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Brown Man Thinking Hard has written a beautiful piece about reconciliation. \"Universal subjectivity\" is a wonderful way to think. But there are also some frustatingly old-school Baby Boomers who, nonetheless, remember what fighting for civil rights meant to them -- and many, too who missed their chance and aren't going to sit it out again. 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IMHO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_01:56:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744760, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Checking it out now :-).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:21:24", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2731125, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val:  She's back to that feminist, independent mantra!  Done lost her melanin and her mind!!<br><br>RonnieB:  Agreeing with Val!  E-mail, Blackberry, cell telephone, parcel post, pony express, 2 cans and a wire   - your girl!!  :&gt;)<br><br>INTERRUPTION  - - - - - <br><br>Hey, I just heard Mr. Obama's ad on the economy!!<br><br>He's ON IT!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  And he approves his message!!  Me 2!!   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:47:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2740567, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was listening as I was driving.....and thought I needed to pull over...you can not tell me the spirit didn't hit him.....he completely left politics and went all up on the mountain...he built up to that peak...and then dropped it down like those GOOD preachers do! LOL!!!! It was a revival......People were screaming, I know he was sweating!....I was expecting to hear somebody bust out with \"Precious Lord\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:44:33", "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": 2733425, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Being married to that sista, Chaz....naw, I won't go THERE<br><br>ROFLMAO<br><br>I give it the Wayans \"Two Snaps\" as well as Two Thumbs up!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:11:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jelana:  How is it that bright women even dare to speak of that \"dipstick\" {RESPECTFULLY, in case MSM takes a \"Field Trip\" over here.] as IFFFF she should be able to share the <b>SAME AIRSPACE</b> with them!  This is AMAZING!!<br><br>I couldn't \"fake\" like this!!<br><br>Whew!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_19:59:22", "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": 2741446, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're assuming that scenario if McCain steals the election or if this country really demonstrates their bigotry and actually vote him in.<br><br>Todd Palin will be calling the shots if that happens, because Sarah's too dumb and she's the type that will willingly become a puppet at the hands of male masters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_07:27:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2728871, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Joe Klein says McAncient added <b>CONFUSION</b> to this bailout issue - i.e., the REPUGS WERE CONFUSED!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/joe-klein-mccains-puerile_n_130357.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/joe-kl...</a><br><b>McCain's \"Puerile Histrionics\" On Bailout Only HURT</b><br><br><i>I don't blame John McCain for not rounding up enough Republican votes to get this bailout bill through the House of Representatives--he's not a member of the House, he's never held a leadership position and therefore doesn't know how to whip votes and finally--well, uh--there is one tried and true method for getting members of Congress to vote aye and McCain opposes it: a sweetener, like say, funding for a bridge in their districts. That is one reason why we have earmarks. McCain is opposed to giving away baubles for the greater good.<br><br>I do blame McCain for his puerile histrionics and for dragging this issue--which should have been above partisanship--into presidential politics. Let's make no mistake about it: his various gimmicks had absolutely nothing to do with the substance of the issue. He doesn't know all that much about the substance of the issue. The gimmicks were a failed attempt to make it seem as if he had powers, and knowledge, he didn't have. Clearly, he was in a more difficult position than Obama--the populist conservative wing of House Republicans was unwilling to take responsibility for the fruits of the deregulation that they promoted--and that might have required a more aggressive effort to move votes on his part, but the flailing about only confused Republicans (was he for, was he against?) and made matters worse.</i>           THERE IS MORE<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:38:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JJP, do you have the text of Obama's speech to the CBC this past weekend? I heard some of it on the radio this morning......he was ON FIYAH!!!!! He actually starting preaching like it was Homecoming Sunday. Folks were shouting.......I hope there's video of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:14:37", "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": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL: Heck, IFFF she can see China, THEN this would surely BOOST her FOREIGN AFFAIRS CREDENTIALS!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:00:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744804, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2737699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ok so it wasn't just me. LOL Thanks for the post.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:33:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2737004, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ebert brought it!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:23:54", "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": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town,<br><br>you always see the forest for the trees. see the thing is,all the $*%& that has been uncovered in Alaska since she's been announced - they can't just sweep that back under the rug. they're going to have to live with the ramifications of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:14:46", "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": 2744628, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2752752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, he did.<br><br>Another reason I have no sympathy for his ancient ass.<br><br>And he is an impeached Federal Judge.  How the hell he got elected to Congress with THAT hanging on his record is anyone's guess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_12:58:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744916, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I gotta hand it to you Karmi. You are a dedicated troll. LOL. When times are good or bad, you always rear your ugly head up in here. Hang in there troll, I'm sure you'll change somebody's mind...... LMAO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:08:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732630, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If black people, as we have been asserting for some time, aren\u2019t monolithic, why should we believe anything different about white Americans?<br><br>Why is this important? Because in these final days of this presidential campaign season, when the \"Racial Polarization\" game begins in earnest, you will need to remember who the good guys are if you support Barack Obama. Because I've found myself beginning to do what a lot of you might be thinking - railing against white Americans as a group instead of railing against the individuals, black or white, or the organizations who threaten my candidate's chances.<br><br><br>Today's Post<br><br>Can We All Just Get Along Already?<br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-we-all-just-get-along-already.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09...</a><br><br>Yesterday's Post - Series Intro<br><br>White Americans And The Politics Of Race: A 5 Part Series<br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09/white-americans-and-politics-of-race-5.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:54:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks sooo much for the Hendrix footage, HUGE fan of his, the man was a genius.  I wish he were alive so he could play the national anthem at the inauguration celebration when Barack is sworn in as the 44th president.  :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:55:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Told y'all the Europeans think we're a dumb bunch.<br><br>After all, the London Daily Mirror headline said it all when Bush stole another election back in 2004:<br><br><b><i>'HOW CAN 59,000,000 AMERICANS BE SO STUPID?\"</b></i><br><br>I didn't make that up, see it for yourselves:<br><a href=\"http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushdumbpeople.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/...</a><br><br>We truly do get the government we deserve if we don't stop McCain and Caribou Barbie from getting the White House.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:16:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Apparently there are layers underneath that we just didn't know about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:48:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL,<br><br>giving Bubba that last bit of rope. Now, you, me, most JJP readers, we know which way the wind blows. but, Bubba needs that last bit of rope with which to hang himself to those on the fence.<br><br>I never thought I'd see the day when Ed Koch is a more sincere campaigner for Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:17:37", "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": 2744710, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2738242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some more thoughts on this: very interesting passage to quote from here. In 12:3, \"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.\" Refers of course to Jesus, but ties in so well with Obama's gratitude for \"those who came before\" and the suffering they endured that the next generation might have more.<br><br>12:7 goes on, \"Endure hardship as discipline...\" It seems to me that Obama is already reaching for the spiritual strength he and all of the world will need to handle the coming storm. He knows that, if he's elected, he will preside over a terrible economy with much pain for all.<br><br>12:11: \"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:08:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 2738123, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Rikyrah - yesterday you brought up the Palin kids marriage prior to election.  <br>Here are some responses from the UK blogs.  <br>*******************************************************<br><br>You have to be kidding me?! Using the shotgun marriage of two teenagers to revive an election?!! McCain has clearly lost his frggin mind<br><br>Alexander, MAPLE GROVE, MN, U.S.<br><br>John McCain's entire campaign is ridiculous. It's passed beyond the level of the absurd long ago. We've entered some strange new territory here. I'm sorry to have to tell those of you from overseas unfortunately a sizeable portion of the American voters are capable of being just THIS dumb. <br><br>John, Chicago, <br><br>If this \"circus\" is allowed to go on it will be a new low for U.S. politics, and God knows it's low enough! You folks do realize the whole world is watching this election closely, don't you?<br><br>Allison Sloan, Vancouver, B.C., Canada<br><br>Dear Sarah Palin: <br>Has anyone ever asked Bristol if it was okay that she becomes John McCain's election strategy? <br>If her teenage pregnancy and attendant shotgun marriage are an off-limits, 'private family matter', why do you keep trotting it out to help the campaign along? Puke.<br><br>arla sorkin manson, los angeles, california, usa<br><br>Johanna of Toronto: about the \"former hero sink[ing] to such depths of cynicism and manipulation,\" Senator McCain is an elder narcissist. He is self-centered w/a nasty temper. To him winning wars are not just in the past, they are in his on again, off again current need to be adored at center stage.<br><br>Miichael D., Ventura, California, <br><br>Three wars (if you count US vs Pakistan) simmering away, the biggest downturn since the 30's, the government in hock to foreign countries and the US then elects a team with Palin on the ticket on the back of poll surge from a glitzy wedding. As Matt Damon said \"It's a really bad Disney movie\"<br><br>John Small, Faversham, UK<br><br>18 is considered a 'respectable age for a bride' ... ? At what point do we want to be encouraging our teenage children to get pregnant and married so young?<br><br>Mark Daniels, Ely, UK", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  She said; He said!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/palin-has-repeatedly-cont_n_130165.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/palin-...</a><br>Palin Repeatedly Contradicted McCain on Pakistan<br><br>HE SAID - - NO SHE SHE DIDN\"T.  Dementia!!  That's all!!<br><br>I'm going to get some more Headlines!  This is 2 much!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:57:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2732110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-28-gop-remarks_N.htm?csp=34\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...</a><br><br>\"We don't want Hispanics to become the new blacks, what with their welfare and food stamps and handouts.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_11:11:22", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guess who's not coming to dinner<br><br><br>By Roger Ebert <br><br><br>by Roger Ebert<br><br>I do not like you, John McCain. My feeling has nothing to do with issues. It has to do with common courtesy. During the debate, you refused to look Barack Obama in the eye. Indeed, you refused to look at him at all. Even when the two of you shook hands at the start, you used your eyes only to locate his hand, and then gazed past him as you shook it.<br><br>Obama is my guy. If you are rude to him, you are rude to me. If you came to dinner at my house and refused to look at or speak with one of my guests, that would be bad manners and I would be offended. Same thing if I went to your house. During the debate, you were America's guest.<br><br>What was your problem? Do you hold this man in such contempt that you cannot bear to gaze upon him? Will you not even speak to him directly? <br>Do you think he doesn't have the right to be running for President? <br>Were you angry because after you said you wouldn't attend the debate, he said a President should be able to concern himself with two things at the same time? He was right. The proof is, you were there. Were you angry with him because he called your bluff?<br><br>During the debate, Jim Lehrer repeatedly called upon both candidates to speak directly to each other. Obama looked at you. He addressed you as \"John,\" which as a fellow senator is his privilege. His body language was open. You stared straight ahead, or at Lehrer, or into space. Your jaw was clinched. You had a tight little smile, or a grimace, or a little shake of your head.<br><br>I had to do two things at once while watching the debate. I had to listen to what was being said. And I had to process your rigid and contemptuous behavior. If you were at a wedding and the father of the groom refused to look at or speak to the bride, how would that make you feel? Especially if you were the father of the bride?<br><br>You made a TV commercial showing the moments Obama agreed with you. <br>Everybody knows he did. Did his agreement show honesty, or weakness? <br>It is significant that you said it proved he was not ready to lead. <br>What is the better leadership quality: (1) Willingness to listen to your opponent, and keep an open mind? (2) Rigidly ignoring him? Which of the two of you better demonstrated the bipartisan spirit you say you represent? Was there anything he said that you agreed with? Could you have brought yourself to say so?<br><br>I'm not the only one who noticed your odd, hostile behavior. Just about everybody did. I'm sure many of your supporters must have sensed the tension. Before the debate, pundits were wondering if you might explode in a display of your famous temper. I think we saw that happen, all right, but it was an implosion. I have instructed my wife to exclude you from any future dinner parties. <br><br><br><a href=\"http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/COMMENTARY/809289997\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:58:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "me neither. didn't this fool say he wasn't going to vote once Hillpatine lost?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:20:48", "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": 2744720, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2732630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm?page=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">BARACK'S 'ORGANIZER' BUDS PUSHED FOR BAD MORTGAGES</a> - \u201c<i>Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.\u201d</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_11:46:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Conflict of interest...can she be an objective commentator if she's worried  about preserving her position.   She is influencing opinions, but is not being entirely truthful.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:23:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2743687, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  Roger -U better tell the truth!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:15:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've been wanting to hear him \"in the spirit\" forever!  I was beginning to think he couldn't bring it like that :)<br><br>He's going to be an amazing President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:52:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733580, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Yep!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:17:43", "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": 2744853, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I recorded the debates and watched it at least 5 times already.  He is brilliant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_09:03:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2725760, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i think o's camp just gave mccain an opening. given that the house isn't going to try again with the bill until thursday, this is seriously bad move.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Obama_sought_rape_victim_for_ad.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/09...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_23:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a1a6fe07d6a55171eab9c48ea6c85fe5", "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}, "2734203": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they were together? how come he cant let her campaign on her own?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:29:58", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  O.K. So the Dems. have a \"so-called Maverick\" too???<br><br>Make a gaffe, mis-step, error in judgment, mis-speak, etc. on Sept 24.<br><br>Felt moved/led to apologize on Sept. 29.<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/29/black-florida-congressman-apologies-for-palin-comments/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/29/bla...</a><br><b>Black Florida Congressman Apologizes For Palin Comments</b><br><br><i>Martina Stewart, CNN<br><br>- An African-American congressman from Florida is apologizing for his comment that black and Jewish voters should not support Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin because \u201canybody toting guns and stripping moose don\u2019t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.\u201d<br><br>\u201cI regret the comments I made last Tuesday that were not smart and certainly not relevant to hunters or sportsmen,\u201d Rep. Alcee Hastings said in a statement issued Monday.</i><br><br>Did he apologize to the MOOSE??   I wonder?   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_20:07:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "mudflats knows he's a gem.<br><br>'over prepared' - Palin?<br><br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:11:34", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744222, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have been looking for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:30:18", "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": 2733079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dennis Kucinich was right!  I posted an a link to an article in the Sunday Thread about this. <br><br>So, what does this mean?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:12:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734954, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  Me neither.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:21:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744720, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Angry Independent: ANSWER:  I <b>HEAR</b> U!!  :&gt;)  Nice \"play list!\"  <br>  QUESTION:  \"Can you hear me now?\"<br><br>You can tell from my comments that I'm frequently trying to find a SONG to match the topic under discussion!   :&gt;)  Thanks!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730903, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Texas_Girl:  <b>GREAT FIND!!</b>  <b>THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!</b><br><br><b>FIRED UP!!  READY TO GO!!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:00:21", "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": 2734482, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they say that video is no longer available :(", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:31:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733887, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2732195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain has drawn a gub'ment check his whole entire life, but blacks are the ones who love welfare.  OK.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_11:16:20", "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": 2732110, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I give it 2 thumbs up. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:18:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The 3 A.M. Call <br>By PAUL KRUGMAN<br>It\u2019s 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings. Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on the line, and there\u2019s likely to be chaos when the market opens. Whom do you trust to take that call?<br><br>I\u2019m not being melodramatic. The bailout plan released yesterday is a lot better than the proposal Henry Paulson first put out \u2014 sufficiently so to be worth passing. But it\u2019s not what you\u2019d actually call a good plan, and it won\u2019t end the crisis. The odds are that the next president will have to deal with some major financial emergencies.<br><br>So what do we know about the readiness of the two men most likely to end up taking that call? Well, Barack Obama seems well informed and sensible about matters economic and financial. John McCain, on the other hand, scares me.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/opinion/29krugman.html?pagewanted=print\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/opinion/29kru...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_09:08:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Miranda!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733331, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda:  O.K. I can't find the SONG that I want, so I'm substituting:  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo&feat...</a><br>Earth, Wind & <b>FIRE</b>  - Let's Groove!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:33:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't we all do more?<br><a href=\"http://yououghtolisten.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-dream-destroyed-a-moment-of-self-evaluation/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://yououghtolisten.wordpress.com/2008/09/28...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_20:11:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting the article Sepia!  Even though he gets a bad rap, he truly represented the people with making his case against the bailout.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:19:15", "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": 2735250, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen, Roger. Amen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:33:08", "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": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When damage control brings more damage.<br><br>McCain is simply too angry and condescending. He has no business being a Senator at this point.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:59:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2742184, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  At least one Repug strategist is approaching the \"truth\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/rollins-mccain-mishandled_n_130336.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/rollin...</a><br><b>Ed Rollins:  Failure of Bailout Will Hurt McCain</b><br><br><i>A prominent GOP strategist said on Monday that John McCain handled his role in the bailout process poorly and would ultimately be hurt politically by the failure of the House of Representatives to pass the measure.<br><br>\"To a certain extent, I think John gets hurt by this,\" said Ed Rollins, a CNN contributor who worked on former Gov. Mike Huckabee's primary campaign earlier this cycle. \"He obviously, at the end of the day, said he was for it. But more important than that, he said he was the one who would bring them to the table and to a certain extent he will be viewed now as not being able to do that.\"<br><br>Rollins added, \"McCain is our nominee and [congressional Republicans] will do everything they can to help him, but they are not going to go over the cliff for him. They did that for Bush, and they thought that this measure was just too dramatic for their constituencies.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>\"Bush is finished as far as the House Republicans are concerned,\" said Rollins<br>\"</i> <br><br>  <br>THERE IS MORE!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:07:12", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2729658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "... <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2891789396/in/set-72157607533135519/\" rel=\"nofollow\">photos</a> from Obama campaign photographer David Katz.<br>At <a href=\"http://flickr.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">flickr.com</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_06:07:20", "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}, "2731125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some last-minute activism on the bailout: <a href=\"http://noblankcheck.wetpaint.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">No blank check for Wall Street's</a> <b>Send a message to Congress</b> campaign.  Here's how you can help:<br><br><strong>If you're on Facebook:<br></strong><br>1. <a href=\"http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/No-blank-check-for-Wall-Street/27399824194\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sign up as a fan</a> and watch your \"updates\" for what's next<br><br>2. reply to the <a href=\"http://www.new.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=4921&amp;uid=7453357817\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>No blank check for Wall Street</strong> thread on Nancy Pelosi's profile</a>  (we'll switch to the Senate after the house vote)<br><br>3.  share this link with your Facebook friends, and ask them to reply -- and to forward it to THEIR friends<br><br><strong>If you're not on Facebook:</strong><br><br>1. sign up for our <a href=\"http://groups.google.com/group/nbc4ws-announce\"  rel=\"nofollow\">annoucement email list</a> and check your email for what's next!<br><br>2. email this information to your friends, and ask them to help<br><br>3. phone or email your legislators and tell them how you feel<br><br>Thanks -- and please help get the word out!<br><br>jon", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_09:54:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "JonPincus", "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}, "2738880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "carolinagirl:  I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH for this response!  :&gt;)  <br><br>I couldn't be happier in that it brings back such a <b>PLEASANT MEMORY</b> in your life!!<br><br>Continue to ENJOY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>BTW, I can't listen to this song without crying!  My wonderful Daddy is in heaven - enjoying his ETERNAL REST!  Can't wait to \"Dance with him again!\" :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s</a><br><b>Dance With My Father Again</b>  - Luther VanDross", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:45:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734809, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah they're tripping.  Gwen Ifill may not be as job-secure as the billionaire Queen at Harpo, but I seriously doubt the good liberal white folk at PBS will fire her if she makes Caribou Barbie feel a little uncomfortable Thursday.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:00:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2738087, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734557, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2741446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lost her melanin----that i s funny.  You are right though.  She has more or less been singing  praises  ever since Palin hit the scene!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_18:47:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2740743, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brown Man:  I will be \"Field Trippin'\" to your site.  Thanks!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:04:22", "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": 2730548, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady, that song always makes me smile b/c it makes me think of dancing w/ my dad at my wedding. That was our song. :) :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:04:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734254, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another double standard. If Obama would have tried to take a jab of McCain's age they would have been crying foul- ageism.  With her lack of experience and substance a little humility is in order.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:52:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "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": 2739441, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2732259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220563.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220563.php</a><br><br>Pfotenhauer: Gwen Ifill will have some 'splainin to do if she doesn't watch it Thursday night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_11:20:17", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2753252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  O.K.  I can get with that!  :&gt;)   Thanks.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_13:25:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2752781, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He freaked when McCain picked Palin.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_20:14:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2739952, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO. OMG that's funny. I gotta hear it now. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:05:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733580, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:28:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730354, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  The \"parting of the RED SEA\" phenomenon is soooo obvious between Cafferty & \"Blitzen\":    Lawd   - he just put Blitzen \"On blast!\"<br><br>Blitzen:  Jack, I'm sorry that I may have to cut into your report when John McCain comes on.<br><br>Mr. Cafferty:  <b>Well! I'll just fill up the time until you decide to report something else!</b><br><br>Excuse me:  Getting my polar bear coat, seal boots, walrus-lined gloves and moose-topped hat! <br><br>  It was <b>COLD in the SITUATION ROOM -  ta-day!!  :&gt;)  </b><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:21:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "the weight of truth is a mother...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:38:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "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": 2740305, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow what a blast from the past.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:53:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "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": 2738091, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chemical irritant empties Islamic Society of Greater Dayton's mosque<br><a href=\"http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/27/ddn092608evacweb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/sto...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:04:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  If you have time, please read my comment to B-Serious on <i>. . Kitchen Sink. .  .\"</i>  It included her CRICKET*** RESPONSE! [A)  Don't know the answer;  B) Didn't/Cain't understand the question  - RP issues].<br><br>Lawd ha'mercy!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_20:16:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2741514, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2738950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "k:  -er, -um that would be <b>NEGATIVE 351</b><br><br>Repeat after me:   <b>Obama-Biden '08!!</b>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:48:43", "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": 2732630, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2741514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Andrew Sullivan:<br><br><i>Monday, September 29, 2008<br>Palin Knows Of No Other Court Cases Except Roe<br>29 Sep 2008 06:39 pm<br><br>Yes, it can get worse:<br><br>The Palin aide, after first noting how \"infuriating\" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions. After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases. <br><br>There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.</i><br><br><br>Just let it sink in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_18:52:51", "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}, "2735884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "saw it...folks were responding like he was testifying..LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:21:05", "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": 2734415, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2752781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But, Green Lady, Cindy wants to be able to add the title of \"First Lady\" to her resume.  Somethings money can't really buy, like the ego booster of being addressed as \"The First Lady\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_13:00:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2746372, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Look what I found!   <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayarBrD6mk&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayarBrD6mk&feat...</a><br>Jimi Hendricks playing the piano and violin - Rare Footage - 1967-<br><br>Another set of skills!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:03:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxB3r\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/s...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733040, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Funny video.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqTSZoegYo\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqTSZoegYo</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:04:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hustleandfloe:  Amen!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_02:49:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2746606, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WTF is wrong with Michelle Bernard?  She is saying she can't believe that the Sarah she saw give her acceptance speech compared to the interview she saw with Couric.  Alluding to the fact that people are being too hard on her and her handlers are the problem.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:27:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Texas_Girl:  He had betta \"turn up the temperature\" and get hotter than \"tepid!\"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:42:44", "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": 2743674, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  There was a mention of her preparation resulting in her <i> . . occasonal rote responses. . . </i><br><br>-UMMMMMM.  How about her \"occasional ANSWERS\" among the hours of RAMBLING!!  Following her ENDLESS RAMBLING, I can imagine a \"bubble\" above her head saying  <i>I wonder IFF they'll find an answer in all what I said and leave me alone on THAT topic!</i>  :&gt;)<br><br>ENOUGH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_01:32:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744628, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No way! I hope O changes the plans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:43:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2743674, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  I watched at it for a few minutes;  got sick to my stomach; then switched channels!<br><br><br>Whew!  Nauseating Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:05:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just got back from Seattle where Jimi is a hometown hero... \"The Experience\"<br><br>rarely hear the full version of this -- usually I hear it mixed into something else. I've always thought of this as patriotic protest -- I think I'm confirmed by the framing of it in this video. ?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 2730551, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2735926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin Says She's Ready To Rumble<br><br>ABC News' Ron Claiborne reports: Seemingly brimming with confidence, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is ready to go head-to-head with Democratic Sen. Joe Biden in the vice presidential debate this week.<br><br>\"I guess it's my turn now and I do look forward to Thursday and debating Senator Biden,\" she told a roaring crowd at a joint campaign rally Monday in Columbus, Ohio with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.<br><br>Palin told the audience \"I'll do my part in St. Louis this week\u201d in her debate against Sen. Biden, while mocking his age and experience, and his sports prognostication skills to the Ohio State Buckeye-friendly audience.<br><br>\"I'm looking forward to meeting him too,\" Palin said. \"I've never met him before. But, I've been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like second grade. I have to admit though he is a great debater and looks pretty doggone confident like he's sure he's gonna win. But, then again this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that the University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!\" <br><br>The allusion to Biden's 36 years in the U.S. Senate was an odd remark coming from the running mate of McCain, 72, a man who has been in Congress for the past 26 years and whose age has been cited as a concern of many voters, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. <br><br>Palin, 44, has been facing criticism in recent days for seeming unsteady and halting answering questions in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.<br><br>Palin will reportedly spend Tuesday and Wednesday in intense preparation for the debate. <br><br>McCain's top advisers, Steve Schmidt and campaign manager Rick Davis, are working with her to get her ready for a debate at which some political analysts say she must do well to dispel questions about her experience and familiarity with national and international policy.<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/palin-says-shes.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:22:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you see the part that says:<br><br>' For his part, Mr. Palin has worried about the frequent separation of his wife from her family, friends and Alaska staff, an adviser said. Accordingly, her family will be with her in Sedona during this week. Also, a key Alaska staffer joined the Palin operation Sunday.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384667.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384...</a><br><br><br>Sounds like Todd wants Sarah's ass at home!  Before all of this McCain attention Todd could get all the perks he wanted, paid for by the people of Alaska.  Todd could be co-governor and wheel and deal and nobody knew about it.  He could pop a wheelie on the side of the mountain and do the Running Man with the moose and nobody cared.  But now the National Enquirer is all up in their business, the blogs are coming out in force against her, Alaskans holding rallies against her every day, the entire USA...no, WORLD is laughing at her ass and Todd sees his good times coming to an end.<br><br>If Sarah Palin leaves this ticket, it will be at Todd's behest.  If Conservative Republicans really want her off the ticket, they need to get to her through Todd.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_23:42:02", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2744222, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2731322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ebert was spot on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_10:09:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "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": 2730577, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2737979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>\"I'm looking forward to meeting him too,\" Palin said. \"I've never met him before. But, I've been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like second grade. I have to admit though he is a great debater and looks pretty doggone confident like he's sure he's gonna win. But, then again this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that the University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!\"</b></i><br><br>She compared the debate to college football?<br><br>Somebody needs to take the shovel away from her before she digs her way to China.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:51:33", "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": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2735926, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda are you talking about at the CBC dinner on Sept 27?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:07:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Karmi - stop it.  that is below even you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:38:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732630, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love Jimi.... Thanks Rikyrah for that vid. CLASSIC!!!<br><br>As for the debate last week... Obama underperformed when measured against his potential. The current situation with the economy increased what he potentially could have done in that debate.<br><br>He should have done a much better job of spelling out McCain's past history regarding his efforts to deregulate the Financial Industry, and he should have spelled out for the viewers how McCain's record connects to the current economic problems (both on Main Street and Wall Street). And he should have provided a tutorial on the Republican  laissez-faire economic philosophy that helped lead to the problems (although some Dems were knee deep in this nonsense as well). But it's mostly been the Republican approach of less regulation and more greed that got us here. He had McCain in his sights...like a sitting duck. McCain was in a box....where he couldn't run, duck or dodge (or call on a staff member). But Obama let him go.<br><br>I understand that it was a debate that was supposed to focus on foreign policy... but the economy took up approx. half the time. Obama settled for an o.k. performance (IMO) when he could have routed McCain. He let a golden opportunity slip away.<br><br>But I also agree with some who have said that all Obama had to do was show poise... and to show he had a command of the issues... enough to make voters comfortable enough to consider him (particularly the undecideds). He had to dispell all of the misinformation that has been spread about him over the last few weeks and months (although with the long Dem. primary... I think a lot of those questions had already been answered by now). Many voters are just looking for an alternative to voting Republican...and will be willing to support any viable choice...and part of what Obama did (while it wasn't a blowout) was show that he is a viable choice. A minimalist approach if he did it consciously...but apparently it was effective.<br><br>If he can improve in the next two debates... and if Palin flops (I am keeping my fingers crossed), then he may be able to establish a solid lead from here on out. <br>I'm often tough on Obama because he (and his staff) seems to forget that the burden of proof will always be on him. He has to prove himself to voters (and reassure) at all times... I'm not saying that this is the way it should be... but this is the reality of where we are. He has the burden of proof because he does not fit the mold of the traditional American (white) Presidential candidate. White candidates (even when they aren't qualified....we see this with Palin now), don't have this burden... or they don't have it nearly to the same degree. Candidates like McCain and Palin (even when they are not qualified as is the case with Palin) will get the benefit of the doubt by default. Since they fit the mold so well (just by their class position, race, political affiliations, etc), they don't face the kind of scrutiny that a more unorthodox, or non-White candidate has to deal with. Look at Palin for example... it was only a couple of weeks ago that the media really started to dig a little deeper. Obama doesn't have that kind of privilege. All Palin and McCain have to do is show up... and they are spotted a grade of B just for that. Obama, on the other hand, has to work his a** off at all times. He can't afford to get too comfortable IMO.<br><br>He will need as big a lead as possible going into election day, just to overcome prejudice, and whatever election tricks folks have in store. <br><br>We are already reading about the sickness going on in Ohio....with the anti-Muslim campaign and the reports of possible hate crimes that followed. These folks are willing to do anything.... ANYTHING to get McCain (s)elected President.<br><br>So Obama has to take every opportunity (all fair and legit opportunities) to highlight differences between himself and McCain and to help his campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_09:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "a47ea93766789cc6877e67eb9c49c8ff", "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}, "2739441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miss Mooseburger is talking smack about Biden's age when her running mate looks like he is 120 years old?<br><br>Alrighty then.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:19:34", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2735926, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Try again Rikyrah - I just watched it twice.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:36:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734242, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "he was fabulous. the rain just added to the electricity", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:08:30", "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": 2725760, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry was so annoyed.  I meant . . .<br>WTF is wrong with Michelle Bernard? She is saying it is hard for her to believe that the Sarah Palin she saw give her acceptance speech is the same person as the one she saw in the Couric interview. Then she tried to say that people are being too hard on her and that her handlers are the problem.<br><br>The other pundit had to remind her that the speech was written for her and she used a teleprompter.  I couldn't believe Michelle.  RonnieB -- you need to check your girl.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:31:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2740513, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:  <i>  . . .take the shovel away. . . </i><br><br>LOL!    LOL!!!  Good one!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:53:43", "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": 2737979, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "freespiritbty:  <i>Who the frack does she think she is?</i><br><br>Girlllll:  I hate ta keep using this, BUT when it's <b>SO TRUE</b>, I gotta say it!<br><br>ANSWER:  She knows one thing;  She is a girl with <b>the WHITE GENE</b><br><br>The <b> WHITE GENE</b>  confers -   <b>PRIVILEGE</b>, as she has clearly demonstrated!<br><br>Sorry ta be redundant!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:38:55", "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": 2733941, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Somewhere between \"witch doctors\" and the STUPID religious right/ -er WRONG, the \"McAncient\" campaign has ATTRACTED This LOW LIFE!  <br><br>Annnnnd, he lives in a city in the US/South Carolina.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/south-carolina-mayor-just_n_130156.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/south-...</a><br><b>South Carolina Mayor \"Just  Curious\" If Obama Is The Antichrist</b><br><br><i>Fort Hill, SC Mayor Danny Funderburk said he forwarded a chain email suggesting Barack Obama is the antichrist because he was \"just curious\" if it was true:<br><br>I was just curious if there was any validity to it,\" Funderburk said in a telephone interview. \"I was trying to get documentation if there was any scripture to back it up.\"<br><br>The e-mail, which has circulated in the last six months, claims the biblical book of Revelation says the antichrist will be in his 40s and of Muslim ancestry. The Charlotte Observer reports, \"There is no such scripture. And Obama is not a Muslim. But that hasn't stopped the e-mail.\" In March, CNN's Glenn Beck wondered aloud \"Is Obama the antichrist?\"</i><br><br>Repugs!  Repugs!  Repugs!   Y'all claimin/' this person??<br><br>Lawd H'ep Y'all!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today's Polls:<br><br>Pennsylvania FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 49, McCain 42 Obama +7<br><br>Ohio FOX News/Rasmussen McCain 48, Obama 47 McCain +1<br><br>Florida FOX News/Rasmussen McCain 47, Obama 47 Tie<br>Florida SurveyUSA McCain 48, Obama 47 McCain +1<br><br>Virginia FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 47 Obama +3<br><br>Colorado FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 49, McCain 48 Obama +1<br><br>North Carolina PPP (D) McCain 45, Obama 47 Obama +2<br><br>National Gallup Tracking Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br><br>National Rasmussen Tracking Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br><br>National Hotline/FD Tracking Obama 47, McCain 42 Obama +5", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_21:44:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The bailout has failed, 205-228.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:09:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2737004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Found this article posted about it. Pot Meet Kettle. McCain has truly lost his mind.<br><br>McCain says Obama policies will deepen recession<br>By DAVID ESPO \u2013 49 minutes ago <br><br>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate John McCain unleashed a blistering attack Monday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a simple question: \"Country first or Obama first?\"<br><br>In his first public appearance since Friday night's debate, McCain said Democrat Barack Obama advocates tax-and-spend policies that \"will deepen our recession,\" and voted against funding for equipment needed by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.<br><br>\"That is not putting the men and women of our military first,\" he said.<br><br>McCain stressed his own record of opposing Republicans on key issues, and said, \"When it comes time to reach across the aisle and work with members of both parties to get things done for the American people \u2014 my opponent can't name a single occasion in which he fought against his party's leadership to get something done for the country. That is not putting the interests of the country first.\"<br><br>Obama's campaign issued a swift rebuttal that accused McCain of an \"angry diatribe\" that it said \"won't make up for his erratic response to the greatest financial crisis of our time.\"<br><br>The Arizona senator spoke at a joint rally with running mate Sarah Palin, who said she is looking forward to this Thursday's debate with Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.<br><br>\"I've been hearing his speeches since I was in the second grade,\" the 44-year-old Alaska governor said of her counterpart, who is 65 and a veteran of more than 35 years in the Senate.<br><br>The speech was McCain's first outside Washington since he announced abruptly last week he was suspending his campaign to concentrate on helping Congress agree on a bailout for the troubled financial industry. He drew heated criticism from Democrats who accused him of nearly derailing negotiations that were headed for success, and even some Republicans conceded privately he appeared impetuous and had not helped his own cause.<br><br>Recent polls also suggest Obama has regained a lead he held in the race before the Republican National Convention, where McCain's choice of Palin energized conservatives and led to a short-term surge in his poll ratings.<br><br>In a statement, the Obama campaign said McCain was untruthful in describing Obama's record on taxes, \"and the lie he told the American people today is all the more outrageous a day after he admitted that his health care plan will increase taxes on some families.\"<br><br>The votes in question occurred on a Democratic budget outline that set tax and spending outlines for the future, but did not actually raise taxes.<br><br>Obama has said he voted against one war funding measure only because it contained no timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and compared that to McCain's vote against a war funding measure that did contain a timetable for withdrawal.<br><br>In a speech of less than 30 minutes, McCain challenged Obama's truthfulness and his support for the armed forces, as well as.<br><br>\"Two times, on March 14, 2008 and June 4, 2008, in the Democratic budget resolution, he voted to raise taxes on people making just 42,000 dollars per year. He even said at the time that this vote for higher taxes on the middle class was `getting our nation's priorities back on track,'\" the Republican said.<br><br>\"Then something amazing happened: on Friday night, he looked the American people in the eye and said it never happened. My friends, we need a President who will always tell the American people the truth.\"<br><br>McCain sought to turn the tables on his rival. \"Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was \"monitoring the situation.\" That's not leadership, that's watching from the sidelines,\" he said.<br><br>In the early days of the economic crisis, McCain seemed uncertain how to react. His first response was to say the fundamentals of the economy were strong. Then he backtracked, saying the workers form the foundation of the economy and they are strong. Then he called for a blue-ribbon commission to study the root causes of the debacle on Wall Street. Then he called for the ouster of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, with each shift drawing ridicule from Obama.<br><br>Like Obama, McCain has not yet announced how he intends to vote on the measure.<br><br>But aides said he intends to return to the Senate for the roll call later in the week, and he signaled on Sunday he would likely vote in favor of the measure, which gives the Treasury authority to spend up to $700 billion to purchase distressed assets on the books of financial institutions.<br><br>Several Republicans said House GOP leaders had asked McCain to make phone calls to wavering rank and file lawmakers to try and persuade them to support the bill. Campaign aides did not immediately say whether any of the calls had been made.<br><br>McCain broadened his attack on Obama to include spending.<br><br>The Democrat \"has proposed more than $860 billion in new spending,\" McCain said. \"He was asked in our debate Friday to name a single program he would consider cutting to help our country through this crisis, and he struggled to name a single program!\"<br><br>In the debate, McCain suggested a partial freeze on government spending, excluding defense, veterans and other programs he did not identify. In reply, Obama said the problem with a freeze is that it short-changes programs which deserve an increase. He mentioned early childhood education as an example.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:26:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "5953c9b2f4ebad1b948f3517eba0acdb", "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": 2733477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yea she introduced McCain - talked trash about Biden's slip on not backing the use of clean coal and tossed in a few digs against Obama.  <br><br>But she is doing another interview with Couric today, there is supposed to be some more interviews done last week which is supposed to be shown leading up to this Thurs VP debate.    Then she is going to hang out at one of McCain's houses and they are flying in her family.  Not sure why those kids aren't in school but . . . whatever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:39:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734203, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mudflats asking for help.<br><br>For all of you who wish you could have been at the Alaskans for Truth rally, or were there but didn\u2019t sign the petition, here it is! This is the petition that we will be submitting to the \u201cpowers that be\u201d.<br><br>Whether you are in Alaska, our outside the state, please sign. We\u2019re trying to get as many signatures as possible in the next few days.  This affects all of us.<br><br>To add your voice, click the link and sign online ASAP! Email everyone you know!<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.gopetition.com/online/22212.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.gopetition.com/online/22212.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_21:09:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have been looking for this speech since Saturday and have not found it ANYwhere!!  I was hoping he'd come \"home\" to the CBC and give this type of address.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:33:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "dj, this was posted yesterday- including a letter sent to the DailyKos from someone who believes his connected to the McCain campaign. Check this one out too.  Sick.<br><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/203016/697/536/613742\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/203016/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_08:26:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "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": 2730225, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GTFOH!!  What are they going to do, smear Ifill for doing her job?  Fracking bullies.  RI-DAM-DICULOUS.  The MccCain campaign keep saying, ad nauseum,Palin has the \"executive experience\", moreso than Obama, yet, Palin can't answer \"too many foreign policy questions\"?  WTF?  WTF?  Are these people serious?  I am sick of the \"passive/aggressive attitude regarding Palin. Either she's qualified and can stand on her own, or she isn't.  Enough of this middle ground garbage.  Pfoenhamer needs a tall glass of STFU!<br><br>Who in the frack does she think she is?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:10:49", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732259, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bill Clinton is set to campaign for Obama Wednesday in Florida.<br><br>I'm scared shitless....<br><br>Just sayin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2742652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Val! when he got near the end and started his \"those who came before us\" leading with Shirley Chisolm....it was \"moaning\" time as my grandmama would say! LOL If Obama wasn't a politician, he was definitely gonna be a minister.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_20:28:06", "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": 2735884, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2725760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "O was so freakin' amazing at Fredericksburg and the debate.   You only get the full power of his perfomance when you watch the videos a couple times...every response was brilliant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_02:14:07", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2746353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lilytiger:  O.K.  I hope so [i.e., laughing inside.]<br><br><i>. . straight face, etc.  </i>  LOL!  :&gt;)<br><br>I Cain't Tolerate Gergen!!  :&gt;(<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_01:50:57", "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": 2745410, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Every time Bill Clinton opens his mouth, allegedly in support of Obama, Obama takes a HIT.<br><br>I'm telling y'all, I smell conspiracy between the McCains and the Clintons regarding Obama.  Clinton still pissed he's not going to see a defacto third term in the White House through Hillary.<br><br>Send his ass back to Harlem and let him help Rangel sort out the mess that's about to cost his his Ways and Means Chairmanship if he's not careful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_23:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2743674, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "she gots to keep her day job as the CEO of her women's forum.<br><br>yeah, where is Ronnie B! BTW, I googled her to confirm her gig and just found out she was married to that corny Joe Johns. These pundits and their spouses are fascinating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:03:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2740567, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why isn't it bad to give handouts to the top one percent? I am so tired of racism and its off shoot ----self hate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:35:41", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732110, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  Co-signing.  It's ENOUGH to watch her verbal/oratorical/pseudo-intellectual  DEMISE during this general election.  Pul-eeze, I don't need/want to think beyond this point.<br><br>I'm getting SICK to my stomach watching these 2 with the <b>WHITE GENE</b> get a PASS from so many!  No more!<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:10:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2730002, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2745410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But you know she's laughing inside. She's too smart not to notice how idiotic Palin is. Actually, I spent the evening zapping back and forth through the channels and the pundits can hardly hide their disbelief at Palin. I am thinking that there is a side game going on. You know a bit of gambling. The pundit that can keep a straight face, keep the eyes from widening and suppress the giggles when ever they see a sound byte from Palin wins. You know, a stare down so to speak. Michelle is winning. Gergen took a hit today with his stunned words.<br><br>Heh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_01:12:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2741446, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah, I haven't forgotten that Hastings was the first CBC member to sling Cynthia McKinney under the bus when she was being harassed by the Capitol Hill Police.<br><br>Serves him right to get caught out like that.  I have no sympathy for this brotha at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_23:54:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2742397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama at <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU rel=\"nofollow\">CBC on Saturday....</a href>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:42:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733580, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2743701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know. I don't want him out there!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:04:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2743674, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2730903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's <a href=\"http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2008/09/give-people-what-they-want-mega-mix.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">some ear candy</a> for those who love music.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_09:33:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "a47ea93766789cc6877e67eb9c49c8ff", "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}, "2744222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <i>The Mudflats</i> is posting like crazy.  Annnd, they're getting a creditable number of comments, which is nice and supportive!<br><br>Here are some of their latest posts:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-camp-figures-out-sarah-palins-problem/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-ca...</a><br><b>McCain Camp Figures Out Sarah Palin's Problem</b><br><i>Rarely do things actually make me laugh out loud, alone in a room\u2026especially the Wall Street Journal. But, there\u2019s a first time for everything.<br><br>(clearing throat and trying to be serious)<br><br>Apparently Republicans have figured out what Palin\u2019s problem is, and what she needs to do to bolster her plummeting poll numbers. I DARE you to keep a straight face.<br><br>Some prominent Republicans and senior members of Congress have expressed worries about certain facets of the Palin campaign, particularly that Gov. Palin may be \u201coverprepared\u201d and not encouraged to be herself, an adviser said.</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-clamps-hand-over-palins-mouth-again/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-cl...</a><br><b>McCain Clamps Hand Over Palins Mouth</b><br><br><i>Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin\u2019s stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama\u2019s support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists\u201cShe would not\u2026she understands and has stated repeatedly that we\u2019re not going to do anything except in America\u2019s national security interest,\u201d McCain told ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos of Palin. \u201cIn all due respect, people going around and\u2026 sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that\u2019s\u2014that\u2019s a person\u2019s position\u2026 This is a free country, but I don\u2019t think most Americans think that that\u2019s a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin.\u201d<br><br>So, people sticking microphones into conversations, shouldn\u2019t count?  Hmmm\u2026I seem to remember something about people clinging to guns and religion into a microphone\u2026<br><br>So what was this wishy washy comment that wasn\u2019t really what she meant?</i><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/brutus-speaks-the-palin-reaction-to-alaskans-for-truth-rally/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/brutus-sp...</a><br><b>Brutus Speaks: The Palin Reaction To Alaskans For Truth Rally</b><br><br><i> \u201cClearly this was an Obama rally and nothing else. The rally proves the point of partisanship which the Governor has been trying to remove from the investigation in an effort to get a fair and just result.<br><br>The Governor remains an open book and is fully cooperating with the non-partisan Personnel Board and its independent investigator, which are statutorily authorized to conduct an investigation.<br><br>As you no doubt noticed the personal attacks at this rally, it is unfortunate that while we discuss the Governor and her record, the Obama campaign is resorting to personally attacking those who will continue to stand with the Governor and Alaskans and against personal smears.\u201d<br><br>Now you know why several people at the rally had signs directed squarely at Meg Stapleton. When Alaskans start quoting Julius Caesar\u2019s \u201cEt tu, Brute?\u201d (Even you Brutus?) you realize the extent to which she is seen as the ultimate betrayer. </i><br><br>As you can see, they are primarily focussed on \"The Gov.:  IMHO, it's helpful to hear the voices of the people who \"knew her best.\"<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_22:58:19", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Meow Ms. Kitty.  RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:31:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2739441, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2741667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You a would think. But unfortunately, her base wants the pitbull attack attitude from her. But the minute Biden says anything...like \"hello\". Then it's sexism.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_19:06:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2739937, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anybody listening to the McCain and Palin Rally in Columbus Ohio on MSNBC?  Well it is over now but.  . .<br><br>He was a raving LUNATIC.<br><br>He repeated his talking points (earmarks, Obama not claiming victory, the success of the surge and the fact that he intends to continue with the surge when he is elected, Obama will raise taxes on the middle class) all of which was so clearly disputed on Friday night's debates it was . . . well pitiful.<br><br>I believe he has finally lost complete touch with reality.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:37:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2728871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "2 words that when combined scare the hell out of me - President Palin? <br><br><a href=\"http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=212\" rel=\"nofollow\">What If: McCain Dies?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_02:26:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e25ceb6ba85c086a66fdfba41a55062", "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}, "2742184": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/eveningnews/main4487826.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/eveni...</a><br><br>latest palin/couric interview from today - Daddy McCain went with her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_19:51:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2738091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Former New York Mayor Ed Koch promotes Barack Obama in South Florida<br><a href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbkoch0929sbsep29%2C0%2C5055816.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflo...</a><br><br>....Good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:58:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val:  <i>funny. . </i>   BUT, OH SO TA-RUE!!!   SADLY!!<br>Was that a \"barracuda\" in the water?  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:58:45", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2733849, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lolol I think so. hah", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:32:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2739116, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Evidence of the <b>CONTROLLED MEDIA</b><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/kurtz-journos-checking-th_n_130248.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/kurtz-...</a><br>Journalist are going to stop telling the \"truth\" about The Gov. until after Thursday.<br><br>CONTROLLED MEDIA!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:02:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2745267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmm... if he's a Huckabee supporter, he's probably in the same boat as ol' Bill: pullin for his candidate in 2012.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:45:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 2740208, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is bad for McCain.<br><br>In the course of one week, he's lost major ReThug pundits George Will and now Ed Rollins.<br><br>McCain needs to put himself out of his own misery, but he's too angry, mean and crochety to do it.  If Cindy loves her husband, she should do the merciful thing and pull John off the stage, wait a few years, get hitched to another ReThug who may run for POTUS and become that guy's first lady.  She gains nothing staying hitched to McCain; nothing at ALL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_23:58:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2740208, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2737593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  As I continue to follow the Williams sisters, I was wondering when the concept of racism was going to raise its head.  Oh, they have EXPERIENCED IT, but, news articles have not articulated the concept - except tangentially.  This article suggests that the RACE voice is getting becoming audible.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppay295863288sep29%2C0%2C949668.column\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppay295...</a><br><b>In Tennis, As In Politics, Race Colors The Game</b><br><br><i>With the first presidential debate behind us, the next big showdown looms in the Spring of '09. By then, if the U.S. Constitution holds, the nation will have seated its harried 44th president and his stressed-out Treasury secretary.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>But we need a break; tennis anyone? By March 9, the Williams sisters must decide whether to continue their boycott of the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament.<br><br>The play at the net concerns a change in the Women's Tennis Association rules in 2007 that makes it mandatory for top-10 ranked players to show at Southern California's Indian Wells, a non-Grand Slam event. Serena and Venus Williams, ranked No. 1 and No. 8, respectively, would be forced to appear or face suspension and heavy fines. Each has been boycotting the tournament since 2001.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Both sisters swore never again to play at Indian Wells. Time will reveal whether their commitment will wither under the new WTA rules drafted to force their hands and remove the stigma of racism from this tournament. Sports are indeed a reliable laboratory to put the national character under the microscope. As terrible as the pain the racists put the Williams family through there, the bipolarity of patriotism comes as sharply into focus. Serena was a striking young American, up against the Belgian Kim Clijsters for the championship. Yet, the hometown girl, an African-American, heard her every mistake cheered as she was booed with a slur by the wealthy, upscale, well-educated, white tennis fans.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>This institutionalized de-motivation that America directs at high-potential, young black achievers was totally neutralized by the Williams sisters' father, Richard. As when Serena won the recent U.S. Open, and Venus, Wimbledon, the sisters brim with a confidence that seems to rattle players on the court. When interviewing Serena after her victory, PBS host Charlie Rose raised the \"intimidation\" aspect of her game. She countered with what her supporters consider a more significant component: mental toughness.<br><br>Media analysts and tennis fans do not relate to Serena and Venus comfortably; nor do they embrace them for the treasure they are. In tennis as in politics, race still colors Americans' appreciation of the game just as it overrides national pride.<br><br>So much for Americans' claims of putting country first.</i><br><br>Ya know, it has been my observation that sports newscasters have FREQUENTLY decribed the Williams sisters as being <b>ATHLETIC</b>.  The girls with the \"WHITE GENE\"  are FREQUENTLY described as SKILLFUL, have a great \"touch\" at the net [for that drop shot] and they have nice ball placement!!  And they just co-sign each other with , virtually, no one challenging the TERMINOLOGY!  CRAP!!<br><br>Actually, this continues my motivation to work hard for Mr. Obama!  Will be continuing my VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT!!  :&gt;)<br><br>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:31:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I had to laugh at this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:39:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732259, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2738123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"If you're willing to put your shoulders to the wheel of history; if you're willing to march with me and get people registered to vote and stand with me in November, then forty years from now, our children will look back and say that like those who came before, we did not shrink from the challenges we faced. Like those who came before, we held fast to our ideals of opportunity, and justice, and equality. Like those who came before us, we remembered the words of the Scripture, and cast off everything that hindered our way, and ran with perseverance the race that was set before us.\"<br><br>Thanks to <a href=\"http://GinaCooper.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">GinaCooper.com</a> who transcribed this -- I've made some corrections.<br><br>(It's Hebrews 12:1 btw)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_15:01:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 2733079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  'cause even the Repugs have heard ENOUGH of her NON-ANSWERS!!  :&gt;)  Annnnd, 'cause they [ Repugs] scurred of the \"McAncient\" Campaign at this point on their behalf!!<br><br>I can see them pimp slappin' each other now  sayin'  \"What have we done?\"  Are those 2 fools the \"best\" that we can offer?<br><br>And they're probably \"shaking their heads\"  sayin'  Whew!  Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '8!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:46:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734203, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "val:  the \"excuse\" will be that they are being \"HOME SCHOOLED!\"  As in, they are getting \"SCHOOLED\" in whatever \"HOME\" they are in!  NOT!  :&gt;)<br><br>Actually, THEY ARE TRUANT!!  There is NO Education Code that provides for this absence, under these circumstances. There is NO \"being dragged around by my parents to campaign\" LEGAL EXCUSE!!  <br><br>Annnd, it has been reported that these kids are NOT doing well in school!<br>But, no one has exposed their \"report cards\" - YET!  :&gt;)<br><br>The main concern, for me, is the care of the Down's Syndrome child!  What a SAD NEGLECT!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:55:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734445, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2734557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Palins don't strike me as the most academic of people, so no surprise they haven't found their way back to school yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_13:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734445, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That cow is lying again about Biden.  He's been in the Senate for less than thirty years and any speeches he would have given, she would have been old enough to damn well vote by that time.<br><br>And to try and cast aspersions on Biden's age when her running mate is literally old enough to be her damned father - hell, she should just drink her cans of STFU already and call it a day.  <br><br>Let her have that shovel to keep digging.  Point is, she's probably too dumb to dig her way to China because she thinks she can see China on the other side of Russia - FROM HER BACK YARD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2737979, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2740305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  This is TOO FUNNY!!  No comments needed.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/lindsey-graham-too-tired_n_130198.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/lindse...</a><br><b>Lindsey Graham Too \"Tired\" Sunday To Spin For McCain</b><br><br><i>[Via Crooks and Liars] How did things go for John McCain last week? Lindsey Graham, who usually flacks McCain with a psychopathic, operatic zeal, got to a point Sunday morning on Fox News where he just sort of ... gave up. When it came time to respond to public support of Senator Barack Obama after the debate at Ole Miss, Graham at first attempted to pull out some good news from the polling data. But he quickly folded under minimal pressure from Chris Wallace, confessing finally that he was \"tired\" and concluding, \"Senator Obama did well. Senator Obama helped himself.\"<i><br><br>THERE IS A VIDEO.</i></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_17:13:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2739178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anderkoo:  Amen!  Amen!  Amen!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_16:02:44", "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": 2738242, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2738087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's up with these white people telling black folks how to do their job???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_14:58:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2732259, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2733040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has anyone gotten a fix on Barack's position re the bailout of mortgage industry?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-29_12:11:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2744817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah, would YOU allow Sarah Palin out on her own, if you were McCrochety?<br><br>Don't worry, I'll wait (best Katt Williams impression). LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_00:06:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2734203, "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": "5129345", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 8532367629640910572}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "monday_open_thread_34", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 145, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 5129345, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=monday_open_thread_34' +
		'&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/monday_open_thread_34/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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_34'
			+ '&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/monday_open_thread_34/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">145</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_34/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/monday_open_thread_34/">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:5129345" 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/monday_open_thread_34/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:5129345" 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:5129345" 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'				: 'monday_open_thread_34',
			// 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/monday_open_thread_34/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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_34'
			+ '&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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_34'
			+ '&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='		+ 'monday_open_thread_34'
				+ '&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/5129345/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

	//
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730577">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730577" class="dsq-comment-message">Guess who\'s not coming to dinner<br><br><br>By Roger Ebert <br><br><br>by Roger Ebert<br><br>I do not like you, John McCain. My feeling has nothing to do with issues. It has to do with common courtesy. During the debate, you refused to look Barack Obama in the eye. Indeed, you refused to look at him at all. Even when the two of you shook hands at the start, you used your eyes only to locate his hand, and then gazed past him as you shook it.<br><br>Obama is my guy. If you are rude to him, you are rude to me. If you came to dinner at my house and refused to look at or speak with one of my guests, that would be bad manners and I would be offended. Same thing if I went to your house. During the debate, you were America\'s guest.<br><br>What was your problem? Do you hold this man in such contempt that you cannot bear to gaze upon him? Will you not even speak to him directly? <br>Do you think he doesn\'t have the right to be running for President? <br>Were you angry because after you said you wouldn\'t attend the debate, he said a President should be able to concern himself with two things at the same time? He was right. The proof is, you were there. Were you angry with him because he called your bluff?<br><br>During the debate, Jim Lehrer repeatedly called upon both candidates to speak directly to each other. Obama looked at you. He addressed you as "John," which as a fellow senator is his privilege. His body language was open. You stared straight ahead, or at Lehrer, or into space. Your jaw was clinched. You had a tight little smile, or a grimace, or a little shake of your head.<br><br>I had to do two things at once while watching the debate. I had to listen to what was being said. And I had to process your rigid and contemptuous behavior. If you were at a wedding and the father of the groom refused to look at or speak to the bride, how would that make you feel? Especially if you were the father of the bride?<br><br>You made a TV commercial showing the moments Obama agreed with you. <br>Everybody knows he did. Did his agreement show honesty, or weakness? <br>It is significant that you said it proved he was not ready to lead. <br>What is the better leadership quality: (1) Willingness to listen to your opponent, and keep an open mind? (2) Rigidly ignoring him? Which of the two of you better demonstrated the bipartisan spirit you say you represent? Was there anything he said that you agreed with? Could you have brought yourself to say so?<br><br>I\'m not the only one who noticed your odd, hostile behavior. Just about everybody did. I\'m sure many of your supporters must have sensed the tension. Before the debate, pundits were wondering if you might explode in a display of your famous temper. I think we saw that happen, all right, but it was an implosion. I have instructed my wife to exclude you from any future dinner parties. <br><br><br><a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/COMMENTARY/809289997" rel="nofollow">http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2731322">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2731322" class="dsq-comment-message">Ebert was spot on.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734122">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734122" class="dsq-comment-message">Ebert brought it!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734257">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734257" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen, Roger. Amen.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735781">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735781" class="dsq-comment-message">I give it 2 thumbs up. :)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744847" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744847" class="dsq-comment-message">Being married to that sista, Chaz....naw, I won\'t go THERE<br><br>ROFLMAO<br><br>I give it the Wayans "Two Snaps" as well as Two Thumbs up!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746477">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746477" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  Roger -U better tell the truth!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734954">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734954" class="dsq-comment-message">The bailout has failed, 205-228.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735250">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735250" class="dsq-comment-message">Dennis Kucinich was right!  I posted an a link to an article in the Sunday Thread about this. <br><br>So, what does this mean?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735792">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735792" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting the article Sepia!  Even though he gets a bad rap, he truly represented the people with making his case against the bailout.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730563">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730563" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Rikyrah - yesterday you brought up the Palin kids marriage prior to election.  <br>Here are some responses from the UK blogs.  <br>*******************************************************<br><br>You have to be kidding me?! Using the shotgun marriage of two teenagers to revive an election?!! McCain has clearly lost his frggin mind<br><br>Alexander, MAPLE GROVE, MN, U.S.<br><br>John McCain\'s entire campaign is ridiculous. It\'s passed beyond the level of the absurd long ago. We\'ve entered some strange new territory here. I\'m sorry to have to tell those of you from overseas unfortunately a sizeable portion of the American voters are capable of being just THIS dumb. <br><br>John, Chicago, <br><br>If this "circus" is allowed to go on it will be a new low for U.S. politics, and God knows it\'s low enough! You folks do realize the whole world is watching this election closely, don\'t you?<br><br>Allison Sloan, Vancouver, B.C., Canada<br><br>Dear Sarah Palin: <br>Has anyone ever asked Bristol if it was okay that she becomes John McCain\'s election strategy? <br>If her teenage pregnancy and attendant shotgun marriage are an off-limits, \'private family matter\', why do you keep trotting it out to help the campaign along? Puke.<br><br>arla sorkin manson, los angeles, california, usa<br><br>Johanna of Toronto: about the "former hero sink[ing] to such depths of cynicism and manipulation," Senator McCain is an elder narcissist. He is self-centered w/a nasty temper. To him winning wars are not just in the past, they are in his on again, off again current need to be adored at center stage.<br><br>Miichael D., Ventura, California, <br><br>Three wars (if you count US vs Pakistan) simmering away, the biggest downturn since the 30\'s, the government in hock to foreign countries and the US then elects a team with Palin on the ticket on the back of poll surge from a glitzy wedding. As Matt Damon said "It\'s a really bad Disney movie"<br><br>John Small, Faversham, UK<br><br>18 is considered a \'respectable age for a bride\' ... ? At what point do we want to be encouraging our teenage children to get pregnant and married so young?<br><br>Mark Daniels, Ely, UK</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744889" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744889" class="dsq-comment-message">Told y\'all the Europeans think we\'re a dumb bunch.<br><br>After all, the London Daily Mirror headline said it all when Bush stole another election back in 2004:<br><br><b><i>\'HOW CAN 59,000,000 AMERICANS BE SO STUPID?"</b></i><br><br>I didn\'t make that up, see it for yourselves:<br><a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushdumbpeople.htm" rel="nofollow">http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/...</a><br><br>We truly do get the government we deserve if we don\'t stop McCain and Caribou Barbie from getting the White House.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2728871" href="http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=212" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATCH US EXPLODE</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2728871" class="dsq-comment-message">2 words that when combined scare the hell out of me - President Palin? <br><br><a href="http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=212" rel="nofollow">What If: McCain Dies?</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2730002" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730002" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re assuming that scenario if McCain steals the election or if this country really demonstrates their bigotry and actually vote him in.<br><br>Todd Palin will be calling the shots if that happens, because Sarah\'s too dumb and she\'s the type that will willingly become a puppet at the hands of male masters.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734988" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  Co-signing.  It\'s ENOUGH to watch her verbal/oratorical/pseudo-intellectual  DEMISE during this general election.  Pul-eeze, I don\'t need/want to think beyond this point.<br><br>I\'m getting SICK to my stomach watching these 2 with the <b>WHITE GENE</b> get a PASS from so many!  No more!<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2725760" class="dsq-comment-message">O was so freakin\' amazing at Fredericksburg and the debate.   You only get the full power of his perfomance when you watch the videos a couple times...every response was brilliant.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730616">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730616" class="dsq-comment-message">I recorded the debates and watched it at least 5 times already.  He is brilliant.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733908">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733908" class="dsq-comment-message">he was fabulous. the rain just added to the electricity</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2729658" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2729658" class="dsq-comment-message">... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2891789396/in/set-72157607533135519/" rel="nofollow">photos</a> from Obama campaign photographer David Katz.<br>At <a href="http://flickr.com" rel="nofollow">flickr.com</a>.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730225">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730225" class="dsq-comment-message">Chemical irritant empties Islamic Society of Greater Dayton\'s mosque<br><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/27/ddn092608evacweb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16" rel="nofollow">http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/sto...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2730354" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730354" class="dsq-comment-message">dj, this was posted yesterday- including a letter sent to the DailyKos from someone who believes his connected to the McCain campaign. Check this one out too.  Sick.<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/203016/697/536/613742" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/203016/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730364">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730364" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2730548" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730548" class="dsq-comment-message">If black people, as we have been asserting for some time, aren’t monolithic, why should we believe anything different about white Americans?<br><br>Why is this important? Because in these final days of this presidential campaign season, when the "Racial Polarization" game begins in earnest, you will need to remember who the good guys are if you support Barack Obama. Because I\'ve found myself beginning to do what a lot of you might be thinking - railing against white Americans as a group instead of railing against the individuals, black or white, or the organizations who threaten my candidate\'s chances.<br><br><br>Today\'s Post<br><br>Can We All Just Get Along Already?<br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-we-all-just-get-along-already.html" rel="nofollow">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09...</a><br><br>Yesterday\'s Post - Series Intro<br><br>White Americans And The Politics Of Race: A 5 Part Series<br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09/white-americans-and-politics-of-race-5.html" rel="nofollow">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/09...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2732544">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2732544" class="dsq-comment-message">As a non-white and a non-black person, reading this I say: right on. Brown Man Thinking Hard has written a beautiful piece about reconciliation. "Universal subjectivity" is a wonderful way to think. But there are also some frustatingly old-school Baby Boomers who, nonetheless, remember what fighting for civil rights meant to them -- and many, too who missed their chance and aren\'t going to sit it out again. I\'ve heard those stories over and over again, too, and no -- they are not "over" racism -- but they are not "those people" either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734807" class="dsq-comment-message">Brown Man:  I will be "Field Trippin\'" to your site.  Thanks!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730551" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks sooo much for the Hendrix footage, HUGE fan of his, the man was a genius.  I wish he were alive so he could play the national anthem at the inauguration celebration when Barack is sworn in as the 44th president.  :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735924" class="dsq-comment-message">Just got back from Seattle where Jimi is a hometown hero... "The Experience"<br><br>rarely hear the full version of this -- usually I hear it mixed into something else. I\'ve always thought of this as patriotic protest -- I think I\'m confirmed by the framing of it in this video. ?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2730667">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730667" class="dsq-comment-message">The 3 A.M. Call <br>By PAUL KRUGMAN<br>It’s 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings. Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on the line, and there’s likely to be chaos when the market opens. Whom do you trust to take that call?<br><br>I’m not being melodramatic. The bailout plan released yesterday is a lot better than the proposal Henry Paulson first put out — sufficiently so to be worth passing. But it’s not what you’d actually call a good plan, and it won’t end the crisis. The odds are that the next president will have to deal with some major financial emergencies.<br><br>So what do we know about the readiness of the two men most likely to end up taking that call? Well, Barack Obama seems well informed and sensible about matters economic and financial. John McCain, on the other hand, scares me.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/opinion/29krugman.html?pagewanted=print" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/opinion/29kru...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2730806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2730806" href="http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Angry Independent</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730806" class="dsq-comment-message">I love Jimi.... Thanks Rikyrah for that vid. CLASSIC!!!<br><br>As for the debate last week... Obama underperformed when measured against his potential. The current situation with the economy increased what he potentially could have done in that debate.<br><br>He should have done a much better job of spelling out McCain\'s past history regarding his efforts to deregulate the Financial Industry, and he should have spelled out for the viewers how McCain\'s record connects to the current economic problems (both on Main Street and Wall Street). And he should have provided a tutorial on the Republican  laissez-faire economic philosophy that helped lead to the problems (although some Dems were knee deep in this nonsense as well). But it\'s mostly been the Republican approach of less regulation and more greed that got us here. He had McCain in his sights...like a sitting duck. McCain was in a box....where he couldn\'t run, duck or dodge (or call on a staff member). But Obama let him go.<br><br>I understand that it was a debate that was supposed to focus on foreign policy... but the economy took up approx. half the time. Obama settled for an o.k. performance (IMO) when he could have routed McCain. He let a golden opportunity slip away.<br><br>But I also agree with some who have said that all Obama had to do was show poise... and to show he had a command of the issues... enough to make voters comfortable enough to consider him (particularly the undecideds). He had to dispell all of the misinformation that has been spread about him over the last few weeks and months (although with the long Dem. primary... I think a lot of those questions had already been answered by now). Many voters are just looking for an alternative to voting Republican...and will be willing to support any viable choice...and part of what Obama did (while it wasn\'t a blowout) was show that he is a viable choice. A minimalist approach if he did it consciously...but apparently it was effective.<br><br>If he can improve in the next two debates... and if Palin flops (I am keeping my fingers crossed), then he may be able to establish a solid lead from here on out. <br>I\'m often tough on Obama because he (and his staff) seems to forget that the burden of proof will always be on him. He has to prove himself to voters (and reassure) at all times... I\'m not saying that this is the way it should be... but this is the reality of where we are. He has the burden of proof because he does not fit the mold of the traditional American (white) Presidential candidate. White candidates (even when they aren\'t qualified....we see this with Palin now), don\'t have this burden... or they don\'t have it nearly to the same degree. Candidates like McCain and Palin (even when they are not qualified as is the case with Palin) will get the benefit of the doubt by default. Since they fit the mold so well (just by their class position, race, political affiliations, etc), they don\'t face the kind of scrutiny that a more unorthodox, or non-White candidate has to deal with. Look at Palin for example... it was only a couple of weeks ago that the media really started to dig a little deeper. Obama doesn\'t have that kind of privilege. All Palin and McCain have to do is show up... and they are spotted a grade of B just for that. Obama, on the other hand, has to work his a** off at all times. He can\'t afford to get too comfortable IMO.<br><br>He will need as big a lead as possible going into election day, just to overcome prejudice, and whatever election tricks folks have in store. <br><br>We are already reading about the sickness going on in Ohio....with the anti-Muslim campaign and the reports of possible hate crimes that followed. These folks are willing to do anything.... ANYTHING to get McCain (s)elected President.<br><br>So Obama has to take every opportunity (all fair and legit opportunities) to highlight differences between himself and McCain and to help his campaign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2730903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2730903" href="http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Angry Independent</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2730903" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s <a href="http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2008/09/give-people-what-they-want-mega-mix.html" rel="nofollow">some ear candy</a> for those who love music.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733720">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733720" class="dsq-comment-message">The Angry Independent: ANSWER:  I <b>HEAR</b> U!!  :&gt;)  Nice "play list!"  <br>  QUESTION:  "Can you hear me now?"<br><br>You can tell from my comments that I\'m frequently trying to find a SONG to match the topic under discussion!   :&gt;)  Thanks!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2731125" href="http://talesfromthe.net/jon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jon</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2731125" class="dsq-comment-message">Some last-minute activism on the bailout: <a href="http://noblankcheck.wetpaint.com/" rel="nofollow">No blank check for Wall Street\'s</a> <b>Send a message to Congress</b> campaign.  Here\'s how you can help:<br><br><strong>If you\'re on Facebook:<br></strong><br>1. <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/No-blank-check-for-Wall-Street/27399824194" rel="nofollow">Sign up as a fan</a> and watch your "updates" for what\'s next<br><br>2. reply to the <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=4921&amp;uid=7453357817" rel="nofollow"><strong>No blank check for Wall Street</strong> thread on Nancy Pelosi\'s profile</a>  (we\'ll switch to the Senate after the house vote)<br><br>3.  share this link with your Facebook friends, and ask them to reply -- and to forward it to THEIR friends<br><br><strong>If you\'re not on Facebook:</strong><br><br>1. sign up for our <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/nbc4ws-announce"  rel="nofollow">annoucement email list</a> and check your email for what\'s next!<br><br>2. email this information to your friends, and ask them to help<br><br>3. phone or email your legislators and tell them how you feel<br><br>Thanks -- and please help get the word out!<br><br>jon</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734085">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734085" class="dsq-comment-message">Checking it out now :-).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2732110" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2732110">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2732110" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2732110" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-28-gop-remarks_N.htm?csp=34" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...</a><br><br>"We don\'t want Hispanics to become the new blacks, what with their welfare and food stamps and handouts."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733448">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733448" class="dsq-comment-message">Why isn\'t it bad to give handouts to the top one percent? I am so tired of racism and its off shoot ----self hate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2732195" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2732195" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2732195">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2732195" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has drawn a gub\'ment check his whole entire life, but blacks are the ones who love welfare.  OK.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2732259" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2732259">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2732259" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220563.php" rel="nofollow">http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220563.php</a><br><br>Pfotenhauer: Gwen Ifill will have some \'splainin to do if she doesn\'t watch it Thursday night.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2733506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733506">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733506" class="dsq-comment-message">I had to laugh at this one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733941" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733941">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733941" class="dsq-comment-message">GTFOH!!  What are they going to do, smear Ifill for doing her job?  Fracking bullies.  RI-DAM-DICULOUS.  The MccCain campaign keep saying, ad nauseum,Palin has the "executive experience", moreso than Obama, yet, Palin can\'t answer "too many foreign policy questions"?  WTF?  WTF?  Are these people serious?  I am sick of the "passive/aggressive attitude regarding Palin. Either she\'s qualified and can stand on her own, or she isn\'t.  Enough of this middle ground garbage.  Pfoenhamer needs a tall glass of STFU!<br><br>Who in the frack does she think she is?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734435">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734435" class="dsq-comment-message">freespiritbty:  <i>Who the frack does she think she is?</i><br><br>Girlllll:  I hate ta keep using this, BUT when it\'s <b>SO TRUE</b>, I gotta say it!<br><br>ANSWER:  She knows one thing;  She is a girl with <b>the WHITE GENE</b><br><br>The <b> WHITE GENE</b>  confers -   <b>PRIVILEGE</b>, as she has clearly demonstrated!<br><br>Sorry ta be redundant!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2738087">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738087" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s up with these white people telling black folks how to do their job???</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739147">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739147" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah they\'re tripping.  Gwen Ifill may not be as job-secure as the billionaire Queen at Harpo, but I seriously doubt the good liberal white folk at PBS will fire her if she makes Caribou Barbie feel a little uncomfortable Thursday.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733040">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733040" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone gotten a fix on Barack\'s position re the bailout of mortgage industry?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733331">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733331" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxB3r" rel="nofollow">http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/s...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734764">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734764" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Miranda!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733079">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733079" class="dsq-comment-message">JJP, do you have the text of Obama\'s speech to the CBC this past weekend? I heard some of it on the radio this morning......he was ON FIYAH!!!!! He actually starting preaching like it was Homecoming Sunday. Folks were shouting.......I hope there\'s video of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733425">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733425" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been looking for this speech since Saturday and have not found it ANYwhere!!  I was hoping he\'d come "home" to the CBC and give this type of address.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733580">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733580" class="dsq-comment-message">I was listening as I was driving.....and thought I needed to pull over...you can not tell me the spirit didn\'t hit him.....he completely left politics and went all up on the mountain...he built up to that peak...and then dropped it down like those GOOD preachers do! LOL!!!! It was a revival......People were screaming, I know he was sweating!....I was expecting to hear somebody bust out with "Precious Lord"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733685">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2733685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733685" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been wanting to hear him "in the spirit" forever!  I was beginning to think he couldn\'t bring it like that :)<br><br>He\'s going to be an amazing President.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734482">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734482" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama at <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU rel="nofollow">CBC on Saturday....</a href></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734750">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734750" class="dsq-comment-message">Texas_Girl:  <b>GREAT FIND!!</b>  <b>THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!</b><br><br><b>FIRED UP!!  READY TO GO!!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734824">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734824" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO. OMG that\'s funny. I gotta hear it now. :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733887">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733887" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda are you talking about at the CBC dinner on Sept 27?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734242">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734242" class="dsq-comment-message">they say that video is no longer available :(</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734415">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734415" class="dsq-comment-message">Try again Rikyrah - I just watched it twice.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsVcLMO7HU</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735884">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735884" class="dsq-comment-message">saw it...folks were responding like he was testifying..LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742652">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742652" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Val! when he got near the end and started his "those who came before us" leading with Shirley Chisolm....it was "moaning" time as my grandmama would say! LOL If Obama wasn\'t a politician, he was definitely gonna be a minister.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734208">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734208" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been looking for it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734254">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734254" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  O.K. I can\'t find the SONG that I want, so I\'m substituting:  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo&feat...</a><br>Earth, Wind & <b>FIRE</b>  - Let\'s Groove!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734809">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734809" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady, that song always makes me smile b/c it makes me think of dancing w/ my dad at my wedding. That was our song. :) :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2738880">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738880" class="dsq-comment-message">carolinagirl:  I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH for this response!  :&gt;)  <br><br>I couldn\'t be happier in that it brings back such a <b>PLEASANT MEMORY</b> in your life!!<br><br>Continue to ENJOY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>BTW, I can\'t listen to this song without crying!  My wonderful Daddy is in heaven - enjoying his ETERNAL REST!  Can\'t wait to "Dance with him again!" :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s</a><br><b>Dance With My Father Again</b>  - Luther VanDross</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2738123">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738123" class="dsq-comment-message">"If you\'re willing to put your shoulders to the wheel of history; if you\'re willing to march with me and get people registered to vote and stand with me in November, then forty years from now, our children will look back and say that like those who came before, we did not shrink from the challenges we faced. Like those who came before, we held fast to our ideals of opportunity, and justice, and equality. Like those who came before us, we remembered the words of the Scripture, and cast off everything that hindered our way, and ran with perseverance the race that was set before us."<br><br>Thanks to <a href="http://GinaCooper.com" rel="nofollow">GinaCooper.com</a> who transcribed this -- I\'ve made some corrections.<br><br>(It\'s Hebrews 12:1 btw)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738242" class="dsq-comment-message">Some more thoughts on this: very interesting passage to quote from here. In 12:3, "Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Refers of course to Jesus, but ties in so well with Obama\'s gratitude for "those who came before" and the suffering they endured that the next generation might have more.<br><br>12:7 goes on, "Endure hardship as discipline..." It seems to me that Obama is already reaching for the spiritual strength he and all of the world will need to handle the coming storm. He knows that, if he\'s elected, he will preside over a terrible economy with much pain for all.<br><br>12:11: "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739178">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739178" class="dsq-comment-message">Anderkoo:  Amen!  Amen!  Amen!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733477">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733477" class="dsq-comment-message">Anybody listening to the McCain and Palin Rally in Columbus Ohio on MSNBC?  Well it is over now but.  . .<br><br>He was a raving LUNATIC.<br><br>He repeated his talking points (earmarks, Obama not claiming victory, the success of the surge and the fact that he intends to continue with the surge when he is elected, Obama will raise taxes on the middle class) all of which was so clearly disputed on Friday night\'s debates it was . . . well pitiful.<br><br>I believe he has finally lost complete touch with reality.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733872">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733872" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  I watched at it for a few minutes;  got sick to my stomach; then switched channels!<br><br><br>Whew!  Nauseating Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734203">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734203" class="dsq-comment-message">they were together? how come he cant let her campaign on her own?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734445">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734445" class="dsq-comment-message">yea she introduced McCain - talked trash about Biden\'s slip on not backing the use of clean coal and tossed in a few digs against Obama.  <br><br>But she is doing another interview with Couric today, there is supposed to be some more interviews done last week which is supposed to be shown leading up to this Thurs VP debate.    Then she is going to hang out at one of McCain\'s houses and they are flying in her family.  Not sure why those kids aren\'t in school but . . . whatever.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734557">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734557" class="dsq-comment-message">The Palins don\'t strike me as the most academic of people, so no surprise they haven\'t found their way back to school yet.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735813">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735813" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734670">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734670" class="dsq-comment-message">val:  the "excuse" will be that they are being "HOME SCHOOLED!"  As in, they are getting "SCHOOLED" in whatever "HOME" they are in!  NOT!  :&gt;)<br><br>Actually, THEY ARE TRUANT!!  There is NO Education Code that provides for this absence, under these circumstances. There is NO "being dragged around by my parents to campaign" LEGAL EXCUSE!!  <br><br>Annnd, it has been reported that these kids are NOT doing well in school!<br>But, no one has exposed their "report cards" - YET!  :&gt;)<br><br>The main concern, for me, is the care of the Down\'s Syndrome child!  What a SAD NEGLECT!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734544">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734544" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  \'cause even the Repugs have heard ENOUGH of her NON-ANSWERS!!  :&gt;)  Annnnd, \'cause they [ Repugs] scurred of the "McAncient" Campaign at this point on their behalf!!<br><br>I can see them pimp slappin\' each other now  sayin\'  "What have we done?"  Are those 2 fools the "best" that we can offer?<br><br>And they\'re probably "shaking their heads"  sayin\'  Whew!  Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'8!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744817" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744817" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah, would YOU allow Sarah Palin out on her own, if you were McCrochety?<br><br>Don\'t worry, I\'ll wait (best Katt Williams impression). LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2737004">Carlos</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2737004" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this article posted about it. Pot Meet Kettle. McCain has truly lost his mind.<br><br>McCain says Obama policies will deepen recession<br>By DAVID ESPO – 49 minutes ago <br><br>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate John McCain unleashed a blistering attack Monday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a simple question: "Country first or Obama first?"<br><br>In his first public appearance since Friday night\'s debate, McCain said Democrat Barack Obama advocates tax-and-spend policies that "will deepen our recession," and voted against funding for equipment needed by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.<br><br>"That is not putting the men and women of our military first," he said.<br><br>McCain stressed his own record of opposing Republicans on key issues, and said, "When it comes time to reach across the aisle and work with members of both parties to get things done for the American people — my opponent can\'t name a single occasion in which he fought against his party\'s leadership to get something done for the country. That is not putting the interests of the country first."<br><br>Obama\'s campaign issued a swift rebuttal that accused McCain of an "angry diatribe" that it said "won\'t make up for his erratic response to the greatest financial crisis of our time."<br><br>The Arizona senator spoke at a joint rally with running mate Sarah Palin, who said she is looking forward to this Thursday\'s debate with Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.<br><br>"I\'ve been hearing his speeches since I was in the second grade," the 44-year-old Alaska governor said of her counterpart, who is 65 and a veteran of more than 35 years in the Senate.<br><br>The speech was McCain\'s first outside Washington since he announced abruptly last week he was suspending his campaign to concentrate on helping Congress agree on a bailout for the troubled financial industry. He drew heated criticism from Democrats who accused him of nearly derailing negotiations that were headed for success, and even some Republicans conceded privately he appeared impetuous and had not helped his own cause.<br><br>Recent polls also suggest Obama has regained a lead he held in the race before the Republican National Convention, where McCain\'s choice of Palin energized conservatives and led to a short-term surge in his poll ratings.<br><br>In a statement, the Obama campaign said McCain was untruthful in describing Obama\'s record on taxes, "and the lie he told the American people today is all the more outrageous a day after he admitted that his health care plan will increase taxes on some families."<br><br>The votes in question occurred on a Democratic budget outline that set tax and spending outlines for the future, but did not actually raise taxes.<br><br>Obama has said he voted against one war funding measure only because it contained no timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and compared that to McCain\'s vote against a war funding measure that did contain a timetable for withdrawal.<br><br>In a speech of less than 30 minutes, McCain challenged Obama\'s truthfulness and his support for the armed forces, as well as.<br><br>"Two times, on March 14, 2008 and June 4, 2008, in the Democratic budget resolution, he voted to raise taxes on people making just 42,000 dollars per year. He even said at the time that this vote for higher taxes on the middle class was `getting our nation\'s priorities back on track,\'" the Republican said.<br><br>"Then something amazing happened: on Friday night, he looked the American people in the eye and said it never happened. My friends, we need a President who will always tell the American people the truth."<br><br>McCain sought to turn the tables on his rival. "Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn\'t want to get involved. Then he was "monitoring the situation." That\'s not leadership, that\'s watching from the sidelines," he said.<br><br>In the early days of the economic crisis, McCain seemed uncertain how to react. His first response was to say the fundamentals of the economy were strong. Then he backtracked, saying the workers form the foundation of the economy and they are strong. Then he called for a blue-ribbon commission to study the root causes of the debacle on Wall Street. Then he called for the ouster of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, with each shift drawing ridicule from Obama.<br><br>Like Obama, McCain has not yet announced how he intends to vote on the measure.<br><br>But aides said he intends to return to the Senate for the roll call later in the week, and he signaled on Sunday he would likely vote in favor of the measure, which gives the Treasury authority to spend up to $700 billion to purchase distressed assets on the books of financial institutions.<br><br>Several Republicans said House GOP leaders had asked McCain to make phone calls to wavering rank and file lawmakers to try and persuade them to support the bill. Campaign aides did not immediately say whether any of the calls had been made.<br><br>McCain broadened his attack on Obama to include spending.<br><br>The Democrat "has proposed more than $860 billion in new spending," McCain said. "He was asked in our debate Friday to name a single program he would consider cutting to help our country through this crisis, and he struggled to name a single program!"<br><br>In the debate, McCain suggested a partial freeze on government spending, excluding defense, veterans and other programs he did not identify. In reply, Obama said the problem with a freeze is that it short-changes programs which deserve an increase. He mentioned early childhood education as an example.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2737699">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2737699" class="dsq-comment-message">ok so it wasn\'t just me. LOL Thanks for the post.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733840">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733840" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Look what I found!   <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayarBrD6mk&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayarBrD6mk&feat...</a><br>Jimi Hendricks playing the piano and violin - Rare Footage - 1967-<br><br>Another set of skills!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733849">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733849" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny video.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqTSZoegYo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqTSZoegYo</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739116">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739116" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  <i>funny. . </i>   BUT, OH SO TA-RUE!!!   SADLY!!<br>Was that a "barracuda" in the water?  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739629">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739629" class="dsq-comment-message">lolol I think so. hah</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2735926">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2735926" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin Says She\'s Ready To Rumble<br><br>ABC News\' Ron Claiborne reports: Seemingly brimming with confidence, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is ready to go head-to-head with Democratic Sen. Joe Biden in the vice presidential debate this week.<br><br>"I guess it\'s my turn now and I do look forward to Thursday and debating Senator Biden," she told a roaring crowd at a joint campaign rally Monday in Columbus, Ohio with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.<br><br>Palin told the audience "I\'ll do my part in St. Louis this week” in her debate against Sen. Biden, while mocking his age and experience, and his sports prognostication skills to the Ohio State Buckeye-friendly audience.<br><br>"I\'m looking forward to meeting him too," Palin said. "I\'ve never met him before. But, I\'ve been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like second grade. I have to admit though he is a great debater and looks pretty doggone confident like he\'s sure he\'s gonna win. But, then again this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that the University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!" <br><br>The allusion to Biden\'s 36 years in the U.S. Senate was an odd remark coming from the running mate of McCain, 72, a man who has been in Congress for the past 26 years and whose age has been cited as a concern of many voters, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. <br><br>Palin, 44, has been facing criticism in recent days for seeming unsteady and halting answering questions in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.<br><br>Palin will reportedly spend Tuesday and Wednesday in intense preparation for the debate. <br><br>McCain\'s top advisers, Steve Schmidt and campaign manager Rick Davis, are working with her to get her ready for a debate at which some political analysts say she must do well to dispel questions about her experience and familiarity with national and international policy.<br><br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/palin-says-shes.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2737979" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>"I\'m looking forward to meeting him too," Palin said. "I\'ve never met him before. But, I\'ve been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like second grade. I have to admit though he is a great debater and looks pretty doggone confident like he\'s sure he\'s gonna win. But, then again this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that the University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!"</b></i><br><br>She compared the debate to college football?<br><br>Somebody needs to take the shovel away from her before she digs her way to China.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739041">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739041" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  <i>  . . .take the shovel away. . . </i><br><br>LOL!    LOL!!!  Good one!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744804" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744804" class="dsq-comment-message">That cow is lying again about Biden.  He\'s been in the Senate for less than thirty years and any speeches he would have given, she would have been old enough to damn well vote by that time.<br><br>And to try and cast aspersions on Biden\'s age when her running mate is literally old enough to be her damned father - hell, she should just drink her cans of STFU already and call it a day.  <br><br>Let her have that shovel to keep digging.  Point is, she\'s probably too dumb to dig her way to China because she thinks she can see China on the other side of Russia - FROM HER BACK YARD.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746399">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746399" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL: Heck, IFFF she can see China, THEN this would surely BOOST her FOREIGN AFFAIRS CREDENTIALS!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739441">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739441" class="dsq-comment-message">Miss Mooseburger is talking smack about Biden\'s age when her running mate looks like he is 120 years old?<br><br>Alrighty then.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2739617">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739617" class="dsq-comment-message">Meow Ms. Kitty.  RAOTFL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2739937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2739937" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739937" class="dsq-comment-message">Another double standard. If Obama would have tried to take a jab of McCain\'s age they would have been crying foul- ageism.  With her lack of experience and substance a little humility is in order.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2741667">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2741667" class="dsq-comment-message">You a would think. But unfortunately, her base wants the pitbull attack attitude from her. But the minute Biden says anything...like "hello". Then it\'s sexism.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2737593">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2737593" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  As I continue to follow the Williams sisters, I was wondering when the concept of racism was going to raise its head.  Oh, they have EXPERIENCED IT, but, news articles have not articulated the concept - except tangentially.  This article suggests that the RACE voice is getting becoming audible.<br><br><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppay295863288sep29%2C0%2C949668.column" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppay295...</a><br><b>In Tennis, As In Politics, Race Colors The Game</b><br><br><i>With the first presidential debate behind us, the next big showdown looms in the Spring of \'09. By then, if the U.S. Constitution holds, the nation will have seated its harried 44th president and his stressed-out Treasury secretary.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>But we need a break; tennis anyone? By March 9, the Williams sisters must decide whether to continue their boycott of the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament.<br><br>The play at the net concerns a change in the Women\'s Tennis Association rules in 2007 that makes it mandatory for top-10 ranked players to show at Southern California\'s Indian Wells, a non-Grand Slam event. Serena and Venus Williams, ranked No. 1 and No. 8, respectively, would be forced to appear or face suspension and heavy fines. Each has been boycotting the tournament since 2001.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Both sisters swore never again to play at Indian Wells. Time will reveal whether their commitment will wither under the new WTA rules drafted to force their hands and remove the stigma of racism from this tournament. Sports are indeed a reliable laboratory to put the national character under the microscope. As terrible as the pain the racists put the Williams family through there, the bipolarity of patriotism comes as sharply into focus. Serena was a striking young American, up against the Belgian Kim Clijsters for the championship. Yet, the hometown girl, an African-American, heard her every mistake cheered as she was booed with a slur by the wealthy, upscale, well-educated, white tennis fans.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>This institutionalized de-motivation that America directs at high-potential, young black achievers was totally neutralized by the Williams sisters\' father, Richard. As when Serena won the recent U.S. Open, and Venus, Wimbledon, the sisters brim with a confidence that seems to rattle players on the court. When interviewing Serena after her victory, PBS host Charlie Rose raised the "intimidation" aspect of her game. She countered with what her supporters consider a more significant component: mental toughness.<br><br>Media analysts and tennis fans do not relate to Serena and Venus comfortably; nor do they embrace them for the treasure they are. In tennis as in politics, race still colors Americans\' appreciation of the game just as it overrides national pride.<br><br>So much for Americans\' claims of putting country first.</i><br><br>Ya know, it has been my observation that sports newscasters have FREQUENTLY decribed the Williams sisters as being <b>ATHLETIC</b>.  The girls with the "WHITE GENE"  are FREQUENTLY described as SKILLFUL, have a great "touch" at the net [for that drop shot] and they have nice ball placement!!  And they just co-sign each other with , virtually, no one challenging the TERMINOLOGY!  CRAP!!<br><br>Actually, this continues my motivation to work hard for Mr. Obama!  Will be continuing my VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT!!  :&gt;)<br><br>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2738091">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738091" class="dsq-comment-message">Former New York Mayor Ed Koch promotes Barack Obama in South Florida<br><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbkoch0929sbsep29%2C0%2C5055816.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflo...</a><br><br>....Good.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2739952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2739952" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2739952" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow what a blast from the past.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2742502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742502">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2742502" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742502" class="dsq-comment-message">He freaked when McCain picked Palin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740065">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740065" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  She said; He said!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/palin-has-repeatedly-cont_n_130165.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/palin-...</a><br>Palin Repeatedly Contradicted McCain on Pakistan<br><br>HE SAID - - NO SHE SHE DIDN"T.  Dementia!!  That\'s all!!<br><br>I\'m going to get some more Headlines!  This is 2 much!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740142">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740142" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Evidence of the <b>CONTROLLED MEDIA</b><br><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/kurtz-journos-checking-th_n_130248.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/kurtz-...</a><br>Journalist are going to stop telling the "truth" about The Gov. until after Thursday.<br><br>CONTROLLED MEDIA!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2740208" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740208">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740208" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  At least one Repug strategist is approaching the "truth"<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/rollins-mccain-mishandled_n_130336.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/rollin...</a><br><b>Ed Rollins:  Failure of Bailout Will Hurt McCain</b><br><br><i>A prominent GOP strategist said on Monday that John McCain handled his role in the bailout process poorly and would ultimately be hurt politically by the failure of the House of Representatives to pass the measure.<br><br>"To a certain extent, I think John gets hurt by this," said Ed Rollins, a CNN contributor who worked on former Gov. Mike Huckabee\'s primary campaign earlier this cycle. "He obviously, at the end of the day, said he was for it. But more important than that, he said he was the one who would bring them to the table and to a certain extent he will be viewed now as not being able to do that."<br><br>Rollins added, "McCain is our nominee and [congressional Republicans] will do everything they can to help him, but they are not going to go over the cliff for him. They did that for Bush, and they thought that this measure was just too dramatic for their constituencies.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>"Bush is finished as far as the House Republicans are concerned," said Rollins<br>"</i> <br><br>  <br>THERE IS MORE!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744760" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744760" class="dsq-comment-message">This is bad for McCain.<br><br>In the course of one week, he\'s lost major ReThug pundits George Will and now Ed Rollins.<br><br>McCain needs to put himself out of his own misery, but he\'s too angry, mean and crochety to do it.  If Cindy loves her husband, she should do the merciful thing and pull John off the stage, wait a few years, get hitched to another ReThug who may run for POTUS and become that guy\'s first lady.  She gains nothing staying hitched to McCain; nothing at ALL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746372">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746372" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  Ya know - I\'m not getting the impression from her that she has much interest in "McAncient\'s" political aspirations.<br><br>Oh, she funds him.  BUT she has had fortune and fame [albeit local/regional] ALL HER LIFE!  She doesn\'t need this.  IMHO</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2752781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2752781" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2752781" class="dsq-comment-message">But, Green Lady, Cindy wants to be able to add the title of "First Lady" to her resume.  Somethings money can\'t really buy, like the ego booster of being addressed as "The First Lady".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2753252">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2753252" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  O.K.  I can get with that!  :&gt;)   Thanks.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2745267">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2745267" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm... if he\'s a Huckabee supporter, he\'s probably in the same boat as ol\' Bill: pullin for his candidate in 2012.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740305">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740305" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  This is TOO FUNNY!!  No comments needed.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/lindsey-graham-too-tired_n_130198.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/lindse...</a><br><b>Lindsey Graham Too "Tired" Sunday To Spin For McCain</b><br><br><i>[Via Crooks and Liars] How did things go for John McCain last week? Lindsey Graham, who usually flacks McCain with a psychopathic, operatic zeal, got to a point Sunday morning on Fox News where he just sort of ... gave up. When it came time to respond to public support of Senator Barack Obama after the debate at Ole Miss, Graham at first attempted to pull out some good news from the polling data. But he quickly folded under minimal pressure from Chris Wallace, confessing finally that he was "tired" and concluding, "Senator Obama did well. Senator Obama helped himself."<i><br><br>THERE IS A VIDEO.</i></i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2746606" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2746606" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2746606" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746606" class="dsq-comment-message">the weight of truth is a mother...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746653">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746653" class="dsq-comment-message">hustleandfloe:  Amen!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740415">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740415" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  The "parting of the RED SEA" phenomenon is soooo obvious between Cafferty & "Blitzen":    Lawd   - he just put Blitzen "On blast!"<br><br>Blitzen:  Jack, I\'m sorry that I may have to cut into your report when John McCain comes on.<br><br>Mr. Cafferty:  <b>Well! I\'ll just fill up the time until you decide to report something else!</b><br><br>Excuse me:  Getting my polar bear coat, seal boots, walrus-lined gloves and moose-topped hat! <br><br>  It was <b>COLD in the SITUATION ROOM -  ta-day!!  :&gt;)  </b><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740513">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2740513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740513" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF is wrong with Michelle Bernard?  She is saying she can\'t believe that the Sarah she saw give her acceptance speech compared to the interview she saw with Couric.  Alluding to the fact that people are being too hard on her and her handlers are the problem.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740567">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740567" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry was so annoyed.  I meant . . .<br>WTF is wrong with Michelle Bernard? She is saying it is hard for her to believe that the Sarah Palin she saw give her acceptance speech is the same person as the one she saw in the Couric interview. Then she tried to say that people are being too hard on her and that her handlers are the problem.<br><br>The other pundit had to remind her that the speech was written for her and she used a teleprompter.  I couldn\'t believe Michelle.  RonnieB -- you need to check your girl.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740743">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740743" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  She\'s back to that feminist, independent mantra!  Done lost her melanin and her mind!!<br><br>RonnieB:  Agreeing with Val!  E-mail, Blackberry, cell telephone, parcel post, pony express, 2 cans and a wire   - your girl!!  :&gt;)<br><br>INTERRUPTION  - - - - - <br><br>Hey, I just heard Mr. Obama\'s ad on the economy!!<br><br>He\'s ON IT!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  And he approves his message!!  Me 2!!   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2741446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2741446">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2741446" class="dsq-comment-message">Lost her melanin----that i s funny.  You are right though.  She has more or less been singing  praises  ever since Palin hit the scene!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742288">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742288" class="dsq-comment-message">jelana:  How is it that bright women even dare to speak of that "dipstick" {RESPECTFULLY, in case MSM takes a "Field Trip" over here.] as IFFFF she should be able to share the <b>SAME AIRSPACE</b> with them!  This is AMAZING!!<br><br>I couldn\'t "fake" like this!!<br><br>Whew!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2745410" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2745410">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2745410" class="dsq-comment-message">But you know she\'s laughing inside. She\'s too smart not to notice how idiotic Palin is. Actually, I spent the evening zapping back and forth through the channels and the pundits can hardly hide their disbelief at Palin. I am thinking that there is a side game going on. You know a bit of gambling. The pundit that can keep a straight face, keep the eyes from widening and suppress the giggles when ever they see a sound byte from Palin wins. You know, a stare down so to speak. Michelle is winning. Gergen took a hit today with his stunned words.<br><br>Heh</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2746353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746353">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746353" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger:  O.K.  I hope so [i.e., laughing inside.]<br><br><i>. . straight face, etc.  </i>  LOL!  :&gt;)<br><br>I Cain\'t Tolerate Gergen!!  :&gt;(<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2743687">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743687" class="dsq-comment-message">she gots to keep her day job as the CEO of her women\'s forum.<br><br>yeah, where is Ronnie B! BTW, I googled her to confirm her gig and just found out she was married to that corny Joe Johns. These pundits and their spouses are fascinating.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2743905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2743905">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743905" class="dsq-comment-message">Conflict of interest...can she be an objective commentator if she\'s worried  about preserving her position.   She is influencing opinions, but is not being entirely truthful.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740580">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740580" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Somewhere between "witch doctors" and the STUPID religious right/ -er WRONG, the "McAncient" campaign has ATTRACTED This LOW LIFE!  <br><br>Annnnnd, he lives in a city in the US/South Carolina.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/south-carolina-mayor-just_n_130156.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/south-...</a><br><b>South Carolina Mayor "Just  Curious" If Obama Is The Antichrist</b><br><br><i>Fort Hill, SC Mayor Danny Funderburk said he forwarded a chain email suggesting Barack Obama is the antichrist because he was "just curious" if it was true:<br><br>I was just curious if there was any validity to it," Funderburk said in a telephone interview. "I was trying to get documentation if there was any scripture to back it up."<br><br>The e-mail, which has circulated in the last six months, claims the biblical book of Revelation says the antichrist will be in his 40s and of Muslim ancestry. The Charlotte Observer reports, "There is no such scripture. And Obama is not a Muslim. But that hasn\'t stopped the e-mail." In March, CNN\'s Glenn Beck wondered aloud "Is Obama the antichrist?"</i><br><br>Repugs!  Repugs!  Repugs!   Y\'all claimin/\' this person??<br><br>Lawd H\'ep Y\'all!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2740654" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2740654">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2740654" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Joe Klein says McAncient added <b>CONFUSION</b> to this bailout issue - i.e., the REPUGS WERE CONFUSED!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/joe-klein-mccains-puerile_n_130357.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/joe-kl...</a><br><b>McCain\'s "Puerile Histrionics" On Bailout Only HURT</b><br><br><i>I don\'t blame John McCain for not rounding up enough Republican votes to get this bailout bill through the House of Representatives--he\'s not a member of the House, he\'s never held a leadership position and therefore doesn\'t know how to whip votes and finally--well, uh--there is one tried and true method for getting members of Congress to vote aye and McCain opposes it: a sweetener, like say, funding for a bridge in their districts. That is one reason why we have earmarks. McCain is opposed to giving away baubles for the greater good.<br><br>I do blame McCain for his puerile histrionics and for dragging this issue--which should have been above partisanship--into presidential politics. Let\'s make no mistake about it: his various gimmicks had absolutely nothing to do with the substance of the issue. He doesn\'t know all that much about the substance of the issue. The gimmicks were a failed attempt to make it seem as if he had powers, and knowledge, he didn\'t have. Clearly, he was in a more difficult position than Obama--the populist conservative wing of House Republicans was unwilling to take responsibility for the fruits of the deregulation that they promoted--and that might have required a more aggressive effort to move votes on his part, but the flailing about only confused Republicans (was he for, was he against?) and made matters worse.</i>           THERE IS MORE<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2741514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2741514">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2741514" class="dsq-comment-message">From Andrew Sullivan:<br><br><i>Monday, September 29, 2008<br>Palin Knows Of No Other Court Cases Except Roe<br>29 Sep 2008 06:39 pm<br><br>Yes, it can get worse:<br><br>The Palin aide, after first noting how "infuriating" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions. After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases. <br><br>There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.</i><br><br><br>Just let it sink in.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2742515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742515">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742515" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  If you have time, please read my comment to B-Serious on <i>. . Kitchen Sink. .  ."</i>  It included her CRICKET*** RESPONSE! [A)  Don\'t know the answer;  B) Didn\'t/Cain\'t understand the question  - RP issues].<br><br>Lawd ha\'mercy!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2742184" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2742184" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742184">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2742184" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742184" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/eveningnews/main4487826.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/eveni...</a><br><br>latest palin/couric interview from today - Daddy McCain went with her.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744232" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744232" class="dsq-comment-message">When damage control brings more damage.<br><br>McCain is simply too angry and condescending. He has no business being a Senator at this point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2742397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742397">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742397" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  O.K. So the Dems. have a "so-called Maverick" too???<br><br>Make a gaffe, mis-step, error in judgment, mis-speak, etc. on Sept 24.<br><br>Felt moved/led to apologize on Sept. 29.<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/29/black-florida-congressman-apologies-for-palin-comments/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/29/bla...</a><br><b>Black Florida Congressman Apologizes For Palin Comments</b><br><br><i>Martina Stewart, CNN<br><br>- An African-American congressman from Florida is apologizing for his comment that black and Jewish voters should not support Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”<br><br>“I regret the comments I made last Tuesday that were not smart and certainly not relevant to hunters or sportsmen,” Rep. Alcee Hastings said in a statement issued Monday.</i><br><br>Did he apologize to the MOOSE??   I wonder?   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744720" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744720" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah, I haven\'t forgotten that Hastings was the first CBC member to sling Cynthia McKinney under the bus when she was being harassed by the Capitol Hill Police.<br><br>Serves him right to get caught out like that.  I have no sympathy for this brotha at all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744916">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744916" class="dsq-comment-message">me neither. didn\'t this fool say he wasn\'t going to vote once Hillpatine lost?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2752752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2752752" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2752752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2752752" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, he did.<br><br>Another reason I have no sympathy for his ancient ass.<br><br>And he is an impeached Federal Judge.  How the hell he got elected to Congress with THAT hanging on his record is anyone\'s guess.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2746517" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746517">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746517" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  Me neither.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2742447" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2742447">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2742447" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2742447" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t we all do more?<br><a href="http://yououghtolisten.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-dream-destroyed-a-moment-of-self-evaluation/" rel="nofollow">http://yououghtolisten.wordpress.com/2008/09/28...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2743152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2743152">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743152" class="dsq-comment-message">Mudflats asking for help.<br><br>For all of you who wish you could have been at the Alaskans for Truth rally, or were there but didn’t sign the petition, here it is! This is the petition that we will be submitting to the “powers that be”.<br><br>Whether you are in Alaska, our outside the state, please sign. We’re trying to get as many signatures as possible in the next few days.  This affects all of us.<br><br>To add your voice, click the link and sign online ASAP! Email everyone you know!<br><br><br><a href="http://www.gopetition.com/online/22212.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gopetition.com/online/22212.html</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2743526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2743526" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743526" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Polls:<br><br>Pennsylvania FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 49, McCain 42 Obama +7<br><br>Ohio FOX News/Rasmussen McCain 48, Obama 47 McCain +1<br><br>Florida FOX News/Rasmussen McCain 47, Obama 47 Tie<br>Florida SurveyUSA McCain 48, Obama 47 McCain +1<br><br>Virginia FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 47 Obama +3<br><br>Colorado FOX News/Rasmussen Obama 49, McCain 48 Obama +1<br><br>North Carolina PPP (D) McCain 45, Obama 47 Obama +2<br><br>National Gallup Tracking Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br><br>National Rasmussen Tracking Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br><br>National Hotline/FD Tracking Obama 47, McCain 42 Obama +5</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2743674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2743674">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2743674" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743674" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill Clinton is set to campaign for Obama Wednesday in Florida.<br><br>I\'m scared shitless....<br><br>Just sayin\'</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2743701" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2743701" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2743701">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2743701" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2743701" class="dsq-comment-message">I know. I don\'t want him out there!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744103">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744103" class="dsq-comment-message">Texas_Girl:  He had betta "turn up the temperature" and get hotter than "tepid!"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744107">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744107" class="dsq-comment-message">No way! I hope O changes the plans.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744710" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2744710" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744710" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744710" class="dsq-comment-message">Every time Bill Clinton opens his mouth, allegedly in support of Obama, Obama takes a HIT.<br><br>I\'m telling y\'all, I smell conspiracy between the McCains and the Clintons regarding Obama.  Clinton still pissed he\'s not going to see a defacto third term in the White House through Hillary.<br><br>Send his ass back to Harlem and let him help Rangel sort out the mess that\'s about to cost his his Ways and Means Chairmanship if he\'s not careful.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744897">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744897" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>giving Bubba that last bit of rope. Now, you, me, most JJP readers, we know which way the wind blows. but, Bubba needs that last bit of rope with which to hang himself to those on the fence.<br><br>I never thought I\'d see the day when Ed Koch is a more sincere campaigner for Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744222">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744222" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <i>The Mudflats</i> is posting like crazy.  Annnd, they\'re getting a creditable number of comments, which is nice and supportive!<br><br>Here are some of their latest posts:<br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-camp-figures-out-sarah-palins-problem/" rel="nofollow">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-ca...</a><br><b>McCain Camp Figures Out Sarah Palin\'s Problem</b><br><i>Rarely do things actually make me laugh out loud, alone in a room…especially the Wall Street Journal. But, there’s a first time for everything.<br><br>(clearing throat and trying to be serious)<br><br>Apparently Republicans have figured out what Palin’s problem is, and what she needs to do to bolster her plummeting poll numbers. I DARE you to keep a straight face.<br><br>Some prominent Republicans and senior members of Congress have expressed worries about certain facets of the Palin campaign, particularly that Gov. Palin may be “overprepared” and not encouraged to be herself, an adviser said.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-clamps-hand-over-palins-mouth-again/" rel="nofollow">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/mccain-cl...</a><br><b>McCain Clamps Hand Over Palins Mouth</b><br><br><i>Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin’s stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama’s support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists“She would not…she understands and has stated repeatedly that we’re not going to do anything except in America’s national security interest,” McCain told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos of Palin. “In all due respect, people going around and… sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that’s—that’s a person’s position… This is a free country, but I don’t think most Americans think that that’s a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin.”<br><br>So, people sticking microphones into conversations, shouldn’t count?  Hmmm…I seem to remember something about people clinging to guns and religion into a microphone…<br><br>So what was this wishy washy comment that wasn’t really what she meant?</i><br><br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/brutus-speaks-the-palin-reaction-to-alaskans-for-truth-rally/" rel="nofollow">http://www.themudflats.net/2008/09/29/brutus-sp...</a><br><b>Brutus Speaks: The Palin Reaction To Alaskans For Truth Rally</b><br><br><i> “Clearly this was an Obama rally and nothing else. The rally proves the point of partisanship which the Governor has been trying to remove from the investigation in an effort to get a fair and just result.<br><br>The Governor remains an open book and is fully cooperating with the non-partisan Personnel Board and its independent investigator, which are statutorily authorized to conduct an investigation.<br><br>As you no doubt noticed the personal attacks at this rally, it is unfortunate that while we discuss the Governor and her record, the Obama campaign is resorting to personally attacking those who will continue to stand with the Governor and Alaskans and against personal smears.”<br><br>Now you know why several people at the rally had signs directed squarely at Meg Stapleton. When Alaskans start quoting Julius Caesar’s “Et tu, Brute?” (Even you Brutus?) you realize the extent to which she is seen as the ultimate betrayer. </i><br><br>As you can see, they are primarily focussed on "The Gov.:  IMHO, it\'s helpful to hear the voices of the people who "knew her best."<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744628" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744628" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744628">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744628" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you see the part that says:<br><br>\' For his part, Mr. Palin has worried about the frequent separation of his wife from her family, friends and Alaska staff, an adviser said. Accordingly, her family will be with her in Sedona during this week. Also, a key Alaska staffer joined the Palin operation Sunday."<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384667.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384...</a><br><br><br>Sounds like Todd wants Sarah\'s ass at home!  Before all of this McCain attention Todd could get all the perks he wanted, paid for by the people of Alaska.  Todd could be co-governor and wheel and deal and nobody knew about it.  He could pop a wheelie on the side of the mountain and do the Running Man with the moose and nobody cared.  But now the National Enquirer is all up in their business, the blogs are coming out in force against her, Alaskans holding rallies against her every day, the entire USA...no, WORLD is laughing at her ass and Todd sees his good times coming to an end.<br><br>If Sarah Palin leaves this ticket, it will be at Todd\'s behest.  If Conservative Republicans really want her off the ticket, they need to get to her through Todd.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744876">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744876" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>you always see the forest for the trees. see the thing is,all the $*%& that has been uncovered in Alaska since she\'s been announced - they can\'t just sweep that back under the rug. they\'re going to have to live with the ramifications of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746153">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746153" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  There was a mention of her preparation resulting in her <i> . . occasonal rote responses. . . </i><br><br>-UMMMMMM.  How about her "occasional ANSWERS" among the hours of RAMBLING!!  Following her ENDLESS RAMBLING, I can imagine a "bubble" above her head saying  <i>I wonder IFF they\'ll find an answer in all what I said and leave me alone on THAT topic!</i>  :&gt;)<br><br>ENOUGH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744853" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2744853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744853">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744853" class="dsq-comment-message">mudflats knows he\'s a gem.<br><br>\'over prepared\' - Palin?<br><br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2746487" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2746487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2746487">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2746487" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Yep!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2732630" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2732630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2732630" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2732630" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2732630" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm?page=0" rel="nofollow">BARACK\'S \'ORGANIZER\' BUDS PUSHED FOR BAD MORTGAGES</a> - “<i>Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.”</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2734902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2734902">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2734902" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2734902" class="dsq-comment-message">I gotta hand it to you Karmi. You are a dedicated troll. LOL. When times are good or bad, you always rear your ugly head up in here. Hang in there troll, I\'m sure you\'ll change somebody\'s mind...... LMAO.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2733496" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733496">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2733496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733496" class="dsq-comment-message">Karmi - stop it.  that is below even you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2733631" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2733631" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2733631">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2733631" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2733631" class="dsq-comment-message">Apparently there are layers underneath that we just didn\'t know about.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2738950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2738950">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2738950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2738950" class="dsq-comment-message">k:  -er, -um that would be <b>NEGATIVE 351</b><br><br>Repeat after me:   <b>Obama-Biden \'08!!</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2744441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2744441">dcgatn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2744441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2744441" class="dsq-comment-message">i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i think o\'s camp just gave mccain an opening. given that the house isn\'t going to try again with the bill until thursday, this is seriously bad move.<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Obama_sought_rape_victim_for_ad.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/09...</a></div>\
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