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McCain made the pandering choice, S did not say they agree.  sorry if i missed some previous drama", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:14:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1912696, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TRW:   YOU NAILED IT!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  ENOUGH said!!!   :&gt;)    Co-signing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:36:49", "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": 1909930, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its gonna be spun right back because its a PHOTO....a PICTURE of a wounded soldier being used NOW for campaigning purposes. Exploitation of a soldier for these purposes wouldn't play so well either. It will probably not even be bought up at all...just wait.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:07:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916002, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Bush/Quayle ticket went on to win the November election with a 53-46 margin by sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes.<br><br>I live in the real world. Get your head out of the sand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:39:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914738, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sarah Palin is involved in a scandal. <a href=\"http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/08/14/alaska-governor-sarah-palin-in-staff-scandal/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oliver Willis called this</a>: <br><br><i><br>Alaska Governor Sarah Palin In Staff Scandal<br>Published August 14, 2008 in Republican Culture Of Corruption and Republicans.<br><br>Just another part of the mountain of Republican corruption that is turning off Alaska\u2019s citizens<br><br>    Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.<br><br>    Palin, who has previously said her administration didn\u2019t exert pressure to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten, also disclosed that members of her staff had made about two dozen contacts with public safety officials about the trooper.<br><br>The bizarre thing is this might make Palin more likely to be McCain\u2019s running mate.<br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:52:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, Isn't a 'lack' of experience to be expected when a 'generational' shift in politics occurs?<br><br>The argument may favor Palin, mostly because she is at the bottom of the ticket.<br><br>Experience should be framed, not as \" time in office served' but 'accomplishments while in office.\" Using that standard, Palin has an edge.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:07:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Even better, you're comparing a man living in 1974 with a man living in 2008. Old doesn't equate to \"experience\" unless you are ONLY referring to years breathing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:39:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915669, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This comes under the heading:<br><br>And he \"stood down\" for one minute:<br><br>\"McAncient\" Congratulates Mr. Obama:<br><br><a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-to-extend-his-congratulations-to-obama-in-special-ad/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:54:50", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Politico is reporting that it is not Pawlenty!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:27:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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}, "1916451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A caller on the Ed Schultz show said that Palin is under investigation in regards to Native voting rights in Alaska. Any info on this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:09:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds like the 'old' politics of personal destruction and fear-mongering. <br><br>Americans want to get past that Miranda, and so should you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916485, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Heartsandflowers - McCain had the gall to say the job of the VP is to ask about the health of the President.  No experience is needed because he didn't want anyone to wonder why he would hire anyone with more or equal experience to his?  <br><br>The only thing McCain and his surrogates had against Obama is his \"perceived lack of experience\".  So they choose someone with less experience so their attack against Obama is now  . . . . What?????<br><br>WTF?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:16:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1912552, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Last night was a singular experience!  <a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">No More Rope-A-Dope For Barack Obama</a> is what happened at my house last night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:49:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "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}, "1914412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She has 1.5 years as governor of the 47th largest state.  Previously,  she was councilmember and mayor of Wasilla, Alaska--population 6,800......That's huge....  Who could compete with that?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:12:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "VAL,<br><br>Your reasoning is flawed. Palin is pro-life and she has a down syndrome baby.<br><br>Palin represents white women getting to set the historical marker as a Vice-President BEFORE the black man can become President.<br><br>This is the southern strategy....new millenium!!<br><br>The white female is entitled!  America did not get it right at the turn of the 19th century when black MEN got the right to vote before WHITE females!!<br><br>This pick represents incremental change...not TOO much change!!<br><br>This pick will show that America can get it right by insuring that WHITE females are FIRST before Blacks!!<br><br>Ferraro is going to be on ALL the talk shows talking about this affirmative action FEMALE choice over a BLACk affirmative action (unqualified won't even need to be said!)<br><br>Wake up...we are in treacherous HISTORY making-water!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:16:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1912696, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hillary woters will not vote for another woman.  PERIOD.<br><br>That in itself is lost against the Repubs.  Also, republicans are not ready for a woman in office.  If McCain had a heart attack 1 year from now (not a wish) but if he did, clearly Palin could not run the country.  Biden on the other hand, can if something were to happen to Obama.<br><br>Bad move.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:22:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1911227, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anything but. Sarah Palin will be the only candidate on the ballot who has any executive experience, as a governor and a mayor. Obama is walking through a political minefield that he himself has planted.<br><br>White, rural voters will bristle at any reference to her as 'small town.'  <br><br>She will bring the issue of energy independence and pork-barrel spending front and center and will show voters that McCain/Palin will not only 'talk the talk' but 'walk the walk' on the main issues of concern to voters: high gas prices and wasteful government spending.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:16:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what an utterly CYNICAL and NEGATIVE comment.  btw, the word is spelled SUFFRAGISTS.  do u even understand what that MEANS?  and no, you're wrong about this choice.  it only confirms john's DESPERATION and INCOMPETENCE.  do you think for one minute that the obama camp absolutely ruled out the so-called southern strategy?  you also believe that palin was the only woman in the pool of mccain potential picks?  get real. there was always a chance he'd pick a woman, and he picked the one who does the least for his candidacy. i am a person of colour, an independent, and a WOMAN, and this choice is a joke.  she's mccain in drag, for all intents and purposes.  women are not gonna run in droves to the mccain ticket now that there's somebody with a vagina on it.<br><br>will the media work overtime to prop this idiot up?  OF COURSE THEY WILL.  but they've been doing that since this thing started, so how is that ANYTHING NEW?   <br><br>your hopelessness is appalling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:42:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1913108, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How Palin Will Hurt McCain:<br><br><a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/palin-mccain-vp.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008...</a><br>But now Palin is also caught in a probe of her official conduct that likely nixes whatever chance she had to be on the McCain ticket. She's only been a governor for two years, but that's about four times as long as someone else mentioned as GOP VP pick, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. <br><br>However, questions have now arisen over whether Palin used her office to try and fire her ex -brother-in-law from a state trooper's position. Palin asserts the charge is untrue, but the Alaska Senate this week approved the hiring of an independent investigator to look into the allegation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:55:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder if white men will get upset when they learn how she fired that trooper?<br>I wonder if that man was the father of her nieces and nephews.  Putting a man out of work is awful, he can't even take care of his kids.  Guess that is just more of the pro-life hypocritical cognitive dissonance...they only care about the unBorn..not the living.<br>Imagine what this woman might do as VP to men all over the country..she sounds viscious and spiteful even if she did choose to push a child with defects out of her sperm receptacle.<br><br>Biden might need to pass a Violence Against Men act to protect men from this manhatingcallousheartedmeanspirited Palin who loves life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1915452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, yes...the mayor of booming Wasilla, AK....well if that doesn't put her over the edge, I just dont know what will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:37:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was just in alaska in July, and there was a lot of news about corruption in the media. Apparent, there are many corrupt politicians there. Palin recently had a special needs baby. If I'm not mistaken, the baby had downs syndrome. There was a feature about her and her husband knowing about the baby's condition in advance and keeping the baby. So they are going to really push the anti-choice meme with her. Also, what about the psychological aspect of being seen as \"beating up on a woman\" during the debates. Won't having her on cause men, especially of Biden's generation, to hold back and treat her like Miss Anne, even if she is cut throat?  Her husband is in the oil industry and she has been an oil and natural gas employee. Connect the dots here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:23:30", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you not see Bernice and MLK III speaking? Did you miss the video? Did you miss Rep. John Lewis? Did you miss the last paragraph of Obama's speech? Exactly what did you want him to do in his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America?? Yeah..you ARE the only one put off.<br><br>No, you shouldn't foget that Biden voted fro the bankruptcy bill, but you do need to remember that Joe Biden is the senior Senator from DELAWARE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:16:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1909830, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Republican-presidential-candidate-John-McCain-Alaska-Gov-Sarah-Palin-vice-presidential-running-mate-Landstuhl-Regional-Medical-Center/photo//080829/ids_photos_wl/r703161074.jpg/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apparently, Ms. Palin's been to the hospital at Landstuhl.</a><br><br>I need not tell you all how this is gonna play out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:09:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D - the man said he hired her because they had the same values.  He did not want someone with experience because he didn't want anyone to question why he would need anyone smarter or with as much experience as he does.  He said the VP job is to check on the health of the President.<br><br>Now- at 72, if he croaks -  who will run our country?  She will be eaten up and spit out during debates with Biden.  Something is wrong D.  You know I liked McCain and I was looking forward to this period but this is ridiculous.  How many other competent women are there in the republican party?  McCain thinks we are all a joke.  Get some woman (competence/experience is irrelevant)  to run against a black man to take away from the history that is happening.  That is the strategy.  <br><br>horrible D.  simply horrible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:42:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1913028, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Woah....unbelievable...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:23:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910513, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He was also a constitutional law professor and an Illinois state senator, so he had more experience than this person who is a first term governor and a former mayor.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:42:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "marvy", "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": 1912479, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wait what?  S seriously?  McCain doesn't want the women who voted for Hillary, yet he has had Carla Fiorny (or whatever the heck her name is) meeting with big wig Clinton supporters for weeks, puts out an ad \"sympathizing\" with Hillary, and had all of his surrogates bemoan the fact that it should have been Hillary all this week.<br><br>Yeah right. Talk about spin.  Make no mistake, that is exactly what McCain wants.  And while it does up the ante in the race, I think it is also extremely insulting to Hillary supporters.  Its basically like saying vote for me, I picked someone who has a uterus.<br><br>And if I'm not mistaken, just last week you were talking about how Obama shouldn't have picked Biden because he is a Washington insider and that's not change we can believe in.  What does it say about Palin?  McCain's biggest argument is experience---I'm sure that Palin is great and all, but picking her does undermine that argument.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:17:33", "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": 1912575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO<br>From <a href=\"http://Dailykos.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dailykos.com</a><br><br>A McCain/Palin  pairing? I'm sorry, but that's just... weird. It's a pairing that seems to be drawn not from politics, but from a 1980's network sitcom.<br><br>HE is an ex-POW turned multimillionaire. He has power, wealth, and more houses than most people have ties. But can anything -- or anyone -- calm his savage temper, and teach him to love again?<br><br>SHE's a young creationist who knows little about politics and is in trouble with the law. He'll take her in -- but can he teach her the ways of Washington before she embarrasses him at the big Telecom Ball?<br><br>Find out this fall on Dharma and Methuselah...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:11:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think I must be the only one put off by the fact that on the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington,  he made only a cursory mention of the historical context.  Did he even mention MLK by name?<br><br>Another thing, he spoke eloquently about the credit crunch and economic problems the country faces now.  I guess we are supposed to forget that Biden voted for the bankruptcy bill made made it difficult for many of us to make a new start after set backs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:33:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdb105a0448967d7c26f2589218a5ecb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "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}, "1914439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Since when did Barack Obama value experience so highly?<br><br>    Barack Obama\u2019s campaign is blasting John McCain for putting \u201cthe former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency.\u201d<br><br>    The scathing description of Sarah Palin, from Obama spokesman Bill Burton, comes as Democrats scramble to gather a response to a selection that nobody in the political world expected.<br><br>    \u201cGovernor Palin shares John McCain\u2019s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush\u2019s failed economic policies \u2014 that\u2019s not the change we need, it\u2019s just more of the same,\u201d added Burton.<br><br>What a desperate statement!  Here\u2019s Barack Obama on his massive foreign-policy credentials:<br><br>    To counter opponents\u2019 accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that r\u00e9sum\u00e9: a trip to Pakistan while a college student.<br><br>Wow.  So his mother took him to live in Indonesia when he was eight, and he took a trip in college.  Meanwhile, Palin has governed a state surrounded by foreign nations.  Which has the practical experience in foreign policy and diplomacy?<br><br>During the entire primary campaign, Obama kept telling voters that his judgment overruled his lack of experience.  Now, suddenly, it doesn\u2019t \u2014 but that puts Barack Obama at the same level as Sarah Palin, or even below, as Palin has the executive experience that Obama lacks.   Moreover, Palin has spent her time in politics actually accomplishing reform and challenging the political machine in her own party.  Did Obama do that?<br><br>And let\u2019s not forget that Palin is running for the Vice Presidency.  Obama, with his complete lack of the experience his campaign now suddenly believes is crucial for the job, wants to be President.<br><br>This is a foolish, bitter, and tone-deaf message.  As one source close to the McCain campaign put it, \u201cWe already know what Barack Obama thinks about small town America. But the bitterness of the Obama campaign\u2019s knee jerk attack says more about them than anything else.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:13:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "no it isnt out of bounds.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:17:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1912832, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pawlenty's out. Fox is reporting Romney is too.<br><br>Palin, on first read, doesn't sound bad. In addition to checks in all the conservative boxes, her son is in the Army, and headed to Iraq on September 11.....which could make for a somewhat compelling story to put beside Biden.<br><br>All of a sudden, I'm a little more enthused.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910156, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Running a big campaign on small things\". That's how it's going to play out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:12:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes we are.....too bad your presidential pick isn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:18:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912637, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  The ONLY reason that I'm posting this article is so that I can make a comment!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/?referrer=email\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/?referrer=email</a><br><br>ANSWER:     ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!<br><br>QUESTION:    Does anyone in their right mind and with a DELICATE EAR want to hear \"4 more years\" of           \"N-U-C-U-L-A-R!!!    <br><br>Whew!!  Holding my ears Deep Breaths!!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:13:56", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now the speculation is that it's Sarah Palin.  And they excuse Democrats of playing identity politics.  LOL!  Their ENTIRE attack is that Senator Obama is inexperienced and not ready to lead, so they are going to put someone younger and less inexperienced, including NO foreign policy experience, on the ticket with a 72-year-old?  I can only pray that Hillary's supporters will not fall for this ploy.  In fact, they should insulted that McCain thinks that a vagina, any vagina, is a substitute for Hillary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:36:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "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": 1909794, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, thanks  Lily..I understood, I got it ..that was the reason for the ps...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:41:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1914771, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "wow", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:19:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910513, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In 2007? Before anyone even knew who she was?<br><br>Come on; you and I both know that \"it's just a photo op\" isn't gonna fly.<br><br>In fact, I'll spin it for you so you don't have to wait for it:<br><br>\"Sarah Palin was willing to visit wounded troops without her campaign staff. Obama canceled his trip to Landstuhl because he couldn't take his.\"<br><br>Fair or not-and remember, I wasn't gonna criticize him for it!-that's how it's gonna look.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:41:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915894, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1920107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm only a voter and I can only speak for myself.  I was underwhelmed by Obama's speech.<br><br>I wasn't interested in hearing MLK's children speak.  While the the tribute John Lewis was nice that wasn't the history making moment.<br><br>Obama's nomination was.<br><br>I expected more and the moment called for more.<br><br>I wanted a speech for the ages, something that will be as relevant one hundred years from now as it is now.  I needed a speech that tied the struggles of people of color in this country to the larger American story.  Why not mention MLK by name or A. Philip Randolph or any of the organizers of the March on Washington?  Were they not great Americans whose progressive ideas are as important today as they were forty-five years ago.  Why not, for example, salute the countless African American, Latino, Asian American and Native American servicemen who served this country abroad even though they were disenfranchised at home?  They did that so one day a Barack Obama could stand in front of 80,000 fans and claim his nomination.<br><br>Obama had the perfect opportunity to deliver this century's Gettyburg's address instead we were subjected to 38 minutes of rehashed soundbites, talking points and slogans.<br><br>And what purpose?  To win over white voters?  I don't doubt that this \"whitewashed\" speech (Dr. Julianne Malveux's term, not mine) will calm the nerves of undecided voters.  It may even help him win the election, but at what cost?<br><br>If he does win, I pray that he will acknowledge the struggles endured by brown folk who put him in the Oval Office.  Maybe in his inauguration address he'll call a few by name.  <br><br><br><br><br>I won't hold my breath. <br><br>McKinney 2008", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_17:58:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdb105a0448967d7c26f2589218a5ecb", "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": 1910842, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if she does the right thing I will make a donation to retire her damn debt....LOL.  Now I did not say how much, but every dollar counts doesn't it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1911944, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "bullshit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:44:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1913302, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jed rocks. He totally does. He does great videos. Be sure to catch iceberg slim's photodiary. it's in the other thread.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:22:42", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1908143, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He doesn't keep that portrait of Ali hanging on his Senate office wall for nothing.  And Ali was in the building last night.  I must admit I didn't see the strategy, but it all came clear last night!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:39:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "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": 1908542, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Angry PUMAS intensely dislike pro-life, conservative women. Palin is tailor-made for Oprah viewers !", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:26:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911591, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama Campaign Spokesman Bill Burton responds to John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate: <br><br>\"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same.\"<br><br>Sen. Chuck Schumer says: <br>\"After the great success of the Democratic convention, the choice of Sarah Palin is surely a Hail Mary pass. It is a real roll of the dice and shows how John McCain, Karl Rove et al realize what a strong position the Obama-Biden team and Democrats in general are in in this election. Certainly the choice of Palin puts to rest any argument about inexperience on the Democratic team and while Palin is a fine person, her lack of experience makes the thought of her assuming the presidency troubling. I particularly look forward to the Biden-Palin debate in Missouri.\"<br><br>Rep. Rahm Emanuel: <br>\"Is this really who the Republican Party wants to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency? Given Sarah Palin's lack of experience on every front and on nearly every issue, this Vice Presidential pick doesn't show judgment: it shows political panic.\"<br><br>Rep. Jim Clyburn on South Carolina ETV Radio: <br>\"I do believe that McCain has to do something to reshuffle the cards, shake up the establishment, do something unexpected and Governor Palin has all the kinds of things that McCain might see as a way to shake things up. I think [her selection] would be something similar to Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle proved to be sort of an embarrassment as a campaigner. Being thrust on a national stage like that could be very tough. Now Mondale tried to shake things up by going with Geraldine Ferraro.she proved to be a disaster as a running mate. And as a campaigner, she was absolutely awful. And so I just think that it is very risky for McCain to do this, but it may be all he has left.\"<br><br>Meanwhile, the non-partisan group Campaign Money Watch responded that the pick underscores McCain's loss of maverick reformer credentials: <br><br>\"In choosing Governor Palin, Senator McCain is clearly trying to shore up his past maverick reformer image - an image that is now in tatters due to the type of campaign he's run and the big money lobbyists he depends on every day of the week,\" Donnelly said. <br><br>\"This selection raises plenty of questions,\" Donnelly continued. \"She bills herself as a reformer, but has been silent on whether she supports public financing of elections in her own state. As governor of an oil-producing state, she's been a friend to Big Oil. Given John McCain's extensive fundraising from Big Oil, her selection raises concerns of whether the McCain-Palin ticket will promise the same access for oil companies and their lobbyists that we've seen for nearly eight years from the Bush-Cheney administration.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:42:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would hope you're smarter than that rebuttal you just gave. <br><br> She  clearly states in her own words that she doesn't know what the job of V.P. is--, (which most Americans learned in elementary school civics)-Maybe she doesn't understand that V.P. assumes the office in the event that the President is unable. <br><br>I'm wondering, is she smarter than a 5th grader?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912637, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only history that has been made is Obama is the nominee. That is it.  <br>Democrats have already had a female as the VP on the ticket, so it will not be history for females unless the GOP wins.<br><br>I posted above on Palin, I don't think you should call her a sperm receptacle just yet.<br><br>What matters here is race vs. gender.<br><br>White folks are going to have a field day now talking about Obama's lack of experience. You can think she is just a sperm receptacle if you like but America is getting ready to get behind this 'historic GOP ticket'<br><br>Your focus on it being insulting to women is absurd. Hillary was insulting to women in terms of experience to head a ticket. Hillary had no political achievements of her own. She ran on Bill's record. She was the biggest affirmative action choice ever.<br><br>If women supported Hillary they will support Palin, who is not as big of an insult as Hillary. Palin did not get her political gains on the back of her husbands coat tails. Nor did she racemonger to win<br><br>No one can even name a single piece of legislation she took a leadership role on and there are no national issues she advocated for. Hillary and Palin are affirmative action females entitled on the basis of race AND gender.<br><br>Next week all those white females complaining and whinning are going to talk about how Palin represents historic change and gain for women all over the nation.<br><br>No one will talk about her as an insult they will talk about her as a mother with a down syndrome baby, who values LIFE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:59:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913248, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fear monger!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914776, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "actually not.  We were all geared to look at the Repubs this week anyway but we hoped for a fight.  This is an insult to the USA and women.  <br><br>Did you hear the commentary from HIllary's surrogates this morning?  They chewed up Palin so bad (especially the surrogate from FL) it was embarrasing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:21:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912789, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1918597": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's not funny. I am not telling her not to talk. I'd just like something more than talking points. She runs w/ the character meme since day one and then goes it doesn't matter.<br><br>As to Palin: I do not think it is a desperation move. The Republicans have been very aware of the fact they have changed the debate. Their strategy was  to use the media to create as many false issues as possible- experience, character, UFO's, greek columns- and keep that discussion going. Any real discussion of the issues tied them to closely to Bush-losing bet. The problem is/was is that these tactics had a short lifespan if countered correctly.<br><br>Palin was an acknowledgement that the strategy was countered by Obama's acceptance speech. So the counter was to exploit the historical nature of the Democratic campaign. And here's to Whiterosebuddy whom hit it out the house: Find a woman whom we can use like Hilliary to go after the Reagan Democrats in her down low manner; exploit race/class differences in a manner in which she can not be called out on it directly. Remember these Reagan Democrats are not for Hilliary's femenist agenda. She sold herself as one of them; small town girl from Scranton whom learned to shoot on her granddaddies knee. All in all a good gambit.<br><br>Gambits however involve sacrifices. The RNC is assuming the Clintons will not be called upon by Obama to counter Palin. I believe they're wrong. <br><br>The Clinton's know from their lose of AfricanAmerican votes in the primary that they were confined to the 8th level of hell. That level is for TRAITORS and is divided into four sections. The two sections that they know they are guilty of being a traitor to kin; ask Toni Morrison. The other is Benefactors; the Democratic Party. <br><br>If they don't do everything, including dying, for Obama the responsiblity for him losing will fall justly on them. The tactics Palin will use have been perfected by the Clintons. The African American community will never forgive them for putting it out there. The party will be forced to recognize thay they made a mistake in not insisting on party first and looking for a fall guy.<br><br>Thus they have no choice but to go back out and stand on the back of pickup trucks and hay bales.  It is the only way to save their legacy because Palin undid their confession at the convention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_16:09:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1915128, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  Co-signing, for the most part on the content BUT more so on the CONCEPT!!!   <br><br>Rapid Response  -  GOOD!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:43:50", "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": 1912819, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Neither he nor McCain have executive experience.  Besides she only has 1 year of experience as a governor. So lets not put lipstick on a pig.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:15:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 1916307, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Daily Show Backgrounder on Obama: <a href=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=183509&title=Barack-Obama:-He-Completes-Us rel=\"nofollow\">Barack Obama-- He Completes Us.</a><br><br>Funny.<br><br>Edited to Add: OOPS!! Put in the wrong link. Sorry! It's corrected now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:43:05", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "B~<br><br>I agree; the pick is as cynical as it is unimpressive.  <br><br>But one thing strikes me: she is an unknown.  Yet isn't \"<i>unknown</i>\" the very excuse that folks have been giving the closet bigot voters?<br><br>With Palin, it would seem that the \"unknown\" excuse goes away.<br><br>... unless the media convinces us that we've somehow always known her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:54:35", "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": 1911496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If voters are being asked to overlook Wright/Ayers/Rezko, et al, does this make any difference at all?<br><br>I know Republicans already knew about this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:01:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911316, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not saying it's right or wrong...just that it is coming.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:28:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916427, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For someone who chose the moniker callgirl, you have a lot of nerve writing a snide personal attack. I don't give two cents about your correct spelling given that it is the substance of what I stated that matters. So you keep spelling correctly and I will continue writing cogent analysis, that you need to resort to attacking the messenger since you have nothing factual to rebut the commentary with.<br><br>Your reasoning is shallow. The Obama strategy for the southern strategy is not the issue. My post did not address the brilliance of that campaign. It addressed the shrewedness of the mcCain campaign with regard to affirmative action which is a wedge issue in America that the GOP has consistently used to divide and win campaigns on.<br><br>It seems to me that you are a women who has little depth of knowledge when it comes to history, politics and especially as regards race and gender in america. In fact, your remarks speak volumes about the paucity of your intellect on the topic.<br><br>In fact, you are the one who is appalling if you do not understand how white women and men are going to get behind Palin!!<br><br>Or maybe you are just a person of color who validates all the stereotypes of people who have sperm receptacles and call themselves callgirl.<br><br><br>ps...i know it says cali...it ain't a typo...also in the future, will you please refrain from posting to me unless you have some actual facts and data to support your inane blathering.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:17:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913392, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From TPM:<br><br>Obama's Speech Heavy In Specifics and Direct Hits --Thanks To McCain's Attacks<br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/obamas_speech_heavy_in_specifi.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>The ultimate irony of  tonight's speech may be that John McCain's attacks on Obama as a celeb lighweight may have actually forced Obama to make a stronger, more grounded, and more politically-effective speech than he otherwise might have.<br><br>Obama proved tonight -- again -- that he's one of the few most gifted public communicators of the last generation. But this time, he proved it by not excelling in soaring rhetoric or delivering a speech that will be remembered for the ages. Rather, he recognized that tonight's speech didn't have to be an effort to join the Rhetorical Hall of Fame.<br><br>Obama has been getting hammered for weeks now by Republicans as a puffed-up showman who loves the sound of his own voice when it fills stadiums. This clearly created some consternation among Dems and Obama advisers, and Obama adjusted accordingly.<br><br>No question, Obama hit plenty of emotional and rhetorical high notes as he ran through his bio and promised a tough fight with the Republicans. But the speech was strong because of its specificity -- because it laid out a detailed case as to why he's the right choice, and McCain's the wrong choice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:24:13", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val,<br>You need to stop and start thinking like mainstream America. Palin represents an affirmative action FEMALE vs. an affirmative action BLACK.  The same thing we all see in our jobs in corporate America.<br><br>Black folk in corporate America  know this well. The white female without experience is consistently selected, fast tracked and promoted over blacks with far better credential.<br><br>Recall, Ferraro already was out there like Archie Bunker whinning about Obama having no experience.<br><br>This may very well be the death knell.<br><br>We are not even discussing the historic marker Obama made. We are all focused and so is the media on,<br><br>The unqualified white woman...who shoots bears and has a pro-life agenda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:22:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1912873, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks for some background info", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:22:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1912147, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's not serious <br><br>If it were Kay Bailey Hutchinson, I wouldn't have to like it, but I wouldn't have to think that this was a fucking Hail Mary.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:14:00", "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": 1913028, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Happy Birthday, John McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:01:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D - what the crap is going on with McCain?  Somebody slap him.  He would have been better off with Pawlenty (as he decided before Obama made his speech), Rometty or even Liebermann.  What about Condi . . . there are many other qualified women out there.  McCain has badddd judgement.  The idiot didn't even think abou the fact that even the most AVID Hillary supporter WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANOTHER WOMAN.  The man is 72 years old.  72.  Do you think that Palin (who McCain said -- he did not hire her because of experience) can run the country if McCain has to undergo cancer treatment, is sick or god forbid -- croaks --Can she run the country? No.  <br><br>Slap him.  where is my competition?  WTF?  I want my money back.  McCain is an idiot.  Badddd Judgement Bad Bad Bad", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:55:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ABC Polling Data:<br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/PollTracker/fullpage?id=5611512\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/PollTracker/f...</a><br><br>Obama = 49%       McAncient  = 45%", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_04:25:14", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "scary!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:46:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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": 1909853, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama has spent the entire primary season persuading independents and moderates that age & experience do not automatically make one a more qualified leader.<br><br>Moderates and independents who believe that as well, will see the hypocrisy of the one-term Senator and former 'community organizer' attacking her ability to lead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:55:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912243, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How will men feel about Palin being implicated in the firing of her sister's husband who was involved in a custody battle at the time.   How will women respond to that information.<br><br>Biden won't rip into her the way he might a man.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:14:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912552, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Now, I think McCain's team looked at how \"honorably\" Barack treated Hillary, and assumed that it was a weakness. That he wouldn't risk being seen as the Angry Black Man beating up on a white damsel.<br><br>But I think that McCain's team miscalculated.</i><br><br>Yep.  I think the main reason Barack pulled his punches (excuse the term) with Hillary had more to do with her being a fellow Democrat, and he said as much.  So I have no doubt that Biden, with BO's blessing, is going to make quick work of Palin in their debate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:22:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": 1912659, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Claims being the operative word.  Last night he \"claimed\" not to do any negative campaigning against Barack in respect to what yesterday represented.  But less than a few hours later, he sent out an attack ad.<br><br>Next Kelly O'Donnell said - McCain selected Palin because he wanted to take the \"experience\" question off the table??????? Per McCain - the responsibility of the VP is to inquire about the health of the President.  He did not want his VP to be more knowledgeable than he is . . . . .WTF????? Whattttt???<br><br>By next week, he will change his mind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:29:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1911484, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama because the state of Illinois is bigger and more diverse than Alaska. And what I mean by diverse  I talking about the economy  and mixture of rural and urban areas. After all Chicago is the second largest city in the country.  He also taught constitutional law. He is currently a US Senator.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:44:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 1915748, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, just give them a few days. You know how sperm receptacle people are...they get all EMOTIONAL first.  It is a consequence of their hormones.<br><br>Wait until Pat Buchanan and Kristol and Hume and all the rest of the right start talking and telling them why this is a 'historic ticket' for women to elect the first VP.<br><br>Now it did not work for the Dems because that affirmativeaction *unt Ferraro had a hubby with mob connections and shady finances to go with it.<br><br>But this time. this time they will be able to elect a woman who values LIFE.<br><br>Race vs. gender ..is going to dominate the election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:45:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1914623, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just drove past Obama's house on my way back to the office, they have put of cement barricades around the perimeter of his house forming a kind of cul-de-sac.<br><br>I guess that is the final confirmation on him being the official democratic candidate.<br>You know it's serious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:20:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "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}, "1912348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "s - I am hoping that you are not as stupid as your commentary makes you out to be.  <br><br>When Morning Joe is saying this is a LOUSY decision -- something is wrong.  He said that before the pick was announced.  He did not pick the most qualified republican woman either.  <br><br>How stupid is that?  And to say that he didn't want anyone to be more intelligent than he is  -- what is she?  Window dressing?  This race is so over.  What a freakin idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1912169, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I understand your point, but I think it was intentional.  They had already given a presentation about MLK and had his son speak, which I thought was appropriate.  But, even though he didn't mention his name, I thought the last part of the speech, when he invoked MLK, was the most powerful and effective.  He has to tread a fine line with invoking, probably the most quoted, revered speeches in history--as well as the comparison to a great leader, to where we are today.  I think that in the past, others have overplayed the MLK card and it cheapened his legacy.  To me, the themes of MLK's speech were playing out in that stadium with the diversity of the crowd and the historical signficance of the moment.  <br><br>As far as Joe Biden, I don't know the history of the bankruptcy bill, so I won't speak on it, but what I do know is that no matter who would be in his position, I could probably pick out a position or a policy that I wouldn't agree with.  I don't think there will be a perfect VP candidate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:48:08", "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": 1909830, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought it was good in that he didn't attempt to infringe on MLK;s legacy; plus the rethugs would be quick to say he had no right to claim MLK's dream (due to his background).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:48:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1909830, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you on meth? The debates are not in Miss America question and answer format. Biden will simply make her out to be the Dan Qualye of the female gender. Too bad for you that Barack Obama is not Mike Dukasis", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:29:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914143, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're right.<br><br>It's been said that the presidency isn't the place for on the job training. I'd like to think that's what the VP spot is for......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:16:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915413, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Any time you have Smiley and Malveau speaking they are going to attack Obama and undermine him in anyway they can.  West goes back and forth, sometimes it is positive other times he piles on with them.<br><br>I do not care if I ever hear from Smiley or Julianne Malveaux (suzanne is with cnn).<br>Malveaux was even talking smack with soledad O'brien when she did Blacks in America...Soledad had to shut her down cause Malveaux was on there talking about,  paraphrasing here 'damn the brothers sisters just gotta do it for themselves'<br>I kid you not.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:15:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1915246, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes it does because that debt isn't going to just magically disappear. Hey, I'll put $5 on it too! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:48:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "marvy", "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": 1912940, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From HuffPost:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/obama-delivers-and-then-s_b_122273.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/obama-...</a><br>Obama Delivers, And Then Some<br><br>ENOUGH said!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Go O-B '08!!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:19:50", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ruse? He's the 'Maverick' he claims to be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:03:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Removed:  Wrong one.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:45:50", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:27:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910880, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D. officially reserves all comment on Sarah Pallin until he does a lot more research.<br><br>I don't know who she is, other than Alaska's governor.<br><br>But....really.....the picture of her they have on CNN's front page right now does <b>not</b> inspire confidence. She looks like a candidate for Rookie of the Year, not the vice presidency.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:24:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912775, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Someone smarter than me is going to have to take this on in a manner that's a lot less visceral than what I'm writing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:31:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911874, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow.  Palin????<br><br>I'm really not trying to be partisan when I say this . . . <br><br>I'm sure conservatives will disagree.  But this pick is NOT impressive.<br><br>Seriously.  This strikes me as a completely reactionary decision.  This is John McCain placing his stamp of approval on the idea that this is going to be a \"change\" election.  He can't beat Obama in a \"change\" election.<br><br>It also brings up another consideration.  People are starting to ask whether McCain and the Republicans are believing their own spin a little too much.  This pick sells women voters short.  I've already heard a few people say it's like McCain thinks women will vote purely on identity politics.  It suggests that McCain really DOES NOT get it.<br><br>Furthermore, this seems like a complete contradiction.  People are already asking the question:  How does McCain slam Obama for inexperience with Palin one heartbeat away from the presidency?<br><br>Plus, she's an unknown.  An unknown attached to scandal.  What happened to the first rule of veep selection:  Do no harm?<br><br>I'll have to study up on her.  She is an unknown.  Maybe she's got some great qualities that people haven't seen yet.  But this feels like a reactionary choice.  A shallow attempt to trump the \"change\" card.<br><br>Who knows what will happen.  But I'm even more confident of Obama's chances after this selection.<br><br>I thought the veep selection was the first major decision of a candidate's Fall campaign?  What does this say about McCain?  Again, it doesn't look like McCain put a lot of thought in this pick.<br><br>Again, I'm not trying to be partisan.  But this is not an impressive pick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:04:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't forget the vaseline GreenLady! LOL!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:46:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915612, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1922251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Their strategy was to use the media to create as many false issues as possible- experience, character, UFO's, greek columns- and keep that discussion going. Any real discussion of the issues tied them to closely to Bush-losing bet. The problem is/was is that these tactics had a short lifespan if countered correctly\"<br><br>Hmmm, interesting. I had not considered this as just another distraction. Certainly possible. Whatever it is, if Karl Rove is involved, it is not good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_21:21:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "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": 1918597, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1925425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Those people you refer to, I doubt any, ANY of them are reading here. <br><br>I mean, lets get real.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-30_02:04:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915287, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1918158": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val--you are onto something here.  Look, from what little I know about the woman we disagree on several issues, but I'm not going to put her down just for sport.  But people who are defending this choice really need to cut the bullshit.  <br><br>He did this for strategy pure and simple.  I'm not a Hillary supporter, but as a women, I can't believe that both McCain and Palin think women in general are that stupid.  As much as I disliked Hillary during the primary, Palin can't hold a candle to her.  If he was going to pick a women, why not  pick someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson, or Condi Rice?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:44:27", "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": 1913409, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Glad to see you exhaling.  I was worried about you for awhile.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:28:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": 1915615, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I co-sign to this Rhonda and hope you are feeling better. Glad to hear you will be out of the hospital soon.<br><br>The Republican's should be embarrased but something tells me, they think they have a one up ... they are out of touch ... and very clueless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:47:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 1914876, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain has more stamina and vigor than Dems want to give him credit for. If you think he is McAncient and at death's door, cast your vote for Obama.<br><br>I see Palin as no MORE of a risk than Obama himself...and at least she echos my more independent, conservative views.<br><br>Trying to tear her down makes you look petty and small.<br><br>Obama provided that opening by picking Biden as his running mate, and McCain was smart enough to take advantage of the opening.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:48:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914635, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I will state first, that I have not seen all of her acceptance speech, but from what I saw ... I would have to greatly disagree.<br><br>*sighs*<br><br>This country had a moment that was great ... then today ... back to the bumbling bullshit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:53:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 1914143, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "B-Serious:  billary said that she wants to be used in this campaign. <br><br>  Here's her CHARGE  -   GO AFTER and BURY Palin,  ESPECIALLY on Her LACK OF \"EXPERIENCE!!\"<br><br>Sounds like a \"CAT FIGHT\" to me!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.:  billary -You got ta snatch off your HOOP earrings, take off easily-removable parts of your WEAVE, take off your necklaces/bracelets and get rid of those heels B4 you enter the fray!!<br><br>Then you gotta SNATCH anything hanging from your opponent AFTER you SCRATCH and give FULL-FISTED PUNCHES!!!<br><br>When she is down, put you bare foot on her and declare VICTORY!!!<br><br>But NO dirty fighting!   It's jes NOT professional!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:17:53", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911944, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, Micheline, I agree.<br>White people who are out of jobs will determine this election.<br>It is the economy vs. affirmative action.<br>Maybe, this time mainstream America will choose their pocketbooks over race. <br><br>I do think this pick may given Obama a real shot at winning Michigan.<br><br>Unless, all the media focuses on is Kwame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:21:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913307, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fox is reporting it's PALIN!<br><br>Beautiful! in so many ways...<br><br>Obama goes back to \"old Washington\" first with Biden, and last night in his 'red meat' speech to the left-wing base.<br><br>John McCain looks forward with a young, dynamic woman who is the face of the future for the Republican party.<br><br>McCain/Palin is the bridge to the future...<br><br>Obama/Binden is the bridge to ...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:30:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910864, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After last night, I don't worry about Obama anymore.  He knows how to neutralize that move.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912789, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I disagree.<br>White men do NOT want to see a possible<br>woman POTUS-----PERIOD!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:44:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From the HuffingtonPost.com:<br><br><i>New McCain Ad Attacks Obama Kids<br>Posted August 26, 2008 | 10:16 AM (EST)<br>Andy Borowitz<br><br>In what might be his most controversial attack ad in a campaign dominated by them, presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee John McCain today launched a new TV spot attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill)'s two children.<br><br>According to political insiders, a negative ad targeting a rival's offspring is highly unorthodox, especially when the children in question are under the age of ten.<br><br>But after the two Obama kids scored in their performance on national television last night at the Democratic convention, \"we had to do something to give the American people some straight talk on those two brats,\" Sen. McCain said today.<br><br>In the ad, which is being broadcast in key swing states, an announcer intones, \"They're the cutest children in the world - but are they ready to lead?\"<br><br>The spot uses visuals to link the two Obama kids to other famously cute kids, such as the young Drew Barrymore and the Cabbage Patch dolls.<br><br>The commercial goes on to blast the Obama children for \"smiling and giggling but refusing to state their position on offshore oil drilling.<br><br>While some critics questioned how well the ad would play in living rooms across America, Sen. McCain defended it, telling reporters, \"It played very well in all of my living rooms.\"</i><br><br>Okay this is a joke, but since the word satire appeared nowhere in the article and there was a link from page 1 of Huffpo I thought, the first two times I read it, it was real.  Which may say something about McCain (or more likely my intelligence) that I can believe he would target the little Obama girls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_09:46:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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}, "1915111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope you are feeling much better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:49:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914876, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is desperate and it shows. It's insulting for him to pick a female candidate with relative little experience, and she'll be  a lame duck like Geraldine Ferraro was. I have to say that I felt a bit of glee thinking about how Biden will bring it during the VP debate. The gloves had better be off! That's why he was selected. After Barack's acceptance speech it is on! And I see blood in the water for McCain. It was scary to see that even Pat Buchanan liked the pseech.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:59:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>\u201cIt is pretty audacious for the Obama campaign to say that Governor Palin is not qualified to be Vice President. She has a record of accomplishment that Senator Obama simply cannot match. Governor Palin has spent her time in office shaking up government in Alaska and actually achieving results -- whether it\u2019s taking on corruption, passing ethics reform or stopping wasteful spending and the \u2018bridge to nowhere.\u2019 Senator Obama has spent his time in office running for President.\u201d --Jill Hazelbaker, McCain Communications Director</i><br><br>Statement of fact: we have two inexperienced people here; Obama and Palin. Both are paired with respected, experienced leaders from their respective parties.<br><br>Only one of them, though, is running for President.<br><br>At worst, the experience argument is a draw now. At best, it tends toward Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:49:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915592, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like a photo-op.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:35:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You cannot compare Obama's experience with Pallin.  In the state of Illinois he passed legislation reforming the death penalty, mandating taped confessions; increasing earned income tax; banning racial profiling; and others. As a US senator  he has passed legislation regarding nuclear proliferation  and ethics. He is currently working on another bill.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:19:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You mean <a href=\"http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.PR-MLK%20BillboardThursday&tp_preview=true\" rel=\"nofollow\">like this?</a><br><br>Showed up in my email this morning, and I damn near threw up. They might get a memo from me.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_09:47:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1909932, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "peggy noonin (WSJ) and andrea mitchell are going at it over the obama speech on morning joe...noonin is of the opinion that it was a pisspoor speech", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:56:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c16a2cd5b24519a3273f3c489a744f7", "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}, "1915128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rob M:   Remember, s is EXERCISING his/her FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.   On a DAILY basis  -   it's  A 1, and a 2 and a 3!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Otherwise,  Co-signing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:50:32", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1913703, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>As governor of an oil-producing state, she's been a friend to Big Oil. </b> <br><br>She's also a friend to foreign companies: <a href=\"As governor of an oil-producing state, she's been a friend to Big Oil.\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=acNe2vW46POk&refer=canada</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:50:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914999, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1918717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They blocked off Greenwood Ave.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_16:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1916584, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yes. the obama strategy of august rope a dopre revealed itself to me on weds night when he appeared and said we will be moving to mile high tommorrow. the clintons gone. big crowd. big tv time. big speech. big climax. was he hurt? was he asleep? then...biff bam boom!. i don't care what any pundit says. sometimes you don't need the judges to know. you just know. mccain emptied his tank. he is out of credibility. he spent it all. and he just had his ugly mug tattoed with laser jabs and combintations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "andyfrombrooklyn", "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": 1908542, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain doesn't want women who voted for Hillary. He wants the white men who supported her. And he is winning them over.<br><br>Sarah Palin is intented to attract moderate, center-right conservative women. Pro-life Catholics and young voters who do not share the values of the far-left (and yes, they are out there.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:00:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912475, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1919234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RobM:   While I exercised my freedom of \"smiles\", I CLEARLY CO-SIGNED with your thoughts!!   :&gt;)  <br><br>I CLEARLY HEARD your request for MORE than talking points.   For the 3rd time that I have chosen to respond to s, I also asked for a SOURCE for those \"talking points\" being stated!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_16:46:17", "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": 1918597, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would definitely complain. Inexcusible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:33:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1910976, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jed:   I'm SO sorry!   :&gt;)    I'll change MY introduction.  :&gt;)  \"Jed Said\" is catchy to me!    :&gt;)  BUT, I'll find a variation!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for pointing this out!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:02:01", "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": 1908788, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915436": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I messed up with the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=acNe2vW46POk&refer=canada\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915129, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "S.  McCain is 72 Seventy Two.  Having a vagina and givng birth does not a leader make.<br><br>If McCain gets sick.  SHE would run the country.  We have two wars with one on the verge.  The economy is in the tank I could give a crap about how she speaks.  What of Carly Fiorina or Condi Rice . . .they have the right stuff.  She is the Alaskan Governor (8000 people) WTF?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:24:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1914143, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1924364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ".....and, having emptied his tank......he makes an erratic move and picks Palin.<br><br>Sometimes I wonder if he did this without even his strategists knowledge or advice.   The repubs seemed awfully unprepared to comment after the announcement.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_22:54:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912062, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "aahhh no they are not.  Most of the media I saw are saying stupid decision.<br><br>Most can't even say anything at all.  What an idiot.  Easy for us dems to win but dumb in the sense that McCain would pick someone with NO experience to run this country.<br><br>They said other than no experience she has the same values as McCain.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:01:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1911673, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin? PALIN??? LMFAO! Desperate Pick. <br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val,<br>If you are a person of color..you know this is simply the lull before the storm.<br>In the coming week we are all going to hear the message change to.<br>The historic GOP ticket and incremental change.<br><br>Folks will take about 'inexperience' and focus on Obama vs. Palin...then they will come back to the fact that McCain 'heads' the GOP ticket not Palin.<br><br>This is southern strategy...divisive on the basis of race vs. gender.<br><br>Some talking head will talk about affirmative action and that will rear up the heads of the stars and bars and NO ONE<br>Absolutely NO ONE<br>will say that WHITE WOMEN are the BIGGEST beneficiaries of affirmative action in this country...whether it is in corporate, government or non-profit sector.<br><br>White women's ascent under affirmative action is unparalled.<br>White men vote for white women because that keeps the money in their families.<br><br>So, as the news sets in we will be in a fight and female hillary supporters will bring up to everyone....suffragetes vs. abolitionists.<br><br>NOT this time they will say...and we will not hear anymore about Palin being unqualified...only that she will be a HISTORIC choice.!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:28:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912959, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Great. But I compare Obama's experience with McCain's.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:20:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915630, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey now!<br><br>It'll make the PUMAs happy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:07:24", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you watching her? She's an amazing speaker! She will hold her own against Biden.<br><br>No one wants to 'take away history' from anyone else. This history belongs to all of us! This election will be about issues.<br>He made a shrewd choice that reinforces (not bolsters) his candidacy. Country first. Reform. Energy Independence. The man best to lead us as Commander-in-Chief.<br><br>Stunning!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:03:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1913409, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She also went back to work THREE DAYS after giving birth.  There's something really discomforting about that.<br><br>I have a 9 month old son.  I could barely use the bathroom three days after having him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:52:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "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": 1911865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thewhitehouseblack.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">thewhitehouseblack.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:35:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "da94ad9bfacee1c8f91a4c7f9c2b30d4", "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}, "1913635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're forgetting a key component of Hillary's support - the white feminist. The one thing a white feminist detests more than the perception of a man jumping before her...is a beauty queen (albeit runner-up to Miss Alaska) with a bachelor's degree from the great Univ of Idaho that just leaped to a VP slot for one reason and one reason only...her uterus. Do you know how pissed off the likes of Gloria Steinhem and the women at NOW are right now?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:54:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1913108, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, you keep believing that. He is going after all the angry PUMAS and the undecided voters hoping that they will pick him just because his VP is a woman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:08:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "marvy", "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": 1911484, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know what I think...McCain probably offered VP to Condoleeza...and Condoleeza turned him down.<br><br>That's the only way that this makes sense to me.  Condoleeza turned McCain down.<br><br>So he went with Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:21:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "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}, "1911595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Color me cynical, but I think this pick was designed to have Barack \"take it easy on the White lady\" the way he had to do with Clinton.  To take advantage of his gentlemanly qualities.<br><br>But something rings artificial about this woman.  And it's only a matter of time before that becomes apparent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:08:35", "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": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911348, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "s:  SOURCE of these \"talking points!\"??", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:53:42", "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": 1911227, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And so what?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:38:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 1915452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I found this on Gawker.<br>Please enjoy some <a href=http://gawker.com/5043378/obamas-posse-heads-out-for-the-weekend rel=\"nofollow\">Friday Fun!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_06:53:42", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lilytiger,<br><br>EXACTLY. . . I was just talking to my sister about that.  We know Hillary Clinton.  She has an EGO.  <br><br>Do Republicans really think she's gonna sit by and let Palin steal her thunder?  Plus she's young.  That means she can run to replace McCain when he's done.<br><br>I've expressed my doubts about Hillary.  But something has me thinking she's looking at the tv saying, \"Ah hell naw!\" at the idea of Palin taking her voters and her spotlight.<br><br>Why?  Because a successful Palin vice presidency would replace Hillary as the most \"powerful\" woman in politics.  She ain't gonna let that happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:27:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911738, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Texas:   Reporters are, generally, saying the same thing.  <br><br>\"McAncient\" is trying ta \"PLAY THE PUMAS!!\"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Hope THEY see this!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:22:51", "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": 1911659, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*stands up and applauds*<br><br>Has hell frozen over??! *lol*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:54:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 1914342, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911605": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Heard her on Glenn Beck not too long ago. Energy hawk; wants to tap Alaska's resources badly. Sounded really enthusiastic. First term governor, which gives her executive experience. That's the extent of what I know, for right now.<br><br>I'm excited about McCain/Palin, but let's be real....we know why. Now we get to see how authentic those PUMAs really are (were?).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:09:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911286, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  Yes, let us all forget the Republican talking points for the past several months about how important experience is in times like these.   And now McCain has chosen someone, who by all accounts is a nice person, but has absolutely no experience on the national stage to be his second in command.   Instead, lets shift our focus to who visited wounded soldiers at Landstuhl a year ago, and who didn't.  <br><br>D, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this became a talking point, but it just provides further evidence that the Repubs are desparate.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916497, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looks like I need to get a new username.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_05:39:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "1de2d33433ebdb3f7247ca125431a441", "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": 1908143, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True that Barack is battling McCain, but it's his call as to how hard Biden fights--<i>anybody</i>.<br><br>Now, I think McCain's team looked at how \"honorably\" Barack treated Hillary, and assumed that  it was a weakness.  That he wouldn't risk being seen as the Angry Black Man beating up on a white damsel.<br><br>But I think that McCain's team miscalculated.  And I'm convinced that Barack is ready to swing on whoever gets in his way.  And Biden gets permission to do the same.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:04:50", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911804, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "-Quick!<br>Unleash the Bill!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:46:03", "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": 1911944, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did Obama pull the rope-a-dope:<br><br>from Andrew Sullivan:<br><i>It was a deeply substantive speech, full of policy detail, full of people other than the candidate, centered overwhelmingly on domestic economic anxiety. It was a liberal speech, more unabashedly, unashamedly liberal than any Democratic acceptance speech since the great era of American liberalism. But it made the case for that liberalism - in the context of the decline of the American dream, and the rise of cynicism and the collapse of cultural unity. His ability to portray that liberalism as a patriotic, unifying, ennobling tradition makes him the most lethal and remarkable Democratic figure since John F Kennedy.<br><br>What he didn't do was give an airy, abstract, dreamy confection of rhetoric. The McCain campaign set Obama up as a celebrity airhead, a Paris Hilton of wealth and elitism. And he let them portray him that way, and let them over-reach, and let them punch him again and again ... and then he turned around and destroyed them. If the Rove Republicans thought they were playing with a patsy, they just got a reality check.<br><br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_05:06:33", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "about whaaaat?<br>Are you speechless becasue she is not just a sperm receptacle or what?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:27:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913453, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Surely you jest.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916561, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine. You, my dear, are no Hillary Clinton.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:09:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "bee8a894b88202226e6833c6c5799691", "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": 1909853, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"D\" <br>I understand why you want experience in the foreign policy arena; lack of it gets people killed unneccessarily.<br><br>The reality is the experience issue is a result  of how badly George Bush did his job across the board.(To me everything he has done and the results were on purpose; I do not believe he is incompetent). Excluding his father, whom was picked for his extensive foreign and military experience for Reagan neither Clinton, Reagan, Carter or Ford had extensive foreign policy experience. Excluding Reagan and <br>Clinton the others had military experience. The key was they had executive experience as governors  As water and ice are exceptions Bush jr is to the others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:56:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1915687, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are right about the white men McCain wants. He wants the one's to whom Hilliary made the most racist appeal to.(which is why they will always be on the lowest circle of hell).  Which tells you alot about McCain. You are right about the women of all classes McCain doesn't want; those whom recognize that a vote for McCain is a vote against their economic and social interests. <br><br>You are right about the pick of Palin(though I  think on the experience issue, which, you have been touting-as a party talking point not your own thoughts-on this site has just been trashed.), She is an appeal to those religious women for whom the teaching of thier religion is their politics. That scenario means if you don't agree w/ me your evil.<br><br>That is such an unamerican position because w/o the freedom of religion offered in our country you could not practice your religion. For example, the tenet of Christian fundamentaism requires that you except Jesus into your heart and as your savior(and I do not claim to know the ins and outs). That means you give up being Roman Catholic or Methodist. Well if you live in Saudi Arabia you can't convert let alone prosleytize(sic?) afterwards. <br><br>I won't respond to your critiques of moderate, center-right, conservative, left and far left because you have no definition of your own.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:31:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1912575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just don't see how this Republican ticket attracts Independents.  She's NRA and hard pro-life.  That's fine if McCain wants to move his campaign even further to the right.  Bye bye Independents.<br><br>So after all of this talk of being a maverick, McCain's gonna run a \"God and guns\" campaign?  Again, bye bye independents.<br><br>The NYTimes just did an article on the Republican corruption going on in Alaska.  McCain is tying himself to this culture when he doesn't have to.  Stevens won the Republican primary --- that's actually BAD news for the GOP because it puts Stevens' scandal in the spotlight against an insurgent Democratic challenger.  Now McCain picks Palin, which puts Alaskan scandal on the national stage???<br><br>Again, not a smart pick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:37:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "mccain tries to change the story from the historic and rivetting speech by introducing us to a woman we have never heard of who is invoved in a judge judy family legal mess in her distant home of alaska. and bitter pundits try to tell us that obama came up short. but he has gone around them and revived the art of speechmaking and brought it to the people. direct.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:37:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "andyfrombrooklyn", "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}, "1919317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "val:   Co-sign!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_16:52:15", "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": 1912348, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK I will reply to myself:  having scanned down further----I see your point.  Excuse me for giving S the benefit of the doubt too fast.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:17:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1912832, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Billary is laughing and Caraville has broke out the champagne.</b><br><br>Well, if this is true, they want to stop celebrating and think about this: McCain is in his 70s and has already suffered 2 bouts of cancer. God forbid he passes on to Glory, Sarah will be the FIRST female president ---- a title Hillary wants. <br><br>It would be in her and her supporters best interest to help a brother out and send this beauty queen back to Alaska.. ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:25:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912789, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:55:41", "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": 1916106, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1918184": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "s,<br>Palin is still  a right winger a Bushite that is not change that we can believe in.  As a feminist I would never vote for her because I am pro-choice. Just as I would never vote for JC Watts because I am black. Conservative ideology has been a destructive force. Eight is  enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:46:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 1916312, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They didn't complain about Ferraro and they are not going to complain about Palin.<br>Steinem has already been out there during the primaries if you recall with the op-ed in the NY Times where she framed this as a suffragette vs. abolitionists issue.<br>Steinem already said that white women got the vote after black men.<br><br>Perhaps you do not recall how she was calling for black females to join up with them and HarrisLacewell, ripped her a new one?  That sister from Princeton told Steinem where she got off the train at the wrong stop when trying to equate the black females suffering with that of the entitled white female.<br><br>So, Steinem is happy. Hillary is happy. Feinstein is happy.<br><br>Miranda, did you even listen to Hillary's speech. Why the hell do you think she brought up Harriet Tubman?<br><br>To remind women of the suffragettes BREAKING with the abolitionists!  To remind white females that blacks were still enslaved when WHITE women were passed over for the vote.<br>She said that on the 88th anniversary of white females getting the right to vote!<br><br>She exhorted them to 'keep goin'...and Palin...is what they can keep goin to and vote for historic change.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:07:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913635, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From The New Republic Blogs:<br><br><i>--The most powerful moment for this viewer was midway through the speech when the camera cut away (once again) to Michelle Obama gazing up at her husband. She did not look in awe of the man at the podium, nor did she seem to be acting for the camera. Rather, she looked extraordinarily proud of her husband and life partner, and the expression on her face radiated all of the ups and downs of what must be an exhausting stage in their life together. Her face reminded me, more than anything else, of the look Ingrid Berman gives Paul Henreid in Casablanca after he demands that the band at Rick's play La Marseillaise. Tonight's moment only lasted a few seconds, but the evening was worthwhile for it alone.<br><br>--Isaac Chotiner <br></i><br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/08/29/night-4-round-up.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archiv...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_05:16:10", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1921889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"No one is even talking about how McCain is SEVENTY-TWO today! It is his birthday.\"<br><br><br>Actually they are. Repeatedly. It is being pointed out that you have a presidential candidate who is old as hell, has a history of cancer, and Pawlin is only \"a hearbeat\" away from being President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_20:39:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "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": 1912789, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Breaking NewsSen. John McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on GOP ticket for White House, CNN learns.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:40:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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}, "1915748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One was a representative of the people in a district of IL; the other was the head of the government in the state of Alaska.<br><br>If that's all I gave you to make your pick for vice president on, who would you choose?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915630, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes it makes a difference.  I have never seen a comment from you that was not a direct reflection of Republican talking point sheets. You do not offer us posts from other blogs, magazines and/or newspapers that would show a iota of independent thought. t<br><br>the result of this is you consistently look like not only a hypocrite but an idiot. In the post here you mention three people  in Obmam's past whom you say are a reflection of Obama's character. When confronted about character w/your choice you say it doesn't make a difference. adifference you swear is important to you and your politcial choices.<br><br>We know you are a troll. We understand that debating you will not have you look at yourself and reflect on your thinking.  But damn you're an AfricanAmerican and we would appreciate you just not being an embarassment. It is very simple to do just shut up sometimes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:57:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1911440, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "s, go back under your rock from whence you came", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:06:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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": 1912575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The PUMAs wanted Hillary and ONLY Hillary...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:12:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911574, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey u guys go 2 <a href=\"http://dimewars.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">dimewars.com</a> and listen 2 cornel west, tavis smiley and suzanne malveaux say that obama dropped the baton with his speech and didn't say enough about Dr. King.....i'm sorry my peeps but is it moe or does it seem like negro's will find anything 2 complain about", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "barry4obama", "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}, "1912637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She is saying that she wants the VP role to be more clearly defined. She wants to do more than take the President's blood pressure.<br><br>You guys are really smarter than this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:03:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912299, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just for you D<br><br>From <a href=\"http://www.ontheissues.org:\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ontheissues.org:</a><br><br>Sarah Palin on Families & Children<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Free Trade<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Government Reform<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on War & Peace<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Welfare & Poverty<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:32:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1913028, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's official. McSame picked Sarah Palin. This is clearly a ruse to attract women voters and shows his desperation. I really hope that they don't fall for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:41:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "marvy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But where has he led? Yes, he's taught, organized, and gotten significant legislation passed.<br><br>That doesn't, however, translate into the experience gained by being a governor. Or a mayor, for that matter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:58:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916069, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OT but FUNNY!<br>Especially #3<br><br>Our President!  HA!<br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.6&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel=\"nofollow\">#1</a href><br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.7&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel=\"nofollow\">#2</a href><br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.8&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel=\"nofollow\">#3</a href>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:58:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:   Co-signing, especially on the \"take it easy on the White lady.\"  :&gt;)<br><br>However, in this discussion, Barack's mother WAS one of them!!  He knows what ta do!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:58:41", "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": 1911595, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "S - please.  stop it.  I know you have to be an intelligent person.  Palin is a lousy choice.  Although this only makes it easier for the democrats to win - this just makes for a no - brainer election. <br> <br>McCain clearly believes this country and it's people are nothing but a joke. <br>As an aside - picking a VP - we want someone who can run the country if something goes wrong with McCain.  What say you?<br><br>Even in your world you have to know this is just idiotic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:07:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1912575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain has the media on his side and they are already spinning this as a \"slam dunk\" and will surely drop the just due deserved to Obama in favor of this news like a hot potatoe. What they won't say, however, is that he has begun the end. People who are voting for this man how for the most part are in search of the anti-Obama. You don't chose an unknown, young, FEMALE trying to counter the Democratic ticket this year, you just don't. There are many who will stay home rather than vote for McCain under these circumstances, and Obama was never an option for them. It will come down to TURNOUT. Which camp is more motivated to show up? I think our boy has it in the bag now, I really do...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:12:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915258": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I listened to the speech last night just to listen. I just can not get over how quickly we as a country have reached so much closer to MLK's dream and how much further from the death of Emmett Till by lynching. it was so reassuring that I nodded on some of it.<br><br>This morning having avoided the noise of instant analysis I sat down to read the speech and think about what it meant as a political document. It is a good solid B+.<br>He is not a fire and brimstone preacher nor does he have memorable lines that will quoted to evoke emotion(much of this is because the Democratic party is still interest group oriented and everyone is looking to be acknowledged; thus no one knew when to clap). I was dismayed when he went for the rapier because he never twisted it: McCain won't go to the cave he(osama) lives in. He follows w/ a critique of foreign policy to end w/ i won't be taking positions for political puposes(withdraws the rapier). I mean this isn't a debating contest you still have to win the election and all the poltical positions McCain has taken have been to avoid talking about the issues. Then as the leader he finishes  w/ why his election to the Presidency is a counter to cynicism. Yeah a great finish.<br>So on the whole he reminded me I why he sold me in the first place and convinced me he can sell many others.  But since I want Obama as President I want Biden to be the big red 1 to guard his back.  Not a, brigade, not a MEU the big red 1. I am not electing a martyr.<br>Ask \"D\" if you have any questions.<br><br>\"D\"<br><br>I feel you on the s@#$ you recieved from the RNC. I am big on economics and when they talk clean on those issues I can hang but they always pull out that old fashioned Plessy vs Ferguson s@#$. Democrats you can call them on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:58:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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}, "1912194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i love it laughing wickedly here.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:40:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "andyfrombrooklyn", "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": 1911970, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1919572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NOTE: there is a #4:<br><br>The \"Celebrity\" meme goes out the window.<br>Sarah Palin is a former beauty queen.<br><br>Take care of yourself.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_17:15:18", "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": 1914876, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Everyone single one of these comments are going to piss off, smalltown people, pro-life people and especially unqualified white 'entitled' females all over the nation.<br><br>Those females are going to rally around Palin, they are not going to let the media treat her 'shabbily and chauvinistically'...like the press treated hillary.<br><br>Not ths time they are going to say.<br><br>O my, I am worried...these comments are not going to bring in voters other than those already behind Obama.<br><br>It was a blessing not to have these folks making comments before the nomination. None of them are driving Obama's message here.<br><br>The best of the off message  bunch is Clyburn until he brought up Quayle, as that was a winning ticket.<br><br>I am glad folks are finally speaking out against Ferraro..she needs to be the recipient of ceaseless scathing attacks given her antics during the primaries and how she destroyed Mondales ticket, after being the affirmative action choice on that ticket because Feinstein had financial issues...that traitor Ferraro stepped on the ticket knowing all along her mafia ties hubby was a disaster for the ticket.<br><br>The only person on message of all these comments is DONNELLY.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:00:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1914999, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am scared about McCain's VP selection.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_09:13:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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}, "1916312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "d,<br>McCain employed the classic military maneuver known as the pincer movement. Focusing all of Obama's effort and energy into defending the experience question, while outflanking him on 'change' by choosing a woman and 'reform' by choosing some one who is about as \"far from Washington as one can get.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:58:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1916002, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is Cali as in California girl.<br><br>Just pointing it out.<br><br>:-0", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:30:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914514, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1919892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was beautiful.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_17:41:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "malletgirl02", "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": 1908575, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "agree", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:09:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1912552, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val, do you know how old Ronald Reagan was when he was elected?<br><br>Maybe, Palin will resign as soon as the GOP wins, for family reasons...you know to take care of her down syndrome baby.<br><br>Then mcCain gets to pick the VP he wanted all along Lieberman.<br><br>Endless war...forever...nuclear holocaust...Russia will nuke us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:31:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 1914635, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From The Politico:<br><br>Rahm Blames McCain For Bringing Up Race<br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12886.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12886...</a><br><br><br>Representative Rahm Emanuel, 5th Congressional District of Illinois speaking and former senator Tom Daschle (SD) during the breakfast.<br>Photo: Robert A. Reeder<br>Previous Image \t 1 of 5  \tNext Image<br><br>Paying Republicans a backhanded compliment, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday that the McCain campaign had succeeded in making race a factor in this presidential election.<br><br>\u201cThey did a good job bringing up a topic they wanted brought up,\u201d Emanuel said. By suggesting the Obama campaign had brought up race first, he added, Republicans had managed to raise the issue without provoking backlash.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:12:30", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All women are not pro-abortion, old-school feminists like Clinton.<br><br>We are witnessing a generational shift for both parties and as Obama is the fresh young face, and the promise of the Democrats, Palin is the fresh young face and promise of the Republicans.<br><br>I'm happy that Obama has earned his place in history, and I feel the same about Palin.<br><br>If you want Obama, got get out the vote, speak to the issues and win this election. Quit disparaging Palin, whining, feeling offended. If you feel you have the winning ticket, support it.<br><br>Republicans are energized, something that Obama did not think McCain could do, and counted on him picking a VP as dull and boring as Biden. <br><br>Depressing Republican turnout was key to the Dems strategy. They wanted McCain to choos a pro-abortion candidate that would make his base to stay home. There is little chance of that now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:00:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915086, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie:   She could have, at least, gone to Wikipedia!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;  PUL-EEEEEEEZ!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Nice pick up!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:29:16", "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": 1912299, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "whiterosebuddy - I get where you are going.  But you misunderstand.  We already made history with HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA.  Both had similar agendas and had a strong plan and background.  They both had experience and the support needed to run this country. <br><br>Palin got hired because she will do what McCain says, does not have any experience and most importantly she has a VAGINA.  <br><br>It is important for me to know someone will take us off the currant path to change the direction we are going in -- to include addressing the issues of healthcare, education, supporting a womans right to choose.  Palin does none of this.  She is just like McCain who is JUST LIKE BUSH.  <br><br>Screwing my husband and pushing out kids does not make me qualified to run this country.  This is an insult to every woman and even the Hillary women know it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:34:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1912877, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People take things too far.  And I am including people from both the left and the right.  The truth of the matter is,  no one can say for certain the people or the policies that MLK would support if he were alive today.  I think that his family and close friends deserve some leeway because they obviously knew him best, but otherwise, invoking MLK in this way cheapens his legacy. <br><br>This statement was one of the reasons that I was upset with the Dem debate question that asked the candidates, if MLK were alive today, who would he support.  What a stupid question.  His legacy has become a political stunt and it is truly sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:15:16", "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": 1910513, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1908143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jed Said:<br><br>I'm Still Awestruck<br><a href=\"http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/im-still-awestruck.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/im-still-awest...</a><br><br>Great pic of nominees and their families!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:18:13", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val,<br>I am in total agreement with you on this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:42:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911854, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama and his supportesr are between a rock and a hard place now. ---<br><br>What hard place? LOL We won' stop being supporters because McSame picked a woman. What hard place are we in? Because Palin's a woman we all now have to go home and vote McCain? I fail to see how WE'RE in a hard place.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:42:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "245857794a8d4da90a73fbb64352b916", "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}, "1915316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  O.K.   I'll join you in in chorus!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Now where did I put my choir robe!???  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)       1 more year   -   \"McAncient\"   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:01:36", "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": 1911448, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:   SIMPLY  Co-signing!!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:32:54", "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": 1909693, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1916342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gov Palin has been successful in her short term as Governor of Alaska by SECURING PROPOSALS FOR A FOREIGN COUNTRY<br><br>In Jan 2008, Palin helped secure a proposal for CANADIAN company TRANSCANADA for a 1,715-mile $26 billion pipeline running from the northern slope to Alberta.  In the proposal, it is suggested that the US government might need to take on some of the huge risk of the pipeline by signing in as \"bridge shippers.\"<br><br>This means the government would agree to pay some of the pipeline transportation fees--potentially billions of dollars---should gas producers not commit enough gas initially to operate the line at full capacity.<br><br>If TransCanada has the state license for this pipeline, it will still not control any of the North Slope prodigious 35 trillion cubic ft. of gas.  It would have to persuade the companies  that control most of the reserves---Conoco, Exxon Mobil, and BP  to commit to shipping their gas through the new pipeline.  Without such pre-construction contracts, no pipeline can be built.<br><br>Essentially, she OUTSOURCES to a CANADIAN company, in which there is enormous risk to the US govt-----that same foreign  company has no rights to the gas and will have to rely on BIG OIL to permit it  to ship the oil.  Basically this is a proposal that rewards a foreign company funded by U.S. tax dollars, who is under the control of Big Oil----who benefits without putting forth a dime for the development of the pipeline.    Sounds like a win-win situation for CANADA and BIG OIL---not so good for taxpayer dollars.  By the way, Palin's husband is employed by BP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_15:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just went to a puma site that is mainly older lesbians. They are putting on a brave face but one post left unanswered is that if this ticket wins two things happen. Hillary loses her place in history and the kind of woman the nation feels comfortable with is one who isn't like them and doesn't approve of them.<br><br>Harsh world for those ladies, I am kind of digging it personally.<br><br>Go Obama", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:16:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911574, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How Palin will help McCain:<br><br>1.  \"the attractive young governor . . . would provide much-needed energy and youth to a ticket whose main candidate is frequently on the receiving end of \"he's so old\" jokes\";<br>   2. \"Palin would give Hillary-voters frustrated by their candidate's loss and still unsure about Obama a reason to shift over to McCain\";<br>   3. \"Palin is as far from a Washington insider as you can get\";<br>   4. \"Palin can help McCain focus on energy security, an issue that could be Obama's Achilles' heel\"<br>   5. \"most important, Palin could do something few Republicans seem interested in or able to do these days: Help fuse the two pillars of the Reagan Revolution, traditional conservatives and libertarian Republicans.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:46:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1909693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay with risking being ridiculed like barryforObama or Eric Micheal Dyson, I gots to say the O man looked like \"fiyah\" in that suit!<br><br>Other simple observations are that I love Jill Biden, I loved how she sort of put her arms around Malia and Sasha and ushered them out when she and Joe, Michelle, and Barack stood together initially. It was simple and sweet.<br><br>Plus, I thought it was hilarious when I \"think\" Michelle must have told Barack to put Sasha down, he picker her up when he first came out, then she and the girls came out to avoid a wardrobe malfuntion in front of 84,000 people and all of America, lol!<br><br>I also though Malia \"big girl\" hair was cute and Sasha looke like a little doll. They all looked fab!<br><br>Okay, you all can proceed with more profound observations, lol!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_08:13:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "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}, "1912169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is wishful thinking on your part.<br><br>Sarah Palin is the conservative Barack Obama.<br>Bad move not putting Hillary on the ticket.<br>Obama and his supportesr are between a rock and a hard place now. <br>Scrambling to attack her youth and 'inexperience'.<br><br>Oh the irony!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:38:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911854, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I see both sides, but I think you have a good point. She's a white woman with five kids, one of whom is in the military. They will tout her as the the perfect, gun-toting, working mommy of a special needs child, while ignoring the fact that this working mother left her DS baby to go back to work three days later. They will also ignore that McCain and Republican politics hurt most working mothers who aren't governors. They will also ignore that the war is going to last forever, touting both McCain and Palin's military sons while ignoring/discounting Biden's. Some of the white feminists may feel insulted by this pick...but the others who don't think anyway, will run with this chick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:21:41", "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": 1913979, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It won't come to that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:17:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911619, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "it would work if she didn't have the opposite view of Clinton's female supporters.<br><br>And I think we learned from the primaries that the back woods folks would rather pick the black man over the white woman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:47:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1911154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D. how do you feel about Palin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:50:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1910864, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D -- where the heck are you?  WTF is wrong with McCain?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:11:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You can kiss the \"Celebrity\" memo goodbye, too.<br><br>Wasn't Palin a former beauty queen?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:33:42", "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": 1914342, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"...revived the art of speech making.\"  But he was expected to demonstrate he was 'ready to lead.' Your words speak volumes about  who is truly 'bitter.'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:44:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912148, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McBush got f**ked last night...really hard, and without mercy! No foreplay! OK, maybe a little liquored up by the previous night's speakers(hey John Kerry, I see you got to throw that monkey off your back...lol). And, my freinds(no, I'm not mocking anyone here), this was not by force, POW-Johnny has been begging him for this one for weeks...and the black man obliged, giving it to him...straight up the a**...no lubricant.<br><br>On the other hand, we, the American people, were tickled and teased(and licked, perhaps?) all week, and the mastery of Senator Obama was evident. On occasion gentle, and other times hard. Yeah, I liked it. When he was all done, I said, \"Damn, that brother's good!\". This morning when I awoke, I stretched languidly in bed and thought to myself, \"Yeah, I want some more of that...for the next eight years\". <br><br>The content of the speech was superb. It brilliantly, and flawlessly, weaved together his biography, which is of America; his policies for a better America; his promises to enrich the lives of Americans; his contempt for those who dare to attack his love for this country and trivialize this election process with distractions. <br><br>And he accomplished this in atypical fashion...not in the familiar fire-and-brimstone Obama way. You know, though I'm always deeply affected by Obama's speeches, I rarely sit and watch them. I tend to turn up the volume and listen to them, while I do other things. Only turning to look, once in a while, to see if his expressions match the strong intensity of his words. I'm never disappointed.  The muscularity in his neck usually reflect the strength of his words, as he unleashes linguistic fire upon us.<br><br>Last night, however was different. I couldn't describe it until this morning. Yes, at some points, but not all, in his delivery, the heavily pregnant clouds opened up and released hail and freezing rain upon us, lightening coursed through the sky. But at other points, he was more subtle; kind of like what usually happens after such a stormy event: The rainbow.  I am always amazed and surprised when a rainbow appears after a storm. So beautiful, so serene, so peaceful...and full of hope and promise of great things to come. That contrast was what made this speech so masterful in its delivery. <br><br>I dreamt of rainbows last night....(I swear!)<br><br>YES WE CAN!<br><br>Obama/Biden '08,<br><br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:29:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1910737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It looks like it's Sarah Palin.  Which, uhhm, WTF?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1910156, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "s is stupid", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:44:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "andyfrombrooklyn", "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}, "1915767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say what? Does that even make any sense? She claims that  McCain wanted to take one of his own talking points off the table? How do these people get these jobs?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:27:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If she is the conservative version of Barack, then all the same criticisms (inexperienced, \"unknown\", not ready to be commander-in-chief, \"judgment) are applicable to her.<br><br>Face it; fatal choice by Team McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:11:47", "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": 1912169, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No it was not desperate it was shrewd!!<br><br>The Presidential race now boils down to:<br><br>Race vs. gender<br><br>Suffragettes vs. abolitionists.<br><br>That is what Hillary said in her speech!<br><br>Keep goin. This time white women will come first<br><br>That is all this is.<br><br>You see a black man for President is just TOO Much change!1<br><br>Hillary did her job well. She threw the kitchen sink at Obama. If she could not have the nomination Obama would not win.<br><br>Billary is laughing and Caraville has broke out the champagne.<br><br><br>I guess McCain is happy today. Look at this thread. He successfully switched the focus from Obama's historic moment to his VP choice.<br><br>No one is even talking about how McCain is SEVENTY-TWO today!   It is his birthday.<br><br>The birthday he celebrated with Dubya while NewOrleans drowned THEY ATE CAKE!!<br><br>O how I looooove AMERICA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:11:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1912591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well looks like McCain won't be calling her *unt like Cindy.  This Palin may just be a female DickCheney,<br><br>About Palin:<br><br><br>Why Walt Monegan got fired: Palin's abuse of power<br>Last Friday, Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan went into a meeting with Governor Sarah Palin's acting chief of staff thinking he was going to be discussing security for the governor's picnic. He left the meeting without a job.<br><br>The abrupt firing of Walt Monegan was a shock not only to him but all of the men and women of the Department of Public Safety. The way Monegan was fired raises serious questions about the governor's true motives. <br><br>So why was Walt Monegan fired out of the blue? Why would Governor Palin send a surrogate to fire her Public Safety Commissioner and then not have a decent explanation for the public? And why would Monegan's replacement be telling people three days before Monegan got fired, that he was going to become the new Commissioner of Public Safety?<br><br>Walt Monegan got fired for all of the wrong reasons. Walt Monegan got fired because he had the audacity to tell Governor Palin no, when apparently nobody is allowed to say no to Governor Palin.<br><br>Monegan said no, he couldn't cut his budget because his State Troopers were already being stretched to the limit and public safety suffering. He said no, he couldn't cut his budget because fuel costs for planes, boats and patrol vehicles soaring, while crime in rural Alaska was putting more demands on the Troopers transportation system.<br><br>But more alarming than any budget battle, Monegan said no to firing a State Trooper who had divorced Governor Palin's sister because the guy was being maliciously hounded by Palin's family.<br><br>And not just that; Monegan's firing came after his Colonel had to reprimand the governor's office for meddling in department personnel affairs. <br><br><br>Let's repeat that last bit again:<br><br><br>But more alarming than any budget battle, Monegan said no to firing a State Trooper who had divorced Governor Palin's sister because the guy was being maliciously hounded by Palin's family.<br><br>Here is a link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.andrewhalcro.com/why_walt_monegan_got_fired\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.andrewhalcro.com/why_walt_monegan_go...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:37:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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}, "1908185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I SAW THEM!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)           YAAAAAAA!! :&gt;)      And I thanked Ice!!! :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_03:29:52", "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": 1908157, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is why Obama needs to continue to hammer  tieing McCain and Pallin to Bush. He can also say that he is focusing on the issues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 1913108, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well s you were wrong about Meg, but right about a woman. So you get 50% credit which is a lot more then most  got.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_10:49:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1911227, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Morning Joe - ripped into this selection this morning.  Practically called it political suicide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:18:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1911496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Someone needs to bitch slap Borowitz right out of existence. <br>My number one rule is no matter what, under any circumstance do you mess w/ anyone's children PERIOD. <br>I hope Michelle is on the tube right now lying down the law.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:07:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "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": 1910501, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There's a million and one reasons cynical reasons not to vote for McCain/Palin that have nothing to do with the issues. <br><br>I could make a compelling case for McCain-willing to buck the party, government experience, strong military background.<br><br>Right now, Palin's issue-based case boils down to \"Drill here, drill now!!\" Um, okay.....but if Iran gets a nuke and Russia keeps acting foolish, what's she gonna do? Drill for oil?<br><br>As someone who pushed the \"Obama's not experienced!\" theme, I'm not sure what to say now. Her view on Iraq is moot; just like Obama, she wasn't there. National security....well, there's something to be said about being that close to the Russians, but even that doesn't motivate me. The economy? Who knows?<br><br>The enthusiasm is slowly dying.....mostly because of the amount of research that I gotta do now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1913409, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly at everyone. <br><br>This contradicts almost everything.<br><br>1. They cannot hold the inexperience card with Obama.<br>2. They cannot use the \"he is still an unknown\" excuse. When Obama began running, he was a familiar name. He was famous after his 2004 convention speech. She's not.<br>3. They cannot call Obama \"the affirmative action\" candidate because here we go, real \"affirmative action\" benefiting those who have been the number one beneficiaries of affirmative action all along. She got the Geraldine-up grade. <br><br>I love all the excuses that are being made. <br><br>Biden will chew her up in the debates...this should be interesting. <br><br>Well after the convention, last night's speech and after this desperate pick, I have become once again enthusiastic about Obama's campaign. Once I get released (from the hospital) sometime this evening or tommorow, I will be hitting the pavement. I was disillusioned for a moment even though I was still in support of Obama. I am still warming to Biden however this has gotten me even more fired up especially after this past week. I was told to rest but I will not.<br><br>This is pathetic and transparent and as a female, I am offended.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:36:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "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}, "1912299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is Gov. Palin response, when asked about V.P. talk from Larry Kudlow earlier this year:<br><br>Palin:     \"As for that V.P. talk all the time, I'll tell you,  I still can't answer that question UNTIL SOMEBODY ANSWERS FOR ME WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT THE V.P. DOES EVERY DAY.  I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration.  We want to make sure that the V.P. slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alskans and for things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.\"<br><br>Not quite sure what the V.P. does.....Congrats, Republicans on your Vice-Presidential Candidate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:45:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "stupid, stupid, stupid", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:46:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "andyfrombrooklyn", "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": 1912268, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1912819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/memo-to-the-national-black-republican-association/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Memo to the National Black Republican Association</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911874, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1913332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"it would work if she didn't have the opposite view of Clinton's female supporters.\"<br><br>-C'mon, they're PUMA's!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_12:39:20", "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": 1911235, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "K.O. issuing another KO:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/olbermann-rips-ap-reporte_n_122290.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/olberm...</a><br><br>Olbermann Rips AP Reporter Over Criticism of Obama Speech<br><br>In an unusually heated attack on a veteran political reporter by a cable news host, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann laced into the Associated Press's Charles Babington an hour after Barack Obama had concluded his speech in Denver on Thursday night.<br><br>With rare exception, nearly all of the top commentators and reporters on the three cable news networks had hailed Obama's speech as something new and powerful, and filled with specifics, and predicted it would have a positive effect on his chances vs. John McCain. This hallelujah chorus included conservatives such as Bill Kristol and Pat Buchanan and the longtime Republican David Gergen, as well as Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. Buchanan called it the best and most important political convention speech he had ever heard, going back 48 years. <br><br>There is a video!!  You know K. O.!!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:26:34", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "B-Serious:  Co-signing on ALL points!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>And, I'm wondering  -  If \"McAncient\" is \"pimping\"  \"youthful\" Palin, can/will he also \"pimp-slap her!!:&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Just askin' . . . . . . :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:05:52", "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": 1911496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What you don't know about Republicans is ... A LOT!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914588, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1918970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote><i>God forbid he passes on to Glory, Sarah will be the FIRST female president ---- a title Hillary wants. </i></blockquote><br>That's a great point, Sepia.<br><br>Lindsay Graham is on Situation room responding to Wolf's question that if god forbid anything happened to McCain, could she be Commander in Chief.  Lindsay says yes, she's tough....if she can take on Ted Stevens, she can take on the Russians!!!   <br><br>Wolf shows a clip of McCain saying the most important criteria for VP is someone who can take his place. <br><br>OH MY GOD!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_16:25:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1915737, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1914623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well apparently those feminists did not get your memo because their reaction is far from \"ooooo goody!! we's got ourselves a uterus for VP!!\"....far far from it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_13:23:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1914331, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1911804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack is fighting against McCain.  So the context is way off base.  And in a debate with Biden -- she is toast.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_11:20:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 1911595, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1915956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now, the two of you should spank the NBRA for insulting our intelligence by trying to foist the equally stupid \"The Party of Lincoln!!!!\" argument off on us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-29_14:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1911043, "depth": 6, "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": "3861038", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1205571127347642270}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "friday_open_thread_40", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 231, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3861038, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.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=friday_open_thread_40' +
		'&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/friday_open_thread_40/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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_40'
			+ '&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/friday_open_thread_40/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">231</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_40/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/friday_open_thread_40/">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:3861038" 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/friday_open_thread_40/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:3861038" 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:3861038" 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'				: 'friday_open_thread_40',
			// 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/friday_open_thread_40/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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_40'
			+ '&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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_40'
			+ '&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='		+ 'friday_open_thread_40'
				+ '&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/3861038/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) {
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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908542">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908542" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908542">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908542" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908542" class="dsq-comment-message">Did Obama pull the rope-a-dope:<br><br>from Andrew Sullivan:<br><i>It was a deeply substantive speech, full of policy detail, full of people other than the candidate, centered overwhelmingly on domestic economic anxiety. It was a liberal speech, more unabashedly, unashamedly liberal than any Democratic acceptance speech since the great era of American liberalism. But it made the case for that liberalism - in the context of the decline of the American dream, and the rise of cynicism and the collapse of cultural unity. His ability to portray that liberalism as a patriotic, unifying, ennobling tradition makes him the most lethal and remarkable Democratic figure since John F Kennedy.<br><br>What he didn\'t do was give an airy, abstract, dreamy confection of rhetoric. The McCain campaign set Obama up as a celebrity airhead, a Paris Hilton of wealth and elitism. And he let them portray him that way, and let them over-reach, and let them punch him again and again ... and then he turned around and destroyed them. If the Rove Republicans thought they were playing with a patsy, they just got a reality check.<br><br></i></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1909875">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909875">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909875" class="dsq-comment-message">He doesn\'t keep that portrait of Ali hanging on his Senate office wall for nothing.  And Ali was in the building last night.  I must admit I didn\'t see the strategy, but it all came clear last night!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1912062">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912062">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912062" class="dsq-comment-message">yes. the obama strategy of august rope a dopre revealed itself to me on weds night when he appeared and said we will be moving to mile high tommorrow. the clintons gone. big crowd. big tv time. big speech. big climax. was he hurt? was he asleep? then...biff bam boom!. i don\'t care what any pundit says. sometimes you don\'t need the judges to know. you just know. mccain emptied his tank. he is out of credibility. he spent it all. and he just had his ugly mug tattoed with laser jabs and combintations.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1924364">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1924364" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1924364" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1924364">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1924364" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1924364" class="dsq-comment-message">.....and, having emptied his tank......he makes an erratic move and picks Palin.<br><br>Sometimes I wonder if he did this without even his strategists knowledge or advice.   The repubs seemed awfully unprepared to comment after the announcement.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908163">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908163" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908163">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908163" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908163" class="dsq-comment-message">From TPM:<br><br>Obama\'s Speech Heavy In Specifics and Direct Hits --Thanks To McCain\'s Attacks<br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/obamas_speech_heavy_in_specifi.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>The ultimate irony of  tonight\'s speech may be that John McCain\'s attacks on Obama as a celeb lighweight may have actually forced Obama to make a stronger, more grounded, and more politically-effective speech than he otherwise might have.<br><br>Obama proved tonight -- again -- that he\'s one of the few most gifted public communicators of the last generation. But this time, he proved it by not excelling in soaring rhetoric or delivering a speech that will be remembered for the ages. Rather, he recognized that tonight\'s speech didn\'t have to be an effort to join the Rhetorical Hall of Fame.<br><br>Obama has been getting hammered for weeks now by Republicans as a puffed-up showman who loves the sound of his own voice when it fills stadiums. This clearly created some consternation among Dems and Obama advisers, and Obama adjusted accordingly.<br><br>No question, Obama hit plenty of emotional and rhetorical high notes as he ran through his bio and promised a tough fight with the Republicans. But the speech was strong because of its specificity -- because it laid out a detailed case as to why he\'s the right choice, and McCain\'s the wrong choice.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908121">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908121" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908121">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908121" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908121" class="dsq-comment-message">From The Politico:<br><br>Rahm Blames McCain For Bringing Up Race<br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12886.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12886...</a><br><br><br>Representative Rahm Emanuel, 5th Congressional District of Illinois speaking and former senator Tom Daschle (SD) during the breakfast.<br>Photo: Robert A. Reeder<br>Previous Image 	 1 of 5  	Next Image<br><br>Paying Republicans a backhanded compliment, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday that the McCain campaign had succeeded in making race a factor in this presidential election.<br><br>“They did a good job bringing up a topic they wanted brought up,” Emanuel said. By suggesting the Obama campaign had brought up race first, he added, Republicans had managed to raise the issue without provoking backlash.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908143">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908143">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908143" class="dsq-comment-message">Jed Said:<br><br>I\'m Still Awestruck<br><a href="http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/im-still-awestruck.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/im-still-awest...</a><br><br>Great pic of nominees and their families!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908157">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908157">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908157" class="dsq-comment-message">Jed rocks. He totally does. He does great videos. Be sure to catch iceberg slim\'s photodiary. it\'s in the other thread.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908185">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908185">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908185" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I SAW THEM!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)           YAAAAAAA!! :&gt;)      And I thanked Ice!!! :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908788">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908788" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908788" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908788">jed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908788" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908788" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like I need to get a new username.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1914119">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1914119" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1914119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914119">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1914119" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914119" class="dsq-comment-message">jed:   I\'m SO sorry!   :&gt;)    I\'ll change MY introduction.  :&gt;)  "Jed Said" is catchy to me!    :&gt;)  BUT, I\'ll find a variation!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for pointing this out!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908256">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908256">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908256" class="dsq-comment-message">This comes under the heading:<br><br>And he "stood down" for one minute:<br><br>"McAncient" Congratulates Mr. Obama:<br><br><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-to-extend-his-congratulations-to-obama-in-special-ad/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908380">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908380">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908380" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC Polling Data:<br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/PollTracker/fullpage?id=5611512" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/PollTracker/f...</a><br><br>Obama = 49%       McAncient  = 45%</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1908575">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1908575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1908575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1908575">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1908575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1908575" class="dsq-comment-message">From The New Republic Blogs:<br><br><i>--The most powerful moment for this viewer was midway through the speech when the camera cut away (once again) to Michelle Obama gazing up at her husband. She did not look in awe of the man at the podium, nor did she seem to be acting for the camera. Rather, she looked extraordinarily proud of her husband and life partner, and the expression on her face radiated all of the ups and downs of what must be an exhausting stage in their life together. Her face reminded me, more than anything else, of the look Ingrid Berman gives Paul Henreid in Casablanca after he demands that the band at Rick\'s play La Marseillaise. Tonight\'s moment only lasted a few seconds, but the evening was worthwhile for it alone.<br><br>--Isaac Chotiner <br></i><br><br><a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/08/29/night-4-round-up.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archiv...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1919892" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1919892">malletgirl02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1919892" class="dsq-comment-message">That was beautiful.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909038">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909038" class="dsq-comment-message">I found this on Gawker.<br>Please enjoy some <a href=http://gawker.com/5043378/obamas-posse-heads-out-for-the-weekend rel="nofollow">Friday Fun!</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909693">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909693" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay with risking being ridiculed like barryforObama or Eric Micheal Dyson, I gots to say the O man looked like "fiyah" in that suit!<br><br>Other simple observations are that I love Jill Biden, I loved how she sort of put her arms around Malia and Sasha and ushered them out when she and Joe, Michelle, and Barack stood together initially. It was simple and sweet.<br><br>Plus, I thought it was hilarious when I "think" Michelle must have told Barack to put Sasha down, he picker her up when he first came out, then she and the girls came out to avoid a wardrobe malfuntion in front of 84,000 people and all of America, lol!<br><br>I also though Malia "big girl" hair was cute and Sasha looke like a little doll. They all looked fab!<br><br>Okay, you all can proceed with more profound observations, lol!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914805">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1914805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914805" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:   SIMPLY  Co-signing!!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909794">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909794" class="dsq-comment-message">Politico is reporting that it is not Pawlenty!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909853" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909853">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909853" class="dsq-comment-message">Now the speculation is that it\'s Sarah Palin.  And they excuse Democrats of playing identity politics.  LOL!  Their ENTIRE attack is that Senator Obama is inexperienced and not ready to lead, so they are going to put someone younger and less inexperienced, including NO foreign policy experience, on the ticket with a 72-year-old?  I can only pray that Hillary\'s supporters will not fall for this ploy.  In fact, they should insulted that McCain thinks that a vagina, any vagina, is a substitute for Hillary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909917" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909917">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909917" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909917" class="dsq-comment-message">scary!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911619" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911619" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911619">Pam</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911619" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911619" class="dsq-comment-message">I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine. You, my dear, are no Hillary Clinton.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1911746" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911746" class="dsq-comment-message">It won\'t come to that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909830" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909830">Monika</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909830" class="dsq-comment-message">I think I must be the only one put off by the fact that on the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington,  he made only a cursory mention of the historical context.  Did he even mention MLK by name?<br><br>Another thing, he spoke eloquently about the credit crunch and economic problems the country faces now.  I guess we are supposed to forget that Biden voted for the bankruptcy bill made made it difficult for many of us to make a new start after set backs.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909930">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909930" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909930" class="dsq-comment-message">I understand your point, but I think it was intentional.  They had already given a presentation about MLK and had his son speak, which I thought was appropriate.  But, even though he didn\'t mention his name, I thought the last part of the speech, when he invoked MLK, was the most powerful and effective.  He has to tread a fine line with invoking, probably the most quoted, revered speeches in history--as well as the comparison to a great leader, to where we are today.  I think that in the past, others have overplayed the MLK card and it cheapened his legacy.  To me, the themes of MLK\'s speech were playing out in that stadium with the diversity of the crowd and the historical signficance of the moment.  <br><br>As far as Joe Biden, I don\'t know the history of the bankruptcy bill, so I won\'t speak on it, but what I do know is that no matter who would be in his position, I could probably pick out a position or a policy that I wouldn\'t agree with.  I don\'t think there will be a perfect VP candidate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1914888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914888">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914888" class="dsq-comment-message">TRW:   YOU NAILED IT!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  ENOUGH said!!!   :&gt;)    Co-signing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1909932" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909932">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909932" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought it was good in that he didn\'t attempt to infringe on MLK;s legacy; plus the rethugs would be quick to say he had no right to claim MLK\'s dream (due to his background).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1910513" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910513" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean <a href="http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.PR-MLK%20BillboardThursday&tp_preview=true" rel="nofollow">like this?</a><br><br>Showed up in my email this morning, and I damn near threw up. They might get a memo from me.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910880">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910880" class="dsq-comment-message">wow</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1910976" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910976" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911043">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911043" class="dsq-comment-message">I would definitely complain. Inexcusible.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915956">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915956" class="dsq-comment-message">Now, the two of you should spank the NBRA for insulting our intelligence by trying to foist the equally stupid "The Party of Lincoln!!!!" argument off on us.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911717">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911717" class="dsq-comment-message">People take things too far.  And I am including people from both the left and the right.  The truth of the matter is,  no one can say for certain the people or the policies that MLK would support if he were alive today.  I think that his family and close friends deserve some leeway because they obviously knew him best, but otherwise, invoking MLK in this way cheapens his legacy. <br><br>This statement was one of the reasons that I was upset with the Dem debate question that asked the candidates, if MLK were alive today, who would he support.  What a stupid question.  His legacy has become a political stunt and it is truly sad.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911874">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911874" class="dsq-comment-message">Woah....unbelievable...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912007" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912007" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912007" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912007" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone smarter than me is going to have to take this on in a manner that\'s a lot less visceral than what I\'m writing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912819" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912819" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/memo-to-the-national-black-republican-association/" rel="nofollow">Memo to the National Black Republican Association</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915016" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915016">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915016" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915016" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Co-signing, for the most part on the content BUT more so on the CONCEPT!!!   <br><br>Rapid Response  -  GOOD!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910842" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910842">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910842" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910842" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you not see Bernice and MLK III speaking? Did you miss the video? Did you miss Rep. John Lewis? Did you miss the last paragraph of Obama\'s speech? Exactly what did you want him to do in his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America?? Yeah..you ARE the only one put off.<br><br>No, you shouldn\'t foget that Biden voted fro the bankruptcy bill, but you do need to remember that Joe Biden is the senior Senator from DELAWARE.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1920107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1920107">Monika</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1920107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1920107" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m only a voter and I can only speak for myself.  I was underwhelmed by Obama\'s speech.<br><br>I wasn\'t interested in hearing MLK\'s children speak.  While the the tribute John Lewis was nice that wasn\'t the history making moment.<br><br>Obama\'s nomination was.<br><br>I expected more and the moment called for more.<br><br>I wanted a speech for the ages, something that will be as relevant one hundred years from now as it is now.  I needed a speech that tied the struggles of people of color in this country to the larger American story.  Why not mention MLK by name or A. Philip Randolph or any of the organizers of the March on Washington?  Were they not great Americans whose progressive ideas are as important today as they were forty-five years ago.  Why not, for example, salute the countless African American, Latino, Asian American and Native American servicemen who served this country abroad even though they were disenfranchised at home?  They did that so one day a Barack Obama could stand in front of 80,000 fans and claim his nomination.<br><br>Obama had the perfect opportunity to deliver this century\'s Gettyburg\'s address instead we were subjected to 38 minutes of rehashed soundbites, talking points and slogans.<br><br>And what purpose?  To win over white voters?  I don\'t doubt that this "whitewashed" speech (Dr. Julianne Malveux\'s term, not mine) will calm the nerves of undecided voters.  It may even help him win the election, but at what cost?<br><br>If he does win, I pray that he will acknowledge the struggles endured by brown folk who put him in the Oval Office.  Maybe in his inauguration address he\'ll call a few by name.  <br><br><br><br><br>I won\'t hold my breath. <br><br>McKinney 2008</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1909898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1909898">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1909898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1909898" class="dsq-comment-message">Daily Show Backgrounder on Obama: <a href=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=183509&title=Barack-Obama:-He-Completes-Us rel="nofollow">Barack Obama-- He Completes Us.</a><br><br>Funny.<br><br>Edited to Add: OOPS!! Put in the wrong link. Sorry! It\'s corrected now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910005" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910005">99% Honest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910005" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910005" class="dsq-comment-message">peggy noonin (WSJ) and andrea mitchell are going at it over the obama speech on morning joe...noonin is of the opinion that it was a pisspoor speech</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910156" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910156">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910156" class="dsq-comment-message">I am scared about McCain\'s VP selection.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910737">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910737" class="dsq-comment-message">It looks like it\'s Sarah Palin.  Which, uhhm, WTF?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1910864" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1910864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1910864" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1910864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910864" class="dsq-comment-message">Pawlenty\'s out. Fox is reporting Romney is too.<br><br>Palin, on first read, doesn\'t sound bad. In addition to checks in all the conservative boxes, her son is in the Army, and headed to Iraq on September 11.....which could make for a somewhat compelling story to put beside Biden.<br><br>All of a sudden, I\'m a little more enthused.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911286" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911286">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911286" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911286" class="dsq-comment-message">D. how do you feel about Palin?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911605" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1911605" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911605" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911605" class="dsq-comment-message">Heard her on Glenn Beck not too long ago. Energy hawk; wants to tap Alaska\'s resources badly. Sounded really enthusiastic. First term governor, which gives her executive experience. That\'s the extent of what I know, for right now.<br><br>I\'m excited about McCain/Palin, but let\'s be real....we know why. Now we get to see how authentic those PUMAs really are (were?).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911006">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911006" class="dsq-comment-message">Fox is reporting it\'s PALIN!<br><br>Beautiful! in so many ways...<br><br>Obama goes back to "old Washington" first with Biden, and last night in his \'red meat\' speech to the left-wing base.<br><br>John McCain looks forward with a young, dynamic woman who is the face of the future for the Republican party.<br><br>McCain/Palin is the bridge to the future...<br><br>Obama/Binden is the bridge to ...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1910501">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1910501" class="dsq-comment-message">From the HuffingtonPost.com:<br><br><i>New McCain Ad Attacks Obama Kids<br>Posted August 26, 2008 | 10:16 AM (EST)<br>Andy Borowitz<br><br>In what might be his most controversial attack ad in a campaign dominated by them, presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee John McCain today launched a new TV spot attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill)\'s two children.<br><br>According to political insiders, a negative ad targeting a rival\'s offspring is highly unorthodox, especially when the children in question are under the age of ten.<br><br>But after the two Obama kids scored in their performance on national television last night at the Democratic convention, "we had to do something to give the American people some straight talk on those two brats," Sen. McCain said today.<br><br>In the ad, which is being broadcast in key swing states, an announcer intones, "They\'re the cutest children in the world - but are they ready to lead?"<br><br>The spot uses visuals to link the two Obama kids to other famously cute kids, such as the young Drew Barrymore and the Cabbage Patch dolls.<br><br>The commercial goes on to blast the Obama children for "smiling and giggling but refusing to state their position on offshore oil drilling.<br><br>While some critics questioned how well the ad would play in living rooms across America, Sen. McCain defended it, telling reporters, "It played very well in all of my living rooms."</i><br><br>Okay this is a joke, but since the word satire appeared nowhere in the article and there was a link from page 1 of Huffpo I thought, the first two times I read it, it was real.  Which may say something about McCain (or more likely my intelligence) that I can believe he would target the little Obama girls.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914338">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914338" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone needs to bitch slap Borowitz right out of existence. <br>My number one rule is no matter what, under any circumstance do you mess w/ anyone\'s children PERIOD. <br>I hope Michelle is on the tube right now lying down the law.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911138" class="dsq-comment-message">Breaking NewsSen. John McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on GOP ticket for White House, CNN learns.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911154">marvy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911154" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s official. McSame picked Sarah Palin. This is clearly a ruse to attract women voters and shows his desperation. I really hope that they don\'t fall for it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911235">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911235" class="dsq-comment-message">it would work if she didn\'t have the opposite view of Clinton\'s female supporters.<br><br>And I think we learned from the primaries that the back woods folks would rather pick the black man over the white woman.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913332">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913332" class="dsq-comment-message">"it would work if she didn\'t have the opposite view of Clinton\'s female supporters."<br><br>-C\'mon, they\'re PUMA\'s!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911316">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911316" class="dsq-comment-message">Sarah Palin is involved in a scandal. <a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/08/14/alaska-governor-sarah-palin-in-staff-scandal/" rel="nofollow">Oliver Willis called this</a>: <br><br><i><br>Alaska Governor Sarah Palin In Staff Scandal<br>Published August 14, 2008 in Republican Culture Of Corruption and Republicans.<br><br>Just another part of the mountain of Republican corruption that is turning off Alaska’s citizens<br><br>    Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.<br><br>    Palin, who has previously said her administration didn’t exert pressure to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten, also disclosed that members of her staff had made about two dozen contacts with public safety officials about the trooper.<br><br>The bizarre thing is this might make Palin more likely to be McCain’s running mate.<br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911440">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911440" class="dsq-comment-message">If voters are being asked to overlook Wright/Ayers/Rezko, et al, does this make any difference at all?<br><br>I know Republicans already knew about this.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913703">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913703" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes it makes a difference.  I have never seen a comment from you that was not a direct reflection of Republican talking point sheets. You do not offer us posts from other blogs, magazines and/or newspapers that would show a iota of independent thought. t<br><br>the result of this is you consistently look like not only a hypocrite but an idiot. In the post here you mention three people  in Obmam\'s past whom you say are a reflection of Obama\'s character. When confronted about character w/your choice you say it doesn\'t make a difference. adifference you swear is important to you and your politcial choices.<br><br>We know you are a troll. We understand that debating you will not have you look at yourself and reflect on your thinking.  But damn you\'re an AfricanAmerican and we would appreciate you just not being an embarassment. It is very simple to do just shut up sometimes.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915128">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915128" class="dsq-comment-message">Rob M:   Remember, s is EXERCISING his/her FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.   On a DAILY basis  -   it\'s  A 1, and a 2 and a 3!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Otherwise,  Co-signing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1918597">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1918597" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not funny. I am not telling her not to talk. I\'d just like something more than talking points. She runs w/ the character meme since day one and then goes it doesn\'t matter.<br><br>As to Palin: I do not think it is a desperation move. The Republicans have been very aware of the fact they have changed the debate. Their strategy was  to use the media to create as many false issues as possible- experience, character, UFO\'s, greek columns- and keep that discussion going. Any real discussion of the issues tied them to closely to Bush-losing bet. The problem is/was is that these tactics had a short lifespan if countered correctly.<br><br>Palin was an acknowledgement that the strategy was countered by Obama\'s acceptance speech. So the counter was to exploit the historical nature of the Democratic campaign. And here\'s to Whiterosebuddy whom hit it out the house: Find a woman whom we can use like Hilliary to go after the Reagan Democrats in her down low manner; exploit race/class differences in a manner in which she can not be called out on it directly. Remember these Reagan Democrats are not for Hilliary\'s femenist agenda. She sold herself as one of them; small town girl from Scranton whom learned to shoot on her granddaddies knee. All in all a good gambit.<br><br>Gambits however involve sacrifices. The RNC is assuming the Clintons will not be called upon by Obama to counter Palin. I believe they\'re wrong. <br><br>The Clinton\'s know from their lose of AfricanAmerican votes in the primary that they were confined to the 8th level of hell. That level is for TRAITORS and is divided into four sections. The two sections that they know they are guilty of being a traitor to kin; ask Toni Morrison. The other is Benefactors; the Democratic Party. <br><br>If they don\'t do everything, including dying, for Obama the responsiblity for him losing will fall justly on them. The tactics Palin will use have been perfected by the Clintons. The African American community will never forgive them for putting it out there. The party will be forced to recognize thay they made a mistake in not insisting on party first and looking for a fall guy.<br><br>Thus they have no choice but to go back out and stand on the back of pickup trucks and hay bales.  It is the only way to save their legacy because Palin undid their confession at the convention.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1919234">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1919234" class="dsq-comment-message">RobM:   While I exercised my freedom of "smiles", I CLEARLY CO-SIGNED with your thoughts!!   :&gt;)  <br><br>I CLEARLY HEARD your request for MORE than talking points.   For the 3rd time that I have chosen to respond to s, I also asked for a SOURCE for those "talking points" being stated!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1922251">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1922251" class="dsq-comment-message">"Their strategy was to use the media to create as many false issues as possible- experience, character, UFO\'s, greek columns- and keep that discussion going. Any real discussion of the issues tied them to closely to Bush-losing bet. The problem is/was is that these tactics had a short lifespan if countered correctly"<br><br>Hmmm, interesting. I had not considered this as just another distraction. Certainly possible. Whatever it is, if Karl Rove is involved, it is not good.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911484" class="dsq-comment-message">Ruse? He\'s the \'Maverick\' he claims to be.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911591">marvy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911591" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, you keep believing that. He is going after all the angry PUMAS and the undecided voters hoping that they will pick him just because his VP is a woman.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911924" class="dsq-comment-message">Angry PUMAS intensely dislike pro-life, conservative women. Palin is tailor-made for Oprah viewers !</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911971">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911971" class="dsq-comment-message">Claims being the operative word.  Last night he "claimed" not to do any negative campaigning against Barack in respect to what yesterday represented.  But less than a few hours later, he sent out an attack ad.<br><br>Next Kelly O\'Donnell said - McCain selected Palin because he wanted to take the "experience" question off the table??????? Per McCain - the responsibility of the VP is to inquire about the health of the President.  He did not want his VP to be more knowledgeable than he is . . . . .WTF????? Whattttt???<br><br>By next week, he will change his mind.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915767">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915767" class="dsq-comment-message">Say what? Does that even make any sense? She claims that  McCain wanted to take one of his own talking points off the table? How do these people get these jobs?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911348">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911348" class="dsq-comment-message">How Palin Will Hurt McCain:<br><br><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/palin-mccain-vp.html" rel="nofollow">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008...</a><br>But now Palin is also caught in a probe of her official conduct that likely nixes whatever chance she had to be on the McCain ticket. She\'s only been a governor for two years, but that\'s about four times as long as someone else mentioned as GOP VP pick, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. <br><br>However, questions have now arisen over whether Palin used her office to try and fire her ex -brother-in-law from a state trooper\'s position. Palin asserts the charge is untrue, but the Alaska Senate this week approved the hiring of an independent investigator to look into the allegation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911595">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911595" class="dsq-comment-message">Color me cynical, but I think this pick was designed to have Barack "take it easy on the White lady" the way he had to do with Clinton.  To take advantage of his gentlemanly qualities.<br><br>But something rings artificial about this woman.  And it\'s only a matter of time before that becomes apparent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911804">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911804" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack is fighting against McCain.  So the context is way off base.  And in a debate with Biden -- she is toast.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912659">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912659" class="dsq-comment-message">True that Barack is battling McCain, but it\'s his call as to how hard Biden fights--<i>anybody</i>.<br><br>Now, I think McCain\'s team looked at how "honorably" Barack treated Hillary, and assumed that  it was a weakness.  That he wouldn\'t risk being seen as the Angry Black Man beating up on a white damsel.<br><br>But I think that McCain\'s team miscalculated.  And I\'m convinced that Barack is ready to swing on whoever gets in his way.  And Biden gets permission to do the same.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912994">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912994" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Now, I think McCain\'s team looked at how "honorably" Barack treated Hillary, and assumed that it was a weakness. That he wouldn\'t risk being seen as the Angry Black Man beating up on a white damsel.<br><br>But I think that McCain\'s team miscalculated.</i><br><br>Yep.  I think the main reason Barack pulled his punches (excuse the term) with Hillary had more to do with her being a fellow Democrat, and he said as much.  So I have no doubt that Biden, with BO\'s blessing, is going to make quick work of Palin in their debate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915255">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915255" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:   Co-signing, especially on the "take it easy on the White lady."  :&gt;)<br><br>However, in this discussion, Barack\'s mother WAS one of them!!  He knows what ta do!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911448">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911448" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday, John McCain.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915316">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915316" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  O.K.   I\'ll join you in in chorus!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Now where did I put my choir robe!???  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)       1 more year   -   "McAncient"   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1911496" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911496" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.  Palin????<br><br>I\'m really not trying to be partisan when I say this . . . <br><br>I\'m sure conservatives will disagree.  But this pick is NOT impressive.<br><br>Seriously.  This strikes me as a completely reactionary decision.  This is John McCain placing his stamp of approval on the idea that this is going to be a "change" election.  He can\'t beat Obama in a "change" election.<br><br>It also brings up another consideration.  People are starting to ask whether McCain and the Republicans are believing their own spin a little too much.  This pick sells women voters short.  I\'ve already heard a few people say it\'s like McCain thinks women will vote purely on identity politics.  It suggests that McCain really DOES NOT get it.<br><br>Furthermore, this seems like a complete contradiction.  People are already asking the question:  How does McCain slam Obama for inexperience with Palin one heartbeat away from the presidency?<br><br>Plus, she\'s an unknown.  An unknown attached to scandal.  What happened to the first rule of veep selection:  Do no harm?<br><br>I\'ll have to study up on her.  She is an unknown.  Maybe she\'s got some great qualities that people haven\'t seen yet.  But this feels like a reactionary choice.  A shallow attempt to trump the "change" card.<br><br>Who knows what will happen.  But I\'m even more confident of Obama\'s chances after this selection.<br><br>I thought the veep selection was the first major decision of a candidate\'s Fall campaign?  What does this say about McCain?  Again, it doesn\'t look like McCain put a lot of thought in this pick.<br><br>Again, I\'m not trying to be partisan.  But this is not an impressive pick.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911774">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911774" class="dsq-comment-message">Morning Joe - ripped into this selection this morning.  Practically called it political suicide.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911865">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911865" class="dsq-comment-message">I was just in alaska in July, and there was a lot of news about corruption in the media. Apparent, there are many corrupt politicians there. Palin recently had a special needs baby. If I\'m not mistaken, the baby had downs syndrome. There was a feature about her and her husband knowing about the baby\'s condition in advance and keeping the baby. So they are going to really push the anti-choice meme with her. Also, what about the psychological aspect of being seen as "beating up on a woman" during the debates. Won\'t having her on cause men, especially of Biden\'s generation, to hold back and treat her like Miss Anne, even if she is cut throat?  Her husband is in the oil industry and she has been an oil and natural gas employee. Connect the dots here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912147" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912147" class="dsq-comment-message">I just don\'t see how this Republican ticket attracts Independents.  She\'s NRA and hard pro-life.  That\'s fine if McCain wants to move his campaign even further to the right.  Bye bye Independents.<br><br>So after all of this talk of being a maverick, McCain\'s gonna run a "God and guns" campaign?  Again, bye bye independents.<br><br>The NYTimes just did an article on the Republican corruption going on in Alaska.  McCain is tying himself to this culture when he doesn\'t have to.  Stevens won the Republican primary --- that\'s actually BAD news for the GOP because it puts Stevens\' scandal in the spotlight against an insurgent Democratic challenger.  Now McCain picks Palin, which puts Alaskan scandal on the national stage???<br><br>Again, not a smart pick.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912982" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912982" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912982" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912982" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks for some background info</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915168" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915168">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915168" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915168" class="dsq-comment-message">She also went back to work THREE DAYS after giving birth.  There\'s something really discomforting about that.<br><br>I have a 9 month old son.  I could barely use the bathroom three days after having him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912459">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912459" class="dsq-comment-message">B~<br><br>I agree; the pick is as cynical as it is unimpressive.  <br><br>But one thing strikes me: she is an unknown.  Yet isn\'t "<i>unknown</i>" the very excuse that folks have been giving the closet bigot voters?<br><br>With Palin, it would seem that the "unknown" excuse goes away.<br><br>... unless the media convinces us that we\'ve somehow always known her.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915382">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915382" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious:  Co-signing on ALL points!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>And, I\'m wondering  -  If "McAncient" is "pimping"  "youthful" Palin, can/will he also "pimp-slap her!!:&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Just askin\' . . . . . . :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911574">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911574" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey now!<br><br>It\'ll make the PUMAs happy!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911659" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911659" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911659">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911659" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911659" class="dsq-comment-message">The PUMAs wanted Hillary and ONLY Hillary...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915699" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915699">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915699" class="dsq-comment-message">Texas:   Reporters are, generally, saying the same thing.  <br><br>"McAncient" is trying ta "PLAY THE PUMAS!!"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Hope THEY see this!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911738">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911738" class="dsq-comment-message">Just went to a puma site that is mainly older lesbians. They are putting on a brave face but one post left unanswered is that if this ticket wins two things happen. Hillary loses her place in history and the kind of woman the nation feels comfortable with is one who isn\'t like them and doesn\'t approve of them.<br><br>Harsh world for those ladies, I am kind of digging it personally.<br><br>Go Obama</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1911944" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911944" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger,<br><br>EXACTLY. . . I was just talking to my sister about that.  We know Hillary Clinton.  She has an EGO.  <br><br>Do Republicans really think she\'s gonna sit by and let Palin steal her thunder?  Plus she\'s young.  That means she can run to replace McCain when he\'s done.<br><br>I\'ve expressed my doubts about Hillary.  But something has me thinking she\'s looking at the tv saying, "Ah hell naw!" at the idea of Palin taking her voters and her spotlight.<br><br>Why?  Because a successful Palin vice presidency would replace Hillary as the most "powerful" woman in politics.  She ain\'t gonna let that happen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912940" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912940" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912940" class="dsq-comment-message">if she does the right thing I will make a donation to retire her damn debt....LOL.  Now I did not say how much, but every dollar counts doesn\'t it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913526">marvy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1913526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913526" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes it does because that debt isn\'t going to just magically disappear. Hey, I\'ll put $5 on it too! lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1913482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913482">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1913482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913482" class="dsq-comment-message">-Quick!<br>Unleash the Bill!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915612" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915612" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915612">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915612" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious:  billary said that she wants to be used in this campaign. <br><br>  Here\'s her CHARGE  -   GO AFTER and BURY Palin,  ESPECIALLY on Her LACK OF "EXPERIENCE!!"<br><br>Sounds like a "CAT FIGHT" to me!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.:  billary -You got ta snatch off your HOOP earrings, take off easily-removable parts of your WEAVE, take off your necklaces/bracelets and get rid of those heels B4 you enter the fray!!<br><br>Then you gotta SNATCH anything hanging from your opponent AFTER you SCRATCH and give FULL-FISTED PUNCHES!!!<br><br>When she is down, put you bare foot on her and declare VICTORY!!!<br><br>But NO dirty fighting!   It\'s jes NOT professional!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916106">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916106" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget the vaseline GreenLady! LOL!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916252">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916252" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911673" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911673" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911673">Quanli</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911673" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has the media on his side and they are already spinning this as a "slam dunk" and will surely drop the just due deserved to Obama in favor of this news like a hot potatoe. What they won\'t say, however, is that he has begun the end. People who are voting for this man how for the most part are in search of the anti-Obama. You don\'t chose an unknown, young, FEMALE trying to counter the Democratic ticket this year, you just don\'t. There are many who will stay home rather than vote for McCain under these circumstances, and Obama was never an option for them. It will come down to TURNOUT. Which camp is more motivated to show up? I think our boy has it in the bag now, I really do...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912590">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912590" class="dsq-comment-message">aahhh no they are not.  Most of the media I saw are saying stupid decision.<br><br>Most can\'t even say anything at all.  What an idiot.  Easy for us dems to win but dumb in the sense that McCain would pick someone with NO experience to run this country.<br><br>They said other than no experience she has the same values as McCain.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911970">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911970" class="dsq-comment-message">John McBush got f**ked last night...really hard, and without mercy! No foreplay! OK, maybe a little liquored up by the previous night\'s speakers(hey John Kerry, I see you got to throw that monkey off your back...lol). And, my freinds(no, I\'m not mocking anyone here), this was not by force, POW-Johnny has been begging him for this one for weeks...and the black man obliged, giving it to him...straight up the a**...no lubricant.<br><br>On the other hand, we, the American people, were tickled and teased(and licked, perhaps?) all week, and the mastery of Senator Obama was evident. On occasion gentle, and other times hard. Yeah, I liked it. When he was all done, I said, "Damn, that brother\'s good!". This morning when I awoke, I stretched languidly in bed and thought to myself, "Yeah, I want some more of that...for the next eight years". <br><br>The content of the speech was superb. It brilliantly, and flawlessly, weaved together his biography, which is of America; his policies for a better America; his promises to enrich the lives of Americans; his contempt for those who dare to attack his love for this country and trivialize this election process with distractions. <br><br>And he accomplished this in atypical fashion...not in the familiar fire-and-brimstone Obama way. You know, though I\'m always deeply affected by Obama\'s speeches, I rarely sit and watch them. I tend to turn up the volume and listen to them, while I do other things. Only turning to look, once in a while, to see if his expressions match the strong intensity of his words. I\'m never disappointed.  The muscularity in his neck usually reflect the strength of his words, as he unleashes linguistic fire upon us.<br><br>Last night, however was different. I couldn\'t describe it until this morning. Yes, at some points, but not all, in his delivery, the heavily pregnant clouds opened up and released hail and freezing rain upon us, lightening coursed through the sky. But at other points, he was more subtle; kind of like what usually happens after such a stormy event: The rainbow.  I am always amazed and surprised when a rainbow appears after a storm. So beautiful, so serene, so peaceful...and full of hope and promise of great things to come. That contrast was what made this speech so masterful in its delivery. <br><br>I dreamt of rainbows last night....(I swear!)<br><br>YES WE CAN!<br><br>Obama/Biden \'08,<br><br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912194">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912194" class="dsq-comment-message">i love it laughing wickedly here.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912097">Elevated</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912097" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912097" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thewhitehouseblack.com" rel="nofollow">thewhitehouseblack.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912148">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912148" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912148" class="dsq-comment-message">mccain tries to change the story from the historic and rivetting speech by introducing us to a woman we have never heard of who is invoved in a judge judy family legal mess in her distant home of alaska. and bitter pundits try to tell us that obama came up short. but he has gone around them and revived the art of speechmaking and brought it to the people. direct.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912268" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912268">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912268" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912268" class="dsq-comment-message">"...revived the art of speech making."  But he was expected to demonstrate he was \'ready to lead.\' Your words speak volumes about  who is truly \'bitter.\'</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912300">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912300" class="dsq-comment-message">stupid, stupid, stupid</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912243">Miss- Opinion </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912243" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama and his supportesr are between a rock and a hard place now. ---<br><br>What hard place? LOL We won\' stop being supporters because McSame picked a woman. What hard place are we in? Because Palin\'s a woman we all now have to go home and vote McCain? I fail to see how WE\'RE in a hard place.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912479" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912479">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912479" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912479" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has spent the entire primary season persuading independents and moderates that age & experience do not automatically make one a more qualified leader.<br><br>Moderates and independents who believe that as well, will see the hypocrisy of the one-term Senator and former \'community organizer\' attacking her ability to lead.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1913411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913411">marvy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1913411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913411" class="dsq-comment-message">He was also a constitutional law professor and an Illinois state senator, so he had more experience than this person who is a first term governor and a former mayor.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912274" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912274" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912274">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912274" class="dsq-comment-message">s is stupid</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912299">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912299" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is Gov. Palin response, when asked about V.P. talk from Larry Kudlow earlier this year:<br><br>Palin:     "As for that V.P. talk all the time, I\'ll tell you,  I still can\'t answer that question UNTIL SOMEBODY ANSWERS FOR ME WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT THE V.P. DOES EVERY DAY.  I\'m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration.  We want to make sure that the V.P. slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alskans and for things that we\'re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question."<br><br>Not quite sure what the V.P. does.....Congrats, Republicans on your Vice-Presidential Candidate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915806" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915806">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915806" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:   She could have, at least, gone to Wikipedia!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;  PUL-EEEEEEEZ!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Nice pick up!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912637" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912637">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912637" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912637" class="dsq-comment-message">She is saying that she wants the VP role to be more clearly defined. She wants to do more than take the President\'s blood pressure.<br><br>You guys are really smarter than this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912914">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912914" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912914" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes we are.....too bad your presidential pick isn\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912954">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912954" class="dsq-comment-message">I would hope you\'re smarter than that rebuttal you just gave. <br><br> She  clearly states in her own words that she doesn\'t know what the job of V.P. is--, (which most Americans learned in elementary school civics)-Maybe she doesn\'t understand that V.P. assumes the office in the event that the President is unable. <br><br>I\'m wondering, is she smarter than a 5th grader?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912363" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912363" class="dsq-comment-message">Last night was a singular experience!  <a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">No More Rope-A-Dope For Barack Obama</a> is what happened at my house last night.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912475">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912475" class="dsq-comment-message">D - what the crap is going on with McCain?  Somebody slap him.  He would have been better off with Pawlenty (as he decided before Obama made his speech), Rometty or even Liebermann.  What about Condi . . . there are many other qualified women out there.  McCain has badddd judgement.  The idiot didn\'t even think abou the fact that even the most AVID Hillary supporter WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANOTHER WOMAN.  The man is 72 years old.  72.  Do you think that Palin (who McCain said -- he did not hire her because of experience) can run the country if McCain has to undergo cancer treatment, is sick or god forbid -- croaks --Can she run the country? No.  <br><br>Slap him.  where is my competition?  WTF?  I want my money back.  McCain is an idiot.  Badddd Judgement Bad Bad Bad</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912575">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912575" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain doesn\'t want women who voted for Hillary. He wants the white men who supported her. And he is winning them over.<br><br>Sarah Palin is intented to attract moderate, center-right conservative women. Pro-life Catholics and young voters who do not share the values of the far-left (and yes, they are out there.)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912681">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912681" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912681" class="dsq-comment-message">s, go back under your rock from whence you came</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912696" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912696">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912696" class="dsq-comment-message">S - please.  stop it.  I know you have to be an intelligent person.  Palin is a lousy choice.  Although this only makes it easier for the democrats to win - this just makes for a no - brainer election. <br> <br>McCain clearly believes this country and it\'s people are nothing but a joke. <br>As an aside - picking a VP - we want someone who can run the country if something goes wrong with McCain.  What say you?<br><br>Even in your world you have to know this is just idiotic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912832" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912832" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912832" class="dsq-comment-message">why so harsh to S --- this comment does not seem out of bounds?  what am I missing?  McCain made the pandering choice, S did not say they agree.  sorry if i missed some previous drama</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912889" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912889" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912889" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912889" class="dsq-comment-message">OK I will reply to myself:  having scanned down further----I see your point.  Excuse me for giving S the benefit of the doubt too fast.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912905" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912905">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912905" class="dsq-comment-message">no it isnt out of bounds.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912877">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912877" class="dsq-comment-message">VAL,<br><br>Your reasoning is flawed. Palin is pro-life and she has a down syndrome baby.<br><br>Palin represents white women getting to set the historical marker as a Vice-President BEFORE the black man can become President.<br><br>This is the southern strategy....new millenium!!<br><br>The white female is entitled!  America did not get it right at the turn of the 19th century when black MEN got the right to vote before WHITE females!!<br><br>This pick represents incremental change...not TOO much change!!<br><br>This pick will show that America can get it right by insuring that WHITE females are FIRST before Blacks!!<br><br>Ferraro is going to be on ALL the talk shows talking about this affirmative action FEMALE choice over a BLACk affirmative action (unqualified won\'t even need to be said!)<br><br>Wake up...we are in treacherous HISTORY making-water!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1913248" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913248" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913248">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1913248" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913248" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy - I get where you are going.  But you misunderstand.  We already made history with HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA.  Both had similar agendas and had a strong plan and background.  They both had experience and the support needed to run this country. <br><br>Palin got hired because she will do what McCain says, does not have any experience and most importantly she has a VAGINA.  <br><br>It is important for me to know someone will take us off the currant path to change the direction we are going in -- to include addressing the issues of healthcare, education, supporting a womans right to choose.  Palin does none of this.  She is just like McCain who is JUST LIKE BUSH.  <br><br>Screwing my husband and pushing out kids does not make me qualified to run this country.  This is an insult to every woman and even the Hillary women know it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913979" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913979">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913979" class="dsq-comment-message">The only history that has been made is Obama is the nominee. That is it.  <br>Democrats have already had a female as the VP on the ticket, so it will not be history for females unless the GOP wins.<br><br>I posted above on Palin, I don\'t think you should call her a sperm receptacle just yet.<br><br>What matters here is race vs. gender.<br><br>White folks are going to have a field day now talking about Obama\'s lack of experience. You can think she is just a sperm receptacle if you like but America is getting ready to get behind this \'historic GOP ticket\'<br><br>Your focus on it being insulting to women is absurd. Hillary was insulting to women in terms of experience to head a ticket. Hillary had no political achievements of her own. She ran on Bill\'s record. She was the biggest affirmative action choice ever.<br><br>If women supported Hillary they will support Palin, who is not as big of an insult as Hillary. Palin did not get her political gains on the back of her husbands coat tails. Nor did she racemonger to win<br><br>No one can even name a single piece of legislation she took a leadership role on and there are no national issues she advocated for. Hillary and Palin are affirmative action females entitled on the basis of race AND gender.<br><br>Next week all those white females complaining and whinning are going to talk about how Palin represents historic change and gain for women all over the nation.<br><br>No one will talk about her as an insult they will talk about her as a mother with a down syndrome baby, who values LIFE.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914590">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914590" class="dsq-comment-message">I see both sides, but I think you have a good point. She\'s a white woman with five kids, one of whom is in the military. They will tout her as the the perfect, gun-toting, working mommy of a special needs child, while ignoring the fact that this working mother left her DS baby to go back to work three days later. They will also ignore that McCain and Republican politics hurt most working mothers who aren\'t governors. They will also ignore that the war is going to last forever, touting both McCain and Palin\'s military sons while ignoring/discounting Biden\'s. Some of the white feminists may feel insulted by this pick...but the others who don\'t think anyway, will run with this chick.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912900">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912900" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait what?  S seriously?  McCain doesn\'t want the women who voted for Hillary, yet he has had Carla Fiorny (or whatever the heck her name is) meeting with big wig Clinton supporters for weeks, puts out an ad "sympathizing" with Hillary, and had all of his surrogates bemoan the fact that it should have been Hillary all this week.<br><br>Yeah right. Talk about spin.  Make no mistake, that is exactly what McCain wants.  And while it does up the ante in the race, I think it is also extremely insulting to Hillary supporters.  Its basically like saying vote for me, I picked someone who has a uterus.<br><br>And if I\'m not mistaken, just last week you were talking about how Obama shouldn\'t have picked Biden because he is a Washington insider and that\'s not change we can believe in.  What does it say about Palin?  McCain\'s biggest argument is experience---I\'m sure that Palin is great and all, but picking her does undermine that argument.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913170">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913170" class="dsq-comment-message">You are right about the white men McCain wants. He wants the one\'s to whom Hilliary made the most racist appeal to.(which is why they will always be on the lowest circle of hell).  Which tells you alot about McCain. You are right about the women of all classes McCain doesn\'t want; those whom recognize that a vote for McCain is a vote against their economic and social interests. <br><br>You are right about the pick of Palin(though I  think on the experience issue, which, you have been touting-as a party talking point not your own thoughts-on this site has just been trashed.), She is an appeal to those religious women for whom the teaching of thier religion is their politics. That scenario means if you don\'t agree w/ me your evil.<br><br>That is such an unamerican position because w/o the freedom of religion offered in our country you could not practice your religion. For example, the tenet of Christian fundamentaism requires that you except Jesus into your heart and as your savior(and I do not claim to know the ins and outs). That means you give up being Roman Catholic or Methodist. Well if you live in Saudi Arabia you can\'t convert let alone prosleytize(sic?) afterwards. <br><br>I won\'t respond to your critiques of moderate, center-right, conservative, left and far left because you have no definition of your own.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916061">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916061" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree.<br>White men do NOT want to see a possible<br>woman POTUS-----PERIOD!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912552" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912552" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is desperate and it shows. It\'s insulting for him to pick a female candidate with relative little experience, and she\'ll be  a lame duck like Geraldine Ferraro was. I have to say that I felt a bit of glee thinking about how Biden will bring it during the VP debate. The gloves had better be off! That\'s why he was selected. After Barack\'s acceptance speech it is on! And I see blood in the water for McCain. It was scary to see that even Pat Buchanan liked the pseech.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912729" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1912729" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912729" class="dsq-comment-message">agree</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912873" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912873">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912873" class="dsq-comment-message">Heartsandflowers - McCain had the gall to say the job of the VP is to ask about the health of the President.  No experience is needed because he didn\'t want anyone to wonder why he would hire anyone with more or equal experience to his?  <br><br>The only thing McCain and his surrogates had against Obama is his "perceived lack of experience".  So they choose someone with less experience so their attack against Obama is now  . . . . What?????<br><br>WTF?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912980">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912980" class="dsq-comment-message">Val,<br>You need to stop and start thinking like mainstream America. Palin represents an affirmative action FEMALE vs. an affirmative action BLACK.  The same thing we all see in our jobs in corporate America.<br><br>Black folk in corporate America  know this well. The white female without experience is consistently selected, fast tracked and promoted over blacks with far better credential.<br><br>Recall, Ferraro already was out there like Archie Bunker whinning about Obama having no experience.<br><br>This may very well be the death knell.<br><br>We are not even discussing the historic marker Obama made. We are all focused and so is the media on,<br><br>The unqualified white woman...who shoots bears and has a pro-life agenda.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915552">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915552" class="dsq-comment-message">How will men feel about Palin being implicated in the firing of her sister\'s husband who was involved in a custody battle at the time.   How will women respond to that information.<br><br>Biden won\'t rip into her the way he might a man.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912591">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912591" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin? PALIN??? LMFAO! Desperate Pick. <br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912789">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912789" class="dsq-comment-message">No it was not desperate it was shrewd!!<br><br>The Presidential race now boils down to:<br><br>Race vs. gender<br><br>Suffragettes vs. abolitionists.<br><br>That is what Hillary said in her speech!<br><br>Keep goin. This time white women will come first<br><br>That is all this is.<br><br>You see a black man for President is just TOO Much change!1<br><br>Hillary did her job well. She threw the kitchen sink at Obama. If she could not have the nomination Obama would not win.<br><br>Billary is laughing and Caraville has broke out the champagne.<br><br><br>I guess McCain is happy today. Look at this thread. He successfully switched the focus from Obama\'s historic moment to his VP choice.<br><br>No one is even talking about how McCain is SEVENTY-TWO today!   It is his birthday.<br><br>The birthday he celebrated with Dubya while NewOrleans drowned THEY ATE CAKE!!<br><br>O how I looooove AMERICA!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912959">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912959" class="dsq-comment-message">actually not.  We were all geared to look at the Repubs this week anyway but we hoped for a fight.  This is an insult to the USA and women.  <br><br>Did you hear the commentary from HIllary\'s surrogates this morning?  They chewed up Palin so bad (especially the surrogate from FL) it was embarrasing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913108">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913108" class="dsq-comment-message">Val,<br>If you are a person of color..you know this is simply the lull before the storm.<br>In the coming week we are all going to hear the message change to.<br>The historic GOP ticket and incremental change.<br><br>Folks will take about \'inexperience\' and focus on Obama vs. Palin...then they will come back to the fact that McCain \'heads\' the GOP ticket not Palin.<br><br>This is southern strategy...divisive on the basis of race vs. gender.<br><br>Some talking head will talk about affirmative action and that will rear up the heads of the stars and bars and NO ONE<br>Absolutely NO ONE<br>will say that WHITE WOMEN are the BIGGEST beneficiaries of affirmative action in this country...whether it is in corporate, government or non-profit sector.<br><br>White women\'s ascent under affirmative action is unparalled.<br>White men vote for white women because that keeps the money in their families.<br><br>So, as the news sets in we will be in a fight and female hillary supporters will bring up to everyone....suffragetes vs. abolitionists.<br><br>NOT this time they will say...and we will not hear anymore about Palin being unqualified...only that she will be a HISTORIC choice.!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913307">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913307" class="dsq-comment-message">That is why Obama needs to continue to hammer  tieing McCain and Pallin to Bush. He can also say that he is focusing on the issues.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914589">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914589" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, Micheline, I agree.<br>White people who are out of jobs will determine this election.<br>It is the economy vs. affirmative action.<br>Maybe, this time mainstream America will choose their pocketbooks over race. <br><br>I do think this pick may given Obama a real shot at winning Michigan.<br><br>Unless, all the media focuses on is Kwame.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913392">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913392" class="dsq-comment-message">what an utterly CYNICAL and NEGATIVE comment.  btw, the word is spelled SUFFRAGISTS.  do u even understand what that MEANS?  and no, you\'re wrong about this choice.  it only confirms john\'s DESPERATION and INCOMPETENCE.  do you think for one minute that the obama camp absolutely ruled out the so-called southern strategy?  you also believe that palin was the only woman in the pool of mccain potential picks?  get real. there was always a chance he\'d pick a woman, and he picked the one who does the least for his candidacy. i am a person of colour, an independent, and a WOMAN, and this choice is a joke.  she\'s mccain in drag, for all intents and purposes.  women are not gonna run in droves to the mccain ticket now that there\'s somebody with a vagina on it.<br><br>will the media work overtime to prop this idiot up?  OF COURSE THEY WILL.  but they\'ve been doing that since this thing started, so how is that ANYTHING NEW?   <br><br>your hopelessness is appalling.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914514">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914514" class="dsq-comment-message">For someone who chose the moniker callgirl, you have a lot of nerve writing a snide personal attack. I don\'t give two cents about your correct spelling given that it is the substance of what I stated that matters. So you keep spelling correctly and I will continue writing cogent analysis, that you need to resort to attacking the messenger since you have nothing factual to rebut the commentary with.<br><br>Your reasoning is shallow. The Obama strategy for the southern strategy is not the issue. My post did not address the brilliance of that campaign. It addressed the shrewedness of the mcCain campaign with regard to affirmative action which is a wedge issue in America that the GOP has consistently used to divide and win campaigns on.<br><br>It seems to me that you are a women who has little depth of knowledge when it comes to history, politics and especially as regards race and gender in america. In fact, your remarks speak volumes about the paucity of your intellect on the topic.<br><br>In fact, you are the one who is appalling if you do not understand how white women and men are going to get behind Palin!!<br><br>Or maybe you are just a person of color who validates all the stereotypes of people who have sperm receptacles and call themselves callgirl.<br><br><br>ps...i know it says cali...it ain\'t a typo...also in the future, will you please refrain from posting to me unless you have some actual facts and data to support your inane blathering.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914771">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914771" class="dsq-comment-message">It is Cali as in California girl.<br><br>Just pointing it out.<br><br>:-0</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914975">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914975" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, thanks  Lily..I understood, I got it ..that was the reason for the ps...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913635">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913635" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re forgetting a key component of Hillary\'s support - the white feminist. The one thing a white feminist detests more than the perception of a man jumping before her...is a beauty queen (albeit runner-up to Miss Alaska) with a bachelor\'s degree from the great Univ of Idaho that just leaped to a VP slot for one reason and one reason only...her uterus. Do you know how pissed off the likes of Gloria Steinhem and the women at NOW are right now?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1914331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914331">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914331" class="dsq-comment-message">They didn\'t complain about Ferraro and they are not going to complain about Palin.<br>Steinem has already been out there during the primaries if you recall with the op-ed in the NY Times where she framed this as a suffragette vs. abolitionists issue.<br>Steinem already said that white women got the vote after black men.<br><br>Perhaps you do not recall how she was calling for black females to join up with them and HarrisLacewell, ripped her a new one?  That sister from Princeton told Steinem where she got off the train at the wrong stop when trying to equate the black females suffering with that of the entitled white female.<br><br>So, Steinem is happy. Hillary is happy. Feinstein is happy.<br><br>Miranda, did you even listen to Hillary\'s speech. Why the hell do you think she brought up Harriet Tubman?<br><br>To remind women of the suffragettes BREAKING with the abolitionists!  To remind white females that blacks were still enslaved when WHITE women were passed over for the vote.<br>She said that on the 88th anniversary of white females getting the right to vote!<br><br>She exhorted them to \'keep goin\'...and Palin...is what they can keep goin to and vote for historic change.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914623">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914623" class="dsq-comment-message">Well apparently those feminists did not get your memo because their reaction is far from "ooooo goody!! we\'s got ourselves a uterus for VP!!"....far far from it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915047">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915047" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, just give them a few days. You know how sperm receptacle people are...they get all EMOTIONAL first.  It is a consequence of their hormones.<br><br>Wait until Pat Buchanan and Kristol and Hume and all the rest of the right start talking and telling them why this is a \'historic ticket\' for women to elect the first VP.<br><br>Now it did not work for the Dems because that affirmativeaction *unt Ferraro had a hubby with mob connections and shady finances to go with it.<br><br>But this time. this time they will be able to elect a woman who values LIFE.<br><br>Race vs. gender ..is going to dominate the election.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915615">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915615" class="dsq-comment-message">After last night, I don\'t worry about Obama anymore.  He knows how to neutralize that move.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916707">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916707" class="dsq-comment-message">Glad to see you exhaling.  I was worried about you for awhile.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915737">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915737" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Billary is laughing and Caraville has broke out the champagne.</b><br><br>Well, if this is true, they want to stop celebrating and think about this: McCain is in his 70s and has already suffered 2 bouts of cancer. God forbid he passes on to Glory, Sarah will be the FIRST female president ---- a title Hillary wants. <br><br>It would be in her and her supporters best interest to help a brother out and send this beauty queen back to Alaska.. ;-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1918970">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1918970" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>God forbid he passes on to Glory, Sarah will be the FIRST female president ---- a title Hillary wants. </i></blockquote><br>That\'s a great point, Sepia.<br><br>Lindsay Graham is on Situation room responding to Wolf\'s question that if god forbid anything happened to McCain, could she be Commander in Chief.  Lindsay says yes, she\'s tough....if she can take on Ted Stevens, she can take on the Russians!!!   <br><br>Wolf shows a clip of McCain saying the most important criteria for VP is someone who can take his place. <br><br>OH MY GOD!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1921889">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1921889" class="dsq-comment-message">"No one is even talking about how McCain is SEVENTY-TWO today! It is his birthday."<br><br><br>Actually they are. Repeatedly. It is being pointed out that you have a presidential candidate who is old as hell, has a history of cancer, and Pawlin is only "a hearbeat" away from being President.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912879">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912879" class="dsq-comment-message">Anything but. Sarah Palin will be the only candidate on the ballot who has any executive experience, as a governor and a mayor. Obama is walking through a political minefield that he himself has planted.<br><br>White, rural voters will bristle at any reference to her as \'small town.\'  <br><br>She will bring the issue of energy independence and pork-barrel spending front and center and will show voters that McCain/Palin will not only \'talk the talk\' but \'walk the walk\' on the main issues of concern to voters: high gas prices and wasteful government spending.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913301">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913301" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, yes...the mayor of booming Wasilla, AK....well if that doesn\'t put her over the edge, I just dont know what will.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914412">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914412" class="dsq-comment-message">She has 1.5 years as governor of the 47th largest state.  Previously,  she was councilmember and mayor of Wasilla, Alaska--population 6,800......That\'s huge....  Who could compete with that?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912775">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912775" class="dsq-comment-message">D -- where the heck are you?  WTF is wrong with McCain?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1913028" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913028" class="dsq-comment-message">D. officially reserves all comment on Sarah Pallin until he does a lot more research.<br><br>I don\'t know who she is, other than Alaska\'s governor.<br><br>But....really.....the picture of her they have on CNN\'s front page right now does <b>not</b> inspire confidence. She looks like a candidate for Rookie of the Year, not the vice presidency.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913201">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913201" class="dsq-comment-message">Just for you D<br><br>From <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org:" rel="nofollow">http://www.ontheissues.org:</a><br><br>Sarah Palin on Families & Children<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Free Trade<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Government Reform<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on War & Peace<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>. <br><br>Sarah Palin on Welfare & Poverty<br>No issue stance yet recorded by <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1913409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913409">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913409" class="dsq-comment-message">D - the man said he hired her because they had the same values.  He did not want someone with experience because he didn\'t want anyone to question why he would need anyone smarter or with as much experience as he does.  He said the VP job is to check on the health of the President.<br><br>Now- at 72, if he croaks -  who will run our country?  She will be eaten up and spit out during debates with Biden.  Something is wrong D.  You know I liked McCain and I was looking forward to this period but this is ridiculous.  How many other competent women are there in the republican party?  McCain thinks we are all a joke.  Get some woman (competence/experience is irrelevant)  to run against a black man to take away from the history that is happening.  That is the strategy.  <br><br>horrible D.  simply horrible.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1914342" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914342" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a million and one reasons cynical reasons not to vote for McCain/Palin that have nothing to do with the issues. <br><br>I could make a compelling case for McCain-willing to buck the party, government experience, strong military background.<br><br>Right now, Palin\'s issue-based case boils down to "Drill here, drill now!!" Um, okay.....but if Iran gets a nuke and Russia keeps acting foolish, what\'s she gonna do? Drill for oil?<br><br>As someone who pushed the "Obama\'s not experienced!" theme, I\'m not sure what to say now. Her view on Iraq is moot; just like Obama, she wasn\'t there. National security....well, there\'s something to be said about being that close to the Russians, but even that doesn\'t motivate me. The economy? Who knows?<br><br>The enthusiasm is slowly dying.....mostly because of the amount of research that I gotta do now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914827">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914827" class="dsq-comment-message">You can kiss the "Celebrity" memo goodbye, too.<br><br>Wasn\'t Palin a former beauty queen?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915188" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915188" class="dsq-comment-message">*stands up and applauds*<br><br>Has hell frozen over??! *lol*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914143" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you watching her? She\'s an amazing speaker! She will hold her own against Biden.<br><br>No one wants to \'take away history\' from anyone else. This history belongs to all of us! This election will be about issues.<br>He made a shrewd choice that reinforces (not bolsters) his candidacy. Country first. Reform. Energy Independence. The man best to lead us as Commander-in-Chief.<br><br>Stunning!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914635">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914635" class="dsq-comment-message">S.  McCain is 72 Seventy Two.  Having a vagina and givng birth does not a leader make.<br><br>If McCain gets sick.  SHE would run the country.  We have two wars with one on the verge.  The economy is in the tank I could give a crap about how she speaks.  What of Carly Fiorina or Condi Rice . . .they have the right stuff.  She is the Alaskan Governor (8000 people) WTF?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914776">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914776" class="dsq-comment-message">Val, do you know how old Ronald Reagan was when he was elected?<br><br>Maybe, Palin will resign as soon as the GOP wins, for family reasons...you know to take care of her down syndrome baby.<br><br>Then mcCain gets to pick the VP he wanted all along Lieberman.<br><br>Endless war...forever...nuclear holocaust...Russia will nuke us.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915109" class="dsq-comment-message">Fear monger!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915094" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has more stamina and vigor than Dems want to give him credit for. If you think he is McAncient and at death\'s door, cast your vote for Obama.<br><br>I see Palin as no MORE of a risk than Obama himself...and at least she echos my more independent, conservative views.<br><br>Trying to tear her down makes you look petty and small.<br><br>Obama provided that opening by picking Biden as his running mate, and McCain was smart enough to take advantage of the opening.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914738">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914738" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you on meth? The debates are not in Miss America question and answer format. Biden will simply make her out to be the Dan Qualye of the female gender. Too bad for you that Barack Obama is not Mike Dukasis</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914948" class="dsq-comment-message">The Bush/Quayle ticket went on to win the November election with a 53-46 margin by sweeping 40 states and capturing 426 electoral votes.<br><br>I live in the real world. Get your head out of the sand.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915179" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915179" class="dsq-comment-message">I will state first, that I have not seen all of her acceptance speech, but from what I saw ... I would have to greatly disagree.<br><br>*sighs*<br><br>This country had a moment that was great ... then today ... back to the bumbling bullshit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1918158">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1918158" class="dsq-comment-message">Val--you are onto something here.  Look, from what little I know about the woman we disagree on several issues, but I\'m not going to put her down just for sport.  But people who are defending this choice really need to cut the bullshit.  <br><br>He did this for strategy pure and simple.  I\'m not a Hillary supporter, but as a women, I can\'t believe that both McCain and Palin think women in general are that stupid.  As much as I disliked Hillary during the primary, Palin can\'t hold a candle to her.  If he was going to pick a women, why not  pick someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson, or Condi Rice?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915543">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915543" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s not serious <br><br>If it were Kay Bailey Hutchinson, I wouldn\'t have to like it, but I wouldn\'t have to think that this was a fucking Hail Mary.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913302">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913302" class="dsq-comment-message">Well looks like McCain won\'t be calling her *unt like Cindy.  This Palin may just be a female DickCheney,<br><br>About Palin:<br><br><br>Why Walt Monegan got fired: Palin\'s abuse of power<br>Last Friday, Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan went into a meeting with Governor Sarah Palin\'s acting chief of staff thinking he was going to be discussing security for the governor\'s picnic. He left the meeting without a job.<br><br>The abrupt firing of Walt Monegan was a shock not only to him but all of the men and women of the Department of Public Safety. The way Monegan was fired raises serious questions about the governor\'s true motives. <br><br>So why was Walt Monegan fired out of the blue? Why would Governor Palin send a surrogate to fire her Public Safety Commissioner and then not have a decent explanation for the public? And why would Monegan\'s replacement be telling people three days before Monegan got fired, that he was going to become the new Commissioner of Public Safety?<br><br>Walt Monegan got fired for all of the wrong reasons. Walt Monegan got fired because he had the audacity to tell Governor Palin no, when apparently nobody is allowed to say no to Governor Palin.<br><br>Monegan said no, he couldn\'t cut his budget because his State Troopers were already being stretched to the limit and public safety suffering. He said no, he couldn\'t cut his budget because fuel costs for planes, boats and patrol vehicles soaring, while crime in rural Alaska was putting more demands on the Troopers transportation system.<br><br>But more alarming than any budget battle, Monegan said no to firing a State Trooper who had divorced Governor Palin\'s sister because the guy was being maliciously hounded by Palin\'s family.<br><br>And not just that; Monegan\'s firing came after his Colonel had to reprimand the governor\'s office for meddling in department personnel affairs. <br><br><br>Let\'s repeat that last bit again:<br><br><br>But more alarming than any budget battle, Monegan said no to firing a State Trooper who had divorced Governor Palin\'s sister because the guy was being maliciously hounded by Palin\'s family.<br><br>Here is a link:<br><br><a href="http://www.andrewhalcro.com/why_walt_monegan_got_fired" rel="nofollow">http://www.andrewhalcro.com/why_walt_monegan_go...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1913453">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1913453" class="dsq-comment-message">bullshit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914687">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914687" class="dsq-comment-message">about whaaaat?<br>Are you speechless becasue she is not just a sperm receptacle or what?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914439" class="dsq-comment-message">Since when did Barack Obama value experience so highly?<br><br>    Barack Obama’s campaign is blasting John McCain for putting “the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency.”<br><br>    The scathing description of Sarah Palin, from Obama spokesman Bill Burton, comes as Democrats scramble to gather a response to a selection that nobody in the political world expected.<br><br>    “Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same,” added Burton.<br><br>What a desperate statement!  Here’s Barack Obama on his massive foreign-policy credentials:<br><br>    To counter opponents’ accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that résumé: a trip to Pakistan while a college student.<br><br>Wow.  So his mother took him to live in Indonesia when he was eight, and he took a trip in college.  Meanwhile, Palin has governed a state surrounded by foreign nations.  Which has the practical experience in foreign policy and diplomacy?<br><br>During the entire primary campaign, Obama kept telling voters that his judgment overruled his lack of experience.  Now, suddenly, it doesn’t — but that puts Barack Obama at the same level as Sarah Palin, or even below, as Palin has the executive experience that Obama lacks.   Moreover, Palin has spent her time in politics actually accomplishing reform and challenging the political machine in her own party.  Did Obama do that?<br><br>And let’s not forget that Palin is running for the Vice Presidency.  Obama, with his complete lack of the experience his campaign now suddenly believes is crucial for the job, wants to be President.<br><br>This is a foolish, bitter, and tone-deaf message.  As one source close to the McCain campaign put it, “We already know what Barack Obama thinks about small town America. But the bitterness of the Obama campaign’s knee jerk attack says more about them than anything else.”</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914452">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914452" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  The ONLY reason that I\'m posting this article is so that I can make a comment!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/?referrer=email" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/?referrer=email</a><br><br>ANSWER:     ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!<br><br>QUESTION:    Does anyone in their right mind and with a DELICATE EAR want to hear "4 more years" of           "N-U-C-U-L-A-R!!!    <br><br>Whew!!  Holding my ears Deep Breaths!!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914553">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914553" class="dsq-comment-message">From HuffPost:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/obama-delivers-and-then-s_b_122273.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/obama-...</a><br>Obama Delivers, And Then Some<br><br>ENOUGH said!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Go O-B \'08!!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1914588" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914588" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what I think...McCain probably offered VP to Condoleeza...and Condoleeza turned him down.<br><br>That\'s the only way that this makes sense to me.  Condoleeza turned McCain down.<br><br>So he went with Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915732" class="dsq-comment-message">What you don\'t know about Republicans is ... A LOT!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914677">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914677" class="dsq-comment-message">K.O. issuing another KO:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/olbermann-rips-ap-reporte_n_122290.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/olberm...</a><br><br>Olbermann Rips AP Reporter Over Criticism of Obama Speech<br><br>In an unusually heated attack on a veteran political reporter by a cable news host, MSNBC\'s Keith Olbermann laced into the Associated Press\'s Charles Babington an hour after Barack Obama had concluded his speech in Denver on Thursday night.<br><br>With rare exception, nearly all of the top commentators and reporters on the three cable news networks had hailed Obama\'s speech as something new and powerful, and filled with specifics, and predicted it would have a positive effect on his chances vs. John McCain. This hallelujah chorus included conservatives such as Bill Kristol and Pat Buchanan and the longtime Republican David Gergen, as well as Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. Buchanan called it the best and most important political convention speech he had ever heard, going back 48 years. <br><br>There is a video!!  You know K. O.!!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1914876" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914876" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly at everyone. <br><br>This contradicts almost everything.<br><br>1. They cannot hold the inexperience card with Obama.<br>2. They cannot use the "he is still an unknown" excuse. When Obama began running, he was a familiar name. He was famous after his 2004 convention speech. She\'s not.<br>3. They cannot call Obama "the affirmative action" candidate because here we go, real "affirmative action" benefiting those who have been the number one beneficiaries of affirmative action all along. She got the Geraldine-up grade. <br><br>I love all the excuses that are being made. <br><br>Biden will chew her up in the debates...this should be interesting. <br><br>Well after the convention, last night\'s speech and after this desperate pick, I have become once again enthusiastic about Obama\'s campaign. Once I get released (from the hospital) sometime this evening or tommorow, I will be hitting the pavement. I was disillusioned for a moment even though I was still in support of Obama. I am still warming to Biden however this has gotten me even more fired up especially after this past week. I was told to rest but I will not.<br><br>This is pathetic and transparent and as a female, I am offended.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915086" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915086" class="dsq-comment-message">I co-sign to this Rhonda and hope you are feeling better. Glad to hear you will be out of the hospital soon.<br><br>The Republican\'s should be embarrased but something tells me, they think they have a one up ... they are out of touch ... and very clueless.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915290" class="dsq-comment-message">All women are not pro-abortion, old-school feminists like Clinton.<br><br>We are witnessing a generational shift for both parties and as Obama is the fresh young face, and the promise of the Democrats, Palin is the fresh young face and promise of the Republicans.<br><br>I\'m happy that Obama has earned his place in history, and I feel the same about Palin.<br><br>If you want Obama, got get out the vote, speak to the issues and win this election. Quit disparaging Palin, whining, feeling offended. If you feel you have the winning ticket, support it.<br><br>Republicans are energized, something that Obama did not think McCain could do, and counted on him picking a VP as dull and boring as Biden. <br><br>Depressing Republican turnout was key to the Dems strategy. They wanted McCain to choos a pro-abortion candidate that would make his base to stay home. There is little chance of that now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915111">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915111" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope you are feeling much better.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1919572">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1919572" class="dsq-comment-message">NOTE: there is a #4:<br><br>The "Celebrity" meme goes out the window.<br>Sarah Palin is a former beauty queen.<br><br>Take care of yourself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1914999">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1914999" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama Campaign Spokesman Bill Burton responds to John McCain\'s choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate: <br><br>"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain\'s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush\'s failed economic policies -- that\'s not the change we need, it\'s just more of the same."<br><br>Sen. Chuck Schumer says: <br>"After the great success of the Democratic convention, the choice of Sarah Palin is surely a Hail Mary pass. It is a real roll of the dice and shows how John McCain, Karl Rove et al realize what a strong position the Obama-Biden team and Democrats in general are in in this election. Certainly the choice of Palin puts to rest any argument about inexperience on the Democratic team and while Palin is a fine person, her lack of experience makes the thought of her assuming the presidency troubling. I particularly look forward to the Biden-Palin debate in Missouri."<br><br>Rep. Rahm Emanuel: <br>"Is this really who the Republican Party wants to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency? Given Sarah Palin\'s lack of experience on every front and on nearly every issue, this Vice Presidential pick doesn\'t show judgment: it shows political panic."<br><br>Rep. Jim Clyburn on South Carolina ETV Radio: <br>"I do believe that McCain has to do something to reshuffle the cards, shake up the establishment, do something unexpected and Governor Palin has all the kinds of things that McCain might see as a way to shake things up. I think [her selection] would be something similar to Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle proved to be sort of an embarrassment as a campaigner. Being thrust on a national stage like that could be very tough. Now Mondale tried to shake things up by going with Geraldine Ferraro.she proved to be a disaster as a running mate. And as a campaigner, she was absolutely awful. And so I just think that it is very risky for McCain to do this, but it may be all he has left."<br><br>Meanwhile, the non-partisan group Campaign Money Watch responded that the pick underscores McCain\'s loss of maverick reformer credentials: <br><br>"In choosing Governor Palin, Senator McCain is clearly trying to shore up his past maverick reformer image - an image that is now in tatters due to the type of campaign he\'s run and the big money lobbyists he depends on every day of the week," Donnelly said. <br><br>"This selection raises plenty of questions," Donnelly continued. "She bills herself as a reformer, but has been silent on whether she supports public financing of elections in her own state. As governor of an oil-producing state, she\'s been a friend to Big Oil. Given John McCain\'s extensive fundraising from Big Oil, her selection raises concerns of whether the McCain-Palin ticket will promise the same access for oil companies and their lobbyists that we\'ve seen for nearly eight years from the Bush-Cheney administration."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915129">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915129" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>As governor of an oil-producing state, she\'s been a friend to Big Oil. </b> <br><br>She\'s also a friend to foreign companies: <a href="As governor of an oil-producing state, she\'s been a friend to Big Oil." rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=acNe2vW46POk&refer=canada</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915436">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915436" class="dsq-comment-message">I messed up with the link:<br><br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=acNe2vW46POk&refer=canada" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915287">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915287" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone single one of these comments are going to piss off, smalltown people, pro-life people and especially unqualified white \'entitled\' females all over the nation.<br><br>Those females are going to rally around Palin, they are not going to let the media treat her \'shabbily and chauvinistically\'...like the press treated hillary.<br><br>Not ths time they are going to say.<br><br>O my, I am worried...these comments are not going to bring in voters other than those already behind Obama.<br><br>It was a blessing not to have these folks making comments before the nomination. None of them are driving Obama\'s message here.<br><br>The best of the off message  bunch is Clyburn until he brought up Quayle, as that was a winning ticket.<br><br>I am glad folks are finally speaking out against Ferraro..she needs to be the recipient of ceaseless scathing attacks given her antics during the primaries and how she destroyed Mondales ticket, after being the affirmative action choice on that ticket because Feinstein had financial issues...that traitor Ferraro stepped on the ticket knowing all along her mafia ties hubby was a disaster for the ticket.<br><br>The only person on message of all these comments is DONNELLY.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1925425">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1925425" class="dsq-comment-message">Those people you refer to, I doubt any, ANY of them are reading here. <br><br>I mean, lets get real.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915114" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915114" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>“It is pretty audacious for the Obama campaign to say that Governor Palin is not qualified to be Vice President. She has a record of accomplishment that Senator Obama simply cannot match. Governor Palin has spent her time in office shaking up government in Alaska and actually achieving results -- whether it’s taking on corruption, passing ethics reform or stopping wasteful spending and the ‘bridge to nowhere.’ Senator Obama has spent his time in office running for President.” --Jill Hazelbaker, McCain Communications Director</i><br><br>Statement of fact: we have two inexperienced people here; Obama and Palin. Both are paired with respected, experienced leaders from their respective parties.<br><br>Only one of them, though, is running for President.<br><br>At worst, the experience argument is a draw now. At best, it tends toward Palin.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915413">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915413" class="dsq-comment-message">D, Isn\'t a \'lack\' of experience to be expected when a \'generational\' shift in politics occurs?<br><br>The argument may favor Palin, mostly because she is at the bottom of the ticket.<br><br>Experience should be framed, not as " time in office served\' but \'accomplishments while in office." Using that standard, Palin has an edge.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915592" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915592" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right.<br><br>It\'s been said that the presidency isn\'t the place for on the job training. I\'d like to think that\'s what the VP spot is for......</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915687">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915687" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916274">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916274" class="dsq-comment-message">"D" <br>I understand why you want experience in the foreign policy arena; lack of it gets people killed unneccessarily.<br><br>The reality is the experience issue is a result  of how badly George Bush did his job across the board.(To me everything he has done and the results were on purpose; I do not believe he is incompetent). Excluding his father, whom was picked for his extensive foreign and military experience for Reagan neither Clinton, Reagan, Carter or Ford had extensive foreign policy experience. Excluding Reagan and <br>Clinton the others had military experience. The key was they had executive experience as governors  As water and ice are exceptions Bush jr is to the others.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915630">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915630" class="dsq-comment-message">You cannot compare Obama\'s experience with Pallin.  In the state of Illinois he passed legislation reforming the death penalty, mandating taped confessions; increasing earned income tax; banning racial profiling; and others. As a US senator  he has passed legislation regarding nuclear proliferation  and ethics. He is currently working on another bill.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915669">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915669" class="dsq-comment-message">Great. But I compare Obama\'s experience with McCain\'s.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915974">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915974" class="dsq-comment-message">Even better, you\'re comparing a man living in 1974 with a man living in 2008. Old doesn\'t equate to "experience" unless you are ONLY referring to years breathing.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915748" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915748" class="dsq-comment-message">One was a representative of the people in a district of IL; the other was the head of the government in the state of Alaska.<br><br>If that\'s all I gave you to make your pick for vice president on, who would you choose?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916069">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916069" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama because the state of Illinois is bigger and more diverse than Alaska. And what I mean by diverse  I talking about the economy  and mixture of rural and urban areas. After all Chicago is the second largest city in the country.  He also taught constitutional law. He is currently a US Senator.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1916307" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916307" class="dsq-comment-message">But where has he led? Yes, he\'s taught, organized, and gotten significant legislation passed.<br><br>That doesn\'t, however, translate into the experience gained by being a governor. Or a mayor, for that matter.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916524">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916524" class="dsq-comment-message">Neither he nor McCain have executive experience.  Besides she only has 1 year of experience as a governor. So lets not put lipstick on a pig.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915246">barry4obama</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915246" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey u guys go 2 <a href="http://dimewars.com" rel="nofollow">dimewars.com</a> and listen 2 cornel west, tavis smiley and suzanne malveaux say that obama dropped the baton with his speech and didn\'t say enough about Dr. King.....i\'m sorry my peeps but is it moe or does it seem like negro\'s will find anything 2 complain about</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915573">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915573" class="dsq-comment-message">Any time you have Smiley and Malveau speaking they are going to attack Obama and undermine him in anyway they can.  West goes back and forth, sometimes it is positive other times he piles on with them.<br><br>I do not care if I ever hear from Smiley or Julianne Malveaux (suzanne is with cnn).<br>Malveaux was even talking smack with soledad O\'brien when she did Blacks in America...Soledad had to shut her down cause Malveaux was on there talking about,  paraphrasing here \'damn the brothers sisters just gotta do it for themselves\'<br>I kid you not.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915252">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915252" class="dsq-comment-message">OT but FUNNY!<br>Especially #3<br><br>Our President!  HA!<br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.6&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel="nofollow">#1</a href><br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.7&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel="nofollow">#2</a href><br><br><a href=http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cc2dade29a&attid=0.8&disp=thd&view=att&th=11c0f0dfa6235286 rel="nofollow">#3</a href></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915258">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915258" class="dsq-comment-message">I listened to the speech last night just to listen. I just can not get over how quickly we as a country have reached so much closer to MLK\'s dream and how much further from the death of Emmett Till by lynching. it was so reassuring that I nodded on some of it.<br><br>This morning having avoided the noise of instant analysis I sat down to read the speech and think about what it meant as a political document. It is a good solid B+.<br>He is not a fire and brimstone preacher nor does he have memorable lines that will quoted to evoke emotion(much of this is because the Democratic party is still interest group oriented and everyone is looking to be acknowledged; thus no one knew when to clap). I was dismayed when he went for the rapier because he never twisted it: McCain won\'t go to the cave he(osama) lives in. He follows w/ a critique of foreign policy to end w/ i won\'t be taking positions for political puposes(withdraws the rapier). I mean this isn\'t a debating contest you still have to win the election and all the poltical positions McCain has taken have been to avoid talking about the issues. Then as the leader he finishes  w/ why his election to the Presidency is a counter to cynicism. Yeah a great finish.<br>So on the whole he reminded me I why he sold me in the first place and convinced me he can sell many others.  But since I want Obama as President I want Biden to be the big red 1 to guard his back.  Not a, brigade, not a MEU the big red 1. I am not electing a martyr.<br>Ask "D" if you have any questions.<br><br>"D"<br><br>I feel you on the s@#$ you recieved from the RNC. I am big on economics and when they talk clean on those issues I can hang but they always pull out that old fashioned Plessy vs Ferguson s@#$. Democrats you can call them on.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1915452" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915452" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Republican-presidential-candidate-John-McCain-Alaska-Gov-Sarah-Palin-vice-presidential-running-mate-Landstuhl-Regional-Medical-Center/photo//080829/ids_photos_wl/r703161074.jpg/" rel="nofollow">Apparently, Ms. Palin\'s been to the hospital at Landstuhl.</a><br><br>I need not tell you all how this is gonna play out.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915742">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915742" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder if white men will get upset when they learn how she fired that trooper?<br>I wonder if that man was the father of her nieces and nephews.  Putting a man out of work is awful, he can\'t even take care of his kids.  Guess that is just more of the pro-life hypocritical cognitive dissonance...they only care about the unBorn..not the living.<br>Imagine what this woman might do as VP to men all over the country..she sounds viscious and spiteful even if she did choose to push a child with defects out of her sperm receptacle.<br><br>Biden might need to pass a Violence Against Men act to protect men from this manhatingcallousheartedmeanspirited Palin who loves life.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915894">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915894" class="dsq-comment-message">Like a photo-op.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1916002" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916002" class="dsq-comment-message">In 2007? Before anyone even knew who she was?<br><br>Come on; you and I both know that "it\'s just a photo op" isn\'t gonna fly.<br><br>In fact, I\'ll spin it for you so you don\'t have to wait for it:<br><br>"Sarah Palin was willing to visit wounded troops without her campaign staff. Obama canceled his trip to Landstuhl because he couldn\'t take his."<br><br>Fair or not-and remember, I wasn\'t gonna criticize him for it!-that\'s how it\'s gonna look.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916312">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916312" class="dsq-comment-message">d,<br>McCain employed the classic military maneuver known as the pincer movement. Focusing all of Obama\'s effort and energy into defending the experience question, while outflanking him on \'change\' by choosing a woman and \'reform\' by choosing some one who is about as "far from Washington as one can get."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1918184">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1918184" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1918184" class="dsq-comment-message">s,<br>Palin is still  a right winger a Bushite that is not change that we can believe in.  As a feminist I would never vote for her because I am pro-choice. Just as I would never vote for JC Watts because I am black. Conservative ideology has been a destructive force. Eight is  enough.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916427">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916427" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916427">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916427" class="dsq-comment-message">Its gonna be spun right back because its a PHOTO....a PICTURE of a wounded soldier being used NOW for campaigning purposes. Exploitation of a soldier for these purposes wouldn\'t play so well either. It will probably not even be bought up at all...just wait.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916711">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916711" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1916711" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916711" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916711" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not saying it\'s right or wrong...just that it is coming.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1915949">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915949" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915949" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915949">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915949" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915949" class="dsq-comment-message">And so what?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916497">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916497" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916497" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916497">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916497" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916497" class="dsq-comment-message">"Running a big campaign on small things". That\'s how it\'s going to play out.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916728">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916728" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916728" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916728">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916728" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916728" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  Yes, let us all forget the Republican talking points for the past several months about how important experience is in times like these.   And now McCain has chosen someone, who by all accounts is a nice person, but has absolutely no experience on the national stage to be his second in command.   Instead, lets shift our focus to who visited wounded soldiers at Landstuhl a year ago, and who didn\'t.  <br><br>D, I wouldn\'t be at all surprised if this became a talking point, but it just provides further evidence that the Repubs are desparate.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916095">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916095">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916095" class="dsq-comment-message">Removed:  Wrong one.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916342">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916342" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916342">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916342" class="dsq-comment-message">Gov Palin has been successful in her short term as Governor of Alaska by SECURING PROPOSALS FOR A FOREIGN COUNTRY<br><br>In Jan 2008, Palin helped secure a proposal for CANADIAN company TRANSCANADA for a 1,715-mile $26 billion pipeline running from the northern slope to Alberta.  In the proposal, it is suggested that the US government might need to take on some of the huge risk of the pipeline by signing in as "bridge shippers."<br><br>This means the government would agree to pay some of the pipeline transportation fees--potentially billions of dollars---should gas producers not commit enough gas initially to operate the line at full capacity.<br><br>If TransCanada has the state license for this pipeline, it will still not control any of the North Slope prodigious 35 trillion cubic ft. of gas.  It would have to persuade the companies  that control most of the reserves---Conoco, Exxon Mobil, and BP  to commit to shipping their gas through the new pipeline.  Without such pre-construction contracts, no pipeline can be built.<br><br>Essentially, she OUTSOURCES to a CANADIAN company, in which there is enormous risk to the US govt-----that same foreign  company has no rights to the gas and will have to rely on BIG OIL to permit it  to ship the oil.  Basically this is a proposal that rewards a foreign company funded by U.S. tax dollars, who is under the control of Big Oil----who benefits without putting forth a dime for the development of the pipeline.    Sounds like a win-win situation for CANADA and BIG OIL---not so good for taxpayer dollars.  By the way, Palin\'s husband is employed by BP.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916451">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916451">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916451" class="dsq-comment-message">A caller on the Ed Schultz show said that Palin is under investigation in regards to Native voting rights in Alaska. Any info on this?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916485">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916485" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916485">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916485" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916485" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO<br>From <a href="http://Dailykos.com" rel="nofollow">Dailykos.com</a><br><br>A McCain/Palin  pairing? I\'m sorry, but that\'s just... weird. It\'s a pairing that seems to be drawn not from politics, but from a 1980\'s network sitcom.<br><br>HE is an ex-POW turned multimillionaire. He has power, wealth, and more houses than most people have ties. But can anything -- or anyone -- calm his savage temper, and teach him to love again?<br><br>SHE\'s a young creationist who knows little about politics and is in trouble with the law. He\'ll take her in -- but can he teach her the ways of Washington before she embarrasses him at the big Telecom Ball?<br><br>Find out this fall on Dharma and Methuselah...</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916561">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916561" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916561">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916561" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916561" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like the \'old\' politics of personal destruction and fear-mongering. <br><br>Americans want to get past that Miranda, and so should you.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916647">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916647" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916647">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916647" class="dsq-comment-message">Surely you jest.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1916584">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1916584" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1916584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1916584">Honey01</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1916584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1916584" class="dsq-comment-message">I just drove past Obama\'s house on my way back to the office, they have put of cement barricades around the perimeter of his house forming a kind of cul-de-sac.<br><br>I guess that is the final confirmation on him being the official democratic candidate.<br>You know it\'s serious.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1918717">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1918717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1918717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1918717">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1918717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1918717" class="dsq-comment-message">They blocked off Greenwood Ave.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1911227">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911227" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911227">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911227" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911227" class="dsq-comment-message">How Palin will help McCain:<br><br>1.  "the attractive young governor . . . would provide much-needed energy and youth to a ticket whose main candidate is frequently on the receiving end of "he\'s so old" jokes";<br>   2. "Palin would give Hillary-voters frustrated by their candidate\'s loss and still unsure about Obama a reason to shift over to McCain";<br>   3. "Palin is as far from a Washington insider as you can get";<br>   4. "Palin can help McCain focus on energy security, an issue that could be Obama\'s Achilles\' heel"<br>   5. "most important, Palin could do something few Republicans seem interested in or able to do these days: Help fuse the two pillars of the Reagan Revolution, traditional conservatives and libertarian Republicans."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1911260">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911260">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911260" class="dsq-comment-message">Well s you were wrong about Meg, but right about a woman. So you get 50% credit which is a lot more then most  got.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1911854">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1911854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1911854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1911854">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1911854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1911854" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary woters will not vote for another woman.  PERIOD.<br><br>That in itself is lost against the Repubs.  Also, republicans are not ready for a woman in office.  If McCain had a heart attack 1 year from now (not a wish) but if he did, clearly Palin could not run the country.  Biden on the other hand, can if something were to happen to Obama.<br><br>Bad move.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1912240">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912240" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912240">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912240" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912240" class="dsq-comment-message">Val,<br>I am in total agreement with you on this.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1912169">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912169" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912169">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912169" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912169" class="dsq-comment-message">This is wishful thinking on your part.<br><br>Sarah Palin is the conservative Barack Obama.<br>Bad move not putting Hillary on the ticket.<br>Obama and his supportesr are between a rock and a hard place now. <br>Scrambling to attack her youth and \'inexperience\'.<br><br>Oh the irony!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1912348">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912348" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912348" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912348">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912348" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912348" class="dsq-comment-message">s - I am hoping that you are not as stupid as your commentary makes you out to be.  <br><br>When Morning Joe is saying this is a LOUSY decision -- something is wrong.  He said that before the pick was announced.  He did not pick the most qualified republican woman either.  <br><br>How stupid is that?  And to say that he didn\'t want anyone to be more intelligent than he is  -- what is she?  Window dressing?  This race is so over.  What a freakin idiot.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1919317">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1919317" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1919317" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1919317">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1919317" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1919317" class="dsq-comment-message">val:   Co-sign!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1912788">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1912788" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1912788" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1912788">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1912788" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1912788" class="dsq-comment-message">If she is the conservative version of Barack, then all the same criticisms (inexperienced, "unknown", not ready to be commander-in-chief, "judgment) are applicable to her.<br><br>Face it; fatal choice by Team McCain.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1915180">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1915180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1915180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1915180">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1915180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1915180" class="dsq-comment-message">s:  SOURCE of these "talking points!"??</div>\
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