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true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig Hickman:<br>tlw, Wright reiterated the myth that the government created HIV.</br><br></br><br>HIV is a RETROVIRUS. It was not created by human beings, and it is not new to humankind.</br><br></br><br>Me:  Yes I know about HIV being a retrovirus and all and regardless of whether or not it was made by man I do know that it affects Black people at disproportinate numbers than other people so before we try to discard this issue we should at least examine this further, especially given our history.</br><br></br><br>Craig Hickman:  But how he SHOWED HIS NATURAL ASS in Washington, D.C. even turned his defenders into critics</br><br></br><br>Me:  Again I ask what did he specifically SAY in order for Obama to call a press conference and denounce the man for SAYING things that were divisive and objectionable?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Martin  <br></br><br>Rikyrah</br><br></br><br>We have gone over this and over this and over this with folks who want to defend Wright and can't see the forest for the trees and I just don't have the energy and I immediately thought of Granny - she kept it real.</br><br></br><br>You have said absolutely nothing as to why Obama had to denounce him for SAYING divisive and objectionable things which is why Obama denounced him.  I am still waiting for an answer.  Just he acted a fool.  You have not once told me what he SAID that was so objectionable.</br><br></br><br>Oh, and just as long as Granny doesn't keep it real around White folks then it is cool otherwise it is \"divisive\" and \"objectionable.\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tlw, the first people that HIV affected disproportionately were gay men and heroin addicts.<br></br><br>Therefore, if HIV were used by the government to dispose of unwanted citizens, then gay men and heroin addicts must be at the top of that list.</br><br></br><br>If Wright had preached about the government's non-response to the epidemic, that would be one thing.</br><br></br><br>What purpose does it serve to tell a predominantly Black congregation that the government is intentionally trying to kill you with a devastating disease?</br><br></br><br>I know all about Tuskegee Experiment and medical apartheid, so I understand the paranoia. It doesn't come out of nowhere.</br><br></br><br>But Wright is intelligent, educated, knows how to do research.</br><br></br><br>Speaking truth to power doesn't mean reinforcing fear.</br><br></br><br>As for the press conference: it wasn't so much what he said, it was how he said it. Wright also attacked Obama's integrity in open court. Obama never attacked Wright's integrity.</br><br></br><br>But since you are asking (fair) questions, accept fair answers and simply agree to disagree with them if you must.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you absolutely positive about HIV?<br></br><br>Links:</br><br></br><br></br><br>*http//www.boydgraves.com</br><br></br><br>**www.boydgraves.com/news/061303.pdf</br><br></br><br>***http://www.boydgraves.com/class/download.html</br><br></br><br>****http://patft.uspto.gov/</br><br></br><br>\u00a9 Copyright: Ian Gurney May 2003 </br><br></br><br>hat tip focused purpose blog </br><br></br><br>Besides, the gov't HAS conducted all sorts of testing without the knowledge or permission of people. A lot has been declassified while a lot has not. Rev. Wright was correct in his assessments and I always deferred to his knowledge because I figured he had plenty of access to documentation the average citizen would not know about as a veteran. I think some would not want to listen who know better while others don't want to hear from a Black man, while others just don't want to believe it's possible. Look how easily people fell for the WMD in Iraq/Operation Freedom/Mission Accomplished spiel?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1572c9b90152e199379cfb228c0cc759", "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}, "1963269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Roland Martin of CNN had the best take on this:<br></br><br>Obama needs to say that He's the one running for POTUS and not Dr. Wright.</br><br></br><br>Wright can't stop foreclosing of homes in this tanking economy.</br><br></br><br>Wright can't stop the flow of jobs leaving this country under NAFTA, CAFTA and any-other-AFTA.</br><br></br><br>Wright can't stop the Iraq war and bring the troops home.</br><br></br><br>For the first time in a long time, Donna Brazile has gone back to making sense.  Hallelujah for that.  She is absolutely right in that Obama had the opportunity to address this way back; in fact, when he announced he was running (and interrupted Tavis Smiley's Negro Super Bowl to make the announcement and C-Span did the cutaway to cover it), the fact that he \"disinvited\" Dr. Wright to be in attendance should have facilitated the question about his Pastor's absence, or at the very least, a discussion of why he was beginning to distance himself then.</br><br></br><br>He was stuck like Chuck then and NOW.</br><br></br><br>He can't govern the country in this manner - smoozing until backed into a corner.  Y'all know what \"everyone\" else will say about that, and if he doesn't want FAKE News to be even more WATBs about this, further denouncing isn't going to cut it; all it does is hand down more ammunition for them to keep shooting at him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ec01304ef170f657e87f409a510ddfde", "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}, "1963270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Ms. Martin<br></br><br>Rikyrah</br><br></br><br>We have gone over this and over this and over this with folks who want to defend Wright and can't see the forest for the trees and I just don't have the energy and I immediately thought of Granny - she kept it real.</br></i><br></br><br>Granny kept it real like Black folks who base their lives on what white folks think and feel. Granny, is seeking white folks approval..whereas Wright was not. Granny thinks it is okay to throw other Black folks under the bus when it is politically expedient to so so...Black folks feelings don't matter (does anyone here not think that Wright didn't feel \"stabbed in the chest\")only White folks feelings (and perceptions do).</br><br></br><br>Like Tlw said..Obama didn't denounce Wrights BEHAVIOUR he denounced what he SAID. That's two different issue.</br><br></br><br>Ms. Martin</br><br></br><br>Seeing the forest for the trees is knowing that a man who is willing to throw his pastor under the bus, a man who married him and baptized his kids, who he claims bought him to Christ and was like a father to him...is capable of throwing ANYONE under the bus..i.e. getting in office and not addressing issues that seem \"too Black\" because he doesn't want to be seen as the \"Black\" candidate so he can get a second term.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "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}, "1963271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tlw,<br></br><br>The HIV thing was pretty embarrassing from a man who should know better.  All he could offer as evidence when asked about it, was a single book.  That's like saying you believe in woodland creatures and offering Enid Blyton as evidence.</br><br></br><br>He mocked the Kennedy's.  He knows they endorsed Barack.  he could have found a better way to state his point about language.  In fact, his point was lost in the tomfoolery.  You don't hear anyone analyzing the wisdom of his speech   like they did about Barack's race speech.  All I hear is sadness at his betrayal.</br><br></br><br>He was rude to the young woman asking the questions.  Is that any way for a distinguished older man to treat a young woman?</br><br></br><br>What was up with the \"talk about my Mama\" stuff?  Craig may be right about the bipolar disorder.  Either that, or Wright was showing off.  He went from calm and sedate on Moyers to manic and out of control at the Press Club.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms. martin, wtf! jumping on me about calling michelle a deviant.  we are all deviants to the mainstream. being deviant is a compliment. who wants to be  \"common folk\" or \"regular\" anyhow.<br> that said, michelle is angry and it shows. her first time proud quote was one of the first of the swiftboats. i am just saying lets not give them any more ammunition. what gets me about wright is not what he said but why was he saying it right now in this way. so i can imagine that michelle is seriously pissed but she would do well to realise they are just waiting to jump all over her for not smiling just so.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "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}, "1963273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"....... like Black folks who base their lives on what white folks think and feel....\"<br></br><br>You don't have to base your life on it, but you might want to give some consideration to your campaign for the POTUS.</br><br></br><br>Now, that's all I have.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Andy<br></br><br>I guess I misunderstood you.  I'm sensitive about Michelle, I think she is judged harshly.  Look at what Bill Clinton is getting away with \"the Bubba campaign\"  do you honestly think Michelle could do any identity based campaigning as TLW and the crew would suggest and not be ripped for it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ The Christian Progressive Liberal,<br></br><br>I agree that Barack SEEMS to get backed into things.  It would be comforting to see him take more proactive steps.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker<br></br><br>If that is all you can come up with as to why he had to call a press conference and denounce his pastor, then he is even worse than I thought.  People have said even worse things about him his own wife and Rev. Wright before Wright finally went on the offensive and he couldn't be moved to say or do anything.  All the race-baiting that was occuring didn't move him to respond or the straight up insults to Black people.  Not a word, Not a single fricking word.  But when Rev. Wright \"insults\" the sensibilities of \"Mainstream America\" he called a press conference and stated that HIS actions were Divisive, objectionable, destructive, pick any other negative adjective and that is what he used to describe Wrights words.  But the previous actions are okay and just politics as usual.  I am starting to see a pattern develop and it ain't good for Black folks.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Martin<br></br><br>You don't have to base your life on it, but you might want to give some consideration to your campaign for the POTUS.</br><br></br><br>Now, that's all I have.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Me:  If becoming president means I have to become a chump, wimp and a coward and not speak the truth and throw old friends who do speak the truth into an endless abyss, then I say to hell with that because my soul and dignity  is NOT for sale just to make White folks feel comfortable.  Wish I could say the same for Obama, and many people on this board who co-sign these actions and are willing to vote for somebody who feels this way.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truth, CPL<br></br><br>I really believe he thought addressing Wright in the book would test the waters for public opinion and thhought if someone was going to bring it up they would have done it early on to dispose of him.</br><br></br><br>I don't honestly think he or anyone else thought that he would actually make it this far.</br><br></br><br>What do you think?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_22:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ tlw,<br></br><br>If Barack took your advice, he would lose for sure.  Is that what you want?  This is not a vanity campaign.   This is not his opportunity to prove how racist America is so he can return to the pulpit and rail about it.  Barack is not a loser, he is playing to win! </br><br></br><br>People say rotten things all the time, we don't go off and retaliate.  Barack is not like Conyers' wife, who's become a laughing stock and object of derision to a much less accomplished reporter, not to mention the 8th grader.</br><br></br><br>These people can talk, but they can't physically hurt Barack or his family, why should he destroy his entire career.  He is stronger for not always taking the bait.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963280": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truly, I don't understand all the argument over this.  Barack will<br>SURELY be better than Hillary or</br><br>McCain.  Just how much of a discussion do you think</br><br>either of them will actually have on</br><br>race.  WE are ALSO holding him to </br><br>a double standard.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c36c5e8bd4d56491f8a60b53ae8e9eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker:<br></br><br>So why did Obama have to denounce Wright and nobody else?  He is quick to denounce Wright for \"insulting White sensibilities\" but not anyone else who insults not only his family and his former friend, but the Black community as a whole with the race-baiting.  That isn't subject to condemnation but Wright's comments are?  Seems to me Obama is playing favorites.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Clearly the consensus on this board is that Obama can do no wrong and anyone who criticizes him is clearly the anti-christ.  I think I am going to check out of this convo.  <br></br><br>Peace!!!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Colored people aren't supposed to look white people in the eye when they talk to them.  <br></br><br>Colored people are not supposed to \"sass\" white people.</br><br></br><br>Colored people, especially colored men, are not supposed to disrespect Missy.</br><br></br><br>Colored people are supposed to bow and scrape and say Yassir Massa and Nossa Massa.</br><br></br><br>Colored people are not supposed to stand together, there are the Field Negroes and the House Negros and never the two shall meet.</br><br></br><br>To coin a phrase from my other favorite AA Blog, The Field Negroe,  Reverend Wright is a Field Negroe.  Reverend Wright is  a grown a$$ man.  If Barack Obama doesn't watch it, he's going to be a Lawn Jockey.</br><br></br><br>If the media and the Clinton's can make Obama denounce his PASTOR whats' to keep them from making him denounce black folks?????  This is setting whats known as a \"precedent\".  Next he is going to have to denounce Michelle or his mother in law, or his brother in law.  It's a slippery slope.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms. martin, <br>composure in the face of hate...think jackie robinson. think mlk....and bill HAS seriously damaged his reputation. people see him as a huge ass. my wife speculates on his mental health every time he is on the t.v. he looks more and more like an evil w.c. fields. and he is all out of next acts to repair the damage. </br><br>i like michelle too, but i really, really want to win. i'm not saying sell out. i'm saying no more unforced errors.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "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}, "1963285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "no day goes by in my modest and relatively easy life where i don't lose my cool over some little thing. so i give barack and michelle huge respect and admiration and thanks for the incredible job they are doing for us and their country under unimaginable pressure. they are in fact, of course, the true patriots.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "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}, "1963286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tlw,<br></br><br>Because those things are said of Obama by his opponents within the context of a political campaign.  The person who called him a boy had to apologize.  Barack was not competing with Wright...or so he thought.  Wright injected himself into the campaign and Obama had to eject him.    </br><br></br><br>We put up with things all the time in order to achieve a greater end.  Obama's been getting death threats,   compared to that, these things are petty.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms.martin,<br></br><br>Could be...  I think he is being wisely restrained; however, there is still room for a little boldness.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_23:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TWL 7:45 Comment <br></br><br>It was right on the money. It is a major problem I have with Obama. I especially do NOT like the way he did not come to Michelle's defense. It sets a tone that Black women aren't worth fighting for. I believe he has let some things go that he should have taken a stand for. Axelrod even said something about Michelle giving some of the campaign staff heartburn. WTF was that all about! I think he'd be more compromising in ways that would turn off Black voters if not for Michelle and some of his staff. I guess he really believes in the reconciliation aspects of racial harmony because he was raised by white people and being considered talented and attractive allows for more positive experiences. He does not react well to people being openly hostile to him, he retreats and gets intellectual. He did repudiate Rev Wright but I could see the pained expression on his face. I don't think he wanted to do it where as the Clintons would have done it immediately. I think as the years of political life wear on him he'll learn to toughen up a bit more - I hope!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_00:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1572c9b90152e199379cfb228c0cc759", "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}, "1963289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker:<br></br><br>\"......there is still room for a little boldness.\"</br><br></br><br>I agree, I've been waiting on him to take a really tough stand with HRC that would be viewed on the national level.</br><br></br><br>They're are trying to emasculate him now that the public has said they're tired of hearing about Wright and I don't know that I could ignore that were if I were him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_00:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think the presidential campaign is the place to demonstrate that black women are worth fighting for.<br></br><br>Michelle is not under attack.  Barack's bid for the Presidency is under attack via Michelle.  </br><br></br><br>Axelrod said Michelle gives them heartburn with her frankness and humour. Clearly, this is within the context of a campaign where everything you say is scrutinized.  It's not an insult.  It just means they're nervous about her outspokenness.  What should Barack do, tell them off to defend his woman?  I'll bet he's nervous too.</br><br></br><br>Barack cannot satisfy all our needs.  He cannot be the defender of black women, the hope of the Black church, champion of black masculinity and race czar.</br><br></br><br>I don't know if Barack will survive our neediness.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_01:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wasn't asking him to fight for all Black women but the attack on Michelle is indicative of the devaluing of Black women as a whole. And she is his wife and he should have said something in response to O'Reilly talking about putting together a lynching party for her! Even Bush condemned lynching recently in response to the Jena Six case.  One sentence would have adequately addressed it - besides her words were intentionally misconstrued. Their could have been a clarification. He could have said he was running for office not his wife and there are some lines that should not crossed - perhaps some of those wimpy accusations wouldn't have the weight they do if he had.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_03:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1572c9b90152e199379cfb228c0cc759", "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}, "1963292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hearts and flowers, oreilly apologised within 48 hours on t.v.<br>my theory is that barack had a talk with him behind the scenes that included mention of the secret service and threatening violence towards candidates and their families. in exchange for the apology the campaign remained silent and the secret service did not pursue the matter. just a theory</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_10:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "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}, "1963293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hearsandflowers,<br></br><br>Thanks for the response.  I don't think the things said of Michelle are indicative of devaluing black women.  I think it is to challenge Barack's candidacy where Michelle is simply a conduit to attack him.</br><br></br><br>If Andyfrombrooklyn is correct, then I think that was the way to handle it.  Really, had Barack responded directly I can imaging what that conversation would have been like.  Barack would have ended up the loser no doubt.  I don't think Barack to rise to the bait of every low-life, self-serving tv host.   </br><br></br><br>Lou Dobbs tries to bait Obama also, by demanding an apology.  The worst thing is for Obama to publicly acknowledge them and help their ratings, which is what they want.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-06_11:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not sure I agreed with anything you wrote there, however I'm going to have to ruminate on it and get back with you...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_15:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "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}, "1963210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are at least ten reasons to not vote for Obama, that do not include his lack of judgement in choosing Wright as a pastor:<br>\u2028</br><br>1)Obama refuses to speak to reporters/walks out of conferences. He is not a transparent politician.</br><br> \u2028</br><br>2)He was involved with Tony Rezko, who was indicted for influence peddling and is a corrupting influence in Illinois politics. Tony Rezko got millions of dollars from the government to create affordable housing in Obama's district, now 11 of the buildings he was supposed to fix are boarded-up and are unlivable. \u2028</br><br></br><br>3)Obama supports nuclear power even though radioactive nuclear waste is a problem no country has solved, the added terrorist threat that nuclear power poses, and the history of accidents such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Obama supports nuclear power because he was bought off by the nuclear power utility industry. He has taken a lot of money from them.  </br><br></br><br>4)Obama voted \"present\" hundreds of times instead of taking a stand because he did not want to offend contributors, like Robert Blackwell, who Obama helped obtain state grants for. \u2028</br><br></br><br>5)Obama chose as his mentor Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, who are terrorists who detonated bombs on US territory and they helped him start his career. </br><br></br><br>6)Obama lied about filling out a questionnaire that details his stand on many important issues like abortion, the death penalty and gun control. It has his handwriting but he said a staffer filled it out. Obama also lied about the Kennedy family helping his father.</br><br></br><br>7)Obama also has acknowledged that he \"voted by mistake\" many times?! \u2028</br><br></br><br>8)Obama made a statement that said his grandmother is \"a typical white person\" who has a \"reaction bred\" into her when she sees someone she does not know. \u2028</br><br></br><br>9)Obama made a statement that small-town Americans are bitter and cling to guns, religion, and anti-trade sentiment. </br><br></br><br>10)Obama lies about the Clinton economic boom, if you go to <a href=\"http://FactCheck.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">FactCheck.org</a>, you will see that Clinton is credited for passing the 1993 budget that helped create the boom of the 1990s.</br><br></br><br>Watch the videos here:</br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAUJeeKohNA\" rel=\"nofollow\">10 Reasons to Not Vote for Obama</a></br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvoGAcG0vZ0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Supports Nuclear Power</a></br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5l6oAD5d-s\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama is a Phony</a></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_15:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ea729fa805e4a9ac8846f77c7b096ba", "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}, "1963211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@le:<br>I don't have a problem with Wright, other than him acting the fool at the National Press Club.</br><br>I WILL vote for Obama.</br><br>I WILL NOT vote for Hillary.</br><br>As for \"the waffle\" I thought the reporter was rude to ask him a question while Obama was eating.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_15:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok le, thanks for your troll comments! We could delete Obama and insert Clinton or McCain with a few name changes. One of Clinton million dollar donors has sued her for campaign finance fraud and after 6 YEARS of delays the case is being tried in CA right now! Total corporate media blackout of it though. Rezco has given money to the Clintons and plenty of other politicians. That is part of the problem with the corporate and lobby interests interfering with how this country operates. McCain admits 'Operation Freedom' was really about oil. What do you have to say to that. Watch American Blackout and lets talk about how much a vote really counts!  <br></br><br>With all due respect Jill I totally disagree with your post. The last thing Obama should do is align himself with a white religious leader. And screw those polls. Polls are not conducted with impartiality. People need to vote their values and if they are so quick to be manipulated and let fear overrule common sense who's to say they were going to vote for Obama in the end anyway. People who get it have decided. People with questions can have them answered. Everything Rev Wright was true whether people [white, black or other] want to believe it or not. The US owes so much money to China and other foreign countries that if they called their markers we'd be toast. The Bush administration is funding covert military ops on Iran right now hoping it will escalate into something just in time for the general election. The US dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar. Yet Clinton News Network STILL wants to talk about Wright. Hello? This is the time we need to be using our highest critical thinking skills and get adequate and diverse sources of information from legitimate places, NOT THE CORPORATE MEDIA. Let's stop regurgitating the same talking points with an opinion slapped on top. Let's take control of our future - we can't control the outcome completely but let's break away from being reactive and start being proactive.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_15:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1572c9b90152e199379cfb228c0cc759", "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}, "1963213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "while i have never agreed with donna brazille on anything, she is right here. he should have put wright in his place the first time, its obviuos wright has that jealous of the young whipper snapper syndrome, that along with being a total kook.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and oh yeah, 'le' i for one can thing of maybe 200 reasons i would NEVER vote for hrc, and would and will cast my ballot for mccain if she steals this nomination behind closed doors.<br></br><br>and, obama needs to let this whole preacher thing go, since the so called evangelicals aren't going to vote for hin no matter whose 'blessings' he gets.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill,<br>The solution to the Wright problem is simple; Obama should've squashed it from the start. Had he made the speech he made last week in Philly (with probably a little less \"anger\"/confusion), 75% of the world wouldn't care at this point. </br><br></br><br>He tied Wright to the black community, which we now see-after Wright's performance at the NPC-was stupid. To clean it up, someone had to go under the bus.</br><br></br><br>I think-and correct me if I'm wrong-that you're suggesting Obama reach out to a Joel Osteen-type. That might be a safe move, but I'm not sure how effective it would be. Obama having a \"come to Jesus\" meeting with a white preacher WON'T go over to well in your local AME/Baptist/Pentacostal church, and MIGHT just be seen as another political trick (and to his credit or detriment-depending on your side of the line-he ain't good at those).</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "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}, "1963216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yawn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Also you could use the Gallop daily tracking poll that shows Obama up 50-45 against Clinton and shows he's weathered the Wright controversy. The poll you mentioned was a USA Today/Gallop poll.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1572c9b90152e199379cfb228c0cc759", "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}, "1963218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I disagree with Brazile. I believe Obama did what he could in Philadelphia. I think he did the right thing, the first time. And, he did the right thing, this time. I think Obama would have had trouble with Black if he had disowned Wright for being persecuted and misrepresented via soundbites. I do believe once Wright stabbed him in the chest on national television, no less, Obama had no other choice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Rikyrah....totally agree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "432619ba625f6a3e6b9013e9117e3759", "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}, "1963220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am going to ask this once again, can somebody tell me what Wright said that was so objectionable?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with rikyrah on this one.<br>If he were to change churches now, it definitely would be perceived as a political move.  His new pastor seems</br><br>fine.  People will not be satisfied no matter what he does!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c36c5e8bd4d56491f8a60b53ae8e9eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"In short, Obama needs to find another pastor. One that more closely matches his messages to the American people of a shared future no matter your color nor your creed. That pastor might best be white, popular and famous -- with a multi-racial congregation.\"<br></br><br>So in other words, a non-threatning pastor who continues to allow America to live in this racial utopia that it believes it currently lives in?</br><br></br><br>So I guess Blacks are no longer allowed to speak our mind when it comes to the ongoing racial problems that America has because it may threaten Obama's run for presidency.  I most certainly hope that is not what you guys are suggesting here.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_16:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@tlw<br></br><br>It was how he said it, not what he said.  Some of what he said rings true, but this was not the correct</br><br>time for his actions.  It is as though he is trying to sabotage Obama.  He had a right to defend himself however he could have handled</br><br>this situation much better.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c36c5e8bd4d56491f8a60b53ae8e9eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't believe Wright stabbed Obama in the chest at the National Press Club, but that's just me.  Frankly I'm a little disturbed that Obama could be bullied into denouncing Wright by the right wing media and the Clinton campaign.  If they can make him denounce Wright, they can make him denounce all black folks.  What good is it going to do to have a half black President that will be so busy proving he's not half black that he will stab us (black folks) in the back?  Obama should have said \"I don't agree with what Reverend Wright said, thats' all I'm going to say about the matter, and if you don't like it you can go to hell.\" Or words to that effect.  Donna Brazile will say what ever it takes for her to be a commentator on CNN.  Like it or not, Obama is the black candidate.  Why can't he be the black candidate and still be the candidate for \"all\" Americans?  Why can't he be the black candidate and be a \"vehicle for change\" in these troubled times.  Whats' wrong with being \"the black candidate\"? Black is not bad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So jelana, when is a good time to discuss these issues?  If Obama can't do it now, he sure as heck isn't going to do it when he is president.  <br></br><br>Plus, Obama didn't express his anger on how Wright said what he said, he expressed his anger on what Wright said.  It's as if he doesn't believe that these issues among the races exist, and quite frankly, I cannot vote for somebody who is either that naive or that indifferent to the ongoing racial problems here in America.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Barack needs to do is answer no further questions and give no further opinions on the subject.<br></br><br>Thus far, he's been incredibly patient and restrained, knowing that this kind of scrutiny wouldn't happen with a white candidate.  But there's a fine line between maintaining a  strategy of patience and restraint, and responding to massa's every whim.  It's the latter that media and certain white voters will become accustomed to and demand more of.</br><br></br><br>And that point, he (and we) will have lost some much-needed respect.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ tlw<br></br><br>One of the ongoing racial problems is there having never been an African American President.  Blacks can speak their minds, they just shouldn't assume they speak for everyone; besides, who exactly are they speaking for, when 90% of blacks support Obama??  What they cannot do, is sabotage a black candidate.</br><br></br><br>I think sometimes we fail to see the forest for the trees.  Encapsulated in Obama's run for Presidency, is the kernel of our hopes and dreams.  If Wright jeopardizes that - regardless of his reasoning - African American's, Whites, Asians, Hispanics will not forgive him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>That pastor might best be white, popular and famous -- with a multi-racial congregation.\"</i><br></br><br>Um, that doesn't exist in Chicago. </br><br></br><br>Trinity UCC HAS a multi-racial congregation.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I also agree with rikyrah... damn, this is a spiritual issue at heart... Obama was forced to deal with a deeply personal issue (his relationship with his pastor) in a national cirucus ring. He dealt with it with grace and courage the first time around. When he was forced to deal with it again, the pain was palpable, and as Bill Moyer's so insightfully commented -- both men will live with the pain of it for the rest of their lives. After I watched the Moyer's interview, I was touched by the pastor's heart; but the next few days I was apalled that the ego overcame the heart, and with the media dogs egging him on, Wright dealt a death blow to the relationship with Obama that should have been off limits to the outside world; the severing of one's relationship with one's pastor is deeply personal and intimate and Obama's pain in that last address was obvious. I don't believe the pastor's heart I heard and felt during the Moyer's interview was phony... I think it was overpowered by ego, but it was real. So I also believe that when the day is done, Wright is also left with profound pain. We were privy to a very real emotional and spiritual moment when Obama finally made the break. It was real. To also leave the church would be viewed as not real, and political posturing. It would also mean a severing from the community which has provided, until now, a safe and grounded refuge. I don't think anyone has the right to ask that of another person... even if he is running for president. And that speaks to your comment, Jelana... you are right, it will never be enough... denounce your pastor... now quit your church... what's next? divorce your wife because someone didn't like her comments? It will NEVER be enough. Like Michelle said in the interview with Caroline Kennedy the other night (I forget the name of the interviewer)... \"I'm proud of him... now let's move on.\" The beast has an insatiable appetite.<br></br><br>A more random thought that came to mind after those painful few days was this... I worked very closely with my pastor for a number of years; a gracious, practical, down to earth Black man... and one day in conversation about a young minister who had been caught in compromising circumstances... he shook his head and said \"You know, the greatest threat to ministry is the three P's .... pride, power and p....\" Ok, so he was gracious, practical, down to earth, and on occasion profane...but he was right. I think we saw the pride and the thirst for power played out over the last week, and it's saddening and sobering.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c0503647f8088b08f4996f39cd0531f4", "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}, "1963230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ tlw,<br></br><br>Black, Hispanic inner-city kids light up because of Obama's success.  These kids are starting to think they can get into politics.  There has been a massive shift in what they think is possible simply by what Obama is doing.  Should one black preacher take that potential away?   Who is Wright serving by doing this?  </br><br></br><br>Wright's name will be dirt for generations to come if his actions hurt Obama.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_17:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<em>In short, Obama needs to find another pastor.</em><br></br><br>Hate to be too literal, but Obama <em>does</em> have another pastor. Rev. Wright retired. Otis Moss III is now pastor at Trinity UCC.</br><br></br><br>I'm sure most of you know that, but I'm brining it up because I haven't seen that as part of the discussion either here or in the mainstream media. </br><br></br><br>Jeremiah Wright is no longer Barack Obama's pastor. That this never seems to get mentioned in any of the discussions surrounding this manufactured \"controversy\" makes me think that finding a <em>new</em> new pastor (that is, a third pastor, since Rev. Moss is his second) won't do him any good.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_18:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "94f5eb50b2abeada5c75faa496b106e3", "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}, "1963232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker,<br></br><br>And what good is it to have a Black president who is too busy trying to transcend race and be race neutral that he sees any discussions on the issue as being \"divisive and objectionable.\"  A Black president who denies that there is still racial strife in this country, \"There is no Black AMerica, there is no White America.  Tell me how that is supposed to be beneficial to these inner-city school children who live under such terrible circumstances to have a Black president that cannot or will not see that there is a difference in the way that an average White child grows up/lives and an average Black child that grows up/lives in this country.  </br><br></br><br>So again, in order for this \"dream\" to come true and for all racism/White supremacy to vanish then we as Black people must know our place and shut the heck up.</br><br></br><br>I have said this time and time again, if we look up to politicians and expect for them to improve our lives then we are in serious trouble.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_18:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with Rikyrah and Texas and TLW<br></br><br>He handled the situation that should have never been a situation but for the efforts of some bigots who knew full well what Wright was talking about just like they know what the economists are talking about.  </br><br></br><br>HRC, her supporters and MSM are counting on the very racism that Wright discussed to raise it's ugly head and lead her to victory - but Reverend Wright is crazy.  If Reverend Wright is crazy (and I strongly disagree with what he did), then Hillary and Bill Clinton and the anti-christ split in two with a demon filled posse to boot.  </br><br></br><br>If I was Obama, I wouldn't leave the very church and people who were my community because a few white folks don't want to reminded about what they did even as they go to cast their votes with racist hate in their hearts endorsed by the Clintons and the DNC.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_18:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i could see if obama never had wright as a his pastor. or if wright never officiated his wedding or baptized his daughters. but twenty years? you can't distance yourself from that...<br></br><br>to be honest, in a few weeks, this will all be forgotten. better it comes out now then in november.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_18:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "09717d41f569912f108f26b67e1eb641", "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}, "1963236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Martin can you tell me what you disagreed with concerning Rev.  Wright?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_18:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ tlw,<br></br><br><i>And what good is it to have a Black president who is too busy trying to transcend race and be race neutral that he sees any discussions on the issue as being \"divisive and objectionable.\"</i></br><br></br><br>Obama has not said that discussion on race is divisive and objectionable.  He has said essentially, that Rev. Wright's discussions are unhelpful and destructive.  Obama himself gave a speech on race that outshone anything that Wright has done.  Look at the response Obama's speech got compared to Wright's blustering.  What's the point of talking if the people who need to hear, tune you out?  Wright's audience is limited because of his combativeness.   Wright's blustering serves only for African Americans to worry their wounds...rather than healing them.  Obama seeks a much wider audience and healing.</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>A Black president who denies that there is still racial strife in this country, \"There is no Black AMerica, there is no White America.</i></br><br></br><br>My contention is with the word \"strife\".  What would you describe as strife?  I can see that there is not complete reconciliation.  But 2008 can't be compared the 1960's.</br><br>That last quote was a call to reconcile over what blacks and whites have in common.  I don't think he was saying that's how things are right now.</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>Tell me how that is supposed to be beneficial to these inner-city school children who live under such terrible circumstances to have a Black president that cannot or will not see that there is a difference in the way that an average White child grows up/lives and an average Black child that grows up/lives in this country.</i></br><br></br><br>Barack has great policies on early childhood & college education, jobs and tax credits for the middle class.  Religious leaders will continue to work in the community as they have been.  That mental shift of seeing a black President is powerful in shaping what these kids see themselves achieving.  It will do more than Rev. Wright has done in his 30 year legacy.</br><br></br><br><i>So again, in order for this \"dream\" to come true and for all racism/White supremacy to vanish then we as Black people must know our place and shut the heck up.</i></br><br></br><br>Does anyone really believe that racism will vanish.  I think black leaders should know when to speak, and do so tactically.</br><br></br><br><i>I have said this time and time again, if we look up to politicians and expect for them to improve our lives then we are in serious trouble.</i></br><br></br><br>Barack is not just ANY politician, regardless of what Wright says.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ brother omi,<br></br><br>When you're a member of a church, the pastor performs baptism's and marriages and funerals as a matter of routine.  Trinity has 8,000 members!!!  To suggest a baptism or marriage is some special relationship...a church member doesn't vette a pastor before a baptism or marriage.  Marriages & baptisms are part of the routine service a church provides to it's members.</br><br></br><br>What about pedophile priests who performed mass?  Should the people receiving mass have known their priests were molesting children?  I think pedophilia is far more grievous than anything Wright said.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why I believe Wright stabbed Obama in the chest on national television. <br></br><br>It's the three events, folks. I cannot and will not ignore it. </br><br></br><br>Moyers - he was his authentic self. </br><br>NAACP - he was his authentic self. </br><br></br><br>Neither of which did he clown and show his ass. </br><br></br><br>Press Club - Showed his ass and clowned. </br><br></br><br>Now.....if he could do it for the other two events, and stay true to himself...then please explain to me how I'm not supposed to believe that the National Press Club wasn't DONE ON PURPOSE.</br><br></br><br>They had no friggin' soundbites of him from Moyers or the NAACP. NONE. The ones they tried to push were pathetic. </br><br></br><br>Please stop pretending that the man didn't clown and show his ass on national television. </br><br></br><br>He stabbed Obama in the chest ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. He openly mocked him. What was Obama supposed to do?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TLW<br></br><br>What I disagreed with was his going from defending himself to outright showing his ass in public and trying to put Obama on front - it was not necessary!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this whole wright scandal is bullshit. retrograde networks and voters just use it as cover for their agendas and bigotry. obama will be the nominee. it deserves no consideration on content. it is only a strategic issue. they spent their wright ammunition too late for the primary and too early for the general. they needed the cover of clinton's candidacy to do it so that it would not be framed as a right/ left attack. but now it will be stale and old come november. obama needs to rein in any deviants in his midst including michelle and be wary of giving any new ammunition to this patriot/ race/ elitist b.s.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "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}, "1963242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TLW-<br></br><br>I agree. I am voting for Obama because I think that he is the best candidate if we want to change the path that we are going in. I also am in favor of his policies. However i'm not all caught up in symbolism as some are. I guess that I am realistic.</br><br></br><br>I'm waiting also to hear what was so objectionable. I have been asking people and nobody could tell me?</br><br></br><br>What I found interesting is that I watched the full thing and stopped watching mainstream media for an entire week. I am boycotting them. Everyone seems to have interpreted his actions differently. I am trying to figure it out. I think some people are more upset about the way that he \"conducted\" himself during the Q&A.; However I do not agree with their assessment. I saw him as being defiant to the white corporate media on purpose as a way to let them know that he has little to no respect for him after what they had done. I'm telling you much of this is media created hype...thats why I refuse to watch. </br><br></br><br></br><br>Everyone-</br><br></br><br>Rev.Otis Moss III aka the Hip Hop Pastor is in agreeance with Wright. If they begin to throw his name out over and over again, then Obama will have to denounce and reject him too. That will make no sense. Leave that alone. It shocks me to date that nobody recognizes that he even appears in the soundbytes the media shows. He is brushing Wrights shoulders off. All they will have to do is repay it...hello? Then Obama is back on the defense. </br><br></br><br>Donna Brazile makes no sense. Obama would have lost his black support if he rejected Wright off the bat. Trust me!! Brazile knows that. </br><br></br><br>Also, why does everyone think Wright hates all non-blacks? Is stuck in the past? Divisive? Doesn't want change or hope? Wasn't it Wright that inspired Obama's view of hope and change?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "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}, "1963243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker:\"Obama has not said that discussion on race is divisive and objectionable. He has said essentially, that Rev. Wright's discussions are unhelpful and destructive. Obama himself gave a speech on race that outshone anything that Wright has done. Look at the response Obama's speech got compared to Wright's blustering. What's the point of talking if the people who need to hear, tune you out? Wright's audience is limited because of his combativeness. Wright's blustering serves only for African Americans to worry their wounds...rather than healing them. Obama seeks a much wider audience and healing.\"<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>I stand corrected, Obama hasn't said that any discussions on race is divisive and objectionable, just the discussions that can conjure up White resentment.  That according to Obama is wrong despite however true the words may be.  Why should we be expected to walk on eggshells when discussing these matters with Whites if they don't.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker said:  My contention is with the word \"strife\". What would you describe as strife? I can see that there is not complete reconciliation. But 2008 can't be compared the 1960's.</br><br>That last quote was a call to reconcile over what blacks and whites have in common. I don't think he was saying that's how things are right now.</br><br></br><br>ME:</br><br>When I see a disproportionate amount of Blacks in prison, failing out of school, losing their homes, dying, being victims of voter discrimination, infant mortality etc. and these numbers/disparities are only on the rise an in many respects worse than it was in the 60's then I believe my use of the term \"raical strife\" is appropriate.  Unless Black people have some sort of inherent defect that other races do not have.  Regarding what he truly meant with his \"One America\" comment you can take it however you want to but in my view we don't need a president who is spending too much time talking about ideals and spending too little time talking about present realities.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:</br><br>Barack has great policies on early childhood & college education, jobs and tax credits for the middle class. Religious leaders will continue to work in the community as they have been. That mental shift of seeing a black President is powerful in shaping what these kids see themselves achieving. It will do more than Rev. Wright has done in his 30 year legacy.</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>Well how about those who don't qualify as \"middle class.\"  How about those who have been disenfrachised because of what area they live in.  Because those inner city children most likely will not be aided by those policies that are directed towards the middle class.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:  Does anyone really believe that racism will vanish. I think black leaders should know when to speak, and do so tactically</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>So again I ask when is a good time to talk about these issues and how do we do so without offending Whites since we care so much about their feelings?  It's just too bad that this \"walking on eggshells\" when discussing matters of race feeling isn't mutual</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:  Barack is not just ANY politician, regardless of what Wright says.</br><br></br><br>Me:  What makes you believe that because as far as I can tell yes he is?  You should have a healthy suspicison of all politicians, the history of this country and the actions of its politicians, especially we as Black folk warrants this.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms.  Martin<br></br><br>In my opinion he was showing the media the same amount of respect that they have showed him, NONE!!!  So if he wanted to treat them with disrespect then he had every right to do that becuase they don't deserve any.</br><br></br><br>Okay, one more question, how was he \"putting Obama on front?\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll vote for Obama.  I'll be upfront.  I dont hillary or mccain in there. However, as of lately, I'm having some serious doubts about Obama. His response to the Bell shooting, which reminded me of the way he dragged his feet on the Jena 6 case, the fact that for two years in  row he's tried to distance himself from Smiley's SOBU (i dont care if you think that tavis is a self-seeking whore), but the SOBU is a forum for many in the black community, just this morning BO said that he didnt disagree with Hillary's comment to obliterate Iran. I want to hope and believe that Obama is a different politician. I do.  The problem is that as of lately he's increasingly looking like all of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "149bbdd6603515ad0f886d9600948341", "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}, "1963246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah:  He stabbed Obama in the chest ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. He openly mocked him. What was Obama supposed to do?<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>Openly mocked him?  Again can somebody provide me with examples.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rhondacoca:  I saw him as being defiant to the white corporate media on purpose as a way to let them know that he has little to no respect for him after what they had done.<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>That is the way I see it as well.  I also have no problem with people voting for him if they feel they must (even though I'm not) just as long as they don't go in with blind faith thinking he can do no wrong and get caught up in the symbolism.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_19:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama handled it...twice...and he handled it well.<br>It's time to move on.</br><br>Fuck the media.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Andyfrombrooklyn:<br></br><br>\"rein in any deviants in his midst including michelle\"</br><br></br><br>WTF?  </br><br></br><br>Michelle IS AN ASSET.</br><br></br><br>So I guess you think he should get rid of his black wife?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What about pedophile priests who performed mass? Should the people receiving mass have known their priests were molesting children? I think pedophilia is far more grievous than anything Wright said.\"<br></br><br>-Bet you won't see any clips and sound bites on this, either.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wright stood up to the media. Did he show his \"clown ass\" when they questioned his patriotism and he asked if chicken hawk, shoot your pal in the face Dick had served? How exactly did Wright show his \"clown ass\" at the NPR.  He answered the questions, he didn't bow and scrape.  He was invited to speak before the NAACP.  The media covered it so they could get some soundbites.  He was invited to speak before the NPC, the media couldn't stand hearing the truth because they would RATHER believe the lies.  Was he showing his \"clown ass\" when he asked if the young lady had she heard the whole speech?  Reverend Wright told the TRUTH.  The media can't handle the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TLW<br></br><br>I can only explain it to you with this comment from BlackinUSA over a FN's post:</br><br></br><br>\"I'm going to talk like my grand momma did down on the E.S. of Maryland. \"Who that little boy runnin fo' President...Byrack Obiama.\" Grand momma his name is Barack Obama! \"Whatever the funny looking niggas name is he better git that Rev. off his ass cuz them white folks ain't gonna have it.\" Whatcha mean grand momma? \"I knew 2 cents into his $4 speech Rev. Wright was only on TV get his 15mins. He ain't there to help no BARACK OBAMA or nobody else.\" But grand momma Obama has distance himself from Rev. Wright. \"Well he ain't running fast enough and that preacher gonna ride along as far as he can. Mr. Baroma should leave his church goings be a private matter and let them newse folks dig up stuff all they want...you just keep you eyes on the prize.\" Grand momma his name is Barack Obama. \"Humph! He still funny looking to me.\"\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All this talk that Wright is just trying to get his 15 minutes and only cares about himself is mind boggling to me.  I find it refreshing that even though he has a \"friend\" who could potentially become president of the U.S. he still has not abandoned his principles and his loyalty to God and the Black community.  Him speaking truth to power with no apoligies is who he is and that is what he has done for much longer than he has known Obama and for people to say that he should know his place and shut up is not fair at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tlw,<br></br><br>Wright humiliated himself before the media he despises.  He had the opportunity to rise and command their respect; but instead, he formed the ass.  He's an educated man in his 60's and he acted a fool.  </br><br></br><br>Obama has taken so many humiliating jabs, but he doesn't take the bait, he maintains his composure and always manages to rise above it and command respect.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wright used the mantle of Christ as a cover for his own ego.   In that sense, he is more vile than any politician.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tlw - Thank you - U get it.  And the fact that a lot of black folk don't shows me how throughly brainwashed American Blacks are.<br></br><br><i>Wright stood up to the media. Did he show his \"clown ass\" when they questioned his patriotism and he asked if chicken hawk, shoot your pal in the face Dick had served? How exactly did Wright show his \"clown ass\" at the NPR. He answered the questions, he didn't bow and scrape. He was invited to speak before the NAACP. The media covered it so they could get some soundbites. He was invited to speak before the NPC, the media couldn't stand hearing the truth because they would RATHER believe the lies. Was he showing his \"clown ass\" when he asked if the young lady had she heard the whole speech? Reverend Wright told the TRUTH. The media can't handle the truth.</i></br><br></br><br></br><br>The problem with the NPC isn't what he said, it's how he said it. And my question to those who keeps saying he \"clowned\" is how was he supposed to say it?</br><br></br><br>@Rikya</br><br></br><br>How do you know those other events he was being his \"authentic\" self. He was just as \"authentic\" at NPC. Essentially he gave the media hs ass to kiss.</br><br></br><br>Rightfully so...</br><br></br><br>This goes back to being \"Acceptably Black.\" Black folks can speak in even measured tones, with the right amount of humility when they speak to white folk...that's okay.</br><br></br><br>But if you're arrogant, smug, defiant and dismissive...then that is clowning.</br><br></br><br>What?</br><br></br><br>Clowning is Flavor Flav or New York.  Or any number of rappers. NOT what Wright did at the NPC.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "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}, "1963257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Martin,<br></br><br>I laughed for quite awhile when I read that over at Field Negro, and I laughed again today, because it was on spot.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963258": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah is right on point.  Obama was betrayed, and he had to respond.<br></br><br>Our charismatic is not a man who has never made a mistake.  He's still a man, and a decent one at that.</br><br></br><br>I would like Billary to be held accountable for at least 25% of her fuckups (and you say that here?).  Her sniper fire lie alone, would have benched any other candidate, white or black.  Her membership in the Hitlerian Fellowship should be equal fodder. But it isn't.</br><br>Bless all of you who refuse to ignore your (Richard Pryor's joke) lying eyes and ears.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8d2b08b348bfc74b5a40e56604b1d20", "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}, "1963259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker:<br></br><br>Wright humiliated himself before the media he despises. He had the opportunity to rise and command their respect; but instead, he formed the ass. He's an educated man in his 60's and he acted a fool.</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>If I do have a criticism of Wright it is that he did go before the media in the first place. I wouldn't have went before these distorters. But that is just me and I am not saying that Wright was right or wrong for the course of action that he took. Having said that these people would not have respected him even if he gave the most dignified speech in the world and stifled himself to take into consideration White peoples \"precious\" feelings when it comes to having race discussions. Even though they don't do the same. Like I said before those lepers don't deserve respect and commanding it from them is meaningless and a waste of time.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:</br><br>Wright used the mantle of Christ as a cover for his own ego. In that sense, he is more vile than any politician.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Me: Strong Words for a man you don't even know.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_20:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe that Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. suffers from bipolar disorder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1963261": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Le,<br></br><br>I know that this will be hard for you to comprehend, but this site is for INTELLIGENT African-Americans to share their diverse thoughts on issues that impact the lives of citizens in our community.  As a result, many of us have actually taken the time to read, dissect, and discern the difference between idiotic gibberish and thoughtful comments meant to evoke meaningful conversations.</br><br></br><br>Your list of reasons not to vote or even like Obama are yours which you are entitled to as the same as my reasons when I tell you that you folks who continue to monitor this site trying to infiltrate your talking points, half-truths, and misdirections designed to confuse these posters never works.  We have heard it all before, including appeals for us to vote on Wednesdays, that we will be arrested if we haven't paid our child support, you get the picture.  Your propoganda falls into the category of idiocy that only defines a person who imminently believes himself/herself so superior to whom he is speaking that for one moment in time someone would actually believe what you are posting.</br><br></br><br>Go back, try again, Le, your superior intellect dealing with us less intelligent Black folks apparently isn't working, try another tact, maybe using your superior intellect on someone who truly needs it--George Bush or presumably could it be, Hillary Clinton?  </br><br></br><br>After all, we are so easily led that somehow, we would get the impression that you don't like Obama, we be crazy like that.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "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}, "1963262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Apparantely I am not going to recieve an answer as to what Rev.  Wright specifically said/did in order to recieve such anger and disgust from people.  All I am getting is that he didn't know his place and shut up because we must always consider the feelings of Whites when we discuss racial issues even though they don't do the same for us.  Oh, how far we've come.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "77bf59fdc430051674c0abe2b93c50c9", "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}, "1963263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tlw, Wright reiterated the myth that the government created HIV.<br></br><br>HIV is a RETROVIRUS. It was <i>not</i> created by human beings, and it is not new to humankind.</br><br></br><br>Other than that, he didn't say anything outrageous to my ears from the pulpit.</br><br></br><br>But how he SHOWED HIS NATURAL ASS in Washington, D.C. even turned his defenders into critics.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-05_21:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "3648511", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -177969422695596555}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 84, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3648511, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him' +
		'&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/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/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='	+ 'jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him'
			+ '&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/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/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">84</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/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/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/">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:3648511" 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/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/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:3648511" 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:3648511" 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'				: 'jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him',
			// 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/jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him/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='	+ 'jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him'
			+ '&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='	+ 'jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him'
			+ '&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='		+ 'jeremiah_wright_black_boogeyman_8212_and_how_obama_can_survive_him'
				+ '&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/3648511/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';
				}
			}
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Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963209">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963209">JJ</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963209" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure I agreed with anything you wrote there, however I\'m going to have to ruminate on it and get back with you...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963210">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963210" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963210" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963210">LE</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963210" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963210" class="dsq-comment-message">There are at least ten reasons to not vote for Obama, that do not include his lack of judgement in choosing Wright as a pastor:<br>\
	 </br><br>1)Obama refuses to speak to reporters/walks out of conferences. He is not a transparent politician.</br><br>\
	 </br><br>2)He was involved with Tony Rezko, who was indicted for influence peddling and is a corrupting influence in Illinois politics. Tony Rezko got millions of dollars from the government to create affordable housing in Obama\'s district, now 11 of the buildings he was supposed to fix are boarded-up and are unlivable.\
	 </br><br></br><br>3)Obama supports nuclear power even though radioactive nuclear waste is a problem no country has solved, the added terrorist threat that nuclear power poses, and the history of accidents such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Obama supports nuclear power because he was bought off by the nuclear power utility industry. He has taken a lot of money from them.  </br><br></br><br>4)Obama voted "present" hundreds of times instead of taking a stand because he did not want to offend contributors, like Robert Blackwell, who Obama helped obtain state grants for.\
	 </br><br></br><br>5)Obama chose as his mentor Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, who are terrorists who detonated bombs on US territory and they helped him start his career. </br><br></br><br>6)Obama lied about filling out a questionnaire that details his stand on many important issues like abortion, the death penalty and gun control. It has his handwriting but he said a staffer filled it out. Obama also lied about the Kennedy family helping his father.</br><br></br><br>7)Obama also has acknowledged that he "voted by mistake" many times?!\
	 </br><br></br><br>8)Obama made a statement that said his grandmother is "a typical white person" who has a "reaction bred" into her when she sees someone she does not know.\
	 </br><br></br><br>9)Obama made a statement that small-town Americans are bitter and cling to guns, religion, and anti-trade sentiment. </br><br></br><br>10)Obama lies about the Clinton economic boom, if you go to <a href="http://FactCheck.org" rel="nofollow">FactCheck.org</a>, you will see that Clinton is credited for passing the 1993 budget that helped create the boom of the 1990s.</br><br></br><br>Watch the videos here:</br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAUJeeKohNA" rel="nofollow">10 Reasons to Not Vote for Obama</a></br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvoGAcG0vZ0" rel="nofollow">Obama Supports Nuclear Power</a></br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5l6oAD5d-s" rel="nofollow">Obama is a Phony</a></br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963211">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963211">Admiral Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963211" class="dsq-comment-message">@le:<br>I don\'t have a problem with Wright, other than him acting the fool at the National Press Club.</br><br>I WILL vote for Obama.</br><br>I WILL NOT vote for Hillary.</br><br>As for "the waffle" I thought the reporter was rude to ask him a question while Obama was eating.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963212">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963212">heartsandflowers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963212" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok le, thanks for your troll comments! We could delete Obama and insert Clinton or McCain with a few name changes. One of Clinton million dollar donors has sued her for campaign finance fraud and after 6 YEARS of delays the case is being tried in CA right now! Total corporate media blackout of it though. Rezco has given money to the Clintons and plenty of other politicians. That is part of the problem with the corporate and lobby interests interfering with how this country operates. McCain admits \'Operation Freedom\' was really about oil. What do you have to say to that. Watch American Blackout and lets talk about how much a vote really counts!  <br></br><br>With all due respect Jill I totally disagree with your post. The last thing Obama should do is align himself with a white religious leader. And screw those polls. Polls are not conducted with impartiality. People need to vote their values and if they are so quick to be manipulated and let fear overrule common sense who\'s to say they were going to vote for Obama in the end anyway. People who get it have decided. People with questions can have them answered. Everything Rev Wright was true whether people [white, black or other] want to believe it or not. The US owes so much money to China and other foreign countries that if they called their markers we\'d be toast. The Bush administration is funding covert military ops on Iran right now hoping it will escalate into something just in time for the general election. The US dollar is now worth less than the Canadian dollar. Yet Clinton News Network STILL wants to talk about Wright. Hello? This is the time we need to be using our highest critical thinking skills and get adequate and diverse sources of information from legitimate places, NOT THE CORPORATE MEDIA. Let\'s stop regurgitating the same talking points with an opinion slapped on top. Let\'s take control of our future - we can\'t control the outcome completely but let\'s break away from being reactive and start being proactive.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963213">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963213">Anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963213" class="dsq-comment-message">while i have never agreed with donna brazille on anything, she is right here. he should have put wright in his place the first time, its obviuos wright has that jealous of the young whipper snapper syndrome, that along with being a total kook.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963214">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963214" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963214">Anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963214" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963214" class="dsq-comment-message">and oh yeah, \'le\' i for one can thing of maybe 200 reasons i would NEVER vote for hrc, and would and will cast my ballot for mccain if she steals this nomination behind closed doors.<br></br><br>and, obama needs to let this whole preacher thing go, since the so called evangelicals aren\'t going to vote for hin no matter whose \'blessings\' he gets.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963215">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963215" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963215">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963215" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963215" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill,<br>The solution to the Wright problem is simple; Obama should\'ve squashed it from the start. Had he made the speech he made last week in Philly (with probably a little less "anger"/confusion), 75% of the world wouldn\'t care at this point. </br><br></br><br>He tied Wright to the black community, which we now see-after Wright\'s performance at the NPC-was stupid. To clean it up, someone had to go under the bus.</br><br></br><br>I think-and correct me if I\'m wrong-that you\'re suggesting Obama reach out to a Joel Osteen-type. That might be a safe move, but I\'m not sure how effective it would be. Obama having a "come to Jesus" meeting with a white preacher WON\'T go over to well in your local AME/Baptist/Pentacostal church, and MIGHT just be seen as another political trick (and to his credit or detriment-depending on your side of the line-he ain\'t good at those).</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963216">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963216" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963216">Craig Hickman</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963216" class="dsq-comment-message">Yawn.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963217">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963217">heartsandflowers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963217" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963217" class="dsq-comment-message">Also you could use the Gallop daily tracking poll that shows Obama up 50-45 against Clinton and shows he\'s weathered the Wright controversy. The poll you mentioned was a USA Today/Gallop poll.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963218">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963218" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963218">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963218" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree with Brazile. I believe Obama did what he could in Philadelphia. I think he did the right thing, the first time. And, he did the right thing, this time. I think Obama would have had trouble with Black if he had disowned Wright for being persecuted and misrepresented via soundbites. I do believe once Wright stabbed him in the chest on national television, no less, Obama had no other choice.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963219">Texas Girl in L.A.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963219" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Rikyrah....totally agree.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963220">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963220">TLW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963220" class="dsq-comment-message">I am going to ask this once again, can somebody tell me what Wright said that was so objectionable?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1963221">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1963221" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963221" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963221">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1963221" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963221" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with rikyrah on this one.<br>If he were to change churches now, it definitely would be perceived as a political move.  His new pastor seems</br><br>fine.  People will not be satisfied no matter what he does!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963222">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963222" class="dsq-comment-message">"In short, Obama needs to find another pastor. One that more closely matches his messages to the American people of a shared future no matter your color nor your creed. That pastor might best be white, popular and famous -- with a multi-racial congregation."<br></br><br>So in other words, a non-threatning pastor who continues to allow America to live in this racial utopia that it believes it currently lives in?</br><br></br><br>So I guess Blacks are no longer allowed to speak our mind when it comes to the ongoing racial problems that America has because it may threaten Obama\'s run for presidency.  I most certainly hope that is not what you guys are suggesting here.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963223" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963223">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963223" class="dsq-comment-message">@tlw<br></br><br>It was how he said it, not what he said.  Some of what he said rings true, but this was not the correct</br><br>time for his actions.  It is as though he is trying to sabotage Obama.  He had a right to defend himself however he could have handled</br><br>this situation much better.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963224">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963224" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t believe Wright stabbed Obama in the chest at the National Press Club, but that\'s just me.  Frankly I\'m a little disturbed that Obama could be bullied into denouncing Wright by the right wing media and the Clinton campaign.  If they can make him denounce Wright, they can make him denounce all black folks.  What good is it going to do to have a half black President that will be so busy proving he\'s not half black that he will stab us (black folks) in the back?  Obama should have said "I don\'t agree with what Reverend Wright said, thats\' all I\'m going to say about the matter, and if you don\'t like it you can go to hell." Or words to that effect.  Donna Brazile will say what ever it takes for her to be a commentator on CNN.  Like it or not, Obama is the black candidate.  Why can\'t he be the black candidate and still be the candidate for "all" Americans?  Why can\'t he be the black candidate and be a "vehicle for change" in these troubled times.  Whats\' wrong with being "the black candidate"? Black is not bad.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963225">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963225" class="dsq-comment-message">So jelana, when is a good time to discuss these issues?  If Obama can\'t do it now, he sure as heck isn\'t going to do it when he is president.  <br></br><br>Plus, Obama didn\'t express his anger on how Wright said what he said, he expressed his anger on what Wright said.  It\'s as if he doesn\'t believe that these issues among the races exist, and quite frankly, I cannot vote for somebody who is either that naive or that indifferent to the ongoing racial problems here in America.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963226">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963226" class="dsq-comment-message">What Barack needs to do is answer no further questions and give no further opinions on the subject.<br></br><br>Thus far, he\'s been incredibly patient and restrained, knowing that this kind of scrutiny wouldn\'t happen with a white candidate.  But there\'s a fine line between maintaining a  strategy of patience and restraint, and responding to massa\'s every whim.  It\'s the latter that media and certain white voters will become accustomed to and demand more of.</br><br></br><br>And that point, he (and we) will have lost some much-needed respect.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963227">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963227" class="dsq-comment-message">@ tlw<br></br><br>One of the ongoing racial problems is there having never been an African American President.  Blacks can speak their minds, they just shouldn\'t assume they speak for everyone; besides, who exactly are they speaking for, when 90% of blacks support Obama??  What they cannot do, is sabotage a black candidate.</br><br></br><br>I think sometimes we fail to see the forest for the trees.  Encapsulated in Obama\'s run for Presidency, is the kernel of our hopes and dreams.  If Wright jeopardizes that - regardless of his reasoning - African American\'s, Whites, Asians, Hispanics will not forgive him.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963228">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963228" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>That pastor might best be white, popular and famous -- with a multi-racial congregation."</i><br></br><br>Um, that doesn\'t exist in Chicago. </br><br></br><br>Trinity UCC HAS a multi-racial congregation.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963229">LexusOakland</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963229" class="dsq-comment-message">I also agree with rikyrah... damn, this is a spiritual issue at heart... Obama was forced to deal with a deeply personal issue (his relationship with his pastor) in a national cirucus ring. He dealt with it with grace and courage the first time around. When he was forced to deal with it again, the pain was palpable, and as Bill Moyer\'s so insightfully commented -- both men will live with the pain of it for the rest of their lives. After I watched the Moyer\'s interview, I was touched by the pastor\'s heart; but the next few days I was apalled that the ego overcame the heart, and with the media dogs egging him on, Wright dealt a death blow to the relationship with Obama that should have been off limits to the outside world; the severing of one\'s relationship with one\'s pastor is deeply personal and intimate and Obama\'s pain in that last address was obvious. I don\'t believe the pastor\'s heart I heard and felt during the Moyer\'s interview was phony... I think it was overpowered by ego, but it was real. So I also believe that when the day is done, Wright is also left with profound pain. We were privy to a very real emotional and spiritual moment when Obama finally made the break. It was real. To also leave the church would be viewed as not real, and political posturing. It would also mean a severing from the community which has provided, until now, a safe and grounded refuge. I don\'t think anyone has the right to ask that of another person... even if he is running for president. And that speaks to your comment, Jelana... you are right, it will never be enough... denounce your pastor... now quit your church... what\'s next? divorce your wife because someone didn\'t like her comments? It will NEVER be enough. Like Michelle said in the interview with Caroline Kennedy the other night (I forget the name of the interviewer)... "I\'m proud of him... now let\'s move on." The beast has an insatiable appetite.<br></br><br>A more random thought that came to mind after those painful few days was this... I worked very closely with my pastor for a number of years; a gracious, practical, down to earth Black man... and one day in conversation about a young minister who had been caught in compromising circumstances... he shook his head and said "You know, the greatest threat to ministry is the three P\'s .... pride, power and p...." Ok, so he was gracious, practical, down to earth, and on occasion profane...but he was right. I think we saw the pride and the thirst for power played out over the last week, and it\'s saddening and sobering.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963230">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963230" class="dsq-comment-message">@ tlw,<br></br><br>Black, Hispanic inner-city kids light up because of Obama\'s success.  These kids are starting to think they can get into politics.  There has been a massive shift in what they think is possible simply by what Obama is doing.  Should one black preacher take that potential away?   Who is Wright serving by doing this?  </br><br></br><br>Wright\'s name will be dirt for generations to come if his actions hurt Obama.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963231">Sandalstraps</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963231" class="dsq-comment-message"><em>In short, Obama needs to find another pastor.</em><br></br><br>Hate to be too literal, but Obama <em>does</em> have another pastor. Rev. Wright retired. Otis Moss III is now pastor at Trinity UCC.</br><br></br><br>I\'m sure most of you know that, but I\'m brining it up because I haven\'t seen that as part of the discussion either here or in the mainstream media. </br><br></br><br>Jeremiah Wright is no longer Barack Obama\'s pastor. That this never seems to get mentioned in any of the discussions surrounding this manufactured "controversy" makes me think that finding a <em>new</em> new pastor (that is, a third pastor, since Rev. Moss is his second) won\'t do him any good.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963232">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963232" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker,<br></br><br>And what good is it to have a Black president who is too busy trying to transcend race and be race neutral that he sees any discussions on the issue as being "divisive and objectionable."  A Black president who denies that there is still racial strife in this country, "There is no Black AMerica, there is no White America.  Tell me how that is supposed to be beneficial to these inner-city school children who live under such terrible circumstances to have a Black president that cannot or will not see that there is a difference in the way that an average White child grows up/lives and an average Black child that grows up/lives in this country.  </br><br></br><br>So again, in order for this "dream" to come true and for all racism/White supremacy to vanish then we as Black people must know our place and shut the heck up.</br><br></br><br>I have said this time and time again, if we look up to politicians and expect for them to improve our lives then we are in serious trouble.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963233">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963233" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with Rikyrah and Texas and TLW<br></br><br>He handled the situation that should have never been a situation but for the efforts of some bigots who knew full well what Wright was talking about just like they know what the economists are talking about.  </br><br></br><br>HRC, her supporters and MSM are counting on the very racism that Wright discussed to raise it\'s ugly head and lead her to victory - but Reverend Wright is crazy.  If Reverend Wright is crazy (and I strongly disagree with what he did), then Hillary and Bill Clinton and the anti-christ split in two with a demon filled posse to boot.  </br><br></br><br>If I was Obama, I wouldn\'t leave the very church and people who were my community because a few white folks don\'t want to reminded about what they did even as they go to cast their votes with racist hate in their hearts endorsed by the Clintons and the DNC.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963235">Brother OMi</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963235" class="dsq-comment-message">i could see if obama never had wright as a his pastor. or if wright never officiated his wedding or baptized his daughters. but twenty years? you can\'t distance yourself from that...<br></br><br>to be honest, in a few weeks, this will all be forgotten. better it comes out now then in november.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963236">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963236" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin can you tell me what you disagreed with concerning Rev.  Wright?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963237">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963237" class="dsq-comment-message">@ tlw,<br></br><br><i>And what good is it to have a Black president who is too busy trying to transcend race and be race neutral that he sees any discussions on the issue as being "divisive and objectionable."</i></br><br></br><br>Obama has not said that discussion on race is divisive and objectionable.  He has said essentially, that Rev. Wright\'s discussions are unhelpful and destructive.  Obama himself gave a speech on race that outshone anything that Wright has done.  Look at the response Obama\'s speech got compared to Wright\'s blustering.  What\'s the point of talking if the people who need to hear, tune you out?  Wright\'s audience is limited because of his combativeness.   Wright\'s blustering serves only for African Americans to worry their wounds...rather than healing them.  Obama seeks a much wider audience and healing.</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>A Black president who denies that there is still racial strife in this country, "There is no Black AMerica, there is no White America.</i></br><br></br><br>My contention is with the word "strife".  What would you describe as strife?  I can see that there is not complete reconciliation.  But 2008 can\'t be compared the 1960\'s.</br><br>That last quote was a call to reconcile over what blacks and whites have in common.  I don\'t think he was saying that\'s how things are right now.</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>Tell me how that is supposed to be beneficial to these inner-city school children who live under such terrible circumstances to have a Black president that cannot or will not see that there is a difference in the way that an average White child grows up/lives and an average Black child that grows up/lives in this country.</i></br><br></br><br>Barack has great policies on early childhood & college education, jobs and tax credits for the middle class.  Religious leaders will continue to work in the community as they have been.  That mental shift of seeing a black President is powerful in shaping what these kids see themselves achieving.  It will do more than Rev. Wright has done in his 30 year legacy.</br><br></br><br><i>So again, in order for this "dream" to come true and for all racism/White supremacy to vanish then we as Black people must know our place and shut the heck up.</i></br><br></br><br>Does anyone really believe that racism will vanish.  I think black leaders should know when to speak, and do so tactically.</br><br></br><br><i>I have said this time and time again, if we look up to politicians and expect for them to improve our lives then we are in serious trouble.</i></br><br></br><br>Barack is not just ANY politician, regardless of what Wright says.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963238" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963238">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963238" class="dsq-comment-message">@ brother omi,<br></br><br>When you\'re a member of a church, the pastor performs baptism\'s and marriages and funerals as a matter of routine.  Trinity has 8,000 members!!!  To suggest a baptism or marriage is some special relationship...a church member doesn\'t vette a pastor before a baptism or marriage.  Marriages & baptisms are part of the routine service a church provides to it\'s members.</br><br></br><br>What about pedophile priests who performed mass?  Should the people receiving mass have known their priests were molesting children?  I think pedophilia is far more grievous than anything Wright said.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963239">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963239" class="dsq-comment-message">Why I believe Wright stabbed Obama in the chest on national television. <br></br><br>It\'s the three events, folks. I cannot and will not ignore it. </br><br></br><br>Moyers - he was his authentic self. </br><br>NAACP - he was his authentic self. </br><br></br><br>Neither of which did he clown and show his ass. </br><br></br><br>Press Club - Showed his ass and clowned. </br><br></br><br>Now.....if he could do it for the other two events, and stay true to himself...then please explain to me how I\'m not supposed to believe that the National Press Club wasn\'t DONE ON PURPOSE.</br><br></br><br>They had no friggin\' soundbites of him from Moyers or the NAACP. NONE. The ones they tried to push were pathetic. </br><br></br><br>Please stop pretending that the man didn\'t clown and show his ass on national television. </br><br></br><br>He stabbed Obama in the chest ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. He openly mocked him. What was Obama supposed to do?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963240">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963240" class="dsq-comment-message">TLW<br></br><br>What I disagreed with was his going from defending himself to outright showing his ass in public and trying to put Obama on front - it was not necessary!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963241">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963241" class="dsq-comment-message">this whole wright scandal is bullshit. retrograde networks and voters just use it as cover for their agendas and bigotry. obama will be the nominee. it deserves no consideration on content. it is only a strategic issue. they spent their wright ammunition too late for the primary and too early for the general. they needed the cover of clinton\'s candidacy to do it so that it would not be framed as a right/ left attack. but now it will be stale and old come november. obama needs to rein in any deviants in his midst including michelle and be wary of giving any new ammunition to this patriot/ race/ elitist b.s.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963242">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963242" class="dsq-comment-message">TLW-<br></br><br>I agree. I am voting for Obama because I think that he is the best candidate if we want to change the path that we are going in. I also am in favor of his policies. However i\'m not all caught up in symbolism as some are. I guess that I am realistic.</br><br></br><br>I\'m waiting also to hear what was so objectionable. I have been asking people and nobody could tell me?</br><br></br><br>What I found interesting is that I watched the full thing and stopped watching mainstream media for an entire week. I am boycotting them. Everyone seems to have interpreted his actions differently. I am trying to figure it out. I think some people are more upset about the way that he "conducted" himself during the Q&A.; However I do not agree with their assessment. I saw him as being defiant to the white corporate media on purpose as a way to let them know that he has little to no respect for him after what they had done. I\'m telling you much of this is media created hype...thats why I refuse to watch. </br><br></br><br></br><br>Everyone-</br><br></br><br>Rev.Otis Moss III aka the Hip Hop Pastor is in agreeance with Wright. If they begin to throw his name out over and over again, then Obama will have to denounce and reject him too. That will make no sense. Leave that alone. It shocks me to date that nobody recognizes that he even appears in the soundbytes the media shows. He is brushing Wrights shoulders off. All they will have to do is repay it...hello? Then Obama is back on the defense. </br><br></br><br>Donna Brazile makes no sense. Obama would have lost his black support if he rejected Wright off the bat. Trust me!! Brazile knows that. </br><br></br><br>Also, why does everyone think Wright hates all non-blacks? Is stuck in the past? Divisive? Doesn\'t want change or hope? Wasn\'t it Wright that inspired Obama\'s view of hope and change?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963243">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963243" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker:"Obama has not said that discussion on race is divisive and objectionable. He has said essentially, that Rev. Wright\'s discussions are unhelpful and destructive. Obama himself gave a speech on race that outshone anything that Wright has done. Look at the response Obama\'s speech got compared to Wright\'s blustering. What\'s the point of talking if the people who need to hear, tune you out? Wright\'s audience is limited because of his combativeness. Wright\'s blustering serves only for African Americans to worry their wounds...rather than healing them. Obama seeks a much wider audience and healing."<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>I stand corrected, Obama hasn\'t said that any discussions on race is divisive and objectionable, just the discussions that can conjure up White resentment.  That according to Obama is wrong despite however true the words may be.  Why should we be expected to walk on eggshells when discussing these matters with Whites if they don\'t.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker said:  My contention is with the word "strife". What would you describe as strife? I can see that there is not complete reconciliation. But 2008 can\'t be compared the 1960\'s.</br><br>That last quote was a call to reconcile over what blacks and whites have in common. I don\'t think he was saying that\'s how things are right now.</br><br></br><br>ME:</br><br>When I see a disproportionate amount of Blacks in prison, failing out of school, losing their homes, dying, being victims of voter discrimination, infant mortality etc. and these numbers/disparities are only on the rise an in many respects worse than it was in the 60\'s then I believe my use of the term "raical strife" is appropriate.  Unless Black people have some sort of inherent defect that other races do not have.  Regarding what he truly meant with his "One America" comment you can take it however you want to but in my view we don\'t need a president who is spending too much time talking about ideals and spending too little time talking about present realities.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:</br><br>Barack has great policies on early childhood & college education, jobs and tax credits for the middle class. Religious leaders will continue to work in the community as they have been. That mental shift of seeing a black President is powerful in shaping what these kids see themselves achieving. It will do more than Rev. Wright has done in his 30 year legacy.</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>Well how about those who don\'t qualify as "middle class."  How about those who have been disenfrachised because of what area they live in.  Because those inner city children most likely will not be aided by those policies that are directed towards the middle class.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:  Does anyone really believe that racism will vanish. I think black leaders should know when to speak, and do so tactically</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>So again I ask when is a good time to talk about these issues and how do we do so without offending Whites since we care so much about their feelings?  It\'s just too bad that this "walking on eggshells" when discussing matters of race feeling isn\'t mutual</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:  Barack is not just ANY politician, regardless of what Wright says.</br><br></br><br>Me:  What makes you believe that because as far as I can tell yes he is?  You should have a healthy suspicison of all politicians, the history of this country and the actions of its politicians, especially we as Black folk warrants this.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963244" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms.  Martin<br></br><br>In my opinion he was showing the media the same amount of respect that they have showed him, NONE!!!  So if he wanted to treat them with disrespect then he had every right to do that becuase they don\'t deserve any.</br><br></br><br>Okay, one more question, how was he "putting Obama on front?"</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963245">PrometheusRAGE</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963245" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll vote for Obama.  I\'ll be upfront.  I dont hillary or mccain in there. However, as of lately, I\'m having some serious doubts about Obama. His response to the Bell shooting, which reminded me of the way he dragged his feet on the Jena 6 case, the fact that for two years in  row he\'s tried to distance himself from Smiley\'s SOBU (i dont care if you think that tavis is a self-seeking whore), but the SOBU is a forum for many in the black community, just this morning BO said that he didnt disagree with Hillary\'s comment to obliterate Iran. I want to hope and believe that Obama is a different politician. I do.  The problem is that as of lately he\'s increasingly looking like all of them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963246">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963246" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah:  He stabbed Obama in the chest ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. He openly mocked him. What was Obama supposed to do?<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>Openly mocked him?  Again can somebody provide me with examples.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963247">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963247" class="dsq-comment-message">Rhondacoca:  I saw him as being defiant to the white corporate media on purpose as a way to let them know that he has little to no respect for him after what they had done.<br></br><br>Me:</br><br>That is the way I see it as well.  I also have no problem with people voting for him if they feel they must (even though I\'m not) just as long as they don\'t go in with blind faith thinking he can do no wrong and get caught up in the symbolism.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963248">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963248" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama handled it...twice...and he handled it well.<br>It\'s time to move on.</br><br>Fuck the media.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963249">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963249" class="dsq-comment-message">Andyfrombrooklyn:<br></br><br>"rein in any deviants in his midst including michelle"</br><br></br><br>WTF?  </br><br></br><br>Michelle IS AN ASSET.</br><br></br><br>So I guess you think he should get rid of his black wife?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963250">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963250" class="dsq-comment-message">"What about pedophile priests who performed mass? Should the people receiving mass have known their priests were molesting children? I think pedophilia is far more grievous than anything Wright said."<br></br><br>-Bet you won\'t see any clips and sound bites on this, either.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963251">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963251" class="dsq-comment-message">Wright stood up to the media. Did he show his "clown ass" when they questioned his patriotism and he asked if chicken hawk, shoot your pal in the face Dick had served? How exactly did Wright show his "clown ass" at the NPR.  He answered the questions, he didn\'t bow and scrape.  He was invited to speak before the NAACP.  The media covered it so they could get some soundbites.  He was invited to speak before the NPC, the media couldn\'t stand hearing the truth because they would RATHER believe the lies.  Was he showing his "clown ass" when he asked if the young lady had she heard the whole speech?  Reverend Wright told the TRUTH.  The media can\'t handle the truth.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963252">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963252" class="dsq-comment-message">TLW<br></br><br>I can only explain it to you with this comment from BlackinUSA over a FN\'s post:</br><br></br><br>"I\'m going to talk like my grand momma did down on the E.S. of Maryland. "Who that little boy runnin fo\' President...Byrack Obiama." Grand momma his name is Barack Obama! "Whatever the funny looking niggas name is he better git that Rev. off his ass cuz them white folks ain\'t gonna have it." Whatcha mean grand momma? "I knew 2 cents into his $4 speech Rev. Wright was only on TV get his 15mins. He ain\'t there to help no BARACK OBAMA or nobody else." But grand momma Obama has distance himself from Rev. Wright. "Well he ain\'t running fast enough and that preacher gonna ride along as far as he can. Mr. Baroma should leave his church goings be a private matter and let them newse folks dig up stuff all they want...you just keep you eyes on the prize." Grand momma his name is Barack Obama. "Humph! He still funny looking to me.""</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963253">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963253" class="dsq-comment-message">All this talk that Wright is just trying to get his 15 minutes and only cares about himself is mind boggling to me.  I find it refreshing that even though he has a "friend" who could potentially become president of the U.S. he still has not abandoned his principles and his loyalty to God and the Black community.  Him speaking truth to power with no apoligies is who he is and that is what he has done for much longer than he has known Obama and for people to say that he should know his place and shut up is not fair at all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963254">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963254" class="dsq-comment-message">tlw,<br></br><br>Wright humiliated himself before the media he despises.  He had the opportunity to rise and command their respect; but instead, he formed the ass.  He\'s an educated man in his 60\'s and he acted a fool.  </br><br></br><br>Obama has taken so many humiliating jabs, but he doesn\'t take the bait, he maintains his composure and always manages to rise above it and command respect.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963255">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963255" class="dsq-comment-message">Wright used the mantle of Christ as a cover for his own ego.   In that sense, he is more vile than any politician.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963256">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963256" class="dsq-comment-message">Tlw - Thank you - U get it.  And the fact that a lot of black folk don\'t shows me how throughly brainwashed American Blacks are.<br></br><br><i>Wright stood up to the media. Did he show his "clown ass" when they questioned his patriotism and he asked if chicken hawk, shoot your pal in the face Dick had served? How exactly did Wright show his "clown ass" at the NPR. He answered the questions, he didn\'t bow and scrape. He was invited to speak before the NAACP. The media covered it so they could get some soundbites. He was invited to speak before the NPC, the media couldn\'t stand hearing the truth because they would RATHER believe the lies. Was he showing his "clown ass" when he asked if the young lady had she heard the whole speech? Reverend Wright told the TRUTH. The media can\'t handle the truth.</i></br><br></br><br></br><br>The problem with the NPC isn\'t what he said, it\'s how he said it. And my question to those who keeps saying he "clowned" is how was he supposed to say it?</br><br></br><br>@Rikya</br><br></br><br>How do you know those other events he was being his "authentic" self. He was just as "authentic" at NPC. Essentially he gave the media hs ass to kiss.</br><br></br><br>Rightfully so...</br><br></br><br>This goes back to being "Acceptably Black." Black folks can speak in even measured tones, with the right amount of humility when they speak to white folk...that\'s okay.</br><br></br><br>But if you\'re arrogant, smug, defiant and dismissive...then that is clowning.</br><br></br><br>What?</br><br></br><br>Clowning is Flavor Flav or New York.  Or any number of rappers. NOT what Wright did at the NPC.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963257">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963257" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin,<br></br><br>I laughed for quite awhile when I read that over at Field Negro, and I laughed again today, because it was on spot.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963258">Names4things</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963258" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah is right on point.  Obama was betrayed, and he had to respond.<br></br><br>Our charismatic is not a man who has never made a mistake.  He\'s still a man, and a decent one at that.</br><br></br><br>I would like Billary to be held accountable for at least 25% of her fuckups (and you say that here?).  Her sniper fire lie alone, would have benched any other candidate, white or black.  Her membership in the Hitlerian Fellowship should be equal fodder. But it isn\'t.</br><br>Bless all of you who refuse to ignore your (Richard Pryor\'s joke) lying eyes and ears.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963259">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963259" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker:<br></br><br>Wright humiliated himself before the media he despises. He had the opportunity to rise and command their respect; but instead, he formed the ass. He\'s an educated man in his 60\'s and he acted a fool.</br><br></br><br>Me:</br><br>If I do have a criticism of Wright it is that he did go before the media in the first place. I wouldn\'t have went before these distorters. But that is just me and I am not saying that Wright was right or wrong for the course of action that he took. Having said that these people would not have respected him even if he gave the most dignified speech in the world and stifled himself to take into consideration White peoples "precious" feelings when it comes to having race discussions. Even though they don\'t do the same. Like I said before those lepers don\'t deserve respect and commanding it from them is meaningless and a waste of time.</br><br></br><br>Truthseeker:</br><br>Wright used the mantle of Christ as a cover for his own ego. In that sense, he is more vile than any politician.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Me: Strong Words for a man you don\'t even know.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963260">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963260" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe that Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. suffers from bipolar disorder.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963261" class="dsq-comment-message">Le,<br></br><br>I know that this will be hard for you to comprehend, but this site is for INTELLIGENT African-Americans to share their diverse thoughts on issues that impact the lives of citizens in our community.  As a result, many of us have actually taken the time to read, dissect, and discern the difference between idiotic gibberish and thoughtful comments meant to evoke meaningful conversations.</br><br></br><br>Your list of reasons not to vote or even like Obama are yours which you are entitled to as the same as my reasons when I tell you that you folks who continue to monitor this site trying to infiltrate your talking points, half-truths, and misdirections designed to confuse these posters never works.  We have heard it all before, including appeals for us to vote on Wednesdays, that we will be arrested if we haven\'t paid our child support, you get the picture.  Your propoganda falls into the category of idiocy that only defines a person who imminently believes himself/herself so superior to whom he is speaking that for one moment in time someone would actually believe what you are posting.</br><br></br><br>Go back, try again, Le, your superior intellect dealing with us less intelligent Black folks apparently isn\'t working, try another tact, maybe using your superior intellect on someone who truly needs it--George Bush or presumably could it be, Hillary Clinton?  </br><br></br><br>After all, we are so easily led that somehow, we would get the impression that you don\'t like Obama, we be crazy like that.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963262">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963262" class="dsq-comment-message">Apparantely I am not going to recieve an answer as to what Rev.  Wright specifically said/did in order to recieve such anger and disgust from people.  All I am getting is that he didn\'t know his place and shut up because we must always consider the feelings of Whites when we discuss racial issues even though they don\'t do the same for us.  Oh, how far we\'ve come.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963263">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963263" class="dsq-comment-message">tlw, Wright reiterated the myth that the government created HIV.<br></br><br>HIV is a RETROVIRUS. It was <i>not</i> created by human beings, and it is not new to humankind.</br><br></br><br>Other than that, he didn\'t say anything outrageous to my ears from the pulpit.</br><br></br><br>But how he SHOWED HIS NATURAL ASS in Washington, D.C. even turned his defenders into critics.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963264">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963264" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah<br></br><br>We have gone over this and over this and over this with folks who want to defend Wright and can\'t see the forest for the trees and I just don\'t have the energy and I immediately thought of Granny - she kept it real.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963265">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963265" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig Hickman:<br>tlw, Wright reiterated the myth that the government created HIV.</br><br></br><br>HIV is a RETROVIRUS. It was not created by human beings, and it is not new to humankind.</br><br></br><br>Me:  Yes I know about HIV being a retrovirus and all and regardless of whether or not it was made by man I do know that it affects Black people at disproportinate numbers than other people so before we try to discard this issue we should at least examine this further, especially given our history.</br><br></br><br>Craig Hickman:  But how he SHOWED HIS NATURAL ASS in Washington, D.C. even turned his defenders into critics</br><br></br><br>Me:  Again I ask what did he specifically SAY in order for Obama to call a press conference and denounce the man for SAYING things that were divisive and objectionable?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963266">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963266" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin  <br></br><br>Rikyrah</br><br></br><br>We have gone over this and over this and over this with folks who want to defend Wright and can\'t see the forest for the trees and I just don\'t have the energy and I immediately thought of Granny - she kept it real.</br><br></br><br>You have said absolutely nothing as to why Obama had to denounce him for SAYING divisive and objectionable things which is why Obama denounced him.  I am still waiting for an answer.  Just he acted a fool.  You have not once told me what he SAID that was so objectionable.</br><br></br><br>Oh, and just as long as Granny doesn\'t keep it real around White folks then it is cool otherwise it is "divisive" and "objectionable."</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963267">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963267" class="dsq-comment-message">tlw, the first people that HIV affected disproportionately were gay men and heroin addicts.<br></br><br>Therefore, if HIV were used by the government to dispose of unwanted citizens, then gay men and heroin addicts must be at the top of that list.</br><br></br><br>If Wright had preached about the government\'s non-response to the epidemic, that would be one thing.</br><br></br><br>What purpose does it serve to tell a predominantly Black congregation that the government is intentionally trying to kill you with a devastating disease?</br><br></br><br>I know all about Tuskegee Experiment and medical apartheid, so I understand the paranoia. It doesn\'t come out of nowhere.</br><br></br><br>But Wright is intelligent, educated, knows how to do research.</br><br></br><br>Speaking truth to power doesn\'t mean reinforcing fear.</br><br></br><br>As for the press conference: it wasn\'t so much what he said, it was how he said it. Wright also attacked Obama\'s integrity in open court. Obama never attacked Wright\'s integrity.</br><br></br><br>But since you are asking (fair) questions, accept fair answers and simply agree to disagree with them if you must.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963268">heartsandflowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963268" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you absolutely positive about HIV?<br></br><br>Links:</br><br></br><br></br><br>*http//www.boydgraves.com</br><br></br><br>**www.boydgraves.com/news/061303.pdf</br><br></br><br>***http://www.boydgraves.com/class/download.html</br><br></br><br>****http://patft.uspto.gov/</br><br></br><br>© Copyright: Ian Gurney May 2003 </br><br></br><br>hat tip focused purpose blog </br><br></br><br>Besides, the gov\'t HAS conducted all sorts of testing without the knowledge or permission of people. A lot has been declassified while a lot has not. Rev. Wright was correct in his assessments and I always deferred to his knowledge because I figured he had plenty of access to documentation the average citizen would not know about as a veteran. I think some would not want to listen who know better while others don\'t want to hear from a Black man, while others just don\'t want to believe it\'s possible. Look how easily people fell for the WMD in Iraq/Operation Freedom/Mission Accomplished spiel?</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963269" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963269">The Christian Progressive Libe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963269" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Roland Martin of CNN had the best take on this:<br></br><br>Obama needs to say that He\'s the one running for POTUS and not Dr. Wright.</br><br></br><br>Wright can\'t stop foreclosing of homes in this tanking economy.</br><br></br><br>Wright can\'t stop the flow of jobs leaving this country under NAFTA, CAFTA and any-other-AFTA.</br><br></br><br>Wright can\'t stop the Iraq war and bring the troops home.</br><br></br><br>For the first time in a long time, Donna Brazile has gone back to making sense.  Hallelujah for that.  She is absolutely right in that Obama had the opportunity to address this way back; in fact, when he announced he was running (and interrupted Tavis Smiley\'s Negro Super Bowl to make the announcement and C-Span did the cutaway to cover it), the fact that he "disinvited" Dr. Wright to be in attendance should have facilitated the question about his Pastor\'s absence, or at the very least, a discussion of why he was beginning to distance himself then.</br><br></br><br>He was stuck like Chuck then and NOW.</br><br></br><br>He can\'t govern the country in this manner - smoozing until backed into a corner.  Y\'all know what "everyone" else will say about that, and if he doesn\'t want FAKE News to be even more WATBs about this, further denouncing isn\'t going to cut it; all it does is hand down more ammunition for them to keep shooting at him.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963270">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963270" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Ms. Martin<br></br><br>Rikyrah</br><br></br><br>We have gone over this and over this and over this with folks who want to defend Wright and can\'t see the forest for the trees and I just don\'t have the energy and I immediately thought of Granny - she kept it real.</br></i><br></br><br>Granny kept it real like Black folks who base their lives on what white folks think and feel. Granny, is seeking white folks approval..whereas Wright was not. Granny thinks it is okay to throw other Black folks under the bus when it is politically expedient to so so...Black folks feelings don\'t matter (does anyone here not think that Wright didn\'t feel "stabbed in the chest")only White folks feelings (and perceptions do).</br><br></br><br>Like Tlw said..Obama didn\'t denounce Wrights BEHAVIOUR he denounced what he SAID. That\'s two different issue.</br><br></br><br>Ms. Martin</br><br></br><br>Seeing the forest for the trees is knowing that a man who is willing to throw his pastor under the bus, a man who married him and baptized his kids, who he claims bought him to Christ and was like a father to him...is capable of throwing ANYONE under the bus..i.e. getting in office and not addressing issues that seem "too Black" because he doesn\'t want to be seen as the "Black" candidate so he can get a second term.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963271">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963271" class="dsq-comment-message">tlw,<br></br><br>The HIV thing was pretty embarrassing from a man who should know better.  All he could offer as evidence when asked about it, was a single book.  That\'s like saying you believe in woodland creatures and offering Enid Blyton as evidence.</br><br></br><br>He mocked the Kennedy\'s.  He knows they endorsed Barack.  he could have found a better way to state his point about language.  In fact, his point was lost in the tomfoolery.  You don\'t hear anyone analyzing the wisdom of his speech   like they did about Barack\'s race speech.  All I hear is sadness at his betrayal.</br><br></br><br>He was rude to the young woman asking the questions.  Is that any way for a distinguished older man to treat a young woman?</br><br></br><br>What was up with the "talk about my Mama" stuff?  Craig may be right about the bipolar disorder.  Either that, or Wright was showing off.  He went from calm and sedate on Moyers to manic and out of control at the Press Club.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963272">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963272" class="dsq-comment-message">ms. martin, wtf! jumping on me about calling michelle a deviant.  we are all deviants to the mainstream. being deviant is a compliment. who wants to be  "common folk" or "regular" anyhow.<br> that said, michelle is angry and it shows. her first time proud quote was one of the first of the swiftboats. i am just saying lets not give them any more ammunition. what gets me about wright is not what he said but why was he saying it right now in this way. so i can imagine that michelle is seriously pissed but she would do well to realise they are just waiting to jump all over her for not smiling just so.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963273">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963273" class="dsq-comment-message">"....... like Black folks who base their lives on what white folks think and feel...."<br></br><br>You don\'t have to base your life on it, but you might want to give some consideration to your campaign for the POTUS.</br><br></br><br>Now, that\'s all I have.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963274">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963274" class="dsq-comment-message">Andy<br></br><br>I guess I misunderstood you.  I\'m sensitive about Michelle, I think she is judged harshly.  Look at what Bill Clinton is getting away with "the Bubba campaign"  do you honestly think Michelle could do any identity based campaigning as TLW and the crew would suggest and not be ripped for it.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963275">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963275" class="dsq-comment-message">@ The Christian Progressive Liberal,<br></br><br>I agree that Barack SEEMS to get backed into things.  It would be comforting to see him take more proactive steps.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963276">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963276" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker<br></br><br>If that is all you can come up with as to why he had to call a press conference and denounce his pastor, then he is even worse than I thought.  People have said even worse things about him his own wife and Rev. Wright before Wright finally went on the offensive and he couldn\'t be moved to say or do anything.  All the race-baiting that was occuring didn\'t move him to respond or the straight up insults to Black people.  Not a word, Not a single fricking word.  But when Rev. Wright "insults" the sensibilities of "Mainstream America" he called a press conference and stated that HIS actions were Divisive, objectionable, destructive, pick any other negative adjective and that is what he used to describe Wrights words.  But the previous actions are okay and just politics as usual.  I am starting to see a pattern develop and it ain\'t good for Black folks.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963277">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963277" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin<br></br><br>You don\'t have to base your life on it, but you might want to give some consideration to your campaign for the POTUS.</br><br></br><br>Now, that\'s all I have.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Me:  If becoming president means I have to become a chump, wimp and a coward and not speak the truth and throw old friends who do speak the truth into an endless abyss, then I say to hell with that because my soul and dignity  is NOT for sale just to make White folks feel comfortable.  Wish I could say the same for Obama, and many people on this board who co-sign these actions and are willing to vote for somebody who feels this way.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963278">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963278" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth, CPL<br></br><br>I really believe he thought addressing Wright in the book would test the waters for public opinion and thhought if someone was going to bring it up they would have done it early on to dispose of him.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t honestly think he or anyone else thought that he would actually make it this far.</br><br></br><br>What do you think?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963279">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963279" class="dsq-comment-message">@ tlw,<br></br><br>If Barack took your advice, he would lose for sure.  Is that what you want?  This is not a vanity campaign.   This is not his opportunity to prove how racist America is so he can return to the pulpit and rail about it.  Barack is not a loser, he is playing to win! </br><br></br><br>People say rotten things all the time, we don\'t go off and retaliate.  Barack is not like Conyers\' wife, who\'s become a laughing stock and object of derision to a much less accomplished reporter, not to mention the 8th grader.</br><br></br><br>These people can talk, but they can\'t physically hurt Barack or his family, why should he destroy his entire career.  He is stronger for not always taking the bait.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963280">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963280" class="dsq-comment-message">Truly, I don\'t understand all the argument over this.  Barack will<br>SURELY be better than Hillary or</br><br>McCain.  Just how much of a discussion do you think</br><br>either of them will actually have on</br><br>race.  WE are ALSO holding him to </br><br>a double standard.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963281">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963281" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker:<br></br><br>So why did Obama have to denounce Wright and nobody else?  He is quick to denounce Wright for "insulting White sensibilities" but not anyone else who insults not only his family and his former friend, but the Black community as a whole with the race-baiting.  That isn\'t subject to condemnation but Wright\'s comments are?  Seems to me Obama is playing favorites.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963282">TLW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963282" class="dsq-comment-message">Clearly the consensus on this board is that Obama can do no wrong and anyone who criticizes him is clearly the anti-christ.  I think I am going to check out of this convo.  <br></br><br>Peace!!!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963283">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963283" class="dsq-comment-message">Colored people aren\'t supposed to look white people in the eye when they talk to them.  <br></br><br>Colored people are not supposed to "sass" white people.</br><br></br><br>Colored people, especially colored men, are not supposed to disrespect Missy.</br><br></br><br>Colored people are supposed to bow and scrape and say Yassir Massa and Nossa Massa.</br><br></br><br>Colored people are not supposed to stand together, there are the Field Negroes and the House Negros and never the two shall meet.</br><br></br><br>To coin a phrase from my other favorite AA Blog, The Field Negroe,  Reverend Wright is a Field Negroe.  Reverend Wright is  a grown a$$ man.  If Barack Obama doesn\'t watch it, he\'s going to be a Lawn Jockey.</br><br></br><br>If the media and the Clinton\'s can make Obama denounce his PASTOR whats\' to keep them from making him denounce black folks?????  This is setting whats known as a "precedent".  Next he is going to have to denounce Michelle or his mother in law, or his brother in law.  It\'s a slippery slope.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963284">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963284" class="dsq-comment-message">ms. martin, <br>composure in the face of hate...think jackie robinson. think mlk....and bill HAS seriously damaged his reputation. people see him as a huge ass. my wife speculates on his mental health every time he is on the t.v. he looks more and more like an evil w.c. fields. and he is all out of next acts to repair the damage. </br><br>i like michelle too, but i really, really want to win. i\'m not saying sell out. i\'m saying no more unforced errors.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963285">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963285" class="dsq-comment-message">no day goes by in my modest and relatively easy life where i don\'t lose my cool over some little thing. so i give barack and michelle huge respect and admiration and thanks for the incredible job they are doing for us and their country under unimaginable pressure. they are in fact, of course, the true patriots.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963286">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963286" class="dsq-comment-message">tlw,<br></br><br>Because those things are said of Obama by his opponents within the context of a political campaign.  The person who called him a boy had to apologize.  Barack was not competing with Wright...or so he thought.  Wright injected himself into the campaign and Obama had to eject him.    </br><br></br><br>We put up with things all the time in order to achieve a greater end.  Obama\'s been getting death threats,   compared to that, these things are petty.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1963287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963287">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963287" class="dsq-comment-message">ms.martin,<br></br><br>Could be...  I think he is being wisely restrained; however, there is still room for a little boldness.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963288">heartsandflowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963288" class="dsq-comment-message">TWL 7:45 Comment <br></br><br>It was right on the money. It is a major problem I have with Obama. I especially do NOT like the way he did not come to Michelle\'s defense. It sets a tone that Black women aren\'t worth fighting for. I believe he has let some things go that he should have taken a stand for. Axelrod even said something about Michelle giving some of the campaign staff heartburn. WTF was that all about! I think he\'d be more compromising in ways that would turn off Black voters if not for Michelle and some of his staff. I guess he really believes in the reconciliation aspects of racial harmony because he was raised by white people and being considered talented and attractive allows for more positive experiences. He does not react well to people being openly hostile to him, he retreats and gets intellectual. He did repudiate Rev Wright but I could see the pained expression on his face. I don\'t think he wanted to do it where as the Clintons would have done it immediately. I think as the years of political life wear on him he\'ll learn to toughen up a bit more - I hope!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963289">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963289" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker:<br></br><br>"......there is still room for a little boldness."</br><br></br><br>I agree, I\'ve been waiting on him to take a really tough stand with HRC that would be viewed on the national level.</br><br></br><br>They\'re are trying to emasculate him now that the public has said they\'re tired of hearing about Wright and I don\'t know that I could ignore that were if I were him.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963290">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963290" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think the presidential campaign is the place to demonstrate that black women are worth fighting for.<br></br><br>Michelle is not under attack.  Barack\'s bid for the Presidency is under attack via Michelle.  </br><br></br><br>Axelrod said Michelle gives them heartburn with her frankness and humour. Clearly, this is within the context of a campaign where everything you say is scrutinized.  It\'s not an insult.  It just means they\'re nervous about her outspokenness.  What should Barack do, tell them off to defend his woman?  I\'ll bet he\'s nervous too.</br><br></br><br>Barack cannot satisfy all our needs.  He cannot be the defender of black women, the hope of the Black church, champion of black masculinity and race czar.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t know if Barack will survive our neediness.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963291">heartsandflowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963291" class="dsq-comment-message">I wasn\'t asking him to fight for all Black women but the attack on Michelle is indicative of the devaluing of Black women as a whole. And she is his wife and he should have said something in response to O\'Reilly talking about putting together a lynching party for her! Even Bush condemned lynching recently in response to the Jena Six case.  One sentence would have adequately addressed it - besides her words were intentionally misconstrued. Their could have been a clarification. He could have said he was running for office not his wife and there are some lines that should not crossed - perhaps some of those wimpy accusations wouldn\'t have the weight they do if he had.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963292">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963292" class="dsq-comment-message">hearts and flowers, oreilly apologised within 48 hours on t.v.<br>my theory is that barack had a talk with him behind the scenes that included mention of the secret service and threatening violence towards candidates and their families. in exchange for the apology the campaign remained silent and the secret service did not pursue the matter. just a theory</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1963293">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1963293" class="dsq-comment-message">hearsandflowers,<br></br><br>Thanks for the response.  I don\'t think the things said of Michelle are indicative of devaluing black women.  I think it is to challenge Barack\'s candidacy where Michelle is simply a conduit to attack him.</br><br></br><br>If Andyfrombrooklyn is correct, then I think that was the way to handle it.  Really, had Barack responded directly I can imaging what that conversation would have been like.  Barack would have ended up the loser no doubt.  I don\'t think Barack to rise to the bait of every low-life, self-serving tv host.   </br><br></br><br>Lou Dobbs tries to bait Obama also, by demanding an apology.  The worst thing is for Obama to publicly acknowledge them and help their ratings, which is what they want.</br></div>\
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