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"parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "His economic knowledge on how to increase profits for himself by laying off workers?Like McCain has said \"Now that is change we can believe in\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_17:31:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1781172, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1764875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Richardson didn't have low level womanizing issues that  would SURELY blow up in his face the moment he landed on a bumper sticker he would have been the easy choice.<br><br>Biden is a lot of things, but he aint phony.<br><br>You have to respect the gangsta of a cat who rides the train back and forth to Wilmington rather than shack up in DC.<br><br>The text message bit really wasnt for the political junkies like us, it was for regular folk like my wife, who only knows now because I woke her up with my pitter pattering on the laptop.  <br><br><br>MOST people will wake up to the text.<br><br><br>Once they dispatch secret service detail, it is a wrap.<br><br><br>It is a testament to the campaign that no major media outlet would break the story until after the 11 oclock news on Friday.  <br><br>Biden is going to have to do some housekeeping with regards to black folk, but as long as he plays the good soldier, I think he will be a good fit.<br><br><br>I know McCain cannot be pleased.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Inkognegro", "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}, "1768974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My text message came at 3:00 AM. Symbolism anyone?<br><br>::<br><br>Well, I'm not thrilled just yet, but I got my civilian ticket and I'm happy about that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:02:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1787459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No one really knows.....everyone's in frenzy/guess mode.<br><br>Ridge is a losing ticket....especially for someone who the base isn't enthused about anyway", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_20:24:07", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1787282, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I got my text about nineeen minutes ago.<br><br>I got suckered by the \"It's not me, guys.\" of a few days ago, but I'm glad it is not Hillary Clinton (if that happened, I would now have a broken cell phone after throwing it across the room).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:47:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're on the East Coast, right? Because Kossacks are saying that they started getting theirs at 3 AM!<br><br>I ain't got no text message yet - but I'm on the Left Coast and it is only approximately 1 AM here.<br><br>3 AM text messages- that is so cool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:56:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, I am on the East Coast.  Someone posted on Kos right around 3am that the Obama website had been updated to include Joe Biden.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:58:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767975, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your statement  sums up why  Democrats lose. We're not playing to make statements;we're playing to win.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:58:59", "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": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it = him.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:25:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767359, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1787443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP,<br><br>You are hilarious, but correct. I'm still at the point i didn't know: a White man, whose been a Senator for 30+ years, and STILL the poorest member of the Senate. That says something about him.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_20:21:42", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768939, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No kidding. I'm sure the Secret Service was dispatched the moment the campaign signaled that they'd send the text messages. At that point, it's pretty much a red blinking neon sign saying \"He's VP.\" Most regular folks woke up and saw it on their phones, anyway.<br><br>He's got a 100% rating from the NAACP, League of Conservation Voters and Planned Parenthood. Unions LOVE him. His wife is a teacher.<br><br>AND--he's an Irish Catholic from Scranton, PA. He can help get those folks on board. That's where the \"fresh and clean\" comments help, actually: it shows that just because he mis-speaks, Obama is not \"over-sensitive\" on the race thing. <br><br>Now, I believe the notion that we are \"over-sensitive\"  on racial matters is bullshit, but it doesn't matter what I believe. Joe can help seal the deal with that segment--the ones who are hurting, but have been racially conditioned. He can be the attack dog so Obama stays above the fray. He's smart.  He's got a great voting record.<br><br>Game ON!<br><br>And as far as Virginia--please remember that we were the first state to elect an African American man as governor, and it was done when the demographics were less kinder than now.<br><br>I'm excited. Let's kick some ass.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:23:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764821, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1779260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Liberman would be tarred and feathered..And im willing to bet you my shellback that the word traitor would come out more then once...<br><br>You guys might wanna hype up Sanford again..<br>that Pork and Barrel thing was worth its weight...<br><br>Still though, you guys need an XO not a dept. head..<br>your boy S is right..Expect it to be Pawlenty...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_14:33:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "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": 1779070, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LucyC's observations are not on target. Framing this decision as acquiescing to white people is cynical and narrow minded.<br><br>Your observations, on the other hand, are on point.<br><br>Carry on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768114, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"You're on the East Coast, right?\" <br><br>-Yep.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:05:46", "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": 1767975, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mc Cain would make the PUMA's happy if he picked Meg Whitman.<br><br>Mc Cain should pick Mark Sanford...ok...HAHAHAHAHAHA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_17:39:42", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1778634, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>despite my (admittedly reserved) support for the Obama campaign up to this point.</b><br><br>Seems like you were looking for an excuse not to vote for Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_07:30:45", "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": 1766361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:27:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768770, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Got my text at exactly 3:12am!!<br><br>I'm good with Biden, the poorest member of the Senate...lol He's not in the tank for any-damn-body.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:13:12", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768974, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In 2000, I would've voted for this ticket.<br><br>Throw the experience argument out the window. I disagree with Biden politically, but there's few people who could better guide Obama.<br><br>I see this as throwing down a gauntlet. Obama, as a relative newcomer, has shored up the one area he was questionable in-foreign policy. McCain now has to do the same. That means economics, and <i>that</i> means Romney.<br><br>Thing is, Romney's a numbers/stats guy. Biden's a fighter. The VP debate is not going to go well.<br><br>A respectable, formidable ticket. Obama got his Cheney. McCain's really gotta stop fucking up at this point, cause Biden will call him on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:14:53", "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": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1766493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Biden is very popular with the \"regular\" democrats. I liked him from seeing him on the Daily Show. I was wounded by his remark about Obama early in the campaign but I thought it was more about not thinking rather than racism. <br>By choosing Biden, Obama may prove to some fence sitters that he is not one to play \"the race card\" and it may take the wind out of a lot those sails. This is the strongest ticket duo for winning in my mind. I do like to think that Michelle had a sit down conversation with Joe, heh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:57:18", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"the gates of hell\"............so Bin Laden's in Mississippi?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:15:13", "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": 1768369, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He could have done worse than Senator \"Hairplugs\".<br><br>Sorry, I couldn't resist, LOL.<br><br>However, as Jack rightfully said, my only concern was that he didn't pick Hillary.  Or Evan Bayh, who is ReThug-lite.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_07:35:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766493, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1762400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't get my email from B.O. Kinda sad about that. Kinda uninspired with Biden, but am trusting Obama to make a good decision. Ready to move on and get this thing won.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_01:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c6b9b09aa1f21981baca2edd9e4dde1", "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}, "1768037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With this level of acquiescence, what exactly are we winning at this point?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:20:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "11c91a055f103048817cd56d78660ebb", "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": 1767984, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1762407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am not pleased. I look at this as MAJOR capitulation. Yeah Obama isn't McCain but dang it! Why didn't we get the promised text message? If we get spammed I am going to be so pissed off!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_01:33:17", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Look, I'm not exactly thrilled with Biden due to his recent revelation of his comments, and I was looking forward to the text message, but I've had some cheese with my whine and now I'm ready to go to WAR against McCain and The Rethuglicans. <br><br><b>I'M FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_07:39:11", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "United we stand, divided we fall", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:28:30", "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": 1768037, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can you explain your last statement, please. I wanna understand how you think Biden hurts Barack in VA and GA.<br><br>Who was your first choice?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:19:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know.<br><br>I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about Joe Biden.  So I'll have to research it.  He seems like a \"kick ass, worry about hurt feelings later\" type of person.  I just need for Biden to shut down whoever is McNopoly's running mate like he shut down Guiliani.  If he does that, I'm happy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:21:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767252, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1763458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The text message/e-mail didn't happen because someone, probably someone outside the campaign, leaked the information to the media. Once the word was out about the Secret Service, their cover was blown. The campaign's not going to send it out early when: 1. most people aren't paying attention to the news on Friday night and 2. they said they'd send it Saturday morning. <br><br>The October 2nd vice presidential debate w/ Gwen Ifill just got a lot more interesting. Joe Biden is going to wipe the floor with whatever suit the Republicans put up. I can't wait.  <br><br>Obama-Biden, let's go!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_01:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "nctodc", "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}, "1767565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Billary Campaign's<br><br>\"Well Jesse Jackson won in '88\"<br><br>\"Bill Clinton is blacker than Barack Obama\"<br><br>\"Bill Clinton has dated more black women than Barack Obama\"<br><br>\"Well ya know the GOP is gonna say he's a drug dealer\"<br><br>\"He's only up there because he's black and everybody's caught up in the concept.\"<br><br>\"He's not a Muslim...as far as I know.\"<br><br>\"He should be proud to wear the clothes of his country\"<br><br><br>and so many other statements are far worse than Joe Biden's \"He's clean and articulate\" bit.  I'm SO glad Hillary didn't get it.  PUMA needs to be euthanized.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767274, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I gotta say I'm loving the 3 AM roll out. That is too cool and a talk to the hand in Billary's faces.<br><br>\"It's 3 AM . . . \"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:42:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767982, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1782945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.  you hit us with the Lincoln argument?!?  Touche.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:10:07", "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": 1768389, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THAT.  WOULD.  MAKE.  MY.  WEEK.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:25:54", "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": 1766688, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Richardson also had a CV padding problem back in the day.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:46:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1772199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hope you reconsider...we have to be a united front.  McCain is not the person that we should want in office because he would absolutely choose to worsen the mess that the Bush administration has created with our economy and our foreign policy.  McCain is a hothead with proven history of not choosing to think before he acts.  We desperately need someone in office that actually THINKS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:45:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "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": 1766361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Biden came in 19th place because Clinton and Obama sucked all the air out of the room and caucuses don't allow for non-front runners to gain traction.<br><br>Obama-Biden isn't NEARLY as liberal as KerryEdwards or GoreLieberman.  This notion of painting Obama (especially) as some kind of cookie cutter liberal has to stop.  <br><br>and after 8 years of BushCheyney, Liberal isnt nearly the dirty word it was.<br><br><br>All Senators get painted with the ideological brush because of the nature of the Senatorial process.<br><br><br>Nothing about Mitt Romney pleases McCain.  if Romney gets the nod, then he is a useful idiot.  <br><br>And I GUARANTEE you there will be a moment where Biden cracks Romneys face with a Lloyd Bentsen like retort.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:10:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Inkognegro", "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": 1765494, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Biden at his best<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/23/vp-joe-biden-watch-video_n_120775.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/23/vp-joe...</a><br><br>Per Jesse Jackson Sr.  Obama hit olympic gold with this pick.  <br>On CNN", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:40:54", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Different time, different ticket, different campaign.  This is a good choice.<br><br>\"Noun, verb, 9/11.\"<br><br>\"That's bull****\"<br><br>Joe ain't nothing to play with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:48:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767663, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1779375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Probably so.  Doesn't completely motivate me, though....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_14:45:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1779260, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:42:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1777881, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LucyC I fear your observations may be on target even though people do not want to agree. No one can tell you whom to vote for, however if you live in a Swing State I'd urge you to reconsider. I do know if the Greens get 5% of the vote they will have Congressional representation. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. And honestly we need a bust-up of the monopoly - though with the way this country operates the money people behind the curtain would try to co-opt them all the same. Obama is running a campaign to win and honestly Black people may have helped him secure the nomination but some are still under the impression our votes are in the bag. This is the time to put pressure on those that would deny us our due. We do have to be focused at this time about what our overall goal will be. We cannot under ANY circumstance have McCain in office. We cannot have a weakened agenda in an Obama administration either. So might I suggest that we all make every effort past our comfort zones to effect real progress. It's more than Obama. We need to take ownership of what happens in this country. I think this is the first time people realize how sitting on the sidelines is equivalent to slitting not only our throats but literally killing millions of people around the world. And let's face it, we know what has happened to the few people in leadership positions who were prescribed as being the heart and soul of a movement. WE have to be the movement, not a figurehead. How many people are REALLY willing to cut back and give up things they want BY CHOICE if it means others will have more, not more than they need but just enough to get by?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:51:43", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Olympic gold, huh?<br><br>Nice.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:42:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769641, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GA? Georgia was never about a running mate. The state is all about either the majority voting for Obama or McCain....PERIOD.  Trust, who the VP pick is has NOTHING to do with how this state swings. If the voter registration drives keep going the way they are and those new voters VOTE in November, Obama will win. If that doesn't happen McCain will win...but it aint got a darn thing to do with the VP pick, no southeastern state gives a damn who the VP pick is.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:29:44", "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": 1764215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1775222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "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": 1769054, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not Mr. \"Clean & Articulate/\" oh brother.  But if this will help B-Rocka win, I'm on board with it.  At least it's not Hillary, that's all that matters to a sista like me...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_05:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "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}, "1766601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, it is on <a href=\"http://barackobama.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">barackobama.com</a>.  Joe Biden it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:59:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1777881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How bout we all google \"Karmi + Obama + Stalker\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:19:18", "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": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1776394, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1765595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am praying...Delaware is pretty close to PA right?  I sure as shyt hope that jet is picking up Senator Casey from PA.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:37:59", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764917, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1794269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. John McCain is already eyeing his next war. He is the heir apparent of the military industrial complex. He has already started to threaten Russia and he hasn't been elected yet. He has also said publically that your employer shouldn't contribute to your health insurance or provide women with birthcontrol pills. He wants to over turn Roe v Wade. He also voted AGAINST equal pay for equal work for women, if you care. Please be reminded that this IS the 21st century. He will definitely be another puppet leader and continue GW Bush's track record of international humiliation. On the positive side, it may force the global community to finally denounce and repudiate US imperialism.<br><br>I really feel you on this decision. Had O selected Clinton, I would be sitting out (I think), But when I think about McCain rolling back the gains and freedoms we have as women, I get killer upset. I don't want my son to be drafted and I don't want my daughter to receive less $ on her job because she is female. Both propositions are insane. Please keep an open mind until closer to voting day.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_02:05:55", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1772199, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not sure why you only see it as acquiescence. But even still, you can't make political decisions in a vacuum.<br><br>Kaine was clearly Barack's first choice. <br><br>How successful a ticket do you think that would've been as the nation has once again been duped by the wag the dog of Georgia and Russia's threats to start another cold war?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:34:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768037, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1791713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It will be Pawlenty or Mittens. Pawlenty is definitely able to hold his own, at least from what I've seen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_01:07:44", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1779260, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1780962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Probably take you here - <a href=\"http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/obama-biden-two-racists-in-the-same-%e2%80%98peapod%e2%80%99/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama + Biden = Two Racists in the same \u2018PeaPod\u2019</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_16:49:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1777881, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br>As someone who followed the Romney camp about as clos as a dem could, I dont think a pick of Romney is wise at all. <br><br>First off its forced... We all know the Consservative wing is totally separate from the moderate wing..<br>Second the evangelicals would have to be reassured all over again that Mitt isnt coming into this with 3 wives...(b4 you reply, bare in mind y wifes Mormon thus making me a nonpracticing one) <br>Third Does he even like the guy? I know Reagan didnt care much for 41, but they figured it out..Romney was the subject of a hitjob..Plain and simple.  Hucks, Guls, and McCain made a point to force him out...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:48:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769052, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1766496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Someone would have to educate me on why Biden has housekeeping issues as far as Black folks are concerned.  His gaffe earlier this election just gives Obama another theme song, old-school <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp2hvM2LL_4\" rel=\"nofollow\">courtesy of Outcast</a>.<br><br>He has a pro-civil rights, pro-affirmative action voting record and was clear in his defense of affirmative action back during the U of Michigan case.  On <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080647/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hardball with Chris Matthews</a> in January 2003, Biden was adamant:<br><br><i>\"If you want to do away with preferences, Chris, do away with all of them... don\u2019t give any advantage for being economically disadvantaged, don\u2019t give any advantage for being from a rural area, don\u2019t give any advantage if your father went to the school. Fair is fair.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "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}, "1767663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lloyd Bentsen cracked Quayle's face...But Bush-41 still won the election.<br><br>Romney is a former Governor and successful business executive.  Mormonism may have cost him the Republican Presidential Nom, but in a general election, people are going to look for reassurance.<br><br>Obama-Biden doesn't reassure me.  Obama-Biden presumes that America will be dominated by foreign policy concerns during the next four years.<br><br>Foreign affairs will not be the issue in this election.  As Carville said in '92, \"It's the economy stupid.\"  At first I thought Carville was looking \"pissy\" for the sake of looking pissy earlier today (on CNN).   Now, I know exactly what he's feeling...he's feeling sick about four more years under a republican administration.<br><br>The punditocracy is praising this ticket.  Even conservative David Brooks is praising the ticket.  It reminds me of how the punditocracy predicted that Hillary would be the Presidential Nominee...and it scares the shyt out of me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:32:43", "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": 1767080, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I never got my text, so I just found out here.  I was pulling for Schweitzer myself, but I'm still all in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:45:30", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1765637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I'm sure a lot of people would be relieved.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:38:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764917, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's not in the tank for any-damn-body.<br><br>::<br><br>That is probably his biggest asset.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:40:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769041, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1776394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/08/why-bidens-racist-behind-aint-gonna-be-vp/#more-1857\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Why Biden\u2019s Racist Behind Ain\u2019t Gonna Be VP\"</a> A Black man and White man in the same <i>Racist 'Pod'</i>...this has got to be a first! <br><br>Google \"Biden + Obama + Racism\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1787147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree Craig.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why must people's knee jerk reaction to almost every decision Obama makes be that he is trying to \"appease\" White voters?  Why can't people just give the man the benefit of the doubt that he made the best decision based on advice from people that he trusted?  I'm not doing back flips over Biden, but the more I thought about it, the more that I realized I didn't have more than lukewarm feelings about the other options anyway.  <br><br>Actually, the one person that I wanted him to pick, Colin Powell, presented his own set of problems (i.e. Iraq, lack of time in the Senate).  <br><br>And with all the other viable options, he still faced obstacles:  Richardson, Clinton, Sebelius, Kaine, Bayh, Reed.  For any person that he picked there were going to be many people that were not happy because of that person's voting record, that person's perceived weaknesses, and possibly that person's gender.<br><br>Goodness, maybe some Obama supporters do expect him to walk on water.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:27:59", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769537, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As an ex squid, im sure you can relate to this analogy..<br><br>The CO on the ship is the second most popular guy there(outside the one brotha who can cut hair) but its understood, everybody hated the overbearing XO...<br><br>No one ever got that the XO stayed on message, he just attacked while doing so..<br><br>Barack got his XO<br><br>McCain, cant find one at the moment thats an easy sale. <br>I'd say your best choice is a long shot as S mentioned.<br>Portman should be looking great now....<br><br>(though in a debate, he'll be tofu)<br><br>boy, the biden pick was a considerable check...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:51:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1778634, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1776402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:02:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "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": 1769884, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Rhonda!<br><br>I read what Lincoln said.  Lincoln maybe like Biden see/saw minorities as humans, probably just humans they don't want to live next door to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:40:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768389, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1766688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL Obama and Biden should come out to \"So Fresh So Clean\" tomorrow and make a joke out of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766496, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, consider Joe Biden in his own words to Republicans at the Columbia Rotary Club in South Carolina in Dec. 2006. Here are some excerpts from the Lee Bandy's article, \"Biden charms local GOP,\"  in <a href=\"http://www.thestate.com/mid/thestate/news/politics/16150760.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">The State.com</a>:<br><br>The senator pounced on a member's announcement that the club would hold its annual Christmas party at the state Department of Archives and History where members could view the original copy of the state's <a href=\"http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/freedom/history/story.html?id=8b13b486-306e-4f5f-b53b-86b052dff530&k=94075\" rel=\"nofollow\">Articles of Secession</a>.<br><br>Biden asked, \"Where else could I go to a Rotary Club where (for a) Christmas party the highlight is looking at the Articles?\"<br><br>Biden was on a roll.<br><br>Delaware he noted, was a \"slave state that fought beside the North. That's only because we couldn't figure out how to get to the South. There were a couple of states in the way.\"<br><br>The crowd loved it.<br><br>\"America needs, and I need, for the Republican Party to get back up,\" he said.<br><br>Biden also says the Democrats don't want to assume the presidency saddled with a war and have to be responsible for pulling the plug. \"We can choose to hang together or choose to hang separately on Iraq. There is every incentive for us to hang together.\" he said.<br><br>Biden is an old school, good ol' boy antithesis of Obama's \"Change\" message.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4587a181b6f4dc9d0fe29acad448a1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1764652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Biden definitely will fight.  That is a good thing.<br>I trust Barack's decisions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:14:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "loving that myself 99% sure.  I received my email about 5:00 and it was all good for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:23:02", "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": 1768093, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1794352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jelana:   Me  2!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_02:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1777974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay, I've found the D.C. vs. Iowa schools stuff from Biden...  One thing that has to be noted is that the whole comparison was prefaced and prompted, actually, by Biden saying as his father used to, \"show me your budget and I'll show you what you value.\"  That's a markedly different viewpoint than \"ignorant racist white conservatives\" who try to change the subject the way the questioner did to focus not on the systematic inequalities but on dubious issues of \"accountability\" and personal responsibility.<br><br>There is a link to an <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/audio/2007/10/24/AU2007102402369.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">audio clip here</a> which at least adds context to Biden's statement that was every bit of whatever you want to call it (racist, etc.) but I don't live by the soundbite.<br><br> Again, the very thing that prompted the D.C. vs. Iowa school comparison was Biden's \"progressive\" idea of more/equal funding and/or attention to D.C. or urban schools.  But now that I think about it, it makes sense why Obama chose Biden: apparently they think alike.<br><br>So, unless people are fully ready to dismiss Obama (who has made his share of questionable, \"racist\" anti-black statements) as someone who \"sounds like ignorant racist white conservatives\" and act accordingly, no matter what Obama's record is, then and only then can I fully understand this view on Biden.  But I can be wrong or convinced otherwise.  Which is the very reason why I asked to be educated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:22:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "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": 1768383, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She likes McCain more.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_18:14:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1781473, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>What do you think about a woman like Meg Whitman?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:01:35", "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": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769967, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1785661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some of Biden's comments regarding racial issues, can certainly be interpreted as insensitive, but I don't get the big hub bub about the \"clean and articulate\" comment.  <br><br>I don't think he was trying to be offensive at all.  When he said clean, I thought he meant fresh, and when he said articulate, I thought he was pointing out the obvious.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:18:20", "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": 1766493, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1764917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It would be funny if all of us got our text/email at 3am and it's NOT Biden.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:21:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am not so sensitive to every little word or comment made about minorities. Shoot, I have made a few jokes myself in my lifetime about everybody.  I couldn't care less.  His voting record is what matters to me.<br><br>Now lets get to gettin' and take out the trash.<br><br>Go Obama/Biden 08", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:27:14", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766688, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I thought it was more about not thinking rather than racism. \"<br><br>Exactly", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:28:24", "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": 1766493, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1783628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Umm....what \"questionable, 'racist' anti-black statements has Obama uttered?  Did I miss this memo?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:14:27", "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": 1777974, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Love it. Love it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:59:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1791825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TRW:   \"Why can't people just give the man the benefit of the doubt . . . .\"<br><br>O.K. I'' take a stab at this multiple choice question:<br><br>A.  Because he's Black<br><br>B.  Because he's African-American[father=African; mother=American]<br><br>C.  Because he's Black<br><br>D.  Because he's Black<br><br>E.  ALL of the ABOVE<br><br>I'm going with E!!  <br><br>DING!   DING!   DING!   We have a winner!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_01:38:50", "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": 1787147, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town, U got it right!...they are sending text messages at 3AM.  Anyone who knows me knows that I'm an Obama-Lover...but this (atleast for me) is the first big fuggUp of the whole dayum campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:17:07", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764917, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well LucyC - do what you do have to do and move on.  <br><br>Go Obama/Biden 08", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:31:43", "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": 1766361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1794392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99%:  I got mine @ 1:45 a.m.  :&gt;)<br><br>As long as it didn't say billary!!!!   Whooo hoo!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_02:32:25", "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": 1767975, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1794396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   Co-signing!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-24_02:34:25", "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": 1768555, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1765494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is probably pleased as \"punch,\" and ready to select Romney.  <br><br>If it is Biden...If the ticket is Obama-Biden, then it's too liberal (and I'm an ultra-liberal saying this...).     <br><br>Shyt, he could've chosen Clark or Kaine--someone with southern-quasi-conservative heritage to help balance the ticket.<br><br>There will be much second-guessing if things do not work out on 11/4.  The Clintonistas (such as Carville) are already setting up 2012.<br><br>We are no longer in the primary elections...We are in the general election campaign.  If Joe Biden was so ***kin successful with working-class voters, then why did he come in 19th place in the Iowa Caucuses??? Uninspired.  Biden on the ticket will not make me (or anyone else) feel more comfortable when Osama Bin Laden shows up with his endorsement on 11/3.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:36:19", "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": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1764875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1762277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am so feeling you on that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_01:30:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1780072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My one year old clapped when Biden called Obama the next president. <br><br>God help me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_15:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1779260, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town - that is what Biden will do.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:34:54", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1767359, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you Nquest.  Excellent points.  I was just so angry at the \"clean and bright and articulate\" remarks from Biden that I disregarded what really counts:  his voting record.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:18:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "11c91a055f103048817cd56d78660ebb", "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": 1766496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1777011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, agreed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_12:05:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "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": 1769450, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"McCain's really gotta stop fucking up at this point, cause Biden will call him on it.\"<br><br>-I thought about that this morning, thinking about what Biden said about Guiliani (noun, verb, 9-11).<br><br>D: Who do YOU think McCain should pick as his VP?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_17:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769052, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1764215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uninspired.  <br><br>If McCain chooses Romney, it's going to be pretty tough. Inspite of eight years of Bush-Cheney, if you add Pro-Life \"I'm NOT going to Hell no matter how bad the economy gets\" PLUS the Hillary-Lovin Obama Haters...it's going to be pretty tough.<br><br>Uninspired by this choice (if it's true).<br><br>There's no amount of oratory on next Thursday or debate performances that may (will) overcome the racist tendencies of some of these mofos in the electorate.<br><br>Uninspired.  I sure as shyt hope that Plouffe/Axelrod got some tactics that are going to compensate for this decision...cause I'm uninspired.<br><br>I will not be racing to get an Obama-Biden bumpersticker anytime soon...I feel like GA and VA have just slipped off da ***ckin table...my state is no longer in play.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:03:59", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1779070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!!! That's terribly accurate.<br><br>McCain's XO in that scenario would be Lieberman. Wouldn't THAT be an interesting debate. <br><br>Portman's okay; also Eric Cantor out of Richmond if we're gonna go long shot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_14:09:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1778959, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1787266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the moment she lost McCain had a pic up of the two of them together as well..<br><br>plus she did say McCain would be ready on Day one", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:50:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "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": 1781559, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1780101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "voted this one up a point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_15:35:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "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": 1777881, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "1768333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I gotta co-sign wtth this...rollin this out at 3am just confirmed to me how barack stays 2 stps ahead..<br><br>I hated that stupid 3am ad, and now Barack has skillfully used it against them....perfect..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:35:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "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": 1768093, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1787282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hearing alot of Tom Ridge on some  of your right leaning blogs...thought that guy was left 4 dead cuz of his pro choice views..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_19:53:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "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": 1780072, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, where's my text message?<br><br>Now I'm starting to wonder if I signed up for it. Did I go to the page, enter my info, and forget to click \"submit\" or something? I've done crazier.<br><br>But, Biden, YEA!! Biden is off the chain. He skewers Republicans on the Sunday morning talk shows on the regular all while wearing the slightest little smirk. He's been in Congress so long, you KNOW he's got dirt on McCain (and McCain on him, but so be it). He is an smart and ruthless as Hillary, but doesn't carry nearly as much anti-Obama baggage as she does, and he's witty.<br><br>This is going to be FUN.<br><br>I've been thinking about his racial gaffes (raCIAL, not necessarily raCIST). All he needs to say is this: \"Wow, I certainly can put my foot in my mouth, can't I? In March, Barack Obama talked about how we as a nation have a difficult time talking about race, and just like other Americans, I am still learning how to speak as intelligently on the subject as Barack. I have worked my entire career on matters of civil rights, I represent a small, but diverse state where its my duty to represent the issues of people who were oppressed for centuries. But, I have a lot of learning to do, obviously.\" or something like that. His gaffes may be a story, but not much of one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:36:49", "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}, "1768340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "{I didn't get any email- I'm 5 hours <i>ahead/i&gt; of NY in London :-(  } But Obama's campaign showed its superior strategy once again- collecting cell phone numbers from plp who may not have a land line- Great way to call/txt/remind them to actually go to the Polls and vote.  <br><br>Foreign Policy may not matter this much to Joe six pack- but Biden as VP takes O's preceived weakness off the table. Besides it is indeed relevant.  While McCain tells the Saddleback crowd that <i>\"evil must be defeated\"</i><a  unless href=\"http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/206076.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">evil moves to Pakistan</a> where it's presumably safe from him.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:37:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "494470f0374f57eeb1e9c5c6ab9c1b9f", "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}, "1769369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "3  thoughts:<br><br>When in doubt, go with the middle-aged white guy.  <br><br>If Biden is so great, why hasn't ever made an impact as a nominee; he's run at least 3 times.<br><br>I guess it's true, book sense can't take the place of old fashion common sense.  With Richardson, Sebrus, or Billary, he could rest assured about some safety issues and could complete his agenda if elected.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:00:40", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With Biden, Obama has someone everyone already knows. Most importantly, he has someone who fleshes out the \"foreign policy\" side of the coin. No one else who was a contender had any sort of foreign policy credentials. He's also well beyond \"middle aged\"-- he's 66.<br><br>To your second point, Biden was a strong candidate in the 80's until the plagiarism flap. <br><br>I'm not sure I understand your last thought.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:15:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769369, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3700638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama is the Man. I voted for him and I am glad he won elections", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-12_05:01:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "81b82771e07373a68922aac5e8212f8e", "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}, "1780133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Haha! Your baby is very, very smart. He or she is going places!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_15:41:12", "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": 1780072, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Correction: McCain will said he would pursue  Al Qaeda /Bin Laden=\"evil\"  \"to the gates of hell\", but not into Pakistan 'cause its a Soverign country. [Unlike Iraq ?]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:44:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "494470f0374f57eeb1e9c5c6ab9c1b9f", "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": 1768340, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1782194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I always thought there was no way on earth I'd vote for Obama.<br><br>You found one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_18:30:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1781473, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm for Romney still, just for his economic knowledge. Though I wouldn't let him near anything else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_17:22:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1781110, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol ms.martin !<br><br>Thats what I am thinking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1778222, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Jack Regarding -- Update 2: netdoc66 on twitter has a problem with the VP\u2019s name going first in JoBama. So I propose the more Irish-friendly O\u2019Biden<br><br>In a marriage most women submit to the head and gives up their name and adopts the name of the head.  In that concept - the marriage of Obama and Biden warrants the name JoBama.  JoBama is best.  Obama is the lead of this election and not the other way around.  Please share this with netdoc66.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:49:46", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nquest, I hear you and I am with you but this is the problem. It is obvious that many are misinformed about a pattern that he had that bothered me a bit. I always put actions over words but what bothered me was not the \"clean/articulate\" statement which was offensive all jokes aside but the D.C vs. Iowa school comments, he sounded like an ignorant racist white conservative not a man who is progressive on civil rights issues etc...<br><br>It threw me off because prior to this week, I didn't even know he said that.<br><br>Moving on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:50:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's like Lincoln. Lincoln freed the slaves and fought for abolition but has anyone ever read what he actually said about the slaves.<br><br>However as I said before, I think he is a good choice. Moving on...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:52:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep, because that is such a non-issue.  Loquacious Joe misspoke and tht happens; I didn't see it as a bigoted statement.<br><br>I remember him from the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings.  He was effective and hilarious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_04:44:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1766688, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1778634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My general opinion is that the GOP running a minority or woman this year will be seen as a stunt. The ship's already sailed.<br><br>That said, I don't know enough her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_13:24:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1778492, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh boy...I meant \"less kind.\" Where's my coffee...!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:17:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He was a POW. He can't be expected to make sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:56:08", "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": 1768369, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1764821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they can't control everything at shop obama. you know how many reporters were on the hunt for this story. honestly, it's good reporting at CNN. rare praise from me. now let's hope they apply those bloodhound skills to uncovering the sham of an economy we have and the flagrant injusti--- oh who am i kidding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:19:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "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": 1762407, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "1766361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe Biden represents yet another in a series of acquiescences to white voters that have defined the Obama campaign almost from the outset.  Biden is a Washington insider and the racist subtext of so many of his statements are too much for me to stomach  - despite my (admittedly reserved) support for the Obama campaign up to this point.  I will be casting my ballot for Cynthia McKinney.  I cannot endorse Biden on the ticket in good conscience.  I cannot handle this level of appeasement to appeal to covert white racists.  On the other hand, at least it wasn't Hillary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_02:53:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "11c91a055f103048817cd56d78660ebb", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe McCain will pick Hillary! She admires him as much if not more than Obama and she would be poised to take over in 2012.<br><br>LOL<br><br>...er ....I think...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_18:01:06", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1781416, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "now that I love", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:32:22", "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": 1769334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1767397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Got my text 10 minutes ago!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_03:22:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "e6ff201b15d848b1b0261404221efe43", "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": 1766601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "O-Bi WON '08  May the Force be with them", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_09:55:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "73dc494c3708eb22b16bce4a8d68ab6b", "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}, "1769450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone listening to Richard Cramer on MSNBC? Great stuff on Joe Biden's rise and life with family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_10:13:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768939": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"O'Biden\".  Jack, you're going to get a call from the Campaign--to but that one.  I like it! <br><br>As I contended last week, Biden brings more than traditional experience, he brings the sense that he EARNED it in way that Hillary Clinton can not match.  Outside of Hillary Clinton's craziest supporters, what Democrat is going to protest a man who has served the Party faithfully for more than 30 years, lost his entire family on one day and now has a son deploying to Iraq.  If Hillary doesn't told those crazy Mo' Fos' to shut the hell up at the Convention, she risks truly hurting herself b/c it will look like she's going up against Joe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_08:55:51", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's the best of the not-so-great options. They made their dislike clear, but how much of that was posturing remains to be seen.<br><br>The Mormon thing is an issue. But does that outweigh his economic expertise? No....or more accurately, it shouldn't. <br><br>If conservatives want to win, we're gonna have to overlook a few things that, any other time, we'd call into question.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1769702, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1781416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The PUMAs are useless. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. They have-or should have no bearing on the VP for McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_17:54:06", "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": 1781316, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1769974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was serious and sincere when I said someone would have to educate me.  So could you give me a link to the D.C. vs. Iowa school comments you're talking about?<br><br>This campaign the Clintons have constantly been held out as \"progressive on civil rights\" and they've done more than sounded like ignorant racist white conservatives: they've given McCain and Co. new talking points, etc.<br><br>Not trying to trivialize this but I don't think it would be hard to find something you could hold against most/all White politicians and I'm definitely under no illusions that being a Democrat makes a White person/politician someone who is not racist.  <br><br>Like Obama himself and like Obama suggested in his Philadelphia race speech... people are a mix of 'good' and 'bad' (for the lack of better words).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "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": 1768383, "depth": 2, "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": "3564779", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 3945932089444131692}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 125, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3564779, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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Dsq.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=it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work' +
		'&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/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/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='	+ 'it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work'
			+ '&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/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/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">125</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/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/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/">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:3564779" 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/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/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:3564779" 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:3564779" 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'				: 'it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work',
			// 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/it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work/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='	+ 'it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work'
			+ '&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='	+ 'it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work'
			+ '&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='		+ 'it8217s_jobama_now_back_to_work'
				+ '&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/3564779/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1766493" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1766493" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1766493">Lilytiger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1766493" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1766493" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden is very popular with the "regular" democrats. I liked him from seeing him on the Daily Show. I was wounded by his remark about Obama early in the campaign but I thought it was more about not thinking rather than racism. <br>By choosing Biden, Obama may prove to some fence sitters that he is not one to play "the race card" and it may take the wind out of a lot those sails. This is the strongest ticket duo for winning in my mind. I do like to think that Michelle had a sit down conversation with Joe, heh</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1768543">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768543" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768543" class="dsq-comment-message">He could have done worse than Senator "Hairplugs".<br><br>Sorry, I couldn\'t resist, LOL.<br><br>However, as Jack rightfully said, my only concern was that he didn\'t pick Hillary.  Or Evan Bayh, who is ReThug-lite.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768775" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768775">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768775" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768775" class="dsq-comment-message">"I thought it was more about not thinking rather than racism. "<br><br>Exactly</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1785661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1785661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1785661">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1785661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1785661" class="dsq-comment-message">Some of Biden\'s comments regarding racial issues, can certainly be interpreted as insensitive, but I don\'t get the big hub bub about the "clean and articulate" comment.  <br><br>I don\'t think he was trying to be offensive at all.  When he said clean, I thought he meant fresh, and when he said articulate, I thought he was pointing out the obvious.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1764652">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1764652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1764652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1764652">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1764652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1764652" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden definitely will fight.  That is a good thing.<br>I trust Barack\'s decisions.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1794352" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1794352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1794352">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1794352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1794352" class="dsq-comment-message">jelana:   Me  2!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1762277" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1762277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1762277">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1762277" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1762277" class="dsq-comment-message">I am so feeling you on that.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1762400">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1762400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1762400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1762400">Melinda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1762400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1762400" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t get my email from B.O. Kinda sad about that. Kinda uninspired with Biden, but am trusting Obama to make a good decision. Ready to move on and get this thing won.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1762407">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1762407" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1762407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1762407" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1762407" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1762407" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not pleased. I look at this as MAJOR capitulation. Yeah Obama isn\'t McCain but dang it! Why didn\'t we get the promised text message? If we get spammed I am going to be so pissed off!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1764821">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1764821" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1764821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1764821" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1764821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1764821" class="dsq-comment-message">they can\'t control everything at shop obama. you know how many reporters were on the hunt for this story. honestly, it\'s good reporting at CNN. rare praise from me. now let\'s hope they apply those bloodhound skills to uncovering the sham of an economy we have and the flagrant injusti--- oh who am i kidding.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769525">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769525" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769525">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769525" class="dsq-comment-message">No kidding. I\'m sure the Secret Service was dispatched the moment the campaign signaled that they\'d send the text messages. At that point, it\'s pretty much a red blinking neon sign saying "He\'s VP." Most regular folks woke up and saw it on their phones, anyway.<br><br>He\'s got a 100% rating from the NAACP, League of Conservation Voters and Planned Parenthood. Unions LOVE him. His wife is a teacher.<br><br>AND--he\'s an Irish Catholic from Scranton, PA. He can help get those folks on board. That\'s where the "fresh and clean" comments help, actually: it shows that just because he mis-speaks, Obama is not "over-sensitive" on the race thing. <br><br>Now, I believe the notion that we are "over-sensitive"  on racial matters is bullshit, but it doesn\'t matter what I believe. Joe can help seal the deal with that segment--the ones who are hurting, but have been racially conditioned. He can be the attack dog so Obama stays above the fray. He\'s smart.  He\'s got a great voting record.<br><br>Game ON!<br><br>And as far as Virginia--please remember that we were the first state to elect an African American man as governor, and it was done when the demographics were less kinder than now.<br><br>I\'m excited. Let\'s kick some ass.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1762820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1762820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1762820" href="http://www.myspace.com/rileymayhem20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jibreel Riley</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1762820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1762820" class="dsq-comment-message">Should of pick Richardson... oh well there is a reason why Biden has never own anything outside Del</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1763458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1763458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1763458" href="http://natthedem.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nctodc</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1763458" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1763458" class="dsq-comment-message">The text message/e-mail didn\'t happen because someone, probably someone outside the campaign, leaked the information to the media. Once the word was out about the Secret Service, their cover was blown. The campaign\'s not going to send it out early when: 1. most people aren\'t paying attention to the news on Friday night and 2. they said they\'d send it Saturday morning. <br><br>The October 2nd vice presidential debate w/ Gwen Ifill just got a lot more interesting. Joe Biden is going to wipe the floor with whatever suit the Republicans put up. I can\'t wait.  <br><br>Obama-Biden, let\'s go!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1764215" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1764215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1764215" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1764215" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1764215" class="dsq-comment-message">Uninspired.  <br><br>If McCain chooses Romney, it\'s going to be pretty tough. Inspite of eight years of Bush-Cheney, if you add Pro-Life "I\'m NOT going to Hell no matter how bad the economy gets" PLUS the Hillary-Lovin Obama Haters...it\'s going to be pretty tough.<br><br>Uninspired by this choice (if it\'s true).<br><br>There\'s no amount of oratory on next Thursday or debate performances that may (will) overcome the racist tendencies of some of these mofos in the electorate.<br><br>Uninspired.  I sure as shyt hope that Plouffe/Axelrod got some tactics that are going to compensate for this decision...cause I\'m uninspired.<br><br>I will not be racing to get an Obama-Biden bumpersticker anytime soon...I feel like GA and VA have just slipped off da ***ckin table...my state is no longer in play.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769078" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769078" class="dsq-comment-message">Can you explain your last statement, please. I wanna understand how you think Biden hurts Barack in VA and GA.<br><br>Who was your first choice?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769153">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769153" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769153">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769153" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769153" class="dsq-comment-message">GA? Georgia was never about a running mate. The state is all about either the majority voting for Obama or McCain....PERIOD.  Trust, who the VP pick is has NOTHING to do with how this state swings. If the voter registration drives keep going the way they are and those new voters VOTE in November, Obama will win. If that doesn\'t happen McCain will win...but it aint got a darn thing to do with the VP pick, no southeastern state gives a damn who the VP pick is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1764875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1764875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1764875" href="http://www.inkognegro.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Inkognegro</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1764875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1764875" class="dsq-comment-message">If Richardson didn\'t have low level womanizing issues that  would SURELY blow up in his face the moment he landed on a bumper sticker he would have been the easy choice.<br><br>Biden is a lot of things, but he aint phony.<br><br>You have to respect the gangsta of a cat who rides the train back and forth to Wilmington rather than shack up in DC.<br><br>The text message bit really wasnt for the political junkies like us, it was for regular folk like my wife, who only knows now because I woke her up with my pitter pattering on the laptop.  <br><br><br>MOST people will wake up to the text.<br><br><br>Once they dispatch secret service detail, it is a wrap.<br><br><br>It is a testament to the campaign that no major media outlet would break the story until after the 11 oclock news on Friday.  <br><br>Biden is going to have to do some housekeeping with regards to black folk, but as long as he plays the good soldier, I think he will be a good fit.<br><br><br>I know McCain cannot be pleased.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1765494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1765494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1765494" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1765494" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1765494" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is probably pleased as "punch," and ready to select Romney.  <br><br>If it is Biden...If the ticket is Obama-Biden, then it\'s too liberal (and I\'m an ultra-liberal saying this...).     <br><br>Shyt, he could\'ve chosen Clark or Kaine--someone with southern-quasi-conservative heritage to help balance the ticket.<br><br>There will be much second-guessing if things do not work out on 11/4.  The Clintonistas (such as Carville) are already setting up 2012.<br><br>We are no longer in the primary elections...We are in the general election campaign.  If Joe Biden was so ***kin successful with working-class voters, then why did he come in 19th place in the Iowa Caucuses??? Uninspired.  Biden on the ticket will not make me (or anyone else) feel more comfortable when Osama Bin Laden shows up with his endorsement on 11/3.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767080" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1767080" href="http://www.inkognegro.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Inkognegro</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767080" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767080" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden came in 19th place because Clinton and Obama sucked all the air out of the room and caucuses don\'t allow for non-front runners to gain traction.<br><br>Obama-Biden isn\'t NEARLY as liberal as KerryEdwards or GoreLieberman.  This notion of painting Obama (especially) as some kind of cookie cutter liberal has to stop.  <br><br>and after 8 years of BushCheyney, Liberal isnt nearly the dirty word it was.<br><br><br>All Senators get painted with the ideological brush because of the nature of the Senatorial process.<br><br><br>Nothing about Mitt Romney pleases McCain.  if Romney gets the nod, then he is a useful idiot.  <br><br>And I GUARANTEE you there will be a moment where Biden cracks Romneys face with a Lloyd Bentsen like retort.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1767663" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767663" class="dsq-comment-message">Lloyd Bentsen cracked Quayle\'s face...But Bush-41 still won the election.<br><br>Romney is a former Governor and successful business executive.  Mormonism may have cost him the Republican Presidential Nom, but in a general election, people are going to look for reassurance.<br><br>Obama-Biden doesn\'t reassure me.  Obama-Biden presumes that America will be dominated by foreign policy concerns during the next four years.<br><br>Foreign affairs will not be the issue in this election.  As Carville said in \'92, "It\'s the economy stupid."  At first I thought Carville was looking "pissy" for the sake of looking pissy earlier today (on CNN).   Now, I know exactly what he\'s feeling...he\'s feeling sick about four more years under a republican administration.<br><br>The punditocracy is praising this ticket.  Even conservative David Brooks is praising the ticket.  It reminds me of how the punditocracy predicted that Hillary would be the Presidential Nominee...and it scares the shyt out of me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768109" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768109" class="dsq-comment-message">Different time, different ticket, different campaign.  This is a good choice.<br><br>"Noun, verb, 9/11."<br><br>"That\'s bull****"<br><br>Joe ain\'t nothing to play with.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768102" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768102" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768102" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768102" class="dsq-comment-message">Richardson also had a CV padding problem back in the day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1764917" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1764917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1764917">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1764917" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1764917" class="dsq-comment-message">It would be funny if all of us got our text/email at 3am and it\'s NOT Biden.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1765595" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1765595" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1765595" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1765595" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1765595" class="dsq-comment-message">I am praying...Delaware is pretty close to PA right?  I sure as shyt hope that jet is picking up Senator Casey from PA.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1765637" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1765637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1765637" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1765637" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1765637" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I\'m sure a lot of people would be relieved.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767252" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1767252" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767252" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, U got it right!...they are sending text messages at 3AM.  Anyone who knows me knows that I\'m an Obama-Lover...but this (atleast for me) is the first big fuggUp of the whole dayum campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767359">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767359" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know.<br><br>I\'ll be the first to admit I don\'t know much about Joe Biden.  So I\'ll have to research it.  He seems like a "kick ass, worry about hurt feelings later" type of person.  I just need for Biden to shut down whoever is McNopoly\'s running mate like he shut down Guiliani.  If he does that, I\'m happy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767474" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767474">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767474" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767474" class="dsq-comment-message">it = him.  lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768809" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768809">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768809" class="dsq-comment-message">Town - that is what Biden will do.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1766361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1766361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1766361">LucyC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1766361" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1766361" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe Biden represents yet another in a series of acquiescences to white voters that have defined the Obama campaign almost from the outset.  Biden is a Washington insider and the racist subtext of so many of his statements are too much for me to stomach  - despite my (admittedly reserved) support for the Obama campaign up to this point.  I will be casting my ballot for Cynthia McKinney.  I cannot endorse Biden on the ticket in good conscience.  I cannot handle this level of appeasement to appeal to covert white racists.  On the other hand, at least it wasn\'t Hillary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767984" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767984" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767984">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767984" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767984" class="dsq-comment-message">Your statement  sums up why  Democrats lose. We\'re not playing to make statements;we\'re playing to win.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768037">LucyC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768037" class="dsq-comment-message">With this level of acquiescence, what exactly are we winning at this point?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768052">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768052" class="dsq-comment-message">United we stand, divided we fall</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769183" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769183" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769183" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769183" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure why you only see it as acquiescence. But even still, you can\'t make political decisions in a vacuum.<br><br>Kaine was clearly Barack\'s first choice. <br><br>How successful a ticket do you think that would\'ve been as the nation has once again been duped by the wag the dog of Georgia and Russia\'s threats to start another cold war?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768114" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768114" class="dsq-comment-message">LucyC I fear your observations may be on target even though people do not want to agree. No one can tell you whom to vote for, however if you live in a Swing State I\'d urge you to reconsider. I do know if the Greens get 5% of the vote they will have Congressional representation. Someone can correct me if I\'m wrong. And honestly we need a bust-up of the monopoly - though with the way this country operates the money people behind the curtain would try to co-opt them all the same. Obama is running a campaign to win and honestly Black people may have helped him secure the nomination but some are still under the impression our votes are in the bag. This is the time to put pressure on those that would deny us our due. We do have to be focused at this time about what our overall goal will be. We cannot under ANY circumstance have McCain in office. We cannot have a weakened agenda in an Obama administration either. So might I suggest that we all make every effort past our comfort zones to effect real progress. It\'s more than Obama. We need to take ownership of what happens in this country. I think this is the first time people realize how sitting on the sidelines is equivalent to slitting not only our throats but literally killing millions of people around the world. And let\'s face it, we know what has happened to the few people in leadership positions who were prescribed as being the heart and soul of a movement. WE have to be the movement, not a figurehead. How many people are REALLY willing to cut back and give up things they want BY CHOICE if it means others will have more, not more than they need but just enough to get by?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769537" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769537" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769537" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769537" class="dsq-comment-message">LucyC\'s observations are not on target. Framing this decision as acquiescing to white people is cynical and narrow minded.<br><br>Your observations, on the other hand, are on point.<br><br>Carry on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1787147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1787147">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1787147" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1787147" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree Craig.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why must people\'s knee jerk reaction to almost every decision Obama makes be that he is trying to "appease" White voters?  Why can\'t people just give the man the benefit of the doubt that he made the best decision based on advice from people that he trusted?  I\'m not doing back flips over Biden, but the more I thought about it, the more that I realized I didn\'t have more than lukewarm feelings about the other options anyway.  <br><br>Actually, the one person that I wanted him to pick, Colin Powell, presented his own set of problems (i.e. Iraq, lack of time in the Senate).  <br><br>And with all the other viable options, he still faced obstacles:  Richardson, Clinton, Sebelius, Kaine, Bayh, Reed.  For any person that he picked there were going to be many people that were not happy because of that person\'s voting record, that person\'s perceived weaknesses, and possibly that person\'s gender.<br><br>Goodness, maybe some Obama supporters do expect him to walk on water.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1791825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1791825">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1791825" class="dsq-comment-message">TRW:   "Why can\'t people just give the man the benefit of the doubt . . . ."<br><br>O.K. I\'\' take a stab at this multiple choice question:<br><br>A.  Because he\'s Black<br><br>B.  Because he\'s African-American[father=African; mother=American]<br><br>C.  Because he\'s Black<br><br>D.  Because he\'s Black<br><br>E.  ALL of the ABOVE<br><br>I\'m going with E!!  <br><br>DING!   DING!   DING!   We have a winner!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768523">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768523" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>despite my (admittedly reserved) support for the Obama campaign up to this point.</b><br><br>Seems like you were looking for an excuse not to vote for Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768789" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768789">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768789" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768789" class="dsq-comment-message">well LucyC - do what you do have to do and move on.  <br><br>Go Obama/Biden 08</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1772199" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1772199" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1772199">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1772199" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1772199" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope you reconsider...we have to be a united front.  McCain is not the person that we should want in office because he would absolutely choose to worsen the mess that the Bush administration has created with our economy and our foreign policy.  McCain is a hothead with proven history of not choosing to think before he acts.  We desperately need someone in office that actually THINKS!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1794269" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1794269">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1794269" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1794269" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. John McCain is already eyeing his next war. He is the heir apparent of the military industrial complex. He has already started to threaten Russia and he hasn\'t been elected yet. He has also said publically that your employer shouldn\'t contribute to your health insurance or provide women with birthcontrol pills. He wants to over turn Roe v Wade. He also voted AGAINST equal pay for equal work for women, if you care. Please be reminded that this IS the 21st century. He will definitely be another puppet leader and continue GW Bush\'s track record of international humiliation. On the positive side, it may force the global community to finally denounce and repudiate US imperialism.<br><br>I really feel you on this decision. Had O selected Clinton, I would be sitting out (I think), But when I think about McCain rolling back the gains and freedoms we have as women, I get killer upset. I don\'t want my son to be drafted and I don\'t want my daughter to receive less $ on her job because she is female. Both propositions are insane. Please keep an open mind until closer to voting day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1766496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1766496" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1766496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1766496" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone would have to educate me on why Biden has housekeeping issues as far as Black folks are concerned.  His gaffe earlier this election just gives Obama another theme song, old-school <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp2hvM2LL_4" rel="nofollow">courtesy of Outcast</a>.<br><br>He has a pro-civil rights, pro-affirmative action voting record and was clear in his defense of affirmative action back during the U of Michigan case.  On <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080647/" rel="nofollow">Hardball with Chris Matthews</a> in January 2003, Biden was adamant:<br><br><i>"If you want to do away with preferences, Chris, do away with all of them... don’t give any advantage for being economically disadvantaged, don’t give any advantage for being from a rural area, don’t give any advantage if your father went to the school. Fair is fair."</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1766688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1766688">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1766688" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1766688" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL Obama and Biden should come out to "So Fresh So Clean" tomorrow and make a joke out of it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768097" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768097" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768097" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768097" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, because that is such a non-issue.  Loquacious Joe misspoke and tht happens; I didn\'t see it as a bigoted statement.<br><br>I remember him from the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings.  He was effective and hilarious.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1768770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768770">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768770" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not so sensitive to every little word or comment made about minorities. Shoot, I have made a few jokes myself in my lifetime about everybody.  I couldn\'t care less.  His voting record is what matters to me.<br><br>Now lets get to gettin\' and take out the trash.<br><br>Go Obama/Biden 08</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769552" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769552" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769125" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769125">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769125" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769125" class="dsq-comment-message">THAT.  WOULD.  MAKE.  MY.  WEEK.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767274" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767274" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767274">LucyC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767274" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767274" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you Nquest.  Excellent points.  I was just so angry at the "clean and bright and articulate" remarks from Biden that I disregarded what really counts:  his voting record.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767565">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767565" class="dsq-comment-message">The Billary Campaign\'s<br><br>"Well Jesse Jackson won in \'88"<br><br>"Bill Clinton is blacker than Barack Obama"<br><br>"Bill Clinton has dated more black women than Barack Obama"<br><br>"Well ya know the GOP is gonna say he\'s a drug dealer"<br><br>"He\'s only up there because he\'s black and everybody\'s caught up in the concept."<br><br>"He\'s not a Muslim...as far as I know."<br><br>"He should be proud to wear the clothes of his country"<br><br><br>and so many other statements are far worse than Joe Biden\'s "He\'s clean and articulate" bit.  I\'m SO glad Hillary didn\'t get it.  PUMA needs to be euthanized.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768383" href="http://theurbanista.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RhondaCoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768383" class="dsq-comment-message">Nquest, I hear you and I am with you but this is the problem. It is obvious that many are misinformed about a pattern that he had that bothered me a bit. I always put actions over words but what bothered me was not the "clean/articulate" statement which was offensive all jokes aside but the D.C vs. Iowa school comments, he sounded like an ignorant racist white conservative not a man who is progressive on civil rights issues etc...<br><br>It threw me off because prior to this week, I didn\'t even know he said that.<br><br>Moving on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769974" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769974" class="dsq-comment-message">I was serious and sincere when I said someone would have to educate me.  So could you give me a link to the D.C. vs. Iowa school comments you\'re talking about?<br><br>This campaign the Clintons have constantly been held out as "progressive on civil rights" and they\'ve done more than sounded like ignorant racist white conservatives: they\'ve given McCain and Co. new talking points, etc.<br><br>Not trying to trivialize this but I don\'t think it would be hard to find something you could hold against most/all White politicians and I\'m definitely under no illusions that being a Democrat makes a White person/politician someone who is not racist.  <br><br>Like Obama himself and like Obama suggested in his Philadelphia race speech... people are a mix of \'good\' and \'bad\' (for the lack of better words).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1777974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1777974" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1777974" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, I\'ve found the D.C. vs. Iowa schools stuff from Biden...  One thing that has to be noted is that the whole comparison was prefaced and prompted, actually, by Biden saying as his father used to, "show me your budget and I\'ll show you what you value."  That\'s a markedly different viewpoint than "ignorant racist white conservatives" who try to change the subject the way the questioner did to focus not on the systematic inequalities but on dubious issues of "accountability" and personal responsibility.<br><br>There is a link to an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/audio/2007/10/24/AU2007102402369.html" rel="nofollow">audio clip here</a> which at least adds context to Biden\'s statement that was every bit of whatever you want to call it (racist, etc.) but I don\'t live by the soundbite.<br><br> Again, the very thing that prompted the D.C. vs. Iowa school comparison was Biden\'s "progressive" idea of more/equal funding and/or attention to D.C. or urban schools.  But now that I think about it, it makes sense why Obama chose Biden: apparently they think alike.<br><br>So, unless people are fully ready to dismiss Obama (who has made his share of questionable, "racist" anti-black statements) as someone who "sounds like ignorant racist white conservatives" and act accordingly, no matter what Obama\'s record is, then and only then can I fully understand this view on Biden.  But I can be wrong or convinced otherwise.  Which is the very reason why I asked to be educated.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1783628">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1783628" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1783628" class="dsq-comment-message">Umm....what "questionable, \'racist\' anti-black statements has Obama uttered?  Did I miss this memo?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768389" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768389" href="http://theurbanista.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RhondaCoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768389" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768389" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s like Lincoln. Lincoln freed the slaves and fought for abolition but has anyone ever read what he actually said about the slaves.<br><br>However as I said before, I think he is a good choice. Moving on...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1778222">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778222" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Rhonda!<br><br>I read what Lincoln said.  Lincoln maybe like Biden see/saw minorities as humans, probably just humans they don\'t want to live next door to.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1778616">rhondacoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778616" class="dsq-comment-message">lol ms.martin !<br><br>Thats what I am thinking.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1782945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1782945">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1782945" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1782945" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.  you hit us with the Lincoln argument?!?  Touche.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768744" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768744">fafnir</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768744" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, consider Joe Biden in his own words to Republicans at the Columbia Rotary Club in South Carolina in Dec. 2006. Here are some excerpts from the Lee Bandy\'s article, "Biden charms local GOP,"  in <a href="http://www.thestate.com/mid/thestate/news/politics/16150760.htm" rel="nofollow">The State.com</a>:<br><br>The senator pounced on a member\'s announcement that the club would hold its annual Christmas party at the state Department of Archives and History where members could view the original copy of the state\'s <a href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/freedom/history/story.html?id=8b13b486-306e-4f5f-b53b-86b052dff530&k=94075" rel="nofollow">Articles of Secession</a>.<br><br>Biden asked, "Where else could I go to a Rotary Club where (for a) Christmas party the highlight is looking at the Articles?"<br><br>Biden was on a roll.<br><br>Delaware he noted, was a "slave state that fought beside the North. That\'s only because we couldn\'t figure out how to get to the South. There were a couple of states in the way."<br><br>The crowd loved it.<br><br>"America needs, and I need, for the Republican Party to get back up," he said.<br><br>Biden also says the Democrats don\'t want to assume the presidency saddled with a war and have to be responsible for pulling the plug. "We can choose to hang together or choose to hang separately on Iraq. There is every incentive for us to hang together." he said.<br><br>Biden is an old school, good ol\' boy antithesis of Obama\'s "Change" message.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1766601" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1766601" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1766601">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1766601" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1766601" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, it is on <a href="http://barackobama.com" rel="nofollow">barackobama.com</a>.  Joe Biden it is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767397">Angee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767397" class="dsq-comment-message">Got my text 10 minutes ago!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1767975" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767975" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re on the East Coast, right? Because Kossacks are saying that they started getting theirs at 3 AM!<br><br>I ain\'t got no text message yet - but I\'m on the Left Coast and it is only approximately 1 AM here.<br><br>3 AM text messages- that is so cool.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767982" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767982" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767982">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767982" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767982" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I am on the East Coast.  Someone posted on Kos right around 3am that the Obama website had been updated to include Joe Biden.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768093" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768093" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768093" class="dsq-comment-message">I gotta say I\'m loving the 3 AM roll out. That is too cool and a talk to the hand in Billary\'s faces.<br><br>"It\'s 3 AM . . . "</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768333" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768333" class="dsq-comment-message">I gotta co-sign wtth this...rollin this out at 3am just confirmed to me how barack stays 2 stps ahead..<br><br>I hated that stupid 3am ad, and now Barack has skillfully used it against them....perfect..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768749" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768749">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768749" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768749" class="dsq-comment-message">loving that myself 99% sure.  I received my email about 5:00 and it was all good for me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768003" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768003" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768003">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768003" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768003" class="dsq-comment-message">"You\'re on the East Coast, right?" <br><br>-Yep.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1794392" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1794392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1794392">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1794392" class="dsq-comment-message">99%:  I got mine @ 1:45 a.m.  :&gt;)<br><br>As long as it didn\'t say billary!!!!   Whooo hoo!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1767959" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1767959" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1767959">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1767959" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1767959" class="dsq-comment-message">I got my text about nineeen minutes ago.<br><br>I got suckered by the "It\'s not me, guys." of a few days ago, but I\'m glad it is not Hillary Clinton (if that happened, I would now have a broken cell phone after throwing it across the room).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768136" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768136">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768136" class="dsq-comment-message">Not Mr. "Clean & Articulate/" oh brother.  But if this will help B-Rocka win, I\'m on board with it.  At least it\'s not Hillary, that\'s all that matters to a sista like me...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768339" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768339" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768339">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768339" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, where\'s my text message?<br><br>Now I\'m starting to wonder if I signed up for it. Did I go to the page, enter my info, and forget to click "submit" or something? I\'ve done crazier.<br><br>But, Biden, YEA!! Biden is off the chain. He skewers Republicans on the Sunday morning talk shows on the regular all while wearing the slightest little smirk. He\'s been in Congress so long, you KNOW he\'s got dirt on McCain (and McCain on him, but so be it). He is an smart and ruthless as Hillary, but doesn\'t carry nearly as much anti-Obama baggage as she does, and he\'s witty.<br><br>This is going to be FUN.<br><br>I\'ve been thinking about his racial gaffes (raCIAL, not necessarily raCIST). All he needs to say is this: "Wow, I certainly can put my foot in my mouth, can\'t I? In March, Barack Obama talked about how we as a nation have a difficult time talking about race, and just like other Americans, I am still learning how to speak as intelligently on the subject as Barack. I have worked my entire career on matters of civil rights, I represent a small, but diverse state where its my duty to represent the issues of people who were oppressed for centuries. But, I have a lot of learning to do, obviously." or something like that. His gaffes may be a story, but not much of one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768340">dilettante</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768340" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768340" class="dsq-comment-message">{I didn\'t get any email- I\'m 5 hours <i>ahead/i&gt; of NY in London :-(  } But Obama\'s campaign showed its superior strategy once again- collecting cell phone numbers from plp who may not have a land line- Great way to call/txt/remind them to actually go to the Polls and vote.  <br><br>Foreign Policy may not matter this much to Joe six pack- but Biden as VP takes O\'s preceived weakness off the table. Besides it is indeed relevant.  While McCain tells the Saddleback crowd that <i>"evil must be defeated"</i><a  unless href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/206076.php" rel="nofollow">evil moves to Pakistan</a> where it\'s presumably safe from him.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768369">dilettante</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768369" class="dsq-comment-message">Correction: McCain will said he would pursue  Al Qaeda /Bin Laden="evil"  "to the gates of hell", but not into Pakistan \'cause its a Soverign country. [Unlike Iraq ?]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768399" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768399" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768399">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768399" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768399" class="dsq-comment-message">He was a POW. He can\'t be expected to make sense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769054">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769054" class="dsq-comment-message">"the gates of hell"............so Bin Laden\'s in Mississippi?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1775222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1775222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1775222">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1775222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1775222" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1768555" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768555">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768555" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768555" class="dsq-comment-message">Look, I\'m not exactly thrilled with Biden due to his recent revelation of his comments, and I was looking forward to the text message, but I\'ve had some cheese with my whine and now I\'m ready to go to WAR against McCain and The Rethuglicans. <br><br><b>I\'M FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1794396" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1794396">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1794396" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   Co-signing!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768893">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768893" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Jack Regarding -- Update 2: netdoc66 on twitter has a problem with the VP’s name going first in JoBama. So I propose the more Irish-friendly O’Biden<br><br>In a marriage most women submit to the head and gives up their name and adopts the name of the head.  In that concept - the marriage of Obama and Biden warrants the name JoBama.  JoBama is best.  Obama is the lead of this election and not the other way around.  Please share this with netdoc66.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768939" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1768939">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768939" class="dsq-comment-message">"O\'Biden".  Jack, you\'re going to get a call from the Campaign--to but that one.  I like it! <br><br>As I contended last week, Biden brings more than traditional experience, he brings the sense that he EARNED it in way that Hillary Clinton can not match.  Outside of Hillary Clinton\'s craziest supporters, what Democrat is going to protest a man who has served the Party faithfully for more than 30 years, lost his entire family on one day and now has a son deploying to Iraq.  If Hillary doesn\'t told those crazy Mo\' Fos\' to shut the hell up at the Convention, she risks truly hurting herself b/c it will look like she\'s going up against Joe.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1787443">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1787443" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP,<br><br>You are hilarious, but correct. I\'m still at the point i didn\'t know: a White man, whose been a Senator for 30+ years, and STILL the poorest member of the Senate. That says something about him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768974" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768974" class="dsq-comment-message">My text message came at 3:00 AM. Symbolism anyone?<br><br>::<br><br>Well, I\'m not thrilled just yet, but I got my civilian ticket and I\'m happy about that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769041">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769041" class="dsq-comment-message">Got my text at exactly 3:12am!!<br><br>I\'m good with Biden, the poorest member of the Senate...lol He\'s not in the tank for any-damn-body.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769224" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769224" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769224" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s not in the tank for any-damn-body.<br><br>::<br><br>That is probably his biggest asset.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769052" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769052" class="dsq-comment-message">In 2000, I would\'ve voted for this ticket.<br><br>Throw the experience argument out the window. I disagree with Biden politically, but there\'s few people who could better guide Obama.<br><br>I see this as throwing down a gauntlet. Obama, as a relative newcomer, has shored up the one area he was questionable in-foreign policy. McCain now has to do the same. That means economics, and <i>that</i> means Romney.<br><br>Thing is, Romney\'s a numbers/stats guy. Biden\'s a fighter. The VP debate is not going to go well.<br><br>A respectable, formidable ticket. Obama got his Cheney. McCain\'s really gotta stop fucking up at this point, cause Biden will call him on it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769702" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769702" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br>As someone who followed the Romney camp about as clos as a dem could, I dont think a pick of Romney is wise at all. <br><br>First off its forced... We all know the Consservative wing is totally separate from the moderate wing..<br>Second the evangelicals would have to be reassured all over again that Mitt isnt coming into this with 3 wives...(b4 you reply, bare in mind y wifes Mormon thus making me a nonpracticing one) <br>Third Does he even like the guy? I know Reagan didnt care much for 41, but they figured it out..Romney was the subject of a hitjob..Plain and simple.  Hucks, Guls, and McCain made a point to force him out...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769967" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1769967" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769967" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769967" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s the best of the not-so-great options. They made their dislike clear, but how much of that was posturing remains to be seen.<br><br>The Mormon thing is an issue. But does that outweigh his economic expertise? No....or more accurately, it shouldn\'t. <br><br>If conservatives want to win, we\'re gonna have to overlook a few things that, any other time, we\'d call into question.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778492" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1778492">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778492" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>What do you think about a woman like Meg Whitman?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778634" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778634" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1778634" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778634" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778634" class="dsq-comment-message">My general opinion is that the GOP running a minority or woman this year will be seen as a stunt. The ship\'s already sailed.<br><br>That said, I don\'t know enough her.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778959" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778959" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1778959" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778959" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778959" class="dsq-comment-message">As an ex squid, im sure you can relate to this analogy..<br><br>The CO on the ship is the second most popular guy there(outside the one brotha who can cut hair) but its understood, everybody hated the overbearing XO...<br><br>No one ever got that the XO stayed on message, he just attacked while doing so..<br><br>Barack got his XO<br><br>McCain, cant find one at the moment thats an easy sale. <br>I\'d say your best choice is a long shot as S mentioned.<br>Portman should be looking great now....<br><br>(though in a debate, he\'ll be tofu)<br><br>boy, the biden pick was a considerable check...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1779070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1779070" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1779070" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1779070" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!! That\'s terribly accurate.<br><br>McCain\'s XO in that scenario would be Lieberman. Wouldn\'t THAT be an interesting debate. <br><br>Portman\'s okay; also Eric Cantor out of Richmond if we\'re gonna go long shot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1779260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1779260" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1779260" class="dsq-comment-message">Liberman would be tarred and feathered..And im willing to bet you my shellback that the word traitor would come out more then once...<br><br>You guys might wanna hype up Sanford again..<br>that Pork and Barrel thing was worth its weight...<br><br>Still though, you guys need an XO not a dept. head..<br>your boy S is right..Expect it to be Pawlenty...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1779375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1779375" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1779375" class="dsq-comment-message">Probably so.  Doesn\'t completely motivate me, though....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1780072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1780072" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1780072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1780072" class="dsq-comment-message">My one year old clapped when Biden called Obama the next president. <br><br>God help me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1780133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1780133">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1780133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1780133" class="dsq-comment-message">Haha! Your baby is very, very smart. He or she is going places!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1787282" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1787282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1787282" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1787282" class="dsq-comment-message">hearing alot of Tom Ridge on some  of your right leaning blogs...thought that guy was left 4 dead cuz of his pro choice views..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1787459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1787459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1787459" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1787459" class="dsq-comment-message">No one really knows.....everyone\'s in frenzy/guess mode.<br><br>Ridge is a losing ticket....especially for someone who the base isn\'t enthused about anyway</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1791713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1791713">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1791713" class="dsq-comment-message">It will be Pawlenty or Mittens. Pawlenty is definitely able to hold his own, at least from what I\'ve seen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1781316" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1781316">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781316" class="dsq-comment-message">Mc Cain would make the PUMA\'s happy if he picked Meg Whitman.<br><br>Mc Cain should pick Mark Sanford...ok...HAHAHAHAHAHA!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1781416" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781416" class="dsq-comment-message">The PUMAs are useless. I don\'t trust them as far as I can throw them. They have-or should have no bearing on the VP for McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1781473" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1781473">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781473" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe McCain will pick Hillary! She admires him as much if not more than Obama and she would be poised to take over in 2012.<br><br>LOL<br><br>...er ....I think...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1781559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1781559">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1781559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781559" class="dsq-comment-message">She likes McCain more.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1787266" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1787266" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1787266" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1787266" class="dsq-comment-message">the moment she lost McCain had a pic up of the two of them together as well..<br><br>plus she did say McCain would be ready on Day one</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1782194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1782194" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1782194" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1782194" class="dsq-comment-message">I always thought there was no way on earth I\'d vote for Obama.<br><br>You found one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1781110" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781110" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1781110">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1781110" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781110" class="dsq-comment-message">"McCain\'s really gotta stop fucking up at this point, cause Biden will call him on it."<br><br>-I thought about that this morning, thinking about what Biden said about Guiliani (noun, verb, 9-11).<br><br>D: Who do YOU think McCain should pick as his VP?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781172" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1781172" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781172" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m for Romney still, just for his economic knowledge. Though I wouldn\'t let him near anything else.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1781256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1781256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1781256">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1781256" class="dsq-comment-message">His economic knowledge on how to increase profits for himself by laying off workers?Like McCain has said "Now that is change we can believe in"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769256">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769256" class="dsq-comment-message">I never got my text, so I just found out here.  I was pulling for Schweitzer myself, but I\'m still all in.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769334">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769334" class="dsq-comment-message">O-Bi WON \'08  May the Force be with them</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769357">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769357" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769357" class="dsq-comment-message">Love it. Love it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769573" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769573">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769573" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769573" class="dsq-comment-message">now that I love</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769369" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769369">Monika</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769369" class="dsq-comment-message">3  thoughts:<br><br>When in doubt, go with the middle-aged white guy.  <br><br>If Biden is so great, why hasn\'t ever made an impact as a nominee; he\'s run at least 3 times.<br><br>I guess it\'s true, book sense can\'t take the place of old fashion common sense.  With Richardson, Sebrus, or Billary, he could rest assured about some safety issues and could complete his agenda if elected.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769884">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769884" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769884">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769884" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769884" class="dsq-comment-message">With Biden, Obama has someone everyone already knows. Most importantly, he has someone who fleshes out the "foreign policy" side of the coin. No one else who was a contender had any sort of foreign policy credentials. He\'s also well beyond "middle aged"-- he\'s 66.<br><br>To your second point, Biden was a strong candidate in the 80\'s until the plagiarism flap. <br><br>I\'m not sure I understand your last thought.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1776402">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1776402" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1776402" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1776402">BlackButterfly</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1776402" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1776402" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769450">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769450">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769450" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone listening to Richard Cramer on MSNBC? Great stuff on Joe Biden\'s rise and life with family.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1777011">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1777011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1777011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1777011">BlackButterfly</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1777011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1777011" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, agreed.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769641">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769641">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769641" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden at his best<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/23/vp-joe-biden-watch-video_n_120775.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/23/vp-joe...</a><br><br>Per Jesse Jackson Sr.  Obama hit olympic gold with this pick.  <br>On CNN</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1778877">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778877" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1778877" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778877" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778877" class="dsq-comment-message">Olympic gold, huh?<br><br>Nice.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1769893">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1769893" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1769893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1769893">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1769893" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1769893" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh boy...I meant "less kind." Where\'s my coffee...!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1776394">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1776394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1776394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1776394" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1776394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1776394" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/08/why-bidens-racist-behind-aint-gonna-be-vp/#more-1857" rel="nofollow">"Why Biden’s Racist Behind Ain’t Gonna Be VP"</a> A Black man and White man in the same <i>Racist \'Pod\'</i>...this has got to be a first! <br><br>Google "Biden + Obama + Racism".</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1777881">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1777881" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1777881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1777881">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1777881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1777881" class="dsq-comment-message">How bout we all google "Karmi + Obama + Stalker"</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1778888">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1778888" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1778888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1778888" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1778888" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1778888" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice one.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1780101">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1780101" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1780101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1780101" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1780101" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1780101" class="dsq-comment-message">voted this one up a point.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1780962">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1780962" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1780962" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1780962" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1780962" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1780962" class="dsq-comment-message">Probably take you here - <a href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/obama-biden-two-racists-in-the-same-%e2%80%98peapod%e2%80%99/" rel="nofollow">Obama + Biden = Two Racists in the same ‘PeaPod’</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3700638">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3700638" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3700638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3700638">Be Happy Quotes </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3700638" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3700638" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is the Man. I voted for him and I am glad he won elections</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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