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its highest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:49:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069039, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let me try a few names:  Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger(sp) - both CELEBRITIES, one POTUS and one Governor of a large state, both whyte, both Repugs.  Yet  - they were \"qualified?\" for their positions. ???<br><br>Mr. Barack Obama - 20 year public servant, Senator - USA, NOT a celebrity, though well-known both here and abroad, bi-racial/African-American.   Yet - HE IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION THAT HE SEEKS  - POTUS!??????<br><br>So what seems to be the difference ???? -  ONE PARAMETER -  Mr. Obama is bi-racial/African-American.  But this is NOT playing the RACE CARD????????<br><br>Then my comment on the ad:   What does being of CELEBRITY STATUS have to do with raising taxes and using foreign oil?????????  The  ad is a non sequitur reflective of the C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N and IL-logic that \"MCANCIENT\" is experiencing.<br><br>And he said - \"I approve this MESSage.\"  OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_03:25:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it again.<br><br><i>All</i> of it.<br><br>Say it again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/damn-you-obama-for-being_b_116433.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/damn-...</a><br><br>Funny and true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:57:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "B-Serious,<br><br>I agree that O has not made McCain pay for his horrific mistakes.. not anywhere near how the GOP has blown the smallest thing out of proportion.  It concerns me, because with Hillary we thought he was restrained because he didn't want to be the black man beating up on the white woman.  What is the restraint with McCain?   Now, all those mistakes have passed, and McCain is gradually easing away from his more controversial positions.  <br><br>McCain did an interview where he avoided answering a Roe vs Wade question in regard to the SCOTUS.  Isn't that a pertinent issue to pound away at him for?  Is the O campaign trying to be too slick in not antagonizing Evangelicals, and thus avoided going after McCain on this?<br><br>I think Roland was wrong on CNN though, Obama didn't say McCain did he?  I thought he said the \"Republicans\" would try to make Americans afraid of him, at least on the speech I heard.<br><br>The leave well enough alone tactic doesn't sit well with me.  O campaign has to go out there and do some damage.   I wonder if his top advisers are getting overconfident.  That \"whiny\" comment was a substantive issue that goes to Republican attitude about the \"have not's\" and elitism; therefore, there's no excuse for the O campaign not to have milked it.  They were strangely silent.  I didn't see Axelrod on the shows working it.  I haven't seen any high level surrogates for the past few weeks.<br><br>Sometimes I think O goes into his comedy routine in the sense he uses a jovial tone when he should be righteously outraged.  He's not fooling me, I know he's seething inside but fails to channel the anger effectively.  This is how whites taunt blacks,  in the workplace and force them to swallow injustice and then pretend as if the black person is being irrational when they speak out.   The problem is, Repubs KNOW Barack's routine, they've been studying him the whole primary.  He's got to come at them in a way they don't expect.<br><br>That insipid fish wife, Tara Wall even suggested Barack was irrational for calling out the attacks.  Donna Brazile was shaking her head and saying that Tara knew the proxies used to talk about race.  Donna did not seem her usual, eloquent self last night on CNN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:25:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has that group ever heckled Senator McCain?  Do they plan to heckle Senator McCain?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:16:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071615, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem is that the campaign has an inept messaging team. The response from Gibbs should have been a dismissal. Saying that the question on  whether or not Obama played the race card is a  distraction.  Right now when it comes to the manipulating the media, Obama is a babe in the woods.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:16:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070975, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Caged Lion:  point!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_03:30:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, Donna seemed really drained and distracted.  Tara was disrespectful as usual and tried to bark down Donna, interrupting her points.  That was the last straw for me.   I find her coarse, and a poor representative for black women.   She is the perfect rep for Repubs who want to spread the rough, aggressive, black woman meme.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:05:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072774, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "eclecticbrotha:  We can depend on you for the \"historical\" content!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Thanks.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_03:32:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068853, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was going to do a separate post on this, but this thread already raised the question.<br><br>Obama made a mistake.  I agree with people like Roland Martin who say that Obama's error was to specifically name Bush and McCain in his warning.  People are going to ask for examples.  <br><br>Don't get me wrong.  Obama is right to raise the issue, but he was careless in how he did it.  He should have directed his criticism at the RNC or conservative 527-type groups and email smears.  But he made a mistake by naming McCain specifically.  Not because McCain hasn't flirted with the issue (I think the \"presumptuous\" meme is racially charged and he has discussed Rev. Wright), but because there's not yet enough evidence to argue that McCain is a race-baiter.<br><br>And it's a DUMB political move to:<br><br>1.  Raise the issue of race when you lack the specific evidence to back it up; <br>2.  Release a bogus statement from your camp claiming that Obama wasn't talking about race in the first place; <br>3.  To make this topic a part of Obama's stump speech. . . WTF are they thinking???  If the Republicans didn't catch it the first time, they were sure to catch it the second or third time;<br>4.  WHY is the candidate (Obama) saying this stuff himself???  This is an issue for surrogates and supporters to raise, NOT Obama;<br>5.  Stick with your gameplan . . . Obama went the Jackie Robinson route when it comes to race relations.  That's fine (indeed I think it's necessary given the political and social restraints on the first viable black candidate) but stick to that script.  The only time he mentions race should be in direct response to specific political ads, surrogates and/or comments by the McCain Campaign.<br><br>Bottom line is if you're going to tackle race then go at it full force.  But don't try to get cute with it.  Obama was fine so long as he kept his objections on a general level.  In fact, I agree with Michelle Bernard (she's been a real trooper) that it's smart for Obama to take a proactive stance on the issue.  But keep it broad. <br><br>Why?<br><br>Because then his campaign can point to specific evidence.  His campaign could then point to political ads and the manner in which \"patriotism,\" \"religion\" and \"one of us\" are proxies for race in a PC society.<br><br>But Obama got careless on the stump.  And he's going to pay a political consequence for it.  <br><br>THIS is the major issue:  The GOP will make sure that he pays a price for it.  They won't let it slide or make a cute joke out of the situation (e.g., Obama's \"We don't need another Dr. Phil\").  No, they will try and turn Obama into Al Sharpton.  They'll use hyperbole; shoot for the moon and hope to land amidst the stars.<br><br>THIS is the problem with Obama's campaign (just some constructive criticism).  McCain will make Obama wear this mistake for all it's worth.  But just think of the passes Obama's routinely given McCain over the past few weeks . . . <br><br>McCain has attacked Obama's patriotism; he's attacked his support of the troops; he's said that Obama would rather win an election than win the war; he's had gaffe's on taxes, foreign policy and social security; he's flipped his position on the war (he and Bush now open to time horizons when they were adamant in their stance that any time-table would signal weakness and defeat) . . . .<br><br>and, by no means, is this an exhaustive list.<br><br>Has Obama made McCain eat his mistakes . . . .  NO.  WHY???  I have no clue.  Besides the \"100 years\" comment, Obama and the Democrats have done very little to raise McCain's negatives.  This is dumb politics for an otherwise flawless Obama campaign.<br><br>One of McCain's chief advisors can call Americans \"whiny\" and say that our concerns over the economy are a figmant of our imaginations . . .  Are you serious?  That should have been a 2 week controversy.  That was Obama's responsibility. . . it was his job to attack something like that and force the McCain camp into a series of backtracks and apologies.  But very little happened.  The media takes a large share of the blame on that, but so does Obama.  Just think about it . . . Obama is still paying for his \"bitter\" comment.<br><br>But Obama keeps missing opportunities and, as a result, McCain keeps getting away with little more than a scratch.  That's Obama's fault.<br><br>Trust me, the Republicans will turn this \"race card\" stuff into a four or five day story.  They will work it into their ongoing narrative.  You're going to hear the names Rev. Wright, Ludacris, Ayers, etc. a lot more over the next week.<br><br>I admire Obama's campaign.  But he needs to fight back.  He IS being swift-boated as we speak.<br><br>But, politically speaking, this \"race card controversy\" is political quicksand for Obama.  He's not going to win on this issue . . . trust me, McCain would LOVE to talk about this for the next week (funny how Mr. \"I called Asians 'gooks' and allegedly called my wife the C-word\" takes the moral high ground on an issue of tolerance).<br><br>Obama needs to change the subject real fast.  Again, this is political quicksand.  He will likely slip in the polls (and even momentarily fall behind in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll).  It's quicksand, but the economy can be his life line.  Obama needs to talk up the economy, roll up his sleeves and start pressing the flesh with a lot of voters in the swing states.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_06:20:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 31, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1083444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We've known this since the primaries.  Illary aided McCain the whole way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_22:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070282, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just realize my comment had a lot of typos.  I apologize for that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:30:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "0db1b00fdd4dbab3699a3a9b84f06ee9", "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}, "1075770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_17:55:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073286, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My problem is O is not balancing these charges with charges of his own at how McCain and Bush have come around to his own positions on the war. <br><br>::<br><br>Yes, he is. But it's not being reported.<br><br>I watch every one of his town halls on live stream. He has made this point, and right now, he's focused  on the economy. But the MSM won't report it. Instead, they push any story from any angle that makes it appear that Barack doesn't have any substance. What's interesting, is that the people who attend the town hall meetings completely understand what's  going on. It's in their response to the hecklers, and their questions. They see what's  going on and so when Barack has to \"fight off\" these fools, they give him a lot of support.<br><br>Today, they shouted Yes, We Can!!! in order to try to shut them down while Barack was still giving his opening remarks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:30:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073272, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And one more incentive to fight back . . . <br><br>Hillary Clinton.  Democrats do NOT want to get swift-boated again.  And I've already heard one pundit say Obama should reconsider putting Hillary on the ticket because she knows how to fight back.<br><br>I still say NO to this idea.  Hillary is still a bad pick in my opinion.<br><br>But I would go with a person like Biden.  Obama needs someone that can play offense (just not Hillary).  Biden has shown that he can do this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_06:25:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes Miranda, but he's not running to be the first black frontrunner...we REALLY do want him to actually win!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i'm watching it now....but this was funny as hell to me. it was like your country cousins showing up at your upscale wedding and saying hey why you didn't invite us? i mean the young brother at least made some sense thank God. everybody's been talking about the plight of the hood black folks esp. after the CNN special..,..so finally a brother who seem to represent it had a chance to go face to face with him and was acknowledged. it was like looking at a dad or an uncle trying to talk to some sense into some young brothers. so i appreciated it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:08:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think NMP commented here on the same thing, that Axelrod was stuttering.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:06:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1076138, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just feel like the Obama campaign NEEDS to have a better handle on the news cycle. It just seems like he cannot dominate the discourse.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:12:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073630, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tanya Acker?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:07:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073768, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "[a href=\"Put HTML between quotes\"]Title of article or word that goes to the link[/a]<br><br>Replace all the [   ] brackets in my example with the &lt;   &gt; brackets", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:51:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072098, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TruthSeeker:  I'd like Michelle Bernard to \"take on\" Tara!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)There is another sista, whose name I just lost [SORRY] that could take on Tara too.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:14:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073688, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig, help me believe. I am getting a bad feeling and reading a lot of shyte on other blogs. I am truly despondent that we may have a senile old man again in the white house.<br><br>I am disgusted by the bloggers who say arrogant, who say they are tired of talking about race. This country is imploding and people cannot get past their feelings of not getting theirs. Angry bitter women, theoretical progressives  fingering their goatee's who love to be in opposition because that is all you have to do.,  disaffected youth who were toughed loved out of their parents house. There is no relationship to what we will be living through if their write in votes for Nader or McKinney will mean to all of us. Asshats.<br><br>Rant quieted, not sure it will ever truly be over.<br><br>Thank you for listening.<br><br>Arrrrg. My faith is slipping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:09:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "29f6805818d1f575c4b8e2182a2ac4ce", "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": 1070815, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would like to see his answer! I know it will be GOOD!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:12:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "craig,<br><br><i>\"He didn't say they already did anything.\"</i><br><br>Very true, but does that sell in this presidential election?  And is this a conversation Obama wants to have right now?<br><br>That's my concern.  I'm not arguing the merits so much as the strategy.  Obama is right to take a preemptive approach.  I just think he made a slight mistake by specifically mentioning John McCain's name.  <br><br>I think a lot of people will ask themselves, \"Is John McCain the type of person to play racial politics?\"  That inevitably turns into \"Is John McCain a racist?\" which is a very low bar for McCain to pass on a character issue.  It's easier to argue actions than character (there was a great post on this over at Racialicious).   <br><br>People might ask Obama to provide evidence to support his presumption.  Can he provide it?  And, even if he can, is this really a conversation he wants to have now?  <br><br>McCain gets to play victim and claim a percieved attack on his character.  McCain responded with an over-the-top accusation because he knows how it plays in swing states and how that works to galvanize an otherwise unenthused conservative voting base.  Obama left the door open (however slightly) and McCain knocked it down with a bulldozer.<br><br>And I do think Obama should go on the offensive.  But he can do that from a policy stance.  He could also stand to be a little more forceful in his response to some of these McCain attacks.  Rachel Maddow put it best when she said that Obama has to tell the American people just why electing McCain would be a bad thing.  He has to explain how McCain's policies are bad for this country at this time.  It's not just a matter of increasing Obama's voter turnout, it's also a matter of suprressing McCain's.<br><br><i>\"So now they CAN'T do much race-baiting without Barack being able to say, 'I told you so.'\"</i><br><br>. . . Or they could give McCain a pass if they think Obama cried wolf this time around.<br><br>That would depend on surrogates and media manipulation . . .  two areas where Obama's camp could be a lot stronger.  I'd much rather they cut their losses and change the subject.<br><br>And don't forget that Hillary won a handful of states where exit polls said she unfavorably attacked Obama.  That's an interesting dynamic . . . people were literally saying \"I know she's full of it, but I'm going to vote for her anyway.\"  I don't want to see that repeat with John McCain.  I think that speaks to a certain group of voters who will never vote for Obama under any circumstances.  I hope most of those voters stay home on election day.  But \"controversies\" like this tend to encourage that group to come out to the polls.<br><br>I want to see Obama win as badly as the next person.  I'm confident that he will win.  I even think he can basically end this race in August if he plays his cards right.  But distractions like this don't help.  It's not the end of the world (I think it's relatively small blip on the radar), but it doesn't help.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:00:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070525, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1083515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The rant I was referring to is the one by Gibbs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_23:13:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073752, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He gave the young man respect. Can't say that the group as a whole returned the favor as they continued to heckle throughout the town hall.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:13:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071686, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Truthseeker:  Co-signing. As I watched Attorney Donna take on Tara, I thought she did a creditable job, but she seemed TIRED & the FIRE in her voice was burning out!  Anybody that deals with Tara \"I don't see that the race card is being played 'cause I'm not one of you\" Walls, has to come strong to the hoop on her!!  And she will still not GET IT!!  Remember how she put brothas down in CNN's Black in America.<br>Whew!  Deep breaths!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:40:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You have a strong argument here.  They've almost  stopped mentioning that he's \"inexperienced\" and  are now saying he doesn't \"understand\" foreign policy in an attempt to label him not white, not bright.  The Hilton Spears ad is to suggest he is the average black \"entertainer\" and again by definition of his blackness, intellectually inferior to serve as president.  McCain I see you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_08:34:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069056, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seen this clip? Jon Stewart hits it on the head.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=178207\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml...</a><br> Maybe off topic sorry", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:19:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "karlewis", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cheryl:  I agree.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:41:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072559, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Equal opportunity to die, or be raped.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072128, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I missed it.  What specifically did he say?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:16:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really don't think we need to arm-chair coach Obama's campaign  - why? Just look at where he's at, period. It boggles my mind that everyone so easily forgets that a black man named Barack Hussein Obama from Chicago is the frontrunner - his campaign staff is the best in the world...EVER. They got this. If they could take out the Clintons, raise that kind of money, the WAY they raised it  - they got this. Everytime I hear \"why can't he seal the deal?\" or \"why isn't his lead more?\"....I just have to wonder, did people forget he's still a black man? Him being in front at all is a testament that he knows what he's doing. RIght now, Obama is not aiming for \"swing\" voters, Obama is aiming for people who have never voted before at all.<br><br>Truth be told, there are no white or black \"swing voters\"...everybody knows perfectly well who they are voting for. If anything, you might have some hispanic voters who aren't sure, but make no mistake, all white folks, all black folks, all those minds BEEN made up. Like my Daddy says, those minds were made up long before now. The question shouldn't be why isn't Obama ahead MORE, it should be why isn't the lily-white admiral's son, a POW, long-time senator married to Malibu Barbie AHEAD?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_06:55:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hilary Rosen is turning out to be very valuable to O, for a former Clinton supporter.  She's smart, is prepared by knowing the facts and makes good points.<br><br>That is a fantastic point about what the race card means to whites as opposed to AA's as an oppressed minority group.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:21:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073533, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  Tell us how you really feel!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Double \"virtual dap\" on all points!!  One of the points that I should have clarified in my post was that the electorate is NOT in the \"well lemme see who I'm gonna vote for mode at this point!!  In fact, I believe that most minds were made up when he announced his candidacy in 2007!!  It was about the RACE CARD THEN!!  So, really, the electorate plays the \"card\".   The candidates  chose to join in the \"game\" that has been in session. <br><br>And I still like Mr. Obama's strategy.  Put out there what the \"other side\" might say and, basically, dare them to say it!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Brilliant!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:04:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dang, you beat me to it!<br><br>good post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:30:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073017, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MSNBC is going to play the clip with Barack answering their questions<br>at 3:30 pm EST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:21:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071593, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1083576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah, i enjoyed that exchange as well, once i saw the entire thing and not just the provocative soundbyte.  he (barack) handled the situation with love and respect.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_23:26:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071686, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Caged Lion,<br><br>And you know this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:46:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If anybody thinks it was an accident to put Barack's image up with those two famous white women a day before using a quote out of the O.J. case, they got they weave in too tight.<br><br>McCain's campaign knows it's playing up race in this political game and just like any Rovian slimemonger will do, he's got to accuse Barack of doing what they're doing in order to deflect.<br><br>Bill Clinton's comment was quoted in the New York Times article and so was Howard Wolfson.<br><br>Now, it's time people see and accept that the Establishment, which includes the Clintons, is working as one force to take Barack down.<br><br>This quote is priceless:<br><br><i>\u201cThe McCain campaign was compelled to respond to this outrageous attack because we will not allow John McCain to be smeared by Senator Obama as a racist for offering legitimate criticism,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have waited for months with a sick feeling knowing this moment would come because we watched it incur with President Clinton. Say whatever you want about President Clinton, his record on this issue is above reproach.\u201d</i><br><br>So now they're the victims of the big bad Black man and his political games.<br><br>Puhlease.<br><br>Meanwhile, the corporate media plays the race card each and every day whenever they analyze a poll or tell us what problems Barack has with one group because he's exotic and black and whatever word they throw in there.<br><br>Politics is transparent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_08:44:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068979, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That quote is amazing.  They're simply extending the narrative from the primary that Obama used race to win the nomination when he really isn't qualified.  It's the \"white people we need to stick together\" message.<br><br>My problem is O is not balancing these charges with charges of his own at how McCain and Bush have come around to his own positions on the war.  This would show that he is indeed qualified, in fact he's actually schooling the Repubs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:25:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070282, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thats a good point about Obama talking about how the Repubs used race to smear McCain and his adopted daughter.   He could have gone on to say he expected better from McCain himself, having been a victim of racial politics.  But, he was a little sloppy and went into his \"routine\" a la \"Annie Oakley\", \"Dr. Phil\" etc.  Some things are serious and need to be approached that way.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:25:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073555, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Robert Gibbs response wasn't effective, I agree, but even if it had been, it would have been eclipsed by Davis' angry rant to Andrea MItchell, which was startling.<br><br>The corporate media simply won't allow Barack's press shop to manipulate it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:36:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071125, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nobody plays offense better than Clair McCaskill.<br><br>And she will call you on your shit with a smile on her face.<br><br>The Clintons are still fanning the flames of primary by having their people come to the defense of the McCain camp as they cry victimhood.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_08:46:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069632, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Um, <a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0730pagejul30,0,346308.column\" rel=\"nofollow\"> didn't Obama also laud the military for its diversity?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:10:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072128, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack appears to have chosen to fight on the Internet more than in the cable news media.<br><br>His new site <a href=\"http://LowRoadExpress.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">LowRoadExpress.com</a> is but one example.<br><br>Remember, Hilary could complain of sexism, accuse Barack of sexism, and no one batted and eye. Instead, they felt for  her, poor victim Hillary. So now McCain is hoping he can be seen as a victim as well. It's rather funny actually. And imagine if she had said she didn't look like the presidents on the dollar bills, would there be such outrage? Would she be accused of playing the gender card by anyone in the cable news media when that's all her campaign turned into when she got desperate?<br><br>Since when does a strong, powerful \"war hero\" whine so much about what his opponent is doing to him? <br><br>I continue to remember the Tao of Obama when I read our criticisms that he'snot fighting hard enough.<br><br>He's fighting HIS way and it has worked thus far. If it ain't broke, you don't fix it. <br><br>He has proven that he can turn an attack on the attacker without even making it look like that's what he did.<br><br>Remember this?<br><br><a  href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/12/161950/935\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Tao of Obama</a><br><br>Let Rove and his minions play their hand. All of it. Let the polls do whatever the polls are going to do.<br><br>It's 2008.<br><br>Sure, some people will still be influenced by all of this and not vote for Barack, they McCain isn't giving them anything to vote for.<br><br>Barack is too likable for folks to turn out en masse to vote AGAINST him.<br><br>I also want to remind people of this.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/26/213755/712/592/556718\" rel=\"nofollow\">A House Full of Obamacans!</a><br><br>Read the comments.<br><br>Rove and his minions will attack, attack, attack. Barack will diffuse, diffuse, diffuse and let them have enough rope to hang themselves.<br><br>And in his townhall meetings, he will continue to focus on the ISSUES. Notice how no one in the media is talking about the way in which <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/31/124120/237\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barack slammed McCain</a> and linked his policies to oil profits. Which is exactly why McCain raised this distraction.<br><br>But the people who heard Barack in Missouri know what's up because Barack made it very clear.  And they will see that voting for McCain is voting for more money in the pockets of ExxonMobil and Chevron.<br><br>So when Barack and McCain finally have a debate, you better believe Barack will hit hard.<br><br>We'll see who wins that smack down.<br><br>Barack wouldn't be where he is if he wasn't supremely competent in how to run a campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:48:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He answered their questions by discussing his record on the issues raised and then told them if he didn't respond to things the way they wanted him to, then they could vote for someone else or run for office themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:21:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071775, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Watching MSMBC:  Andrea Mitchell[I'll leave her alone for now] hosting with Hilary Rosen on the defense of Mr. Obama - Yaaa!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Liked her use of the term \"pre-buttal\" - when Mr. Obama \"predicted what \"they\"  will  say.  And she said that the term \"playing the race card\" means different things to \"WHITE FOLKS\" than to  African-Americans!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Yes! ! Boo-yah!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Great points msmartin,<br><br>He makes good speeches: Rapper<br><br>I'm very proud of Senator Obama: Look, on of our negroes has done good<br><br>He's a rock star: You know that all blacks can do is entertain us, they can't be President.<br><br>Barack can only counteract this by rising to even grander heights.  Where the hell are his surrogates?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070218, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It could definitely backfire.  McCain is turning into a caricature . . . the grumpy old man who tells the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn.  <br><br>I watched him during the primaries.  And his tone towards Romney was filled with disdain and petty (even childish) retorts (especially in those last debates).  I think that's going to hurt him in his debates with Obama.  It's clear that he doesn't respect Obama or what he's trying to do.  That's dangerous for him because it's bound to show through eventually.<br><br>I agree with you, McCain is not projecting a very positive image.  He is the default candidate of the Republican Party.  That's why I think it's important for Democrats to, not only support Obama, but also focus on suppressing any enthusiasm that might be left in McCain's campaign (which according to the polls is very little).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:10:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071088, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>That's why I think it's important for Democrats to, not only support Obama, but also focus on suppressing any enthusiasm that might be left.</i><br><br>::<br><br>On this we agree. Where are the Democrats to defend him against this latest attack?<br><br>Besides Claire McCaskill, no where to be found.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:29:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072371, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Truthseeker,<br><br>Exactly.  I want a winner, not a martyr.  <br><br>you said, <i>\"I don't want to waste any time scratching my head in November, and wondering what went wrong.\"</i><br><br>As for that point, I think we'll be scratching our heads if we form the circular firing squad that seems to do us in every four years.<br><br>I'll keep saying it . . . this ain't the time to be cute!<br><br>I might criticize Obama's strategy.  But make no mistake about it, I want to win.  Maybe it's just me, but I get the feeling that some want a person to apologize before they say it (like someone else said:  it's almost \"uncool\" to support Obama anymore):  I WANT OBAMA TO WIN!<br><br>That's what gets me about this campaign.  There's a lack of focus and support from the \"left\" in general.  The Democratic establishment is weak in it's support for Obama; Clinton loyalists are dragging their feet (even supporting McCain); the CBC has been a non-factor; and even some progressives hold Obama to unrealistic standards.<br><br>Obviously, Obama is not above criticism (e.g. I think he deserved criticism for FISA).  But I also think that Obama (on his worst day) has still shown himself to be light-years better than McCain.<br><br>But I'm struck by how so many people expect Obama to beg for support that they'd routinely give any other Democratic nominee in his place.<br><br>It's like, can we focus on one thing at a time?<br><br>Obama vs. McCain . . . one of these guys is going to be president.  If you think Obama would be better then get the guy in office.  It's really simple.  <br><br>I want to win.  No one's perfect.  But I've voted for lesser Democrats without a fraction of this much distraction and half-a*sed support from the Democratic establishment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:53:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071041, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, we do. But he's not going to win fighting the way we want him to fight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:53:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070661, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just had a thought.  I think this \"race card\" BS be McCain's way of picking off disgruntled Hillary supporters.  Sure, everyone pretends they are disgruntled women who want a women president, but let's think about what kind of people were voting for her, especially towards the end.  These were mainly white people (inlcuding white people) who were Pro_hillary precisely because Barack is a black man.  West Virginia, anyone?  Those are the true disgruntled Hillary democrats that McCain hopes to turn further against Barack with this whole \"race card\" stuff.  White people love to riled up about people of color \"playing the race card.\"  Just as Caged Lion said:  \"There is nothing white folks hate more than thinking that a black person gets a free pass by complaining about racism.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:29:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "0db1b00fdd4dbab3699a3a9b84f06ee9", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "B-Serious,<br><br>Let's be serious.  That is not the point.  Sen. McCain does not have to answer the, \"what about the black community\" question.  \u201cThey are just not gone let Barack think that he can ignore the black community\u201d (rolling my eyes)<br><br>Some of us act as if a black man who has spent his entire career working with and for the black community, has to prove something now.  As if when SBO speaks about JOBS, education, fixing failing schools, ex-offenders having rights, and taking care of veterans, he is not addressing AFRICAN-AMERICAN interest and issues.  NegroS Please!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_15:25:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073169, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1068834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think the \"race card\" gripe will play very effectively to the widest swath of white people, dem, rep, or ind. McCain may take  the lead with that one for a sustained time. There is nothing white folks hate more than thinking that a black person gets a free pass by complaining about racism.<br><br>McCain's camp is putting white people in the position of thinking that their vote for a black man may enable the biggest use of the race card ever. He is trying to turn OB into OJ.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_02:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "d68eb7911930059657ec8fcc7d551ca9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  YES!!! Thank you!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:28:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1076323, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "um, give me a break. if i hear obama trot out the \"don't let them scare you about my name\" line in his empty campaign speeches (but he does put on a good preacher voice) i'm gonna vomit. is that playahatin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:26:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "22415af8af7589f834a468dce6456a57", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Letting him be tied up while they watch and see if he can escape all on his own.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:35:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073394, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1068853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jake Tapper started this crap Wednesday night with a screaming blog headline asking if Obama was accusing McCain of using racist and xenophobic tactics. Then, when Josh Marshall of TPM called him out for it a couple of hours later, Tapper posted Marshall's comments about the similarities between the \"Celeb\" and \"Harold, Call Me!\" ads. Then Rick Davis took over, claiming the \"liberal bloggers were raising these issues last night\" and claiming Obama put them up to it. A coordinated smear by Tapper and the GOP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_02:24:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071419": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "three young Black protesters interrupt Obama speech in florida with banner that says \"what about the black community obama?<br>they were shouted down by the crowd but he handled it well asked them to wait and get their questions answered<br>and here's their website <br><a href=\"http://www.uhurunews.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.uhurunews.com/</a><br>i know what the comments will be but the question is legit...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:45:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/1/92611/64252/827/560567\" rel=\"nofollow\">Some thoughts on the race card</a><br><br>Money quote:<br><br><i>Obama's not playing the race card.  He's playing the Hope card.  Hoping that America, and its media, will just say no to the agents of fear, of intolerance, and of hate.</i><br><br>And let's not forget when the Washington Post finally uncovered the racism Barack's volunteers faced on the campaign trail.<br><br>This diary puts it all out there.<br><br>How soon I forgot about the Tiger Woods remark with McCain standing right there smiling.<br><br>Race-baiting by the McCain campaign that he didn't denounce or reject.<br><br>Spread it around. This is the real story, not the bullshit the corporate media is peddling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:32:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Equal opportunity destroyer.\"<br><br>That's not a bad phrase.....though not for the reasons you suggest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:45:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073017, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br><br>\u201cWe have waited for months with a sick feeling knowing this moment would come because we watched it incur with President Clinton.  Say whatever you want about President Clinton, his record on this issue is above reproach.\u201d<br><br>Are they serious??  This is getting so freaking weird.  This is the big league.  As marketing person, the sick masterminds behind this type of propaganda intrigue me.  However, as a black woman, I am unnerved and appalled that they can spew such bullshit!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:59:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070282, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-signing!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1076175, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks!    Since he was being heckled, I am sure MSM will show this sometime today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071825, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1075561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:  As I think back on her when she was advocating for billary, I didn't see her as a \"Hater\"! She just made her point and let it go!  After her transition into her new position, I was waiting to see how she would continue to support billary.  It weakened.  But her tenacity and vociferous manner NOW is really noteworthy!!  She is becoming an \"attack dog\" with real teeth!!  This is what a surrogate does!!<br>Whew!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt; )  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_17:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073830, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because the corporate media  won't allow him to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:41:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073752, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jake Tapper was the same guy who was pissed that Obama \"lied\" to him about quitting smoking.  He actually said that if Obama can't be trusted to tell the truth about quitting smoking, what else can't he be trusted to tell the truth about?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:37:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068853, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh yeah. The military, where the sister gets raped and murdered and the military rules it a suicide? Is that the same military that lets you electrocute yourself in the shower? mMight thaat be the military that McCain pimps for self aggrandizement while voting against better benefits because they're just \"pork?\"<br><br>Oh yeah. John McCain's military is an equal opportunity destroyer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:03:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072128, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1077629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "B,<br>Dude you are right...51 million people did vote for Bush.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_22:43:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1074682, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I heard O talking about substantive issues...however, the little chuckle about the Presidents on dollar bills was the seed that allowed McCain to distract attention from that argument....and O was the one who planted the seed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:03:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070815, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "msmartin:  True on the \"intellectually inferior\", but the \"inexperienced\" argument had those implications[Black ain't qualified, are intellectually inferior] too.  Billary and \"mcancient\" are Senators just like Mr. Obama.   Mr. Obama had at least 20 years of \"experiences\" in public service, including his senatorial experiences.  \"Whycome\" his \"experiences\" didn't count - didn't make him \"qualified\"???<br><br>'cause they were playing the RACIST card - \"He's Black and he's intellectually inferior.\"  Code words [inexperienced] have been in play this whole campaign!  :&gt;)  :&gt;) We've known this!!!  Come on people - 'mcancient\" and crew!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br>Whew!  Deep breaths!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:23:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070218, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fair enough about the stumps.  However, why is his team not able to manipulate the media more effectively.  I don't disagree that MSA is biased, but surely the O team is up to the task.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:45:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073930, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think I might just incorporate some of my points into another post I've been working on instead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_15:37:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072559, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with B-Serious. Obama's off his game a bit. Understandably, he's let the racism get to him but he sloppily associated McCain with it, which is disappointing especially b/c much of the VRWC has apparently decided to sit this one out. <br><br>He then redoubled his mistake by absurdly claiming he wasn't referring to race. <br><br>He shouldve reiterated his \"McCain is  decent and honorable man\" line, pointed out the racism he was referring too, even perhaps using Bush's McCain black baby slur to drive the point home. That would've put the republicans on the defensive. An d whats McCain going to say? That didn't happen?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "94dec464ba2020919c31e0f36a8cc034", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "B-Serious:  I wonder how much the \"hecklers\" CHARGED their \"sponsors\" to do this micro-protest today???  And who PAID them???   I'm just askin' . . :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:43:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073169, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow -- I hadn't even thought of the OJ angle. that's deep.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:24:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1068979, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen. Good comment!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:54:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:  'bout those surrogates - they are taking tooooo long!  I hope that there is a strategy!  Whew!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:54:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073394, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NO ID:  Co-signing!  Loved the imagery!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:45:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071686, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK....this caught me off guard..LMAO...wow Craig, that is the sho nuff truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_19:45:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073971, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  That's been going on since the primaries.  Clearly, their strategy for dealing with the press is not working, and I know the press is biased.  But then that means they have to change the strategy.  It's unthinkable for this to go on for the next 3 months.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:48:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073752, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've thought the same thing about surrogates.  The only one I've seen is Axelrod and I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but he didn't do well when I saw him this morning - and, um, and.  They need to send McCaskill or Boxer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_18:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073394, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "B-Serious -- you should post this as a front page post, please. It's good to have more than one person hit on a subject.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:26:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"I watched him during the primaries. And his tone towards Romney was filled with disdain and petty (even childish) retorts (especially in those last debates). I think that's going to hurt him in his debates with Obama. It's clear that he doesn't respect Obama or what he's trying to do. That's dangerous for him because it's bound to show through eventually. \"</i><br><br>That's it right there.  I hope O doesn't crack jokes and relieve the tension...he's got to keep his foot on McCain's neck.   I hope he remains stern, speaks deliberately and keeps his voice in the deeper register and looks like the adult to McCain's pettiness. <br><br>McCain already feels inferior to Barack's intelligence and youthful vigor,  it won't take too much to push him over the edge.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:55:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072371, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1068979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think the McCain folks are playing to the political junkies. They are playing to AWP average white people who don't follow political nuance, but have a few visceral buttons.<br><br>This is Southern Strategy 2.0: turn obama into OJ. Thinking about it, there are so many parallels. OJ at one time was also america's favorite nonthreatning negro. Now, if the rove and atwater types in the McCain campaign can find a few metaphorical ill-fitting gloves......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_03:03:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "d68eb7911930059657ec8fcc7d551ca9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1070525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think this is too much.<br><br>Barack didn't make an error from where I sit. Nor did he \"inject race\" into this. He simply told the truth. And the McCain campaign is bullshit because he's pre-empting them. They've  made it clear the only way they can win is to turn to continue to make people scared of Barack. Which is what  he said. \"They're GOING to try this and that...\"<br><br>He didn't say they already did anything.<br><br>That's the nuance missing in the reportage and your comment, b. We can't keep taking the shit they peddle and reinforce it.<br><br>So now they CAN'T do much race-baiting without Barack being able to say, \"I told you so.\"<br><br>Our media is too stupid to see this for what it is.<br><br>I thought you wanted Barack to go on the offense and now that he does you think he made a mistake. You don't have to attack anyone to be on the offense. He said this all over Missouri. It was his intention to put it out there in a humorous way and let folks see that he's not going to stand by and simply let someone frame him as RISKY without his own take on the matter.<br><br>Barack is the one who gave the race speech. Some said he only did it because he had to.<br><br>Well now he's continuing the discussion he started, framing it in his own terms, and he's being accused of playing a game.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_09:16:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Biden has said some pretty ahem off-color racist stuff in the past. That kinda disqualifies him. Sorry.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:27:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069632, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lets hope so.....'cause I don't want to waste any time scratching my head in November, and wondering what went wrong.  I've got plans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070858, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love the \"Hope Card\" quote!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071945, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Hillary Clinton. Democrats do NOT want to get swift-boated again. And I've already heard one pundit say Obama should reconsider putting Hillary on the ticket because she knows how to fight back.\"<br><br>I'm a republican. I won't vote for Obama if Clinton's on the ticket. Obama has a shot at getting republicans. It would be shame if he wastes th VP slot trying to unify the party. Dems should be unified by now. They need to grow up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_13:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "94dec464ba2020919c31e0f36a8cc034", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1080263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.   Hillary on the ticket is a 'maybe next time see ya Barack' from me.   I will not vote for any ticket which has her on it.  Besides, Hillary doesn't know how to fight.  Hillary knows how to waste money and expect other people to pick up her pieces when she's screwed up.  Hillary also knows how to play dirty while claiming innocence.  But that's not the same as knowing how to fight -- particularly if you could have avoided those fights you find yourself having to dig in against.<br><br>I am suspect of any and all 'movements' to get Hillary on the ticket.  Now, theyv'e got folks trying to petition their way to Denver to force her on the ticket.  Screw that.  <br><br>And yes, Democrats should be unified by now.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_11:37:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "735a3659b98d4c0e40e78d40d7ee34da", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1073606, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now you KNOW you said a mouthful right here!! WHEW!! AMEN AMEN AMEN!<br><br>\"That's what gets me about this campaign. There's a lack of focus and support from the \"left\" in general. The Democratic establishment is weak in it's support for Obama; Clinton loyalists are dragging their feet (even supporting McCain); the CBC has been a non-factor; and even some progressives hold Obama to unrealistic standards.\"<br><br>OK...I thought it was just me - this sums up how I feel about certain aspects of this campaign quite well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_18:51:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072904, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1080275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "just a suggestion, but  perhaps you should stop overchugging the haterade, and you wouldn't retch all the time, Adam.  Cool?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_11:39:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "735a3659b98d4c0e40e78d40d7ee34da", "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": 1073286, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Any question is legit. <br><br>But to ask him why he won't speak on \"behalf of the African community\" is a bit much. But he answered directly and challenged them to run for office as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071419, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1080281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And that's why I'm severely disappointed in McCain.  This is horrible.  And boo to anyone who falls for it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-02_11:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "735a3659b98d4c0e40e78d40d7ee34da", "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": 1068834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1073630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, that rant was breathtaking in it's bitterness.  I mean, it sounded personal!   Barack is challenging personally all over paid,  white under-achiever males whose success has been based on competing with other underachievers and lying about their skills.   Think right wing talk radio.  Now, we have an amazingly talented black man who's showing them up for what they are, without even breaking a sweat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071319, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "B Serious,<br><br>\"This is dumb politics for an otherwise flawless Obama campaign.\u201d  \"But Obama keeps missing opportunities and, as a result, McCain keeps getting away with little more than a scratch.  That's Obama's fault.\"<br><br>Umm, I see this a different way.  First, I don't think that there is anything dumb about a candidate or a campaign for a candidate that came from being a junior senator to 90 days from the freakin white house.<br><br>Secondly, my belief is that SBO understands people deep down in a way that most people don\u2019t give him credit.  I think that he and his campaign are just not going to make this election all about their opponent.  Pretty smart I think.  You don\u2019t have to constantly point out someone else\u2019s faults to make people choose you<br>No brother wants to go deep down that road of chose me because the white guy is so dumb.  A brother has to create a lane called, \u201cI am on your side, forget all that bull ish\u201d.<br><br>I think that most of us are still thinking politics 101 and SBO and company are on like Politics #that next level shit.  However, I could be wrong; they could just be lazy and dumb.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_14:48:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1069614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very true, but does that sell in this presidential election? And is this a conversation Obama wants to have right now?<br><br>::<br><br>Obviously it is. It's a conversation his nervous supporters don't want him to have, but he's of another mind.<br><br>Race is on the table. It has been since Day One. He wasn't the one who called him \"postracial\", the punditocracy did.<br><br>He doesn't have to provide any evidence, because, as  I've  already posted, it's there  for anyone with eyes.<br><br>The celebrity ad was race-baiting even if McCain doesn't want to admit it. And that's not the half of it. Barack is \"radical\", \"I don't' know if he's a socialist or not.\"<br><br>Of course McCain is capable of race baiting. And he never has to reference race to do it.<br><br>Distractions may not help, but they're not going to go away.<br><br>And I'll repeat: the media will not let him frame the debate because he's \"the frontrunner.\" Only the campaigns that are running from behind get the media's attention with their attacks on Barack.<br><br>That's just how it goes.<br><br>And I don't buy that controversies like this have a long life or inspire people who won't vote to vote.<br><br>But that's me.<br><br><i>Rachel Maddow put it best when she said that Obama has to tell the American people just why electing McCain would be a bad thing.</i><br><br>He does. Each and every time he speaks.<br><br>But the media doesn't repeat that message.<br><br>You'd think the only thing Barack said yesterday was that they were going to paint him as scary.<br><br>But remember, he also said McCain would paint him as too unpatriotic.<br><br>Well, that's an irrefutable fact. McCain practically accused Barack of treason and the media refused to run with it, even as Barack and his surrogates said that was a low blow unworthy of a presidential candidate.<br><br>Barack won't ever manipulate the media to his advantage.<br><br><i><b>The media won't allow it.</I></b><br><br>Take that to the bank.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_12:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1072248, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you guys post hyperlinks like that? I can only post the web address.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:46:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071945, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they are going to show him answering the dudes questions if you are near a TV", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:59:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1076202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Believe me when I say the saving grace for what the MSM is so unfairly doing, is the blogosphere. Its the medium that has become the equalizer. Can you imagine if these outlets didn't exist what would be happening right now?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_18:54:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1074060, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1069039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>This is all about McCain trying to provide cover for voicing support for Ward Connerly's anti-affirmative action initiative in Arizona. </b> <br><br>You know the first thing a White person against affirmative action wants you to believe:  that they can be against affirmative action and not be racist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_03:19:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "7b2e78e35619117f258a258c4b014289", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, well. It says more about McCain than Obama.<br><br>Al Sharpton just said as much as eloquently as he could.<br><br>I believe Barack knows what he's doing. If he doesn't, he''ll pay the price.<br><br>But I'm not feeling it.<br><br>What I <i>am</i> feeling.<br><br>This is going to backfire on McCain. Especially if they keep invoking what the Clintons had to \"endure\" in the primary to try to bolster their case.<br><br>Clinton fatigue isn't a myth. <br><br>And I get the impression that smear fatigue is also running high.<br><br>We shall see.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_10:14:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070975, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "dang craig what CNN you watchin? they didn't show it yet where i am", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:00:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071572, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1072119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The thing is, Bobby Joe in Missouri isn't on the internet.  He's watching Fox Noise.  He's watching ABC.  He's watching CBS.  That's where Bobby Joe and Mary Sue in Whitetown USA get their information from.  They get it from David Letterman.<br><br>The average American (regardless of race) is not that bright and not inclined to think.  Rush Limbaugh or Charlie Gibson tells them a story and they believe it.  Even if it's proven wrong, So n So on the TV said so therefore it's true.  <br><br>Just last night on MSNBC, Pat Buchanan was spewing this \"quote\" that Dana Milbank said Obama said but which was disproven.  The host of the show, another guest AND Rachel Maddow told Pat point blank it wasn't true, that Milbank had made it up and Pat insisted that what Milbank said was right because he said it in the Washington Post.<br><br>That's how a lot of people think.<br><br>So Obama needs to change the subject real quick.  If Obama wants to play the race card on Bush and McCain he needs to ask why poor people were left to drown and die during Katrina or Walmart bullying people for political purposes or McCain's lies and flip flops.  Stop talking about how he doesn't look like the other guys on the dollar bill.  We see this and we know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1070815, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1074682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "kenyaw,<br><br>I give Obama a lot of credit . . . it's the media and voter that I'm not too sure about.  The media spins and the voters get spun.<br><br>Don't forget, this country \"elected\" Bush twice.  We don't always get it right . . . even when the obvious choice is staring us dead in the face.  <br><br>I admire Obama's approach.  I just hope he doesn't get burned by the cynicism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_15:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1074085, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1071615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-01_11:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1071603, "depth": 3, "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": "2359639", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 4303844572182938426}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 111, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 2359639, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate' +
		'&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/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/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='	+ 'mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate'
			+ '&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/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/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">111</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/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/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/">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:2359639" 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/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/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:2359639" 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:2359639" 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'				: 'mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate',
			// 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/mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate/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='	+ 'mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate'
			+ '&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='	+ 'mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate'
			+ '&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='		+ 'mccain_loses_his_mind_to_playahate'
				+ '&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/2359639/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

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

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1069730">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1069730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1069730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1069730">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1069730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069730" class="dsq-comment-message">I really don\'t think we need to arm-chair coach Obama\'s campaign  - why? Just look at where he\'s at, period. It boggles my mind that everyone so easily forgets that a black man named Barack Hussein Obama from Chicago is the frontrunner - his campaign staff is the best in the world...EVER. They got this. If they could take out the Clintons, raise that kind of money, the WAY they raised it  - they got this. Everytime I hear "why can\'t he seal the deal?" or "why isn\'t his lead more?"....I just have to wonder, did people forget he\'s still a black man? Him being in front at all is a testament that he knows what he\'s doing. RIght now, Obama is not aiming for "swing" voters, Obama is aiming for people who have never voted before at all.<br><br>Truth be told, there are no white or black "swing voters"...everybody knows perfectly well who they are voting for. If anything, you might have some hispanic voters who aren\'t sure, but make no mistake, all white folks, all black folks, all those minds BEEN made up. Like my Daddy says, those minds were made up long before now. The question shouldn\'t be why isn\'t Obama ahead MORE, it should be why isn\'t the lily-white admiral\'s son, a POW, long-time senator married to Malibu Barbie AHEAD?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070594" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1070594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070594" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it again.<br><br><i>All</i> of it.<br><br>Say it again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1070661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1070661">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070661" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes Miranda, but he\'s not running to be the first black frontrunner...we REALLY do want him to actually win!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1070858" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070858" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1070858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070858" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, we do. But he\'s not going to win fighting the way we want him to fight.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1071041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071041">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071041" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets hope so.....\'cause I don\'t want to waste any time scratching my head in November, and wondering what went wrong.  I\'ve got plans.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072904" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072904" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker,<br><br>Exactly.  I want a winner, not a martyr.  <br><br>you said, <i>"I don\'t want to waste any time scratching my head in November, and wondering what went wrong."</i><br><br>As for that point, I think we\'ll be scratching our heads if we form the circular firing squad that seems to do us in every four years.<br><br>I\'ll keep saying it . . . this ain\'t the time to be cute!<br><br>I might criticize Obama\'s strategy.  But make no mistake about it, I want to win.  Maybe it\'s just me, but I get the feeling that some want a person to apologize before they say it (like someone else said:  it\'s almost "uncool" to support Obama anymore):  I WANT OBAMA TO WIN!<br><br>That\'s what gets me about this campaign.  There\'s a lack of focus and support from the "left" in general.  The Democratic establishment is weak in it\'s support for Obama; Clinton loyalists are dragging their feet (even supporting McCain); the CBC has been a non-factor; and even some progressives hold Obama to unrealistic standards.<br><br>Obviously, Obama is not above criticism (e.g. I think he deserved criticism for FISA).  But I also think that Obama (on his worst day) has still shown himself to be light-years better than McCain.<br><br>But I\'m struck by how so many people expect Obama to beg for support that they\'d routinely give any other Democratic nominee in his place.<br><br>It\'s like, can we focus on one thing at a time?<br><br>Obama vs. McCain . . . one of these guys is going to be president.  If you think Obama would be better then get the guy in office.  It\'s really simple.  <br><br>I want to win.  No one\'s perfect.  But I\'ve voted for lesser Democrats without a fraction of this much distraction and half-a*sed support from the Democratic establishment.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076175">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076175" class="dsq-comment-message">Now you KNOW you said a mouthful right here!! WHEW!! AMEN AMEN AMEN!<br><br>"That\'s what gets me about this campaign. There\'s a lack of focus and support from the "left" in general. The Democratic establishment is weak in it\'s support for Obama; Clinton loyalists are dragging their feet (even supporting McCain); the CBC has been a non-factor; and even some progressives hold Obama to unrealistic standards."<br><br>OK...I thought it was just me - this sums up how I feel about certain aspects of this campaign quite well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076578">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076578" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072296">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072296" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  Tell us how you really feel!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Double "virtual dap" on all points!!  One of the points that I should have clarified in my post was that the electorate is NOT in the "well lemme see who I\'m gonna vote for mode at this point!!  In fact, I believe that most minds were made up when he announced his candidacy in 2007!!  It was about the RACE CARD THEN!!  So, really, the electorate plays the "card".   The candidates  chose to join in the "game" that has been in session. <br><br>And I still like Mr. Obama\'s strategy.  Put out there what the "other side" might say and, basically, dare them to say it!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Brilliant!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070638" href="http://chicanaskies.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chicana Skies</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070638" class="dsq-comment-message">I just had a thought.  I think this "race card" BS be McCain\'s way of picking off disgruntled Hillary supporters.  Sure, everyone pretends they are disgruntled women who want a women president, but let\'s think about what kind of people were voting for her, especially towards the end.  These were mainly white people (inlcuding white people) who were Pro_hillary precisely because Barack is a black man.  West Virginia, anyone?  Those are the true disgruntled Hillary democrats that McCain hopes to turn further against Barack with this whole "race card" stuff.  White people love to riled up about people of color "playing the race card."  Just as Caged Lion said:  "There is nothing white folks hate more than thinking that a black person gets a free pass by complaining about racism."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1068979" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1068979" href="http://cagedlion.squarespace.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Caged Lion</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1068979" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think the McCain folks are playing to the political junkies. They are playing to AWP average white people who don\'t follow political nuance, but have a few visceral buttons.<br><br>This is Southern Strategy 2.0: turn obama into OJ. Thinking about it, there are so many parallels. OJ at one time was also america\'s favorite nonthreatning negro. Now, if the rove and atwater types in the McCain campaign can find a few metaphorical ill-fitting gloves......</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070282" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070282" class="dsq-comment-message">If anybody thinks it was an accident to put Barack\'s image up with those two famous white women a day before using a quote out of the O.J. case, they got they weave in too tight.<br><br>McCain\'s campaign knows it\'s playing up race in this political game and just like any Rovian slimemonger will do, he\'s got to accuse Barack of doing what they\'re doing in order to deflect.<br><br>Bill Clinton\'s comment was quoted in the New York Times article and so was Howard Wolfson.<br><br>Now, it\'s time people see and accept that the Establishment, which includes the Clintons, is working as one force to take Barack down.<br><br>This quote is priceless:<br><br><i>“The McCain campaign was compelled to respond to this outrageous attack because we will not allow John McCain to be smeared by Senator Obama as a racist for offering legitimate criticism,” he said. “We have waited for months with a sick feeling knowing this moment would come because we watched it incur with President Clinton. Say whatever you want about President Clinton, his record on this issue is above reproach.”</i><br><br>So now they\'re the victims of the big bad Black man and his political games.<br><br>Puhlease.<br><br>Meanwhile, the corporate media plays the race card each and every day whenever they analyze a poll or tell us what problems Barack has with one group because he\'s exotic and black and whatever word they throw in there.<br><br>Politics is transparent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072977">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072977" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br><br>“We have waited for months with a sick feeling knowing this moment would come because we watched it incur with President Clinton.  Say whatever you want about President Clinton, his record on this issue is above reproach.”<br><br>Are they serious??  This is getting so freaking weird.  This is the big league.  As marketing person, the sick masterminds behind this type of propaganda intrigue me.  However, as a black woman, I am unnerved and appalled that they can spew such bullshit!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073272">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073272" class="dsq-comment-message">That quote is amazing.  They\'re simply extending the narrative from the primary that Obama used race to win the nomination when he really isn\'t qualified.  It\'s the "white people we need to stick together" message.<br><br>My problem is O is not balancing these charges with charges of his own at how McCain and Bush have come around to his own positions on the war.  This would show that he is indeed qualified, in fact he\'s actually schooling the Repubs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073930" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1073930" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073930" class="dsq-comment-message">My problem is O is not balancing these charges with charges of his own at how McCain and Bush have come around to his own positions on the war. <br><br>::<br><br>Yes, he is. But it\'s not being reported.<br><br>I watch every one of his town halls on live stream. He has made this point, and right now, he\'s focused  on the economy. But the MSM won\'t report it. Instead, they push any story from any angle that makes it appear that Barack doesn\'t have any substance. What\'s interesting, is that the people who attend the town hall meetings completely understand what\'s  going on. It\'s in their response to the hecklers, and their questions. They see what\'s  going on and so when Barack has to "fight off" these fools, they give him a lot of support.<br><br>Today, they shouted Yes, We Can!!! in order to try to shut them down while Barack was still giving his opening remarks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1074060" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1074060">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074060" class="dsq-comment-message">Fair enough about the stumps.  However, why is his team not able to manipulate the media more effectively.  I don\'t disagree that MSA is biased, but surely the O team is up to the task.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1076202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076202">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1076202" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076202" class="dsq-comment-message">Believe me when I say the saving grace for what the MSM is so unfairly doing, is the blogosphere. Its the medium that has become the equalizer. Can you imagine if these outlets didn\'t exist what would be happening right now?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1083444" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1083444">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1083444" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'ve known this since the primaries.  Illary aided McCain the whole way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1072535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072535" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072535" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow -- I hadn\'t even thought of the OJ angle. that\'s deep.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1069039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1069039" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069039" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>This is all about McCain trying to provide cover for voicing support for Ward Connerly\'s anti-affirmative action initiative in Arizona. </b> <br><br>You know the first thing a White person against affirmative action wants you to believe:  that they can be against affirmative action and not be racist.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072128" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072128" class="dsq-comment-message">A questioner at the Urban League is pressing McCain on this issue as I type this.<br><br>His answer: he invokes the military as the place where equal opportunity is at its highest.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1073017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073017">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073017" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yeah. The military, where the sister gets raped and murdered and the military rules it a suicide? Is that the same military that lets you electrocute yourself in the shower? mMight thaat be the military that McCain pimps for self aggrandizement while voting against better benefits because they\'re just "pork?"<br><br>Oh yeah. John McCain\'s military is an equal opportunity destroyer.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073321">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073321" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang, you beat me to it!<br><br>good post.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073488" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1073488" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073488" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073488" class="dsq-comment-message">"Equal opportunity destroyer."<br><br>That\'s not a bad phrase.....though not for the reasons you suggest.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1073103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1073103" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073103" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0730pagejul30,0,346308.column" rel="nofollow"> didn\'t Obama also laud the military for its diversity?</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1073307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073307">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073307" class="dsq-comment-message">Equal opportunity to die, or be raped.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1068853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1068853">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1068853" class="dsq-comment-message">Jake Tapper started this crap Wednesday night with a screaming blog headline asking if Obama was accusing McCain of using racist and xenophobic tactics. Then, when Josh Marshall of TPM called him out for it a couple of hours later, Tapper posted Marshall\'s comments about the similarities between the "Celeb" and "Harold, Call Me!" ads. Then Rick Davis took over, claiming the "liberal bloggers were raising these issues last night" and claiming Obama put them up to it. A coordinated smear by Tapper and the GOP.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1069082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1069082">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069082" class="dsq-comment-message">eclecticbrotha:  We can depend on you for the "historical" content!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Thanks.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071992">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071992" class="dsq-comment-message">Jake Tapper was the same guy who was pissed that Obama "lied" to him about quitting smoking.  He actually said that if Obama can\'t be trusted to tell the truth about quitting smoking, what else can\'t he be trusted to tell the truth about?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1068834" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the "race card" gripe will play very effectively to the widest swath of white people, dem, rep, or ind. McCain may take  the lead with that one for a sustained time. There is nothing white folks hate more than thinking that a black person gets a free pass by complaining about racism.<br><br>McCain\'s camp is putting white people in the position of thinking that their vote for a black man may enable the biggest use of the race card ever. He is trying to turn OB into OJ.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069078" class="dsq-comment-message">Caged Lion:  point!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072839" class="dsq-comment-message">Caged Lion,<br><br>And you know this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1080281" class="dsq-comment-message">And that\'s why I\'m severely disappointed in McCain.  This is horrible.  And boo to anyone who falls for it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069056" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me try a few names:  Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger(sp) - both CELEBRITIES, one POTUS and one Governor of a large state, both whyte, both Repugs.  Yet  - they were "qualified?" for their positions. ???<br><br>Mr. Barack Obama - 20 year public servant, Senator - USA, NOT a celebrity, though well-known both here and abroad, bi-racial/African-American.   Yet - HE IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION THAT HE SEEKS  - POTUS!??????<br><br>So what seems to be the difference ???? -  ONE PARAMETER -  Mr. Obama is bi-racial/African-American.  But this is NOT playing the RACE CARD????????<br><br>Then my comment on the ad:   What does being of CELEBRITY STATUS have to do with raising taxes and using foreign oil?????????  The  ad is a non sequitur reflective of the C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N and IL-logic that "MCANCIENT" is experiencing.<br><br>And he said - "I approve this MESSage."  OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1070218">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070218" class="dsq-comment-message">You have a strong argument here.  They\'ve almost  stopped mentioning that he\'s "inexperienced" and  are now saying he doesn\'t "understand" foreign policy in an attempt to label him not white, not bright.  The Hilton Spears ad is to suggest he is the average black "entertainer" and again by definition of his blackness, intellectually inferior to serve as president.  McCain I see you!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072520" class="dsq-comment-message">msmartin:  True on the "intellectually inferior", but the "inexperienced" argument had those implications[Black ain\'t qualified, are intellectually inferior] too.  Billary and "mcancient" are Senators just like Mr. Obama.   Mr. Obama had at least 20 years of "experiences" in public service, including his senatorial experiences.  "Whycome" his "experiences" didn\'t count - didn\'t make him "qualified"???<br><br>\'cause they were playing the RACIST card - "He\'s Black and he\'s intellectually inferior."  Code words [inexperienced] have been in play this whole campaign!  :&gt;)  :&gt;) We\'ve known this!!!  Come on people - \'mcancient" and crew!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br>Whew!  Deep breaths!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073394">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073394" class="dsq-comment-message">Great points msmartin,<br><br>He makes good speeches: Rapper<br><br>I\'m very proud of Senator Obama: Look, on of our negroes has done good<br><br>He\'s a rock star: You know that all blacks can do is entertain us, they can\'t be President.<br><br>Barack can only counteract this by rising to even grander heights.  Where the hell are his surrogates?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073569" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  \'bout those surrogates - they are taking tooooo long!  I hope that there is a strategy!  Whew!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1073971" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073971" class="dsq-comment-message">Letting him be tied up while they watch and see if he can escape all on his own.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076645" class="dsq-comment-message">OK....this caught me off guard..LMAO...wow Craig, that is the sho nuff truth.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076138">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076138" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve thought the same thing about surrogates.  The only one I\'ve seen is Axelrod and I\'m sorry if this offends anyone, but he didn\'t do well when I saw him this morning - and, um, and.  They need to send McCaskill or Boxer.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076311">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076311" class="dsq-comment-message">I think NMP commented here on the same thing, that Axelrod was stuttering.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069614" class="dsq-comment-message">I was going to do a separate post on this, but this thread already raised the question.<br><br>Obama made a mistake.  I agree with people like Roland Martin who say that Obama\'s error was to specifically name Bush and McCain in his warning.  People are going to ask for examples.  <br><br>Don\'t get me wrong.  Obama is right to raise the issue, but he was careless in how he did it.  He should have directed his criticism at the RNC or conservative 527-type groups and email smears.  But he made a mistake by naming McCain specifically.  Not because McCain hasn\'t flirted with the issue (I think the "presumptuous" meme is racially charged and he has discussed Rev. Wright), but because there\'s not yet enough evidence to argue that McCain is a race-baiter.<br><br>And it\'s a DUMB political move to:<br><br>1.  Raise the issue of race when you lack the specific evidence to back it up; <br>2.  Release a bogus statement from your camp claiming that Obama wasn\'t talking about race in the first place; <br>3.  To make this topic a part of Obama\'s stump speech. . . WTF are they thinking???  If the Republicans didn\'t catch it the first time, they were sure to catch it the second or third time;<br>4.  WHY is the candidate (Obama) saying this stuff himself???  This is an issue for surrogates and supporters to raise, NOT Obama;<br>5.  Stick with your gameplan . . . Obama went the Jackie Robinson route when it comes to race relations.  That\'s fine (indeed I think it\'s necessary given the political and social restraints on the first viable black candidate) but stick to that script.  The only time he mentions race should be in direct response to specific political ads, surrogates and/or comments by the McCain Campaign.<br><br>Bottom line is if you\'re going to tackle race then go at it full force.  But don\'t try to get cute with it.  Obama was fine so long as he kept his objections on a general level.  In fact, I agree with Michelle Bernard (she\'s been a real trooper) that it\'s smart for Obama to take a proactive stance on the issue.  But keep it broad. <br><br>Why?<br><br>Because then his campaign can point to specific evidence.  His campaign could then point to political ads and the manner in which "patriotism," "religion" and "one of us" are proxies for race in a PC society.<br><br>But Obama got careless on the stump.  And he\'s going to pay a political consequence for it.  <br><br>THIS is the major issue:  The GOP will make sure that he pays a price for it.  They won\'t let it slide or make a cute joke out of the situation (e.g., Obama\'s "We don\'t need another Dr. Phil").  No, they will try and turn Obama into Al Sharpton.  They\'ll use hyperbole; shoot for the moon and hope to land amidst the stars.<br><br>THIS is the problem with Obama\'s campaign (just some constructive criticism).  McCain will make Obama wear this mistake for all it\'s worth.  But just think of the passes Obama\'s routinely given McCain over the past few weeks . . . <br><br>McCain has attacked Obama\'s patriotism; he\'s attacked his support of the troops; he\'s said that Obama would rather win an election than win the war; he\'s had gaffe\'s on taxes, foreign policy and social security; he\'s flipped his position on the war (he and Bush now open to time horizons when they were adamant in their stance that any time-table would signal weakness and defeat) . . . .<br><br>and, by no means, is this an exhaustive list.<br><br>Has Obama made McCain eat his mistakes . . . .  NO.  WHY???  I have no clue.  Besides the "100 years" comment, Obama and the Democrats have done very little to raise McCain\'s negatives.  This is dumb politics for an otherwise flawless Obama campaign.<br><br>One of McCain\'s chief advisors can call Americans "whiny" and say that our concerns over the economy are a figmant of our imaginations . . .  Are you serious?  That should have been a 2 week controversy.  That was Obama\'s responsibility. . . it was his job to attack something like that and force the McCain camp into a series of backtracks and apologies.  But very little happened.  The media takes a large share of the blame on that, but so does Obama.  Just think about it . . . Obama is still paying for his "bitter" comment.<br><br>But Obama keeps missing opportunities and, as a result, McCain keeps getting away with little more than a scratch.  That\'s Obama\'s fault.<br><br>Trust me, the Republicans will turn this "race card" stuff into a four or five day story.  They will work it into their ongoing narrative.  You\'re going to hear the names Rev. Wright, Ludacris, Ayers, etc. a lot more over the next week.<br><br>I admire Obama\'s campaign.  But he needs to fight back.  He IS being swift-boated as we speak.<br><br>But, politically speaking, this "race card controversy" is political quicksand for Obama.  He\'s not going to win on this issue . . . trust me, McCain would LOVE to talk about this for the next week (funny how Mr. "I called Asians \'gooks\' and allegedly called my wife the C-word" takes the moral high ground on an issue of tolerance).<br><br>Obama needs to change the subject real fast.  Again, this is political quicksand.  He will likely slip in the polls (and even momentarily fall behind in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll).  It\'s quicksand, but the economy can be his life line.  Obama needs to talk up the economy, roll up his sleeves and start pressing the flesh with a lot of voters in the swing states.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070525" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this is too much.<br><br>Barack didn\'t make an error from where I sit. Nor did he "inject race" into this. He simply told the truth. And the McCain campaign is bullshit because he\'s pre-empting them. They\'ve  made it clear the only way they can win is to turn to continue to make people scared of Barack. Which is what  he said. "They\'re GOING to try this and that..."<br><br>He didn\'t say they already did anything.<br><br>That\'s the nuance missing in the reportage and your comment, b. We can\'t keep taking the shit they peddle and reinforce it.<br><br>So now they CAN\'T do much race-baiting without Barack being able to say, "I told you so."<br><br>Our media is too stupid to see this for what it is.<br><br>I thought you wanted Barack to go on the offense and now that he does you think he made a mistake. You don\'t have to attack anyone to be on the offense. He said this all over Missouri. It was his intention to put it out there in a humorous way and let folks see that he\'s not going to stand by and simply let someone frame him as RISKY without his own take on the matter.<br><br>Barack is the one who gave the race speech. Some said he only did it because he had to.<br><br>Well now he\'s continuing the discussion he started, framing it in his own terms, and he\'s being accused of playing a game.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072248" class="dsq-comment-message">craig,<br><br><i>"He didn\'t say they already did anything."</i><br><br>Very true, but does that sell in this presidential election?  And is this a conversation Obama wants to have right now?<br><br>That\'s my concern.  I\'m not arguing the merits so much as the strategy.  Obama is right to take a preemptive approach.  I just think he made a slight mistake by specifically mentioning John McCain\'s name.  <br><br>I think a lot of people will ask themselves, "Is John McCain the type of person to play racial politics?"  That inevitably turns into "Is John McCain a racist?" which is a very low bar for McCain to pass on a character issue.  It\'s easier to argue actions than character (there was a great post on this over at Racialicious).   <br><br>People might ask Obama to provide evidence to support his presumption.  Can he provide it?  And, even if he can, is this really a conversation he wants to have now?  <br><br>McCain gets to play victim and claim a percieved attack on his character.  McCain responded with an over-the-top accusation because he knows how it plays in swing states and how that works to galvanize an otherwise unenthused conservative voting base.  Obama left the door open (however slightly) and McCain knocked it down with a bulldozer.<br><br>And I do think Obama should go on the offensive.  But he can do that from a policy stance.  He could also stand to be a little more forceful in his response to some of these McCain attacks.  Rachel Maddow put it best when she said that Obama has to tell the American people just why electing McCain would be a bad thing.  He has to explain how McCain\'s policies are bad for this country at this time.  It\'s not just a matter of increasing Obama\'s voter turnout, it\'s also a matter of suprressing McCain\'s.<br><br><i>"So now they CAN\'T do much race-baiting without Barack being able to say, \'I told you so.\'"</i><br><br>. . . Or they could give McCain a pass if they think Obama cried wolf this time around.<br><br>That would depend on surrogates and media manipulation . . .  two areas where Obama\'s camp could be a lot stronger.  I\'d much rather they cut their losses and change the subject.<br><br>And don\'t forget that Hillary won a handful of states where exit polls said she unfavorably attacked Obama.  That\'s an interesting dynamic . . . people were literally saying "I know she\'s full of it, but I\'m going to vote for her anyway."  I don\'t want to see that repeat with John McCain.  I think that speaks to a certain group of voters who will never vote for Obama under any circumstances.  I hope most of those voters stay home on election day.  But "controversies" like this tend to encourage that group to come out to the polls.<br><br>I want to see Obama win as badly as the next person.  I\'m confident that he will win.  I even think he can basically end this race in August if he plays his cards right.  But distractions like this don\'t help.  It\'s not the end of the world (I think it\'s relatively small blip on the radar), but it doesn\'t help.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072464" class="dsq-comment-message">Very true, but does that sell in this presidential election? And is this a conversation Obama wants to have right now?<br><br>::<br><br>Obviously it is. It\'s a conversation his nervous supporters don\'t want him to have, but he\'s of another mind.<br><br>Race is on the table. It has been since Day One. He wasn\'t the one who called him "postracial", the punditocracy did.<br><br>He doesn\'t have to provide any evidence, because, as  I\'ve  already posted, it\'s there  for anyone with eyes.<br><br>The celebrity ad was race-baiting even if McCain doesn\'t want to admit it. And that\'s not the half of it. Barack is "radical", "I don\'t\' know if he\'s a socialist or not."<br><br>Of course McCain is capable of race baiting. And he never has to reference race to do it.<br><br>Distractions may not help, but they\'re not going to go away.<br><br>And I\'ll repeat: the media will not let him frame the debate because he\'s "the frontrunner." Only the campaigns that are running from behind get the media\'s attention with their attacks on Barack.<br><br>That\'s just how it goes.<br><br>And I don\'t buy that controversies like this have a long life or inspire people who won\'t vote to vote.<br><br>But that\'s me.<br><br><i>Rachel Maddow put it best when she said that Obama has to tell the American people just why electing McCain would be a bad thing.</i><br><br>He does. Each and every time he speaks.<br><br>But the media doesn\'t repeat that message.<br><br>You\'d think the only thing Barack said yesterday was that they were going to paint him as scary.<br><br>But remember, he also said McCain would paint him as too unpatriotic.<br><br>Well, that\'s an irrefutable fact. McCain practically accused Barack of treason and the media refused to run with it, even as Barack and his surrogates said that was a low blow unworthy of a presidential candidate.<br><br>Barack won\'t ever manipulate the media to his advantage.<br><br><i><b>The media won\'t allow it.</I></b><br><br>Take that to the bank.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070604" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious,<br><br>I agree that O has not made McCain pay for his horrific mistakes.. not anywhere near how the GOP has blown the smallest thing out of proportion.  It concerns me, because with Hillary we thought he was restrained because he didn\'t want to be the black man beating up on the white woman.  What is the restraint with McCain?   Now, all those mistakes have passed, and McCain is gradually easing away from his more controversial positions.  <br><br>McCain did an interview where he avoided answering a Roe vs Wade question in regard to the SCOTUS.  Isn\'t that a pertinent issue to pound away at him for?  Is the O campaign trying to be too slick in not antagonizing Evangelicals, and thus avoided going after McCain on this?<br><br>I think Roland was wrong on CNN though, Obama didn\'t say McCain did he?  I thought he said the "Republicans" would try to make Americans afraid of him, at least on the speech I heard.<br><br>The leave well enough alone tactic doesn\'t sit well with me.  O campaign has to go out there and do some damage.   I wonder if his top advisers are getting overconfident.  That "whiny" comment was a substantive issue that goes to Republican attitude about the "have not\'s" and elitism; therefore, there\'s no excuse for the O campaign not to have milked it.  They were strangely silent.  I didn\'t see Axelrod on the shows working it.  I haven\'t seen any high level surrogates for the past few weeks.<br><br>Sometimes I think O goes into his comedy routine in the sense he uses a jovial tone when he should be righteously outraged.  He\'s not fooling me, I know he\'s seething inside but fails to channel the anger effectively.  This is how whites taunt blacks,  in the workplace and force them to swallow injustice and then pretend as if the black person is being irrational when they speak out.   The problem is, Repubs KNOW Barack\'s routine, they\'ve been studying him the whole primary.  He\'s got to come at them in a way they don\'t expect.<br><br>That insipid fish wife, Tara Wall even suggested Barack was irrational for calling out the attacks.  Donna Brazile was shaking her head and saying that Tara knew the proxies used to talk about race.  Donna did not seem her usual, eloquent self last night on CNN.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070815" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack appears to have chosen to fight on the Internet more than in the cable news media.<br><br>His new site <a href="http://LowRoadExpress.com" rel="nofollow">LowRoadExpress.com</a> is but one example.<br><br>Remember, Hilary could complain of sexism, accuse Barack of sexism, and no one batted and eye. Instead, they felt for  her, poor victim Hillary. So now McCain is hoping he can be seen as a victim as well. It\'s rather funny actually. And imagine if she had said she didn\'t look like the presidents on the dollar bills, would there be such outrage? Would she be accused of playing the gender card by anyone in the cable news media when that\'s all her campaign turned into when she got desperate?<br><br>Since when does a strong, powerful "war hero" whine so much about what his opponent is doing to him? <br><br>I continue to remember the Tao of Obama when I read our criticisms that he\'snot fighting hard enough.<br><br>He\'s fighting HIS way and it has worked thus far. If it ain\'t broke, you don\'t fix it. <br><br>He has proven that he can turn an attack on the attacker without even making it look like that\'s what he did.<br><br>Remember this?<br><br><a  href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/12/161950/935" rel="nofollow">The Tao of Obama</a><br><br>Let Rove and his minions play their hand. All of it. Let the polls do whatever the polls are going to do.<br><br>It\'s 2008.<br><br>Sure, some people will still be influenced by all of this and not vote for Barack, they McCain isn\'t giving them anything to vote for.<br><br>Barack is too likable for folks to turn out en masse to vote AGAINST him.<br><br>I also want to remind people of this.<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/26/213755/712/592/556718" rel="nofollow">A House Full of Obamacans!</a><br><br>Read the comments.<br><br>Rove and his minions will attack, attack, attack. Barack will diffuse, diffuse, diffuse and let them have enough rope to hang themselves.<br><br>And in his townhall meetings, he will continue to focus on the ISSUES. Notice how no one in the media is talking about the way in which <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/31/124120/237" rel="nofollow">Barack slammed McCain</a> and linked his policies to oil profits. Which is exactly why McCain raised this distraction.<br><br>But the people who heard Barack in Missouri know what\'s up because Barack made it very clear.  And they will see that voting for McCain is voting for more money in the pockets of ExxonMobil and Chevron.<br><br>So when Barack and McCain finally have a debate, you better believe Barack will hit hard.<br><br>We\'ll see who wins that smack down.<br><br>Barack wouldn\'t be where he is if he wasn\'t supremely competent in how to run a campaign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1070975">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070975" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I heard O talking about substantive issues...however, the little chuckle about the Presidents on dollar bills was the seed that allowed McCain to distract attention from that argument....and O was the one who planted the seed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071088" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1071088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071088" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, well. It says more about McCain than Obama.<br><br>Al Sharpton just said as much as eloquently as he could.<br><br>I believe Barack knows what he\'s doing. If he doesn\'t, he\'\'ll pay the price.<br><br>But I\'m not feeling it.<br><br>What I <i>am</i> feeling.<br><br>This is going to backfire on McCain. Especially if they keep invoking what the Clintons had to "endure" in the primary to try to bolster their case.<br><br>Clinton fatigue isn\'t a myth. <br><br>And I get the impression that smear fatigue is also running high.<br><br>We shall see.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072371" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072371" class="dsq-comment-message">It could definitely backfire.  McCain is turning into a caricature . . . the grumpy old man who tells the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn.  <br><br>I watched him during the primaries.  And his tone towards Romney was filled with disdain and petty (even childish) retorts (especially in those last debates).  I think that\'s going to hurt him in his debates with Obama.  It\'s clear that he doesn\'t respect Obama or what he\'s trying to do.  That\'s dangerous for him because it\'s bound to show through eventually.<br><br>I agree with you, McCain is not projecting a very positive image.  He is the default candidate of the Republican Party.  That\'s why I think it\'s important for Democrats to, not only support Obama, but also focus on suppressing any enthusiasm that might be left in McCain\'s campaign (which according to the polls is very little).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072606" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072606" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072606" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>That\'s why I think it\'s important for Democrats to, not only support Obama, but also focus on suppressing any enthusiasm that might be left.</i><br><br>::<br><br>On this we agree. Where are the Democrats to defend him against this latest attack?<br><br>Besides Claire McCaskill, no where to be found.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073585">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073585" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"I watched him during the primaries. And his tone towards Romney was filled with disdain and petty (even childish) retorts (especially in those last debates). I think that\'s going to hurt him in his debates with Obama. It\'s clear that he doesn\'t respect Obama or what he\'s trying to do. That\'s dangerous for him because it\'s bound to show through eventually. "</i><br><br>That\'s it right there.  I hope O doesn\'t crack jokes and relieve the tension...he\'s got to keep his foot on McCain\'s neck.   I hope he remains stern, speaks deliberately and keeps his voice in the deeper register and looks like the adult to McCain\'s pettiness. <br><br>McCain already feels inferior to Barack\'s intelligence and youthful vigor,  it won\'t take too much to push him over the edge.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071125">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071125" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem is that the campaign has an inept messaging team. The response from Gibbs should have been a dismissal. Saying that the question on  whether or not Obama played the race card is a  distraction.  Right now when it comes to the manipulating the media, Obama is a babe in the woods.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071319" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071319" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert Gibbs response wasn\'t effective, I agree, but even if it had been, it would have been eclipsed by Davis\' angry rant to Andrea MItchell, which was startling.<br><br>The corporate media simply won\'t allow Barack\'s press shop to manipulate it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073630">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073630" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, that rant was breathtaking in it\'s bitterness.  I mean, it sounded personal!   Barack is challenging personally all over paid,  white under-achiever males whose success has been based on competing with other underachievers and lying about their skills.   Think right wing talk radio.  Now, we have an amazingly talented black man who\'s showing them up for what they are, without even breaking a sweat.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073752">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073752" class="dsq-comment-message">I just feel like the Obama campaign NEEDS to have a better handle on the news cycle. It just seems like he cannot dominate the discourse.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1074028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1074028" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074028" class="dsq-comment-message">Because the corporate media  won\'t allow him to.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1074086">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074086" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  That\'s been going on since the primaries.  Clearly, their strategy for dealing with the press is not working, and I know the press is biased.  But then that means they have to change the strategy.  It\'s unthinkable for this to go on for the next 3 months.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1083515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1083515">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1083515" class="dsq-comment-message">The rant I was referring to is the one by Gibbs.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1072119" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072119">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072119" class="dsq-comment-message">The thing is, Bobby Joe in Missouri isn\'t on the internet.  He\'s watching Fox Noise.  He\'s watching ABC.  He\'s watching CBS.  That\'s where Bobby Joe and Mary Sue in Whitetown USA get their information from.  They get it from David Letterman.<br><br>The average American (regardless of race) is not that bright and not inclined to think.  Rush Limbaugh or Charlie Gibson tells them a story and they believe it.  Even if it\'s proven wrong, So n So on the TV said so therefore it\'s true.  <br><br>Just last night on MSNBC, Pat Buchanan was spewing this "quote" that Dana Milbank said Obama said but which was disproven.  The host of the show, another guest AND Rachel Maddow told Pat point blank it wasn\'t true, that Milbank had made it up and Pat insisted that what Milbank said was right because he said it in the Washington Post.<br><br>That\'s how a lot of people think.<br><br>So Obama needs to change the subject real quick.  If Obama wants to play the race card on Bush and McCain he needs to ask why poor people were left to drown and die during Katrina or Walmart bullying people for political purposes or McCain\'s lies and flip flops.  Stop talking about how he doesn\'t look like the other guys on the dollar bill.  We see this and we know.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076333">Lily</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076333" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, help me believe. I am getting a bad feeling and reading a lot of shyte on other blogs. I am truly despondent that we may have a senile old man again in the white house.<br><br>I am disgusted by the bloggers who say arrogant, who say they are tired of talking about race. This country is imploding and people cannot get past their feelings of not getting theirs. Angry bitter women, theoretical progressives  fingering their goatee\'s who love to be in opposition because that is all you have to do.,  disaffected youth who were toughed loved out of their parents house. There is no relationship to what we will be living through if their write in votes for Nader or McKinney will mean to all of us. Asshats.<br><br>Rant quieted, not sure it will ever truly be over.<br><br>Thank you for listening.<br><br>Arrrrg. My faith is slipping.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072774">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072774" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker:  Co-signing. As I watched Attorney Donna take on Tara, I thought she did a creditable job, but she seemed TIRED & the FIRE in her voice was burning out!  Anybody that deals with Tara "I don\'t see that the race card is being played \'cause I\'m not one of you" Walls, has to come strong to the hoop on her!!  And she will still not GET IT!!  Remember how she put brothas down in CNN\'s Black in America.<br>Whew!  Deep breaths!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073688">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073688" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, Donna seemed really drained and distracted.  Tara was disrespectful as usual and tried to bark down Donna, interrupting her points.  That was the last straw for me.   I find her coarse, and a poor representative for black women.   She is the perfect rep for Repubs who want to spread the rough, aggressive, black woman meme.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073768" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073768">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073768" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  I\'d like Michelle Bernard to "take on" Tara!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)There is another sista, whose name I just lost [SORRY] that could take on Tara too.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076323">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1076323" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076323" class="dsq-comment-message">Tanya Acker?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1076515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1076515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076515">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076515" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  YES!!! Thank you!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071516">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071516" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen. Good comment!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072559" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072559" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious -- you should post this as a front page post, please. It\'s good to have more than one person hit on a subject.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1072788" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072788">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072788" class="dsq-comment-message">cheryl:  I agree.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074578" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1074578" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074578" class="dsq-comment-message">I think I might just incorporate some of my points into another post I\'ve been working on instead.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1074085">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074085" class="dsq-comment-message">B Serious,<br><br>"This is dumb politics for an otherwise flawless Obama campaign.”  "But Obama keeps missing opportunities and, as a result, McCain keeps getting away with little more than a scratch.  That\'s Obama\'s fault."<br><br>Umm, I see this a different way.  First, I don\'t think that there is anything dumb about a candidate or a campaign for a candidate that came from being a junior senator to 90 days from the freakin white house.<br><br>Secondly, my belief is that SBO understands people deep down in a way that most people don’t give him credit.  I think that he and his campaign are just not going to make this election all about their opponent.  Pretty smart I think.  You don’t have to constantly point out someone else’s faults to make people choose you<br>No brother wants to go deep down that road of chose me because the white guy is so dumb.  A brother has to create a lane called, “I am on your side, forget all that bull ish”.<br><br>I think that most of us are still thinking politics 101 and SBO and company are on like Politics #that next level shit.  However, I could be wrong; they could just be lazy and dumb.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1074682" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074682" class="dsq-comment-message">kenyaw,<br><br>I give Obama a lot of credit . . . it\'s the media and voter that I\'m not too sure about.  The media spins and the voters get spun.<br><br>Don\'t forget, this country "elected" Bush twice.  We don\'t always get it right . . . even when the obvious choice is staring us dead in the face.  <br><br>I admire Obama\'s approach.  I just hope he doesn\'t get burned by the cynicism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1077629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1077629">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1077629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1077629" class="dsq-comment-message">B,<br>Dude you are right...51 million people did vote for Bush.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1069632" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1069632" class="dsq-comment-message">And one more incentive to fight back . . . <br><br>Hillary Clinton.  Democrats do NOT want to get swift-boated again.  And I\'ve already heard one pundit say Obama should reconsider putting Hillary on the ticket because she knows how to fight back.<br><br>I still say NO to this idea.  Hillary is still a bad pick in my opinion.<br><br>But I would go with a person like Biden.  Obama needs someone that can play offense (just not Hillary).  Biden has shown that he can do this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070298" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070298" class="dsq-comment-message">Nobody plays offense better than Clair McCaskill.<br><br>And she will call you on your shit with a smile on her face.<br><br>The Clintons are still fanning the flames of primary by having their people come to the defense of the McCain camp as they cry victimhood.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072574" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072574" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden has said some pretty ahem off-color racist stuff in the past. That kinda disqualifies him. Sorry.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1070649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1070649" href="http://chicanaskies.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chicana Skies</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1070649" class="dsq-comment-message">I just realize my comment had a lot of typos.  I apologize for that!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071419">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071419" class="dsq-comment-message">three young Black protesters interrupt Obama speech in florida with banner that says "what about the black community obama?<br>they were shouted down by the crowd but he handled it well asked them to wait and get their questions answered<br>and here\'s their website <br><a href="http://www.uhurunews.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uhurunews.com/</a><br>i know what the comments will be but the question is legit...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071572" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071572" class="dsq-comment-message">Any question is legit. <br><br>But to ask him why he won\'t speak on "behalf of the African community" is a bit much. But he answered directly and challenged them to run for office as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071603">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071603" class="dsq-comment-message">dang craig what CNN you watchin? they didn\'t show it yet where i am</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071615" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071615" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream4" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1073169" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073169" class="dsq-comment-message">Has that group ever heckled Senator McCain?  Do they plan to heckle Senator McCain?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1074454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1074454">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1074454" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious,<br><br>Let\'s be serious.  That is not the point.  Sen. McCain does not have to answer the, "what about the black community" question.  “They are just not gone let Barack think that he can ignore the black community” (rolling my eyes)<br><br>Some of us act as if a black man who has spent his entire career working with and for the black community, has to prove something now.  As if when SBO speaks about JOBS, education, fixing failing schools, ex-offenders having rights, and taking care of veterans, he is not addressing AFRICAN-AMERICAN interest and issues.  NegroS Please!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1076629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076629">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076629" class="dsq-comment-message">B-Serious:  I wonder how much the "hecklers" CHARGED their "sponsors" to do this micro-protest today???  And who PAID them???   I\'m just askin\' . . :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071593">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071593" class="dsq-comment-message">they are going to show him answering the dudes questions if you are near a TV</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073836">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073836" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC is going to play the clip with Barack answering their questions<br>at 3:30 pm EST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071686">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071686" class="dsq-comment-message">i\'m watching it now....but this was funny as hell to me. it was like your country cousins showing up at your upscale wedding and saying hey why you didn\'t invite us? i mean the young brother at least made some sense thank God. everybody\'s been talking about the plight of the hood black folks esp. after the CNN special..,..so finally a brother who seem to represent it had a chance to go face to face with him and was acknowledged. it was like looking at a dad or an uncle trying to talk to some sense into some young brothers. so i appreciated it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071740" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071740" class="dsq-comment-message">He gave the young man respect. Can\'t say that the group as a whole returned the favor as they continued to heckle throughout the town hall.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1071775" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071775">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071775" class="dsq-comment-message">I missed it.  What specifically did he say?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071825" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071825" class="dsq-comment-message">He answered their questions by discussing his record on the issues raised and then told them if he didn\'t respond to things the way they wanted him to, then they could vote for someone else or run for office themselves.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071972">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071972" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks!    Since he was being heckled, I am sure MSM will show this sometime today.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076643">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076643" class="dsq-comment-message">NO ID:  Co-signing!  Loved the imagery!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1083576">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1083576" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah, i enjoyed that exchange as well, once i saw the entire thing and not just the provocative soundbyte.  he (barack) handled the situation with love and respect.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1071733">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071733" class="dsq-comment-message">I would like to see his answer! I know it will be GOOD!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1071945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1071945" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1071945" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/1/92611/64252/827/560567" rel="nofollow">Some thoughts on the race card</a><br><br>Money quote:<br><br><i>Obama\'s not playing the race card.  He\'s playing the Hope card.  Hoping that America, and its media, will just say no to the agents of fear, of intolerance, and of hate.</i><br><br>And let\'s not forget when the Washington Post finally uncovered the racism Barack\'s volunteers faced on the campaign trail.<br><br>This diary puts it all out there.<br><br>How soon I forgot about the Tiger Woods remark with McCain standing right there smiling.<br><br>Race-baiting by the McCain campaign that he didn\'t denounce or reject.<br><br>Spread it around. This is the real story, not the bullshit the corporate media is peddling.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1072068">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072068" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the "Hope Card" quote!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072098" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you guys post hyperlinks like that? I can only post the web address.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1072145" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1072145" class="dsq-comment-message">[a href="Put HTML between quotes"]Title of article or word that goes to the link[/a]<br><br>Replace all the [   ] brackets in my example with the &lt;   &gt; brackets</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073533">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073533" class="dsq-comment-message">Watching MSMBC:  Andrea Mitchell[I\'ll leave her alone for now] hosting with Hilary Rosen on the defense of Mr. Obama - Yaaa!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Liked her use of the term "pre-buttal" - when Mr. Obama "predicted what "they"  will  say.  And she said that the term "playing the race card" means different things to "WHITE FOLKS" than to  African-Americans!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Yes! ! Boo-yah!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073830">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073830" class="dsq-comment-message">Hilary Rosen is turning out to be very valuable to O, for a former Clinton supporter.  She\'s smart, is prepared by knowing the facts and makes good points.<br><br>That is a fantastic point about what the race card means to whites as opposed to AA\'s as an oppressed minority group.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1075561">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1075561" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  As I think back on her when she was advocating for billary, I didn\'t see her as a "Hater"! She just made her point and let it go!  After her transition into her new position, I was waiting to see how she would continue to support billary.  It weakened.  But her tenacity and vociferous manner NOW is really noteworthy!!  She is becoming an "attack dog" with real teeth!!  This is what a surrogate does!!<br>Whew!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt; )  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073555">Manju</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073555" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with B-Serious. Obama\'s off his game a bit. Understandably, he\'s let the racism get to him but he sloppily associated McCain with it, which is disappointing especially b/c much of the VRWC has apparently decided to sit this one out. <br><br>He then redoubled his mistake by absurdly claiming he wasn\'t referring to race. <br><br>He shouldve reiterated his "McCain is  decent and honorable man" line, pointed out the racism he was referring too, even perhaps using Bush\'s McCain black baby slur to drive the point home. That would\'ve put the republicans on the defensive. An d whats McCain going to say? That didn\'t happen?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073874">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073874" class="dsq-comment-message">Thats a good point about Obama talking about how the Repubs used race to smear McCain and his adopted daughter.   He could have gone on to say he expected better from McCain himself, having been a victim of racial politics.  But, he was a little sloppy and went into his "routine" a la "Annie Oakley", "Dr. Phil" etc.  Some things are serious and need to be approached that way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073606">Manju</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073606" class="dsq-comment-message">"Hillary Clinton. Democrats do NOT want to get swift-boated again. And I\'ve already heard one pundit say Obama should reconsider putting Hillary on the ticket because she knows how to fight back."<br><br>I\'m a republican. I won\'t vote for Obama if Clinton\'s on the ticket. Obama has a shot at getting republicans. It would be shame if he wastes th VP slot trying to unify the party. Dems should be unified by now. They need to grow up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1080263">Nita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1080263" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.   Hillary on the ticket is a \'maybe next time see ya Barack\' from me.   I will not vote for any ticket which has her on it.  Besides, Hillary doesn\'t know how to fight.  Hillary knows how to waste money and expect other people to pick up her pieces when she\'s screwed up.  Hillary also knows how to play dirty while claiming innocence.  But that\'s not the same as knowing how to fight -- particularly if you could have avoided those fights you find yourself having to dig in against.<br><br>I am suspect of any and all \'movements\' to get Hillary on the ticket.  Now, theyv\'e got folks trying to petition their way to Denver to force her on the ticket.  Screw that.  <br><br>And yes, Democrats should be unified by now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073809">karlewis</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073809" class="dsq-comment-message">Seen this clip? Jon Stewart hits it on the head.<br><br><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=178207" rel="nofollow">http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml...</a><br> Maybe off topic sorry</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1076720">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1076720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1076720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1076720">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1076720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1076720" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/damn-you-obama-for-being_b_116433.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/damn-...</a><br><br>Funny and true.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1073286">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1073286" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1073286" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1073286">adam</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1073286" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1073286" class="dsq-comment-message">um, give me a break. if i hear obama trot out the "don\'t let them scare you about my name" line in his empty campaign speeches (but he does put on a good preacher voice) i\'m gonna vomit. is that playahatin?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1075770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1075770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1075770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1075770">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1075770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1075770" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it is.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1080275">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1080275" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1080275" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1080275">Nita</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1080275" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1080275" class="dsq-comment-message">just a suggestion, but  perhaps you should stop overchugging the haterade, and you wouldn\'t retch all the time, Adam.  Cool?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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