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This puts the comments to Elvin in a bit more perspective.   <br><br><a href=\"http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kcws_R73bT4&feature=PlayList&p=C5DC29F38599B440&index=2\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Cosby Show - Season 2, ep 5 - Cliff in Love: scene with Claire and Elvin</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:08:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "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": 3869063, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3872272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Does anyone really have a helpful picture of what the alternative to \"First Mom\" would be?  The office of the First Lady is a completely weird and untenable institution.  The high-profile nature of the First Lady (not to mention her Secret Service detail and expected role at state functions and the various conflicts of interest) would make it impossible to carry out any sort of paid employment.  It's not an elective office, so forceful political women like HRC necessarily overreach when they use it to act on their own ambitions.  But the most of the models to date for attractive and effective First Ladies are women who subordinated themselves to their husband due to a lack of alternatives (or lack of alternative ambitions), not from a reasoned choice that it was the right thing for their families and country.  It seems clear, though, that in Michelle Obama we'll have a first lady who will shape the office to fit her and her family and the realities of women's lives and choices in the 21st century--not one who will be pressured to conform to some outmoded ideal of the First Lady as a gracious upper-class white wife who existed mostly to dress well, throw good dinner parties, engage in a few genteel volunteer activities, and advance her husband's career", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_22:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "cec1f0bcd5f3dc197628845b53ce4fcf", "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}, "3866642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYy1C7d0uLM\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYy1C7d0uLM</a><br><br>here is the clip", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:55:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3866520, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3891737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>And exhausting</i><br><br>I hear you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_03:12:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3891655, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh well I am starting to remember it and if I rememeber correctly it was a tell him off in a \"Good Times\" fashion like she did on the episode she moved the sofa in front of the door waiting on Vanessa and called her a wench! LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867078, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you have to ask then there's no pointy in explaning. It is my opinion one exists you don't have to agree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:21:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3870146, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3876906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "heartsandflowers: <br><br>this is bad-faith discourse. you said something that was eyebrow-raising, and when questioned about what you meant or disagreed with, you duck out?<br><br>come on. Liza raised some good points. either we're here to masturbate each other even when we say something problematic/intellectually lazy, or we're here to   challenge and enlighten each other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "077427d17a19068577c5126edb2a8f12", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3870237, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3872301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote><i>As much as I love to see our First Lady, I wonder what she's had to give up for his dream? She was HIS mentor, after all, so she's got things on the ball. How much has HE sacrificed for HER? I know she loves him and their weeMichelles more than life itself, but I think it's safe to say that she craves a life of the mind and purpose outside of her husband and children. And that should be OK and respected by everyone, but it is not.</i></blockquote><br>That's it.   It concerns me that a spirit of patriarchy seems to be pushing the idea that the appropriate place for woman is as slave to family...and using Michelle to do it.    If Michelle said that her work was the most important thing to her...I think the world would be appalled.    That doesn't strike me as what I think of as \"Queenly\"...    I always think of a Queen as slave/mother to her country and her people.    Queens have a sense of destiny and will not be thwarted in it by anything or anyone.   A Queen would never wear sweats and a baseball cap to be comfortable - she lives, breathes her royalty.<br><br>They are marketing Michelle as First Mom...the woman who puts her family above all else..   I don't think she's either Queen or \"First Mom\".   I think she's an accomplished ordinary woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances and trying to make it work.    I wonder who's sending those messages...and whether women should internalize either one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_22:55:49", "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": 3870344, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3875887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that was one of my fav. episodes....her waiting for vanessa.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_07:55:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867164, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3878964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just one lil suggestion.......Decaf.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_11:38:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3877818, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Queen Michelle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_19:05:52", "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": 3868135, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are so right.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_22:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "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": 3866955, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868428": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes. Exactly the point of the Salon article. Some media outlets are going after Michelle for being a first mom, or a mom first. This is not the same as an actual feminist person or group having critique of Michelle as first mom. The media, i.e. CNN, CBS etc, is not a feminist agency. They have a different  agenda and among their most important mandates is to sell copy, to make money, not to promote left wing or liberation politics. I know I don't read everything (I'm not Sarah Palin, after all) but I have yet to see an actual feminist theorist criticize Michelle Obama for her choices.<br><br>I think it's really important to register the difference between feminism and for-profit news outlets. And not to be fooled into thinking that just because  CNN, CBS, USA Today et al use women reporters that they understand or care about women or feminism. Or anything but their own bottom line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:59:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867890, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3887690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Once the Obamas move in the White House, media coverage of the home life of this family will exceed anything that has ever been broadcast in this country, and America will not get enough of it.<br></i><br><br>I think you are correct, which is why I said this was the first Celebrity President. This is going to mirror usual politics with our celebrity culture. I think it's going to be crazy.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_19:56:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3884781, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know what so sad about this.  There are quite of few Black folks (male and female) that take offense that Michelle Obama will be First Lady.  They have the same mentally as DL Hughley and Redd Foxx (Shirley Chisolm) about sister particularly brown skin sistahs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:22:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is exactly what always kills me about the mentality of some feminists (emphasis on some).  The whole point of the struggle is for women to have the chance to make their own choices about how best to make a contribution to society.  But when that choice is to be a stay-at-home mom (aka Mom-in Chief) then these same activists bitch and moan about how that woman sold out or is letting a man control her.  That is such bullshit.  Raising children to be intellgent. caring, good citizens is the hardest job in the world 24/7/365 with no days off even after they're grown.  Women should be embraced for making that choice instead of being looked down upon.<br><br>(Disclaimer:  I'm a single career woman with no kids, but I still appreciate the challenges of the \"other side\" and the disrespect they get is something that has always bothered me).<br><br><br>P.S.  Michelle is absolutely smokin' in that pic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:31:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3876947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I do wonder what exactly he has had to give up yet I still don't get the need to \"weep\" for her so to speak. Michelle has accomplished A LOT. Her career was still thriving up until 2007. I do not understand why there is so much emphasis on her needing to take over the world. I feel people are projecting Hillary's aspirations on Michelle and, if for some reason, Michelle does not necessarily share that sentiment then she is less for it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:40:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3870344, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>She's young and vibrant and intelligent and will do amazing things with this opportunity.<br><br>God love her and be with her through it all.</i><br><br>Ditto!<br><br><br>And for folks who have had questions about the differences between feminism and womanism, and even third-wave feminism, Rikyrah has touched on all points brilliantly. Black women (and most women of color) have been doing it all since we were dragged to this country. Don't get upset now because we've doing it all and now they want us to focus on what white feminists think is the \"right\" thing to focus on. Black women don't have the luxury of the Mommy Debates of feminism. We're too busy trying to make sure our families don't decompose in a world bent on destroying us and all we love.<br><br>BTW, Mrs. O is looking unbe-frickin'-lievably FIERCE in this pic!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:33:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "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": 3867029, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3888230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are too Late, i only drink H2O.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_20:41:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "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": 3878964, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't get it twisted.<br><br>Black people are progressive by nature.<br><br>Not necessarily left-leaning, but progressive.<br><br>We've had no choice.<br><br>We wouldn't have survived if we were progressive by nature.<br><br>People try. But you can't put Black people in a political box.<br><br>You just can't. <br><br>So what we tend to vote Democratic. But we won't vote for you at all if you fool around with too much craziness, no matter what party you belong to.<br><br>Don't get it twisted.<br><br>::<br><br>Michelle Obama is stunning.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:54:17", "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": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK, I just read the Salon piece you referenced. I read it as a critique of the media expectations and reporting on Michelle, rather than on any choices or decisions Michelle has made or will make. There's a big difference. <br><br>I saw  no critique of Michelle, certainly nothing to warrant the label of \"feminazi\" which, by the way, is a  hideous and unwarranted word and should be banned forever from civil discourse.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:52:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All this feminist hand-wringing drives me postal.  Only Michelle Obama can measure the value of what she's \"giving up.\"  Perhaps like me, the first lady agrees with Jackie Kennedy's philosophy that if you botch the rearing of your children, no other successes will matter.<br><br>BTW, I agree that the queen terminology is unfortunate.  We ditched that drama in 1776, no?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:54:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "a2b5359b2b6e8888628f2e513aba4378", "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}, "3870834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "9cfd1eaed75bd87b75c8b79b33d5761d", "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": 3870513, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cynthia McKinney was targeted for removal by AIPAC don't get it twisted.  If this had been pre-Emancipation she would have been another Harriet Tubman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3868492, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this is the shoot from annie liebovitz. look at the bottom of the photo. these were in a french mag and vogue used the profile shots.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_19:09:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d693cd2cc614be3748f6a027674cb54c", "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": 3868532, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have to agree on that. You really can't take time to worry about them because in their minds, the grass will always be greener on the other side.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:35:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3866955, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with you on that Queen nonsense. Drives me insane and i am not from East Africa therefore I am not Nubian either. Sheesh..", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_22:03:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c0721dd7623dec372dbc33b4435fa583", "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": 3871250, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting essay. But no one should be allowed to get away with writing this:<br><br><i>For many married African-American women, in fact probably most, this is the norm.</i><br><br>Context doesn't even matter. This is such a <i>terrible</i> sentence, it should never have gone to print. \"In fact probably most.\" Are you kidding me? That's worse than nails on a chalkboard.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_19:10:53", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867910, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "An article ran recently about P-E Obama that, at its heart, talked about how so many people see themselves in him and his experiences: he identifies with the immigrant experience (non-American parent, spending early years in another country before coming back here) and so on. <br><br>The same can be said of FL Obama, too. And I think we're going to have to learn how to share. <br><br>My heart leaps with JOY when I see the two of them together, or with their girls. It affirms something in me that I didn't even think needed affirmation: seeing someone who looked like me and my family in the national political realm and the imagery that goes along with it. I never saw anyone that looked like my husband and me; or my nieces, or my Dad and me when I was younger, and now I have. Woot. <br><br>I LOVE how absolutely glamorous and regal our First Lady is, and I love how the serious fashionistas are going simply ga-ga over her. Love it. To cut to the quick, Black women are either seen as sexpots or mammies and not valued as worthy and lovable. And when you see Barack look at Michelle, you just feel his absolute adoration of her. <br><br>YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes, again.<br><br>But women of all backgrounds and hues are looking up to her, as well. And we often seem to measure where we are as women in society in part by who happens to be First Lady. So the questions will be raised about women's roles, and it is a legitimate one to be raised.<br><br>As much as I love to see our First Lady, I wonder what she's had to give up for his dream? She was HIS mentor, after all, so she's got things on the ball. How much has HE sacrificed for HER? I know she loves him and their weeMichelles more than life itself, but I think it's safe to say that she craves a life of the mind and purpose outside of her husband and children. And that should be OK and respected by everyone, but it is not. The beautiful princess on a pedestal gets old, too, even if it was denied to us to deny our humanity. Having a shot at the fairy tale doesn't make you a complete human being; living and loving and working and even making mistakes makes you a full person.<br><br>I suspect our First Lady knows this. But do we?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:30:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868065, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3876489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What is your point?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:05:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3870412, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Being a good parent is one of the hardest jobs ever. Being a good parent while being First Lady? Harder. I am confident that Michelle Obama will be a great role model for the country, a great First Lady while being a great mom. My hat's off to her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:00:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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}, "3878544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "thanks G.D. I think I raised some good points, too, and it makes me happy to think someone's got my back. <br><br>And you've got a great blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_11:16:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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": 3876906, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3885713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes. The whole \"First Mom\" thing rankles me just a bit. Now I understand why: to \"soften\" her, make her less of a so-called lightening rod, nonthreatening. It's like wearing the floral pattern dresses--and AFAIK, she can wear a cardboard box, rock it, and STILL be drop-dead gorgeous--their really emphasizing the soft and feminine. It's like the reason I read some Black men will wear brown suits instead of black to appear \"nonthreatening.\"  Politically, I don't blame that strategy one bit.<br><br>OTOH, I'd like to see the full range of Michelle: Lawyer, wife, Mom, daughter, aunt, professional, playful, funny, biting, corny, fashionista, no-nonsense, geeky, brainy while rocking the pearls, the pants, the suit, the jeans, the dress. I believe she has all of these traits, and then some. But she can only safely play up *some* of them, lest someone feel \"uncomfortable\"--or more to the point: threatened.  <br><br>But I really believe she's up for the task. I don't think she was under any illusions about what this would all mean for her and the responsibilities she'd have. I've met President Obama before (when he was a Senator) and was impressed, but I think I'd really have to check myself if I ever met her because I'm in total awe of her. :&lt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_17:28:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3872301, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "every time i see and or hear michelle i see my grandmothers who remained by my grandfathers bed side up until their final moments. i see my aunt who left her job as a nurse to take care of her two new twins or my mom who moved around with my dad while he progressed in the military. i see my sisters who have earned their degrees and are working in some of the most challenging fields out there and i see the culmination of struggle sacrifice and love that has always been unique to black women in the black community. there is no test or confusion. she is what all black women have been, A Queen", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:58:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "3da4f68bf4cf2bd15ab3285db21c41ee", "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}, "3868820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The detachment is sad. I look over the entertainment blogs where people of my generation do the most posting and you'll see \"I want to be just like Michelle\" posted by a girl with an ass shot in booty shorts posted beside her name. It's a fantasy in their eyes, nothing one can actually attain. So they continue on lusting after the Lil Waynes and arguing who between Rhianna/Beyonce is the hottest chick in the game. I mean don't get me wrong, we don't need to be serious 24/7 but I think it's a reflection of what is dead inside them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:27:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867323, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3885212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle Obama's presence in the national spotlight as the Obama campaign's \"closer,\" and now as future First Lady, has given Black women visibility -- something that we've been denied. For the first time, Black women are being seen in their full humanity -- brilliant, loving, nurturing, strong, feminine, sensual, self-assured and beautiful, I could go on. But the moment Black women finally \"step into creation,\" the MSM wants to diminish the moment by trying to pigeonhole Michelle Obama (read: Black women) as a woman who has taken low, so her husband can take high. That's BS and we know it! <br><br>This is moment is a spiritual and psychic awakening for Black America; let's not lose it by taking sides of an argument that has absolutely NOTHING to do with us!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_17:00:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "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}, "3870368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "H&F, I understand if you don't feel like getting into it, really. But you've made a reference to a behemoth that is a total mystery to me. And I've done my feminist homework.<br><br> It's not that I mind if we disagree  but I'm afraid that some people reading your statement that such an entity exists  will assume, having read it in print, that there is such a thing, even if they don't actually know what it is. <br><br>So, for the record, I don't think there is a Feminist Industrial Complex. <br><br>Now we can agree to disagree?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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": 3870237, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3887268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, Hearts & Flowers, for responding to me. Seriously.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_19:25:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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": 3886909, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ljf,<br>You are correct. It is sad that the future First Lady Michelle Obama is getting hate from all sides. That GOD that there are people like us that send her so much love and respect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:29:24", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3866187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3885734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Geeze, I should proofread--I meant \"they're really.\" I changed the sentence without changing the word. Sorry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_17:30:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3885713, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:23:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "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": 3868482, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3877039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Inferiority and apathy? Definitely. Short and to the point.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:47:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868988, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ITA. It just boils down to, for them, if the choice is not constantly climbing the corporate ladder leaving your femininity at the door while slashing the sack off every man you meet then it is a choice they will not support. I honestly wonder why fatigue has not set in on this strand of feminism yet. It must be hard to fight the world every second of the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867218, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "**I believe Black women have never wanted to be separated from the men in their lives, and don\u2019t want, in general to compete with them. Because of the legacy of our families being torn asunder, I believe we have a tradition of holding hard to our families.**<br><br>I believe that too....but what I KNOW is that too many lil black girls think like little Pecola in The Bluest Eye.....they think there is no such thing as a Michelle Obama. They don't think the warmth loving nuturing black family exists...period. they look at Cliff and Clair Huxtable as fiction (they ain't real!!)...I'm sck of lil black girls and boys alike subconsciously wishing for blue eyes. I want them to look at this family and love their brown eyes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:40:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3891911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahhh. Miranda. You make insomnia so worthwhile!<br><br>:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_03:47:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3878964, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If ya like then you shoulda put a ring on it...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:37:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3870165, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is NOT true!<br>It is obvious that Afro-Americans ARE Religiously VERY conservative.<br>Africans are the same!<br><br>... And surviving is NOT enough!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:37:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "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": 3868264, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3876558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I believe it. You hear that \"don't remind us you're black\" all the time. \"Don't call her the First BLACK anything, she's human\". LOL! I guess there are no black human beings? I mean, what, with the 400 years of rape, illegitimacy, and servitude it should mean little to nothing to us to see her in this position. And god forbid she mention it?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:10:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3869905, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exc. post.  First Lady Obama, a true queen and excellent role model.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "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}, "3869905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tamara, are you talking about the Social Graces article by Holly Peterson in the Nov. '08 issue? If so, that article ticked me off! The \"advice\" for Michelle was solely based on race, i.e. \"Don't talk about black issues! It'll make people uncomfortable!\" and telling her to check her attitude, while it propped up Cindy McCain as the glamourous heiress who spent her life helping the less fortunate. They totally poo-pooed her drug addiction as someone who went through a hard time. UGH! Totally bs!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_19:53:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868073, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All that's missing on that pic is the crown...and i see if even if its not there! SHE IS FIERCE!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:42:17", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867218, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Think of it another way. As in fairytales with a woman being the most desired, the fairest one of the all. Not in a weak damsel in distress way but as the most desired, the most beautiful. It's not an image of Black women that is shown nearly as much as all the negatives.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:33:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3868065, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3884781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Y'all simply don't understand the MEDIA!! All of the media people puffing around the \"First Lady-elect\" about progress on the future of the \"first dog\" and school selection, and other domestic fluff is simply excited anticipation by the media to the day when the Obamas actually move into the White House. The media is not waiting breathlessly for a replay of the Kennedy era in technicolor. No siree bob! What the media is all excited about is anticipation of a REAL LIFE, LIVING BREATHING 4 years of the Huxtables in the White House in wide screen, high def. America loved the Cosby show and lived through every episode in a loving respectful way right up until the final episode. It is no mistake that there is a close correlation between the Obamas and the Huxtables. Both husbands and wives are college educated professionals with young children, who are both dedicated to raising each child to reach its highest potential. Once the Obamas move in the White House, media coverage of the home life of this family will exceed anything that has ever been broadcast in this country, and America will not get enough of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_16:38:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "05814c845f33f183b2c271d4490e2d4f", "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}, "3867890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CNN: \u201cFirst Mom\u201d a Demotion?<br><br><a href=\"http://michelleobamawatch.com/cnn-first-mom-a-demotion\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://michelleobamawatch.com/cnn-first-mom-a-d...</a><br><br>It Starts Already:Michelle Obama Emasculation Meme<br><br><a href=\"http://michelleobamawatch.com/it-starts-alreadymichelle-obama-emasculation-meme\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://michelleobamawatch.com/it-starts-already...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:25:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867495, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "kenyaw:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!    Always sending PRAYERS and LOVE!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:34:19", "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": 3866277, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:36:14", "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": 3868820, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3873537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  I think what alot of these pundits don't get is the fact that Michelle is ecure in who she is.  When you know who you are, you are not \"threatened\" by anyone.  She can feel free to kick back and let BO take the wheel because she's carried the weight already.  These pundits need to understand that they don't dictate the narrative.  They don't get to decide who and what Black people happen to be.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_01:05:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3870513, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "great photo of Mrs. O!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:42:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "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}, "3867910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What Michelle Obama Is Giving Up<br><br><a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97082447\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:27:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3889418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thank you, Liza.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_22:20:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "077427d17a19068577c5126edb2a8f12", "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": 3878544, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL! I didn't want to say anything (her stans don't play!) but....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:43:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "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": 3870408, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3880218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well I don't think making a comment obligates me to engage in an entire discourse when the person raising objections already says they've studied the subject thoroughly (feminism), focuses on part of my comment \"feminist industrial complex\", compares it to something that has a different set of parameters (the military) and ignores the bulk of my position: which is that a lot of white women use \"feminism\" when it's convenient but are not necessarily interested in equality. But since you INSIST: Hence the infamous Steinem article from Jan 08 about how sexism trumps racism when she supported HIllary and used the media to display her anger and huge sense of entitlement that it was a (white) woman's turn...just because. <br><br>Let's go down the list: Joan Walsh, Geraldine Ferraro and a host of other white women all said the same thing and this was during the time the Clintons started race baiting. Ferraro took it even further and blamed Black people (focusing on Black male reporters claiming NO ONE talked about sexism and were giving their tacit approval of it). It backfired for many reasons, one of which is that there are women who are Black and we were not even brought into the conversation but we were attacked and insulted. Another reason is that is simply wasn't true: plenty of Black people talked about and denounced sexism but that got in the way of their whining about how unfair it was to compete on a level playing field. <br><br>They wanted deference, they wanted to fall back on their white privilege. So when I use \"industrial complex\" it is intentional because when you tie something around a cloak of privilege you are benefitting from it and profiting from it. Look at how many Blacks are in the Senate or Governors (zero). Look who got themselves attached to Affirmative Action after all the blood had been shed. Do some research that isn't based on a privileged white-centric class-specific perspective. <br><br>If one's mind has already made up why would I wish to argue about a subject? <br><br>Look at who is presenting this latest ridiculous story about how FLOTUS Obama must be \"giving something up\" or is somehow diminished. It doesn't take the historical context of those descended from slaves value the traditional family structure. Our ancestors weren't allowed to have one. Not when you were legally defined as 3/5s of a person and listed on property records next to the cows. Not after Emancipation when the backlash resulted in mass lynchings of men, women and children. Not when the main source of employment for a Black woman last century was to be a domestic, raising somebody else's kids, working 16 hour days for as much as $2/hr 6 days/week. Often sexual abuse was going on there as well as further continuance of the rape of enslaved women (Don't believe me: go do some research and check the census records). Of course we weren't considered \"real\" women. Both parents HAD to work, not because the women felt the need to be liberated or the men<br> were lazy but because it was a matter of survival. <br><br>It was white women who wanted \"liberation\". Black women wanted to the boot off the neck first. Meanwhile they still enjoyed all the privileges that befit their status under white male supremacy. First wave to present when push comes to shove the leader of the day choose their advancement at the expense of anything else.  Michelle Obama chose to have a family, chose to support her husband and choosing to make her own path. She is not Hillary. Her ambition and desire for power do not drive her. She is not competing against her husband. She did not choose a weak willed man who will embarrass her with public disclosure of his numerous indiscretions. They are not elite. They are just ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. <br><br>Your response is rather provocative and takes away from a serious matter. I don't think using a sexual analogy is appropriate if you are actually interested in having a real conversation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_12:59:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3876906, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HELLO!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "9cfd1eaed75bd87b75c8b79b33d5761d", "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": 3866597, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well the Feminist Industrial Complex certainly knows how to use the media to their advantage to promote their themes when they want to. Usually the voice of authority is a white woman. I seem to recall one such theme about how sexism trumps racism as the mot oppressive of them all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:39:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3868428, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "she should get to have it all<br><br>so should you<br><br>so should I<br><br>whatever \"all\" includes for each of us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "renegademom", "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}, "3866933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "feminazi?  I thought this was supposed to be a progressive website?  However, I did go back to look at some the other author's posts and see that s/he is anything BUT a progressive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:11:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "11637ddcc1163fda9a2f992eeee740db", "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}, "3877687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You mean WHAT?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_10:27:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "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": 3876489, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But somebody has to be responsible for teaching this to children. And at some point - and it may be when we're older - we have to revisit why we continue to believe it. It's that inferiority and apathy that's killing us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:42:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867323, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're right... I'm still in awe that our girls would still pick a little blond-haired, blue-eyed doll as the \"good doll\" over a little brown doll...I really thought that wouldn't happen in this day and age but this low self-imaging is even more prevalent than it was decades ago. Its so scary and sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:03:17", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868988, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"And if you don't git it together, and drop these macho attitudes, you are nevah gonna have anybody bringing you anything, anywhere, any place, any time, EVAH!!!\"<br><br>Tell it Sista!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3867492, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think I could watch that episode over and over and over again...it was HILARIOUS! Poor Jeremy (Vanessa's boyfriend) - he was SO scared! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:49:52", "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": 3867164, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WELL SAID!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:12:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "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": 3866597, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3878216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. McKinney was a whack job on steroids. Craziness is something we aren't going to follow no matter the skin color.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_10:57:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "e749ab96d34501f8263627ac0c3c7520", "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": 3869098, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But you know what? WHO CARES! These are low quality people and we should not even breathe any air on these weeds. Michelle will be fine, better than fine in fact. We need to take care of ourselves and be just as disciplined, just as focused and just as mentally prepared if we're not already.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:12:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3866187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"But we won't vote for you at all if you fool around with too much craziness, no matter what party you belong to.\"<br><br>Cynthia McKinney found that out the hard way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:05:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868264, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3877203": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle is being treated the same way Hillary was back in the day. Notice how no one ask Laura bush why give up her career. It's always the Dem wives that are asked these dumb ass questions. If Michelle wants to spend more time with her family than that is her damn business.<br>  One other thing she is not being paid  for job as first lady. So, why should she care what some confused folks feel a first lady should be or do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "b021a4ac1cf7ed9aa084c60312b484e3", "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}, "3867590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL LOL LOL @ your screen name!!<br><br>ROWDY!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:59:36", "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": 3867029, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She let him know that she was not serving Dr. Huxtable.? That waitresses serve.? she told him that he gave her a cup of coffee earlier in the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:52:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "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": 3867164, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3876753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think when you put in context of \"slave/mother\", especially when applied to a black woman, the word Queen rarely comes up outside of the community. I would gladly take that title in lou of all others we have been assigned.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_09:26:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3872301, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3886909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sigh. Ok. I can appreciate your comment but let's be clear. You didn't present your initial response as one of questioning and wanting to understand anything. You said you had all the answers (being well-versed in feminism) and basically told me I wasn't entitled to my own thoughts because you didn't agree with them. It isn't about you. You have many places to go online and in person for a well-rounded take on the feminist movement, Black liberation theory and white privilege. I am under no obligation to bring you up to speed. Yes discourse is fine and not agreeing is fine, too. But your attitude was one was of privilege in that your thoughts were the dominant ones and you had to convinced of something to give it weight. You demanded I continue to engage you after I chose to decline. Which is my entire point. Humility goes far in learning something. Too many white people still insist on trying to tell Black people how they should feel or how they should<br> view something or what they should do. It's happened with the reaction to the passage of Yes on 8 and it happened to a lesser degree here. Just for another example, I recall when I first saw you posting at JJP you were telling the Admins how they should credit their pictures because they didn't meet the 'correct' standards as stated by you. But feel free to keep reading my blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_18:56:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3886472, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "IF you are using Firefox, try either upgrading or downgrading your version.  One of the versions had problems with youtube audio.    Look under \"HELP\"  to see what version you have.   Also, try  <br><a href=\"http://www.filehippo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.filehippo.com</a>  to locate which version you want to upgrade/downgrade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:47:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "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": 3867006, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's the best photo I've ever seen of Michelle besides the other from that shoot by Annie Liebovitz where she's in a black gown in profile.  Just beautiful and Craig you are right about Black folk and our low tolerance for too much \"crazy\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:08:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They're worse than Pumas!! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:55:22", "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": 3870476, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3877243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your speaking the truth...Michelle is a 21st century woman dealing with a different era than past first ladies had to handle.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_10:00:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "b021a4ac1cf7ed9aa084c60312b484e3", "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": 3872272, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why Oh Why can't I hear it????????? I should have known this involved Elvin and I am starting to remember it!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:16:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "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": 3866642, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not me...my mom sits on one, it looks pretty darn comfortable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:09:37", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868065, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you, rory's Momma!   That is exactly the clip that I was talking about.   Do you know what season it was from? 'cause now  I really want to watch the whole episode!!  Thanks again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:49:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "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": 3866642, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3886472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you H&F. I  appreciate your comments and analysis. I do get that white feminists have too often made a huge error in not working  in coalition with women of color. Big mistake, huge missed opportunity and a really stupid idea to continue to do so. <br><br>I appreciate your comment too because one of the reasons I come here to JJP is to be able to listen to voices like yours, even if I am a blabster myself. New York Jew, what can I say? <br><br>I like your blog too. We probably have more in common that you might think, particularly in the area of art and culture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_18:21:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3880218, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh Gawd....I'm ready to throw up just based on your summary of the article....UGH....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:08:03", "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": 3869905, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love this picture of Michelle - just love it.  I think we may be seeing an intimate glimpse of her and what Barack sees.  <br><br>As far as being a mom and focusing on her children, she's doing what 20 million or more women would do if they could.  She's worked for this and she deserves to devote her time to her children and her husband if she so chooses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:50:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All of those exchanges between Claire and Elvin were teachable moments about the expectations of the Black community about what a woman's role was and about sexism at large but also about how she was her own woman and didn't have to be a card carrying member of feminism but was an equal partner in a respectful relationship and had her priorities in order. Her career was important and she thrived at it but her family was first and they had moral integrity.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:17:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3866520, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm a gay Latino man and I absolutely LOVE the Obama Family and cannot wait to see them in their new role as the leaders of this country.  Mrs. Obama will make an outstanding First Lady and Wife and Mom and Life Partner, and Hostess and Ambassador and all the other things the spouse of the President is and needs to be.<br><br>She's young and vibrant and intelligent and will do amazing things with this opportunity.<br><br>God love her and be with her through it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:17:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e02acb6616b6d03c8daff44493816bb", "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}, "3866520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm searching, SEARCHING, for a Huxtable clip  (yeah, I know how cliche that is...)    But seriously,  it was a clip where Claire, -  Phylicia Rashad's character - explained this issue oh so well.  Basically, she was being asked why she  was fixing her husband's dinner, or some such... when she was a lawyer -- the implication being that it was beneath her as a woman.   Ooooh,  I wish I could remember the details, but I just know it was one of the few times she 'got real'  with a character on the show.   <br><br>I don't usually use comedy TV as social commentary, but this one was really on point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:47:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Absolutely loved the comments here. <br><br>Thank you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_22:29:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3891610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "wow, heartsandflowers, the clarity and groundedness of this response is breathtaking to me. (in a good way, if that isn't clear)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_02:53:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3886909, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote><i>we\u2019re not supposed to be helped up onto the pedestal by our King and sit up there in all our glory because that\u2019s where he wants us to be</i></blockquote><br>Well then, if that's where the King wants us to be...well we best just climb on up there!<br><br>I'm not feeling the 'King' and 'Queen' analogies and the pedestal idea makes me uncomfortable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:38:28", "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": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In what magazine does this photo appear?  The headline words look French, but that's as far as my guess goes...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:51:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just love her for being herself, a strong, educated black woman who makes no qualms about it. The world will see first hand why we have been survivors and how black women will deal with all the nonsense that comes her way, with class and dignity. And after the comments in Town and Country magazine about how each woman should \"act' the hate wagon is well greased and ready to roll, and, thank goodness Mrs Obama is ready to stand up to the hate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:39:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "543966a8d49ca7a204a74f9fdbe48414", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She might have been targeted by AIPAC, but she did herself in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:52:00", "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": 3868787, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869613": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Paris Match <br><br><a href=\"http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/146796.html#cutid1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/14...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_19:33:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "245857794a8d4da90a73fbb64352b916", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3869093, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Season 2 Episode 4", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:45:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "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": 3869063, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3869172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Guess what: F@#$ THEM. That is PUMA thinking. It is self destructive narcisstic hatred of self. Michelle Obama cleared that up last night when she stated what both her priorities and interests were. To paraphrase; First year get the kids settled and turn the White House into a home. Interests Military families  and education.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_18:58:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3877818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Since WHEN being a Queen is a GREAT thing?<br><br>Everything She earned owes sorely to HER HARD work! No one ELSE, even her husband!<br>Queen lives on PEOPLE tax, and does NOTHING!<br><br>What is AWESOME about DOING nothing and living on poor people taxes?<br><br>.. . And a President IS a TOOL of the people NOT sacred figures!<br>     And they WORK like bastards, SO there is nothing chic about being a President!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_10:33:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "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": 3870686, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What Feminist Industrial Complex?  What's the industry? Where are the profits? An industrial complex promotes an agenda to make a profit, like the War Industrial Complex makes profit from war, or the Wedding Industrial Complex makes profit from a multi billion dollar wedding industry. They pretend to promote one thing (safety, security, honor etc for the War and love, fidelity and respectability for the Wedding,) while their real, but hidden, agenda is wealth. What on Earth would a Feminist Industrial Complex be pretending to sell in order to accrue wealth and where's the payoff?<br><br>There is no organized feminist movement anymore. Hasn't been for years. There are individual women who call themselves feminist - for sure some are dopey - and  there are some  great groups doing projects like <a href=\"http://Womenforwomen.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Womenforwomen.org</a> but I don't know who you are referring to when you set up a straw woman like the Feminist Industrial Complex.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:12:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3868965, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please STOP those awful KING and Queen!<br>OH!<br><br>She must be Strong, otherwise she would have NOT endure all till NOW!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:10:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "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}, "3867078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you are using firefox you may not be able to hear it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:22:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3867006, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3891655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And exhausting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_02:58:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": 3891610, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry, I mean the Military Industrial Complex.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:13:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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": 3870146, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870165": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The sad part is even our brown-eyed beauties looke like Barbie. Long blond weave, hour-glass shaped, etc. The varied beauty of Blackness is not celebrated, even in the rare occasions where Black beauty is extolled.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_20:14:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "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": 3870013, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3871192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love the fact that Michelle Obama puts her family first but you all have missed the most important of this relationship, so does Barack Obama. Michelle reciprocates or mirrors her husband's actions. He puts his wife and children above all else and so does she. What I hate about or society is that we blame the woman for all the wrong. Like poster said Hillary Clinton overreached, But she didn't. She mirrored her husband's actions. He put his desires before his marriage, i.e. Monica Lewinsky, and Hillary in returned did the same thing. I do not as a black woman believes that a woman has to give up her career for her family, I believe that the road must be traveled equally. I for one do not want kids because I do not want to have to choose between an exciting career and the needs of small ones. <br><br>But I love Michelle because she makes sure she and her husband share equally in the upbringing of their children and that they both equally give and take. This is an excellent example of a wonderful relationship and we should celebrate it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:47:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c0721dd7623dec372dbc33b4435fa583", "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}, "3870686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Her Majesty...<br><br>Nobody, but nobody grads from Hah-vahd acting a fool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:05:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "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": 3869253, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3866597": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I do think Michelle has given up quite a few things.  Her job as a mother is now more complicated than it would otherwise be if her family hadn't gone national and global.  Her job as a wife is now more complicated because she has to share her man, not with a regular job, but with a planet.  <br><br>Yes, she is very educated and capable.  Her Ivy League education wasn't cheap or easy to come by.  But I think the whole reason the Robinsons gave her this preparation was so that she can make whatever choices she wanted to make as an adult.  It's apparent that she's chosen to prioritize \"wife\" and \"mother\" over \"professional,\" for the moment, and I'm happy about that.  Isn't that what the civil rights and women's rights movements were about - giving people the freedom to make their own choices?  Her husband will only be president for 8 years at most.  If she wants to pursue other endeavors, she has plenty of time, but she only has one finite shot at making Malia and Sasha's childhood  as good as it can be.  She only has one finite shot at helping her husband with the hardest job on earth.  That's her choice, and the only way I would have a problem with it would be if it was obvious that she was being purposely held back.  It seems to me that noone has told her to stay in any particular place - she seems genuinely excited about and committed to being family-centered as opposed to  being involved in the presidency or committed to her former career.<br><br>So yes, she's giving up 4-8 years of career advancement and/or career fulfillment, in a sense.  But I don't see it as \"giving up\" so much as \"trading off\" one thing for something else that means more to her.  So few black women (or women, period) in history have had the opportunity to make that decision.  We are now in an age where some fortunate among us can make that decision.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_15:52:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "c14dc645708e1f6b7caba8da416ef4b7", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3868135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The lighting on this picture is exquisite.   The softer hair and darkened lips, she looks regal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_17:43:14", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3870802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Michelle Obama represents is what I am striving to be; my ultimate goal in life is to have a stable family.  Far too often young people don't see examples of the Obama's of the world and I am glad that they are there on this \"pedestal.\"  I feel like no matter what Mrs. Obama does she will be scrutinized, which has already started.  She is a standup woman who is more interested in her family than getting ahead and apparently some folk aren't going to like it.  The more I think about Michelle Obama the more I realize the admiration that I hold for her.<br><br>I can't wait until she drops a book. 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This is news to me that those honking elitists would DARE have something to say.  You know they think black folks are still living in Fat Albert's town.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_21:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "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": 3868148, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "7182698", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -6362458156603592974}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 116, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 7182698, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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			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=michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update' +
		'&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/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/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='	+ 'michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update'
			+ '&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/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/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">116</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/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/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/">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:7182698" 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/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/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:7182698" 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:7182698" 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'				: 'michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update',
			// 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/michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update/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='	+ 'michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update'
			+ '&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='	+ 'michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update'
			+ '&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='		+ 'michelle_obama_the_racial_rorschach_test_update'
				+ '&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/7182698/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() {
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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868073">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868073">Tamara</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868073" class="dsq-comment-message">I just love her for being herself, a strong, educated black woman who makes no qualms about it. The world will see first hand why we have been survivors and how black women will deal with all the nonsense that comes her way, with class and dignity. And after the comments in Town and Country magazine about how each woman should "act\' the hate wagon is well greased and ready to roll, and, thank goodness Mrs Obama is ready to stand up to the hate.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868148">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868148" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868148">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868148" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868148" class="dsq-comment-message">can you point me in the direction of the Town and Country comments?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870716">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870716" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870716" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870716" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870716" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870716" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, me too.  This is news to me that those honking elitists would DARE have something to say.  You know they think black folks are still living in Fat Albert\'s town.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3869905">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869905" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869905">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869905" class="dsq-comment-message">Tamara, are you talking about the Social Graces article by Holly Peterson in the Nov. \'08 issue? If so, that article ticked me off! The "advice" for Michelle was solely based on race, i.e. "Don\'t talk about black issues! It\'ll make people uncomfortable!" and telling her to check her attitude, while it propped up Cindy McCain as the glamourous heiress who spent her life helping the less fortunate. They totally poo-pooed her drug addiction as someone who went through a hard time. UGH! Totally bs!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870094">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870094">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870094" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh Gawd....I\'m ready to throw up just based on your summary of the article....UGH....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3876558">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3876558" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3876558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3876558">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3876558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3876558" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I believe it. You hear that "don\'t remind us you\'re black" all the time. "Don\'t call her the First BLACK anything, she\'s human". LOL! I guess there are no black human beings? I mean, what, with the 400 years of rape, illegitimacy, and servitude it should mean little to nothing to us to see her in this position. And god forbid she mention it?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867218">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867218" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867218">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867218" class="dsq-comment-message">This is exactly what always kills me about the mentality of some feminists (emphasis on some).  The whole point of the struggle is for women to have the chance to make their own choices about how best to make a contribution to society.  But when that choice is to be a stay-at-home mom (aka Mom-in Chief) then these same activists bitch and moan about how that woman sold out or is letting a man control her.  That is such bullshit.  Raising children to be intellgent. caring, good citizens is the hardest job in the world 24/7/365 with no days off even after they\'re grown.  Women should be embraced for making that choice instead of being looked down upon.<br><br>(Disclaimer:  I\'m a single career woman with no kids, but I still appreciate the challenges of the "other side" and the disrespect they get is something that has always bothered me).<br><br><br>P.S.  Michelle is absolutely smokin\' in that pic.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867321">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867321" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867321">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867321" class="dsq-comment-message">ITA. It just boils down to, for them, if the choice is not constantly climbing the corporate ladder leaving your femininity at the door while slashing the sack off every man you meet then it is a choice they will not support. I honestly wonder why fatigue has not set in on this strand of feminism yet. It must be hard to fight the world every second of the day.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867350">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867350">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867350" class="dsq-comment-message">All that\'s missing on that pic is the crown...and i see if even if its not there! SHE IS FIERCE!!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867323">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867323" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867323">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867323" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867323" class="dsq-comment-message">**I believe Black women have never wanted to be separated from the men in their lives, and don’t want, in general to compete with them. Because of the legacy of our families being torn asunder, I believe we have a tradition of holding hard to our families.**<br><br>I believe that too....but what I KNOW is that too many lil black girls think like little Pecola in The Bluest Eye.....they think there is no such thing as a Michelle Obama. They don\'t think the warmth loving nuturing black family exists...period. they look at Cliff and Clair Huxtable as fiction (they ain\'t real!!)...I\'m sck of lil black girls and boys alike subconsciously wishing for blue eyes. I want them to look at this family and love their brown eyes.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868820">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868820">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868820" class="dsq-comment-message">The detachment is sad. I look over the entertainment blogs where people of my generation do the most posting and you\'ll see "I want to be just like Michelle" posted by a girl with an ass shot in booty shorts posted beside her name. It\'s a fantasy in their eyes, nothing one can actually attain. So they continue on lusting after the Lil Waynes and arguing who between Rhianna/Beyonce is the hottest chick in the game. I mean don\'t get me wrong, we don\'t need to be serious 24/7 but I think it\'s a reflection of what is dead inside them.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868924">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868924">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868924" class="dsq-comment-message">So true.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868988">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868988" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868988" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868988" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868988" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868988" class="dsq-comment-message">But somebody has to be responsible for teaching this to children. And at some point - and it may be when we\'re older - we have to revisit why we continue to believe it. It\'s that inferiority and apathy that\'s killing us.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870013">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870013" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870013">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870013" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870013" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right... I\'m still in awe that our girls would still pick a little blond-haired, blue-eyed doll as the "good doll" over a little brown doll...I really thought that wouldn\'t happen in this day and age but this low self-imaging is even more prevalent than it was decades ago. Its so scary and sad.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870165">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870165" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870165" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870165" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870165" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870165" class="dsq-comment-message">The sad part is even our brown-eyed beauties looke like Barbie. Long blond weave, hour-glass shaped, etc. The varied beauty of Blackness is not celebrated, even in the rare occasions where Black beauty is extolled.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870408">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870408" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870408">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870408" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870408" class="dsq-comment-message">If ya like then you shoulda put a ring on it...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870476">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870476" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870476" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! I didn\'t want to say anything (her stans don\'t play!) but....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3870582">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870582" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870582">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870582" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870582" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re worse than Pumas!! LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3877039">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3877039" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3877039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3877039">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3877039" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3877039" class="dsq-comment-message">Inferiority and apathy? Definitely. Short and to the point.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3866597">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866597" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866597" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3866597" href="http://glory-i-am.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">glory</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866597" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866597" class="dsq-comment-message">I do think Michelle has given up quite a few things.  Her job as a mother is now more complicated than it would otherwise be if her family hadn\'t gone national and global.  Her job as a wife is now more complicated because she has to share her man, not with a regular job, but with a planet.  <br><br>Yes, she is very educated and capable.  Her Ivy League education wasn\'t cheap or easy to come by.  But I think the whole reason the Robinsons gave her this preparation was so that she can make whatever choices she wanted to make as an adult.  It\'s apparent that she\'s chosen to prioritize "wife" and "mother" over "professional," for the moment, and I\'m happy about that.  Isn\'t that what the civil rights and women\'s rights movements were about - giving people the freedom to make their own choices?  Her husband will only be president for 8 years at most.  If she wants to pursue other endeavors, she has plenty of time, but she only has one finite shot at making Malia and Sasha\'s childhood  as good as it can be.  She only has one finite shot at helping her husband with the hardest job on earth.  That\'s her choice, and the only way I would have a problem with it would be if it was obvious that she was being purposely held back.  It seems to me that noone has told her to stay in any particular place - she seems genuinely excited about and committed to being family-centered as opposed to  being involved in the presidency or committed to her former career.<br><br>So yes, she\'s giving up 4-8 years of career advancement and/or career fulfillment, in a sense.  But I don\'t see it as "giving up" so much as "trading off" one thing for something else that means more to her.  So few black women (or women, period) in history have had the opportunity to make that decision.  We are now in an age where some fortunate among us can make that decision.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866950">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866950" class="dsq-comment-message">WELL SAID!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871004" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871004">Tranelover</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871004" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871004" class="dsq-comment-message">HELLO!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866187">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866187" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866187" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what so sad about this.  There are quite of few Black folks (male and female) that take offense that Michelle Obama will be First Lady.  They have the same mentally as DL Hughley and Redd Foxx (Shirley Chisolm) about sister particularly brown skin sistahs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866277">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866277" class="dsq-comment-message">ljf,<br>You are correct. It is sad that the future First Lady Michelle Obama is getting hate from all sides. That GOD that there are people like us that send her so much love and respect.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866355">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866355" class="dsq-comment-message">kenyaw:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!    Always sending PRAYERS and LOVE!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866955" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3866955" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866955" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866955" class="dsq-comment-message">But you know what? WHO CARES! These are low quality people and we should not even breathe any air on these weeds. Michelle will be fine, better than fine in fact. We need to take care of ourselves and be just as disciplined, just as focused and just as mentally prepared if we\'re not already.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867254">Quanli</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867254" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to agree on that. You really can\'t take time to worry about them because in their minds, the grass will always be greener on the other side.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3871816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871816">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871816" class="dsq-comment-message">You are so right.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866520" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866520">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866520" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866520" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m searching, SEARCHING, for a Huxtable clip  (yeah, I know how cliche that is...)    But seriously,  it was a clip where Claire, -  Phylicia Rashad\'s character - explained this issue oh so well.  Basically, she was being asked why she  was fixing her husband\'s dinner, or some such... when she was a lawyer -- the implication being that it was beneath her as a woman.   Ooooh,  I wish I could remember the details, but I just know it was one of the few times she \'got real\'  with a character on the show.   <br><br>I don\'t usually use comedy TV as social commentary, but this one was really on point.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866642">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866642" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYy1C7d0uLM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYy1C7d0uLM</a><br><br>here is the clip</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867006">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867006" class="dsq-comment-message">Why Oh Why can\'t I hear it????????? I should have known this involved Elvin and I am starting to remember it!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867078">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867078" class="dsq-comment-message">If you are using firefox you may not be able to hear it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867164" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867164">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867164" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867164" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh well I am starting to remember it and if I rememeber correctly it was a tell him off in a "Good Times" fashion like she did on the episode she moved the sofa in front of the door waiting on Vanessa and called her a wench! LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867461" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867461" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867461">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867461" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867461" class="dsq-comment-message">I think I could watch that episode over and over and over again...it was HILARIOUS! Poor Jeremy (Vanessa\'s boyfriend) - he was SO scared! LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867492">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867492" class="dsq-comment-message">She let him know that she was not serving Dr. Huxtable.? That waitresses serve.? she told him that he gave her a cup of coffee earlier in the day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868482">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868482" class="dsq-comment-message">"And if you don\'t git it together, and drop these macho attitudes, you are nevah gonna have anybody bringing you anything, anywhere, any place, any time, EVAH!!!"<br><br>Tell it Sista!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870892">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870892" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870892" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3875887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3875887">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3875887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3875887" class="dsq-comment-message">that was one of my fav. episodes....her waiting for vanessa.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869041">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869041" class="dsq-comment-message">IF you are using Firefox, try either upgrading or downgrading your version.  One of the versions had problems with youtube audio.    Look under "HELP"  to see what version you have.   Also, try  <br><a href="http://www.filehippo.com" rel="nofollow">www.filehippo.com</a>  to locate which version you want to upgrade/downgrade.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869063">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869063" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, rory\'s Momma!   That is exactly the clip that I was talking about.   Do you know what season it was from? \'cause now  I really want to watch the whole episode!!  Thanks again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870725" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870725" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870725">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870725" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870725" class="dsq-comment-message">Found a longer version of the above clip.  This puts the comments to Elvin in a bit more perspective.   <br><br><a href="http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kcws_R73bT4&feature=PlayList&p=C5DC29F38599B440&index=2" rel="nofollow">The Cosby Show - Season 2, ep 5 - Cliff in Love: scene with Claire and Elvin</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871160">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871160" class="dsq-comment-message">Season 2 Episode 4</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3867025" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867025" class="dsq-comment-message">All of those exchanges between Claire and Elvin were teachable moments about the expectations of the Black community about what a woman\'s role was and about sexism at large but also about how she was her own woman and didn\'t have to be a card carrying member of feminism but was an equal partner in a respectful relationship and had her priorities in order. Her career was important and she thrived at it but her family was first and they had moral integrity.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3866762" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866762" class="dsq-comment-message">Being a good parent is one of the hardest jobs ever. Being a good parent while being First Lady? Harder. I am confident that Michelle Obama will be a great role model for the country, a great First Lady while being a great mom. My hat\'s off to her.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867029">Rowdy!</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867029" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a gay Latino man and I absolutely LOVE the Obama Family and cannot wait to see them in their new role as the leaders of this country.  Mrs. Obama will make an outstanding First Lady and Wife and Mom and Life Partner, and Hostess and Ambassador and all the other things the spouse of the President is and needs to be.<br><br>She\'s young and vibrant and intelligent and will do amazing things with this opportunity.<br><br>God love her and be with her through it all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3867231" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867231" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>She\'s young and vibrant and intelligent and will do amazing things with this opportunity.<br><br>God love her and be with her through it all.</i><br><br>Ditto!<br><br><br>And for folks who have had questions about the differences between feminism and womanism, and even third-wave feminism, Rikyrah has touched on all points brilliantly. Black women (and most women of color) have been doing it all since we were dragged to this country. Don\'t get upset now because we\'ve doing it all and now they want us to focus on what white feminists think is the "right" thing to focus on. Black women don\'t have the luxury of the Mommy Debates of feminism. We\'re too busy trying to make sure our families don\'t decompose in a world bent on destroying us and all we love.<br><br>BTW, Mrs. O is looking unbe-frickin\'-lievably FIERCE in this pic!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867590" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867590">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867590" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867590" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL LOL LOL @ your screen name!!<br><br>ROWDY!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867495" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3867495" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867495" class="dsq-comment-message">OK, I just read the Salon piece you referenced. I read it as a critique of the media expectations and reporting on Michelle, rather than on any choices or decisions Michelle has made or will make. There\'s a big difference. <br><br>I saw  no critique of Michelle, certainly nothing to warrant the label of "feminazi" which, by the way, is a  hideous and unwarranted word and should be banned forever from civil discourse.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867890">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867890" class="dsq-comment-message">CNN: “First Mom” a Demotion?<br><br><a href="http://michelleobamawatch.com/cnn-first-mom-a-demotion" rel="nofollow">http://michelleobamawatch.com/cnn-first-mom-a-d...</a><br><br>It Starts Already:Michelle Obama Emasculation Meme<br><br><a href="http://michelleobamawatch.com/it-starts-alreadymichelle-obama-emasculation-meme" rel="nofollow">http://michelleobamawatch.com/it-starts-already...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868428" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868428" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868428" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868428" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868428" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. Exactly the point of the Salon article. Some media outlets are going after Michelle for being a first mom, or a mom first. This is not the same as an actual feminist person or group having critique of Michelle as first mom. The media, i.e. CNN, CBS etc, is not a feminist agency. They have a different  agenda and among their most important mandates is to sell copy, to make money, not to promote left wing or liberation politics. I know I don\'t read everything (I\'m not Sarah Palin, after all) but I have yet to see an actual feminist theorist criticize Michelle Obama for her choices.<br><br>I think it\'s really important to register the difference between feminism and for-profit news outlets. And not to be fooled into thinking that just because  CNN, CBS, USA Today et al use women reporters that they understand or care about women or feminism. Or anything but their own bottom line.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868965" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868965" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868965" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868965" class="dsq-comment-message">Well the Feminist Industrial Complex certainly knows how to use the media to their advantage to promote their themes when they want to. Usually the voice of authority is a white woman. I seem to recall one such theme about how sexism trumps racism as the mot oppressive of them all.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870146" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870146" class="dsq-comment-message">What Feminist Industrial Complex?  What\'s the industry? Where are the profits? An industrial complex promotes an agenda to make a profit, like the War Industrial Complex makes profit from war, or the Wedding Industrial Complex makes profit from a multi billion dollar wedding industry. They pretend to promote one thing (safety, security, honor etc for the War and love, fidelity and respectability for the Wedding,) while their real, but hidden, agenda is wealth. What on Earth would a Feminist Industrial Complex be pretending to sell in order to accrue wealth and where\'s the payoff?<br><br>There is no organized feminist movement anymore. Hasn\'t been for years. There are individual women who call themselves feminist - for sure some are dopey - and  there are some  great groups doing projects like <a href="http://Womenforwomen.org" rel="nofollow">Womenforwomen.org</a> but I don\'t know who you are referring to when you set up a straw woman like the Feminist Industrial Complex.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870156" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870156" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, I mean the Military Industrial Complex.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870237" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870237" class="dsq-comment-message">If you have to ask then there\'s no pointy in explaning. It is my opinion one exists you don\'t have to agree.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870368" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870368" class="dsq-comment-message">H&F, I understand if you don\'t feel like getting into it, really. But you\'ve made a reference to a behemoth that is a total mystery to me. And I\'ve done my feminist homework.<br><br> It\'s not that I mind if we disagree  but I\'m afraid that some people reading your statement that such an entity exists  will assume, having read it in print, that there is such a thing, even if they don\'t actually know what it is. <br><br>So, for the record, I don\'t think there is a Feminist Industrial Complex. <br><br>Now we can agree to disagree?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3876906" href="http://www.postbourgie.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">G.D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3876906" class="dsq-comment-message">heartsandflowers: <br><br>this is bad-faith discourse. you said something that was eyebrow-raising, and when questioned about what you meant or disagreed with, you duck out?<br><br>come on. Liza raised some good points. either we\'re here to masturbate each other even when we say something problematic/intellectually lazy, or we\'re here to   challenge and enlighten each other.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3878544" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3878544" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks G.D. I think I raised some good points, too, and it makes me happy to think someone\'s got my back. <br><br>And you\'ve got a great blog.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3889418" href="http://www.postbourgie.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">G.D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3889418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3889418" class="dsq-comment-message">thank you, Liza.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3880218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3880218" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3880218" class="dsq-comment-message">Well I don\'t think making a comment obligates me to engage in an entire discourse when the person raising objections already says they\'ve studied the subject thoroughly (feminism), focuses on part of my comment "feminist industrial complex", compares it to something that has a different set of parameters (the military) and ignores the bulk of my position: which is that a lot of white women use "feminism" when it\'s convenient but are not necessarily interested in equality. But since you INSIST: Hence the infamous Steinem article from Jan 08 about how sexism trumps racism when she supported HIllary and used the media to display her anger and huge sense of entitlement that it was a (white) woman\'s turn...just because. <br><br>Let\'s go down the list: Joan Walsh, Geraldine Ferraro and a host of other white women all said the same thing and this was during the time the Clintons started race baiting. Ferraro took it even further and blamed Black people (focusing on Black male reporters claiming NO ONE talked about sexism and were giving their tacit approval of it). It backfired for many reasons, one of which is that there are women who are Black and we were not even brought into the conversation but we were attacked and insulted. Another reason is that is simply wasn\'t true: plenty of Black people talked about and denounced sexism but that got in the way of their whining about how unfair it was to compete on a level playing field. <br><br>They wanted deference, they wanted to fall back on their white privilege. So when I use "industrial complex" it is intentional because when you tie something around a cloak of privilege you are benefitting from it and profiting from it. Look at how many Blacks are in the Senate or Governors (zero). Look who got themselves attached to Affirmative Action after all the blood had been shed. Do some research that isn\'t based on a privileged white-centric class-specific perspective. <br><br>If one\'s mind has already made up why would I wish to argue about a subject? <br><br>Look at who is presenting this latest ridiculous story about how FLOTUS Obama must be "giving something up" or is somehow diminished. It doesn\'t take the historical context of those descended from slaves value the traditional family structure. Our ancestors weren\'t allowed to have one. Not when you were legally defined as 3/5s of a person and listed on property records next to the cows. Not after Emancipation when the backlash resulted in mass lynchings of men, women and children. Not when the main source of employment for a Black woman last century was to be a domestic, raising somebody else\'s kids, working 16 hour days for as much as $2/hr 6 days/week. Often sexual abuse was going on there as well as further continuance of the rape of enslaved women (Don\'t believe me: go do some research and check the census records). Of course we weren\'t considered "real" women. Both parents HAD to work, not because the women felt the need to be liberated or the men<br> were lazy but because it was a matter of survival. <br><br>It was white women who wanted "liberation". Black women wanted to the boot off the neck first. Meanwhile they still enjoyed all the privileges that befit their status under white male supremacy. First wave to present when push comes to shove the leader of the day choose their advancement at the expense of anything else.  Michelle Obama chose to have a family, chose to support her husband and choosing to make her own path. She is not Hillary. Her ambition and desire for power do not drive her. She is not competing against her husband. She did not choose a weak willed man who will embarrass her with public disclosure of his numerous indiscretions. They are not elite. They are just ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. <br><br>Your response is rather provocative and takes away from a serious matter. I don\'t think using a sexual analogy is appropriate if you are actually interested in having a real conversation.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3886472" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3886472" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you H&F. I  appreciate your comments and analysis. I do get that white feminists have too often made a huge error in not working  in coalition with women of color. Big mistake, huge missed opportunity and a really stupid idea to continue to do so. <br><br>I appreciate your comment too because one of the reasons I come here to JJP is to be able to listen to voices like yours, even if I am a blabster myself. New York Jew, what can I say? <br><br>I like your blog too. We probably have more in common that you might think, particularly in the area of art and culture.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3886909" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3886909" class="dsq-comment-message">Sigh. Ok. I can appreciate your comment but let\'s be clear. You didn\'t present your initial response as one of questioning and wanting to understand anything. You said you had all the answers (being well-versed in feminism) and basically told me I wasn\'t entitled to my own thoughts because you didn\'t agree with them. It isn\'t about you. You have many places to go online and in person for a well-rounded take on the feminist movement, Black liberation theory and white privilege. I am under no obligation to bring you up to speed. Yes discourse is fine and not agreeing is fine, too. But your attitude was one was of privilege in that your thoughts were the dominant ones and you had to convinced of something to give it weight. You demanded I continue to engage you after I chose to decline. Which is my entire point. Humility goes far in learning something. Too many white people still insist on trying to tell Black people how they should feel or how they should<br> view something or what they should do. It\'s happened with the reaction to the passage of Yes on 8 and it happened to a lesser degree here. Just for another example, I recall when I first saw you posting at JJP you were telling the Admins how they should credit their pictures because they didn\'t meet the \'correct\' standards as stated by you. But feel free to keep reading my blog.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3887268" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza Diamond</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3887268" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Hearts & Flowers, for responding to me. Seriously.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3891610">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3891610" class="dsq-comment-message">wow, heartsandflowers, the clarity and groundedness of this response is breathtaking to me. (in a good way, if that isn\'t clear)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3891655" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3891655" class="dsq-comment-message">And exhausting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3891737">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3891737" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>And exhausting</i><br><br>I hear you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867855">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867855" class="dsq-comment-message">Exc. post.  First Lady Obama, a true queen and excellent role model.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867910">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867910" class="dsq-comment-message">What Michelle Obama Is Giving Up<br><br><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97082447" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3869316" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869316" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting essay. But no one should be allowed to get away with writing this:<br><br><i>For many married African-American women, in fact probably most, this is the norm.</i><br><br>Context doesn\'t even matter. This is such a <i>terrible</i> sentence, it should never have gone to print. "In fact probably most." Are you kidding me? That\'s worse than nails on a chalkboard.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868065">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868065" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>we’re not supposed to be helped up onto the pedestal by our King and sit up there in all our glory because that’s where he wants us to be</i></blockquote><br>Well then, if that\'s where the King wants us to be...well we best just climb on up there!<br><br>I\'m not feeling the \'King\' and \'Queen\' analogies and the pedestal idea makes me uncomfortable.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868544">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868544" class="dsq-comment-message">Not me...my mom sits on one, it looks pretty darn comfortable.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868891" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868891" class="dsq-comment-message">Think of it another way. As in fairytales with a woman being the most desired, the fairest one of the all. Not in a weak damsel in distress way but as the most desired, the most beautiful. It\'s not an image of Black women that is shown nearly as much as all the negatives.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870344">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870344" class="dsq-comment-message">An article ran recently about P-E Obama that, at its heart, talked about how so many people see themselves in him and his experiences: he identifies with the immigrant experience (non-American parent, spending early years in another country before coming back here) and so on. <br><br>The same can be said of FL Obama, too. And I think we\'re going to have to learn how to share. <br><br>My heart leaps with JOY when I see the two of them together, or with their girls. It affirms something in me that I didn\'t even think needed affirmation: seeing someone who looked like me and my family in the national political realm and the imagery that goes along with it. I never saw anyone that looked like my husband and me; or my nieces, or my Dad and me when I was younger, and now I have. Woot. <br><br>I LOVE how absolutely glamorous and regal our First Lady is, and I love how the serious fashionistas are going simply ga-ga over her. Love it. To cut to the quick, Black women are either seen as sexpots or mammies and not valued as worthy and lovable. And when you see Barack look at Michelle, you just feel his absolute adoration of her. <br><br>YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes, again.<br><br>But women of all backgrounds and hues are looking up to her, as well. And we often seem to measure where we are as women in society in part by who happens to be First Lady. So the questions will be raised about women\'s roles, and it is a legitimate one to be raised.<br><br>As much as I love to see our First Lady, I wonder what she\'s had to give up for his dream? She was HIS mentor, after all, so she\'s got things on the ball. How much has HE sacrificed for HER? I know she loves him and their weeMichelles more than life itself, but I think it\'s safe to say that she craves a life of the mind and purpose outside of her husband and children. And that should be OK and respected by everyone, but it is not. The beautiful princess on a pedestal gets old, too, even if it was denied to us to deny our humanity. Having a shot at the fairy tale doesn\'t make you a complete human being; living and loving and working and even making mistakes makes you a full person.<br><br>I suspect our First Lady knows this. But do we?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3872301">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3872301" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>As much as I love to see our First Lady, I wonder what she\'s had to give up for his dream? She was HIS mentor, after all, so she\'s got things on the ball. How much has HE sacrificed for HER? I know she loves him and their weeMichelles more than life itself, but I think it\'s safe to say that she craves a life of the mind and purpose outside of her husband and children. And that should be OK and respected by everyone, but it is not.</i></blockquote><br>That\'s it.   It concerns me that a spirit of patriarchy seems to be pushing the idea that the appropriate place for woman is as slave to family...and using Michelle to do it.    If Michelle said that her work was the most important thing to her...I think the world would be appalled.    That doesn\'t strike me as what I think of as "Queenly"...    I always think of a Queen as slave/mother to her country and her people.    Queens have a sense of destiny and will not be thwarted in it by anything or anyone.   A Queen would never wear sweats and a baseball cap to be comfortable - she lives, breathes her royalty.<br><br>They are marketing Michelle as First Mom...the woman who puts her family above all else..   I don\'t think she\'s either Queen or "First Mom".   I think she\'s an accomplished ordinary woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances and trying to make it work.    I wonder who\'s sending those messages...and whether women should internalize either one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3876753">Quanli</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3876753" class="dsq-comment-message">I think when you put in context of "slave/mother", especially when applied to a black woman, the word Queen rarely comes up outside of the community. I would gladly take that title in lou of all others we have been assigned.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3885713">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3885713" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. The whole "First Mom" thing rankles me just a bit. Now I understand why: to "soften" her, make her less of a so-called lightening rod, nonthreatening. It\'s like wearing the floral pattern dresses--and AFAIK, she can wear a cardboard box, rock it, and STILL be drop-dead gorgeous--their really emphasizing the soft and feminine. It\'s like the reason I read some Black men will wear brown suits instead of black to appear "nonthreatening."  Politically, I don\'t blame that strategy one bit.<br><br>OTOH, I\'d like to see the full range of Michelle: Lawyer, wife, Mom, daughter, aunt, professional, playful, funny, biting, corny, fashionista, no-nonsense, geeky, brainy while rocking the pearls, the pants, the suit, the jeans, the dress. I believe she has all of these traits, and then some. But she can only safely play up *some* of them, lest someone feel "uncomfortable"--or more to the point: threatened.  <br><br>But I really believe she\'s up for the task. I don\'t think she was under any illusions about what this would all mean for her and the responsibilities she\'d have. I\'ve met President Obama before (when he was a Senator) and was impressed, but I think I\'d really have to check myself if I ever met her because I\'m in total awe of her. :&lt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3885734" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3885734">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3885734" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3885734" class="dsq-comment-message">Geeze, I should proofread--I meant "they\'re really." I changed the sentence without changing the word. Sorry.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3876947" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3876947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3876947">Quanli</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3876947" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3876947" class="dsq-comment-message">I do wonder what exactly he has had to give up yet I still don\'t get the need to "weep" for her so to speak. Michelle has accomplished A LOT. Her career was still thriving up until 2007. I do not understand why there is so much emphasis on her needing to take over the world. I feel people are projecting Hillary\'s aspirations on Michelle and, if for some reason, Michelle does not necessarily share that sentiment then she is less for it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868135">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868135" class="dsq-comment-message">The lighting on this picture is exquisite.   The softer hair and darkened lips, she looks regal.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3869253" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869253" class="dsq-comment-message">Queen Michelle.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870686" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870686" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870686" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870686" class="dsq-comment-message">Her Majesty...<br><br>Nobody, but nobody grads from Hah-vahd acting a fool.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3877818" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3877818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3877818" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3877818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3877818" class="dsq-comment-message">Since WHEN being a Queen is a GREAT thing?<br><br>Everything She earned owes sorely to HER HARD work! No one ELSE, even her husband!<br>Queen lives on PEOPLE tax, and does NOTHING!<br><br>What is AWESOME about DOING nothing and living on poor people taxes?<br><br>.. . And a President IS a TOOL of the people NOT sacred figures!<br>     And they WORK like bastards, SO there is nothing chic about being a President!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3878964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3878964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3878964">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3878964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3878964" class="dsq-comment-message">Just one lil suggestion.......Decaf.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3891911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3891911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3891911">Lilytiger</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3891911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3891911" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahhh. Miranda. You make insomnia so worthwhile!<br><br>:-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3888230" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3888230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3888230" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3888230" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3888230" class="dsq-comment-message">You are too Late, i only drink H2O.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868264" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868264" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868264" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868264" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t get it twisted.<br><br>Black people are progressive by nature.<br><br>Not necessarily left-leaning, but progressive.<br><br>We\'ve had no choice.<br><br>We wouldn\'t have survived if we were progressive by nature.<br><br>People try. But you can\'t put Black people in a political box.<br><br>You just can\'t. <br><br>So what we tend to vote Democratic. But we won\'t vote for you at all if you fool around with too much craziness, no matter what party you belong to.<br><br>Don\'t get it twisted.<br><br>::<br><br>Michelle Obama is stunning.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868492">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868492" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868492">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868492" class="dsq-comment-message">"But we won\'t vote for you at all if you fool around with too much craziness, no matter what party you belong to."<br><br>Cynthia McKinney found that out the hard way.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3868787">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868787" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3868787" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868787" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868787" class="dsq-comment-message">Cynthia McKinney was targeted for removal by AIPAC don\'t get it twisted.  If this had been pre-Emancipation she would have been another Harriet Tubman.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869098">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869098" class="dsq-comment-message">She might have been targeted by AIPAC, but she did herself in.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3878216" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3878216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3878216">whatever</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3878216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3878216" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. McKinney was a whack job on steroids. Craziness is something we aren\'t going to follow no matter the skin color.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870412" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870412" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3870412" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870412" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870412" class="dsq-comment-message">That is NOT true!<br>It is obvious that Afro-Americans ARE Religiously VERY conservative.<br>Africans are the same!<br><br>... And surviving is NOT enough!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3876489" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3876489" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3876489">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3876489" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3876489" class="dsq-comment-message">What is your point?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3877687" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3877687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3877687" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3877687" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3877687" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean WHAT?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868307">oz</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868307" class="dsq-comment-message">every time i see and or hear michelle i see my grandmothers who remained by my grandfathers bed side up until their final moments. i see my aunt who left her job as a nurse to take care of her two new twins or my mom who moved around with my dad while he progressed in the military. i see my sisters who have earned their degrees and are working in some of the most challenging fields out there and i see the culmination of struggle sacrifice and love that has always been unique to black women in the black community. there is no test or confusion. she is what all black women have been, A Queen</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3868532" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3868532" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3868532">SDG</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3868532" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3868532" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the best photo I\'ve ever seen of Michelle besides the other from that shoot by Annie Liebovitz where she\'s in a black gown in profile.  Just beautiful and Craig you are right about Black folk and our low tolerance for too much "crazy".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869300">fanita</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869300" class="dsq-comment-message">this is the shoot from annie liebovitz. look at the bottom of the photo. these were in a french mag and vogue used the profile shots.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869072">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869072" class="dsq-comment-message">I love this picture of Michelle - just love it.  I think we may be seeing an intimate glimpse of her and what Barack sees.  <br><br>As far as being a mom and focusing on her children, she\'s doing what 20 million or more women would do if they could.  She\'s worked for this and she deserves to devote her time to her children and her husband if she so chooses.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869093" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869093">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869093" class="dsq-comment-message">In what magazine does this photo appear?  The headline words look French, but that\'s as far as my guess goes...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869613" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869613" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869613">Miss- Opinion </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869613" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869613" class="dsq-comment-message">Paris Match <br><br><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/146796.html#cutid1" rel="nofollow">http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/14...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3869172" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3869172" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3869172">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3869172" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3869172" class="dsq-comment-message">Guess what: F@#$ THEM. That is PUMA thinking. It is self destructive narcisstic hatred of self. Michelle Obama cleared that up last night when she stated what both her priorities and interests were. To paraphrase; First year get the kids settled and turn the White House into a home. Interests Military families  and education.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870467" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870467">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870467" class="dsq-comment-message">great photo of Mrs. O!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870513" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870513">renegademom</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870513" class="dsq-comment-message">she should get to have it all<br><br>so should you<br><br>so should I<br><br>whatever "all" includes for each of us.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870834" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870834" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870834">Tranelover</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870834" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870834" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3873537" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3873537" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3873537">SDG</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3873537" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3873537" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  I think what alot of these pundits don\'t get is the fact that Michelle is ecure in who she is.  When you know who you are, you are not "threatened" by anyone.  She can feel free to kick back and let BO take the wheel because she\'s carried the weight already.  These pundits need to understand that they don\'t dictate the narrative.  They don\'t get to decide who and what Black people happen to be.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3870802" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3870802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3870802">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3870802" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3870802" class="dsq-comment-message">What Michelle Obama represents is what I am striving to be; my ultimate goal in life is to have a stable family.  Far too often young people don\'t see examples of the Obama\'s of the world and I am glad that they are there on this "pedestal."  I feel like no matter what Mrs. Obama does she will be scrutinized, which has already started.  She is a standup woman who is more interested in her family than getting ahead and apparently some folk aren\'t going to like it.  The more I think about Michelle Obama the more I realize the admiration that I hold for her.<br><br>I can\'t wait until she drops a book. I love that woman.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3871192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871192">Tanisha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871192" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the fact that Michelle Obama puts her family first but you all have missed the most important of this relationship, so does Barack Obama. Michelle reciprocates or mirrors her husband\'s actions. He puts his wife and children above all else and so does she. What I hate about or society is that we blame the woman for all the wrong. Like poster said Hillary Clinton overreached, But she didn\'t. She mirrored her husband\'s actions. He put his desires before his marriage, i.e. Monica Lewinsky, and Hillary in returned did the same thing. I do not as a black woman believes that a woman has to give up her career for her family, I believe that the road must be traveled equally. I for one do not want kids because I do not want to have to choose between an exciting career and the needs of small ones. <br><br>But I love Michelle because she makes sure she and her husband share equally in the upbringing of their children and that they both equally give and take. This is an excellent example of a wonderful relationship and we should celebrate it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3871250" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871250">Jean </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871250" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871250" class="dsq-comment-message">All this feminist hand-wringing drives me postal.  Only Michelle Obama can measure the value of what she\'s "giving up."  Perhaps like me, the first lady agrees with Jackie Kennedy\'s philosophy that if you botch the rearing of your children, no other successes will matter.<br><br>BTW, I agree that the queen terminology is unfortunate.  We ditched that drama in 1776, no?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3871355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871355">Tanisha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871355" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with you on that Queen nonsense. Drives me insane and i am not from East Africa therefore I am not Nubian either. Sheesh..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3871641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3871641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3871641">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3871641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3871641" class="dsq-comment-message">Absolutely loved the comments here. <br><br>Thank you</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3872272" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3872272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3872272">good enough cook</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3872272" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3872272" class="dsq-comment-message">Does anyone really have a helpful picture of what the alternative to "First Mom" would be?  The office of the First Lady is a completely weird and untenable institution.  The high-profile nature of the First Lady (not to mention her Secret Service detail and expected role at state functions and the various conflicts of interest) would make it impossible to carry out any sort of paid employment.  It\'s not an elective office, so forceful political women like HRC necessarily overreach when they use it to act on their own ambitions.  But the most of the models to date for attractive and effective First Ladies are women who subordinated themselves to their husband due to a lack of alternatives (or lack of alternative ambitions), not from a reasoned choice that it was the right thing for their families and country.  It seems clear, though, that in Michelle Obama we\'ll have a first lady who will shape the office to fit her and her family and the realities of women\'s lives and choices in the 21st century--not one who will be pressured to conform to some outmoded ideal of the First Lady as a gracious upper-class white wife who existed mostly to dress well, throw good dinner parties, engage in a few genteel volunteer activities, and advance her husband\'s career</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3877243">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3877243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3877243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3877243">Trina</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3877243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3877243" class="dsq-comment-message">Your speaking the truth...Michelle is a 21st century woman dealing with a different era than past first ladies had to handle.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3877203" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3877203" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3877203">Trina</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3877203" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3877203" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle is being treated the same way Hillary was back in the day. Notice how no one ask Laura bush why give up her career. It\'s always the Dem wives that are asked these dumb ass questions. If Michelle wants to spend more time with her family than that is her damn business.<br>  One other thing she is not being paid  for job as first lady. So, why should she care what some confused folks feel a first lady should be or do.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3884781">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3884781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3884781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3884781">Bill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3884781" class="dsq-comment-message">Y\'all simply don\'t understand the MEDIA!! All of the media people puffing around the "First Lady-elect" about progress on the future of the "first dog" and school selection, and other domestic fluff is simply excited anticipation by the media to the day when the Obamas actually move into the White House. The media is not waiting breathlessly for a replay of the Kennedy era in technicolor. No siree bob! What the media is all excited about is anticipation of a REAL LIFE, LIVING BREATHING 4 years of the Huxtables in the White House in wide screen, high def. America loved the Cosby show and lived through every episode in a loving respectful way right up until the final episode. It is no mistake that there is a close correlation between the Obamas and the Huxtables. Both husbands and wives are college educated professionals with young children, who are both dedicated to raising each child to reach its highest potential. Once the Obamas move in the White House, media coverage of the home life of this family will exceed anything that has ever been broadcast in this country, and America will not get enough of it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3887690" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3887690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3887690">rikyrah</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3887690" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3887690" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Once the Obamas move in the White House, media coverage of the home life of this family will exceed anything that has ever been broadcast in this country, and America will not get enough of it.<br></i><br><br>I think you are correct, which is why I said this was the first Celebrity President. This is going to mirror usual politics with our celebrity culture. I think it\'s going to be crazy.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3885212">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3885212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3885212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3885212">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3885212" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama\'s presence in the national spotlight as the Obama campaign\'s "closer," and now as future First Lady, has given Black women visibility -- something that we\'ve been denied. For the first time, Black women are being seen in their full humanity -- brilliant, loving, nurturing, strong, feminine, sensual, self-assured and beautiful, I could go on. But the moment Black women finally "step into creation," the MSM wants to diminish the moment by trying to pigeonhole Michelle Obama (read: Black women) as a woman who has taken low, so her husband can take high. That\'s BS and we know it! <br><br>This is moment is a spiritual and psychic awakening for Black America; let\'s not lose it by taking sides of an argument that has absolutely NOTHING to do with us!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3866933">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3866933" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3866933" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3866933">Chris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3866933" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3866933" class="dsq-comment-message">feminazi?  I thought this was supposed to be a progressive website?  However, I did go back to look at some the other author\'s posts and see that s/he is anything BUT a progressive.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867730">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3867730" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867730" class="dsq-comment-message">Please STOP those awful KING and Queen!<br>OH!<br><br>She must be Strong, otherwise she would have NOT endure all till NOW!</div>\
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	 </li>\
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