make him cave like this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:08:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848813, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig:  Co-sign BIG TIME!!  Where's the FAUX SPEWS \"Fair and Balanced\" reporting!!Hah!!!<br>Also, billary voted against FISA.  She made a lame excuse, but we all know that she was positioning herself to make a statement at the DNC's Convention as to her willingness to agree with the \"Party\" position.  She's SNEAKY!  Will NEVER TRUST her!<br>Off topic:  Mr. Obama responded to Rev. Jessie., but, Mr. Jessie, Jr. put DAD on \"FULL BLAST\"!!  I'd love to be at their Sunday dinner!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:10:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849282, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Since when did we start wiping our behinds with the Constitution? \"  Ummm, how about at the birth of this nation?  How about when Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the civil war?  That was ok b/c that helped US, right?  What about during World War II when the great Democratic icon FDR interned Japanese Americans?  That was forgiveable b/c that was FDR and the Democratic Party, and Japanese Americans forgave, right?<br><br>Can we dispense with the lilberal histrionics.  Black folks and and white liberals weren't complaining when Bill Clinton's omnibus crime bill was eroding due process that mostly effected poor black men.  The Constitution will survive.<br><br>It kills me how some Black folks are willing to take up the liberal mantle, selective mantle, against the first Black nominee of the Democratic Party, but fell in line with every flip flop and move to the Center by previous white candidates.<br><br>With all due respect, we don't need this shit!  We all know damn well that Senator Obama's campaign would not survive if he opposed this compromise.  Most Americans don't give a damn about telecom companies getting immunity.  They know they were likely duped by this administration, just as the American public was.  They blame Bush NOT the companies.  The only result of Senator Obama opposing this bill would be the Republican smear machine successfully branding him soft on terrorism.  And it wouldn't be a damn thing Kos and liberals could do about it but complain--while no on is listening!<br><br>Why can't you expend this energy and passion going after John McCain and his numerous flip flops.  It's bad enough he gets a pass from the the gushing MSM, WHITE, media.  Senator Obama is NOT the enemy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:07:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "with all due respect, garbage.<br><br>he is a brilliant, thoughtful, well educated professor of constitutional law. <br><br>constitutional law.<br><br>so uphold the freaking constitution. to do otherwise is to align with bush et al. <br><br>ergo to align with the enemy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:45:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847202, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you, Jill. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Of ALL the issues Obama would decide to cave on, FISA was the WRONG one. Not only is FISA something the netroots and lefties been fired up about for months now, but he also promised to filibuster any bill that included telecom immunity. <br><br>This is a stupid move on his part. He making his very vocal, but monetarily and action-supportive, base EXTREMELY unhappy, and creating a story where there didn't need to be one. FISA is not on the average person's radar screen, and standing up for Fourth Amendment rights is never a bad thing-- even to people on the right! Voters especially don't like it when corporations get away with illegal or unethical activities. I doubt that most voters would hold shooting down FISA against Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:07:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't take that for granted.<br><br>That would be fatal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847727, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmm...it survived slavery, denial of suffrage for African Americans and women; revocation of habeas corpus during the civil war, internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and much more; somehow, I think it will survive telecomm immunity. <br><br>Perhaps Senator Obama should go on a poverty tour to redeem himself like John Edwards and Bobby Kennedy before him?  You know the same John Edwards who supported ALL of Bush's anti-terrorism efforts and Bobby Kennedy who tapped Dr. King's phone calls, a technique he learned while working for Eugene \"communist hunter\" McCarthy, before re-inventing themselves as populists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:10:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848715, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "853639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As one of the old heads at JJP, I'm usually not one to play the \"<i>grow up!</i>\" card, but ... &lt;flicks it in a certain direction&gt; ...<br><br>one or two of y'all need it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_08:54:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You wish. It's a free country. So we can all be here.<br><br>But I really wish you would go away.<br><br>Just saying.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:13:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847759, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm really beginning to believe Obama said what he needed to say to get Black people behind him.  Now that he's accomplished that, he's basically saying it's okay to ignore our concerns, starting with promising to filibuster FISA and now backtracking on this issue.  I don't like feeling like I've been used to get Obama what he wants, and now he can go arrogant, thinking we have no where else to go. <br><br>We always have options; limited though they may be, but nonetheless, we do have them, and we need to let Senator Obama know that the Black vote is not something to play fast and loose with.  Not anymore.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:48:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846450, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And once this atrocity has been enacted into law, it's not like President Obama can roll over to the Hill and ask the House or the Senate to write a bill to replace this one.<br><br>I would have liked for him to be on record in opposition; that would make an attempt to change this legislation much easier.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:36:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847698, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I am really disturbed by the idea that Black people shouldn't criticize Obama on substantive issues (his \"blackness\" is not a substantive issue; the economy, the constitution, crime, etc. are).\"<br><br>He's the nominee.  What's the point at this point?!  Traditionally, parties have fallen in-line to achieve their objective of winning in the general.  What's different now? <br><br>What's pissing me off is that's it's a bull shit issue and you know it!  It's being used as weapon against him by Hillary Clinton supporters to sabotage his election.  Is it worth it to you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:22:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847700, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's what my issue is.  I think he used us netroots types to beat Hillary and now that he's done that he's hanging us out to dry.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "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": 847499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms Martin:<br><br>My cell provider told the government to take a hike when they were asked to spy on its customers, and I'm glad I have them, now, because to some extent, my phone calls weren't eavesdropped on by the Spooks on the Hill.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:38:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847713, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As I read through a number of the comments I can't help but to feel a bit saddened. What is it in our make-up that makes so many of us have such a self-defeative mentality ? At a time in history where we all as blacks should be filled with pride....doing EVERYTHING we can to help toward this historic path to the White House....making certain that ALL black children know the name Barack Obama....a name that represents hope for all black children (for a change) ! <br><br>But instead, we have those who have need to display their incredible levels of intellect, by degrading and bringing down the name of their own which shines. To the intellects I ask.....are you saying you'd prefer McCain? Are you saying you'd prefer status quo ? (white folks in charge) Are you saying McCain would do more for blacks than Obama ?<br><br>I don't think so. Therefore, wake up....as you know....one of the biggest problems in our community is black-on-black crime.....now is NOT the time for black-on-black slime. All of your negative comments regarding Barack Obama are only hurtful to the cause and helpful to the adversary.<br><br>p.s. We are great fans of JJP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:16:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "69a9cd5fced707c0810475b046bc7d12", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's my point, selective outrage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_23:52:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848562, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please, if AT&T offered free I-phones to the Kos, Huffpost and Salon communities to shut the fuck up, they would shut the fuck up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:25:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847713, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nixon was spying on Democrats, not terrorists - this is a stretch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_23:56:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849000, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "please stfu", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_20:33:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "e71a2f4ff20d0023286957d46f8861c8", "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": 849577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If only it were that simple.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:53:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847470, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's funny to me is some of the responses.<br><br>I'm just not feeling like many of you are.<br><br>That's all.<br><br>Hillary voted against the bill. I suppose that makes her more worthy of your support.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:02:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849373, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MPN:  Co-signing BIG TIME!  Also, thanks for the explanations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:15:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm somewhat in agreement with NMP.  While I can definitely appreciate the violation of FISA  in <i>principle</i>, I can't ignore the <i>practical</i> (mis)application of No Child Left Behind or the Bankruptcy Reform Act.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank You CPL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:22:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "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": 847969, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone notice that John McCain didn't even bother to vote on this? He didn't vote on the G.I. Bil either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:55:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The way I read Obama's explanation was that there was nothing to replace the expiring bill and he didn't think that it would be a good idea to leave the US totally at risk. He promised he'd fix this if elected and I am going to trust him and hold him to that when he's the president.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:10:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "728571e4078857f43bf6b71166412d6f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>If only it were that simple.</i><br><br>Unfortunately from some worldviews, it IS that simple.<br><br>The relationship of such worldviews to what is actually going on, now ... that's a different story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:56:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847557, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Trust - it is precisely why I'm not outraged an up-in-arms regarding this issue.  It is not simple, it's complicated, but I trust - trust, that he is doing the best he can for the time.  Times change.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:56:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847072, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it again, NMP.<br><br>Say it again!<br><br>I need to repost this because I just feel like it:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/22/13830/4343/811/540243\" rel=\"nofollow\">I got your back, Barack</a><br><br>This is where I'm at.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:24:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849016, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I do NMP, I do. This FISA thing hits home for me in a big way and I am far from okay with it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "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": 848629, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>We are guilty of playing the race card if we are unwilling to call out our own people, and demand everyone else call out McCain and others for their BS.</i><br><br>::<br><br>That's some serious hyperbole. We don't have to agree about Barack, but the race card has got nothing to do with this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:56:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847449, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How is this a black issue?  Since your the expert, how man black folks do you guestimate call Pakistan, Iran, Syria, etc.?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell the truth.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:06:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 851647, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Correction, it was White liberals and the Black middle class who didn't care about the shift to the center of the Clinton administration.  It has been apparent that the Black middle class could really care less about the Black poor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_22:49:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "986178a9b557a1d6c82df115c0a69bd5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Congress took impeachment off the table. No president can be held accountable without impeachment.<br><br>Again, I respect people's criticism of Barack, but why isn't there outrage about the fact that the Speaker of the House took impeachment off the table???<br><br>I'm just asking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:26:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847953, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig, It seems to me that no one notices anything that goes on with McCain.  I expected many more bloggers to take on McCain seriously after Barack was the nominee but that hasn't been the case.<br><br>I'm still trying to figure out how FISA is solely a black folks issue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:58:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847581, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "853035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you! Credo Mobile and T-Mobile did NOT violate FISA. Everyone who is complaining about the votes needs to back that ish up with ACTION by withdrawing their consumer support to the companies that did. Are we talking tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people? All these people rushing out to buy their iPhones with AT&T service need to think seriously about what they're willing to say and what they're willing to do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_06:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847713, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My wife tells me that we are, thanks to our yearly income, members of the Black middle class and we most certainly care about our poor brothers and sisters.  And considering how often our constitutional rights as Black people have been pushed aside for political or economic convenience by the ruling class, I am especially sensitive to seeing the Bill of Rights trampled on.  The Democrats have largely sold us down the river.  The Fourth Amendment isn't dead but boy oh boy we are in for an uphill fight to dislodge this hot stinking pile of crap law.  Obama could've rallied the Dems to put up a good fight but instead he tried to score nonexistent political points with people who weren't gonna vote for him anyway.  For that reason Obama will not see any more money, organizing, phone calls or proselytizing from me ever again.  I don't suffer centrists, conservatives, fascists or sellouts once I know what's up.<br><br>As for the Clintons, I gave up on them after the whole welfare reform debacle.  I thought that was big time fail.  That and Hillary's vote for Iraq War II were contributing factors to my opposition to Hillary's presidential campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:08:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 851195, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One of the reasons why sitting Senators don't get elected President all that often is because of shit like this.<br><br>That seems to be lost on all those with ulcers.<br><br>Now we're choosing between 2 sitting senators.<br><br>One voted on the bill. One did not.<br><br>The one who didn't hasn't voted on a bill since, um.... well.... hmmm...<br><br>I'll get back to you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:08:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can you give me a rational argument about how FISA is merely a Black issue that Barack used to solidify Black support?<br><br>Because I'm just not seeing it.<br><br>My eyes are open.<br><br>Show me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:59:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just in case I'm not clear here...  THIS WAS A DEAL BREAKER.  OBAMA CAN KISS THIS MIDDLE CLASS BLACK PERSON'S VOTE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD-BYE!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:09:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "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": 851717, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "856848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THIS DOES NOT EFFECT DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION!!!  THIS EFFECTS LESS THAN 1% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.  MOST AMERICANS DON'T HAVE PASSPORTS, SO HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT THEY ARE CALLING THE MIDDLE EAST OR SE ASIA?  <br><br>As I stated, I don't need to put on a tin foil hat to imagine what the government might do.  I'm witnessing it being done in black communities today, black RESIDENTIAL communities where white folks are transitioning in, the same white liberals who are up in arms about FISA, but are more than glad to have police check points and surveillance cameras in these neighborhoods for THEIR security.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_14:01:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "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": 849037, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, not more worthy of my support; however, Hillary and the others who opposed the bill are certainly worthy of praise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_20:44:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4587a181b6f4dc9d0fe29acad448a1c", "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": 849441, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain didn't vote on the bill. He has some fucking nerve to exploit the issue.<br><br>I'm so sick of him I could spit bullets.<br><br>And here we are dissecting Barack as though he's a criminal.<br><br>Black folks wanna overcompensate so as not to appear as if they're give the Black man a free pass, but don't say a peep about the other guy who's showing his militaristic ass on a daily basis, then so be it.<br><br>I'm not letting this shit go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:32:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849451, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keep waiting.  Conyers aint doing squat.  They are all part of the same corrupt system.  As long as you play the game you have to play by the rules to win.  If the game is corrupt then you have to become corrupt to beat everyone else.  Conyers, Clinton, Pelosi, Obama, McCain, Bush, Reagan, etc... they all want to win and they're all playing the game.  So Bush and the rest will walk away scott free.<br><br>Don't be too shocked if the next POTUS gives Bush a blanket pardon a la Gerald Ford with the excuse being that we should put all the unpleasantness of the past 8 years behind us...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:15:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "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": 849211, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know as much as I want to know about COINTELPRO.<br><br>But if FISA didn't need any overhaul, where is your outrage about the Blue-Dog Democrats who fasttracked the bill in the House.<br><br>Conyers is a Black man.<br><br>I'm still waiting....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:33:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847969, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tell the truth and shame the devil.<br><br>The Speaker of the House capitulated and she gets a free pass.<br><br>I call ish.<br><br>And Conyers can kiss my ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:37:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848422, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The melodrama is outrageously hilarious to me at this point.<br><br>I'm still waiting for Black folks to attack Conyers the same way they're attacking Barack.<br><br>I'm still waiting....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849000, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! Exactly. If you sell your candidate as the agent of change and the harbinger of a new politics, you don't get to switch tunes when he acts like every other spineless hack to \"Well, he's better than McCain.\"<br><br>New  York is so heavily Democratic that I can vote for whomever the hell I want, but I'm certainly hoping that Obama won't have disappointed me so badly by November that I'll be forced to write in Howard the Duck.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_21:51:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "699a0ed7291c19435029056b684bd583", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849338, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you know what percentage of Americans it affects? Bush engaged in illegal, warrantless wiretaps. There is no way to know if he tapped your phone or mine or the DNC or any other phone in America or the rest of the world. If you think this will not be used against the Black community, you'd better think again.<br><br>Cameras are in public areas. Wiretaps are on private conversations. There is a difference.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:12:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848478, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The bill has passed. We'll all have to live with it. Sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:06:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846845, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Discussion is moot: <a href=\"http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16144.html#more-16144\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/1...</a><br><br>Obama voted for the amendments to strip immunity, but voted for the bill itself. And of course there was no filibuster.<br><br>When you answer the phone tonight, remember to say hello to the NSA, too!<br><br>I am really disturbed by the idea that Black people shouldn't criticize Obama on substantive issues (his \"blackness\" is not a substantive issue; the economy, the constitution, crime, etc. are). He has made it clear that he will not be the \"black\" president, and we shouldn't treat him as such. I am extremely excited about getting a Black man elected President, but there is no way in hell does that mean he gets a pass on decisions that may hurt the country.<br><br>Yes, White progressives are increasingly vocal about areas that Obama differs from them, however, 1) I have seen little lessening of support from them for him, 2) they are holding him to his promises about FISA and to be a \"change we can believe in\" that listens to grass roots, 3), of all the issues that Obama splits with progressives, there is only sustained criticism about this one issue, and 4) we've seen time and again that shifting to the center/right DOES NOT WIN ELECTIONS.  All the hoopla about needing to be palatable to independents and republicans means little when independents and republicans are more open than ever to progressive ideas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:06:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "853974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THANK YOU!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_09:38:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "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": 850951, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hillary is an opportunist.  She knew this would make Obama look like an ass.  But it was still the right call and her explanation was spot on.  Too bad she can't make those kinds of ethical judgments under normal circumstances... :(", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:20:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "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": 849441, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I co-sign with NMP & Kathy.<br><br>Kathy: It wouldn't hurt for him to have a Democratic Congress that he can work with, 'cause you know the Republicans won't give him a honeymoon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:21:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>And it wouldn't be a damn thing Kos and liberals could do about it but complain--while no on is listening!</i><br><br>The white progressive/left in this country is, in my experience and observation, mainly composed of rhetoric -- words -- and is often into symbolic rather than substantive action. It often comes down to feel-good and feel-self-righteous symbolic politics for the individuals involved, rather than concrete and sustained attention to what is actually going on in this nation, what needs to and can be done, and serious respectful organizing that would actually address that situation. <br><br><i>Senator Obama is NOT the enemy!</i><br><br>True, in actual reality. But that's not what we're working with here, at least in some places.<br><br>In the core worldview of the white progressive left, at least, he can't be what he actually is. He has only three possible positions:<br><br>~\"One of Us\" (suspect anyway, but if he does <b>exactly</b> what we want when we want it, we'll consider it)<br><br>~\"Someone Ignorant Who Needs to be Educated By Us\" (a very typical position for people of color from the white progressive/left worldview, I've noticed, but hard to the point of nearly impossible to put Senator Obama in there), <br><br>or <br><br>~The Enemy. <br><br>It's a symbolic-action, rhetoric-fueled limited-complexity play with rigid and limited casting options for Senator Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_15:21:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849765": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I co-sign Greg Jones, everyone shut up! It doesn't matter where Obama stands. Sounds good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:40:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think no one takes on McCain seriously because no one takes him seriously. Obama is not only the presumptive nominee; he's the presumptive President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:09:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847617, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "853360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig, the Blue Dog Dems who fast tracked this bill already have my outrage.  I have them on that CBC Monitor Report Card, too, and some of them have finally earned primary challengers this go 'round.<br><br>Don't get me started on Conyers.  I personally know that after the Downing Street ploy, he finally gets back his Chairmanship and Pelosi threatens to kick him out of it if he didn't back down on Impeachment proceedings.  He's also 79 years old, and probably going senile, because a Conyers 15 years younger would have told Pelosi to kiss his ass for threatening him and his position.<br><br>Pelosi has long considered the CBC her personal slaves, and Mel Watt, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Elijah Cummings have willingly obliged her in that thinking, even to the point of slinging Cynthia McKinney under the bus when she was assaulted by the Capitol Hill police.  Pelosi told them to distance themselves from McKinney; Watt, Alcee Hastings and others willingly complied.<br><br>As you know, I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area, so I still have family there, and they tell me that Ms. Nancy has Cindy Sheehan to worry about right now.  Sheehan may not win, but she will garner enough votes to send Ms. Nancy a message to listen to her constituents or in 2010, she might be facing Gavin Newsome next time.  S.F. was the FIRST city to lead the Impeachment charge against Bush - how do you think those constituents felt when Nancy Pelosi took impeachment off the table?<br><br>I think Bush used FISA to spy on Congress Members and he has major blackmail shyt to use if they get out of line.  That HAS to explain all the capitulation I've seen, even from Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_08:02:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849211, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it again.<br><br>And again.<br><br>And again.<br><br>Barack Obama voted no on the immunity portion of the bill. <br><br>Whenever I find any evidence of McCain's dangerousness and stupidity, I post it here.<br><br>I hope we get to read some analysis from our great editorialists about McCain's BS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:30:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not one to shout, but:<br><br>JOHN MCCAIN DIDN'T FIND IT NECESSARY TO VOTE ON THIS BILL.<br><br>Where's the outrage?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:42:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain may have used a \"submarine\" move on Obama, not the same as Hillary did, but similar in that he also left Obama stuck with a vote for. Ed Morrissey asks:<br><br><a href=\"http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/09/did-hillary-submarine-obama-on-fisa-reform/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Did Hillary submarine Obama on FISA reform?</a><br><br>\"<i>Originally, both Hillary and Obama voted for cloture.  However, Hillary changed her vote before the tally closed, opposing cloture and supporting a filibuster.  A little later, she voted against the FISA reform \u2014 only one of 28 votes against \u2014 while Obama voted for its passage.<br><br>..Has Hillary decided to woo the netroots in a bid to resurrect her presidential ambitions for 2008?  Obama hasn\u2019t technically clinched the nomination yet.  The superdelegates can still change their minds before the first vote at the Denver convention. </i>\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:12:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847581, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am so very CO-SIGNING  with Mr. Jones.  And I thank him for his insight!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pelosi and Reid and other Dems who supported this bill are not getting a free pass on this. Obama is going to get most of the heat because he is now the head of the Democratic party for all intents and purposes. He should have taken a leadership stand on this issue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:49:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849736, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama's explanation was B.S. The so-called \"Protect America Act\" was a temporary fig leaf amendment to the existing FISA law to cover Bush's illegal, warrantless wiretapping activities. The amendment expired last February. FISA itself is law and doesn't expire.<br><br>However, with today's vote in the Senate, the power of the executive has been expanded dangerously to violate citizens right to be secure in their communications against warrantless spying for \"evidence\" that may be used against them.<br><br>If you never make a call or send an e-mail overseas or visit a foreign web site, you're less likely to become a \"person of interest.\" However, if you work for company that has international operations, have a family member in the military stationed overseas or is a foreign exchange student, or if you're a Muslim brother or sister who has family in the Middle East, Africa or Asia, for example, watch what say, do, and who you contact.<br><br>If this isn't a deal breaker, I don't know what else is.<br><br>Consider for a moment if Bill Clinton had violated FISA by ordering the telecos to conduct illegal surveillance of Americans. I don't think Republicans would be lining up to defend him the way they and the Democrats are for Bush. Instead, they would be drawing up articles of impeach, and rightly so.<br><br>This was a moment for leadership. Instead, the Democrats and their party leader, Sen. Obama, capitulated to Mr. 28 percent. History will not be kind these feckless cowards, and even less so to the citizenry who failed to use their powerful franchise -- the vote -- to hold officials accountable and protect the Constitution.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:49:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4587a181b6f4dc9d0fe29acad448a1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847072, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, but can we put a nail in that coffin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:16:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847727, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why are you saying that there is no criticism? There has been plenty of criticism of Pelosi. I don't know about Jack and Jill, but Kos, Glenn Greenwald, and plenty of other bloggers have leveled very harsh criticism against Pelosi and Reid. She's not up for re-election, so criticism has only so much effect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:54:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849661, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CraigHickman~ <br><br>McCain is expected to act like a republican. He represents what we are trying to change.<br><br>Remember? Changey hopey changey hope? ? <br><br>Obama is not a republican. Neither are the rest of the sellout democrats in congress. <br><br>What the hell are we hoping for if the democrats are as bad as the republicans?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:49:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Though I disagree with Obama on this, I'm feeling you, NMP. I'm so feeling you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:49:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama brought this on himself. I have no sympathy for him.<br><br>I will continue to support him in all the ways I can, but this was dumb, dumb, dumb. I don't know who the hell he's listening to these days, but his campaign looks a mess.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_19:56:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849451, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NMP, he's sabotaging himself. <br><br>Everyone is still trying to win the election, but we'd like the Constitution to still be intact when it's over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:39:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 848525, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some of y'all might want to put down the torches and pitchforks for a moment.  <br><br>One of the reasons that we all support Obama is because of his promise to compromise when absolutely necessary.  Certainly we won't tolerate compromise <i>every</i> issue, but we've helped to sell his message as someone who can work across the aisle.  If we wanted otherwise, we should have supported Dennis Kucinich.<br><br>Now obviously, Barack isn't in support of Bush's brand of FISA.  So let's not characterize him as such.  Yet let's also recognize that Barack would have been writing the script for the Republicans' next attack ad had he voted against FISA.  Not only would he have been branded soft on terrorist, it would surely have played into the already-existing notion that he's a secret Muslim terrorist. <br><br>I, too, would like to see the telecoms be held civilly liable where warranted.  But I don't think taking an all-or-nothing position on telecom liability is the best way to demonstrate the wisdom that we know Barack has.  <br><br>p.s.<br>Since when is civil liability for telecoms such a dire issue anyway?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:17:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "848325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well shoot. i guess i must be naive. <br><br>so what exactly IS going on now?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_17:02:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847586, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Folks please (re)READ NMP post. You can't make this stuff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:42:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "854490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The sad thing is most of you clowns will forget this all happen come November. How about some good ole buyers remorse anyone?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_10:28:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "JibreelRiley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>that it allows future criminal prosecution by an Obama Administration </b><br><br>with all due respect, that is incorrect.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_22:12:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849502, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama is running for president, not Conyers. Obama has the bully pulpit, Conyers does not.<br><br>During the primary, Obama rightly skewered Clinton for her lack of judgement vote in 2002 to support Bush's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.<br><br>Today was Obama's \"judgement\" vote, and he failed by siding with Bush's illegal warrantless wiretapping of Americans over protecting the Constitution.<br><br>It may be funny to you, but not to citizens who become victims of this tragic vote today. And I bet this is a real knee-slapper for the plaintiffs whose civil suits against the telecos will instantly evaporate with the final stroke of Bush's pen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_18:54:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4587a181b6f4dc9d0fe29acad448a1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849226, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "851936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is all about race.  Most Black people are voting for him because he's the only Black candidate EVER who has support from whites (which means he could actually get elected).  His white supporters feel so guilty about the war and how nonwhites are treated so they think putting any Black guy who doesn't scare the bejeezus out of them will atone for hundreds of years of bad behavior.  Everyone else is just caught up in his charisma.<br><br>I doubt many other Black people are going to call him on this.  Who wants to be the Judas who ruins the first viable Black candidate's chances?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-10_00:42:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5a3ddcad6210af065d9480714bb73e7", "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": 847595, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "849893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Greg Jones, no one is sliming Obama. We're discussing his policy positions, positions that may negatively affect us.<br><br>No one is talking about bringing him down. A few people will no longer support him, but the vast majority are willing to go the distance. I think YOU and CraigHickman and a few others are the ones with a self-defeatist attitude if you believe we can't even criticize policy positions without bringing down the entirety of Obama's campaign. Obama has a lot going for him. Even the leftiest lefty bloggers aren't talking about not supporting his candidacy. There is quite a bit of disappointment about this vote-- deservedly so-- but I think Obama has time to correct the course of his campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_20:02:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig, it's a race issue when it appears Obama gets a free pass, and anyone critiquing his positions gets flamed.  As I have been flamed for pointing out discrepancies in his positions, and all I hear if I'm not being flamed is \"wait until he's POTUS\".<br><br>Well, when he becomes POTUS, and he does nothing to correct this FISA bill, what will all of you shouting dissenters down, have to say?<br><br>The Fact that a lot of Black people know little to nothing about FISA is a sad testament to the issue that the government does a whole lot of shyt to us and to our communities and we don't know how much we've been screwed over until it's too late.  And it's usually by some mouthpiece that tells us we shouldn't ask questions because it's going to be alright.<br><br>COINTELPRO should give all of us pause, but because the messenger was Cynthia McKinney, it got ignored, but was actively used to build up the Prison Industrial Complex.<br><br>Why is it easier to ignore Obama's position changing, but forget how Bill Clinton did similar shyt during his eight years in the Oval Office and only now do we realize the damage his policies have caused?<br><br>Some things Obama might need to get a free pass on, but FISA isn't one of them, and thank God, my cell provider told the Government to go to hell when they came calling about spying on their customers.  You might want to check and see if yours is one of them, because if they have been spying on you for the last couple of years, you can't sue them for invasion of privacy.<br><br>I fully understand the excitement of a brotha getting the White House; it's probably equal to when John Conyers and Charlie Rangel showed up on the Hill back in the 60s.  Look at where the CBC has gone, and all because we wanted a Black Face in a High Place and didn't call them out when they started swinging corporate and against the interests of the communities they serve.<br><br>The race card has to do with it if it's seen that Obama gets a free pass and while McCain has a lot of shyt we can call him out on, we also shouldn't leave the door open to get hit with a racism charge ourselves.  THAT is what I was saying.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:22:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847595, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "850934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "good grief, if we can't discuss him and we have to accept everything he does, solely because it is a magnificent and glorious thing to have him as the democratic nominee, then we are in terrible, terrible danger in this country and in far worse shape than even i imagined.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_22:15:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 849577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "847866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain's barely showing up in DC these days, but if Obama doesn't call him out on it in a debate, no one else won't notice and you can bet the MSM is going to ignore it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_16:23:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 847581, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "846845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sorry, but Senator Obama is the enemy if he sides with the Bush administration, as he is doing. <br><br>He is. <br><br>It won't stop me voting for him, but it has effectively capped my enthusiasm for him and the devastating effect of him looking like <i>just another politician</i> is immeasurable. <br><br>His campaign COULD survive. It did. He opposed it. Now he doesn't. The thing that is remarkable about Obama to me is that he talks to Americans as if we're grownups. He is thoughtful and he thoughtfully presents his views and people understand that. <br><br>All they ~ we ~ I can understand about this is that he's selling out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-09_14:46:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 846445, "depth": 1, "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": "1761416", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -2433959998220343429}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 102, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 1761416, "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=fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead' +
		'&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/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/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='	+ 'fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead'
			+ '&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/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/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">102</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/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/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/">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:1761416" 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/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/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:1761416" 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:1761416" 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'				: 'fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead',
			// 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/fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead/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='	+ 'fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead'
			+ '&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='	+ 'fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead'
			+ '&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='		+ 'fisa_jacking_obama_takes_the_lead'
				+ '&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/1761416/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-846445">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846445" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846445" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-846445">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846445" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846445" class="dsq-comment-message">"Since when did we start wiping our behinds with the Constitution? "  Ummm, how about at the birth of this nation?  How about when Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the civil war?  That was ok b/c that helped US, right?  What about during World War II when the great Democratic icon FDR interned Japanese Americans?  That was forgiveable b/c that was FDR and the Democratic Party, and Japanese Americans forgave, right?<br><br>Can we dispense with the lilberal histrionics.  Black folks and and white liberals weren\'t complaining when Bill Clinton\'s omnibus crime bill was eroding due process that mostly effected poor black men.  The Constitution will survive.<br><br>It kills me how some Black folks are willing to take up the liberal mantle, selective mantle, against the first Black nominee of the Democratic Party, but fell in line with every flip flop and move to the Center by previous white candidates.<br><br>With all due respect, we don\'t need this shit!  We all know damn well that Senator Obama\'s campaign would not survive if he opposed this compromise.  Most Americans don\'t give a damn about telecom companies getting immunity.  They know they were likely duped by this administration, just as the American public was.  They blame Bush NOT the companies.  The only result of Senator Obama opposing this bill would be the Republican smear machine successfully branding him soft on terrorism.  And it wouldn\'t be a damn thing Kos and liberals could do about it but complain--while no on is listening!<br><br>Why can\'t you expend this energy and passion going after John McCain and his numerous flip flops.  It\'s bad enough he gets a pass from the the gushing MSM, WHITE, media.  Senator Obama is NOT the enemy!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-846539">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-846539">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846539" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846539" class="dsq-comment-message">MPN:  Co-signing BIG TIME!  Also, thanks for the explanations.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-846707">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-846707" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846707" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it again.<br><br>And again.<br><br>And again.<br><br>Barack Obama voted no on the immunity portion of the bill. <br><br>Whenever I find any evidence of McCain\'s dangerousness and stupidity, I post it here.<br><br>I hope we get to read some analysis from our great editorialists about McCain\'s BS.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-846845">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846845" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-846845" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846845" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846845" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sorry, but Senator Obama is the enemy if he sides with the Bush administration, as he is doing. <br><br>He is. <br><br>It won\'t stop me voting for him, but it has effectively capped my enthusiasm for him and the devastating effect of him looking like <i>just another politician</i> is immeasurable. <br><br>His campaign COULD survive. It did. He opposed it. Now he doesn\'t. The thing that is remarkable about Obama to me is that he talks to Americans as if we\'re grownups. He is thoughtful and he thoughtfully presents his views and people understand that. <br><br>All they ~ we ~ I can understand about this is that he\'s selling out.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-847698">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847698" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847698">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847698" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847698" class="dsq-comment-message">The bill has passed. We\'ll all have to live with it. Sad.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-848012">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848012" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-848012" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848012" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848012" class="dsq-comment-message">And once this atrocity has been enacted into law, it\'s not like President Obama can roll over to the Hill and ask the House or the Senate to write a bill to replace this one.<br><br>I would have liked for him to be on record in opposition; that would make an attempt to change this legislation much easier.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-848422">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-848422" href="http://1369lightbulbs.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jamil Smith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848422" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848422" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate admit it even to myself, but it was going to be law anyway.  Once Pelosi caved, that was it.  But I don\'t think this is nearly as apocalyptic as everyone else.  If you really think Bush & Co. think that they need a FISA law to enable them to spy on us, you need to wake up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-849736">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849736" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849736" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849736" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell the truth and shame the devil.<br><br>The Speaker of the House capitulated and she gets a free pass.<br><br>I call ish.<br><br>And Conyers can kiss my ass.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849820">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849820">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849820" class="dsq-comment-message">Pelosi and Reid and other Dems who supported this bill are not getting a free pass on this. Obama is going to get most of the heat because he is now the head of the Democratic party for all intents and purposes. He should have taken a leadership stand on this issue.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-847202">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847202" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847202">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847202" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847202" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>And it wouldn\'t be a damn thing Kos and liberals could do about it but complain--while no on is listening!</i><br><br>The white progressive/left in this country is, in my experience and observation, mainly composed of rhetoric -- words -- and is often into symbolic rather than substantive action. It often comes down to feel-good and feel-self-righteous symbolic politics for the individuals involved, rather than concrete and sustained attention to what is actually going on in this nation, what needs to and can be done, and serious respectful organizing that would actually address that situation. <br><br><i>Senator Obama is NOT the enemy!</i><br><br>True, in actual reality. But that\'s not what we\'re working with here, at least in some places.<br><br>In the core worldview of the white progressive left, at least, he can\'t be what he actually is. He has only three possible positions:<br><br>~"One of Us" (suspect anyway, but if he does <b>exactly</b> what we want when we want it, we\'ll consider it)<br><br>~"Someone Ignorant Who Needs to be Educated By Us" (a very typical position for people of color from the white progressive/left worldview, I\'ve noticed, but hard to the point of nearly impossible to put Senator Obama in there), <br><br>or <br><br>~The Enemy. <br><br>It\'s a symbolic-action, rhetoric-fueled limited-complexity play with rigid and limited casting options for Senator Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847470" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847470" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847470" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847470" class="dsq-comment-message">with all due respect, garbage.<br><br>he is a brilliant, thoughtful, well educated professor of constitutional law. <br><br>constitutional law.<br><br>so uphold the freaking constitution. to do otherwise is to align with bush et al. <br><br>ergo to align with the enemy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847557">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847557" class="dsq-comment-message">If only it were that simple.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-847586">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847586">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847586" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>If only it were that simple.</i><br><br>Unfortunately from some worldviews, it IS that simple.<br><br>The relationship of such worldviews to what is actually going on, now ... that\'s a different story.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-848325" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848325" class="dsq-comment-message">well shoot. i guess i must be naive. <br><br>so what exactly IS going on now?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849342" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849342">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849342" class="dsq-comment-message">Though I disagree with Obama on this, I\'m feeling you, NMP. I\'m so feeling you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851195" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851195" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851195">CKW</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851195" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851195" class="dsq-comment-message">Correction, it was White liberals and the Black middle class who didn\'t care about the shift to the center of the Clinton administration.  It has been apparent that the Black middle class could really care less about the Black poor.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-851717">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851717">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851717" class="dsq-comment-message">My wife tells me that we are, thanks to our yearly income, members of the Black middle class and we most certainly care about our poor brothers and sisters.  And considering how often our constitutional rights as Black people have been pushed aside for political or economic convenience by the ruling class, I am especially sensitive to seeing the Bill of Rights trampled on.  The Democrats have largely sold us down the river.  The Fourth Amendment isn\'t dead but boy oh boy we are in for an uphill fight to dislodge this hot stinking pile of crap law.  Obama could\'ve rallied the Dems to put up a good fight but instead he tried to score nonexistent political points with people who weren\'t gonna vote for him anyway.  For that reason Obama will not see any more money, organizing, phone calls or proselytizing from me ever again.  I don\'t suffer centrists, conservatives, fascists or sellouts once I know what\'s up.<br><br>As for the Clintons, I gave up on them after the whole welfare reform debacle.  I thought that was big time fail.  That and Hillary\'s vote for Iraq War II were contributing factors to my opposition to Hillary\'s presidential campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851727" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851727">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851727" class="dsq-comment-message">Just in case I\'m not clear here...  THIS WAS A DEAL BREAKER.  OBAMA CAN KISS THIS MIDDLE CLASS BLACK PERSON\'S VOTE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD-BYE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-846450">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846450" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Jill. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Of ALL the issues Obama would decide to cave on, FISA was the WRONG one. Not only is FISA something the netroots and lefties been fired up about for months now, but he also promised to filibuster any bill that included telecom immunity. <br><br>This is a stupid move on his part. He making his very vocal, but monetarily and action-supportive, base EXTREMELY unhappy, and creating a story where there didn\'t need to be one. FISA is not on the average person\'s radar screen, and standing up for Fourth Amendment rights is never a bad thing-- even to people on the right! Voters especially don\'t like it when corporations get away with illegal or unethical activities. I doubt that most voters would hold shooting down FISA against Obama.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-847499">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847499" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847499" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847499" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847499" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m really beginning to believe Obama said what he needed to say to get Black people behind him.  Now that he\'s accomplished that, he\'s basically saying it\'s okay to ignore our concerns, starting with promising to filibuster FISA and now backtracking on this issue.  I don\'t like feeling like I\'ve been used to get Obama what he wants, and now he can go arrogant, thinking we have no where else to go. <br><br>We always have options; limited though they may be, but nonetheless, we do have them, and we need to let Senator Obama know that the Black vote is not something to play fast and loose with.  Not anymore.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-847624">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847624" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847624" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847624" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847624" class="dsq-comment-message">Can you give me a rational argument about how FISA is merely a Black issue that Barack used to solidify Black support?<br><br>Because I\'m just not seeing it.<br><br>My eyes are open.<br><br>Show me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847713">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847713" class="dsq-comment-message">Seriously, I\'m laughing out loud at this one because more black folks than not don\'t have the slightest idea what FISA is about, nor do they know the telecoms were involved.<br><br>Really now, if you all are so out done buy this, you could start with cancelling your mobile phone service or at least switch it to a company that wasn\'t involved.  Some grass roots efforts in this area would speak volumes to your outrage.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-848036">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-848036" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848036" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms Martin:<br><br>My cell provider told the government to take a hike when they were asked to spy on its customers, and I\'m glad I have them, now, because to some extent, my phone calls weren\'t eavesdropped on by the Spooks on the Hill.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-848562">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848562" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848562" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848562">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848562" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848562" class="dsq-comment-message">Please, if AT&T offered free I-phones to the Kos, Huffpost and Salon communities to shut the fuck up, they would shut the fuck up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851628" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851628" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851628">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851628" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851628" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s my point, selective outrage.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-853035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-853035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-853035">heartsandflowers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-853035" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-853035" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you! Credo Mobile and T-Mobile did NOT violate FISA. Everyone who is complaining about the votes needs to back that ish up with ACTION by withdrawing their consumer support to the companies that did. Are we talking tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people? All these people rushing out to buy their iPhones with AT&T service need to think seriously about what they\'re willing to say and what they\'re willing to do.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-847969">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847969" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847969" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847969" class="dsq-comment-message">"THERE IS NO \'BLACK AMERICA\'".<br><br>Black people\'s issues are generally everyone\'s issues.  FISA is everyone\'s issue, but I\'m old enough to remember COINTELPRO.  FISA-type legislation got that ball rolling, too, but hey, y\'all paint me as being looney, anyway.<br><br>Read "The Spook Who Sat By the Door" if FISA isn\'t a big enough issue to worry you.  Additionally, as Jill pointed out, Bush gets a "Get-out-of-Jail" card courtesy of Congres on this issue.  FISA didn\'t need any overhaul - out of over 50,000 requests for wiretapping, that secret court only turned down requests five times in the thirty-year history of FISA.  So, why was Bush afraid to go that route with FISA as it was already written?<br><br>The answer is that he didn\'t need to.  Period.  But, then again, Bush is the only POTUS I know that considers the Constitution toilet paper.<br><br>Obama taught Constitutional Law.  There are times he may have to compromise, but this issue, after <i>promising to filibuster the legislation</i>, is not the time for that compromise.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849211">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849211" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849211" class="dsq-comment-message">I know as much as I want to know about COINTELPRO.<br><br>But if FISA didn\'t need any overhaul, where is your outrage about the Blue-Dog Democrats who fasttracked the bill in the House.<br><br>Conyers is a Black man.<br><br>I\'m still waiting....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851767" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851767">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851767" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851767" class="dsq-comment-message">Keep waiting.  Conyers aint doing squat.  They are all part of the same corrupt system.  As long as you play the game you have to play by the rules to win.  If the game is corrupt then you have to become corrupt to beat everyone else.  Conyers, Clinton, Pelosi, Obama, McCain, Bush, Reagan, etc... they all want to win and they\'re all playing the game.  So Bush and the rest will walk away scott free.<br><br>Don\'t be too shocked if the next POTUS gives Bush a blanket pardon a la Gerald Ford with the excuse being that we should put all the unpleasantness of the past 8 years behind us...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-853360">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-853360" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-853360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-853360" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-853360" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-853360" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, the Blue Dog Dems who fast tracked this bill already have my outrage.  I have them on that CBC Monitor Report Card, too, and some of them have finally earned primary challengers this go \'round.<br><br>Don\'t get me started on Conyers.  I personally know that after the Downing Street ploy, he finally gets back his Chairmanship and Pelosi threatens to kick him out of it if he didn\'t back down on Impeachment proceedings.  He\'s also 79 years old, and probably going senile, because a Conyers 15 years younger would have told Pelosi to kiss his ass for threatening him and his position.<br><br>Pelosi has long considered the CBC her personal slaves, and Mel Watt, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Elijah Cummings have willingly obliged her in that thinking, even to the point of slinging Cynthia McKinney under the bus when she was assaulted by the Capitol Hill police.  Pelosi told them to distance themselves from McKinney; Watt, Alcee Hastings and others willingly complied.<br><br>As you know, I\'m from the San Francisco Bay Area, so I still have family there, and they tell me that Ms. Nancy has Cindy Sheehan to worry about right now.  Sheehan may not win, but she will garner enough votes to send Ms. Nancy a message to listen to her constituents or in 2010, she might be facing Gavin Newsome next time.  S.F. was the FIRST city to lead the Impeachment charge against Bush - how do you think those constituents felt when Nancy Pelosi took impeachment off the table?<br><br>I think Bush used FISA to spy on Congress Members and he has major blackmail shyt to use if they get out of line.  That HAS to explain all the capitulation I\'ve seen, even from Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849627" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849627" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849627" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank You CPL.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-848629">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848629">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848629" class="dsq-comment-message">How is this a black issue?  Since your the expert, how man black folks do you guestimate call Pakistan, Iran, Syria, etc.?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849641">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849641" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849641" class="dsq-comment-message">I do NMP, I do. This FISA thing hits home for me in a big way and I am far from okay with it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-851737">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851737">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851737" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s what my issue is.  I think he used us netroots types to beat Hillary and now that he\'s done that he\'s hanging us out to dry.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-846806">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-846806" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-846806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-846806">Jay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-846806" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-846806" class="dsq-comment-message">Folks please (re)READ NMP post. You can\'t make this stuff.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847072">Kathy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847072" class="dsq-comment-message">The way I read Obama\'s explanation was that there was nothing to replace the expiring bill and he didn\'t think that it would be a good idea to leave the US totally at risk. He promised he\'d fix this if elected and I am going to trust him and hold him to that when he\'s the president.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847588" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847588">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847588" class="dsq-comment-message">Trust - it is precisely why I\'m not outraged an up-in-arms regarding this issue.  It is not simple, it\'s complicated, but I trust - trust, that he is doing the best he can for the time.  Times change.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848813">fafnir</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848813" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s explanation was B.S. The so-called "Protect America Act" was a temporary fig leaf amendment to the existing FISA law to cover Bush\'s illegal, warrantless wiretapping activities. The amendment expired last February. FISA itself is law and doesn\'t expire.<br><br>However, with today\'s vote in the Senate, the power of the executive has been expanded dangerously to violate citizens right to be secure in their communications against warrantless spying for "evidence" that may be used against them.<br><br>If you never make a call or send an e-mail overseas or visit a foreign web site, you\'re less likely to become a "person of interest." However, if you work for company that has international operations, have a family member in the military stationed overseas or is a foreign exchange student, or if you\'re a Muslim brother or sister who has family in the Middle East, Africa or Asia, for example, watch what say, do, and who you contact.<br><br>If this isn\'t a deal breaker, I don\'t know what else is.<br><br>Consider for a moment if Bill Clinton had violated FISA by ordering the telecos to conduct illegal surveillance of Americans. I don\'t think Republicans would be lining up to defend him the way they and the Democrats are for Bush. Instead, they would be drawing up articles of impeach, and rightly so.<br><br>This was a moment for leadership. Instead, the Democrats and their party leader, Sen. Obama, capitulated to Mr. 28 percent. History will not be kind these feckless cowards, and even less so to the citizenry who failed to use their powerful franchise -- the vote -- to hold officials accountable and protect the Constitution.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849000" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849000" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly. and remember that richard nixon was forced to resign ~ to avoid impeachment ~ for also breaking the laws regarding surveillance.<br><br>our president is a felon. he should be in prison.<br><br>instead, congress just gave him a pat on the back and prevented anyone from ever addressing his crimes. <br><br>crimes. <br><br>do you think any of us would have our criminal acts ignored or approved of as congress has just done with george bush? <br><br>doubt it. <br><br>what do they have on barack obama? what could it possibly be that would make him cave like this?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849226" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849226" class="dsq-comment-message">The melodrama is outrageously hilarious to me at this point.<br><br>I\'m still waiting for Black folks to attack Conyers the same way they\'re attacking Barack.<br><br>I\'m still waiting....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849373">fafnir</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849373" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is running for president, not Conyers. Obama has the bully pulpit, Conyers does not.<br><br>During the primary, Obama rightly skewered Clinton for her lack of judgement vote in 2002 to support Bush\'s illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.<br><br>Today was Obama\'s "judgement" vote, and he failed by siding with Bush\'s illegal warrantless wiretapping of Americans over protecting the Constitution.<br><br>It may be funny to you, but not to citizens who become victims of this tragic vote today. And I bet this is a real knee-slapper for the plaintiffs whose civil suits against the telecos will instantly evaporate with the final stroke of Bush\'s pen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849441" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849441" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s funny to me is some of the responses.<br><br>I\'m just not feeling like many of you are.<br><br>That\'s all.<br><br>Hillary voted against the bill. I suppose that makes her more worthy of your support.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-850201">fafnir</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850201" class="dsq-comment-message">No, not more worthy of my support; however, Hillary and the others who opposed the bill are certainly worthy of praise.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851803">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851803" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary is an opportunist.  She knew this would make Obama look like an ass.  But it was still the right call and her explanation was spot on.  Too bad she can\'t make those kinds of ethical judgments under normal circumstances... :(</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851647">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851647" class="dsq-comment-message">Nixon was spying on Democrats, not terrorists - this is a stretch.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851705" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-851705" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851705" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851705" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell the truth.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847201">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847201" class="dsq-comment-message">I co-sign with NMP & Kathy.<br><br>Kathy: It wouldn\'t hurt for him to have a Democratic Congress that he can work with, \'cause you know the Republicans won\'t give him a honeymoon.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847449" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847449" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I won\'t get flamed anymore, and maybe we can start having real constructive discussions regarding the presumptive Democratic Nominee.  The time to reign his butt in is NOW; not after he gets the White House, because if we stay silent on this, he thinks he has a blank check as far as Black people are concerned.  Everyone else is raising their voices, loud and clear.  We are guilty of playing the race card if we are unwilling to call out our own people, and demand everyone else call out McCain and others for their BS.<br><br>This is not a "double standard".  It is about Obama living up to his advertisement.  If we want "change we can believe in", he needs to bring it and stop slinging cliches.<br><br>Glen Ford and Bruce Dixon have been lambasted as "haters", and you\'ve flamed me and anyone else who tried to point out how important it is to hold Obama\'s feet to the fire, NOW, instead of "get him elected and hold him accountable then."  I will repeat myself - if we don\'t demand Obama be accountable to us, his BASE, what makes you think he\'s going to remember our demands once he\'s in the White House?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847595" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847595" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847595" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847595" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847595" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>We are guilty of playing the race card if we are unwilling to call out our own people, and demand everyone else call out McCain and others for their BS.</i><br><br>::<br><br>That\'s some serious hyperbole. We don\'t have to agree about Barack, but the race card has got nothing to do with this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847857" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847857" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, it\'s a race issue when it appears Obama gets a free pass, and anyone critiquing his positions gets flamed.  As I have been flamed for pointing out discrepancies in his positions, and all I hear if I\'m not being flamed is "wait until he\'s POTUS".<br><br>Well, when he becomes POTUS, and he does nothing to correct this FISA bill, what will all of you shouting dissenters down, have to say?<br><br>The Fact that a lot of Black people know little to nothing about FISA is a sad testament to the issue that the government does a whole lot of shyt to us and to our communities and we don\'t know how much we\'ve been screwed over until it\'s too late.  And it\'s usually by some mouthpiece that tells us we shouldn\'t ask questions because it\'s going to be alright.<br><br>COINTELPRO should give all of us pause, but because the messenger was Cynthia McKinney, it got ignored, but was actively used to build up the Prison Industrial Complex.<br><br>Why is it easier to ignore Obama\'s position changing, but forget how Bill Clinton did similar shyt during his eight years in the Oval Office and only now do we realize the damage his policies have caused?<br><br>Some things Obama might need to get a free pass on, but FISA isn\'t one of them, and thank God, my cell provider told the Government to go to hell when they came calling about spying on their customers.  You might want to check and see if yours is one of them, because if they have been spying on you for the last couple of years, you can\'t sue them for invasion of privacy.<br><br>I fully understand the excitement of a brotha getting the White House; it\'s probably equal to when John Conyers and Charlie Rangel showed up on the Hill back in the 60s.  Look at where the CBC has gone, and all because we wanted a Black Face in a High Place and didn\'t call them out when they started swinging corporate and against the interests of the communities they serve.<br><br>The race card has to do with it if it\'s seen that Obama gets a free pass and while McCain has a lot of shyt we can call him out on, we also shouldn\'t leave the door open to get hit with a racism charge ourselves.  THAT is what I was saying.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848484" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848484">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-848484" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848484" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree and disagree with you.  I absolutely think that Obama\'s supporters should hold his feet to the fire when they feel like he is compromising too much, but I think what other people are pointing out is that some, this is not directed at you, expect Obama to be perfect, or side with them on all issues when it is NOT going to happen.  <br><br>The other problem is, as you already mentioned, a lot of people don\'t know about FISA or haven\'t done their research, and they are giving their opinions without that information.  I have only read about it through the bias of third parties, and I don\'t know much about the history of the FISA court, or this bill\'s relation to the Protect America Act, so that\'s why I asked questions below.  On the one hand, I think that Obama should have supported a fillibuster on the bill as he said he would do, but on the other hand, because I don\'t know the history of the bill, I want to temper my remarks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849507" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849507" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849507" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain didn\'t even vote. So I\'m not feeling the "free pass" of all of this.<br><br>Barack hasn\'t gotten a free pass. He\'s being pulled apart from all sides on this. That should satisfy you, no?<br><br>Until I change my provider, I\'m with AT&T, who clearly are part of the wiretapping, and I\'m still free.<br><br>And I say all kinda shit on my cell phone to all different kinda people.<br><br>And I\'m still free.<br><br>I will change providers because I\'m not interested in giving any more money to AT&T.<br><br>But I\'m still free.<br><br>So if what you\'re saying is that Barack shouldn\'t get a free pass on this because he\'s Black, so be it.<br><br>He\'s not getting a free pass. <br><br>I respect everybody\'s melodrama. I do.<br><br>But I, for one, am not interested in taking him to task on this because it\'s very clear to me that there\'s more going on here than meets the eye.<br><br>A <i>lot</i> more.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851936" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851936">ElevenFingerFreak</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851936" class="dsq-comment-message">This is all about race.  Most Black people are voting for him because he\'s the only Black candidate EVER who has support from whites (which means he could actually get elected).  His white supporters feel so guilty about the war and how nonwhites are treated so they think putting any Black guy who doesn\'t scare the bejeezus out of them will atone for hundreds of years of bad behavior.  Everyone else is just caught up in his charisma.<br><br>I doubt many other Black people are going to call him on this.  Who wants to be the Judas who ruins the first viable Black candidate\'s chances?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847581" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847581" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone notice that John McCain didn\'t even bother to vote on this? He didn\'t vote on the G.I. Bil either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847617">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847617" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, It seems to me that no one notices anything that goes on with McCain.  I expected many more bloggers to take on McCain seriously after Barack was the nominee but that hasn\'t been the case.<br><br>I\'m still trying to figure out how FISA is solely a black folks issue.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847727" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847727">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847727" class="dsq-comment-message">I think no one takes on McCain seriously because no one takes him seriously. Obama is not only the presumptive nominee; he\'s the presumptive President.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847798" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847798">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847798" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847798" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, but can we put a nail in that coffin?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849525" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849525" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t take that for granted.<br><br>That would be fatal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847759" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847759" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847759" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain may have used a "submarine" move on Obama, not the same as Hillary did, but similar in that he also left Obama stuck with a vote for. Ed Morrissey asks:<br><br><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/09/did-hillary-submarine-obama-on-fisa-reform/" rel="nofollow">Did Hillary submarine Obama on FISA reform?</a><br><br>"<i>Originally, both Hillary and Obama voted for cloture.  However, Hillary changed her vote before the tally closed, opposing cloture and supporting a filibuster.  A little later, she voted against the FISA reform — only one of 28 votes against — while Obama voted for its passage.<br><br>..Has Hillary decided to woo the netroots in a bid to resurrect her presidential ambitions for 2008?  Obama hasn’t technically clinched the nomination yet.  The superdelegates can still change their minds before the first vote at the Denver convention. </i>"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849544" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849544" class="dsq-comment-message">You wish. It\'s a free country. So we can all be here.<br><br>But I really wish you would go away.<br><br>Just saying.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847866" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847866" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847866" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s barely showing up in DC these days, but if Obama doesn\'t call him out on it in a debate, no one else won\'t notice and you can bet the MSM is going to ignore it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847700">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847700" class="dsq-comment-message">Discussion is moot: <a href="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16144.html#more-16144" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/1...</a><br><br>Obama voted for the amendments to strip immunity, but voted for the bill itself. And of course there was no filibuster.<br><br>When you answer the phone tonight, remember to say hello to the NSA, too!<br><br>I am really disturbed by the idea that Black people shouldn\'t criticize Obama on substantive issues (his "blackness" is not a substantive issue; the economy, the constitution, crime, etc. are). He has made it clear that he will not be the "black" president, and we shouldn\'t treat him as such. I am extremely excited about getting a Black man elected President, but there is no way in hell does that mean he gets a pass on decisions that may hurt the country.<br><br>Yes, White progressives are increasingly vocal about areas that Obama differs from them, however, 1) I have seen little lessening of support from them for him, 2) they are holding him to his promises about FISA and to be a "change we can believe in" that listens to grass roots, 3), of all the issues that Obama splits with progressives, there is only sustained criticism about this one issue, and 4) we\'ve seen time and again that shifting to the center/right DOES NOT WIN ELECTIONS.  All the hoopla about needing to be palatable to independents and republicans means little when independents and republicans are more open than ever to progressive ideas.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848525">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848525" class="dsq-comment-message">"I am really disturbed by the idea that Black people shouldn\'t criticize Obama on substantive issues (his "blackness" is not a substantive issue; the economy, the constitution, crime, etc. are)."<br><br>He\'s the nominee.  What\'s the point at this point?!  Traditionally, parties have fallen in-line to achieve their objective of winning in the general.  What\'s different now? <br><br>What\'s pissing me off is that\'s it\'s a bull shit issue and you know it!  It\'s being used as weapon against him by Hillary Clinton supporters to sabotage his election.  Is it worth it to you?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848715">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848715" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP, he\'s sabotaging himself. <br><br>Everyone is still trying to win the election, but we\'d like the Constitution to still be intact when it\'s over.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849016">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849016" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm...it survived slavery, denial of suffrage for African Americans and women; revocation of habeas corpus during the civil war, internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and much more; somehow, I think it will survive telecomm immunity. <br><br>Perhaps Senator Obama should go on a poverty tour to redeem himself like John Edwards and Bobby Kennedy before him?  You know the same John Edwards who supported ALL of Bush\'s anti-terrorism efforts and Bobby Kennedy who tapped Dr. King\'s phone calls, a technique he learned while working for Eugene "communist hunter" McCarthy, before re-inventing themselves as populists.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849638" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849638" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it again, NMP.<br><br>Say it again!<br><br>I need to repost this because I just feel like it:<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/22/13830/4343/811/540243" rel="nofollow">I got your back, Barack</a><br><br>This is where I\'m at.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847812" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847812" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847812">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847812" class="dsq-comment-message">Some of y\'all might want to put down the torches and pitchforks for a moment.  <br><br>One of the reasons that we all support Obama is because of his promise to compromise when absolutely necessary.  Certainly we won\'t tolerate compromise <i>every</i> issue, but we\'ve helped to sell his message as someone who can work across the aisle.  If we wanted otherwise, we should have supported Dennis Kucinich.<br><br>Now obviously, Barack isn\'t in support of Bush\'s brand of FISA.  So let\'s not characterize him as such.  Yet let\'s also recognize that Barack would have been writing the script for the Republicans\' next attack ad had he voted against FISA.  Not only would he have been branded soft on terrorist, it would surely have played into the already-existing notion that he\'s a secret Muslim terrorist. <br><br>I, too, would like to see the telecoms be held civilly liable where warranted.  But I don\'t think taking an all-or-nothing position on telecom liability is the best way to demonstrate the wisdom that we know Barack has.  <br><br>p.s.<br>Since when is civil liability for telecoms such a dire issue anyway?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847953" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-847953">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847953" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a dire issue because it is the only way to discover what the Bush administration did all those years. There were likely not to be any monetary damages requested. The point was to get at all the information through discovery that Bush now classifies as being inaccessible or secret because of national security.<br><br>Now there is little chance that Bush can be prosecuted for illegal wiretapping because the details of how it was accomplished will be kept secret.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848431" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-848431" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848431" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Now obviously, Barack isn\'t in support of Bush\'s brand of FISA. So let\'s not characterize him as such. Yet let\'s also recognize that Barack would have been writing the script for the Republicans\' next attack ad had he voted against FISA.</i><br><br>Yes he is. He voted for the version of FISA that was to quote one rethug in Congress, "more than they dreamed of."<br><br>He completely reversed his earlier position.<br><br>He voted AGAINST the constitution.<br><br>And the reason this has been such a big deal to the \'thugs is (1) that it provides immunity to one of their most important constituencies, the big telecom companies, but <b>more important</b>, it provides blanket coverage for any Bush & Co. misdeeds. We will never know everything Bush has done with this having passed. Never. <br><br>So it is a big deal. And frankly, I am beginning to believe that the talk I\'m hearing about Bush & Co. having spied on members of congress in order to blackmail them is true.<br><br>I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why Congress continues to bend over and take an *unlubed ass fucking from these people who have a 30% approval rating, if that. <br><br>The only thing that makes sense is that for the 7 years he sat in the White House like a big fat toad eavesdropping and plotting and politicking and manipulating, Karl Rove actually uncovered misdeeds by our congressional reps that would cost them their congressional seats. As a result, they continue to bend over* when they don\'t have to.<br><br>The spinelessness of this congress defies explanation. It does. It is outrageous and inexplicable.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849661" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849661" class="dsq-comment-message">Congress took impeachment off the table. No president can be held accountable without impeachment.<br><br>Again, I respect people\'s criticism of Barack, but why isn\'t there outrage about the fact that the Speaker of the House took impeachment off the table???<br><br>I\'m just asking.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849847">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849847" class="dsq-comment-message">Why are you saying that there is no criticism? There has been plenty of criticism of Pelosi. I don\'t know about Jack and Jill, but Kos, Glenn Greenwald, and plenty of other bloggers have leveled very harsh criticism against Pelosi and Reid. She\'s not up for re-election, so criticism has only so much effect.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-853094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-853094">heartsandflowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-853094" class="dsq-comment-message">Bush wasn\'t going to be prosecuted regardless. Once Pelosi took impeachment off the table it was over. Now had she received emails, phone calls, and attack ads from millions of people every day until she put it back on the table, we could have taken a powerful step to hold Bush accountable - and signed an acceptable version of FISA. But we didn\'t because as upset as some people may be it just isn\'t a singular priority to a majority of us.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-847875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-847875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-847875" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-847875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-847875" class="dsq-comment-message">It is a dire issue if a person\'s right to privacy has been invaded and he has no legal recourse to correct it and get justice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-848405" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848405">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848405" class="dsq-comment-message">I was wondering if anyone could answer this question.  Doesn\'t the revised FISA bill give the Inspector General the authority to see if the law was broken?  And even if there is civil immunity from suit, can\'t people still be held criminally liable?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848417">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848417" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, I meant to add that I read an article that said both of those things.  That the inspector general will be responsible for investigating past abuses, and that the bill would prohibit civil liability, but not criminal liability.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848441">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848441" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, I also meant to add, how would the civil suits go forward anyway?  Correct me if I\'m wrong, but the government doesn\'t have to disclose the information that was the basis for their investigations because it was very top secret.  How were people going to determine whether their rights were violated if they had no access to this information?  Are there any experts in the house?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848478">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848478" class="dsq-comment-message">This surveillance effects such a small percentage of Americans it\'s not even measurable.  Hell, most Americans don\'t even know the damn country code of Pakistan.  <br><br>Where is all of the outrage to surveillance cameras and checks points going up in cities like DC?  Neighborhoods where black folks have lived for generations under siege from open air drug markets and violence with no police protection or surveillance.  Now that the neighborhoods are in "transition" (young white liberals moving in), damned the 4th Amendment!  I haven\'t seen KOS or any sympathetic Negros on Montana Avenue, NE, DC protesting.  Where is the outrage from white liberals and like-minded Negros?  It\'s interesting how willing white folks are to compromise on their core beliefs when it serves their own interests.<br><br>As I said, the 4th Amendment has been steadily eroding under both Republican AND Democratic administrations.  Up until now, those effected have been mostly Black and Brown.  Now that white folks on the upper east side of Manhatten have to worry about their phone calls to to their Pakistani room mate from graduate school  being tapped, white liberals want to cry foul.<br><br>Get the fuck out of here!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849037">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849037" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you know what percentage of Americans it affects? Bush engaged in illegal, warrantless wiretaps. There is no way to know if he tapped your phone or mine or the DNC or any other phone in America or the rest of the world. If you think this will not be used against the Black community, you\'d better think again.<br><br>Cameras are in public areas. Wiretaps are on private conversations. There is a difference.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-856848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-856848">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-856848" class="dsq-comment-message">THIS DOES NOT EFFECT DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION!!!  THIS EFFECTS LESS THAN 1% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.  MOST AMERICANS DON\'T HAVE PASSPORTS, SO HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT THEY ARE CALLING THE MIDDLE EAST OR SE ASIA?  <br><br>As I stated, I don\'t need to put on a tin foil hat to imagine what the government might do.  I\'m witnessing it being done in black communities today, black RESIDENTIAL communities where white folks are transitioning in, the same white liberals who are up in arms about FISA, but are more than glad to have police check points and surveillance cameras in these neighborhoods for THEIR security.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-848591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-848591">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-848591" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m somewhat in agreement with NMP.  While I can definitely appreciate the violation of FISA  in <i>principle</i>, I can\'t ignore the <i>practical</i> (mis)application of No Child Left Behind or the Bankruptcy Reform Act.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849282" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849282" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not one to shout, but:<br><br>JOHN MCCAIN DIDN\'T FIND IT NECESSARY TO VOTE ON THIS BILL.<br><br>Where\'s the outrage?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849513">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849513" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig:  Co-sign BIG TIME!!  Where\'s the FAUX SPEWS "Fair and Balanced" reporting!!Hah!!!<br>Also, billary voted against FISA.  She made a lame excuse, but we all know that she was positioning herself to make a statement at the DNC\'s Convention as to her willingness to agree with the "Party" position.  She\'s SNEAKY!  Will NEVER TRUST her!<br>Off topic:  Mr. Obama responded to Rev. Jessie., but, Mr. Jessie, Jr. put DAD on "FULL BLAST"!!  I\'d love to be at their Sunday dinner!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-851469">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851469" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m outraged. I\'m outraged at the lack of coverage that McSane gets for his obvious flip flops, gaffes, and just general insanity.<br><br>Poor Rachel Maddow (bless her) has been doing her damnest filling in for Keith to point out every inconsistency, but it simply just does not have any traction. <br><br>Did anyone see the Vietnam veteran who confronted McSane at one of his town hall meetings? You know the town hall meetings that he does so well connecting with people. Well, the veteran took him to task questioning him on his voting record in regards to veteran affairs (most recently Senator Webb\'s GI Bill) for the last several years. McSane was completely caught off guard and basically never answered the question, repeating the same meme that he has perfect record according to all military groups. This meme again was debunked by the vet.<br><br>I am not sure who said it, but it was mentioned that this election is a "referendum on Obama". It surely appears that way because McCain can get away with hella.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849338" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849338" class="dsq-comment-message">CraigHickman~ <br><br>McCain is expected to act like a republican. He represents what we are trying to change.<br><br>Remember? Changey hopey changey hope? ? <br><br>Obama is not a republican. Neither are the rest of the sellout democrats in congress. <br><br>What the hell are we hoping for if the democrats are as bad as the republicans?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-850763">anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850763" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! Exactly. If you sell your candidate as the agent of change and the harbinger of a new politics, you don\'t get to switch tunes when he acts like every other spineless hack to "Well, he\'s better than McCain."<br><br>New  York is so heavily Democratic that I can vote for whomever the hell I want, but I\'m certainly hoping that Obama won\'t have disappointed me so badly by November that I\'ll be forced to write in Howard the Duck.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849451">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849451" class="dsq-comment-message">Well then I guess there\' s no problem with McCain\'s statements about Obama today:<br><br>"A few short months ago, Barack Obama outwardly opposed terrorist surveillance legislation, saying that he would filibuster any bill that includes immunity for American telecommunications companies that had been asked by the government to participate in the program. Today, the U.S. Senate will approve legislation providing the immunity Barack Obama supposedly opposed, and despite his promise, he will not support a filibuster. What Barack Obama will do is show that he\'s willing to change positions, break campaign commitments and undermine his own words in his quest for higher office."<br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/mccain_hits_obama_on_fisa_vote.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>Isn\'t this what many of the anti-FISA posters have been saying themselves lately. Don\'t try to fool yourselves. If this was a statment from Greenwald or KOS, or whatever other icon of the anti-FISA movement, most of you would agree right?  <br><br>I don\'t have a problem with people who are against FISA, but as Hilary Clinton learned during the primary, once you put it out there for mainstream consumption (i.e. "not ready to be Commander in Chief), then you inadvertently help the opposition with ammo for attack.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849700" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849700" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain didn\'t vote on the bill. He has some fucking nerve to exploit the issue.<br><br>I\'m so sick of him I could spit bullets.<br><br>And here we are dissecting Barack as though he\'s a criminal.<br><br>Black folks wanna overcompensate so as not to appear as if they\'re give the Black man a free pass, but don\'t say a peep about the other guy who\'s showing his militaristic ass on a daily basis, then so be it.<br><br>I\'m not letting this shit go.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849857">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849857">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849857" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849857" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama brought this on himself. I have no sympathy for him.<br><br>I will continue to support him in all the ways I can, but this was dumb, dumb, dumb. I don\'t know who the hell he\'s listening to these days, but his campaign looks a mess.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849502">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849502" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849502" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849502" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849502" class="dsq-comment-message">While the telecoms get immunity from civil litigation, the bill is written in such a way that it allows future criminal prosecution by an Obama Administration (hopefully, with John Edwards as AG) for everyone in Dim Son\'s administration. <br><br>Anyone who hasn\'t read the bill should do so, as it is only 114 pp long and is very poorly constructed. <br><br>Of course, we need to also remember that the current administration has been illegally wiretapping US citizens since February 2001, months before September 11.<br><br>Then again, most blacks aren\'t as outraged as other progressives, since Dr. King, the Black Panthers and others labeled "dissidents/radicals" by our government have been victims of warrantless wiretaps since the 60s, if not before, with AT&T happily violating the rights of Americans, no matter the administration. <br><br>In fact,  I wouldn\'t be surprised if Justice Thurgood Marshall wasn\'t wiretapped, especially since even Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. fell victim to this same so-called violation of US citizens\' 4th Amendment rights.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-850907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-850907" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850907" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>that it allows future criminal prosecution by an Obama Administration </b><br><br>with all due respect, that is incorrect.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-849577">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849577" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849577" href="http://www.Blacks4Barack.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Greg Jones</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849577" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849577" class="dsq-comment-message">As I read through a number of the comments I can\'t help but to feel a bit saddened. What is it in our make-up that makes so many of us have such a self-defeative mentality ? At a time in history where we all as blacks should be filled with pride....doing EVERYTHING we can to help toward this historic path to the White House....making certain that ALL black children know the name Barack Obama....a name that represents hope for all black children (for a change) ! <br><br>But instead, we have those who have need to display their incredible levels of intellect, by degrading and bringing down the name of their own which shines. To the intellects I ask.....are you saying you\'d prefer McCain? Are you saying you\'d prefer status quo ? (white folks in charge) Are you saying McCain would do more for blacks than Obama ?<br><br>I don\'t think so. Therefore, wake up....as you know....one of the biggest problems in our community is black-on-black crime.....now is NOT the time for black-on-black slime. All of your negative comments regarding Barack Obama are only hurtful to the cause and helpful to the adversary.<br><br>p.s. We are great fans of JJP.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-849765">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849765" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849765" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-849765" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849765" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849765" class="dsq-comment-message">I co-sign Greg Jones, everyone shut up! It doesn\'t matter where Obama stands. Sounds good.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-849814">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849814" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849814">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849814" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849814" class="dsq-comment-message">I am so very CO-SIGNING  with Mr. Jones.  And I thank him for his insight!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-849893">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-849893" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-849893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-849893">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-849893" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-849893" class="dsq-comment-message">Greg Jones, no one is sliming Obama. We\'re discussing his policy positions, positions that may negatively affect us.<br><br>No one is talking about bringing him down. A few people will no longer support him, but the vast majority are willing to go the distance. I think YOU and CraigHickman and a few others are the ones with a self-defeatist attitude if you believe we can\'t even criticize policy positions without bringing down the entirety of Obama\'s campaign. Obama has a lot going for him. Even the leftiest lefty bloggers aren\'t talking about not supporting his candidacy. There is quite a bit of disappointment about this vote-- deservedly so-- but I think Obama has time to correct the course of his campaign.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-850113">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850113" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-850113">urwrong</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850113" class="dsq-comment-message">please stfu</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-850934">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850934" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-850934" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850934" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850934" class="dsq-comment-message">good grief, if we can\'t discuss him and we have to accept everything he does, solely because it is a magnificent and glorious thing to have him as the democratic nominee, then we are in terrible, terrible danger in this country and in far worse shape than even i imagined.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-850951">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850951" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-850951" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850951" class="dsq-comment-message">and i will tell you this, as a woman. when george bush introduced nancy pelosi as the first female speaker of the house, i got tears in my eyes. it was a joyous, wonderful occasion, i loved it. i was so excited.<br><br>and then she sold out. and i can\'t wait to get her gone. she let us down, she sold us out, i despise her as much as i do the other sellouts in congress. <br><br>should i have given her a free pass because she is a woman? the first? hardly. obama doesn\'t get a free pass because his very candidacy is something so many of us have dreamed of. or at least he shouldn\'t, in a free country. but i don\'t think we\'re really free here. we just say the words and pretend. no constitution. no laws. no freedom.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-853974">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-853974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-853974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-853974">NO ID</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-853974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-853974" class="dsq-comment-message">THANK YOU!!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-850610">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-850610" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-850610" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-850610">anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-850610" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-850610" class="dsq-comment-message">Clinton voted against it. And I hope she\'s getting some joy from watching Obama forced to vote conservatively to appeal to the lowest common national denominator, as she routinely was forced to do in anticipation of her presidential run--and in the face of a media that pounced on her every move.<br><br>Not that I\'m planning on holding my breath for either Obama or the more vociferously less discerning of his supporters to come to this realization.<br><br>Props to Jill for this post. I don\'t think that Obama\'s stance makes him any less of a politician than Clinton, and I\'ll still vote for him in November: it\'s just disappointing to see him cave like any other hack after all of that brave talk about change.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-851718">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-851718" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-851718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-851718" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-851718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-851718" class="dsq-comment-message">One of the reasons why sitting Senators don\'t get elected President all that often is because of shit like this.<br><br>That seems to be lost on all those with ulcers.<br><br>Now we\'re choosing between 2 sitting senators.<br><br>One voted on the bill. One did not.<br><br>The one who didn\'t hasn\'t voted on a bill since, um.... well.... hmmm...<br><br>I\'ll get back to you.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-853639">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-853639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-853639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-853639">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-853639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-853639" class="dsq-comment-message">As one of the old heads at JJP, I\'m usually not one to play the "<i>grow up!</i>" card, but ... &lt;flicks it in a certain direction&gt; ...<br><br>one or two of y\'all need it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-854490">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-854490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-854490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-854490">JibreelRiley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-854490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-854490" class="dsq-comment-message">The sad thing is most of you clowns will forget this all happen come November. How about some good ole buyers remorse anyone?</div>\
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	 </li>\
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