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"login"}, "realtime_paused": false, "posts": {"3329393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And btw, D.---are you going to reject/repudiate the hoax of Ashley Todd---a member of the College Republicans and a volunteer for the McCain.  <br><br>Todd intended to race-bait by accusing a black man of robbing and mutilating her.  I wonder where  she got that idea from.<br><br>Of course you know Drudge and Fox News jumped at the chance to report this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:34:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:48:15", "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": 3325216, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Continued <b>HEAD BOW</b> to Ms. Jennifer and her missing nephew.<br><br>God Bless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:36:38", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That or another self-hating negro who hates the skin they're in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:00:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332345, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ted Stevens Sen. for Alaska GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!<br>One step closer to the road to 60", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:02:49", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice:  LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5Wdrs_1ok&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">HICKORY DICKORY DOCK!!  :&gt;)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:00:36", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330057, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Ted Stevens AK(R) Found GUILTY!!!<br><br>Filibuster-Proof 60 City Here We Come!!!<br></b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:02:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady,<br><br>Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:02:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3329592, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, what precisely is the <b>function</b> of your question?<br><br>Are you yourself concerned and appalled? If so it doesn't show in your comment. Instead YOU appear to be unconcerned abut the realities, but using this situation in a bland abstract way to make a rhetorical argument.<br><br>D, I ask you to check yourself. Don't use such a thing to make arguments. If you are really concerned and upset about this, speak that in an authentic way. Otherwise you appear to just be using this situation to play a game of abstract and ultimately purposeless ungrounded moralism. <br><br>Are YOU afraid for Palin's life and/or well being, or the life and well-being of her supporters, because of this? Does this scare, hurt, trouble you in your gut? Do you feel this as part of a terrifying pattern that puts <b>real human beings</b> at risk?<br><br>D, speak YOUR truth please. Otherwise you are just using this and that in my view is WRONG.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:10:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "3efb782e88584f60617da00b2c014868", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-Sign!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:55:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3325310, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I so despise him!  It is unforgiveable what he did to those young women of Rutgers Basketball. He should have been the first coming to the defense of these young ladies, instead he chose to join in with the Imus crowd and belittle young black women. I simply hate him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3324813, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From:   <b>Latest RealClearPolitics polls</b> <br><br>Election 2008\tObama\tMcCain\tSpread<br><b>RCP National Average\t50.4\t42.8\tObama +7.6</b><br>Electoral College\tObama\tMcCain\tSpread<br><b>RCP Electoral Count\t306\t157\tObama +149</b><br><b>Battlegrounds\tObama\tMcCain\tSpread</b><br>Missouri\t                    46.5\t45.5\tObama +1.0<br>Florida\t                              47.8\t 45.6\t  Obama +2.2<br>Ohio\t                               49.9       43.8\t   Obama +6.1<br>Pennsylvania\t               51.7\t  40.5\t   Obama +11.2<br>Virginia\t                     51.5\t 44.5\t  Obama +7.0<br>Colorado\t                  51.3\t     44.8     Obama +6.5<br><br>[I hope the chart comes out correctly. :&gt;)]   Oh. Well.  I tried.  SORRY.  :&gt;(<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_03:04:30", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for this link. We're can we read up on more background information on Axelrod? (Although I am loathe to repeat an Palin/McCain meme) we really don't know that much about him.<br><br>To be quite honest, I'm not too keen on the idea of having him in the administration at a leadership position. I truly feel that the people who fill those positions should have held elected office at some point. They should know the feeling of being held accountable to The People. That's the problem we ran into with Cheney. A political consultant is a business man at the end of the day. If he's held elected office, then I truly would have no problem with a placement.<br><br>Oooh, I just though of a fun game, let's start a list: Who would you like to see in Obama Cabinet?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:21:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Obama citizenship<br>The Associated Press<br><br>Sat, Oct 25, 2008 (3:42 p.m.)<br><br>A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's qualifications to be president.<br><br>U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick on Friday night rejected the suit by attorney Philip J. Berg, who alleged that Obama was not a U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible for the presidency. Berg claimed that Obama is either a citizen of his father's native Kenya or became a citizen of Indonesia after he moved there as a boy.<br><br>Obama was born in Hawaii to an American mother and a Kenyan father. His parents divorced and his mother married an Indonesian man.<br><br>Internet-fueled conspiracy theories question whether Obama is a \"natural-born citizen\" as required by the Constitution for a presidential candidate and whether he lost his citizenship while living abroad.<br><br>Surrick ruled that Berg lacked standing to bring the case, saying any harm from an allegedly ineligible candidate was \"too vague and its effects too attenuated to confer standing on any and all voters.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:21:09", "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}, "3329689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  LOL!        Co-signing!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:50:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329302, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you're not being too sensitive", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:54:18", "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": 3319973, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  I got gas for $2.95:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40960/gas-prices-in-record-fall.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40960/gas-prices-in...</a><br><b>Gas Prices In Record Fall</b><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013 Gasoline prices have dropped 53 cents in the last two weeks, the steepest decline ever, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.78, Reuters reports. Wichita Kansas has the cheapest gasoline, at $2.26 a gallon, and San Francisco gas is the most expensive, at $3.37.<br><br>\"The drop is unprecedented. It was dictated by the crash in crude oil prices and deepened powerfully by falling US gasoline demand,\" said the survey director. \"The weaker economy suggests that despite a price crash, it's probably not enough to inspire a strong comeback in demand.\"</i><br><br>Source Reuters<br><br><br>While this is GREAT NEWS, does anyone think that SOMETHING SMELLS?  Hmmmm?!<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_05:21:19", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In Case You Weren't Scared Enough: Palin on \"Fruit Fly Research\"<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-palmer-and-rob-pringle/in-case-you-werent-scared_b_138089.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-palmer-and-r...</a><br><blockquote><i>Listen to the tone of her voice as she sneers the words \"fruit fly research.\" Check out the disdain and incredulity on her face. How would science, basic or applied, fare under President Palin?<br><br>We have other questions. Who wrote this speech? Was he or she as ignorant as Palin about the central role that fruit flies have played in the last century of biomedical research? Or was this a calculated slight to science and scientists -- a coded way of saying, \"We don't care what you know or what you think\"? We find it odd that, of all the examples of dubious expenditures of public funds, the speechwriters alighted on this one.<br><br>Whatever the explanation, it scares us. Everyone who has suffered, either personally or indirectly, from an inherited illness, and anyone whose life has been lengthened or enriched by modern medicine, should channel Palin's flip comment when they stand in the voting booth on November 4th. </i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:03:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To the Chicagoans in our bunch,<br><br>The African and Diaspora Studies at DePaul University is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on the 2008 Elections on Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 pm at DePaul University Schmitt Center, Room 280 (2320 N. Kenmore).<br><br>The panel will be four women including me :) representing voices from the community and academia. So, I hope that the JJP Chicago community can attend!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:04:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "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}, "3327492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hehe...yeah.   I caught most of it.   How many people were there?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:02:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maya has been off the show for a while, so I'm not sure if her return is permanent or merely a guest appearance like Tina Fey's or Will Ferrell's appearances have been.  <br><br>My biggest problem with SNL lately is that many of the cast members and many of the sketches seem to express an unearned arrogance in terms of actual humor.  The show  really started to grate on me this way when Tina Fey (who IS talented) was the head writer, and I have the same attitude today.   <br><br>That's not to say  there aren't entertaining folks on the show: Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Katherine Wiig, and Will Forte are great.  Darrell Hammond has been reliably solid for years, but he doesn't belong with the other untested cast members I haven't named.  (What the hell has Seth Meyers done that is funny?)  <br><br>That, and the 'soul' on the show is severely lacking, and it has been that way at SNL for years.  They never gave Finesse Mitchell anything useful to do and now he's writing columns for Essence magazine.  Kenan Thompson, who's shown flashes of comedy value from his exploits on Nickelodeon,  is only there contractually to play Al Sharpton and Oprah--or so it seems.  <br><br>SNL has been resting on its laurels as a once funny show much like Notre Dame has been with winning college football championships. It makes me wish Fox would start caring about MadTV again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:59:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "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": 3323735, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Take a break from watching the polls.  Vote Obama Nov 4, and give folks a ride to also make sure they get the opportunity to vote.<br><br>All those other points are nothing but noise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:22:25", "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": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>STEVENS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!</b>  Whoooo!  Whooo!<br><br>Another NAIL in the <b>UN-VETTED ONE's</b> coffin!!!  Whooo!  Hoo!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:03:47", "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}, "3332639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does he know who Harold Ford is? It's the way of the world someone has to be a house negro.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:27:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330308, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unfortunately, over 750,000 Americans have lost their jobs just since the beginning of this year. <br><br> And the FACTS that I provided you with show that  has the lowest job growth since 1960---spanning 48 years. <br><br>Unemployment is over 6%.  Forclosures are at a record high.  Many Americans have lost almost 50% of their investment funds.<br><br>Most Americans wages have been flat since 2003.<br><br>And we are in a recession.<br><br>So please expalin to me how the Bush/McCain economics work.<br><br>BTW, before 2006, McCain had no problem with   taxing the wealthy.  He actually said, the weathiest should pay more since  they make more.  Initally, he opposed the Bush tax cuts, saying in good conscience, he could not support taxes that would reward the wealthiest Americans, while the middle-class needed it the most.<br><br> It is amazing how ambition and pandering to the failed Republican economic policies will cause a man like McCain to abandon his \"conscience.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0UsydYzSI\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0UsydYzSI</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:54:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3324030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They found a body they believe is Jennifer's 7 year old nephew.<br><br>I was so hoping they would find him alive...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:33:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How  are these game-changing moments when even during that timed  period the polls had widened.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:48:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324450, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:29:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3326837, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is unbelievably tragic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:44:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324298, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was celebrating when Michelle first put you on blast. And she did it so well! Bam!<br><br><br>I don't believe you're a black man. I have serious doubts about that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:27:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330525, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D., I am glad you came out and admitted that the 9/11 Commission was a farce perpetuated by this administration, just like everything else has been.<br><br>I have no sympathy either for people who deserve to be in Gitmo, IF they belong there.<br><br>My problem with the Bush administration is that they have been the most secretive and misleading administration we have seen.  They have condoned torture, made up their own definitions, and are holding people \"just because\" which is in stark contrast to what our country stands for.<br><br>What will this country be able to say or do, if one day, we become at the receiving end of these same policies we have dished out. These policies undercut our reputation and what our armed services stand for.  And we wonder why we regarded in an unpleasant manner now around the world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:32:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3326769, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3322927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As usual I love the pictures of Barack with kids especially little boys, looking at him in awe like \"that really could be me\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:25:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "2dcb7ab86ca109aed35adaccb673c5dd", "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}, "3331080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the link, Val!<br><br>The McCain/Palin rallies create the breeding grounds for this kind of hate!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330546, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know, if you go to the page on Amazon with all the Obama masks, there's one with large ears (ok, accurate), a huge smile, and even huger (is that a word?) teeth.<br><br>I'm more concerned about <i>that</i> than someone's attempt at a joke.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:06:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323641, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:04:34", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329893, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CO-SIGN!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:29:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 3323878, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Get back Satan.....you can't stop us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:29:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330413, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Two simple questions, s:<br><br>How many jobs are the 2001 Bush tax cuts (extended in 2005) creating right now?  And how many jobs will McCain's further cuts (in both income and capital gains taxes) create?  <br><br>We've set you straight on the Obama tax plan to no avail.  Set us straight on the GOP's.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "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": 3324030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:04:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3329671, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  O.K.   Me 2!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Cain't LIVE without my JJP!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:33:41", "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": 3323113, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's so sad. I feel for the parents as well. Prayers to them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:10:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3333060, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Another <b>ENDORSEMENT!!!</b>   Whoooo!  Hooo!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d0b127c-a380-11dd-942c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d0b127c-a380-11dd-94...</a><br><b>Obama is the better choice</b><br><br><i>US presidential elections involve a fabulous expense of time, effort and money. Doubtless it is all too much \u2013 but, by the end, nobody can complain that the candidates have been too little scrutinised.<b> We have learnt a lot about Barack Obama and John McCain during this campaign. In our view, it is enough to be confident that Mr Obama is the right choice.</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>Nonetheless, a campaign is a test of leadership. Mr Obama ran his superbly; Mr McCain\u2019s has often looked a shambles. After eight years of George W. Bush, the steady competence of the Obama operation commands respect.<br><br>Nor should one disdain Mr Obama\u2019s way with a crowd. Good presidents engage the country\u2019s attention; great ones inspire. Mr McCain, on form, is an adequate speaker but no more. Mr Obama, on form, is as fine a political orator as the country has heard in decades. Put to the right purposes, this is no mere decoration but a priceless asset.<br><br>Mr Obama\u2019s purposes do seem mostly right, though in saying this we give him the benefit of the doubt. Above all, he prizes consensus and genuinely seeks to unite the country, something it wants. His call for change struck a mighty chord in a tired and demoralised nation \u2013 and who could promise real change more credibly than Mr Obama, a black man, whose very nomination was a historic advance in US politics?<br><br>SKIP<br><br><b>The challenges facing the next president will be extraordinary. We hesitate to wish it on anyone, but we hope that Mr Obama gets the job.</b></i><br><br>The BEST MINDS recognize the BEST MIND  -   Mr. Obama!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>This is <b>VERY SIGNIFICANT!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_03:18:36", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  I'm just sharing. . . . <br><br>Is this what you were talking about???<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPWGN5gJ4M&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=picture+of+a+hillbilly&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3RNFA_\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPWGN5gJ4M&eurl...</a><br><b>Hillbilly  -Red Neck Pictures</b><br><br>Remember -  I didn't create this.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:54:06", "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": 3330813, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds like the young boy was 1) a witness...he had to be gotten rid of...and 2) if Balfour is the one who did it, to cause life-long pain to his wife.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:46:51", "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": 3324298, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know, Justice, the thing is D (unlike the trolls here) is actually someone who -- in my observation -- has a spirit of learning and honesty in him, when he chooses to honor it.<br><br>So I blast, but it is from a respect I would not have for someone else who might be doing this foolishness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329459, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One string.  One note.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:41:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329722, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You a hard-left lie...  I'm hard-left and Obama ain't nowhere near me.  As far as Democrats are concerned, Obama is damn near hard-right compared with Dennis Kucinich.  So WTF are you talking about?<br><br>STOP LYING!!!   Lying means you're desperate.<br><br>And you can take that <a href=\"http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003895\" rel=\"nofollow\">BIG GOVERNMENT</a> bs and stick it up your and Prez. Bush's azz.  That, or take this pimp slappin' like the fishnet wearing skank you are.<br><br>How the hell are you going to talk about <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/14/AR2005081400905.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">BIG GOVERNMENT</a> when that's what we've had with Republican rule?  <br><br>You're a stupid mf...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323846, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:   -Er,  -um  -  pass the \"popcorn.\"  Would you like some GREEN TEA??       **FEET UP!**  <br><br>He's goin' DOWN like a SERENA Williams opponent!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:49:52", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329459, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Attorney Obama gives his \"CLOSING ARGUMENTS\" in OHIO!:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/article/d942nu180/obama-offers-closing-argument-of-campaign-in-vital-state-of-ohio.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/article/d942nu180/obama-o...</a><br><b> Obama offers closing argument of campaign in vital state of Ohio</b><br><br>By BEN FELLER | Associated Press | 48 minutes ago in Politics<br><br><i>And as Ohio goes, often goes history. No Democratic contender for the presidency has won without Ohio's support in nearly 50 years _ since John F. Kennedy in 1964.<br><br>So it is a strategic choice that Obama will deliver his next speech in the industrial northeast Ohio city of Canton. His campaign calls it his closing case, although with more than a week until the election, there will presumably be other final arguments.<br><br>Obama will spell out what he sees as the clear choices, aides say, including \"hope over fear, unity over division, and the promise of change over the power of the status quo.\"<br><br>More specifically, aides say, Obama will argue that McCain has not identified one thing he'd do differently than Bush when it comes to the economy.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_05:35:54", "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}, "3329104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "With what I've been reading...it could be someone who wrote that speech sabotaging her.   If so, they're highlighting the fact she reads off the prompter and  doesn't know much about the special needs issue, 'cause if she did...she'd have struck that line from the speech.   Hehehe...it's kinda funny.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:13:25", "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": 3328751, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>McCain's Warning: Perils Of One-Party Rule</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/mccains-warning-dangers-o_n_138011.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/mccain...</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 Republican John McCain declared \"I'm going to win it,\" dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race. A confident Democrat Barack Obama drew a jaw-dropping 100,000 people to a single rally and rolled out a new TV ad asserting his rival is \"running out of time.\"</i><br><br><i>Heading into the final nine days of the 2008 contest, the White House competitors campaigned in key battlegrounds that President Bush won four years ago as the state-by-state Electoral College map tilts strongly in Obama's favor. Democrats and Republicans alike say it will be extraordinarily difficult for McCain to change the trajectory of the campaign before the Nov. 4 election.</i><br><br><i>\"Unfortunately, I think John McCain might be added to that long list of Arizonans who ran for president but were never elected,\" McCain's fellow senator from Arizona, Republican Jon Kyl, told the Arizona Daily Star editorial board in an interview published Sunday.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:50:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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}, "3329228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know the Rethugs and their supporters always lead the way in indecency...<br><br>An Ohio man hangs effigy of Obama<br><br>Posted October 19, 2008--with video<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/racist-obama-effigy-hung_n_135971.html?page=7&show_commet_id+17007517#comment_17007517\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/racist...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:22:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>April 10th 2007: Former senate leader offers Obama guiding hand - and possibly more</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18040719/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18040719/</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON - Three years ago, it took a nasty, industrial-strength assault by Karl Rove & Co. to oust Democratic leader Tom Daschle from his Senate seat. But if Republicans thought they had seen the last of the resilient South Dakotan, they were wrong. He\u2019s back, this time behind the scenes, as a sort of secret sauce in the surging presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:16:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3326452, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just wanted to say you guys have the BEST photos of Barack.  Thanks for the inspiration!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:00:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a7d3e53ac2143e99a13f47e91d88008", "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}, "3327578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate:  Co-sign!<br><br><i>SNL has been resting on its laurels as a once funny show . . . </i><br><br>I've mainly been watching for the \"smack-down\" of <b>The UN-VETTED ONE!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:07:34", "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": 3326492, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Axelrod is a genius.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:39:46", "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": 3324814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you. I know I have made my point when I get insulted.<br>:-)<br><br>Can we not avoid repeating the mistake of 'one party rule' and BIG GOVERNMENT by electing McCain to keep the Democrats in check?<br><br>Face it. Most Americans do not want to see the government take their money and give it to others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:48:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 3323878, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes. Thoughts and prayers to both!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:53:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3320836, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL.........he's got a better reach than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:03:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3333012, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Personally I am a fan of Axelrod based on what I have seen with this campaign.  It has not been perfect but darn near.  If he won't go, I hope he has a twin who will.  one of the things I respected about the way things were managed:  they had a plan and when others screamed, ranted, raved and cried --- they stayed their course. According to the NYT they evaluated but they stayed the course and they stayed together.<br><br>Now this might alarm some because it could sound a bit like Bush - but I would say that to me it was not stubborness but a committment to what they felt their mission objectives were.<br><br>What is odd is that the NY Times just ran a story and included the fact that Ax is insistent he will not move to DC.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:44:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 3324814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3322978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More stories of voter rolls being \"purged\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.su...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:33:20", "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}, "3329254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm with Val; no matter who does it, and no matter who it's done to, it's wrong.<br><br>The double standard does concern me. It almost seems like instances of disrespect towards McCain/Palin aren't met with nearly the same visceral emotions that those directed at Obama are.<br><br>Every time I say this here I get in trouble, but it bears repeating again: if you're going to be against disrespect <i>anywhere,</i> be against it <i>everywhere.</i> Including-and I dare say, especially-when it's directed towards your opposition.<br><br>That's where my concern is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:24:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329038, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle:  I have STOPPED attempting to UNDERSTAND, much less BELIEVE that a BLACK MAN can't FEEL the PAIN of the UGLINESS that CONTINUES to perpetrated AGAINST BLACK MEN! [Yes, I know \"gangs\" have their issues!  Black-on-Black crime!]  BUT--WE speak at a DIFFERENT LEVEL AND MOST of US DO FEEL and SPEAK  about the <b>cultural language</b> of RACISM with DISGUST and NOT with the childish rhetoric of <b>abstract notions of fairness!</b><br><br>Sooo, I'm through with that type of discussion.<br><br><b>YOU DID VERY WELL!  I BOW TO YOU!!</b>  Thanks for your WORDS which I bolded!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:32:55", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330305, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm at work.  Is this being aired on the networks?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:06:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is the cat that McCain / Palin have let out the bag with their racist crowds.. <br><br><b> Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted</B><br><br><a href=\"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsCEnrVzDQoU5tg63njLNy0UTDNAD9432D881\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsCEnrVzDQoU...</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9246424\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9246424</a></b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:56:13", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tavis Smiley holding Obama accountable is like the sound of a tree falling in a forest.  Does it make a sound if no one is there to hear it???<br><br>Tavis got DELETED from my scheduled TIVO/DVR recordings months ago.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>I'm SORRY to report this.</b>  <br><br><a href=\"http://omg.yahoo.com/news/body-found-after-search-for-jennifer-hudsons-nephew/14645\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://omg.yahoo.com/news/body-found-after-sear...</a><br><b>RE:  Jennifer Hudson's Nephew  - Little Julian King.</b><br><br><b>  GOD BLESS THE HUDSON FAMILY.</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw&feat...</a><br><b>AMAZING GRACE</b>  by Mahalia Jackson<br><br>GOD GRANT HIS GRACE AND COURAGE TO THE HUDSON FAMILY.  AMEN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:13:39", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From Newser(Daily News  -U.K.):<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40934/spectre-of-dem-landslide-sparking-gop-civil-war.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40934/spectre-of-de...</a><br><b>Spectre Of Dem Landslide Sparking GOP CIVIL WAR</b><br><br><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013 As polls continue to give the election edge to Barack Obama, GOP leaders are fearing the Democrat could win in a landslide, reports the Telegraph. Second-guessing of John McCain's campaign and deep fears for the GOP are already triggering a battle among Republican faithful for control of the party's future. McCain is being pressured by some to sacrifice his own fading hopes to focus on saving vulnerable Republican Senate seats.<br><br>A national Democratic landslide could spell \u201can ideological as well as a party victory if we're not careful,\u201d said a former Bush speechwriter. Republicans are already deeply divided. Some argue that the GOP needs to adapt to a changing nation on the economy, health care, and the environment, infuriating others. \u201cThere's going to be a bloodbath,\u201d warned one Republican.</i><br>Source Daily Telegraph (UK)<br><br>I thinks that it's INTERESTING to use the TERM  -  CIVIL WAR!  Hmmmm!?<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:57:08", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "T. Smiley:  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9QYkkxyVQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9QYkkxyVQ</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:56:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/confusing-north-carolina_b_138073.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/conf...</a><br><blockquote><i>A Duke University researcher estimated that more than 90,000 people who voted in North Carolina inexplicably did not cast a vote for president. That's 60,000 to 70,000 more than researchers would expect.<br><br>\"One way to measure the impact of ballot design on voter confusion is the Residual Vote Rate. That's the difference between the number of ballots cast and the number of valid votes for president cast,\" said David C. Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In the last two presidential elections, the number of lost votes for president was \"about twice as high in North Carolina as the national average,\" Kimball told OffTheBus.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:09:04", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sen. Lindsey Graham, the national co-chair of McCain's campaign, summed up the candidate's current thinking succinctly during a June interview on ABC's \"This Week.\" Host George Stephanopoulos asked Graham how McCain's tax and healthcare policy compared to Bush's. <br><br>Stephanopoulos: \"John McCain is calling for an extension or maybe even an enhancement of the Bush policies?\" <br><br>Graham: \"Yeah, absolutely.\" <br><br><br>The most in-depth comparison to date of McCain and Barack Obama's tax plans was performed by the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the center-left Brookings Institution and Urban Institute that is nonetheless staffed by both Republicans and Democrats -- co-director Eugene Steuerle was a deputy assistant secretary under Ronald Reagan -- and is known for its methodological rigor. Its 38-page analysis found that McCain's proposals would make the tax system even \"more regressive\" than permanently extending the Bush tax cuts of 2001 to 2006. McCain would accomplish this by following Bush's blueprint and then supersizing it: providing \"relatively little\" tax relief to low- and middle-income earners, while giving \"huge tax cuts\" to the highest income brackets.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:29:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3323846, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry for the duplicate post", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:56:56", "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": 3331178, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Roland say \"Ix-Nay\" on SNL's Mrs. Obama:<br><br><a href=\"http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/snl-spoofs-bara.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/snl-spo...</a><br><b>'SNL' Spoofs Barack and Michelle Obama</b><br><br><i>The writer at the Chicago Tribune says SNL nailed it with their spoof of Michelle Obama.<br><br><b>Sorry, I don't see it. She didn't even look like her.</b><br><br>Judge for yourself.  [VIDEO]<br><br>But the brother who plays Rev. Jeremiah Wright is funny as hell.</i><br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_05:47:48", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Evening Thread is up", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:37:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/27/04556/912/239/629302\" rel=\"nofollow\">This Week With \"The Democratic Nominee\", Barack Obama, October 19-25, 2008</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "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}, "3326314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Keep your eyes open people!  I live in New Jersey and I already called a few weeks ago to double-check my registration (even though I have always been registered to vote since age 18).  They said my name was there, but with all of these new stories popping up, I'm going to check again today!<br><br><b>Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls</b><br><br><i>* Story Highlights<br>* Kyla Berry got a letter saying to vote, she must prove she's a U.S. citizen<br>* She and others like her have been flagged for mismatched information<br>* Experts say lists of people with mismatches are being purged from voter rolls<br>* Cases like Berry's raise fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.su...</a><br><br>ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card in her wallet.<br><br>But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.<br><br>\"This office has received notification from the state of Georgia indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote,\" a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.<br><br>But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and a birth certificate to prove it. VideoWatch some of the concerns of voting experts \u00bb<br><br>The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.<br><br>\"It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send me my birth certificate, and then I was like, 'It's too late, apparently,' \" Berry said.<br><br>Berry is one of more than 50,000 registered Georgia voters who have been \"flagged\" because of a computer mismatch in their personal identification information. At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove eligibility to vote.<br><br>Experts say lists of people with mismatches are often systematically cut, or \"purged,\" from voter rolls.<br><br>It's a scenario that's being repeated all across the country, with cases like Berry's raising fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states.<br><br>\"What most people don't know is that every year, elections officials strike millions of names from the voter rolls using processes that are secret, prone to error and vulnerable to manipulation,\" said Wendy Weiser, an elections expert with New York University's Brennan Center for Justice.<br><br>\"That means that lots and lots of eligible voters could get knocked off the voter rolls without any notice and, in many cases, without any opportunity to correct it before Election Day.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:48:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "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}, "3324030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All McCain has to do is promise not to 'spread the wealth' around and raise taxes.<br><br>The American people know that we must 'create wealth' by providing more opportunity.<br><br>The American people work hard, are creative and determined to achieve their goals and dreams. They cherish and value what they have earned. They want to protect the 'fruits of their labor', invest it, grow it and even pass it along to their children and grandchildren.<br><br>They DO NOT want to see it confiscated by the government and handed over to others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:12:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323880, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Prayers to the family during this horrific time of great loss! May God give them everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:02:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3331884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "my exact same feelings.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:13:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "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": 3323117, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3334293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Caligirl,<br><br>Look at the expression of the boy with the glasses....pure unbelieveable awe!<br><br>(Oh God, I'm actually this close to touching the next president) :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_20:27:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3333887, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "why wouldn't you want to spread the wealth around?  Are you okay with only the top 2% getting a tax break while the folks that work hard at two and three jobs get nothing?  In my worldview the top 2% represents the \"pimps\" and the rest of us are $2.00 dollar h*'s.<br><br>It is about time they reassessed the situation and redistributed the way we pay taxes so the majority can get a fair shake.  I wonder why you don't realize that the 95% of the American people you described in your note would benefit under the tax breaks offered by President Obama.  Unless you \"spread the wealth/give tax breaks\" to 95% of the middle class, most will not make it to the point where they have anything to invest, grow or pass on to children or grandchildren.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:30:17", "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": 3324030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting story on Obama's biography.<br><br>Barack Obama's Irish Family Tree Traced Back to the 17th Century, Shedding Light on Earliest Known Relatives<br><a href=\"http://www.irishorigins.com/Obama.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.irishorigins.com/Obama.htm</a><br><br>We were able to trace back Obama's irish roots from a reference in the records at <a href=\"http://www.irishorigins.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.irishorigins.com</a> to a property occupied by his great-great-great-grandmother in 1851.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:57:33", "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}, "3328633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Panel Blocks Georgia Voter Checks<br><br>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<br>Published: October 27, 2008<br><br>Filed at 2:21 p.m. ET<br><br>ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal judges have ordered Georgia elections officials to stop using Social Security numbers and driver's licenses to check voters' immigration status until the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to approve the process.<br><br>Georgia is one of several states that needs federal approval before changing election policy because of a history of discriminatory voting practices.<br><br>The three-judge panel's 27-page ruling Monday orders Georgia officials to make ''diligent and immediate'' efforts to notify voters who have been flagged as ineligible.<br><br>It also blocks the state from removing flagged names from voter lists unless voters say in writing that they are ineligible. </i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:44:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  O.K. I will attempt to conclude my RANT.  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Thank you to all replyers.  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Here's \"Uncle Tom's - OOPS!  Tavis' ONLY comment on the <b>UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br><i>Asked about Senator John McCain's running mate, Smiley said \"Sarah Palin has not been asked anything about diversity or inclusion,\" which he said was unacceptable in a multicultural, multi-ethnic America.</i><br><br>WHAT???  She actually tried to raise the issue of DIVERSITY by saying how her husband was half - Native Alaskan. HAH!!  And that the population of Alaska was DIVERSE.  So I went on a hunt and found the following:   <i>~75% WHITE</i>;  <b>~4.4% BLACK! </b>  ~3.4% HISPANIC!  Ummmmmm- DIVERSE????<br><br>BUT, while \"THEY\" couldn't speak about this topic, THEY \"resurrected\" the billary's playbook and <b>USED RACISM</b> in their campaign!!  EVIL COWARDS!!!<br><br>THEY LACK MORALS as well as GRAY MATTER!!!<br><br>So, my LAST THOUGHT  -  <b>SHUT UP TAVIS!!  NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '-08!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:32:03", "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": 3330027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dozens Of Call Center Workers Quit Over McCain Attacks<br><br>At least three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/dozens-of-call-center-wor_n_138329.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/dozens...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:12:38", "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}, "3327120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   OH!    OH!  At one time in his speech in Canton, OH.,  Mr. Obama stopped his \"campaign - SPEAK\" and went ta <b>PREACHIN'!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br><b>PREACH!    PREACHA!!!</b>    **I'm STANDING!!!   I'm APPLAUDING!!!**  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Whooooo!   Hooooo!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!   TRUST<br><br>He's doin' it AGAIN!!   <b>HOPE!!!   IFFFFF WE. . . .</b><br><br>LAWD HA'MERCY!!!   <b>FIRED UP!!  READY TO GO!!  YES WE CAN!!!!</b><br><br>BACK ON MY FEET!  WILDLY APPLAUDING!!  DOIN' THE \"HAPPY DANCE\"!!<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:38:41", "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}, "3321489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm still in such disbelief about what's happened with Jennifer Hudson and her family. I just can't get over it. <br><br>The photo is very inspiring. Sen. Obama is a real role model for many walks of life. I'm still surprised sometimes by how many politicians have affairs or casually dump their spouses. Barack and Michelle have been faithful, they have a strong, supportive marriage. And yet to some people, they are a threat to America, not a light. Well, that's their loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_03:40:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "28c61dc9ef06c80adaeaff48a7ed9836", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was indoors. I haven't seen an estimate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:10:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327492, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After the Ashley Todd mutilation attack, you're still listening to Drudge?  When will you Rethugs ever learn.<br><br>Here's some good info to help you understand what Bush economics has done to this country---and what John McCain wishes to continue.  BTW, Bush also told us \"the fundamentals of the economy are strong in 2007....does it sound familiar?<br><br>From the Center for Economic Policy and Research:<br><br>In the American Prospect-- February 25, 2008 <br><br><br>Last summer, President Bush told the American people that \"the American economy is the envy of the world.\" He continued, \"The fundamentals of our economy are strong. ... Job creation is strong. Real after-tax wages are on the rise. Inflation is low.\" None of this was exactly true then, but it is certainly not true now. When President Bush signed the stimulus package he finally acknowledged what the rest of us already knew: The economy is in real trouble. The collapse of the housing bubble is throwing the economy into a recession, and quite possibly a very severe recession. For most workers this means that the economic situation is about to go from bad to worse.<br><br>At the most basic level, contrary to the myth, growth has actually been very weak under President Bush. Here is the ranking of growth by presidential administrations since 1960:<br><br><br>Kennedy-Johnson: 5.2% <br>Clinton: 3.6% <br>Reagan: 3.4% <br>Carter: 3.4% <br>Nixon-Ford: 2.7% <br>Bush II: 2.6% <br>Bush I: 1.9%<br><br><br>President Bush only manages to beat out his father, and even this distinction may not hold when the final numbers are in. These data only run through the third quarter of 2007. If we fall into a recession and Bush ends his term with five quarters of near-zero growth, then Bush II could even fall behind Bush I in the growth category.<br><br>But growth is only a small part of the story. As has been widely publicized, the Bush-era deficits reversed the effects of the deficit reduction from the Clinton years. We will almost certainly end the Bush years with a higher debt-to-gross domestic product ratio than we had at the start of the Clinton presidency.<br><br>Perhaps more important, the ratio of foreign debt to GDP has soared in the Bush years. By the end of the Bush presidency, we will likely have added more than $1.5 trillion (more than 10 percent of GDP) to our foreign indebtedness. This is the result of the massive trade deficits of the Bush years.<br><br>Growth and debt are, of course, abstractions for most people. What matters to the vast majority of families is what they take home in their paychecks, their job security, their health care, and their pensions. On these fronts, the Bush legacy is also one of miserable failure. Going into this year, the average hourly wage was about 3 percent higher than it was when Bush took office in 2001. This modest growth is entirely attributable to the wage momentum coming out of the late 1990s boom. Adjusted for inflation, wages have been flat since 2003. In recent months they have headed downward as energy- and food-price increases outstripped wage growth. Wage growth may still end up positive for the Bush years as a whole, but the gain will be so small that most workers will not notice it.<br><br>Job growth has been abysmal in the Bush years, averaging less than 900,000 jobs a year, compared to more than 2.5 million jobs a year during the Clinton administration. As a result, millions of young and middle-aged people have simply stopped looking for work and dropped out of the labor market.<br><br>Health-care coverage has become increasingly precarious as millions of people have lost coverage and tens of millions of workers find that they must pay much more for their health care, either in premiums, co-payments, or deductibles. Similarly, pension coverage (including 401(k) type plans) was falling sharply even before the onset of the recession. My colleague found that the percentage of workers in \"good jobs\"\u2014jobs that pay at least $17 an hour, provide health insurance and pension coverage\u2014had fallen by 2.3 percentage points under President Bush, and that was before the recession. Needless to say, job prospects for workers will look much worse by the end of the president's term.<br><br>But President Bush did not take any steps to seriously counteract these real economic problems. His strategy was to give out tax breaks that heavily favored the richest people in the country. He also gave business, including the energy companies, the defense contractors, the drug companies, the insurance companies, and the financial industry, everything they wanted from the government, at the public's expense.<br><br>However, the massive handouts to the rich and the corporate lobbies didn't produce growth. For this, President Bush needed the housing bubble. The unprecedented run-up in house prices produced a record construction boom. More important, the $8 trillion housing bubble led to a consumption boom as people eagerly borrowed against their new housing wealth, sending the saving rate to zero.<br><br>While President Bush likes to pretend that the crash of the housing-market bubble is a surprise event, like a hurricane, for which we could not have possibly prepared, the reality is that it was an entirely predictable event, which was in fact predicted. President Bush's decision to ignore the growth of the housing bubble and the madness in the mortgage market was one of the most disastrous economic mistakes in the country's history.<br><br>The meltdown of the housing market has already led to record rates of foreclosures and multibillion-dollar write-downs at the country's leading financial institutions. But this is just the beginning. The current double-digit rate of house-price decline will destroy between $2 trillion and $4 trillion in additional housing wealth over the course of the year. In short, it looks like President Bush will go out with a real bang.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:31:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3323039, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  RE:  The skinheads:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/atf-disrupts-skinhead-plot-to-assassinate-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/atf...</a><br><b>ATF Disrupts Skinhead Plot To Assassinate Obama</b><br><br><br><i>ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama<br><br>October 27, 2008 \u00b7 Print This Article<br><br>Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.<br><br>In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads. Agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by name.<br><br>Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.<br><br>The men also sought to go on a national killing spree, with Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated Press.<br><br>\u201cThey said that would be their last, final act \u2014 that they would attempt to kill Sen. Obama,\u201d Cavanaugh said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying.\u201d</i><br><br>LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP<br><br><br>I was going to say \"Back to the  whatever.\"   BUT, actually, the \"beat has NEVER STOPPED!!\"<br><br>Whew!  Disgusted Deep Breaths!! <br><br>McAncient/The UN-VETTED ONE  -   look at the ENVIRONMENT that YOU ENHANCED!!!<br><br>AND YOU STILL SLEEP AT NIGHT and LIVE IN YOUR SKIN!!  ARRRGGGG!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:35:32", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Without a doubt! Remove him from the face of the earth!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:04:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3325363, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I knew you wouldn't.  Though, as you see, I wasn't wrong.<br><br>The Todd incident didn't merit a response from me. Yes, the supporters are rabid, but nothing about that case smelled right. So, when it all fell apart, I wasn't surprised.<br><br>This whole election-from the Obama ascendancy to Sarah Palin-has brought out the worst in us as a country. And the next eight years may well be the same as the last eight, in that regard. We judge correctness by our political philosophies; things are assigned rightness and wrongness based on our side of the aisle.<br><br>In that, we're all hypocrites; none better than the rest.<br><br>I love my country and what she stands for. But I hate what we've become.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:00:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330716, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice pick up of the latest McCain talking point, the dangerous 'Obama-Pelosi-Reid' triumvirate.  You learn fast, I'll give ya that. <br><br>As a post that quoted George Will quoted, most Americans do favor a 'redistribution of wealth' and don't know it.  It's called a progressive tax system, and most of the time its worked wonderfully for us in funding everything from defense to useful entitlement programs.  It's been jeopardized by irresponsible tax cuts to the rich (the smallest segment of our service economy) and also by rampant spending on two wars, one of them quite elective.  Military action in Afghanistan was appropriate, while the war in Iraq was an overreaction to 9/11.    <br><br>As far as people not knowing Barack Obama: That's on you, dummy.  Seriously, that's the nicest take on that point I can make this late in the game.  America has known of Obama since his headline-making Senate race in 2004 and his address at the 2004 DNC Convention.  He's been heartily campaigning for the presidency for almost two years.  His website is quite robust, and so has been his mainstream media coverage.  As that Harold Melvin song <i>doesn't</i> say...If you don't know him by now, you're a dumbass. <br><br>There is nothing from the last eight years of the Bush Administration that the McCain campaign points to as a justification to elect him to office.  Heck, there's nothing left from the McCain platform to justify his election to office--so that's why they have to paint Obama as green, a socialist, a terrorist sympathizer, an appeaser, a Black radical, a Muslim, and pretty much any mis-characterization that helps John McCain avoid talking about <b>\"the issues\"</b>--where the polls have shown that McCain has already lost.  <br><br>All that is left for the American people to follow through on their disgust of the calamity of the last eight years and the inanity of the McCain-Palin ticket.  Forget the polls--a healthy survey of early voters of all stripes and of all walks of life tends to convince me they will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "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": 3323691, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can someone tell me where <a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/10/where-is-dl-hughley-mute-button.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">D.L. Hughleys mute button</a> is please?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:30:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val, s never answers my questions.<br><br> And that is what happens when Drudge, Hot Air, and all those other demagogue-types sites are his/her source of info.<br><br>But most importantly, s, subscribes to the \"as long as I get mine, I ain't worried about anyone else\" mantra. <br><br>I just hope he/she never has to hurt like many others are today---but that is what it takes to awaken some people. <br><br>The Republican mindset has devastated our country.  And that is why our country is in shambles now.  Bush and  his failed presidency will leave us in the worst shape while he, Cheney and all their military-industrial/ defense contractor buddies  and Big-Oil are laughing themselves to the bank.----  Rumsfeld never told us what happened to all that money that he annouced was missing from the Pentagon on 9/10/01.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:31:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3324893, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So I wonder if this means that the people who were wrongly removed can vote now?  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html?eref=rss_topstories\" rel=\"nofollow\">Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:18:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3328633, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama campaign continues to pushback on FoxNews:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-orton/obama-continues-fox-news_b_138328.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-orton/obama-...</a><br><br>No one on the corner got swagger like Barack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:07:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw it.  Wow!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3327452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Which doesn't exactly answer my question.<br><br>And, besides, we're not talking about the candidates. We're talking about what a private citizen did.<br><br>If we were talking about Obama, the charge would be racism. But since it's Palin, it's \"Halloween fun.\"<br><br>That okay with you? Or is it more important to decide who's \"more guilty?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329005, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3319973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Luv the picture.  A year ago would anyone believe you if we said little black boys - kids in general - would be so excited about meeting a black man who does not catch a football, dripple a basketball, in fact is known primarily for being too brainy to relate to?  I truly hope that this election reflects a return to appreciation and renewed drive for excellence in ourselves and encouragement to our kids.<br><br>Now I am sure you guys probably discussed this somewhere but I do not see it:  what do you think of DL Hugley's new CNN show.  I really did not feel comfortable with the Freddie \"Pimp\" Mac bit.  Yes it was funny, but if that was on Fox and the host was white:  would you laugh when the Freddie Mac character called voters Ho s?<br><br>So am I being too sensitive - as Rachel would say:  talk me down...LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:23:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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}, "3332721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today's Polls 10.27<br><br>Arizona Rasmussen McCain 51, Obama 46 McCain +5<br>California Rasmussen Obama 61, McCain 34 Obama +27<br>Connecticut Hartford Courant Obama 56, McCain 31 Obama +25<br>Florida Reuters/Zogby Obama 47, McCain 47 Tie<br>Indiana Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 44 McCain +6<br>Iowa Marist Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>Mississippi Press Register McCain 46, Obama 33 McCain +13<br>Missouri SurveyUSA Obama 48, McCain 48 Tie<br>Missouri Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 46 Obama +2<br>Nevada Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>New Hampshire Marist Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>North Carolina PPP (D) Obama 49, McCain 48 Obama +1<br>North Carolina Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Ohio Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>Oregon SurveyUSA Obama 57, McCain 38 Obama +19<br>Pennsylvania Temple Univ. Obama 50, McCain 41 Obama +9<br>Virginia SurveyUSA Obama 52, McCain 43 Obama +9<br>Virginia Reuters/Zogby Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>Virginia Washington Post Obama 52, McCain 44 Obama +8<br>Virginia VCU Obama 51, McCain 40 Obama +11<br>Washington The Washington Poll Obama 55, McCain 34 Obama +21<br>West Virginia Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 40 McCain +10<br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>National Gallup Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:32:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah baby!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:59:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330056, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sad news<br><a href=\"http://www.dlisted.com/node/28968\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dlisted.com/node/28968</a><br><br>Prayers ton the family", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:04:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "VaL:  SHARING!! O.K.?   U 2 and Town!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  WE ARE FAMILY!!  :&gt;)  You've already seen the VIDEO!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:34:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330435, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Architect, Redux.<br><br>That doesn't exactly inspire confidence, though I doubt Axelrod will turn into Rove. <br><br>Then again, power corrupts.......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:32:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, NMP.   Dismissed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:34:47", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So I'm watching McCain and Cindy right now, and why am I smiling?  I'm smiling b/c I only have to look at Cindy for 8 more days.  Hallelujah!  Just eight more days of Cindy McCain and then she'll be a wikipedia entry, Amen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:12:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love this article.  Thanks for sharing", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:44:09", "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": 3320043, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know that one needs to have been an elected official to be a chief of staff.<br><br>Let me put it another way: I'm not uncomfortable with it. Ultimately, the president's chief of staff must be someone he deeply trusts. An elected official may not always fit that bill.<br><br>I can tell you this, though. This will bring about a huge GOP vetting of Axelrod in the hopes that any hint of anything unsavory in his past will be exploited to no end.<br><br>Consider the source of the report: Ben Smith. He's a hack. <br><br>Consider the allegation: <i>Democrats who know the Chicago-based political consultant, the key architect of Obama's campaign and of his public image, say Axelrod has signaled that he'll seriously consider taking on a job in the administration.</i><br><br>What Democrats say this? Those with Barack's best interests at heart, or those who wish to undermine him in the final week of the campaign?<br><br>Who's quoted in the article? <br><br>James Carville.<br><br>To whom is Ben Smith comparing Axelrod?<br><br>Karl Rove.<br><br>Do the math.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:32:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324942, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unfortunately this is not a joke....<br><br><a href =\"http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1111\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com Files Obama Mask As A Terrorist Costume</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:35:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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}, "3324084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would say wait and see.  Last weekend, the DKos poll had tightened as well. Last Sunday's polling did not even show Powell's endorsement having any impact.  Moreover, what is important is the position that Obama is at.  So long he is at least 48% (he has consistently polled at 50% and above) McCain can not make up for it even if the undecideds broke his way.  As for McCain's surge that is attributed to Reps coming home and nothing else.  Tightening is to be expected.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:16:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323897, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read on another site, that Jennifer is the one who identified the body. It must have been too much for his dear mother. <br><br>This is just heart breaking, Thank you for Mahalia, she is a comfort.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:27:10", "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": 3332389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D., lemme tell ya something. <br><br> I am an educated black woman married to a proud service member whose family migrated to this country.<br><br> My father passed away  unexpectedly before the summer of my senior year of high school after working many years in a job related to defense-building. I recieved SSI benefits for one year, which cut off at the age of 18.   Both of my parents struggled throughout their adult life, and because  they grew up in a different era than I,  they   faced discrimination in both the workplace and during their formative education---they went to segregated schools.  Most black people intheir community during that time went straight into the manufacturing sector, which was popular amongst both blacks and whites during that time.<br><br>I remember my mother getting laid off during her 20's from a nationally-known company and being devastated ( she eventually rebounded and found another decent job) , always reminding me as I grew up, that the manufacturing sector was starting to crumble in this country--and that an education would open doors and help me control my destiny a bit more.<br><br>During college, with one parent  still alive, I received Pell Grants, low interest  government loans and work-study. and I AM THANKFUL for those programs  who gave a young person like me a chance  to go to school.  Pell grants are one of those \"giveaways\" conservatives like to harp about...but guess what, that investment helped create  in me another taxpayer who was able to earn more and contribute more into the economy.<br><br>I also had a child near the end of my college years...had to even use WIC to help me with feeding my child until I secured a job after graduation.  But I was still determined.  So everyone that receives some type of government aid is not \"lazy\", it doesn't mean they don't work hard.<br><br>Even now, as a military spouse, I see myself and other military families struggling to make it in this economy.  Many military families receive WIC and other aid ---does that  mean the military member and their family isn't working hard enough? <br><br> Fortunately, I don't need those things now---but I can tell you it is hard.  I have moved 3 times in the past 4 years--so that tells you a lot about \"job security\" for me.  But I won't feel ashamed by anyone if I needed to apply for temporary help.<br><br>The thing is, Gov. Palin's family is the prime example of how life can be so different for people from similar backgrounds by just the tiniest variables.<br><br>Palin and her family enjoy decent salaries.(And we know from news reports, she is taking \"advantage\" of every perk she can from her governorship)  But her daughter is a teen mother who has a high school dropout as the father of her child.  <br><br>If you take away the Palin's\"comfortable\" lifestyle, and replace it with the dilemma that most families with teen preganancies face---you would likely see Bristol receiving WIC, Medicaid, and quite possibly Section 8 for she and her child's father.  <br><br>The Palin family story has a happier ending---many, many cases around this country with similiar backgrounds don't.  So the question is, \"who are we to judge?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:37:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3325311, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin is campaigning in fake, communist Virginia.<br><br>She's an athlete, right? Somebody needs to kneecap her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:17:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Suprk:  They just got up, PICKED UP THEIR MORAL COMPASS and walked out!!!!<br><br>GOOD FOR THEM!  THEY wanted to SLEEP  in their SKIN 2-night!!  THEY will!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:49:06", "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": 3332883, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, I have to lOl to keep from crying.  I just want to scream at all these negroes who dance and shuck for masa!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:16:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I couldn't bring myself to watch.  I changed the channel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:45:48", "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": 3319973, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, and just to update about  Ashely Todd---it has been reported that Ethan Eioln of the Collee Republican National Committe (CRNC) confirmed that Todd was a PAID campaign worker on their behalf for John Mccain's campaign.<br><br>Todd was paid $3600 for  work she contributed from August to election day.<br><br>The CRNC itself has received money from the Republican National Committee.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:53:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Republicans hire mercenaries for ground war against Barack Obama<br><br>Two women walk out of John McCain\u2019s Mid-West headquarters carrying a pile of voter canvassing sheets, one sports a baseball hat declaring her a \u201cteam leader\u201d of the Republican campaign. And both are black \u2014 an unusual sight in an election where Barack Obama\u2019s support among African Americans is almost monolithic. <br><br>Are they volunteers? They look at each other sheepishly. \u201cNot exactly,\u201d replies one. \u201cWe work for an employment agency,\u201d says the other. Who are they voting for? \u201cI don\u2019t want to say,\u201d says the first woman. \u201cObama \u2014 of course!\u201d whispers the braver of the pair. <br><br>They laugh, then look over their shoulders at the office behind them. \u201cDon\u2019t give him your name, he\u2019ll put it in the paper,\u201d says the cautious one, explaining that they cannot afford to lose their $10-an-hour (\u00a36) jobs. \u201cThis is embarrassing. We\u2019re doing this because we have to live. At least none of our friends can see us. We\u2019re from Chicago \u2014 like Obama.\u201d <br><br>Republicans have had to hire mercenaries for this ground war. And, if the experience outside the McCain headquarters was any guide, they may not all be shooting in the same direction. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5019585.ece\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:21:52", "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}, "3330242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good for you, Michelle! <br><br>But still, I enjoyed the smacking!<br><br><br>ps...blowing a raspberry at D!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:11:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3329722, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Opinion question. Which do you think is more likely:<br><br>1. A bunch of Republicans/conservatives waking up on 11/4, saying \"oh, shit\" and voting for McCain regardless of what they've said publically, or<br><br>2. A bunch of undecideds waking up on 11/4, saying \"oh, shit\" and voting for McCain just because they're scared?<br><br>No real reason for asking, just curious. I'm betting on #2.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:58:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324084, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rodham, as in Hillary Clinton?  That's her brother, right?  I know I saw something here in JJP about the Clintons doing some undercover campaigning for McCain.  <br><br>Anybody know the latest on this story?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:53:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3327262, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A public service announcement for you young republicans<br>Young Eagles<br>The next generation of the Republican Party. The Young Eagles provide the GOP with the financial resources to compete in national, state, and local elections, while affording members the opportunity to interact and network with Republican Party officials, pundits, enthusiasts, and donors as well as business leaders and innovators throughout the country. <br><br>The \"Young Eagles\" is open to anyone under the age of 45, which I suppose is \"young\" for John McCain's party. But beyond that cheap joke, note how (PDF) the GOP builds \"the next generation of the Republican Party\":<br><br>\u2022 A full year\u2019s membership in the Young Eagles requires a $7,500 personal <br>contribution per year.  All benefits included.<br><br>\u2022 A half year\u2019s membership in the Young Eagles requires a $3,750 person <br>contribution per year.  All benefits included.  **Meeting fee may apply**<br><br>\u2022 On occasion, prospective members will have the opportunity to attend events <br>based on a $1,500 meeting fee.  This fee may be applied towards a full <br>membership. <br><br>Can't afford it? Don't worry! Fleece your friends of $30,000 and you get the membership comp'd! Man, the differences are stark. While Democrats are busy building the next generation of Democrats, one small contribution at a time, Republicans are trying to squeeze \"young\" Republicans to the tune of $7,500. And if you can't afford that? Worry not! $1,500 will get you into individual events. Which is the party of elitists again?<br><br>And what does that buy you, besides feeding a dying husk of a formerly national party? Access. Ponying up the kind of money no \"young\" person really has (beyond the trust fund set) gets you to attend meetings with power players (\"elected officials and policy experts\"). How 1984. Is it any wonder why the world is passing the GOP by?<br><br>Obama has captured the imagination of today's youth by giving them a message to believe in, and a way to feel ownership of the movement -- small dollar contributions and hands-on activism. We don't contribute our hard-earned small dollars for access, we do so because we believe in our party and (some of) its leaders. That's clearly inadequate for Republicans, whose bench is now apparently Sarah Palin and whose message is discredited and discarded, forcing it to fall back to tired Cold War canards (\"Socialism!\").<br><br>SO they figure, if we can't inspire with our message and our leaders, we'll rope the \"youth\" in by giving them access to our power networks. For $7,500.<br><br>And somehow, they wonder why they're getting their asses kicked.<br>For those who are interested click on the link<br><a href=\"http://youngeagles.gop.com/DonorGroupPage.aspx?\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://youngeagles.gop.com/DonorGroupPage.aspx?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:34:16", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  To the pic:  The \"O-man\"  PREACHES and DEMONSTRATES  <b>UNITY!</b><br>One race in EACH hand!!  **SIGH***<br><br>He just simply is AMAZING!! <b> \"WALKING HIS TALK!!\"</b><br><br>To my post:   Speaking of \"KEATING 5!\":<br><br><a href=\"http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/10/keating-law-fir.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">KEATING LAW FIRM DONATES $50.000 To MCCAIN CAMPAIGN</a><br><br><i>Those voting for the first time this year may not have even been alive during the Keating Five scandal, the political corruption case that threatened Charles_keating to end John McCain's political career back in 1989. Much to the chagrin of those Democrats gesticulating wildly at the very silent elephant in the room, the Obama campaign has largely refrained from touching upon the issue, perhaps preferring to leave past associations well alone, [for understandable reasons.]  {DON'T LIKE THIS!!}<br><br>But sometimes history throws little reminders into our present path, and this is one of those times. Campaign finance records have revealed that the law firm founded by Charles Keating - before he went to jail for fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy for his activities as chairman of Lincoln Savings and Loans - has made donations totalling over $50,000 to McCain's campaign.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>This is not improper in itself, and the only Keating included in the bundle is William J. Keating, Jr., Charles Keating's nephew, who is listed as a partner in the firm and contributed $1,000.<br><br><b>But it reminds us of McCain's role in \"The Keating Five,\" a group of senators who received a total of $1.4 million in campaign contributions connected to Keating and personally intervened with government regulators to allow Lincoln Savings and Loans to make highly risky investments that defrauded thousands of investors and cost taxpayers $3.4 billion.</b><br><br><b>Keating, now 84, once wrote to McCain that \"I'm yours till death do us part\". Could he be keeping his promise?</b></i><br><br>LEST WE FORGET!!  Notice, that Mr. Obama has CLASS!!  He could have gotten a lot of mileage out of this!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:28:56", "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}, "3324617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with you.  The whole thing is just senseless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:57:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3324485, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "personally I hope Iraq refuses to sign.  then we pull out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:39:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 3325655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow D I cant believe you pulled that \"Why cant Obama close the deal\"?out again.Everyone knew after Virginia in the primaries it was over,only the media and the delusional thought otherwise.Obama has not drop under 50% while McCain cannot get over 45% .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:47:32", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323897, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "....and one for you:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12300\" rel=\"nofollow\">Victim and Family Members To See Military Commissions Proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba</a><br><br><i>The Defense Department announced today that victims of terrorist attacks and family members who lost loved ones to those attacks will be able to attend military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. <br>     <br>\u201cThe Department of Defense recognizes the tragic loss and suffering that victims and family members of terrorist attacks have experienced,\u201d said Gordon England, deputy secretary of defense. \u201cSoon, some of those victim families will have the opportunity to see first-hand the fair, open and just trials of those alleged to have perpetrated these horrific acts.\u201d</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:39:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gates gets my vote to stay on at Defense. Not sure about State or DHS.<br><br>Everything else, I'm not smart enough to make a call on.<br><br>Thought I just had, though: with all the scapegoating that DHS got-deserved or not-during the Bush Admin, might Obama demote them to below-Cabinet status?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:56:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Shazza:  Hey!  <b>HEAD BOW and GOD BLESS THE FAMILY.</b>  AMEN.<br><br>I'm really in tears. This is sooo SAD!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:22:15", "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": 3323932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Eight-year-old shoots self with Uzi, dies<br><br>WESTFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/27/boy.shoots.himself.ap/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/27/boy.shoots.him...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:40:06", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cafferty asks:  What could change your pick for President.<br><br>Read the comments JJP.  I loved it.<br><br><a href=\"http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/what-could-change-your-pick-for-president/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/wh...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:45:37", "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}, "3325655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For D.,( my military-minded brotha I agree to disagree with)<br><br>The Bush/neo-con administration is now resorting to political blackmail?!  <br>Can you defend this--- what are your thoughts?<br><br>U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord<br><br>By Roy Gutman and Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers<br> <br>BAGHDAD _ The U.S. military has warned Iraq that it will shut down military operations and other vital services throughout the country on Jan. 1 if the Iraqi government doesn't agree to a new agreement on the status of U.S. forces or a renewed United Nations mandate for the American mission in Iraq. <br><br>Many Iraqi politicians view the move as akin to political blackmail, a top Iraqi official told McClatchy Sunday.<br><br>In addition to halting all military actions, U.S. forces would cease activities that support Iraq\u2019s economy, educational sector and other areas _ \"everything\" _ said Tariq al Hashimi, the country\u2019s Sunni Muslim vice president. \"I didn\u2019t know the Americans are rendering such wide-scale services.\" <br><br>Hashimi said that Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, listed \u201ctens\u201d of areas of potential cutoffs in a three-page letter, and he said the implied threat caught Iraqi leaders by surprise.<br><br>\"It was really shocking for us,\" he said. \"Many people are looking to this attitude as a matter of blackmailing.\"<br><br>Odierno had no comment Sunday, but U.S. Embassy officials told McClatchy that a lengthy list of the sort Hashimi described has been passed to the Iraqi government. Among the services the U.S. provides are protection of Iraq\u2019s principal borders, of its oil exports and other shipping through the Shatt al Arab into the Persian Gulf and all air traffic control over Iraq.<br><br>The status of forces agreement, which calls for a final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, was supposed to resolve a number of contentious issues between the two countries, but its completion 10 days ago has instead provoked a political crisis within Iraq's Shiite-dominated government and between Iraq and the United States.<br><br>Fearing a major battle in the Iraqi parliament, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki solicited proposed amendments from his cabinet and called a meeting to review them Sunday afternoon.<br><br>There's more<br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54795.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54795.htm</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:08:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You didn't think the Times Disgrace would endorse OBAMA, did you?  This is the same newspaper that gladly championed Massive Resistance back in the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:23:29", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325706, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I loved it!<br><br>While McCain is whining about \"socialism\" and other straw man points, Obama was laying out his plans for the country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:33:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Doesn't surprise me one bit.<br><br>Good cop. Bad cop.<br><br>The Clintons are devious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:15:30", "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": 3327262, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't recall either McCain or Palin speaking out about the guy who hung an effigy of Obama for Halloween.<br><br>I don't recall either of them speaking out about Ashley Todd's hoax either.  I do recall both of them being Johnny on the Spot calling Ashley up and offering her support.<br><br>Neither McCain or Obama can control what their supporters do outside of their rallies but what they can do is set the tone.  If somebody merely \"booes\" at McCain during an Obama rally and he hears it, he shuts it down.<br><br>McCain and Palin hear people crying \"Kill Him!\" and \"Nigger!\" and keep it moving.  Yes, McCain did correct that old lady who cried that Obama was an Arab but he ended up dissing Arabs in the process.<br><br>Again, the candidates set the tone.  Obama has set a tone of shiny happy people holding hands.  McCain has set a tone of anger, fear, hatred, etc.  McCain and Palin are putting forth negative, nasty energy out there so they shouldn't really be surprised when it blows back on them.  Should the guy have hung an effigy of Palin?  No.<br><br>Should McCain and Palin stoke the fires of racial resentment, hatred and fear?  No.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:53:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329136, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The controversial US-Iraq security agreement includes 'some secret provisions', which would flagrantly violate Iraq's sovereignty. <br><br>Secret pr (more)<br><br><br>The controversial US-Iraq security agreement includes 'some secret provisions', which would flagrantly violate Iraq's sovereignty. <br><br>Secret provisions have been incorporated in the so-called Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which would violate Iraq's sovereignty in a more direct manner than the provisions disclosed by the Iraqi media, the Saudi daily Okaz reported on Sunday, citing \"informed political sources\". <br><br>According to the report, although \"the secret provisions\" would have more adverse consequences for Iraq in terms of the country's sovereignty and independence, a majority of Iraqi lawmakers have been kept entirely unaware of them. <br><br>Based on those provisions, the US would be granted the permission to build military bases, camps and prisons inside Iraq. The scope of the immunity from legal prosecution for the US forces--the most controversial provision of SOFA-- would also be extended to include all US security, military and civilian firms as well as the US army's contractors. <br><br>Under the terms of SOFA, Iraqi officials would be prohibited from meddling in operations carried out by US forces or limiting their authority. The US would also be allowed to attack any country, which \"represents a security threat to Iraq\" from the country's soil. <br><br>After signing the deal, Baghdad would be obliged to ask for Washington's approval before concluding any regional or international agreements with third countries. <br>[IMG] <br>According to the Okaz report, SOFA would bring the Iraqi key ministries of defense and interior under US control for 10 years to facilitate \"the training of the Iraqi forces.\" <br><br>The Saudi newspaper also claimed that under the secret provisions, no timetable would be set for the withdrawal of US troops form Iraq and any pull-out would depend on several conditions. <br><br>The conditions for any US withdrawal include the readiness of Iraqi forces, the success in fighting terrorism, the removal of \"the neighboring countries' security threats\", national reconciliation and a consensus among all Iraqi political groups on the issue. Washington would be entitled to stay in Iraq, if even one of those conditions were not fulfilled. <br><br>Based on those SOFA provisions which have made public, the US forces must leave the war-torn country by early 2011 without any preconditions. <br><br>The report also ruled out the possibility that the US and Iraq would reach an agreement before the term of US President George W. Bush in office ends. <br><br>The failure to sign the deal, according to the daily, should be considered as a setback for the Bush administration which is seeking to play the card of SOFA to strengthen the position of the Republican Party before the upcoming US presidential elections.<br><a href=\"http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=176125\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newi...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:40:34", "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": 3325655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, are you really not aware that YOUR lack of visceral concern actually shows in how you speak (write) about this?<br><br>It is what you are saying underneath your words that speaks loudest to me. And what you are saying is, you don't feel the Palin effigy hanging as horrific in your own self. You are just using it to blandly make an argument that others should feel it in a way that you display you do not. You are not exploring what the meaning of your own lack of feeling in this might be.<br><br>You are not being honest.<br><br>On the axis of truth and deception -- this is ugly. You are playing games here and I think it's wrong for you to do that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:32:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Eyes and Ears: Beehive Hairdos, Gas Station Discounts, Bob Barr, And Drive-By Insults<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus-reporter/eyes-and-ears-beehive-hai_b_137619.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus-repor...</a><br><blockquote><i>Saturday I went to a meeting of the Marion County Democrats. The field organizer, Nick Waller from Virginia, is an upbeat hard working young man who is always on-time and prepared. But this time he was late. Shelia, our local party secretary explained that he had met an elderly woman while door knocking in the rain. Her roof was leaking and she had put plastic out in every room in her house to catch the drips. Nick was late because he'd organized a crew of volunteers to replace her roof. How's that for Obama spirit?<br>-Cathy Haustein, Iowa</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:02:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ruthdfw:  TRUST!  DL WAS DISCUSSED!!  It di-int look good for his team!!  :&gt;)<br><br>See Sunday Open Tread.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:32:14", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3319973, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333438": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting! Thanks for this update. I may have to set the DVR....!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:19:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3332693, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, you've got one thing right.  You're NOT a political expert, so all of this \"advice\"  you're giving to the Obama campaign really don't mean a thang.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:39:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The fact that Obama will lose the undecideds is no surprise. McCain is expected to win 70% while Obama wins 30%.  Even at that margin Obama can still win the election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:04:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324646, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Contributed? Yeah.<br><br>Were they the sole cause of the impending death? Don't think so. You could argue that the GOP's failure to reach out to the actual composition of America had a bigger effect in the downward spiral. Or something as simple as inability to package a message that people would actually <i>want</i> to listen to.<br><br>There's nothing wrong with the religious right....until they forget that Jesus helped the \"least of these\" instead of condemning them to hell.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:50:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3328641, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw it Craig, and all he did was prove how clueless he is about the economy. <br><br>When he said that he would cut taxes for those who buy stock and keep it, I shook my head. That's not how the stock market works. You only pay taxes on stocks when you sell them at a profit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:37:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323880, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I gave up last night. I think the site was down. Glad to see it back up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:51:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3321805, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NY Times story about the relationship between Obama & Axelrod - disappointed that Ax won't have a role in Obama's adminstration, but admire that a guy can resist the allure of power.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/politics/27axelrod.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/politics/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:34:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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}, "3323117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "he didn't say SQUAT while the GOP controlled everything...so STFU.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:51:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3320914, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D, please respond because Michelle has put you on FULL BLAST...I mean you are SOOOOOO on front street right now. Man up brutha...please man up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:24:36", "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": 3329038, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TruthSeeker - I saw that when she did the speech.  What I thought was -- how ignorant is this woman to say she will be leading the effort on shaping policies on special needs but she does not recognize the value of science and clearly knows absolutely nothing about the values of fruit flies being used in multiple types of research?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:50:36", "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": 3327510, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That means 65% of those surveyed don't think it's helped McCain at all, half think it has hurt and only less than a third think it has helped.<br><br>The GOP is still pushing the story in PA. Hard. Sent out mailers to Lancaster County today.<br><br>Beware, the steal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:14:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325756, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder whose communicating with Iran---could it be Neo-con favorite Ahmad Chalabi--who supplied the Pentagon with all that \"faulty intelligence.\"  Chalabi,  is mysteriously  still being given chances by the Bush administration.  I know you peeped that article about him and his ties to Iran.<br><br>Hell, Bush and the administration let the whole damn U.S. financial markets tank--- he couldn't handle our country----why wasn't he more worried about that?  Oh, I forgot......Bush/ Cheney and their friends are laughing to the bank.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:45:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3326911, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the thing is, nobody believes them. I sure don't.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:52:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3320812, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Something will be worked out. Either it will come up again in the UN (not likely) or we'll work out some back door deal.<br><br>If they refuse to sign, and we start packing up, the country goes to hell. Worse, the country goes to hell, AND we end up fighting our way out (Somalia, anyone?).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3326154, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D,<br><br>Just a couple of weeks ago, you wouldn't condemn  McCain/Palin for <b>not</b> denouncing the racial slurs at their rallies. But yet, you come here to point a finger because there is silence about Palin's effigy. How dare you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3329136, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here Here", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:13:48", "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": 3331795, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Co-sign.   True dat on all your points!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:38:38", "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": 3330308, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Amazon should have been deleted for selling the mask for $49.95.  You can get a decent Obama mask for $19.95 at Party Central.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:41:32", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3322143, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually there was one in Ohio already, I believe.  I'll try to find the link.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I haven't seen the video but I can pretty much guarantee both of those dudes look like broke down Joe the Plumber lookalikes, probably in their 20s and 30s, in and out of jail, illiterate, shifless, toothless lazy bums who blame everyone else for their being epic fails in life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330730, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love how people always trot out this statistic - 1% pays 40% of taxes - without discussing the corollary statistic: the top 1% owns 40% of the financial wealth (as of 2001).  The next 19% owns 51.5%.  That means that the bottom 80% of the population owns just 8.8% of financial wealth.  [for an example of this analysis see <a href=\"http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html%5D\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power...</a>.  Care to discuss that!?!  When viewed in this light, the tax code is still woefully unfair to the 80%, since the top 20% receive much of their taxes back in the form of corporate tax credits, since they are the primary owners of those corporations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:53:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdef1cdf95b1026ca05a0466c4c80301", "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": 3323039, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  Shows us that SOME people have a MORAL COMPASS!!  Thank you.  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:18:21", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332375, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, <br><br>You know and I know and every non-troll person on this site knows that <b>lynching has NOT been a tool of oppression against white women in this country</b>.<br><br>And. You know and I know and every non-troll person on this site knows that in actual fact and reality: <b>claimed violation of white women often served white communites as the pretext for lynching.</b><br><br>D, I know this: You are aware of (but seem to not be allowing yourself to feel) the cultural language that is spoken (or not) with acts such as this and others in the discussion here. And you are aware of (but seem to not be allowing yourself to feel) why this statement is not the same. <br><br>I don't understand why rhetorical games about abstract notions of fairness that have nothing to do with real history or real life ... are more important to you than standing firmly grounded in <b>what is actually going on</b> with the actual communications under discussion.<br><br>I'll ... leave it there. Maybe someone else wants to take it further.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:13:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329980, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Axelrod will not be chief of staff.Look for Tom Daschle to get the job or someone who knows how to work Washington.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:38:53", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325105, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree, If anything, the grand experiment that was 'economic justice' as meted out by the Democrats and Fannie and Freddie, under the guise of 'affordable housing' has blown up in our collective faces. As long as everyone's property values were rising, we were willing to look the other way when confronted with severely loosened lending restrictions, or fall under the spell of 'no money down' sub-prime loans that eventually ballooned into unsustainable mortgage payments.<br><br>Corrupt politicians who took money from lobbyists to cover up the 'cooked books' at Fannie and Freddie are responsible for allowing the problem in the housing market to grow, even after being warned by many of an impending crisis.<br><br>Obama's plans to tax the rich into the minority will may create 'economic justice' but the result will not be increased prosperity but rather shared misery.<br><br>I want to see our government restrained by the limits put forth in the Constitution. McCain as a balance to the Democrat majority in Congress is the best way to limit the size and scope of the Federal Government.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:01:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 3324222, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tavis is merely revealing his new hustle.  Since he can't be seen as The Go-To Guy for Black America or the Kingmaker, he's just angling to be the \"The Black Critic of Obama.\"  And trust, there will be a market for anti-Obama black people should Obama become President.  Tavis is just getting his hustle on.  When you see him on Bill O'Reilly's show or chatting it up with Greta von Sustern, don't be surprised.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:14:03", "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": 3330027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As for McCain's surge that is attributed to Reps coming home and nothing else. <br>__________________________________________________________<br><br>I disagree. McCain had pulled even in the polls before the recent economic crisis.<br><br>A large majority of Americans are now part of the 'investor class.' As they watch their 401k and pension plans shrink, the last thing they want is higher taxes and economic policies that will 'redistribute wealth' instead of 'creating wealth.'<br><br>Obama's hard-left political philosophy is an anathema to the majority of Americans who strive to achieve their individual interpretation of the 'American Dream.' His comments to 'Joe the Plumber' and now this new audio are doing great damage to candidacy.<br><br>Couple this with Biden's comments about a 'generated international crisis' and the MSM already calling the election for Obama, and a possible \"Bradley Effect' and it is easy to see why McCain is surging.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:37:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 3324084, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>The Christian Right Killed the Republican Party</b><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-devin/the-christian-right-kille_b_137946.html%3Cblockquote%3E%3Ci%3EWhile\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-devin/the-ch...</a> Bush railed about the axis of evil, there was another axis that gathered steam during the Reagan years. The Moral Majority, Focus on the Family, and The Christian Coalition were all formed within years of each other as religiopolitical groups. Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, and Pat Robertson, the respective leaders of these movements, formed a triad that sought to influence politics through a gospel of neo-conservative Christian rhetoric aimed at millions of faithful adherents whose votes, it was hoped, could swing the socio-political pendulum away from progress and back to \"traditional values.\"<br><br>In order to win the votes of the triad's faithful followers, Republican politicians bartered themselves into a hear-no-wrong, see-no-wrong trade-off. This trade-off allowed Falwell to hold sway with politicians, and appear as a respected political pundit on right-wing shows, even after outlandishly insisting that the purple Tinky Winky children's character was gay, or that the anti-Christ was coming in the form of a Jew. He could promote the idea of ending the public school system in favor of church-run schools, as he did in his book, America Can Be Saved, yet still wield considerable influence in Washington.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know, those pics get me every time.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:23:03", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3322927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig I was on my feet cheering during certain portions of the speech.  <br><br>He was pissed off on our behalf.  I really believe he has our back.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:51:49", "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": 3327452, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First read: I think, from a legal standpoint, they have to stop operating. <br><br>Second read: From a practical standpoint, if there's nothing saying they can stay there, then we'd damn sure better leave. Don't think we want to deal with another insurgency...especially one that, this time, would have a legitimate beef.<br><br>We're not asking for anything off the wall; the couple of drafts I've heard about don't seem to contain anything much different than our agreements with other countries. I don't see it as threatening or blackmailing them, I see it as telling them that <i>something</i> has to be put in writing, or else we can't operate there anymore. That's fairly accurate. <br><br>The good news, for hardcore partisans unlike yourself, is that even if we shut down and Iraq goes to hell, the election will long be over...so, fear not. The bad news is that if we shut down and Iraq goes to hell, AND Obama wins, he gets to deal with it. I'm not encouraged by that, but many others won't care.<br><br>Something else I get: the Iraqis <i>didn't know</i> we were providing a vast majority of their services? BS; they knew. That's their version of upcoming-election posturing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:22:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is going to be hilarious!!!!<br>Former Romney aides on McCain campaign behind Palin trash-talk <br><a href=\"http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/former-romney-aides-on-mccain-campaign.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/former-romne...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:11:33", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Mr. Obama  -  a MAN of COMPASSION!:   And Mrs. Obama 2:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/barack-obama-offers-suppo_n_137970.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/barack...</a><br><b>Barack Obama Offers Support To Jennifer Hudson</b><br><br><i>While family and friends mourn the tragic death of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother, who were shot and killed Friday, support for the singer continues to pour in. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, who shares the same Chicago hometown as the singer, issued a statement Saturday.<br><br><b>\"Michelle and I were absolutely heartbroken to learn about this unimaginable tragedy and we want Jennifer to know that she is in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time,\" the Illinois senator said. \"We also pray for the swift and safe return of her young nephew.\"</b><br><br>Hudson sang the national anthem during the Democratic National Convention in August after a personal request from Obama's camp.</i><br><br>Read the whole story here.<br><br>AMEN!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_04:12:03", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:28:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3328912, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<B>40  Walk-Out McCain Robo-Call Center In Disgust!!!</B><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/181351/56/762/644026\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/181351...</a><br><br> Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.<br><br>Williams' daughter told her that up to 40 of her co-workers had refused to read the script, and had left the call center after supervisors told them that they would have to either read the call or leave, Williams says.<br><br> \"They walked out,\" Williams says of her daughter and her co-workers, adding that they weren't fired but willingly sacrificed pay rather than read the lines. \"They were told [by supervisors], `If you all leave, you're not gonna get paid for the rest of the day.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:44:43", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb:   LOL!!  Good one!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:39:33", "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": 3330156, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How can anyone be so cruel as to kill an innocent child? The murderer of this precious child doesn't deserve to take another breath. He is without a soul, without a conscience. Hell is waiting on him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:02:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3324485, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Harriet Christian= PWT!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:38:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3327262, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP,<br><br>check out <a href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>it quells my anxieties", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:16:39", "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": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Greenlady - don't nobody give a f**k about Tavis Uncle Tom Smiley", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:04:13", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Stimulated by several of the treads and some comments, I decided to \"resurrect\" some information on \"JIM CROW LAWS\", especially as they related to VOTER SUPPRESSION!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/creating2.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/creating2...</a><br><b>The History of Jim Crow</b><br><br><i>Creating Jim Crow: In-Depth Essay<br>By Ronald L. F. Davis, Ph. D.<br><br>The term Jim Crow is believed to have originated around 1830 when a white, minstrel show performer, Thomas \"Daddy\" Rice, blackened his face with charcoal paste or burnt cork and danced a ridiculous jig while singing the lyrics to the song, \"Jump Jim Crow.\" Rice created this character after seeing (while traveling in the South) a crippled, elderly black man (or some say a young black boy) dancing and singing a song ending with these chorus words:<br><br>    \"Weel about and turn about and do jis so,<br>    Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow.\"<br><br>Some historians believe that a Mr. Crow owned the slave who inspired Rice's act--thus the reason for the Jim Crow term in the lyrics. In any case, Rice incorporated the skit into his minstrel act, and by the 1850s the \"Jim Crow\" character had become a standard part of the minstrel show scene in America. On the eve of the Civil War, the Jim Crow idea was one of many stereotypical images of black inferiority in the popular culture of the day--along with Sambos, Coons, and Zip Dandies. <b>The word Jim Crow became a racial slur synonymous with black, colored, or Negro in the vocabulary of many whites; and by the end of the century acts of racial discrimination toward blacks were often referred to as Jim Crow laws and practices.</b><br><br><b>In Mississippi, the method of <u>controlling black votes</u> and regulating their economic and public lives by full-scale and openly brutal violence was known as the <u>First Mississippi Plan of 1875. Whites openly resorted to violence and fraud to control the black vote, shooting down black voters \"just like birds.\"</u> This ruthless and bloody revolution devastated the black vote in Mississippi, and fully 66 percent of the blacks registered to vote in the state failed to cast ballots in the presidential election of 1880. Of those who did vote, almost 50 percent voted Democratic rather than face the wrath of whites in the state. The white vigilantes made no attempt to disguise themselves as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan, and so complete was their victory that the Republican governor fled the state rather than face impeachment charges by the newly elected legislature.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.<br><br>Hoping that this is NOT an \"insensitive\" post.  However, ONE of us heard these stories from her grandparents!  And, I lived with some of the aftermath of these laws in a little town which purported to be \"integrated\", BUT - - We were NOT allowed to be in school plays; teachers lowered my grades in mathematics until I challenged them;  we couldn't sit in the \"white only\" area of the movie theatre; we couldn't purchase a home or live in certain areas [even on certain streets[ of that little town, etc., etc., etc.<br><br>McAncient incessantly[ and BORINGLY] calls his peeps to look at his scars. [SORRY!  Just using this for juxtaposition.]  Well, I have <b>EMOTIONAL SCARS!!</b>  I REMEMBER!!  Annnnnd, I can SMELL these NEO-JIM CROW LAWS/MANEUVERS  a mile away!!  That's why I got so invested in finding out about the genesis of the \"ELECTIONEERING LAW! regarding NO PARAPHERNALIA at the polling places.<br>As I stated B4, it was NOT an issue in Feb. 2008!<br><br>O.K. I'm through, for now.  Again, I hope this information was NOT insensitive.<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:53:12", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D---if the Bush Administration wanted to be as forthcoming with families about 9/11, why did Bush and Cheney only promise to testify together in the 9/11 Commission--and have the record of that testimony remain secret, even proclaiming they wanted no record of it.<br><br>If we want to bring up terrorist attacks, and keeping the families informed---why did the former 9/11 Commission executive Philip Zelikow hold secret meetings with Karl Rove?  And then, another example of the cronyism of this administration--Zelikow was later hired by Condi Rice as a Counselor at the State Department (he wrote a book with Rice in 1995) before retiring in 2006.  Was Zelikow truly looking for answers in the 9/11 Commission---or better yet was he looking to remain loyal and secretive on behalf of his friends in the Bush administration--conflict of interest?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:01:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3326156, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you feel it necessary for me to do that, sure:<br><br>As a conservative, the Todd incident was disrespectful to people who want to get past targeting a message of hate and fear to a certain demographic for political gain. As a black conservative, it's disrespectful and disgusting to see that, no matter what our beliefs are, black men are still being scapegoated.<br><br>I'll wait for the inevitable questioning of my sincerity now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:17:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329393, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  Got that right!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:40:09", "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": 3330087, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You remember Harriet Christian? The woman who called Obama inadequate black male. Well, she and Hugh Rodham have been canvassing PA on behalf of  McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:47:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3326705, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3322143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\u00ab Looking comfortable, front-runner Obama teases a crowd | Main <br><br><a href=\"http://Amazon.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com</a> listed Barack Obama H'ween mask under 'terrorist'<br>You know that argument the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has been relentlessly making that Barack Obama \"pals\" around with terrorists such as 60s ex-radical William Ayers? <br><br>And they say this reflects on his poor judgment because of other associates like Rev. Jeremiah Wright and newly-convicted Tony Rezko?<br><br>And worried Obama PR folks jump right on the e-mail whenever Obama and Ayers and the word \"friend\" appear together anywhere, even though Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Obama chief strategist David Axelrod have called them friends or friendly.<br><br>Anyway, <a href=\"http://Amazon.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com</a>, one of the largest and most successful online merchandisers in the world, seemed to come down even beyond the Republicans' side -- for a while anyway. With Halloween just days away, <a href=\"http://Amazon.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com</a> is making a bundle off its $49.95 Barack Obama masks.<br><br>Which it displayed on the \"terrorist costume\" page.<br><br>You read that right!<br><br>(UPDATE: Amazon just caught itself and deleted the Obama mask from the terrorist page.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_06:33:12", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Or how about Option 3: a bunch of Republicans stay home on 11/4, because while they damn sure ain't gonna vote for Obama, they can't hold their nose to vote for McCain or the rest of the losing Republicans either?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:40:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324646, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328801": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's effigy came last week and it had the same response.  <br><br>It is wrong in both instances.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:53:29", "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": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know why this has hit me so hard. I was a fan of J-Hud ,as we called her on Idol. I have been astounded by her vocals and teared up when she sang in Dreamgirls. I watched her with the press and marveled at her graciousness.<br><br>I, along with most of you, felt so proud and happy for her to sing in Denver. I know her heart is broken, her family has been slaughtered and the steady hand that would help her through this is her own dear dead mother. <br><br>I think the news today, further pained her and I just can offer mere words to her and her loved ones.<br><br>This is just so heart breaking", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:13:27", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But we have been. John McCain's evidence of that.<br><br>I personally don't mind if, for once, we chose to apply the rules that everyone's used against us to our enemies. We do what we have to, to preserve our country, her citizens, and our way of life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:19:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327019, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem is, an economic CRISIS has already occurred and is still affecting us.  And one candidate looked erratic and frantic.  He performed so badly that his campaign advisors actually said that if the economy is continually discussed, they will lose. Even the \"Financial Times\" endorsed Obama.<br><br>John McCain has served his country in the military and Senate.  But, why hasn't he released all of his records.  John McCain did what countless others did in Vietnam---and that was serve in their call of duty.  That doesn't entitle you to the White House.  And many, many other paid a higher cost than McCain--some never came back.<br><br>John McCain has a history of very serious health problems, including aggressive skin cancer-- melanoma.  Why won't he be completely forth coming with his medical history--both mental and physical.  He will be the oldest President to ever be elected to office if he wins---and we need to know his chances of survival, especially after the selection of Sarah Palin.<br><br>Do Americans want to consider the disastrous policies of George Bush?  ecause with John McCain, he proudly promises to continue them.  Even bragging about agreeing with Bush on almost every issue--and voting with him over 90% of the time.  That is why it is so hilarious that McCain criticized Bush profusely the other day, in essence, he was criticizing himself.  And John Mccain had no problem allowing Bush to do fundraisers on his behalf. The majority of former Bush aides are on his campaign; he even hired the same people who smeared him and his family in 2000 to smear Obama today. So much for a maverick.....he's a Bush sidekick.<br><br>Obama has always been the underdog.  John McCain has long thought he would run against Hillary Clinton---that is why last year, he laughed when a reporter asked \"How do we beat the bitch?\"  McCain simply thought his POW story  and biography entitled him to the White House.  He and others never prepared for the movement that has been ignited by Obama.<br><br>What do Americans see now though?  An arrogance from John McCain that propelled him to pick one of the mose unqualified Vice Preseidential candidates in recent history---even staunch conservatives are callin him on that.  John McCain has ran one of the most indecent, race-baiting, and slimy campaigns--even topping his once rival George W. Bush.<br><br>John McCain in 2000 made a prophetic statement about his own campaign:<br><br>\"Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:24:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3323691, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the kind words. I guess I worry about caring too much for a celebrity, but I am not. I am caring for a fellow human being and devastation she and her loved ones feel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:17:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332948, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bill O'Reilly to Tavis -- \"explain the reason why a mob broke into your home and doused you in a bathtub filled with bleach and when exactly was your black card was revoked?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:40:46", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330308, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard it was an 18 year old & 20 year old!  So young to have that much hate in them.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:11:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3332757, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL. <br><br>Or Option 4: those who shouldn't vote for McCain, but can't hold their nose to vote for Obama.<br><br>BTW, what's up with the Times-Dispatch endorsing McCain? Didn't expect <i>that</i>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:11:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325216, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Could it be that McCain is surging because as voters are looking closer than ever at the consequences of an Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Reid Democrat supermajority?<br><br>Do Americans truly favor the 'redistribution of wealth'? Higher taxes? Bigger and more intrusive government?<br><br>Are Americans, in the midst of two wars, willing to invite another international crisis as foretold by Joe Biden, by electing a man with who will be perceived by our enemies as weak and malleable?<br><br>Do Americans truly feel comfortable with electing a man about whom we know little, who has avoided scrutiny and tough questions? Will the electorate 'roll over' and simply accept the narrative put forth by the Democrats and MSM that an Obama victory is 'inevitable'?<br><br>For months now, Americans have been told to assume that Obama will be our next president. Do Americans truly want to jump on the Obama Bandwagon and concede the election BEFORE all the ballots have been cast?<br>Do Americans", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:45:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:<b>HEAD BOW and PRAYERS for the HUDSON FAMILY</b>  The body WAS identified as that of the nephew.  <b>REST IN PEACE SWEET ANGEL.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:38:36", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:06:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Virtual 'DAP'!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:41:04", "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": 3330356, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No one was <i>really</i> looking for answers in the 9/11 Commission.<br><br>I have very little sympathy for most of the people in Gitmo. The ones who are guilty can stay there and rot, far as I'm concerned.<br><br>I'm not sure, though, that this is a good idea (and this will kinda touch on the forthcomingness of it all): if you let people see the commissions, I have this sneaking feeling that they're then gonna want to know <i>why</i> we're holding the detainees. And if there's no compelling reason, the families may argue that there's no real reason to hold them. Hear enough of that, and everyone will be packed out of Gitmo, quickly.<br><br>Ever see <i>The Siege</i>?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:18:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3326511, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:25:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3324940, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All I'm saying is that they're offering up David Axelrod as a distraction 8 days from the election.<br><br>Carville and Shrum, the only two Obama \"supporters\" on record in the article are staunch Clintonistas.<br><br>Barack is still running against a powerful faction (at least in their own minds) of his own party.<br><br>And Ben Smith is a hack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:41:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325186, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just 50%? <I>That's</i> surprising.</I>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:24:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325756, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-Sign!  Bam!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:16:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330087, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is anyone having trouble with <a href=\"http://Google.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google.com</a> coming up?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:14:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TruthSeeker:  GOOD POST!<br><br>Look how these 2 THEMES KEEP COMING UP:<br><br>1.  The <b>SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC ATTITUDE of The UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br>2.  \"WHO WROTE THAT SPEECH??\"<br><br>She's been scoped out!   We see her!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:21:18", "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": 3327510, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What a helluva backfire:<br><br>Just 28% of voters believe that John McCain\u2019s campaign has been helped by talking about the relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 50% believe talk of that issue has hurt McCain\u2019s effort while 15% say it has had no impact.<br><a href=\"http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/50_of_voters_believe_ayers_issue_has_hurt_mccain_campaign\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:14:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Republicans  have failed to have shown that. Their policies have been disproven.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:26:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh no!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:40:21", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The national tracking polls demand far too much of your anxiety. Take a look at the polls in the battleground states.<br><br>Even conservative pollsters have Barack up in most of the key ones, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania.<br><br>Missouris is a TIE. Montana is a TIE. North Dakota is a TIE. Indiana is competitive with McCain up by a bit. Same with ARIZONA. West Virginia is still in play. As is GEORGIA.<br><br>Stop tripping, NMP. And learn about the limits of the national tracking polls.<br><br>And I haven't seen anybody pop any champagne corks so I don't know to what you refer when you speak of premature celebrations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:14:55", "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": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Bill Kristol on a \"rant\", again:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/kristol-rips-mccain-camp_n_137899.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/kristo...</a><br><b>Kristol Rips McCain Camp, RNC For Handling of Palin</b><br><br><i>Bill Kristol, who has been, perhaps, the biggest Sarah Palin partisan of the pundit class, leveled some harsh criticisms at the McCain campaign Sunday for what he deemed to be a mismanagement of the vice presidential rollout, petty infighting, and leaving the Alaska Governor out on a limb after it was revealed the RNC had paid $150,000 in clothing for her.<br><br>Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Kristol said Palin had been \"ill served by some of the staff,\" particularly in light of anonymous aides ripping her as a diva and/or rogue agent in recent news articles.<br><br>He chided the RNC for not taking the hit for the clothing that was purchased on Palin's behalf.<br><br>\"Why wasn't a staffer out there saying, 'you know what, I made the mistake'?\" he asked. \"Since when do the staffers go into hiding and let Governor Palin be the one who has to explain it? It's a total disgrace the staff has ducked responsibility for this mistake, which was not her mistake. Whatever people's criticisms of Governor Palin, no one thinks she lives high on the hog in Alaska, shopping at Neiman Marcus... I think the staff has ill-served her.\" [GOOD!! :&gt;)]<br><br>SKIP<br><br>\"It's McCain's staff which bottle her up for the first part of the campaign,\" he said. \"The staff has not served her well by hiding her and not having confidence.\"<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Nevertheless, chalk up Kristol's appearance as another conservative pundit entering the circular firing squad that has become the GOP presidential campaign.</i><br><br>THERE IS A VIDEO<br><br>Couldn't AGREE MORE!!  <b>THE UN-VETTED ONE</b> continues to IRRITATE more Repugs.   Yaaaaa!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_04:26:02", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I talked about that case on <a href=\"http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com/2008/10/cheris-morning-roundup-radio-show_27.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">my show</a> this morning.  <br><br>On a personal note, I found out that I am not showing up on the registration rolls, although my husband who registered at the same time is.  Luckily I live in WI and can register at the polls on Election Day.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:50:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3326314, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:22:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327350, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As soon as I heard it I thought about Obama!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:33:10", "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": 3333486, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He is one of the most overrated comedians out there. The minute Hughley and Wayans decided to \"shuck and jive\" when it came to the whole Don Imus situation, I've put him on my Does Not Matter list. Why on <i>earth</i> he got a CNN show is beyond me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324271, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Had to, to prove the point.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:00:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324495, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-mexico-gop-sued-for-v_n_138199.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-me...</a><br><blockquote><i>The second attack came after ACORN visited 9 of the 10 smeared voters and proved them to be legitimate. On October 22, a private investigator visited at least 3 of the voters, leaving them shaken, one in tears.<br><br>The Associated Press reported the daughter of one voter indicated that the intimidating tactics had worked on her mother. \"\"She said that if she knew she was going to have to go through all this, she wouldn't have voted,\" said Guadalupe Bojorquez. </i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:22:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I don't know why this has hit me so hard.</i><br><br>Because you have compassion for the pain this family is going through! The family is going through pain & grief that is beyond description. We are moved by it.  So we cry out to God to help ease their hurt!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:47:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3332387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>So I wonder if this means that the people who were wrongly removed can vote now? </i><br><br>Cheri, I would like to know this as well and hope someone posts an answer.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:55:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329181, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm tired of SNL dragging out Maya Rudolph to play Michelle Obama, Oprah, or any type of singing role etc.  I know Maya is half black, but Michelle Obama is dark brown.  There aren't any brown comedic actresses they could have found to play Michelle Obama?  They had Queen Latifah playing Gwen Ifill.  Why not have Maya Rudolph play Gwen Ifill, since she's their \"go-to\" black actress?  They couldn't have found a black actress to play Michelle Obama?  It's bad enough they have an Asian guy playing Barack Obama.<br><br>And regardless of what Maya Rudolph looks like, she didn't do anything except hold the mic and sing \"Solid as Barack!\"  How was that \"nailing it?\"  When was the last time you saw Michelle Obama sing?<br><br><br><br>::crickets::<br><br><br>I guess we should be glad they didn't have Kenan playing Michelle Obama, although I think if Michelle was fat they would have gotten him to play her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:48:40", "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": 3321977, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This was posted under another JJP post.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9T0FI2axbU\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video: N-Word Shouted at Palin Rally. Palin Says NOTHING.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:57:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFLMAO!<br><br>You nailed it spirit", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:48:20", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  How SAD!  <b>GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY. </b>  <b>REST IN PEACE LITTLE ONE!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMrtj2HuRA&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMrtj2HuRA&feat...</a><br><b>AMAZING GRACE  - Yolanda Adams</b>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:21:20", "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": 3332817, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>Have you ever heard Palin reject/repudiate anyone at her klan rallies yelling....nigger, kill him, treason?  I didn't think so. Next.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:57:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3328669, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO!! Oh...that's priceless!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:16:06", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325710, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THANKS, ALWAYS - icebergslim!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_01:55:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3320057, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S, of all people,  you bring up talking points.  That's funny.  I deal with credible articles and facts, and most importantly common sense.  <br><br>NEWSFLASH:<br><br> The U.S. has nationalized some of its banks due to a massive bailout package.   Due to the failed foreign policy of george Bush, with John McCain as his biggest cheerleader,  China and other foreign nations have become our credit card lender...and quite frankly, they own the U.S. right now.<br><br>Why do you keep ignoring the \"domestic economic crisis\" that John McCain completely looked incompetent in.  Where was his leadership.  Oh, I forgot....one minute the fundamentals were strong....two hours later, we are in the worst economic crisis in a decade.<br><br>Do me a favor though...google Andrew McCain and Silver State bank<br>google George Walker and Jeb Bush and Lehman Brothers<br>google John Mccain and Keating Five<br>google Neil Bush and Savings and Loan Scandal<br><br>Guess what---birds of a feather flock together<br>McCain/Bush and their families share a lot more than you think!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:08:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3324450, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, I'm actually quite serious...and my argument is exactly as stated.<br><br>Does this bother me? Yes; I feel it's disrespectful. Would it bother me if it were an Obama effigy? Yes, I'd still feel it disrespectful.<br><br>Look at Sepia's post above...or any of the previous posts about something being shouted out at a McCain/Palin rally. Or the \"Obama Waffles\" and \"Obama Bucks\" incidents. Got a little upset here at JJP, some of us did.<br><br>Now, compare the reactions to those events to most of the reactions to this one. Or, an even better question: if I hadn't said something about this in the thread, who would've cared? Or taken notice?<br><br>Instead of just looking at the double standard of it all, the post has turned into another round of \"get the conservative.\" That's fine; I've weathered y'all's storms before. At worst, people just stop talking to me.<br><br>But the fact remains that the treatment of disrespect towards the McCain/Palin camp-whether it's hangings in effigy, commentary on how a man who literally can barely type-if at all-\"doesn't know how to use a computer,\" or endless discussion over who gave birth to whose baby-are treated <b>far</b> differently than those towards Obama. White, black, or otherwise, disrespect shouldn't be tolerated in <i>any</i> forum.<br><br>This isn't an attempt to wreck anyone's day, or start another civil war on the thread. I wish I was wrong; that this wasn't what our politics has become. But I don't think I am.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:54:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329369, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "At least Palin is stimulating the economy<br>RNC paid $900 for a spray-on tan for Sarah Palin, too.<br><a href=\"http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/24/rnc-paid-for-a-spray-on-tan-for-sarah-palin-too/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/24/rnc-p...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:55:02", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Today's Daily Kos Poll, which is literally the most Liberal of all polls in that it gives the most generous proportion (9%) of Democrats than an other poll, has Obama's lead down to 8 with McCain surging by 3 points OVERNIGHT.  He's taken 2 points from Obama in every racial, age and economic demographic, including a 5 point increase among Latinos.<br><br>What accounts for this?  I don't know!  But that's the point.  Despite being a frequent visitor hear and loyal Obama supporter, I've been dismissed and called names, including a Hillary shill which is laughable on the face if you're read any of my posts during the primaries.  I don't think there was anyone more critical of the Clintons when some black folks here were still giving them the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>That aside, I'm not trying to be a worry wort, alarmist or defeatist, just a realist who knows how these tings turn on the dime.  Yes, I've been critical of Joe Biden b/c I realized his stupid ass remarks had the potential of scaring off skiddish white folks entrusting their security to a black man, and thus changing the trajectory of this race.  However, I never said they couldn't fix it.  My complaint was that it wasn't being fixed.  <br><br>NO, I don't feel the Campaign, specifically Joe Biden, has done enough to capitalize on John McCain's erratic performance during the economic crisis.  McCain's threat to suspend his Campaign and refuse to debate then capitulating when Obama called his bluff is a point Biden should be hammering every day.  When McCain talks about being tested, Biden's response should be, \"yes you were and you failed.  Obama made you blink.   The world watched you blink, John.  Rule number one for a President: NEVER make any threats you're not willing to follow through on.  Our allies AND our enemies watched you blink, John.  They're going to test you, because they've already seen you fail.\"  Biden has touched on it, but not hammered it.  Hell, it's time to play the Palin judgement card.  Biden can use self-depricating humor about his foot in a mouth diseas, but stress that no one can question is ability to bring strength and knowledge to the executive office.  Can McCain.  Pose the question to the American people?  \"Do you want someone as tempermental as John McCain with no VP that can assist in any meaningful way running the White House?\"<br><br>I'm not a political expert, so I certainly can't pinpoint why McCain is gaining, but he has gained in Zogby, ABC and now DK.  Can we dismiss them and only cherry pick polls like Republicans?  Or identify the problem and fix it.  Could be Biden's remarks.  Could be Joe the Plumber.  Could be the socialist charge.  Or a confluence of all of these.  My point was simply to close the loop on as many of these as possible so not to give McCain more rope.  <br><br>If nothing else, the DK poll is reminder to stop prematurely celebrating.  Polls are daily snap shots.  As much as you all may be sick of what you call my dog whistleing, I get sick of Keith Olbermann, Huffington Post, Daily Koss et al celebrating Obama's poll surge b/c it only fuels the headline of a McCain comeback when they naturally tighten, as they probably are now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:31:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 26, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's like watching a trainwreck in slow motion:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/27/12931/467/146/643609\" rel=\"nofollow\">Palin, interrupted</a><br><br>by kos, Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 11:35:04 AM PDT<br><br><i>I swear, it's like a sitcom, except funnier.<br><br>In today's zany episode, Palin denies the $150,000 clothers were hers, leading the McCain campaign to respond:<br><br><blockquote>A senior adviser to John McCain told CNN's Dana Bash that the comments about her wardrobe \"were not the remarks we sent to her plane this morning.\"</blockquote></i><br><br>LOL! Okay then.<br><br>PS and, let's see f the blockquote tag works for comments at JJP :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:33:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AP NEWS ALERT:  SKIN-HEADS PLOTTING AGAINST Mr. Obama!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:18:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Monie, these are all tired Dem talking points that have been drilled into the elctorate ad nauseum and parroted by the MSM.<br><br>Can you address the effect of Obama's 'spread the wealth' comments to 'Joe the Plumber' or Biden's revelation of a 'generated international crisis' and the effect that they have had on the race? These are game-changing comments for many voters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:43:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324198, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AP just reported asassination plot against Barack and 100 African American people.<br><br>On MSNBC", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:19:02", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda! That's my jam!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:23:03", "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": 3333278, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "With all due respect D., we are fighting a different type of \"war\" than Vietnam.  And this different type of \"war\" requires a different type of thinking<br><br>Many of the hijackers lived and traveled throughout Germany, parts of Asia, and other places that the U.S. has good relations with.  Many of those same hijackers, as history shows, were suspected of terrorist ties and  were red-flagged by many agencies abroad and here. And we still let them enter this country due to non-communication from many of our own agencies. <br><br>What angers many of our allies is that  there are some of their citizens being detained simply because they are Arab/Muslim----and we have not bothered to prove otherwise.  THAT IS A PROBLEM.  So when it comes a time when we really need that cooperation in intelligence and other operations, these same countries may withhold it just because.  Is that right?  No.  But is detaining prisoners because we want to isn't either.  Even in our own penile system in this country, many thousands are wrongly convicted or even executed for crimes they did not commit.<br><br>One thing I know is that you cannot fight a \"global\" war on your own--or with just a few.<br><br>I was told early on---all it takes is a willing and determined group of midgets to take down a giant.  Even now in Iraq---the \"coalition of the willing\" is virtually gone--most countries said \"fuck that, we  ain't bankrupting myself behind this war.\"  Can you just imagine what even $50 billion could have done to strengthen and   build  our  intelligence from all over the world with other countries?  Instead we borrow $10 billion a month in Iraq based on \"faulty intelligence\" from shady people---and Bin Laden is still having  tapes delivered to recruit future members all over the world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:12:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3327781, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie:  Co-sign!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:28:23", "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": 3326633, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I haven't seen it but I don't really give most comics out there (sans Chris Rock,) the mental credit.  Too many of the popular comedians, DL Hughly, are hacks. They go for the easy joke which underscores a stereotype as opposed to criticizing it. They do this because they can't make the people who pay their check uncomfortable... Can you imagine Paul Mooney on CNN? HELLLLLL NAW. Chris Rock would not give a damn either.<br><br>There are jokes you might tell you close friends or family, and then there's jokes you can say at work. They are not always the same jokes.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_17:07:37", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3319973, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DNC files FEC complaint over the 7,000 donors who gave more than they were allowed to the McCain campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:50:23", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:11:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 3324646, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of America has a great post on tips to make sure your vote is counted, it is geared towards Latino Americans, but I know I will be using some of these tips myself:<br><br><a href=\"http://ofamerica.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/what-to-do-before-and-if-necessary-after-the-election-is-stolen/\" rel=\"nofollow\">What to do Before and (If Necessary) After the Election is Stolen </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:10:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3331135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D., are some of those things said about McCain/Palin disrespectful.  Of course.  But please do not try to give thes episodes regarding Obama equivalence.  The Republican Party at all levels has used Obama's name as a \"slur\"---and  Americans wonder why we can't change Arab/Muslim's perception of us.<br><br>They have accused this man of \"palling around with terrorist\"  conservative talk shows call him a black man-child,  fellow Congress members claiming he is anti-American and many more outrageous things.  It has been an outright character assassination attempted carried out on Obama.  AND YOU KNOW IT TOO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:54:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3329892, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think he's a black man. I have my doubts!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:10:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330719, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for the article JunePearl, I like this idea best:<br><br><b>If they haven\u2019t already, labor unions, political organizers, bloggers and individuals should coordinate a global effort so that business stops, not just in the U.S., but also around the world. Even without a strong labor movement, the immigrant rights mobilization of 2006 \u2013 the largest simultaneous marches in U.S. history \u2013 proved that you can make a powerful statement simply by not showing up to work and marching instead.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:45:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 3324793, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Conservatism is based on people making the best of their own opportunities, without relying on the government to make their lives \"prosperous\" for them. It's not \"I got mine; screw everyone else.\" Rather, it's \"I worked for mine; you work for yours.\"<br><br>Unfortunately, that's not how the message is presented. That's the GOP's fault.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:45:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325084, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am looking at data and you're repeating platitudes to fit your worldview.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:46:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3324374, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol we both heard it at the same time.  Good looking out GreenLady", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:19:40", "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": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330411, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL....Tavis \"announcing\" he will hold Obama...errr .....\"accountable\" is proof of his true motives...he's so transparent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:45:02", "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": 3330856, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is NOT Bush.<br><br>McCain is MODERATE. Obama is NOT.<br><br>Obama is being exposed as the hard-left Democrat that favors the 'redistribution of wealth', bigger government and higher taxes.<br><br>Voters are being asked, in the midst of two wars,  to elect a man with no foreign policy or military experience, who, by his own running mates admission, will invite a new international crisis.<br><br>In uncertain and anxious times, more Americans will see McCain as an acceptable alternative to Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:57:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 3323540, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stop it please with the facts and reality ,you know republicans cant handle the truth.For those who still believe in the Bradley effect here is a good read<br>Bradley Effect? Or Elephant Effect? <br><a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/bradley-effect-or-elephant-effect.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/bradley-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:11:23", "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": 3324507, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What the fuck was it to you as a BLACK MAN??? Damn, how pathetic. You actually wrote that shyt?? Damn, your response was disrespectful to all the black men in your whole family. as well as yourself. Sheesh, that was downright pitiful. You are utterly and completely useless if you can't see how dumb azz that response was.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330394, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just terrible news!  To kill a child...  why?<br><br>God bless the Hudson family...<br><br>Another article:<br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ChicagoBodies-Hudson.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ChicagoBo...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:31:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope the New Mexico GOP is forced into bankruptcy over this. I wish there were criminal charges that could be applied. These punks deserve jail time.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:00:33", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327825, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahhhh My wife just woke me up to let me know that all over our main road here in Central New Jersey, somebody has posted a bunch of racist homemade signs: \"Obama is a Marxist Terrorist that wants to kill you and steal your money.\" \"Obama, Osama, and Bill Ayers.\" \"Obama will destroy America.\"  \"You can put lipstick on a marxist....\" And it's just monday morning.  Eight days to go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:08:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "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": 3323134, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Dems mull post-election Axelrod role</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14937.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14937...</a><br><br><i>The election is eight days away, but Sen. Barack Obama's steady lead in the polls already has produced lively speculation over whom he will choose to lead his administration, in the event he wins the presidency.</i><br><br><i>And no subject is more avidly considered in the corridors of Democratic power than the future role of his chief adviser, political consultant David Axelrod. Democrats who know the Chicago-based political consultant, the key architect of Obama's campaign and of his public image, say Axelrod has signaled that he'll seriously consider taking on a job in the administration. That decision would be a central choice in shaping an Obama White House, and determining the relationship between his style of governance and political strategy.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She is even more guilty because it is in her power to stop the hateful racial slurs in its track...but she chooses not to!<br><br>In Barack Obama's rallies.... he  will not so much as accept a \"boo\" about his opponents.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:07:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3328876, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She heard it because she was stumbling through her speech afterwards. She ignored it....again!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3328857, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-signing.  Annnd, did ya see the words \"THINK PROGRESS\" in the upper right corner behind this idiot on the video?  WTF?  It's laughable!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:00:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327803, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What I take seriously, you take as sport. Glad you enjoyed. <br><br>Far as everything else....well, you-and others-are entitled to your opinions, however misguided they may be.<br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:43:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332649, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New GOP talking point - McCain is losing because Obama is buying the election.  His message is being drowned out by Obama because Obama is drowning him out with too many ads.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:51:59", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're doing just fine! <br><br>GreenLady & I are eating popcorn and sipping Green Tea as we watch the show!<br><br>Carry on...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:21:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330305, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Lovin' the HEADLINE!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49J0LF20081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idU...</a><br><b>Obama Leads in 5 Key States, McCain IN Two</b><br><br><i>By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent<br><br>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama leads John McCain in five of eight crucial battleground states one week before the presidential election, with McCain ahead in two states and Florida dead even, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.<br><br>Obama held steady with a 5-point lead over McCain among likely U.S. voters in a separate Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby national tracking poll, the same advantage he held on Sunday. The national telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.<br><br>Republican McCain is struggling to defend about a dozen states won by President George W. Bush in 2004, including all eight of the states surveyed over the last three days.<br><br>Breakthroughs by Obama in any of those states could move him close to or above the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the White House on November 4.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>The state polls were taken Thursday through Sunday and surveyed 600 to 603 likely voters in each state, with a margin of error of 4.1 percent.</i><br><br>The MORE the MERRIER!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:05:11", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You mean Joe Dirt?<br><br><a href=\"http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-logi&va=joe+dirt&sz=\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_a...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330813, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Monie:  Co-sign!!<br><br>I'm believin' that he will attempt to find a \"similar\" incident, allegedly perpetrated by a Democrat.   <br><br>I'll be waitin'!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:44:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329393, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen to that Miranda", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:46:18", "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": 3330617, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Webb:  RAOTFL!!!  :&gt;)        AMAN!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:16:57", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327661, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MSNBC", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:52:25", "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": 3333012, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My mom said the same thing, to which I said \"yeah, but who didn't?\"<br><br>Conservative as they try to be, I figured they would adopt the sinking ship meme and endorse Obama.<br><br>I haven't seen-and it's possible I missed it-the Virginian-Pilot endorse anyone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:33:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325918, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330716": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D., I bought forth the Todd case because I noticed you were absent during our discussion of this on JJP---and since you mentioned the Palin effigy, I honestly wanted your opinion on this.<br><br>Now, I don't question or mock your views as a black conservative.  I hope you gain as much insight from my discussions with you as I do with yours.<br><br>Can supporters be rabid on both sides?  Sure.  But I will tell you I am disgusted with the Republican Party with their overwhelming dishonorable tactics during the campign--from the candidates, to the RNC, to state GOP leaders and private citizens.  And there are some on the Democratic side who initiated some of this same behavior, who I will never look at in the same light again.<br><br>At the end of the day, I know that the whole world is watching this election---and those same stories we shake our head in disgust in--are the same stories that are shown around the world.<br><br> And that is what makes me sad as a proud American citizen at times. The dirty laundry is being exposed for the world to see.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:34:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3330394, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "where I live is $2.39.....damn speculators!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_09:11:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "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": 3321877, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "link to assassination plot story<br><br><a href=\"http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKINHEAD_PLOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-16-23-21\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKINHEAD...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:25:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLady,<br><br>lol<br><br>You're too cute!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:21:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3332209, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/27/effigy-palin-hanging-noose-halloween-fun-says-owner/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Effigy of Palin Hanging by Noose is Halloween Fun, Owner Says</a><br><br>Now, I'm not gonna ask anyone to reject/repudiate this. However, a simple question: if this were an Obama effigy...would there be the same (damn near) silence?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 45, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is Obama's Co-Chairman other than that Dashle was Senate leader.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:25:18", "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": 3326452, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <i>MUDFLATS</i>  was ECSTATIC at the ADN <b>ENDORSEMENT of Mr. OBAMA!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/anchorage-daily-news-endorses-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/anchor...</a><br><b>Ancharage Daily News Endorses Obama!</b><br><br><i>Holy Cow.  Alaska\u2019s largest newspaper has endorsed a candidate for president, and it isn\u2019t the guy that shares the ticket with our own Maverick Governor!  As irritated as I have been by the sometimes cloying, often gushy coverage of Sarah Palin, it is inconceivable that any thoughtful person or entity living in the state of Alaska, could possibly think that she is the best choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.<br><br>The Anchorage Daily News Endorses Barack Obama. (I just felt like typing that again.)<br><br>Here are the highlights:<br><br>    Alaska\u2019s founders were optimistic people, but even the most farsighted might have been stretched to imagine this scenario. No matter the outcome in November, this election will mark a signal moment in the history of the 49th state. Many Alaskans are proud to see their governor, and their state, so prominent on the national stage.<br><br>    <b>Gov. Palin\u2019s nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency \u2014 but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>CLEARLY, the political climate of Alaska IS going to be very different WHEN <b>THE UN-VETTED ONE!</b> RETURNS!! [on Nov. 5]   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:22:11", "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}, "3325363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Balfour ought to die.  What he did is utterly beyond the pale.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:49:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e2b33c435c317e69152caba2b39bad6", "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": 3323932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nickwah22:  U    R   NOT ALONE!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I need my \"JJP FIX \" erry MORNING!!! :&gt;)   :&gt;)  [But, I can get on almost every day.  This is a GOOD THING!  :&gt;)]<br><br>Whew!   Addicted Deep Breaths!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:25:39", "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": 3322342, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Look for Tom Daschle to get the job</i><br><br>Yup! I was thinking the same thing. He was first on my list for the job!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:49:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3325186, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Drudge headline this morning:<br><br>2001 Obama: Tragedy that \"Redistribution of Wealth' Not Pursued by Supreme Court<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck</a><br><br>Senator Obama, in a rare moment of candor, all but told \"Joe the plumber\" that his wealth should be seized in the name of equity. Their personal encounter this past Sunday played out one of the old themes of democratic politics: the appeal to the many to take from the few.<br><br>Now this audio of Senator Obama's reflections on, and advocacy of, the redistribution of wealth in this vintage 2001 audio clip reveals his hostility to the constitutional protections of personal property. Based on the audio, one must conclude that Obama has thought long about the subject and seriously about the project. <br><br>The personal income tax, the federal government's main source of revenue, is collected overwhelmingly from a relative handful of Americans. Indeed, the most recent IRS data shows that the top 1 percent of filers paid nearly 40 percent of all income taxes. That means the top 1 percent paid about the same as the bottom 95 percent, according to the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group. The bottom 50 percent paid just 3 percent.<br><br>Given that poorer citizens always outnumber the rich, political philosophers have long worried that government based on majority rule could lead to organized theft from the wealthy by the democratic masses. \"If the majority distributes among itself the things of a minority, it is evident that it will destroy the city,\" Aristotle warned.<br><br>The Founders of the United States shared Aristotle's worry. Up through their time, history had shown all known democracies to be, as James Madison put it, \"incompatible with personal security or the rights of property.\" Madison and others therefore made it a \"first object of government\" to protect personal property from unjust confiscation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:41:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't feel blasted. I think it's a valid discussion.<br><br>But for those who enjoy \"blasting\" as sport, maybe this is doing it for you.<br><br>Though I'd rather hear what others think than hear them laugh. That, of course, is just me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:59:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329722, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LoL, I'm serious. <br><br>A week from tomorrow I'm going to be \"so toe-up\" drunk--I personally recommend Moet Chandon Riche for the true believers.<br><br>...then on Wednesday morning I'm going to do what the NAACP attempted to do with the \"N\"-word:  I'm going to have a ceremonial funeral for the Republican Party in my backyard.  <br><br>That party has led a full-rich life.  Isn't it ironic that the Party founded by Lincoln will be buried by another state senator from Illinois?  <br><br>The Republican Party has come full circle and now it's time for to be forever divided:  the economic conservatives vs. the social conservatives...the tax cutters vs. the Jesus freaks...the Romneys vs. the Huckabees...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:28:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3327727, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sorry, I must have missed the death threats or death wishes against McCain and/or Palin by people on this blog. When did that happen?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:28:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, we did create the instability.<br><br>If the Iraqis think they can hold their own now, by all means....let them have it. But, should the \"ensuing power vacuum\" be created when we leave and it turns out that they can't handle their country, then what? Do we let them slug it out until a Taliban-esque presence takes over? Or Iraq becomes a puppet state of Iran (or worse, Iran just takes over)?<br><br>We're not policing the country as much as you'd like to believe. We're operating more in an oversight/advisory role now; the Iraqis have the lead on most operations (though our forces aren't under their command).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:26:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3326633, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just so sad. Hurt beyond description. Thoughts and Prayers to the family!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:36:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3324298, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3328961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:  I heard this VERY SAD NEWS.  <b>God BLESS them all.</b>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:04:17", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3328034, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "PWT who blame blacks for their failure in life!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:42:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3330813, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read this earlier today. This is just such a tragically ironic incident. A child accidentally shoots himself at a gunshow, under supervision deemed \"safe\" for all. I know there is a lesson to be learned on so many fronts with this. Regardless of why, how, I feel for this child's parents. I really do.....Lord watch over them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:54:33", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332817, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not. The. Spray. On. Tan.<br><br>Why does Sarah Palin hate herself?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:25:06", "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": 3329893, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I cannot imagine what she and her sister is going through right now. <br><br>I can only pray that God step in to help them through this difficult time.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:23:00", "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": 3331884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep, that's my folks. Haven't learned, and don't seem to have any intention of even wanting to learn.<br><br>Maybe McCain's wrong, and change <i>ain't</i> coming.<br><br>If you take the partisanship out of the Obama playbook-from campaign organization to strategy to execution-it's probably more genius than Rove. Problem is, some Republicans/conservatives aren't gonna be able to separate the partisanship from the execution.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:50:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325127, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3329386, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  I have been having DIFFICULTIES accessing this site  -  this morning.   Hmmmmm?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_05:03:37", "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}, "3328974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb:  I hear you!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:05:13", "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": 3327933, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nickwah22:  Oh.  I'm appreciatin'.  I'm just feelin' the \"MANIPULATION\" that must be taking place and the fact that people KNOW that the prices should NOT have been as HIGH as they have been!!   Such DISHONESTY!!  YUK!!<br><br>**She says as she quickly fills up her tank looking surprised at how much GAS she got THIS WEEK as compared to last week, LAST MONTH even!**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:58:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3322354, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BREAKING NEWS:  The ATF disrupted a plot to kill Obama and 102 black people in Tennesse and Arkansas.  No link because it's just breaking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:23:58", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Forgive me...but I'm enjoying Michelle blasting on D's ass! Kapow!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:37:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3329369, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's not new.<br><br>Clinton said it too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:55:42", "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": 3333012, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks iceberg. as always.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_08:53:06", "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": 3320057, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And there it's left.<br><br>Justice can begin her celebration now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:24:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330305, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Leza writes:<br>Let me see\u2026 ummmm\u2026<br>NOTHING!!! I could not ever bring myself to vote for \u201can old dude playing checkers with Death\u201d and \u201ca bubble-headed mystery to herself and the world\u201d.<br><br>hahahahahahhaahaha!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:41:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332899, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3327452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama just blew the roof off the auditorium in Canton, Ohio.<br><br>His closing argument was convincing, passionate, inspirational and, dare I say it, angry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:59:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3324893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "why don't you answer Monie's question S?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:17:44", "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": 3324675, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3321822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Hope this isn't a duplicate.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/gallup-poll-75-percent-of_n_137991.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/gallup...</a><br><b>Gallop Poll:  75 Percent of Jews To Vote For Obama</b><br><br><i>A new poll released by the Gallup organization on Thursday shows Jewish voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by more than 3 to 1, with 74% saying they will vote for Obama over 22% for McCain.<br><br>The poll, which has interviewed over 650 Jewish registered voters each month since June, shows American Jews growing increasingly comfortable with Obama since July, when the Illinois Senator tied up the Democratic Party nomination. The poll shows support for McCain among Jews stood at a high of 34% in June, before beginning its downward turn in July after Obama's nomination.</i><br><br>Read the whole story here.<br><br>We'll TAKE 'EM!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_05:08:49", "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}, "3328876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But, my friend, do two wrongs make a right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_14:58:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3328860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are so wrong for that spirit_55z<br><br>....and yet so right", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:01:43", "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": 3331187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the Republican Party is making excuses for their failures in the current election. Ever notice how the so-called \"thinker\" compotent of the party of ideas never recognizes the s@#$ they run w/. Read the Whole thing:<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102601764.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:24:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder what the neo-con numbnuts will fall back on now.....the Ayers, Rezko connections didn't hold water, this lunatic lawsuit was tossed, I guess they have to hammer home Obama's secret mission to turn America into 1950s Russia.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_18:56:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3332525, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3322342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere - I can never get on in the morning. I must be addicted because I am reading the comments on <a href=\"http://disqus.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">disqus.com</a> :).  Either that or I really don't want to go to work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_07:23:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "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": 3321805, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is copycatting again. Has a slew of economic advisors on stage behind him. And then his old crotchety ass (he keeps clearing his throat, it's awful) leaps into an angry rant against Barack's economic policies.<br><br>And he still hasn't offered up a single specific about how his own (lack of) policy is going to get anything done.<br><br>I can't wait till Barack slaps the shit out of him by proving he has no economic plans different from George W later today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:01:16", "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": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Gotta bounce in a minute.  BUT, this caught my eye:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/tavis-smiley-vows-to-hold-obama-accountable/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/tav...</a><br><b>Tavis Smiley vows to hold Obama accountable</b><br><br>October 27, 2008 \u00b7 Print This Article<br>Staff Reporter, The Daily Voice<br><br>My FIRST THOUGHT  -   <b>SHUT UP - TAVIS!!  NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK!</b><br>But, I have to modify that thought,  his SPONSORS LOVE his \"UNCLE TOM-ism!\"<br><br><br><br>BREAKING NEWS:   <b>STEVENS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:01:40", "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": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3320812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>Here's another Repug LIE!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/politics/main4546247.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4546247\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/polit...</a><br><b>McCain: 1/3 Palin Clothes Already Returned<br>Campaign Says Much Of Wardrobe Bought For Gov. Didn't Fit Or Hasn't Been Worn; Rest Will Be Donated</b><br><br>Annnnnnnnnd, I have a \"BRIDGE TO SELL YOU  - IN ALASKA!\"  LOL!!<br>Oh.  Wait. . .   IT doesn't go anywhere!!  My bad!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm NOT even going to comment on this LIE!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_02:32:22", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3325421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No doubt.  Most of the Democratic sources used by Politico are Clintonistas. Whenever it pertains to the presidential race, always take it with a grain of salt. According to this article in the New Republic, Axelrod is not planning to join the administration. In fact he may leave politics altogether. Here is the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3ffae5b3-3ca3-4186-a9bf-59c00be8e98b\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3ffae...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_11:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325236, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3330759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yes.  The race hustlers have to re-tool their game.  The Black conservative hustlers and the Black liberal hustlers will come together and form an Anti-Obama brigade.  The black left  will make the argument that Obama responsible for responding and speaking on all police shooting, all black on black crime, in short all the shortcoming of \"Black America.  The black right  will continue the racist speaking points of the far right i.e the spread of socialism, the expanding of the welfare and affirmative action culture, his otherness and the promotion of black unrest/social deviance.  <br><br>Just because Obama becomes president does not mean that the race hustlers found a new line of work.<br><br>They will hold Obama accountable in a way that they don't even hold their local officials accountable.<br><br>Talk about being addicted to haterade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_16:36:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3330308, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3322354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It can smell as fishy as it wants to but Im not asking questions unless it goes back up! I am so glad NOT to be spending 50+ to fill up my CAR.  AND the euro dropped against the dollar and its a great time to go on vacation (if you got it like that).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_07:25:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "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": 3321877, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3339251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, GreenLadyHere!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-28_03:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3331795, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What kind of relationship does Barack have with Daschle??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_12:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3325186, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3329278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You tell him, Michelle!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_15:26:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3329038, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3326633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And if the Iraq goes to hell--guess what---that shows that U.S. military presence cannot and will not solve that Iraq's problems. <br><br>That is why  \"political reconciliation\" is the key.  The Iraqis will need to learn to function together on their own accord---it is sad that the U.S. will be blamed for the instability--but it's the truth.<br><br>We are occupying and policing this nation---and they are tired of it.  PERIOD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_13:10:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3326197, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3323897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your beef seems to be the same as that of many Republicans/conservatives...it's the <i>campaign</i>, not the <i>candidates</i>, that you have an issue with.<br><br>Of course you can cherry-pick polls; I seriously doubt you'd see a mention of a Fox or Rasmussen poll here on JJP if Obama were significantly down.<br><br>I think that, come the weekend, the race is going to pull about even. Like S said below, the undecideds are reall starting to question what an Obama presidency will mean for them. The diehards on both sides are in line (more so on the democratic side than the GOP), and they're not going to shift at this stage in the game. Run a poll Saturday-or hell, Monday-and the race may be back to a statistical tie.<br><br>You make a point, though: \"premature celebration\" isn't helpful. One, it does work against you when that lead starts to dry up (\"why can't Obama close the deal?\" We've heard <i>that</i> before). Second, it appeals to a certain demographic that doesn't take change too well...especially when the \"change\" comes from someone who doesn't exactly look like them (and for everyone else, be warned: a lot of people are going to wake up next Tuesday and remember that they belong to this demographic).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_10:02:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3323537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "two reasons i love this picture:<br><br>-- barack has a different child's hand in both of his own hands<br><br>-- the senior in the picture looks transported back to childhood (look at his facial expression!)<br><br>:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3333385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Va. NAACP sues Gov. Kaine for being unprepared for early elections.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr/election_suit_virginia_2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr...</a><br><br>My brother in law in Atlanta stood in line for almost six hours today to vote. Georgia being Georgia with the GOP running everything, its not hard to imagine why there wouldn't be enough machines, but damn Virginia? Come on!<br>Va. is a bellwether State with a democratic governor and senator.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-27_19:15:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "e6ff201b15d848b1b0261404221efe43", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3332693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hehe...I just saw a teaser commercial for Morning Joe tomorrow. <br><br>Spike Lee will be on. Say what? 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	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_86' +
		'&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_86/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_86'
			+ '&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_86/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">323</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_86/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
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			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>';
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		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
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				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
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					+ (!_meta.up_voted
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						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
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		for (key in attributes) {
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			disqus_callback_params = '';
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			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
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			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
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					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
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			}
		}
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			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
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		}

		return [
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			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
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	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
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		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_86/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_86'
			+ '&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_86'
			+ '&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_86'
				+ '&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/6298759/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;
		}

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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329386" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s like watching a trainwreck in slow motion:<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/27/12931/467/146/643609" rel="nofollow">Palin, interrupted</a><br><br>by kos, Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 11:35:04 AM PDT<br><br><i>I swear, it\'s like a sitcom, except funnier.<br><br>In today\'s zany episode, Palin denies the $150,000 clothers were hers, leading the McCain campaign to respond:<br><br><blockquote>A senior adviser to John McCain told CNN\'s Dana Bash that the comments about her wardrobe "were not the remarks we sent to her plane this morning."</blockquote></i><br><br>LOL! Okay then.<br><br>PS and, let\'s see f the blockquote tag works for comments at JJP :)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329483" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329483" class="dsq-comment-message">I love it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328034" class="dsq-comment-message">They found a body they believe is Jennifer\'s 7 year old nephew.<br><br>I was so hoping they would find him alive...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328961" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  I heard this VERY SAD NEWS.  <b>God BLESS them all.</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328794" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Stimulated by several of the treads and some comments, I decided to "resurrect" some information on "JIM CROW LAWS", especially as they related to VOTER SUPPRESSION!<br><br><a href="http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/creating2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/creating2...</a><br><b>The History of Jim Crow</b><br><br><i>Creating Jim Crow: In-Depth Essay<br>By Ronald L. F. Davis, Ph. D.<br><br>The term Jim Crow is believed to have originated around 1830 when a white, minstrel show performer, Thomas "Daddy" Rice, blackened his face with charcoal paste or burnt cork and danced a ridiculous jig while singing the lyrics to the song, "Jump Jim Crow." Rice created this character after seeing (while traveling in the South) a crippled, elderly black man (or some say a young black boy) dancing and singing a song ending with these chorus words:<br><br>    "Weel about and turn about and do jis so,<br>    Eb\'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow."<br><br>Some historians believe that a Mr. Crow owned the slave who inspired Rice\'s act--thus the reason for the Jim Crow term in the lyrics. In any case, Rice incorporated the skit into his minstrel act, and by the 1850s the "Jim Crow" character had become a standard part of the minstrel show scene in America. On the eve of the Civil War, the Jim Crow idea was one of many stereotypical images of black inferiority in the popular culture of the day--along with Sambos, Coons, and Zip Dandies. <b>The word Jim Crow became a racial slur synonymous with black, colored, or Negro in the vocabulary of many whites; and by the end of the century acts of racial discrimination toward blacks were often referred to as Jim Crow laws and practices.</b><br><br><b>In Mississippi, the method of <u>controlling black votes</u> and regulating their economic and public lives by full-scale and openly brutal violence was known as the <u>First Mississippi Plan of 1875. Whites openly resorted to violence and fraud to control the black vote, shooting down black voters "just like birds."</u> This ruthless and bloody revolution devastated the black vote in Mississippi, and fully 66 percent of the blacks registered to vote in the state failed to cast ballots in the presidential election of 1880. Of those who did vote, almost 50 percent voted Democratic rather than face the wrath of whites in the state. The white vigilantes made no attempt to disguise themselves as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan, and so complete was their victory that the Republican governor fled the state rather than face impeachment charges by the newly elected legislature.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.<br><br>Hoping that this is NOT an "insensitive" post.  However, ONE of us heard these stories from her grandparents!  And, I lived with some of the aftermath of these laws in a little town which purported to be "integrated", BUT - - We were NOT allowed to be in school plays; teachers lowered my grades in mathematics until I challenged them;  we couldn\'t sit in the "white only" area of the movie theatre; we couldn\'t purchase a home or live in certain areas [even on certain streets[ of that little town, etc., etc., etc.<br><br>McAncient incessantly[ and BORINGLY] calls his peeps to look at his scars. [SORRY!  Just using this for juxtaposition.]  Well, I have <b>EMOTIONAL SCARS!!</b>  I REMEMBER!!  Annnnnd, I can SMELL these NEO-JIM CROW LAWS/MANEUVERS  a mile away!!  That\'s why I got so invested in finding out about the genesis of the "ELECTIONEERING LAW! regarding NO PARAPHERNALIA at the polling places.<br>As I stated B4, it was NOT an issue in Feb. 2008!<br><br>O.K. I\'m through, for now.  Again, I hope this information was NOT insensitive.<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328857">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328857" class="dsq-comment-message">This was posted under another JJP post.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9T0FI2axbU" rel="nofollow">Video: N-Word Shouted at Palin Rally. Palin Says NOTHING.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328912">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328912" class="dsq-comment-message">She heard it because she was stumbling through her speech afterwards. She ignored it....again!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329296" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329296" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327825">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327825" class="dsq-comment-message">New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-mexico-gop-sued-for-v_n_138199.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-me...</a><br><blockquote><i>The second attack came after ACORN visited 9 of the 10 smeared voters and proved them to be legitimate. On October 22, a private investigator visited at least 3 of the voters, leaving them shaken, one in tears.<br><br>The Associated Press reported the daughter of one voter indicated that the intimidating tactics had worked on her mother. ""She said that if she knew she was going to have to go through all this, she wouldn\'t have voted," said Guadalupe Bojorquez. </i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328908">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328908" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope the New Mexico GOP is forced into bankruptcy over this. I wish there were criminal charges that could be applied. These punks deserve jail time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325710" class="dsq-comment-message">This is going to be hilarious!!!!<br>Former Romney aides on McCain campaign behind Palin trash-talk <br><a href="http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/former-romney-aides-on-mccain-campaign.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/former-romne...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325791">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325791" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO!! Oh...that\'s priceless!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3323766" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323766" class="dsq-comment-message">DNC files FEC complaint over the 7,000 donors who gave more than they were allowed to the McCain campaign.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3323880" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323880" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is copycatting again. Has a slew of economic advisors on stage behind him. And then his old crotchety ass (he keeps clearing his throat, it\'s awful) leaps into an angry rant against Barack\'s economic policies.<br><br>And he still hasn\'t offered up a single specific about how his own (lack of) policy is going to get anything done.<br><br>I can\'t wait till Barack slaps the shit out of him by proving he has no economic plans different from George W later today.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324369">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324369" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it Craig, and all he did was prove how clueless he is about the economy. <br><br>When he said that he would cut taxes for those who buy stock and keep it, I shook my head. That\'s not how the stock market works. You only pay taxes on stocks when you sell them at a profit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324030">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324030" class="dsq-comment-message">All McCain has to do is promise not to \'spread the wealth\' around and raise taxes.<br><br>The American people know that we must \'create wealth\' by providing more opportunity.<br><br>The American people work hard, are creative and determined to achieve their goals and dreams. They cherish and value what they have earned. They want to protect the \'fruits of their labor\', invest it, grow it and even pass it along to their children and grandchildren.<br><br>They DO NOT want to see it confiscated by the government and handed over to others.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324222">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324222" class="dsq-comment-message">The Republicans  have failed to have shown that. Their policies have been disproven.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324675">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324675" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree, If anything, the grand experiment that was \'economic justice\' as meted out by the Democrats and Fannie and Freddie, under the guise of \'affordable housing\' has blown up in our collective faces. As long as everyone\'s property values were rising, we were willing to look the other way when confronted with severely loosened lending restrictions, or fall under the spell of \'no money down\' sub-prime loans that eventually ballooned into unsustainable mortgage payments.<br><br>Corrupt politicians who took money from lobbyists to cover up the \'cooked books\' at Fannie and Freddie are responsible for allowing the problem in the housing market to grow, even after being warned by many of an impending crisis.<br><br>Obama\'s plans to tax the rich into the minority will may create \'economic justice\' but the result will not be increased prosperity but rather shared misery.<br><br>I want to see our government restrained by the limits put forth in the Constitution. McCain as a balance to the Democrat majority in Congress is the best way to limit the size and scope of the Federal Government.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324893">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324893" class="dsq-comment-message">why don\'t you answer Monie\'s question S?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325084" class="dsq-comment-message">Val, s never answers my questions.<br><br> And that is what happens when Drudge, Hot Air, and all those other demagogue-types sites are his/her source of info.<br><br>But most importantly, s, subscribes to the "as long as I get mine, I ain\'t worried about anyone else" mantra. <br><br>I just hope he/she never has to hurt like many others are today---but that is what it takes to awaken some people. <br><br>The Republican mindset has devastated our country.  And that is why our country is in shambles now.  Bush and  his failed presidency will leave us in the worst shape while he, Cheney and all their military-industrial/ defense contractor buddies  and Big-Oil are laughing themselves to the bank.----  Rumsfeld never told us what happened to all that money that he annouced was missing from the Pentagon on 9/10/01.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325311" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325311" class="dsq-comment-message">Conservatism is based on people making the best of their own opportunities, without relying on the government to make their lives "prosperous" for them. It\'s not "I got mine; screw everyone else." Rather, it\'s "I worked for mine; you work for yours."<br><br>Unfortunately, that\'s not how the message is presented. That\'s the GOP\'s fault.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326134">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326134" class="dsq-comment-message">D., lemme tell ya something. <br><br> I am an educated black woman married to a proud service member whose family migrated to this country.<br><br> My father passed away  unexpectedly before the summer of my senior year of high school after working many years in a job related to defense-building. I recieved SSI benefits for one year, which cut off at the age of 18.   Both of my parents struggled throughout their adult life, and because  they grew up in a different era than I,  they   faced discrimination in both the workplace and during their formative education---they went to segregated schools.  Most black people intheir community during that time went straight into the manufacturing sector, which was popular amongst both blacks and whites during that time.<br><br>I remember my mother getting laid off during her 20\'s from a nationally-known company and being devastated ( she eventually rebounded and found another decent job) , always reminding me as I grew up, that the manufacturing sector was starting to crumble in this country--and that an education would open doors and help me control my destiny a bit more.<br><br>During college, with one parent  still alive, I received Pell Grants, low interest  government loans and work-study. and I AM THANKFUL for those programs  who gave a young person like me a chance  to go to school.  Pell grants are one of those "giveaways" conservatives like to harp about...but guess what, that investment helped create  in me another taxpayer who was able to earn more and contribute more into the economy.<br><br>I also had a child near the end of my college years...had to even use WIC to help me with feeding my child until I secured a job after graduation.  But I was still determined.  So everyone that receives some type of government aid is not "lazy", it doesn\'t mean they don\'t work hard.<br><br>Even now, as a military spouse, I see myself and other military families struggling to make it in this economy.  Many military families receive WIC and other aid ---does that  mean the military member and their family isn\'t working hard enough? <br><br> Fortunately, I don\'t need those things now---but I can tell you it is hard.  I have moved 3 times in the past 4 years--so that tells you a lot about "job security" for me.  But I won\'t feel ashamed by anyone if I needed to apply for temporary help.<br><br>The thing is, Gov. Palin\'s family is the prime example of how life can be so different for people from similar backgrounds by just the tiniest variables.<br><br>Palin and her family enjoy decent salaries.(And we know from news reports, she is taking "advantage" of every perk she can from her governorship)  But her daughter is a teen mother who has a high school dropout as the father of her child.  <br><br>If you take away the Palin\'s"comfortable" lifestyle, and replace it with the dilemma that most families with teen preganancies face---you would likely see Bristol receiving WIC, Medicaid, and quite possibly Section 8 for she and her child\'s father.  <br><br>The Palin family story has a happier ending---many, many cases around this country with similiar backgrounds don\'t.  So the question is, "who are we to judge?"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324592">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324592" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately, over 750,000 Americans have lost their jobs just since the beginning of this year. <br><br> And the FACTS that I provided you with show that  has the lowest job growth since 1960---spanning 48 years. <br><br>Unemployment is over 6%.  Forclosures are at a record high.  Many Americans have lost almost 50% of their investment funds.<br><br>Most Americans wages have been flat since 2003.<br><br>And we are in a recession.<br><br>So please expalin to me how the Bush/McCain economics work.<br><br>BTW, before 2006, McCain had no problem with   taxing the wealthy.  He actually said, the weathiest should pay more since  they make more.  Initally, he opposed the Bush tax cuts, saying in good conscience, he could not support taxes that would reward the wealthiest Americans, while the middle-class needed it the most.<br><br> It is amazing how ambition and pandering to the failed Republican economic policies will cause a man like McCain to abandon his "conscience."<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0UsydYzSI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0UsydYzSI</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325060">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325060" class="dsq-comment-message">why wouldn\'t you want to spread the wealth around?  Are you okay with only the top 2% getting a tax break while the folks that work hard at two and three jobs get nothing?  In my worldview the top 2% represents the "pimps" and the rest of us are $2.00 dollar h*\'s.<br><br>It is about time they reassessed the situation and redistributed the way we pay taxes so the majority can get a fair shake.  I wonder why you don\'t realize that the 95% of the American people you described in your note would benefit under the tax breaks offered by President Obama.  Unless you "spread the wealth/give tax breaks" to 95% of the middle class, most will not make it to the point where they have anything to invest, grow or pass on to children or grandchildren.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325498">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325498" class="dsq-comment-message">Two simple questions, s:<br><br>How many jobs are the 2001 Bush tax cuts (extended in 2005) creating right now?  And how many jobs will McCain\'s further cuts (in both income and capital gains taxes) create?  <br><br>We\'ve set you straight on the Obama tax plan to no avail.  Set us straight on the GOP\'s.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321489">Carl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321489" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m still in such disbelief about what\'s happened with Jennifer Hudson and her family. I just can\'t get over it. <br><br>The photo is very inspiring. Sen. Obama is a real role model for many walks of life. I\'m still surprised sometimes by how many politicians have affairs or casually dump their spouses. Barack and Michelle have been faithful, they have a strong, supportive marriage. And yet to some people, they are a threat to America, not a light. Well, that\'s their loss.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321615">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321615" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Mr. Obama  -  a MAN of COMPASSION!:   And Mrs. Obama 2:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/barack-obama-offers-suppo_n_137970.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/barack...</a><br><b>Barack Obama Offers Support To Jennifer Hudson</b><br><br><i>While family and friends mourn the tragic death of Jennifer Hudson\'s mother and brother, who were shot and killed Friday, support for the singer continues to pour in. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, who shares the same Chicago hometown as the singer, issued a statement Saturday.<br><br><b>"Michelle and I were absolutely heartbroken to learn about this unimaginable tragedy and we want Jennifer to know that she is in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time," the Illinois senator said. "We also pray for the swift and safe return of her young nephew."</b><br><br>Hudson sang the national anthem during the Democratic National Convention in August after a personal request from Obama\'s camp.</i><br><br>Read the whole story here.<br><br>AMEN!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320812">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320812" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>Here\'s another Repug LIE!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/politics/main4546247.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4546247" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/26/polit...</a><br><b>McCain: 1/3 Palin Clothes Already Returned<br>Campaign Says Much Of Wardrobe Bought For Gov. Didn\'t Fit Or Hasn\'t Been Worn; Rest Will Be Donated</b><br><br>Annnnnnnnnd, I have a "BRIDGE TO SELL YOU  - IN ALASKA!"  LOL!!<br>Oh.  Wait. . .   IT doesn\'t go anywhere!!  My bad!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m NOT even going to comment on this LIE!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323124">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323124" class="dsq-comment-message">the thing is, nobody believes them. I sure don\'t.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320836">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320836" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Continued <b>HEAD BOW</b> to Ms. Jennifer and her missing nephew.<br><br>God Bless.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320925">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320925" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. Thoughts and prayers to both!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320945">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320945" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From Newser(Daily News  -U.K.):<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40934/spectre-of-dem-landslide-sparking-gop-civil-war.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40934/spectre-of-de...</a><br><b>Spectre Of Dem Landslide Sparking GOP CIVIL WAR</b><br><br><br><br><i>(Newser) – As polls continue to give the election edge to Barack Obama, GOP leaders are fearing the Democrat could win in a landslide, reports the Telegraph. Second-guessing of John McCain\'s campaign and deep fears for the GOP are already triggering a battle among Republican faithful for control of the party\'s future. McCain is being pressured by some to sacrifice his own fading hopes to focus on saving vulnerable Republican Senate seats.<br><br>A national Democratic landslide could spell “an ideological as well as a party victory if we\'re not careful,” said a former Bush speechwriter. Republicans are already deeply divided. Some argue that the GOP needs to adapt to a changing nation on the economy, health care, and the environment, infuriating others. “There\'s going to be a bloodbath,” warned one Republican.</i><br>Source Daily Telegraph (UK)<br><br>I thinks that it\'s INTERESTING to use the TERM  -  CIVIL WAR!  Hmmmm!?<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321357">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321357" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From:   <b>Latest RealClearPolitics polls</b> <br><br>Election 2008	Obama	McCain	Spread<br><b>RCP National Average	50.4	42.8	Obama +7.6</b><br>Electoral College	Obama	McCain	Spread<br><b>RCP Electoral Count	306	157	Obama +149</b><br><b>Battlegrounds	Obama	McCain	Spread</b><br>Missouri	                    46.5	45.5	Obama +1.0<br>Florida	                              47.8	 45.6	  Obama +2.2<br>Ohio	                               49.9       43.8	   Obama +6.1<br>Pennsylvania	               51.7	  40.5	   Obama +11.2<br>Virginia	                     51.5	 44.5	  Obama +7.0<br>Colorado	                  51.3	     44.8     Obama +6.5<br><br>[I hope the chart comes out correctly. :&gt;)]   Oh. Well.  I tried.  SORRY.  :&gt;(<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320214">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320214" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Lovin\' the HEADLINE!!<br><br><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49J0LF20081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idU...</a><br><b>Obama Leads in 5 Key States, McCain IN Two</b><br><br><i>By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent<br><br>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama leads John McCain in five of eight crucial battleground states one week before the presidential election, with McCain ahead in two states and Florida dead even, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.<br><br>Obama held steady with a 5-point lead over McCain among likely U.S. voters in a separate Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby national tracking poll, the same advantage he held on Sunday. The national telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.<br><br>Republican McCain is struggling to defend about a dozen states won by President George W. Bush in 2004, including all eight of the states surveyed over the last three days.<br><br>Breakthroughs by Obama in any of those states could move him close to or above the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the White House on November 4.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>The state polls were taken Thursday through Sunday and surveyed 600 to 603 likely voters in each state, with a margin of error of 4.1 percent.</i><br><br>The MORE the MERRIER!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3319973" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3319973" class="dsq-comment-message">Luv the picture.  A year ago would anyone believe you if we said little black boys - kids in general - would be so excited about meeting a black man who does not catch a football, dripple a basketball, in fact is known primarily for being too brainy to relate to?  I truly hope that this election reflects a return to appreciation and renewed drive for excellence in ourselves and encouragement to our kids.<br><br>Now I am sure you guys probably discussed this somewhere but I do not see it:  what do you think of DL Hugley\'s new CNN show.  I really did not feel comfortable with the Freddie "Pimp" Mac bit.  Yes it was funny, but if that was on Fox and the host was white:  would you laugh when the Freddie Mac character called voters Ho s?<br><br>So am I being too sensitive - as Rachel would say:  talk me down...LOL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320032">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320032" class="dsq-comment-message">ruthdfw:  TRUST!  DL WAS DISCUSSED!!  It di-int look good for his team!!  :&gt;)<br><br>See Sunday Open Tread.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323068">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323068" class="dsq-comment-message">I couldn\'t bring myself to watch.  I changed the channel.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323139">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323139" class="dsq-comment-message">you\'re not being too sensitive</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3331390" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331390" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t seen it but I don\'t really give most comics out there (sans Chris Rock,) the mental credit.  Too many of the popular comedians, DL Hughly, are hacks. They go for the easy joke which underscores a stereotype as opposed to criticizing it. They do this because they can\'t make the people who pay their check uncomfortable... Can you imagine Paul Mooney on CNN? HELLLLLL NAW. Chris Rock would not give a damn either.<br><br>There are jokes you might tell you close friends or family, and then there\'s jokes you can say at work. They are not always the same jokes.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320008">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320008" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  To the pic:  The "O-man"  PREACHES and DEMONSTRATES  <b>UNITY!</b><br>One race in EACH hand!!  **SIGH***<br><br>He just simply is AMAZING!! <b> "WALKING HIS TALK!!"</b><br><br>To my post:   Speaking of "KEATING 5!":<br><br><a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/10/keating-law-fir.html" rel="nofollow">KEATING LAW FIRM DONATES $50.000 To MCCAIN CAMPAIGN</a><br><br><i>Those voting for the first time this year may not have even been alive during the Keating Five scandal, the political corruption case that threatened Charles_keating to end John McCain\'s political career back in 1989. Much to the chagrin of those Democrats gesticulating wildly at the very silent elephant in the room, the Obama campaign has largely refrained from touching upon the issue, perhaps preferring to leave past associations well alone, [for understandable reasons.]  {DON\'T LIKE THIS!!}<br><br>But sometimes history throws little reminders into our present path, and this is one of those times. Campaign finance records have revealed that the law firm founded by Charles Keating - before he went to jail for fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy for his activities as chairman of Lincoln Savings and Loans - has made donations totalling over $50,000 to McCain\'s campaign.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>This is not improper in itself, and the only Keating included in the bundle is William J. Keating, Jr., Charles Keating\'s nephew, who is listed as a partner in the firm and contributed $1,000.<br><br><b>But it reminds us of McCain\'s role in "The Keating Five," a group of senators who received a total of $1.4 million in campaign contributions connected to Keating and personally intervened with government regulators to allow Lincoln Savings and Loans to make highly risky investments that defrauded thousands of investors and cost taxpayers $3.4 billion.</b><br><br><b>Keating, now 84, once wrote to McCain that "I\'m yours till death do us part". Could he be keeping his promise?</b></i><br><br>LEST WE FORGET!!  Notice, that Mr. Obama has CLASS!!  He could have gotten a lot of mileage out of this!<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3320043" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320043" class="dsq-comment-message">NY Times story about the relationship between Obama & Axelrod - disappointed that Ax won\'t have a role in Obama\'s adminstration, but admire that a guy can resist the allure of power.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/politics/27axelrod.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/politics/2...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323056">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323056" class="dsq-comment-message">I love this article.  Thanks for sharing</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3320057" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320057" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/27/04556/912/239/629302" rel="nofollow">This Week With "The Democratic Nominee", Barack Obama, October 19-25, 2008</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320161">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320161" class="dsq-comment-message">THANKS, ALWAYS - icebergslim!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323129">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323129" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks iceberg. as always.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320754">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320754" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <i>MUDFLATS</i>  was ECSTATIC at the ADN <b>ENDORSEMENT of Mr. OBAMA!</b><br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/anchorage-daily-news-endorses-obama/" rel="nofollow">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/anchor...</a><br><b>Ancharage Daily News Endorses Obama!</b><br><br><i>Holy Cow.  Alaska’s largest newspaper has endorsed a candidate for president, and it isn’t the guy that shares the ticket with our own Maverick Governor!  As irritated as I have been by the sometimes cloying, often gushy coverage of Sarah Palin, it is inconceivable that any thoughtful person or entity living in the state of Alaska, could possibly think that she is the best choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.<br><br>The Anchorage Daily News Endorses Barack Obama. (I just felt like typing that again.)<br><br>Here are the highlights:<br><br>    Alaska’s founders were optimistic people, but even the most farsighted might have been stretched to imagine this scenario. No matter the outcome in November, this election will mark a signal moment in the history of the 49th state. Many Alaskans are proud to see their governor, and their state, so prominent on the national stage.<br><br>    <b>Gov. Palin’s nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency — but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>CLEARLY, the political climate of Alaska IS going to be very different WHEN <b>THE UN-VETTED ONE!</b> RETURNS!! [on Nov. 5]   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3320914">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3320914" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>McCain\'s Warning: Perils Of One-Party Rule</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/mccains-warning-dangers-o_n_138011.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/mccain...</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain declared "I\'m going to win it," dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race. A confident Democrat Barack Obama drew a jaw-dropping 100,000 people to a single rally and rolled out a new TV ad asserting his rival is "running out of time."</i><br><br><i>Heading into the final nine days of the 2008 contest, the White House competitors campaigned in key battlegrounds that President Bush won four years ago as the state-by-state Electoral College map tilts strongly in Obama\'s favor. Democrats and Republicans alike say it will be extraordinarily difficult for McCain to change the trajectory of the campaign before the Nov. 4 election.</i><br><br><i>"Unfortunately, I think John McCain might be added to that long list of Arizonans who ran for president but were never elected," McCain\'s fellow senator from Arizona, Republican Jon Kyl, told the Arizona Daily Star editorial board in an interview published Sunday.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323117">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323117" class="dsq-comment-message">he didn\'t say SQUAT while the GOP controlled everything...so STFU.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323328">AM2k6</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323328" class="dsq-comment-message">my exact same feelings.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321407">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321407" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Another <b>ENDORSEMENT!!!</b>   Whoooo!  Hooo!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d0b127c-a380-11dd-942c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d0b127c-a380-11dd-94...</a><br><b>Obama is the better choice</b><br><br><i>US presidential elections involve a fabulous expense of time, effort and money. Doubtless it is all too much – but, by the end, nobody can complain that the candidates have been too little scrutinised.<b> We have learnt a lot about Barack Obama and John McCain during this campaign. In our view, it is enough to be confident that Mr Obama is the right choice.</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>Nonetheless, a campaign is a test of leadership. Mr Obama ran his superbly; Mr McCain’s has often looked a shambles. After eight years of George W. Bush, the steady competence of the Obama operation commands respect.<br><br>Nor should one disdain Mr Obama’s way with a crowd. Good presidents engage the country’s attention; great ones inspire. Mr McCain, on form, is an adequate speaker but no more. Mr Obama, on form, is as fine a political orator as the country has heard in decades. Put to the right purposes, this is no mere decoration but a priceless asset.<br><br>Mr Obama’s purposes do seem mostly right, though in saying this we give him the benefit of the doubt. Above all, he prizes consensus and genuinely seeks to unite the country, something it wants. His call for change struck a mighty chord in a tired and demoralised nation – and who could promise real change more credibly than Mr Obama, a black man, whose very nomination was a historic advance in US politics?<br><br>SKIP<br><br><b>The challenges facing the next president will be extraordinary. We hesitate to wish it on anyone, but we hope that Mr Obama gets the job.</b></i><br><br>The BEST MINDS recognize the BEST MIND  -   Mr. Obama!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>This is <b>VERY SIGNIFICANT!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321667">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321667" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Bill Kristol on a "rant", again:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/kristol-rips-mccain-camp_n_137899.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/kristo...</a><br><b>Kristol Rips McCain Camp, RNC For Handling of Palin</b><br><br><i>Bill Kristol, who has been, perhaps, the biggest Sarah Palin partisan of the pundit class, leveled some harsh criticisms at the McCain campaign Sunday for what he deemed to be a mismanagement of the vice presidential rollout, petty infighting, and leaving the Alaska Governor out on a limb after it was revealed the RNC had paid $150,000 in clothing for her.<br><br>Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Kristol said Palin had been "ill served by some of the staff," particularly in light of anonymous aides ripping her as a diva and/or rogue agent in recent news articles.<br><br>He chided the RNC for not taking the hit for the clothing that was purchased on Palin\'s behalf.<br><br>"Why wasn\'t a staffer out there saying, \'you know what, I made the mistake\'?" he asked. "Since when do the staffers go into hiding and let Governor Palin be the one who has to explain it? It\'s a total disgrace the staff has ducked responsibility for this mistake, which was not her mistake. Whatever people\'s criticisms of Governor Palin, no one thinks she lives high on the hog in Alaska, shopping at Neiman Marcus... I think the staff has ill-served her." [GOOD!! :&gt;)]<br><br>SKIP<br><br>"It\'s McCain\'s staff which bottle her up for the first part of the campaign," he said. "The staff has not served her well by hiding her and not having confidence."<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Nevertheless, chalk up Kristol\'s appearance as another conservative pundit entering the circular firing squad that has become the GOP presidential campaign.</i><br><br>THERE IS A VIDEO<br><br>Couldn\'t AGREE MORE!!  <b>THE UN-VETTED ONE</b> continues to IRRITATE more Repugs.   Yaaaaa!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321805">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321805" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I have been having DIFFICULTIES accessing this site  -  this morning.   Hmmmmm?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3322342">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3322342" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere - I can never get on in the morning. I must be addicted because I am reading the comments on <a href="http://disqus.com" rel="nofollow">disqus.com</a> :).  Either that or I really don\'t want to go to work.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326903">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326903" class="dsq-comment-message">nickwah22:  U    R   NOT ALONE!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I need my "JJP FIX " erry MORNING!!! :&gt;)   :&gt;)  [But, I can get on almost every day.  This is a GOOD THING!  :&gt;)]<br><br>Whew!   Addicted Deep Breaths!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323113">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323113" class="dsq-comment-message">I gave up last night. I think the site was down. Glad to see it back up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327037">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327037" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  O.K.   Me 2!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Cain\'t LIVE without my JJP!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321822">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321822" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Hope this isn\'t a duplicate.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/gallup-poll-75-percent-of_n_137991.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/gallup...</a><br><b>Gallop Poll:  75 Percent of Jews To Vote For Obama</b><br><br><i>A new poll released by the Gallup organization on Thursday shows Jewish voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by more than 3 to 1, with 74% saying they will vote for Obama over 22% for McCain.<br><br>The poll, which has interviewed over 650 Jewish registered voters each month since June, shows American Jews growing increasingly comfortable with Obama since July, when the Illinois Senator tied up the Democratic Party nomination. The poll shows support for McCain among Jews stood at a high of 34% in June, before beginning its downward turn in July after Obama\'s nomination.</i><br><br>Read the whole story here.<br><br>We\'ll TAKE \'EM!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321877">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321877" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I got gas for $2.95:<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40960/gas-prices-in-record-fall.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40960/gas-prices-in...</a><br><b>Gas Prices In Record Fall</b><br><br><i>(Newser) – Gasoline prices have dropped 53 cents in the last two weeks, the steepest decline ever, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.78, Reuters reports. Wichita Kansas has the cheapest gasoline, at $2.26 a gallon, and San Francisco gas is the most expensive, at $3.37.<br><br>"The drop is unprecedented. It was dictated by the crash in crude oil prices and deepened powerfully by falling US gasoline demand," said the survey director. "The weaker economy suggests that despite a price crash, it\'s probably not enough to inspire a strong comeback in demand."</i><br><br>Source Reuters<br><br><br>While this is GREAT NEWS, does anyone think that SOMETHING SMELLS?  Hmmmm?!<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3322354">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3322354" class="dsq-comment-message">It can smell as fishy as it wants to but Im not asking questions unless it goes back up! I am so glad NOT to be spending 50+ to fill up my CAR.  AND the euro dropped against the dollar and its a great time to go on vacation (if you got it like that).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327441">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327441" class="dsq-comment-message">Nickwah22:  Oh.  I\'m appreciatin\'.  I\'m just feelin\' the "MANIPULATION" that must be taking place and the fact that people KNOW that the prices should NOT have been as HIGH as they have been!!   Such DISHONESTY!!  YUK!!<br><br>**She says as she quickly fills up her tank looking surprised at how much GAS she got THIS WEEK as compared to last week, LAST MONTH even!**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323307">AM2k6</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323307" class="dsq-comment-message">where I live is $2.39.....damn speculators!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321935">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321935" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Attorney Obama gives his "CLOSING ARGUMENTS" in OHIO!:<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/article/d942nu180/obama-offers-closing-argument-of-campaign-in-vital-state-of-ohio.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/article/d942nu180/obama-o...</a><br><b> Obama offers closing argument of campaign in vital state of Ohio</b><br><br>By BEN FELLER | Associated Press | 48 minutes ago in Politics<br><br><i>And as Ohio goes, often goes history. No Democratic contender for the presidency has won without Ohio\'s support in nearly 50 years _ since John F. Kennedy in 1964.<br><br>So it is a strategic choice that Obama will deliver his next speech in the industrial northeast Ohio city of Canton. His campaign calls it his closing case, although with more than a week until the election, there will presumably be other final arguments.<br><br>Obama will spell out what he sees as the clear choices, aides say, including "hope over fear, unity over division, and the promise of change over the power of the status quo."<br><br>More specifically, aides say, Obama will argue that McCain has not identified one thing he\'d do differently than Bush when it comes to the economy.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3321977">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3321977" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Roland say "Ix-Nay" on SNL\'s Mrs. Obama:<br><br><a href="http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/snl-spoofs-bara.html" rel="nofollow">http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/snl-spo...</a><br><b>\'SNL\' Spoofs Barack and Michelle Obama</b><br><br><i>The writer at the Chicago Tribune says SNL nailed it with their spoof of Michelle Obama.<br><br><b>Sorry, I don\'t see it. She didn\'t even look like her.</b><br><br>Judge for yourself.  [VIDEO]<br><br>But the brother who plays Rev. Jeremiah Wright is funny as hell.</i><br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323735">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323735" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m tired of SNL dragging out Maya Rudolph to play Michelle Obama, Oprah, or any type of singing role etc.  I know Maya is half black, but Michelle Obama is dark brown.  There aren\'t any brown comedic actresses they could have found to play Michelle Obama?  They had Queen Latifah playing Gwen Ifill.  Why not have Maya Rudolph play Gwen Ifill, since she\'s their "go-to" black actress?  They couldn\'t have found a black actress to play Michelle Obama?  It\'s bad enough they have an Asian guy playing Barack Obama.<br><br>And regardless of what Maya Rudolph looks like, she didn\'t do anything except hold the mic and sing "Solid as Barack!"  How was that "nailing it?"  When was the last time you saw Michelle Obama sing?<br><br><br><br>::crickets::<br><br><br>I guess we should be glad they didn\'t have Kenan playing Michelle Obama, although I think if Michelle was fat they would have gotten him to play her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326492">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326492" class="dsq-comment-message">Maya has been off the show for a while, so I\'m not sure if her return is permanent or merely a guest appearance like Tina Fey\'s or Will Ferrell\'s appearances have been.  <br><br>My biggest problem with SNL lately is that many of the cast members and many of the sketches seem to express an unearned arrogance in terms of actual humor.  The show  really started to grate on me this way when Tina Fey (who IS talented) was the head writer, and I have the same attitude today.   <br><br>That\'s not to say  there aren\'t entertaining folks on the show: Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Katherine Wiig, and Will Forte are great.  Darrell Hammond has been reliably solid for years, but he doesn\'t belong with the other untested cast members I haven\'t named.  (What the hell has Seth Meyers done that is funny?)  <br><br>That, and the \'soul\' on the show is severely lacking, and it has been that way at SNL for years.  They never gave Finesse Mitchell anything useful to do and now he\'s writing columns for Essence magazine.  Kenan Thompson, who\'s shown flashes of comedy value from his exploits on Nickelodeon,  is only there contractually to play Al Sharpton and Oprah--or so it seems.  <br><br>SNL has been resting on its laurels as a once funny show much like Notre Dame has been with winning college football championships. It makes me wish Fox would start caring about MadTV again.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327578">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327578" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:  Co-sign!<br><br><i>SNL has been resting on its laurels as a once funny show . . . </i><br><br>I\'ve mainly been watching for the "smack-down" of <b>The UN-VETTED ONE!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3322143">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3322143" class="dsq-comment-message">« Looking comfortable, front-runner Obama teases a crowd | Main <br><br><a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com</a> listed Barack Obama H\'ween mask under \'terrorist\'<br>You know that argument the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has been relentlessly making that Barack Obama "pals" around with terrorists such as 60s ex-radical William Ayers? <br><br>And they say this reflects on his poor judgment because of other associates like Rev. Jeremiah Wright and newly-convicted Tony Rezko?<br><br>And worried Obama PR folks jump right on the e-mail whenever Obama and Ayers and the word "friend" appear together anywhere, even though Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Obama chief strategist David Axelrod have called them friends or friendly.<br><br>Anyway, <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com</a>, one of the largest and most successful online merchandisers in the world, seemed to come down even beyond the Republicans\' side -- for a while anyway. With Halloween just days away, <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com</a> is making a bundle off its $49.95 Barack Obama masks.<br><br>Which it displayed on the "terrorist costume" page.<br><br>You read that right!<br><br>(UPDATE: Amazon just caught itself and deleted the Obama mask from the terrorist page.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3323641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323641">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323641" class="dsq-comment-message">Amazon should have been deleted for selling the mask for $49.95.  You can get a decent Obama mask for $19.95 at Party Central.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3323955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3323955" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323955" class="dsq-comment-message">You know, if you go to the page on Amazon with all the Obama masks, there\'s one with large ears (ok, accurate), a huge smile, and even huger (is that a word?) teeth.<br><br>I\'m more concerned about <i>that</i> than someone\'s attempt at a joke.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3322927">tracey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3322927" class="dsq-comment-message">As usual I love the pictures of Barack with kids especially little boys, looking at him in awe like "that really could be me".</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324169">parker404ga</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324169" class="dsq-comment-message">I know, those pics get me every time.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3322978">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3322978" class="dsq-comment-message">More stories of voter rolls being "purged":<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.su...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323927">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323927" class="dsq-comment-message">To the Chicagoans in our bunch,<br><br>The African and Diaspora Studies at DePaul University is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on the 2008 Elections on Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 pm at DePaul University Schmitt Center, Room 280 (2320 N. Kenmore).<br><br>The panel will be four women including me :) representing voices from the community and academia. So, I hope that the JJP Chicago community can attend!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323932">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323932" class="dsq-comment-message">Sad news<br><a href="http://www.dlisted.com/node/28968" rel="nofollow">http://www.dlisted.com/node/28968</a><br><br>Prayers ton the family</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324298" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324298" class="dsq-comment-message">Just terrible news!  To kill a child...  why?<br><br>God bless the Hudson family...<br><br>Another article:<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ChicagoBodies-Hudson.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ChicagoBo...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324352">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324352" class="dsq-comment-message">Just so sad. Hurt beyond description. Thoughts and Prayers to the family!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324455">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324455" class="dsq-comment-message">This is unbelievably tragic.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3324485" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324485">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324485" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324485" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like the young boy was 1) a witness...he had to be gotten rid of...and 2) if Balfour is the one who did it, to cause life-long pain to his wife.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324617" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324617" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with you.  The whole thing is just senseless.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324694">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324694" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324694" class="dsq-comment-message">How can anyone be so cruel as to kill an innocent child? The murderer of this precious child doesn\'t deserve to take another breath. He is without a soul, without a conscience. Hell is waiting on him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325363">Roger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3325363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325363" class="dsq-comment-message">Balfour ought to die.  What he did is utterly beyond the pale.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325590">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325590" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Without a doubt! Remove him from the face of the earth!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329231">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329231" class="dsq-comment-message">Shazza:  Hey!  <b>HEAD BOW and GOD BLESS THE FAMILY.</b>  AMEN.<br><br>I\'m really in tears. This is sooo SAD!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324087" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324087" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is campaigning in fake, communist Virginia.<br><br>She\'s an athlete, right? Somebody needs to kneecap her.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324793" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324793" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324793" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324793" class="dsq-comment-message">Of America has a great post on tips to make sure your vote is counted, it is geared towards Latino Americans, but I know I will be using some of these tips myself:<br><br><a href="http://ofamerica.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/what-to-do-before-and-if-necessary-after-the-election-is-stolen/" rel="nofollow">What to do Before and (If Necessary) After the Election is Stolen </a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325310" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325310" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325310" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the article JunePearl, I like this idea best:<br><br><b>If they haven’t already, labor unions, political organizers, bloggers and individuals should coordinate a global effort so that business stops, not just in the U.S., but also around the world. Even without a strong labor movement, the immigrant rights mobilization of 2006 – the largest simultaneous marches in U.S. history – proved that you can make a powerful statement simply by not showing up to work and marching instead.</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325451">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3325451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325451" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324814">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324814" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Dems mull post-election Axelrod role</b><br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14937.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14937...</a><br><br><i>The election is eight days away, but Sen. Barack Obama\'s steady lead in the polls already has produced lively speculation over whom he will choose to lead his administration, in the event he wins the presidency.</i><br><br><i>And no subject is more avidly considered in the corridors of Democratic power than the future role of his chief adviser, political consultant David Axelrod. Democrats who know the Chicago-based political consultant, the key architect of Obama\'s campaign and of his public image, say Axelrod has signaled that he\'ll seriously consider taking on a job in the administration. That decision would be a central choice in shaping an Obama White House, and determining the relationship between his style of governance and political strategy.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324942" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324942" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324942" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for this link. We\'re can we read up on more background information on Axelrod? (Although I am loathe to repeat an Palin/McCain meme) we really don\'t know that much about him.<br><br>To be quite honest, I\'m not too keen on the idea of having him in the administration at a leadership position. I truly feel that the people who fill those positions should have held elected office at some point. They should know the feeling of being held accountable to The People. That\'s the problem we ran into with Cheney. A political consultant is a business man at the end of the day. If he\'s held elected office, then I truly would have no problem with a placement.<br><br>Oooh, I just though of a fun game, let\'s start a list: Who would you like to see in Obama Cabinet?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325105" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325105" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know that one needs to have been an elected official to be a chief of staff.<br><br>Let me put it another way: I\'m not uncomfortable with it. Ultimately, the president\'s chief of staff must be someone he deeply trusts. An elected official may not always fit that bill.<br><br>I can tell you this, though. This will bring about a huge GOP vetting of Axelrod in the hopes that any hint of anything unsavory in his past will be exploited to no end.<br><br>Consider the source of the report: Ben Smith. He\'s a hack. <br><br>Consider the allegation: <i>Democrats who know the Chicago-based political consultant, the key architect of Obama\'s campaign and of his public image, say Axelrod has signaled that he\'ll seriously consider taking on a job in the administration.</i><br><br>What Democrats say this? Those with Barack\'s best interests at heart, or those who wish to undermine him in the final week of the campaign?<br><br>Who\'s quoted in the article? <br><br>James Carville.<br><br>To whom is Ben Smith comparing Axelrod?<br><br>Karl Rove.<br><br>Do the math.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325186" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325186">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325186" class="dsq-comment-message">Axelrod will not be chief of staff.Look for Tom Daschle to get the job or someone who knows how to work Washington.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325236" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325236" class="dsq-comment-message">All I\'m saying is that they\'re offering up David Axelrod as a distraction 8 days from the election.<br><br>Carville and Shrum, the only two Obama "supporters" on record in the article are staunch Clintonistas.<br><br>Barack is still running against a powerful faction (at least in their own minds) of his own party.<br><br>And Ben Smith is a hack.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325421">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325421" class="dsq-comment-message">No doubt.  Most of the Democratic sources used by Politico are Clintonistas. Whenever it pertains to the presidential race, always take it with a grain of salt. According to this article in the New Republic, Axelrod is not planning to join the administration. In fact he may leave politics altogether. Here is the link:<br><br><a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3ffae5b3-3ca3-4186-a9bf-59c00be8e98b" rel="nofollow">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3ffae...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325368">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325368" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Look for Tom Daschle to get the job</i><br><br>Yup! I was thinking the same thing. He was first on my list for the job!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326452" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326452" class="dsq-comment-message">What kind of relationship does Barack have with Daschle??</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326734">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326734" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>April 10th 2007: Former senate leader offers Obama guiding hand - and possibly more</b><br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18040719/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18040719/</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON - Three years ago, it took a nasty, industrial-strength assault by Karl Rove & Co. to oust Democratic leader Tom Daschle from his Senate seat. But if Republicans thought they had seen the last of the resilient South Dakotan, they were wrong. He’s back, this time behind the scenes, as a sort of secret sauce in the surging presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326897">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326897" class="dsq-comment-message">He is Obama\'s Co-Chairman other than that Dashle was Senate leader.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325474" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325474" class="dsq-comment-message">Gates gets my vote to stay on at Defense. Not sure about State or DHS.<br><br>Everything else, I\'m not smart enough to make a call on.<br><br>Thought I just had, though: with all the scapegoating that DHS got-deserved or not-during the Bush Admin, might Obama demote them to below-Cabinet status?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325099" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325099" class="dsq-comment-message">The Architect, Redux.<br><br>That doesn\'t exactly inspire confidence, though I doubt Axelrod will turn into Rove. <br><br>Then again, power corrupts.......</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325199">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325199" class="dsq-comment-message">Axelrod is a genius.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326224" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326224" class="dsq-comment-message">Personally I am a fan of Axelrod based on what I have seen with this campaign.  It has not been perfect but darn near.  If he won\'t go, I hope he has a twin who will.  one of the things I respected about the way things were managed:  they had a plan and when others screamed, ranted, raved and cried --- they stayed their course. According to the NYT they evaluated but they stayed the course and they stayed together.<br><br>Now this might alarm some because it could sound a bit like Bush - but I would say that to me it was not stubborness but a committment to what they felt their mission objectives were.<br><br>What is odd is that the NY Times just ran a story and included the fact that Ax is insistent he will not move to DC.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325127">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325127" class="dsq-comment-message">A public service announcement for you young republicans<br>Young Eagles<br>The next generation of the Republican Party. The Young Eagles provide the GOP with the financial resources to compete in national, state, and local elections, while affording members the opportunity to interact and network with Republican Party officials, pundits, enthusiasts, and donors as well as business leaders and innovators throughout the country. <br><br>The "Young Eagles" is open to anyone under the age of 45, which I suppose is "young" for John McCain\'s party. But beyond that cheap joke, note how (PDF) the GOP builds "the next generation of the Republican Party":<br><br>• A full year’s membership in the Young Eagles requires a $7,500 personal <br>contribution per year.  All benefits included.<br><br>• A half year’s membership in the Young Eagles requires a $3,750 person <br>contribution per year.  All benefits included.  **Meeting fee may apply**<br><br>• On occasion, prospective members will have the opportunity to attend events <br>based on a $1,500 meeting fee.  This fee may be applied towards a full <br>membership. <br><br>Can\'t afford it? Don\'t worry! Fleece your friends of $30,000 and you get the membership comp\'d! Man, the differences are stark. While Democrats are busy building the next generation of Democrats, one small contribution at a time, Republicans are trying to squeeze "young" Republicans to the tune of $7,500. And if you can\'t afford that? Worry not! $1,500 will get you into individual events. Which is the party of elitists again?<br><br>And what does that buy you, besides feeding a dying husk of a formerly national party? Access. Ponying up the kind of money no "young" person really has (beyond the trust fund set) gets you to attend meetings with power players ("elected officials and policy experts"). How 1984. Is it any wonder why the world is passing the GOP by?<br><br>Obama has captured the imagination of today\'s youth by giving them a message to believe in, and a way to feel ownership of the movement -- small dollar contributions and hands-on activism. We don\'t contribute our hard-earned small dollars for access, we do so because we believe in our party and (some of) its leaders. That\'s clearly inadequate for Republicans, whose bench is now apparently Sarah Palin and whose message is discredited and discarded, forcing it to fall back to tired Cold War canards ("Socialism!").<br><br>SO they figure, if we can\'t inspire with our message and our leaders, we\'ll rope the "youth" in by giving them access to our power networks. For $7,500.<br><br>And somehow, they wonder why they\'re getting their asses kicked.<br>For those who are interested click on the link<br><a href="http://youngeagles.gop.com/DonorGroupPage.aspx?" rel="nofollow">http://youngeagles.gop.com/DonorGroupPage.aspx?</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325384" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325384" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, that\'s my folks. Haven\'t learned, and don\'t seem to have any intention of even wanting to learn.<br><br>Maybe McCain\'s wrong, and change <i>ain\'t</i> coming.<br><br>If you take the partisanship out of the Obama playbook-from campaign organization to strategy to execution-it\'s probably more genius than Rove. Problem is, some Republicans/conservatives aren\'t gonna be able to separate the partisanship from the execution.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325528" href="http://waiting2speak.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kismet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325528" class="dsq-comment-message">Just wanted to say you guys have the BEST photos of Barack.  Thanks for the inspiration!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325655">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325655" class="dsq-comment-message">For D.,( my military-minded brotha I agree to disagree with)<br><br>The Bush/neo-con administration is now resorting to political blackmail?!  <br>Can you defend this--- what are your thoughts?<br><br>U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord<br><br>By Roy Gutman and Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers<br> <br>BAGHDAD _ The U.S. military has warned Iraq that it will shut down military operations and other vital services throughout the country on Jan. 1 if the Iraqi government doesn\'t agree to a new agreement on the status of U.S. forces or a renewed United Nations mandate for the American mission in Iraq. <br><br>Many Iraqi politicians view the move as akin to political blackmail, a top Iraqi official told McClatchy Sunday.<br><br>In addition to halting all military actions, U.S. forces would cease activities that support Iraq’s economy, educational sector and other areas _ "everything" _ said Tariq al Hashimi, the country’s Sunni Muslim vice president. "I didn’t know the Americans are rendering such wide-scale services." <br><br>Hashimi said that Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, listed “tens” of areas of potential cutoffs in a three-page letter, and he said the implied threat caught Iraqi leaders by surprise.<br><br>"It was really shocking for us," he said. "Many people are looking to this attitude as a matter of blackmailing."<br><br>Odierno had no comment Sunday, but U.S. Embassy officials told McClatchy that a lengthy list of the sort Hashimi described has been passed to the Iraqi government. Among the services the U.S. provides are protection of Iraq’s principal borders, of its oil exports and other shipping through the Shatt al Arab into the Persian Gulf and all air traffic control over Iraq.<br><br>The status of forces agreement, which calls for a final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, was supposed to resolve a number of contentious issues between the two countries, but its completion 10 days ago has instead provoked a political crisis within Iraq\'s Shiite-dominated government and between Iraq and the United States.<br><br>Fearing a major battle in the Iraqi parliament, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki solicited proposed amendments from his cabinet and called a meeting to review them Sunday afternoon.<br><br>There\'s more<br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54795.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/54795.htm</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325911" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325911" class="dsq-comment-message">First read: I think, from a legal standpoint, they have to stop operating. <br><br>Second read: From a practical standpoint, if there\'s nothing saying they can stay there, then we\'d damn sure better leave. Don\'t think we want to deal with another insurgency...especially one that, this time, would have a legitimate beef.<br><br>We\'re not asking for anything off the wall; the couple of drafts I\'ve heard about don\'t seem to contain anything much different than our agreements with other countries. I don\'t see it as threatening or blackmailing them, I see it as telling them that <i>something</i> has to be put in writing, or else we can\'t operate there anymore. That\'s fairly accurate. <br><br>The good news, for hardcore partisans unlike yourself, is that even if we shut down and Iraq goes to hell, the election will long be over...so, fear not. The bad news is that if we shut down and Iraq goes to hell, AND Obama wins, he gets to deal with it. I\'m not encouraged by that, but many others won\'t care.<br><br>Something else I get: the Iraqis <i>didn\'t know</i> we were providing a vast majority of their services? BS; they knew. That\'s their version of upcoming-election posturing.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326154" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326154" class="dsq-comment-message">personally I hope Iraq refuses to sign.  then we pull out.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326197" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326197" class="dsq-comment-message">Something will be worked out. Either it will come up again in the UN (not likely) or we\'ll work out some back door deal.<br><br>If they refuse to sign, and we start packing up, the country goes to hell. Worse, the country goes to hell, AND we end up fighting our way out (Somalia, anyone?).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326633">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326633" class="dsq-comment-message">And if the Iraq goes to hell--guess what---that shows that U.S. military presence cannot and will not solve that Iraq\'s problems. <br><br>That is why  "political reconciliation" is the key.  The Iraqis will need to learn to function together on their own accord---it is sad that the U.S. will be blamed for the instability--but it\'s the truth.<br><br>We are occupying and policing this nation---and they are tired of it.  PERIOD.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326911" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326911" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, we did create the instability.<br><br>If the Iraqis think they can hold their own now, by all means....let them have it. But, should the "ensuing power vacuum" be created when we leave and it turns out that they can\'t handle their country, then what? Do we let them slug it out until a Taliban-esque presence takes over? Or Iraq becomes a puppet state of Iran (or worse, Iran just takes over)?<br><br>We\'re not policing the country as much as you\'d like to believe. We\'re operating more in an oversight/advisory role now; the Iraqis have the lead on most operations (though our forces aren\'t under their command).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327219">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327219" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder whose communicating with Iran---could it be Neo-con favorite Ahmad Chalabi--who supplied the Pentagon with all that "faulty intelligence."  Chalabi,  is mysteriously  still being given chances by the Bush administration.  I know you peeped that article about him and his ties to Iran.<br><br>Hell, Bush and the administration let the whole damn U.S. financial markets tank--- he couldn\'t handle our country----why wasn\'t he more worried about that?  Oh, I forgot......Bush/ Cheney and their friends are laughing to the bank.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326952">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326952" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:  Co-sign!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326156" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326156" class="dsq-comment-message">....and one for you:<br><br><a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12300" rel="nofollow">Victim and Family Members To See Military Commissions Proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba</a><br><br><i>The Defense Department announced today that victims of terrorist attacks and family members who lost loved ones to those attacks will be able to attend military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. <br>     <br>“The Department of Defense recognizes the tragic loss and suffering that victims and family members of terrorist attacks have experienced,” said Gordon England, deputy secretary of defense. “Soon, some of those victim families will have the opportunity to see first-hand the fair, open and just trials of those alleged to have perpetrated these horrific acts.”</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326511">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326511" class="dsq-comment-message">D---if the Bush Administration wanted to be as forthcoming with families about 9/11, why did Bush and Cheney only promise to testify together in the 9/11 Commission--and have the record of that testimony remain secret, even proclaiming they wanted no record of it.<br><br>If we want to bring up terrorist attacks, and keeping the families informed---why did the former 9/11 Commission executive Philip Zelikow hold secret meetings with Karl Rove?  And then, another example of the cronyism of this administration--Zelikow was later hired by Condi Rice as a Counselor at the State Department (he wrote a book with Rice in 1995) before retiring in 2006.  Was Zelikow truly looking for answers in the 9/11 Commission---or better yet was he looking to remain loyal and secretive on behalf of his friends in the Bush administration--conflict of interest?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326769" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326769" class="dsq-comment-message">No one was <i>really</i> looking for answers in the 9/11 Commission.<br><br>I have very little sympathy for most of the people in Gitmo. The ones who are guilty can stay there and rot, far as I\'m concerned.<br><br>I\'m not sure, though, that this is a good idea (and this will kinda touch on the forthcomingness of it all): if you let people see the commissions, I have this sneaking feeling that they\'re then gonna want to know <i>why</i> we\'re holding the detainees. And if there\'s no compelling reason, the families may argue that there\'s no real reason to hold them. Hear enough of that, and everyone will be packed out of Gitmo, quickly.<br><br>Ever see <i>The Siege</i>?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327019">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327019" class="dsq-comment-message">D., I am glad you came out and admitted that the 9/11 Commission was a farce perpetuated by this administration, just like everything else has been.<br><br>I have no sympathy either for people who deserve to be in Gitmo, IF they belong there.<br><br>My problem with the Bush administration is that they have been the most secretive and misleading administration we have seen.  They have condoned torture, made up their own definitions, and are holding people "just because" which is in stark contrast to what our country stands for.<br><br>What will this country be able to say or do, if one day, we become at the receiving end of these same policies we have dished out. These policies undercut our reputation and what our armed services stand for.  And we wonder why we regarded in an unpleasant manner now around the world.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327781" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327781" class="dsq-comment-message">But we have been. John McCain\'s evidence of that.<br><br>I personally don\'t mind if, for once, we chose to apply the rules that everyone\'s used against us to our enemies. We do what we have to, to preserve our country, her citizens, and our way of life.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329085">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329085" class="dsq-comment-message">With all due respect D., we are fighting a different type of "war" than Vietnam.  And this different type of "war" requires a different type of thinking<br><br>Many of the hijackers lived and traveled throughout Germany, parts of Asia, and other places that the U.S. has good relations with.  Many of those same hijackers, as history shows, were suspected of terrorist ties and  were red-flagged by many agencies abroad and here. And we still let them enter this country due to non-communication from many of our own agencies. <br><br>What angers many of our allies is that  there are some of their citizens being detained simply because they are Arab/Muslim----and we have not bothered to prove otherwise.  THAT IS A PROBLEM.  So when it comes a time when we really need that cooperation in intelligence and other operations, these same countries may withhold it just because.  Is that right?  No.  But is detaining prisoners because we want to isn\'t either.  Even in our own penile system in this country, many thousands are wrongly convicted or even executed for crimes they did not commit.<br><br>One thing I know is that you cannot fight a "global" war on your own--or with just a few.<br><br>I was told early on---all it takes is a willing and determined group of midgets to take down a giant.  Even now in Iraq---the "coalition of the willing" is virtually gone--most countries said "fuck that, we  ain\'t bankrupting myself behind this war."  Can you just imagine what even $50 billion could have done to strengthen and   build  our  intelligence from all over the world with other countries?  Instead we borrow $10 billion a month in Iraq based on "faulty intelligence" from shady people---and Bin Laden is still having  tapes delivered to recruit future members all over the world.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326172">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326172" class="dsq-comment-message">The controversial US-Iraq security agreement includes \'some secret provisions\', which would flagrantly violate Iraq\'s sovereignty. <br><br>Secret pr (more)<br><br><br>The controversial US-Iraq security agreement includes \'some secret provisions\', which would flagrantly violate Iraq\'s sovereignty. <br><br>Secret provisions have been incorporated in the so-called Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which would violate Iraq\'s sovereignty in a more direct manner than the provisions disclosed by the Iraqi media, the Saudi daily Okaz reported on Sunday, citing "informed political sources". <br><br>According to the report, although "the secret provisions" would have more adverse consequences for Iraq in terms of the country\'s sovereignty and independence, a majority of Iraqi lawmakers have been kept entirely unaware of them. <br><br>Based on those provisions, the US would be granted the permission to build military bases, camps and prisons inside Iraq. The scope of the immunity from legal prosecution for the US forces--the most controversial provision of SOFA-- would also be extended to include all US security, military and civilian firms as well as the US army\'s contractors. <br><br>Under the terms of SOFA, Iraqi officials would be prohibited from meddling in operations carried out by US forces or limiting their authority. The US would also be allowed to attack any country, which "represents a security threat to Iraq" from the country\'s soil. <br><br>After signing the deal, Baghdad would be obliged to ask for Washington\'s approval before concluding any regional or international agreements with third countries. <br>[IMG] <br>According to the Okaz report, SOFA would bring the Iraqi key ministries of defense and interior under US control for 10 years to facilitate "the training of the Iraqi forces." <br><br>The Saudi newspaper also claimed that under the secret provisions, no timetable would be set for the withdrawal of US troops form Iraq and any pull-out would depend on several conditions. <br><br>The conditions for any US withdrawal include the readiness of Iraqi forces, the success in fighting terrorism, the removal of "the neighboring countries\' security threats", national reconciliation and a consensus among all Iraqi political groups on the issue. Washington would be entitled to stay in Iraq, if even one of those conditions were not fulfilled. <br><br>Based on those SOFA provisions which have made public, the US forces must leave the war-torn country by early 2011 without any preconditions. <br><br>The report also ruled out the possibility that the US and Iraq would reach an agreement before the term of US President George W. Bush in office ends. <br><br>The failure to sign the deal, according to the daily, should be considered as a setback for the Bush administration which is seeking to play the card of SOFA to strengthen the position of the Republican Party before the upcoming US presidential elections.<br><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=176125" rel="nofollow">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newi...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325754">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325754" class="dsq-comment-message">Is anyone having trouble with <a href="http://Google.com" rel="nofollow">Google.com</a> coming up?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325756">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325756" class="dsq-comment-message">What a helluva backfire:<br><br>Just 28% of voters believe that John McCain’s campaign has been helped by talking about the relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 50% believe talk of that issue has hurt McCain’s effort while 15% say it has had no impact.<br><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/50_of_voters_believe_ayers_issue_has_hurt_mccain_campaign" rel="nofollow">http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325928" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325928" class="dsq-comment-message">Just 50%? <I>That\'s</i> surprising.</I></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3326705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326705" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326705" class="dsq-comment-message">That means 65% of those surveyed don\'t think it\'s helped McCain at all, half think it has hurt and only less than a third think it has helped.<br><br>The GOP is still pushing the story in PA. Hard. Sent out mailers to Lancaster County today.<br><br>Beware, the steal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327262">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327262" class="dsq-comment-message">You remember Harriet Christian? The woman who called Obama inadequate black male. Well, she and Hugh Rodham have been canvassing PA on behalf of  McCain.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327350" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327350" class="dsq-comment-message">Rodham, as in Hillary Clinton?  That\'s her brother, right?  I know I saw something here in JJP about the Clintons doing some undercover campaigning for McCain.  <br><br>Anybody know the latest on this story?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327819">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327819" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327706" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327706" class="dsq-comment-message">Doesn\'t surprise me one bit.<br><br>Good cop. Bad cop.<br><br>The Clintons are devious.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328279">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328279" class="dsq-comment-message">Harriet Christian= PWT!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326314" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326314" class="dsq-comment-message">Keep your eyes open people!  I live in New Jersey and I already called a few weeks ago to double-check my registration (even though I have always been registered to vote since age 18).  They said my name was there, but with all of these new stories popping up, I\'m going to check again today!<br><br><b>Some voters \'purged\' from voter rolls</b><br><br><i>* Story Highlights<br>* Kyla Berry got a letter saying to vote, she must prove she\'s a U.S. citizen<br>* She and others like her have been flagged for mismatched information<br>* Experts say lists of people with mismatches are being purged from voter rolls<br>* Cases like Berry\'s raise fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.su...</a><br><br>ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card in her wallet.<br><br>But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.<br><br>"This office has received notification from the state of Georgia indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote," a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.<br><br>But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and a birth certificate to prove it. VideoWatch some of the concerns of voting experts »<br><br>The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.<br><br>"It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send me my birth certificate, and then I was like, \'It\'s too late, apparently,\' " Berry said.<br><br>Berry is one of more than 50,000 registered Georgia voters who have been "flagged" because of a computer mismatch in their personal identification information. At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove eligibility to vote.<br><br>Experts say lists of people with mismatches are often systematically cut, or "purged," from voter rolls.<br><br>It\'s a scenario that\'s being repeated all across the country, with cases like Berry\'s raising fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states.<br><br>"What most people don\'t know is that every year, elections officials strike millions of names from the voter rolls using processes that are secret, prone to error and vulnerable to manipulation," said Wendy Weiser, an elections expert with New York University\'s Brennan Center for Justice.<br><br>"That means that lots and lots of eligible voters could get knocked off the voter rolls without any notice and, in many cases, without any opportunity to correct it before Election Day."</i></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327303" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327303" class="dsq-comment-message">I talked about that case on <a href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com/2008/10/cheris-morning-roundup-radio-show_27.html" rel="nofollow">my show</a> this morning.  <br><br>On a personal note, I found out that I am not showing up on the registration rolls, although my husband who registered at the same time is.  Luckily I live in WI and can register at the polls on Election Day.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326837">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326837" class="dsq-comment-message">Republicans hire mercenaries for ground war against Barack Obama<br><br>Two women walk out of John McCain’s Mid-West headquarters carrying a pile of voter canvassing sheets, one sports a baseball hat declaring her a “team leader” of the Republican campaign. And both are black — an unusual sight in an election where Barack Obama’s support among African Americans is almost monolithic. <br><br>Are they volunteers? They look at each other sheepishly. “Not exactly,” replies one. “We work for an employment agency,” says the other. Who are they voting for? “I don’t want to say,” says the first woman. “Obama — of course!” whispers the braver of the pair. <br><br>They laugh, then look over their shoulders at the office behind them. “Don’t give him your name, he’ll put it in the paper,” says the cautious one, explaining that they cannot afford to lose their $10-an-hour (£6) jobs. “This is embarrassing. We’re doing this because we have to live. At least none of our friends can see us. We’re from Chicago — like Obama.” <br><br>Republicans have had to hire mercenaries for this ground war. And, if the experience outside the McCain headquarters was any guide, they may not all be shooting in the same direction. <br><br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5019585.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326967" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326967" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327120">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327120" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   OH!    OH!  At one time in his speech in Canton, OH.,  Mr. Obama stopped his "campaign - SPEAK" and went ta <b>PREACHIN\'!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br><b>PREACH!    PREACHA!!!</b>    **I\'m STANDING!!!   I\'m APPLAUDING!!!**  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Whooooo!   Hooooo!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!   TRUST<br><br>He\'s doin\' it AGAIN!!   <b>HOPE!!!   IFFFFF WE. . . .</b><br><br>LAWD HA\'MERCY!!!   <b>FIRED UP!!  READY TO GO!!  YES WE CAN!!!!</b><br><br>BACK ON MY FEET!  WILDLY APPLAUDING!!  DOIN\' THE "HAPPY DANCE"!!<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327452" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327452" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama just blew the roof off the auditorium in Canton, Ohio.<br><br>His closing argument was convincing, passionate, inspirational and, dare I say it, angry.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3327492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327492">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327492" class="dsq-comment-message">Hehe...yeah.   I caught most of it.   How many people were there?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327634" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327634" class="dsq-comment-message">It was indoors. I haven\'t seen an estimate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328036">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328036" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved it!<br><br>While McCain is whining about "socialism" and other straw man points, Obama was laying out his plans for the country.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328197">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328197" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it.  Wow!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328778">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328778" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig I was on my feet cheering during certain portions of the speech.  <br><br>He was pissed off on our behalf.  I really believe he has our back.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327510">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327510" class="dsq-comment-message">In Case You Weren\'t Scared Enough: Palin on "Fruit Fly Research"<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-palmer-and-rob-pringle/in-case-you-werent-scared_b_138089.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-palmer-and-r...</a><br><blockquote><i>Listen to the tone of her voice as she sneers the words "fruit fly research." Check out the disdain and incredulity on her face. How would science, basic or applied, fare under President Palin?<br><br>We have other questions. Who wrote this speech? Was he or she as ignorant as Palin about the central role that fruit flies have played in the last century of biomedical research? Or was this a calculated slight to science and scientists -- a coded way of saying, "We don\'t care what you know or what you think"? We find it odd that, of all the examples of dubious expenditures of public funds, the speechwriters alighted on this one.<br><br>Whatever the explanation, it scares us. Everyone who has suffered, either personally or indirectly, from an inherited illness, and anyone whose life has been lengthened or enriched by modern medicine, should channel Palin\'s flip comment when they stand in the voting booth on November 4th. </i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327803">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327803" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  GOOD POST!<br><br>Look how these 2 THEMES KEEP COMING UP:<br><br>1.  The <b>SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC ATTITUDE of The UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br>2.  "WHO WROTE THAT SPEECH??"<br><br>She\'s been scoped out!   We see her!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328914">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328914" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing.  Annnd, did ya see the words "THINK PROGRESS" in the upper right corner behind this idiot on the video?  WTF?  It\'s laughable!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328751">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328751" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker - I saw that when she did the speech.  What I thought was -- how ignorant is this woman to say she will be leading the effort on shaping policies on special needs but she does not recognize the value of science and clearly knows absolutely nothing about the values of fruit flies being used in multiple types of research?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329104">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329104" class="dsq-comment-message">With what I\'ve been reading...it could be someone who wrote that speech sabotaging her.   If so, they\'re highlighting the fact she reads off the prompter and  doesn\'t know much about the special needs issue, \'cause if she did...she\'d have struck that line from the speech.   Hehehe...it\'s kinda funny.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3327604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327604">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327604" class="dsq-comment-message">Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/confusing-north-carolina_b_138073.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/conf...</a><br><blockquote><i>A Duke University researcher estimated that more than 90,000 people who voted in North Carolina inexplicably did not cast a vote for president. That\'s 60,000 to 70,000 more than researchers would expect.<br><br>"One way to measure the impact of ballot design on voter confusion is the Residual Vote Rate. That\'s the difference between the number of ballots cast and the number of valid votes for president cast," said David C. Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In the last two presidential elections, the number of lost votes for president was "about twice as high in North Carolina as the national average," Kimball told OffTheBus.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327661" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327661" class="dsq-comment-message">So I\'m watching McCain and Cindy right now, and why am I smiling?  I\'m smiling b/c I only have to look at Cindy for 8 more days.  Hallelujah!  Just eight more days of Cindy McCain and then she\'ll be a wikipedia entry, Amen.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3327727">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327727" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb:  RAOTFL!!!  :&gt;)        AMAN!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3327933" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3327933" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3327933" class="dsq-comment-message">LoL, I\'m serious. <br><br>A week from tomorrow I\'m going to be "so toe-up" drunk--I personally recommend Moet Chandon Riche for the true believers.<br><br>...then on Wednesday morning I\'m going to do what the NAACP attempted to do with the "N"-word:  I\'m going to have a ceremonial funeral for the Republican Party in my backyard.  <br><br>That party has led a full-rich life.  Isn\'t it ironic that the Party founded by Lincoln will be buried by another state senator from Illinois?  <br><br>The Republican Party has come full circle and now it\'s time for to be forever divided:  the economic conservatives vs. the social conservatives...the tax cutters vs. the Jesus freaks...the Romneys vs. the Huckabees...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328974">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328974" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb:  I hear you!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328633" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328633">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328633" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Panel Blocks Georgia Voter Checks<br><br>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<br>Published: October 27, 2008<br><br>Filed at 2:21 p.m. ET<br><br>ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal judges have ordered Georgia elections officials to stop using Social Security numbers and driver\'s licenses to check voters\' immigration status until the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to approve the process.<br><br>Georgia is one of several states that needs federal approval before changing election policy because of a history of discriminatory voting practices.<br><br>The three-judge panel\'s 27-page ruling Monday orders Georgia officials to make \'\'diligent and immediate\'\' efforts to notify voters who have been flagged as ineligible.<br><br>It also blocks the state from removing flagged names from voter lists unless voters say in writing that they are ineligible. </i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329181" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329181" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329181" class="dsq-comment-message">So I wonder if this means that the people who were wrongly removed can vote now?  <br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html?eref=rss_topstories" rel="nofollow">Some voters \'purged\' from voter rolls </a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329898" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329898">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329898" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>So I wonder if this means that the people who were wrongly removed can vote now? </i><br><br>Cheri, I would like to know this as well and hope someone posts an answer.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328641">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328641" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>The Christian Right Killed the Republican Party</b><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-devin/the-christian-right-kille_b_137946.html%3Cblockquote%3E%3Ci%3EWhile" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-devin/the-ch...</a> Bush railed about the axis of evil, there was another axis that gathered steam during the Reagan years. The Moral Majority, Focus on the Family, and The Christian Coalition were all formed within years of each other as religiopolitical groups. Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, and Pat Robertson, the respective leaders of these movements, formed a triad that sought to influence politics through a gospel of neo-conservative Christian rhetoric aimed at millions of faithful adherents whose votes, it was hoped, could swing the socio-political pendulum away from progress and back to "traditional values."<br><br>In order to win the votes of the triad\'s faithful followers, Republican politicians bartered themselves into a hear-no-wrong, see-no-wrong trade-off. This trade-off allowed Falwell to hold sway with politicians, and appear as a respected political pundit on right-wing shows, even after outlandishly insisting that the purple Tinky Winky children\'s character was gay, or that the anti-Christ was coming in the form of a Jew. He could promote the idea of ending the public school system in favor of church-run schools, as he did in his book, America Can Be Saved, yet still wield considerable influence in Washington.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328755" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3328755" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328755" class="dsq-comment-message">Contributed? Yeah.<br><br>Were they the sole cause of the impending death? Don\'t think so. You could argue that the GOP\'s failure to reach out to the actual composition of America had a bigger effect in the downward spiral. Or something as simple as inability to package a message that people would actually <i>want</i> to listen to.<br><br>There\'s nothing wrong with the religious right....until they forget that Jesus helped the "least of these" instead of condemning them to hell.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328990" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328990">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328990" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m at work.  Is this being aired on the networks?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329893">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329893" class="dsq-comment-message">At least Palin is stimulating the economy<br>RNC paid $900 for a spray-on tan for Sarah Palin, too.<br><a href="http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/24/rnc-paid-for-a-spray-on-tan-for-sarah-palin-too/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/24/rnc-p...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330103">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330103" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330536">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330536" class="dsq-comment-message">Not. The. Spray. On. Tan.<br><br>Why does Sarah Palin hate herself?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330027">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330027" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Gotta bounce in a minute.  BUT, this caught my eye:<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/tavis-smiley-vows-to-hold-obama-accountable/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/tav...</a><br><b>Tavis Smiley vows to hold Obama accountable</b><br><br>October 27, 2008 · Print This Article<br>Staff Reporter, The Daily Voice<br><br>My FIRST THOUGHT  -   <b>SHUT UP - TAVIS!!  NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK!</b><br>But, I have to modify that thought,  his SPONSORS LOVE his "UNCLE TOM-ism!"<br><br><br><br>BREAKING NEWS:   <b>STEVENS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330087">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330087" class="dsq-comment-message">Greenlady - don\'t nobody give a f**k about Tavis Uncle Tom Smiley</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330356">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330356" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign!  Bam!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330864">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330864" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Virtual \'DAP\'!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330845">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330845" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  Got that right!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3330156" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330156" class="dsq-comment-message">Tavis Smiley holding Obama accountable is like the sound of a tree falling in a forest.  Does it make a sound if no one is there to hear it???<br><br>Tavis got DELETED from my scheduled TIVO/DVR recordings months ago.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330836">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330836" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb:   LOL!!  Good one!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330308">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330308" class="dsq-comment-message">Tavis is merely revealing his new hustle.  Since he can\'t be seen as The Go-To Guy for Black America or the Kingmaker, he\'s just angling to be the "The Black Critic of Obama."  And trust, there will be a market for anti-Obama black people should Obama become President.  Tavis is just getting his hustle on.  When you see him on Bill O\'Reilly\'s show or chatting it up with Greta von Sustern, don\'t be surprised.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330759">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330759" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yes.  The race hustlers have to re-tool their game.  The Black conservative hustlers and the Black liberal hustlers will come together and form an Anti-Obama brigade.  The black left  will make the argument that Obama responsible for responding and speaking on all police shooting, all black on black crime, in short all the shortcoming of "Black America.  The black right  will continue the racist speaking points of the far right i.e the spread of socialism, the expanding of the welfare and affirmative action culture, his otherness and the promotion of black unrest/social deviance.  <br><br>Just because Obama becomes president does not mean that the race hustlers found a new line of work.<br><br>They will hold Obama accountable in a way that they don\'t even hold their local officials accountable.<br><br>Talk about being addicted to haterade.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330808">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330808" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Co-sign.   True dat on all your points!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330856">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330856" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill O\'Reilly to Tavis -- "explain the reason why a mob broke into your home and doused you in a bathtub filled with bleach and when exactly was your black card was revoked?"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330949">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330949" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL....Tavis "announcing" he will hold Obama...errr ....."accountable" is proof of his true motives...he\'s so transparent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332639">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332639" class="dsq-comment-message">Does he know who Harold Ford is? It\'s the way of the world someone has to be a house negro.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330668">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330668" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  O.K. I will attempt to conclude my RANT.  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Thank you to all replyers.  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Here\'s "Uncle Tom\'s - OOPS!  Tavis\' ONLY comment on the <b>UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br><i>Asked about Senator John McCain\'s running mate, Smiley said "Sarah Palin has not been asked anything about diversity or inclusion," which he said was unacceptable in a multicultural, multi-ethnic America.</i><br><br>WHAT???  She actually tried to raise the issue of DIVERSITY by saying how her husband was half - Native Alaskan. HAH!!  And that the population of Alaska was DIVERSE.  So I went on a hunt and found the following:   <i>~75% WHITE</i>;  <b>~4.4% BLACK! </b>  ~3.4% HISPANIC!  Ummmmmm- DIVERSE????<br><br>BUT, while "THEY" couldn\'t speak about this topic, THEY "resurrected" the billary\'s playbook and <b>USED RACISM</b> in their campaign!!  EVIL COWARDS!!!<br><br>THEY LACK MORALS as well as GRAY MATTER!!!<br><br>So, my LAST THOUGHT  -  <b>SHUT UP TAVIS!!  NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'-08!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330054">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330054" class="dsq-comment-message">Ted Stevens Sen. for Alaska GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!<br>One step closer to the road to 60</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330056" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3330056" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330056" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330056" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Ted Stevens AK(R) Found GUILTY!!!<br><br>Filibuster-Proof 60 City Here We Come!!!<br></b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331240" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331240">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331240" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331240" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah baby!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330078">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330078" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>STEVENS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!</b>  Whoooo!  Whooo!<br><br>Another NAIL in the <b>UN-VETTED ONE\'s</b> coffin!!!  Whooo!  Hoo!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330411">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330411" class="dsq-comment-message">AP NEWS ALERT:  SKIN-HEADS PLOTTING AGAINST Mr. Obama!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330435" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330435">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330435" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330435" class="dsq-comment-message">lol we both heard it at the same time.  Good looking out GreenLady</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330730">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330730" class="dsq-comment-message">VaL:  SHARING!! O.K.?   U 2 and Town!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  WE ARE FAMILY!!  :&gt;)  You\'ve already seen the VIDEO!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330813">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330813" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t seen the video but I can pretty much guarantee both of those dudes look like broke down Joe the Plumber lookalikes, probably in their 20s and 30s, in and out of jail, illiterate, shifless, toothless lazy bums who blame everyone else for their being epic fails in life.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330891">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330891" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330891" class="dsq-comment-message">PWT who blame blacks for their failure in life!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331136">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331136" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  I\'m just sharing. . . . <br><br>Is this what you were talking about???<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPWGN5gJ4M&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=picture+of+a+hillbilly&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3RNFA_" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPWGN5gJ4M&eurl...</a><br><b>Hillbilly  -Red Neck Pictures</b><br><br>Remember -  I didn\'t create this.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332503" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332503" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332503">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332503" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332503" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean Joe Dirt?<br><br><a href="http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-logi&va=joe+dirt&sz=" rel="nofollow">http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_a...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330413" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330413" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330413">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330413" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330413" class="dsq-comment-message">AP just reported asassination plot against Barack and 100 African American people.<br><br>On MSNBC</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330617">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330617" class="dsq-comment-message">Get back Satan.....you can\'t stop us.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330970">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330970" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen to that Miranda</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330515">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330515" class="dsq-comment-message">BREAKING NEWS:  The ATF disrupted a plot to kill Obama and 102 black people in Tennesse and Arkansas.  No link because it\'s just breaking.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330546" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330546">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330546" class="dsq-comment-message">link to assassination plot story<br><br><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKINHEAD_PLOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-10-27-16-23-21" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKINHEAD...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331080">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331080" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331080" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the link, Val!<br><br>The McCain/Palin rallies create the breeding grounds for this kind of hate!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330739">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330739" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately this is not a joke....<br><br><a href ="http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1111" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com Files Obama Mask As A Terrorist Costume</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331178" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331178">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331178" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is the cat that McCain / Palin have let out the bag with their racist crowds.. <br><br><b> Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted</B><br><br><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsCEnrVzDQoU5tg63njLNy0UTDNAD9432D881" rel="nofollow">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsCEnrVzDQoU...</a><br><br><a href="http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9246424" rel="nofollow">http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9246424</a></b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331192">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331192" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry for the duplicate post</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331187" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331187">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331187" class="dsq-comment-message">T. Smiley:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9QYkkxyVQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9QYkkxyVQ</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331375" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331375">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331375" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331375" class="dsq-comment-message">lol!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331520">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331520" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I have to lOl to keep from crying.  I just want to scream at all these negroes who dance and shuck for masa!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332221" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332221">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332221" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332221" class="dsq-comment-message">You are so wrong for that spirit_55z<br><br>....and yet so right</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332954">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332954" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332954" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO!<br><br>You nailed it spirit</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331205" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331205">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331205" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331205" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting story on Obama\'s biography.<br><br>Barack Obama\'s Irish Family Tree Traced Back to the 17th Century, Shedding Light on Earliest Known Relatives<br><a href="http://www.irishorigins.com/Obama.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishorigins.com/Obama.htm</a><br><br>We were able to trace back Obama\'s irish roots from a reference in the records at <a href="http://www.irishorigins.com" rel="nofollow">www.irishorigins.com</a> to a property occupied by his great-great-great-grandmother in 1851.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331295">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331295" class="dsq-comment-message">Eyes and Ears: Beehive Hairdos, Gas Station Discounts, Bob Barr, And Drive-By Insults<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus-reporter/eyes-and-ears-beehive-hai_b_137619.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus-repor...</a><br><blockquote><i>Saturday I went to a meeting of the Marion County Democrats. The field organizer, Nick Waller from Virginia, is an upbeat hard working young man who is always on-time and prepared. But this time he was late. Shelia, our local party secretary explained that he had met an elderly woman while door knocking in the rain. Her roof was leaking and she had put plastic out in every room in her house to catch the drips. Nick was late because he\'d organized a crew of volunteers to replace her roof. How\'s that for Obama spirit?<br>-Cathy Haustein, Iowa</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331884" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331884">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331884" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:<b>HEAD BOW and PRAYERS for the HUDSON FAMILY</b>  The body WAS identified as that of the nephew.  <b>REST IN PEACE SWEET ANGEL.</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331903">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331903" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh no!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332224" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332224">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332224" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332224" class="dsq-comment-message">Prayers to the family during this horrific time of great loss! May God give them everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332387" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332387">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332387" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332387" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know why this has hit me so hard. I was a fan of J-Hud ,as we called her on Idol. I have been astounded by her vocals and teared up when she sang in Dreamgirls. I watched her with the press and marveled at her graciousness.<br><br>I, along with most of you, felt so proud and happy for her to sing in Denver. I know her heart is broken, her family has been slaughtered and the steady hand that would help her through this is her own dear dead mother. <br><br>I think the news today, further pained her and I just can offer mere words to her and her loved ones.<br><br>This is just so heart breaking</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332948" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332948">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332948" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332948" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I don\'t know why this has hit me so hard.</i><br><br>Because you have compassion for the pain this family is going through! The family is going through pain & grief that is beyond description. We are moved by it.  So we cry out to God to help ease their hurt!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3333415" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3333415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333415">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3333415" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333415" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the kind words. I guess I worry about caring too much for a celebrity, but I am not. I am caring for a fellow human being and devastation she and her loved ones feel.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332550" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332550">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332550" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332550" class="dsq-comment-message">I cannot imagine what she and her sister is going through right now. <br><br>I can only pray that God step in to help them through this difficult time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332375">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332375" class="dsq-comment-message">Dozens Of Call Center Workers Quit Over McCain Attacks<br><br>At least three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/dozens-of-call-center-wor_n_138329.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/dozens...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332473">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332473" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  Shows us that SOME people have a MORAL COMPASS!!  Thank you.  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332389">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332389" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>I\'m SORRY to report this.</b>  <br><br><a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/body-found-after-search-for-jennifer-hudsons-nephew/14645" rel="nofollow">http://omg.yahoo.com/news/body-found-after-sear...</a><br><b>RE:  Jennifer Hudson\'s Nephew  - Little Julian King.</b><br><br><b>  GOD BLESS THE HUDSON FAMILY.</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw&feat...</a><br><b>AMAZING GRACE</b>  by Mahalia Jackson<br><br>GOD GRANT HIS GRACE AND COURAGE TO THE HUDSON FAMILY.  AMEN.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332638">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332638" class="dsq-comment-message">I read on another site, that Jennifer is the one who identified the body. It must have been too much for his dear mother. <br><br>This is just heart breaking, Thank you for Mahalia, she is a comfort.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332525">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332525" class="dsq-comment-message">Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Obama citizenship<br>The Associated Press<br><br>Sat, Oct 25, 2008 (3:42 p.m.)<br><br>A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Barack Obama\'s qualifications to be president.<br><br>U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick on Friday night rejected the suit by attorney Philip J. Berg, who alleged that Obama was not a U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible for the presidency. Berg claimed that Obama is either a citizen of his father\'s native Kenya or became a citizen of Indonesia after he moved there as a boy.<br><br>Obama was born in Hawaii to an American mother and a Kenyan father. His parents divorced and his mother married an Indonesian man.<br><br>Internet-fueled conspiracy theories question whether Obama is a "natural-born citizen" as required by the Constitution for a presidential candidate and whether he lost his citizenship while living abroad.<br><br>Surrick ruled that Berg lacked standing to bring the case, saying any harm from an allegedly ineligible candidate was "too vague and its effects too attenuated to confer standing on any and all voters."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333093">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333093" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder what the neo-con numbnuts will fall back on now.....the Ayers, Rezko connections didn\'t hold water, this lunatic lawsuit was tossed, I guess they have to hammer home Obama\'s secret mission to turn America into 1950s Russia.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332580">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332580" class="dsq-comment-message">the Republican Party is making excuses for their failures in the current election. Ever notice how the so-called "thinker" compotent of the party of ideas never recognizes the s@#$ they run w/. Read the Whole thing:<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102601764.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332693">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332693" class="dsq-comment-message">Hehe...I just saw a teaser commercial for Morning Joe tomorrow. <br><br>Spike Lee will be on. Say what? I might have to tune in.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3333438" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333438" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting! Thanks for this update. I may have to set the DVR....!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3332721" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332721" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Polls 10.27<br><br>Arizona Rasmussen McCain 51, Obama 46 McCain +5<br>California Rasmussen Obama 61, McCain 34 Obama +27<br>Connecticut Hartford Courant Obama 56, McCain 31 Obama +25<br>Florida Reuters/Zogby Obama 47, McCain 47 Tie<br>Indiana Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 44 McCain +6<br>Iowa Marist Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>Mississippi Press Register McCain 46, Obama 33 McCain +13<br>Missouri SurveyUSA Obama 48, McCain 48 Tie<br>Missouri Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 46 Obama +2<br>Nevada Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>New Hampshire Marist Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>North Carolina PPP (D) Obama 49, McCain 48 Obama +1<br>North Carolina Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Ohio Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>Oregon SurveyUSA Obama 57, McCain 38 Obama +19<br>Pennsylvania Temple Univ. Obama 50, McCain 41 Obama +9<br>Virginia SurveyUSA Obama 52, McCain 43 Obama +9<br>Virginia Reuters/Zogby Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>Virginia Washington Post Obama 52, McCain 44 Obama +8<br>Virginia VCU Obama 51, McCain 40 Obama +11<br>Washington The Washington Poll Obama 55, McCain 34 Obama +21<br>West Virginia Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 40 McCain +10<br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>National Gallup Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332757">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332757" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  RE:  The skinheads:<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/atf-disrupts-skinhead-plot-to-assassinate-obama/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/atf...</a><br><b>ATF Disrupts Skinhead Plot To Assassinate Obama</b><br><br><br><i>ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama<br><br>October 27, 2008 · Print This Article<br><br>Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.<br><br>In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads. Agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by name.<br><br>Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.<br><br>The men also sought to go on a national killing spree, with Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated Press.<br><br>“They said that would be their last, final act — that they would attempt to kill Sen. Obama,” Cavanaugh said. “They didn’t believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying.”</i><br><br>LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP<br><br><br>I was going to say "Back to the  whatever."   BUT, actually, the "beat has NEVER STOPPED!!"<br><br>Whew!  Disgusted Deep Breaths!! <br><br>McAncient/The UN-VETTED ONE  -   look at the ENVIRONMENT that YOU ENHANCED!!!<br><br>AND YOU STILL SLEEP AT NIGHT and LIVE IN YOUR SKIN!!  ARRRGGGG!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333340">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333340" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard it was an 18 year old & 20 year old!  So young to have that much hate in them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332817">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332817" class="dsq-comment-message">Eight-year-old shoots self with Uzi, dies<br><br>WESTFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/27/boy.shoots.himself.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/27/boy.shoots.him...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333060">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333060" class="dsq-comment-message">I read this earlier today. This is just such a tragically ironic incident. A child accidentally shoots himself at a gunshow, under supervision deemed "safe" for all. I know there is a lesson to be learned on so many fronts with this. Regardless of why, how, I feel for this child\'s parents. I really do.....Lord watch over them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3333319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333319">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333319" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s so sad. I feel for the parents as well. Prayers to them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333467">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333467" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  How SAD!  <b>GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY. </b>  <b>REST IN PEACE LITTLE ONE!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMrtj2HuRA&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMrtj2HuRA&feat...</a><br><b>AMAZING GRACE  - Yolanda Adams</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332883">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332883" class="dsq-comment-message"><B>40  Walk-Out McCain Robo-Call Center In Disgust!!!</B><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/181351/56/762/644026" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/181351...</a><br><br> Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.<br><br>Williams\' daughter told her that up to 40 of her co-workers had refused to read the script, and had left the call center after supervisors told them that they would have to either read the call or leave, Williams says.<br><br> "They walked out," Williams says of her daughter and her co-workers, adding that they weren\'t fired but willingly sacrificed pay rather than read the lines. "They were told [by supervisors], `If you all leave, you\'re not gonna get paid for the rest of the day."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333817">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333817" class="dsq-comment-message">Suprk:  They just got up, PICKED UP THEIR MORAL COMPASS and walked out!!!!<br><br>GOOD FOR THEM!  THEY wanted to SLEEP  in their SKIN 2-night!!  THEY will!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332899" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332899">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332899" class="dsq-comment-message">Cafferty asks:  What could change your pick for President.<br><br>Read the comments JJP.  I loved it.<br><br><a href="http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/what-could-change-your-pick-for-president/" rel="nofollow">http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/wh...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333711">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333711" class="dsq-comment-message">Leza writes:<br>Let me see… ummmm…<br>NOTHING!!! I could not ever bring myself to vote for “an old dude playing checkers with Death” and “a bubble-headed mystery to herself and the world”.<br><br>hahahahahahhaahaha!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333012">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333012" class="dsq-comment-message">New GOP talking point - McCain is losing because Obama is buying the election.  His message is being drowned out by Obama because Obama is drowning him out with too many ads.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333021">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3333021" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333021" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3333078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3333078" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3333078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333078" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s not new.<br><br>Clinton said it too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333215">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3333215" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333215" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.........he\'s got a better reach than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333278">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333278" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama campaign continues to pushback on FoxNews:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-orton/obama-continues-fox-news_b_138328.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-orton/obama-...</a><br><br>No one on the corner got swagger like Barack.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333486">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333486" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda! That\'s my jam!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333602">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333602" class="dsq-comment-message">As soon as I heard it I thought about Obama!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3333385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333385">angee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333385" class="dsq-comment-message">Va. NAACP sues Gov. Kaine for being unprepared for early elections.<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr/election_suit_virginia_2" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr...</a><br><br>My brother in law in Atlanta stood in line for almost six hours today to vote. Georgia being Georgia with the GOP running everything, its not hard to imagine why there wouldn\'t be enough machines, but damn Virginia? Come on!<br>Va. is a bellwether State with a democratic governor and senator.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333662">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333662" class="dsq-comment-message">Evening Thread is up</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333887">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333887" class="dsq-comment-message">two reasons i love this picture:<br><br>-- barack has a different child\'s hand in both of his own hands<br><br>-- the senior in the picture looks transported back to childhood (look at his facial expression!)<br><br>:-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3334293">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3334293" class="dsq-comment-message">Caligirl,<br><br>Look at the expression of the boy with the glasses....pure unbelieveable awe!<br><br>(Oh God, I\'m actually this close to touching the next president) :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323039" class="dsq-comment-message">Drudge headline this morning:<br><br>2001 Obama: Tragedy that "Redistribution of Wealth\' Not Pursued by Supreme Court<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck</a><br><br>Senator Obama, in a rare moment of candor, all but told "Joe the plumber" that his wealth should be seized in the name of equity. Their personal encounter this past Sunday played out one of the old themes of democratic politics: the appeal to the many to take from the few.<br><br>Now this audio of Senator Obama\'s reflections on, and advocacy of, the redistribution of wealth in this vintage 2001 audio clip reveals his hostility to the constitutional protections of personal property. Based on the audio, one must conclude that Obama has thought long about the subject and seriously about the project. <br><br>The personal income tax, the federal government\'s main source of revenue, is collected overwhelmingly from a relative handful of Americans. Indeed, the most recent IRS data shows that the top 1 percent of filers paid nearly 40 percent of all income taxes. That means the top 1 percent paid about the same as the bottom 95 percent, according to the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group. The bottom 50 percent paid just 3 percent.<br><br>Given that poorer citizens always outnumber the rich, political philosophers have long worried that government based on majority rule could lead to organized theft from the wealthy by the democratic masses. "If the majority distributes among itself the things of a minority, it is evident that it will destroy the city," Aristotle warned.<br><br>The Founders of the United States shared Aristotle\'s worry. Up through their time, history had shown all known democracies to be, as James Madison put it, "incompatible with personal security or the rights of property." Madison and others therefore made it a "first object of government" to protect personal property from unjust confiscation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323134">teddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323134" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how people always trot out this statistic - 1% pays 40% of taxes - without discussing the corollary statistic: the top 1% owns 40% of the financial wealth (as of 2001).  The next 19% owns 51.5%.  That means that the bottom 80% of the population owns just 8.8% of financial wealth.  [for an example of this analysis see <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html%5D" rel="nofollow">http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power...</a>.  Care to discuss that!?!  When viewed in this light, the tax code is still woefully unfair to the 80%, since the top 20% receive much of their taxes back in the form of corporate tax credits, since they are the primary owners of those corporations.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323277">AM2k6</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323277" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahhhh My wife just woke me up to let me know that all over our main road here in Central New Jersey, somebody has posted a bunch of racist homemade signs: "Obama is a Marxist Terrorist that wants to kill you and steal your money." "Obama, Osama, and Bill Ayers." "Obama will destroy America."  "You can put lipstick on a marxist...." And it\'s just monday morning.  Eight days to go.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323540">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323540" class="dsq-comment-message">After the Ashley Todd mutilation attack, you\'re still listening to Drudge?  When will you Rethugs ever learn.<br><br>Here\'s some good info to help you understand what Bush economics has done to this country---and what John McCain wishes to continue.  BTW, Bush also told us "the fundamentals of the economy are strong in 2007....does it sound familiar?<br><br>From the Center for Economic Policy and Research:<br><br>In the American Prospect-- February 25, 2008 <br><br><br>Last summer, President Bush told the American people that "the American economy is the envy of the world." He continued, "The fundamentals of our economy are strong. ... Job creation is strong. Real after-tax wages are on the rise. Inflation is low." None of this was exactly true then, but it is certainly not true now. When President Bush signed the stimulus package he finally acknowledged what the rest of us already knew: The economy is in real trouble. The collapse of the housing bubble is throwing the economy into a recession, and quite possibly a very severe recession. For most workers this means that the economic situation is about to go from bad to worse.<br><br>At the most basic level, contrary to the myth, growth has actually been very weak under President Bush. Here is the ranking of growth by presidential administrations since 1960:<br><br><br>Kennedy-Johnson: 5.2% <br>Clinton: 3.6% <br>Reagan: 3.4% <br>Carter: 3.4% <br>Nixon-Ford: 2.7% <br>Bush II: 2.6% <br>Bush I: 1.9%<br><br><br>President Bush only manages to beat out his father, and even this distinction may not hold when the final numbers are in. These data only run through the third quarter of 2007. If we fall into a recession and Bush ends his term with five quarters of near-zero growth, then Bush II could even fall behind Bush I in the growth category.<br><br>But growth is only a small part of the story. As has been widely publicized, the Bush-era deficits reversed the effects of the deficit reduction from the Clinton years. We will almost certainly end the Bush years with a higher debt-to-gross domestic product ratio than we had at the start of the Clinton presidency.<br><br>Perhaps more important, the ratio of foreign debt to GDP has soared in the Bush years. By the end of the Bush presidency, we will likely have added more than $1.5 trillion (more than 10 percent of GDP) to our foreign indebtedness. This is the result of the massive trade deficits of the Bush years.<br><br>Growth and debt are, of course, abstractions for most people. What matters to the vast majority of families is what they take home in their paychecks, their job security, their health care, and their pensions. On these fronts, the Bush legacy is also one of miserable failure. Going into this year, the average hourly wage was about 3 percent higher than it was when Bush took office in 2001. This modest growth is entirely attributable to the wage momentum coming out of the late 1990s boom. Adjusted for inflation, wages have been flat since 2003. In recent months they have headed downward as energy- and food-price increases outstripped wage growth. Wage growth may still end up positive for the Bush years as a whole, but the gain will be so small that most workers will not notice it.<br><br>Job growth has been abysmal in the Bush years, averaging less than 900,000 jobs a year, compared to more than 2.5 million jobs a year during the Clinton administration. As a result, millions of young and middle-aged people have simply stopped looking for work and dropped out of the labor market.<br><br>Health-care coverage has become increasingly precarious as millions of people have lost coverage and tens of millions of workers find that they must pay much more for their health care, either in premiums, co-payments, or deductibles. Similarly, pension coverage (including 401(k) type plans) was falling sharply even before the onset of the recession. My colleague found that the percentage of workers in "good jobs"—jobs that pay at least $17 an hour, provide health insurance and pension coverage—had fallen by 2.3 percentage points under President Bush, and that was before the recession. Needless to say, job prospects for workers will look much worse by the end of the president\'s term.<br><br>But President Bush did not take any steps to seriously counteract these real economic problems. His strategy was to give out tax breaks that heavily favored the richest people in the country. He also gave business, including the energy companies, the defense contractors, the drug companies, the insurance companies, and the financial industry, everything they wanted from the government, at the public\'s expense.<br><br>However, the massive handouts to the rich and the corporate lobbies didn\'t produce growth. For this, President Bush needed the housing bubble. The unprecedented run-up in house prices produced a record construction boom. More important, the $8 trillion housing bubble led to a consumption boom as people eagerly borrowed against their new housing wealth, sending the saving rate to zero.<br><br>While President Bush likes to pretend that the crash of the housing-market bubble is a surprise event, like a hurricane, for which we could not have possibly prepared, the reality is that it was an entirely predictable event, which was in fact predicted. President Bush\'s decision to ignore the growth of the housing bubble and the madness in the mortgage market was one of the most disastrous economic mistakes in the country\'s history.<br><br>The meltdown of the housing market has already led to record rates of foreclosures and multibillion-dollar write-downs at the country\'s leading financial institutions. But this is just the beginning. The current double-digit rate of house-price decline will destroy between $2 trillion and $4 trillion in additional housing wealth over the course of the year. In short, it looks like President Bush will go out with a real bang.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323846" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is NOT Bush.<br><br>McCain is MODERATE. Obama is NOT.<br><br>Obama is being exposed as the hard-left Democrat that favors the \'redistribution of wealth\', bigger government and higher taxes.<br><br>Voters are being asked, in the midst of two wars,  to elect a man with no foreign policy or military experience, who, by his own running mates admission, will invite a new international crisis.<br><br>In uncertain and anxious times, more Americans will see McCain as an acceptable alternative to Obama.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3323878" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323878" class="dsq-comment-message">You a hard-left lie...  I\'m hard-left and Obama ain\'t nowhere near me.  As far as Democrats are concerned, Obama is damn near hard-right compared with Dennis Kucinich.  So WTF are you talking about?<br><br>STOP LYING!!!   Lying means you\'re desperate.<br><br>And you can take that <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003895" rel="nofollow">BIG GOVERNMENT</a> bs and stick it up your and Prez. Bush\'s azz.  That, or take this pimp slappin\' like the fishnet wearing skank you are.<br><br>How the hell are you going to talk about <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/14/AR2005081400905.html" rel="nofollow">BIG GOVERNMENT</a> when that\'s what we\'ve had with Republican rule?  <br><br>You\'re a stupid mf...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326008" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326008" class="dsq-comment-message">CO-SIGN!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324508" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you. I know I have made my point when I get insulted.<br>:-)<br><br>Can we not avoid repeating the mistake of \'one party rule\' and BIG GOVERNMENT by electing McCain to keep the Democrats in check?<br><br>Face it. Most Americans do not want to see the government take their money and give it to others.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324267">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324267" class="dsq-comment-message">Sen. Lindsey Graham, the national co-chair of McCain\'s campaign, summed up the candidate\'s current thinking succinctly during a June interview on ABC\'s "This Week." Host George Stephanopoulos asked Graham how McCain\'s tax and healthcare policy compared to Bush\'s. <br><br>Stephanopoulos: "John McCain is calling for an extension or maybe even an enhancement of the Bush policies?" <br><br>Graham: "Yeah, absolutely." <br><br><br>The most in-depth comparison to date of McCain and Barack Obama\'s tax plans was performed by the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the center-left Brookings Institution and Urban Institute that is nonetheless staffed by both Republicans and Democrats -- co-director Eugene Steuerle was a deputy assistant secretary under Ronald Reagan -- and is known for its methodological rigor. Its 38-page analysis found that McCain\'s proposals would make the tax system even "more regressive" than permanently extending the Bush tax cuts of 2001 to 2006. McCain would accomplish this by following Bush\'s blueprint and then supersizing it: providing "relatively little" tax relief to low- and middle-income earners, while giving "huge tax cuts" to the highest income brackets.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323537">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323537" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Daily Kos Poll, which is literally the most Liberal of all polls in that it gives the most generous proportion (9%) of Democrats than an other poll, has Obama\'s lead down to 8 with McCain surging by 3 points OVERNIGHT.  He\'s taken 2 points from Obama in every racial, age and economic demographic, including a 5 point increase among Latinos.<br><br>What accounts for this?  I don\'t know!  But that\'s the point.  Despite being a frequent visitor hear and loyal Obama supporter, I\'ve been dismissed and called names, including a Hillary shill which is laughable on the face if you\'re read any of my posts during the primaries.  I don\'t think there was anyone more critical of the Clintons when some black folks here were still giving them the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>That aside, I\'m not trying to be a worry wort, alarmist or defeatist, just a realist who knows how these tings turn on the dime.  Yes, I\'ve been critical of Joe Biden b/c I realized his stupid ass remarks had the potential of scaring off skiddish white folks entrusting their security to a black man, and thus changing the trajectory of this race.  However, I never said they couldn\'t fix it.  My complaint was that it wasn\'t being fixed.  <br><br>NO, I don\'t feel the Campaign, specifically Joe Biden, has done enough to capitalize on John McCain\'s erratic performance during the economic crisis.  McCain\'s threat to suspend his Campaign and refuse to debate then capitulating when Obama called his bluff is a point Biden should be hammering every day.  When McCain talks about being tested, Biden\'s response should be, "yes you were and you failed.  Obama made you blink.   The world watched you blink, John.  Rule number one for a President: NEVER make any threats you\'re not willing to follow through on.  Our allies AND our enemies watched you blink, John.  They\'re going to test you, because they\'ve already seen you fail."  Biden has touched on it, but not hammered it.  Hell, it\'s time to play the Palin judgement card.  Biden can use self-depricating humor about his foot in a mouth diseas, but stress that no one can question is ability to bring strength and knowledge to the executive office.  Can McCain.  Pose the question to the American people?  "Do you want someone as tempermental as John McCain with no VP that can assist in any meaningful way running the White House?"<br><br>I\'m not a political expert, so I certainly can\'t pinpoint why McCain is gaining, but he has gained in Zogby, ABC and now DK.  Can we dismiss them and only cherry pick polls like Republicans?  Or identify the problem and fix it.  Could be Biden\'s remarks.  Could be Joe the Plumber.  Could be the socialist charge.  Or a confluence of all of these.  My point was simply to close the loop on as many of these as possible so not to give McCain more rope.  <br><br>If nothing else, the DK poll is reminder to stop prematurely celebrating.  Polls are daily snap shots.  As much as you all may be sick of what you call my dog whistleing, I get sick of Keith Olbermann, Huffington Post, Daily Koss et al celebrating Obama\'s poll surge b/c it only fuels the headline of a McCain comeback when they naturally tighten, as they probably are now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323564">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323564" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, NMP.   Dismissed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323619">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323619" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, you\'ve got one thing right.  You\'re NOT a political expert, so all of this "advice"  you\'re giving to the Obama campaign really don\'t mean a thang.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324053" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324053" class="dsq-comment-message">The national tracking polls demand far too much of your anxiety. Take a look at the polls in the battleground states.<br><br>Even conservative pollsters have Barack up in most of the key ones, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania.<br><br>Missouris is a TIE. Montana is a TIE. North Dakota is a TIE. Indiana is competitive with McCain up by a bit. Same with ARIZONA. West Virginia is still in play. As is GEORGIA.<br><br>Stop tripping, NMP. And learn about the limits of the national tracking polls.<br><br>And I haven\'t seen anybody pop any champagne corks so I don\'t know to what you refer when you speak of premature celebrations.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324957">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324957" class="dsq-comment-message">Take a break from watching the polls.  Vote Obama Nov 4, and give folks a ride to also make sure they get the opportunity to vote.<br><br>All those other points are nothing but noise.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326744">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326744" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP,<br><br>check out <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com" rel="nofollow">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br>it quells my anxieties</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3323691">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323691" class="dsq-comment-message">Could it be that McCain is surging because as voters are looking closer than ever at the consequences of an Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Reid Democrat supermajority?<br><br>Do Americans truly favor the \'redistribution of wealth\'? Higher taxes? Bigger and more intrusive government?<br><br>Are Americans, in the midst of two wars, willing to invite another international crisis as foretold by Joe Biden, by electing a man with who will be perceived by our enemies as weak and malleable?<br><br>Do Americans truly feel comfortable with electing a man about whom we know little, who has avoided scrutiny and tough questions? Will the electorate \'roll over\' and simply accept the narrative put forth by the Democrats and MSM that an Obama victory is \'inevitable\'?<br><br>For months now, Americans have been told to assume that Obama will be our next president. Do Americans truly want to jump on the Obama Bandwagon and concede the election BEFORE all the ballots have been cast?<br>Do Americans</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324198">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324198" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem is, an economic CRISIS has already occurred and is still affecting us.  And one candidate looked erratic and frantic.  He performed so badly that his campaign advisors actually said that if the economy is continually discussed, they will lose. Even the "Financial Times" endorsed Obama.<br><br>John McCain has served his country in the military and Senate.  But, why hasn\'t he released all of his records.  John McCain did what countless others did in Vietnam---and that was serve in their call of duty.  That doesn\'t entitle you to the White House.  And many, many other paid a higher cost than McCain--some never came back.<br><br>John McCain has a history of very serious health problems, including aggressive skin cancer-- melanoma.  Why won\'t he be completely forth coming with his medical history--both mental and physical.  He will be the oldest President to ever be elected to office if he wins---and we need to know his chances of survival, especially after the selection of Sarah Palin.<br><br>Do Americans want to consider the disastrous policies of George Bush?  ecause with John McCain, he proudly promises to continue them.  Even bragging about agreeing with Bush on almost every issue--and voting with him over 90% of the time.  That is why it is so hilarious that McCain criticized Bush profusely the other day, in essence, he was criticizing himself.  And John Mccain had no problem allowing Bush to do fundraisers on his behalf. The majority of former Bush aides are on his campaign; he even hired the same people who smeared him and his family in 2000 to smear Obama today. So much for a maverick.....he\'s a Bush sidekick.<br><br>Obama has always been the underdog.  John McCain has long thought he would run against Hillary Clinton---that is why last year, he laughed when a reporter asked "How do we beat the bitch?"  McCain simply thought his POW story  and biography entitled him to the White House.  He and others never prepared for the movement that has been ignited by Obama.<br><br>What do Americans see now though?  An arrogance from John McCain that propelled him to pick one of the mose unqualified Vice Preseidential candidates in recent history---even staunch conservatives are callin him on that.  John McCain has ran one of the most indecent, race-baiting, and slimy campaigns--even topping his once rival George W. Bush.<br><br>John McCain in 2000 made a prophetic statement about his own campaign:<br><br>"Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don\'t have much of a vision for the future or you\'re not ready to articulate it."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324450">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324450" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie, these are all tired Dem talking points that have been drilled into the elctorate ad nauseum and parroted by the MSM.<br><br>Can you address the effect of Obama\'s \'spread the wealth\' comments to \'Joe the Plumber\' or Biden\'s revelation of a \'generated international crisis\' and the effect that they have had on the race? These are game-changing comments for many voters.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324507">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324507" class="dsq-comment-message">How  are these game-changing moments when even during that timed  period the polls had widened.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324808">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324808" class="dsq-comment-message">Stop it please with the facts and reality ,you know republicans cant handle the truth.For those who still believe in the Bradley effect here is a good read<br>Bradley Effect? Or Elephant Effect? <br><a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/bradley-effect-or-elephant-effect.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/bradley-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324771">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324771" class="dsq-comment-message">S, of all people,  you bring up talking points.  That\'s funny.  I deal with credible articles and facts, and most importantly common sense.  <br><br>NEWSFLASH:<br><br> The U.S. has nationalized some of its banks due to a massive bailout package.   Due to the failed foreign policy of george Bush, with John McCain as his biggest cheerleader,  China and other foreign nations have become our credit card lender...and quite frankly, they own the U.S. right now.<br><br>Why do you keep ignoring the "domestic economic crisis" that John McCain completely looked incompetent in.  Where was his leadership.  Oh, I forgot....one minute the fundamentals were strong....two hours later, we are in the worst economic crisis in a decade.<br><br>Do me a favor though...google Andrew McCain and Silver State bank<br>google George Walker and Jeb Bush and Lehman Brothers<br>google John Mccain and Keating Five<br>google Neil Bush and Savings and Loan Scandal<br><br>Guess what---birds of a feather flock together<br>McCain/Bush and their families share a lot more than you think!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3326106">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326106" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice pick up of the latest McCain talking point, the dangerous \'Obama-Pelosi-Reid\' triumvirate.  You learn fast, I\'ll give ya that. <br><br>As a post that quoted George Will quoted, most Americans do favor a \'redistribution of wealth\' and don\'t know it.  It\'s called a progressive tax system, and most of the time its worked wonderfully for us in funding everything from defense to useful entitlement programs.  It\'s been jeopardized by irresponsible tax cuts to the rich (the smallest segment of our service economy) and also by rampant spending on two wars, one of them quite elective.  Military action in Afghanistan was appropriate, while the war in Iraq was an overreaction to 9/11.    <br><br>As far as people not knowing Barack Obama: That\'s on you, dummy.  Seriously, that\'s the nicest take on that point I can make this late in the game.  America has known of Obama since his headline-making Senate race in 2004 and his address at the 2004 DNC Convention.  He\'s been heartily campaigning for the presidency for almost two years.  His website is quite robust, and so has been his mainstream media coverage.  As that Harold Melvin song <i>doesn\'t</i> say...If you don\'t know him by now, you\'re a dumbass. <br><br>There is nothing from the last eight years of the Bush Administration that the McCain campaign points to as a justification to elect him to office.  Heck, there\'s nothing left from the McCain platform to justify his election to office--so that\'s why they have to paint Obama as green, a socialist, a terrorist sympathizer, an appeaser, a Black radical, a Muslim, and pretty much any mis-characterization that helps John McCain avoid talking about <b>"the issues"</b>--where the polls have shown that McCain has already lost.  <br><br>All that is left for the American people to follow through on their disgust of the calamity of the last eight years and the inanity of the McCain-Palin ticket.  Forget the polls--a healthy survey of early voters of all stripes and of all walks of life tends to convince me they will.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3323897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3323897" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3323897" class="dsq-comment-message">Your beef seems to be the same as that of many Republicans/conservatives...it\'s the <i>campaign</i>, not the <i>candidates</i>, that you have an issue with.<br><br>Of course you can cherry-pick polls; I seriously doubt you\'d see a mention of a Fox or Rasmussen poll here on JJP if Obama were significantly down.<br><br>I think that, come the weekend, the race is going to pull about even. Like S said below, the undecideds are reall starting to question what an Obama presidency will mean for them. The diehards on both sides are in line (more so on the democratic side than the GOP), and they\'re not going to shift at this stage in the game. Run a poll Saturday-or hell, Monday-and the race may be back to a statistical tie.<br><br>You make a point, though: "premature celebration" isn\'t helpful. One, it does work against you when that lead starts to dry up ("why can\'t Obama close the deal?" We\'ve heard <i>that</i> before). Second, it appeals to a certain demographic that doesn\'t take change too well...especially when the "change" comes from someone who doesn\'t exactly look like them (and for everyone else, be warned: a lot of people are going to wake up next Tuesday and remember that they belong to this demographic).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324084">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324084" class="dsq-comment-message">I would say wait and see.  Last weekend, the DKos poll had tightened as well. Last Sunday\'s polling did not even show Powell\'s endorsement having any impact.  Moreover, what is important is the position that Obama is at.  So long he is at least 48% (he has consistently polled at 50% and above) McCain can not make up for it even if the undecideds broke his way.  As for McCain\'s surge that is attributed to Reps coming home and nothing else.  Tightening is to be expected.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324646" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324646" class="dsq-comment-message">Opinion question. Which do you think is more likely:<br><br>1. A bunch of Republicans/conservatives waking up on 11/4, saying "oh, shit" and voting for McCain regardless of what they\'ve said publically, or<br><br>2. A bunch of undecideds waking up on 11/4, saying "oh, shit" and voting for McCain just because they\'re scared?<br><br>No real reason for asking, just curious. I\'m betting on #2.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324710" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324710">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324710" class="dsq-comment-message">The fact that Obama will lose the undecideds is no surprise. McCain is expected to win 70% while Obama wins 30%.  Even at that margin Obama can still win the election.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3325216" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325216">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3325216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325216" class="dsq-comment-message">Or how about Option 3: a bunch of Republicans stay home on 11/4, because while they damn sure ain\'t gonna vote for Obama, they can\'t hold their nose to vote for McCain or the rest of the losing Republicans either?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325706" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325706" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL. <br><br>Or Option 4: those who shouldn\'t vote for McCain, but can\'t hold their nose to vote for Obama.<br><br>BTW, what\'s up with the Times-Dispatch endorsing McCain? Didn\'t expect <i>that</i>.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3325918" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3325918">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325918" class="dsq-comment-message">You didn\'t think the Times Disgrace would endorse OBAMA, did you?  This is the same newspaper that gladly championed Massive Resistance back in the day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3326067" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3326067" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3326067" class="dsq-comment-message">My mom said the same thing, to which I said "yeah, but who didn\'t?"<br><br>Conservative as they try to be, I figured they would adopt the sinking ship meme and endorse Obama.<br><br>I haven\'t seen-and it\'s possible I missed it-the Virginian-Pilot endorse anyone.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332011">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332011" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3324806" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324806">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324806" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324806" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324374">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324374" class="dsq-comment-message">As for McCain\'s surge that is attributed to Reps coming home and nothing else. <br>__________________________________________________________<br><br>I disagree. McCain had pulled even in the polls before the recent economic crisis.<br><br>A large majority of Americans are now part of the \'investor class.\' As they watch their 401k and pension plans shrink, the last thing they want is higher taxes and economic policies that will \'redistribute wealth\' instead of \'creating wealth.\'<br><br>Obama\'s hard-left political philosophy is an anathema to the majority of Americans who strive to achieve their individual interpretation of the \'American Dream.\' His comments to \'Joe the Plumber\' and now this new audio are doing great damage to candidacy.<br><br>Couple this with Biden\'s comments about a \'generated international crisis\' and the MSM already calling the election for Obama, and a possible "Bradley Effect\' and it is easy to see why McCain is surging.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324480" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324480">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324480" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324480" class="dsq-comment-message">I am looking at data and you\'re repeating platitudes to fit your worldview.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324495">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324495" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow D I cant believe you pulled that "Why cant Obama close the deal"?out again.Everyone knew after Virginia in the primaries it was over,only the media and the delusional thought otherwise.Obama has not drop under 50% while McCain cannot get over 45% .</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324664" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324664" class="dsq-comment-message">Had to, to prove the point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324271" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324271" class="dsq-comment-message">Can someone tell me where <a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/10/where-is-dl-hughley-mute-button.html" rel="nofollow">D.L. Hughleys mute button</a> is please?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3324813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3324813" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3324813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324813" class="dsq-comment-message">He is one of the most overrated comedians out there. The minute Hughley and Wayans decided to "shuck and jive" when it came to the whole Don Imus situation, I\'ve put him on my Does Not Matter list. Why on <i>earth</i> he got a CNN show is beyond me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3324940">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3324940" class="dsq-comment-message">I so despise him!  It is unforgiveable what he did to those young women of Rutgers Basketball. He should have been the first coming to the defense of these young ladies, instead he chose to join in with the Imus crowd and belittle young black women. I simply hate him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3325945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3325945" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3325945" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3325945" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328669" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3328669" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328669" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328669" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/27/effigy-palin-hanging-noose-halloween-fun-says-owner/" rel="nofollow">Effigy of Palin Hanging by Noose is Halloween Fun, Owner Says</a><br><br>Now, I\'m not gonna ask anyone to reject/repudiate this. However, a simple question: if this were an Obama effigy...would there be the same (damn near) silence?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329393" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329393" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329393">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329393" class="dsq-comment-message">And btw, D.---are you going to reject/repudiate the hoax of Ashley Todd---a member of the College Republicans and a volunteer for the McCain.  <br><br>Todd intended to race-bait by accusing a black man of robbing and mutilating her.  I wonder where  she got that idea from.<br><br>Of course you know Drudge and Fox News jumped at the chance to report this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329592">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329592" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:  Co-sign!!<br><br>I\'m believin\' that he will attempt to find a "similar" incident, allegedly perpetrated by a Democrat.   <br><br>I\'ll be waitin\'!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330057" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330057" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330057">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330057" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,<br><br>Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock.....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332209">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332209" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice:  LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5Wdrs_1ok&feature=related" rel="nofollow">HICKORY DICKORY DOCK!!  :&gt;)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332526">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332526" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,<br><br>lol<br><br>You\'re too cute!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3330394">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3330394" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330394" class="dsq-comment-message">If you feel it necessary for me to do that, sure:<br><br>As a conservative, the Todd incident was disrespectful to people who want to get past targeting a message of hate and fear to a certain demographic for political gain. As a black conservative, it\'s disrespectful and disgusting to see that, no matter what our beliefs are, black men are still being scapegoated.<br><br>I\'ll wait for the inevitable questioning of my sincerity now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330716" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330716" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330716">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330716" class="dsq-comment-message">D., I bought forth the Todd case because I noticed you were absent during our discussion of this on JJP---and since you mentioned the Palin effigy, I honestly wanted your opinion on this.<br><br>Now, I don\'t question or mock your views as a black conservative.  I hope you gain as much insight from my discussions with you as I do with yours.<br><br>Can supporters be rabid on both sides?  Sure.  But I will tell you I am disgusted with the Republican Party with their overwhelming dishonorable tactics during the campign--from the candidates, to the RNC, to state GOP leaders and private citizens.  And there are some on the Democratic side who initiated some of this same behavior, who I will never look at in the same light again.<br><br>At the end of the day, I know that the whole world is watching this election---and those same stories we shake our head in disgust in--are the same stories that are shown around the world.<br><br> And that is what makes me sad as a proud American citizen at times. The dirty laundry is being exposed for the world to see.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3331268" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331268" class="dsq-comment-message">I knew you wouldn\'t.  Though, as you see, I wasn\'t wrong.<br><br>The Todd incident didn\'t merit a response from me. Yes, the supporters are rabid, but nothing about that case smelled right. So, when it all fell apart, I wasn\'t surprised.<br><br>This whole election-from the Obama ascendancy to Sarah Palin-has brought out the worst in us as a country. And the next eight years may well be the same as the last eight, in that regard. We judge correctness by our political philosophies; things are assigned rightness and wrongness based on our side of the aisle.<br><br>In that, we\'re all hypocrites; none better than the rest.<br><br>I love my country and what she stands for. But I hate what we\'ve become.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330719" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330719">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330719" class="dsq-comment-message">What the fuck was it to you as a BLACK MAN??? Damn, how pathetic. You actually wrote that shyt?? Damn, your response was disrespectful to all the black men in your whole family. as well as yourself. Sheesh, that was downright pitiful. You are utterly and completely useless if you can\'t see how dumb azz that response was.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332345">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332345" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think he\'s a black man. I have my doubts!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3333171" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3333171">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3333171" class="dsq-comment-message">That or another self-hating negro who hates the skin they\'re in.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328762">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328762" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually there was one in Ohio already, I believe.  I\'ll try to find the link.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3328801" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328801" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328801">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328801" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328801" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s effigy came last week and it had the same response.  <br><br>It is wrong in both instances.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3328860" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328860" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3328860">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328860" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328860" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>Have you ever heard Palin reject/repudiate anyone at her klan rallies yelling....nigger, kill him, treason?  I didn\'t think so. Next.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3328876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3328876" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3328876" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3328876" class="dsq-comment-message">But, my friend, do two wrongs make a right?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329005" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329005">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329005" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329005" class="dsq-comment-message">She is even more guilty because it is in her power to stop the hateful racial slurs in its track...but she chooses not to!<br><br>In Barack Obama\'s rallies.... he  will not so much as accept a "boo" about his opponents.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329136" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329136" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329136" class="dsq-comment-message">Which doesn\'t exactly answer my question.<br><br>And, besides, we\'re not talking about the candidates. We\'re talking about what a private citizen did.<br><br>If we were talking about Obama, the charge would be racism. But since it\'s Palin, it\'s "Halloween fun."<br><br>That okay with you? Or is it more important to decide who\'s "more guilty?"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329270" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329270" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329270">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329270" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329270" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>Just a couple of weeks ago, you wouldn\'t condemn  McCain/Palin for <b>not</b> denouncing the racial slurs at their rallies. But yet, you come here to point a finger because there is silence about Palin\'s effigy. How dare you!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329761" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329761">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329761" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t recall either McCain or Palin speaking out about the guy who hung an effigy of Obama for Halloween.<br><br>I don\'t recall either of them speaking out about Ashley Todd\'s hoax either.  I do recall both of them being Johnny on the Spot calling Ashley up and offering her support.<br><br>Neither McCain or Obama can control what their supporters do outside of their rallies but what they can do is set the tone.  If somebody merely "booes" at McCain during an Obama rally and he hears it, he shuts it down.<br><br>McCain and Palin hear people crying "Kill Him!" and "Nigger!" and keep it moving.  Yes, McCain did correct that old lady who cried that Obama was an Arab but he ended up dissing Arabs in the process.<br><br>Again, the candidates set the tone.  Obama has set a tone of shiny happy people holding hands.  McCain has set a tone of anger, fear, hatred, etc.  McCain and Palin are putting forth negative, nasty energy out there so they shouldn\'t really be surprised when it blows back on them.  Should the guy have hung an effigy of Palin?  No.<br><br>Should McCain and Palin stoke the fires of racial resentment, hatred and fear?  No.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329038">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329038" class="dsq-comment-message">D, what precisely is the <b>function</b> of your question?<br><br>Are you yourself concerned and appalled? If so it doesn\'t show in your comment. Instead YOU appear to be unconcerned abut the realities, but using this situation in a bland abstract way to make a rhetorical argument.<br><br>D, I ask you to check yourself. Don\'t use such a thing to make arguments. If you are really concerned and upset about this, speak that in an authentic way. Otherwise you appear to just be using this situation to play a game of abstract and ultimately purposeless ungrounded moralism. <br><br>Are YOU afraid for Palin\'s life and/or well being, or the life and well-being of her supporters, because of this? Does this scare, hurt, trouble you in your gut? Do you feel this as part of a terrifying pattern that puts <b>real human beings</b> at risk?<br><br>D, speak YOUR truth please. Otherwise you are just using this and that in my view is WRONG.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329254" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329254" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with Val; no matter who does it, and no matter who it\'s done to, it\'s wrong.<br><br>The double standard does concern me. It almost seems like instances of disrespect towards McCain/Palin aren\'t met with nearly the same visceral emotions that those directed at Obama are.<br><br>Every time I say this here I get in trouble, but it bears repeating again: if you\'re going to be against disrespect <i>anywhere,</i> be against it <i>everywhere.</i> Including-and I dare say, especially-when it\'s directed towards your opposition.<br><br>That\'s where my concern is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329302" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329302" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329302">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329302" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329302" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sorry, I must have missed the death threats or death wishes against McCain and/or Palin by people on this blog. When did that happen?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329689">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329689" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  LOL!        Co-signing!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329369" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329369">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329369" class="dsq-comment-message">D, are you really not aware that YOUR lack of visceral concern actually shows in how you speak (write) about this?<br><br>It is what you are saying underneath your words that speaks loudest to me. And what you are saying is, you don\'t feel the Palin effigy hanging as horrific in your own self. You are just using it to blandly make an argument that others should feel it in a way that you display you do not. You are not exploring what the meaning of your own lack of feeling in this might be.<br><br>You are not being honest.<br><br>On the axis of truth and deception -- this is ugly. You are playing games here and I think it\'s wrong for you to do that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329459">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329459" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329459" class="dsq-comment-message">Forgive me...but I\'m enjoying Michelle blasting on D\'s ass! Kapow!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329671" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329671">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329671" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   -Er,  -um  -  pass the "popcorn."  Would you like some GREEN TEA??       **FEET UP!**  <br><br>He\'s goin\' DOWN like a SERENA Williams opponent!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330108" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330108">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330108" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330108" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329722" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329722">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329722" class="dsq-comment-message">You know, Justice, the thing is D (unlike the trolls here) is actually someone who -- in my observation -- has a spirit of learning and honesty in him, when he chooses to honor it.<br><br>So I blast, but it is from a respect I would not have for someone else who might be doing this foolishness.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329980" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329980" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t feel blasted. I think it\'s a valid discussion.<br><br>But for those who enjoy "blasting" as sport, maybe this is doing it for you.<br><br>Though I\'d rather hear what others think than hear them laugh. That, of course, is just me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330305" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330305">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330305" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330305" class="dsq-comment-message">D, <br><br>You know and I know and every non-troll person on this site knows that <b>lynching has NOT been a tool of oppression against white women in this country</b>.<br><br>And. You know and I know and every non-troll person on this site knows that in actual fact and reality: <b>claimed violation of white women often served white communites as the pretext for lynching.</b><br><br>D, I know this: You are aware of (but seem to not be allowing yourself to feel) the cultural language that is spoken (or not) with acts such as this and others in the discussion here. And you are aware of (but seem to not be allowing yourself to feel) why this statement is not the same. <br><br>I don\'t understand why rhetorical games about abstract notions of fairness that have nothing to do with real history or real life ... are more important to you than standing firmly grounded in <b>what is actually going on</b> with the actual communications under discussion.<br><br>I\'ll ... leave it there. Maybe someone else wants to take it further.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330453" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330453" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330453">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330453" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330453" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re doing just fine! <br><br>GreenLady & I are eating popcorn and sipping Green Tea as we watch the show!<br><br>Carry on...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330525" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3330525" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330525" class="dsq-comment-message">And there it\'s left.<br><br>Justice can begin her celebration now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332649" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332649">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332649" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332649" class="dsq-comment-message">I was celebrating when Michelle first put you on blast. And she did it so well! Bam!<br><br><br>I don\'t believe you\'re a black man. I have serious doubts about that!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3332866" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332866" class="dsq-comment-message">What I take seriously, you take as sport. Glad you enjoyed. <br><br>Far as everything else....well, you-and others-are entitled to your opinions, however misguided they may be.<br><br>:)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3331795">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331795" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331795" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331795">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331795" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331795" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle:  I have STOPPED attempting to UNDERSTAND, much less BELIEVE that a BLACK MAN can\'t FEEL the PAIN of the UGLINESS that CONTINUES to perpetrated AGAINST BLACK MEN! [Yes, I know "gangs" have their issues!  Black-on-Black crime!]  BUT--WE speak at a DIFFERENT LEVEL AND MOST of US DO FEEL and SPEAK  about the <b>cultural language</b> of RACISM with DISGUST and NOT with the childish rhetoric of <b>abstract notions of fairness!</b><br><br>Sooo, I\'m through with that type of discussion.<br><br><b>YOU DID VERY WELL!  I BOW TO YOU!!</b>  Thanks for your WORDS which I bolded!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3332393">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3332393" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3332393" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3332393">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3332393" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3332393" class="dsq-comment-message">Here Here</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3339251">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3339251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3339251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3339251">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3339251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3339251" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, GreenLadyHere!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3330242">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330242">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330242" class="dsq-comment-message">Good for you, Michelle! <br><br>But still, I enjoyed the smacking!<br><br><br>ps...blowing a raspberry at D!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3330868">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3330868" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3330868" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3330868">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3330868" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3330868" class="dsq-comment-message">One string.  One note.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3329892">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329892" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3329892" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329892" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329892" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I\'m actually quite serious...and my argument is exactly as stated.<br><br>Does this bother me? Yes; I feel it\'s disrespectful. Would it bother me if it were an Obama effigy? Yes, I\'d still feel it disrespectful.<br><br>Look at Sepia\'s post above...or any of the previous posts about something being shouted out at a McCain/Palin rally. Or the "Obama Waffles" and "Obama Bucks" incidents. Got a little upset here at JJP, some of us did.<br><br>Now, compare the reactions to those events to most of the reactions to this one. Or, an even better question: if I hadn\'t said something about this in the thread, who would\'ve cared? Or taken notice?<br><br>Instead of just looking at the double standard of it all, the post has turned into another round of "get the conservative." That\'s fine; I\'ve weathered y\'all\'s storms before. At worst, people just stop talking to me.<br><br>But the fact remains that the treatment of disrespect towards the McCain/Palin camp-whether it\'s hangings in effigy, commentary on how a man who literally can barely type-if at all-"doesn\'t know how to use a computer," or endless discussion over who gave birth to whose baby-are treated <b>far</b> differently than those towards Obama. White, black, or otherwise, disrespect shouldn\'t be tolerated in <i>any</i> forum.<br><br>This isn\'t an attempt to wreck anyone\'s day, or start another civil war on the thread. I wish I was wrong; that this wasn\'t what our politics has become. But I don\'t think I am.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3331135">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3331135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3331135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3331135">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3331135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3331135" class="dsq-comment-message">D., are some of those things said about McCain/Palin disrespectful.  Of course.  But please do not try to give thes episodes regarding Obama equivalence.  The Republican Party at all levels has used Obama\'s name as a "slur"---and  Americans wonder why we can\'t change Arab/Muslim\'s perception of us.<br><br>They have accused this man of "palling around with terrorist"  conservative talk shows call him a black man-child,  fellow Congress members claiming he is anti-American and many more outrageous things.  It has been an outright character assassination attempted carried out on Obama.  AND YOU KNOW IT TOO.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3329262">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329262">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329262" class="dsq-comment-message">D, please respond because Michelle has put you on FULL BLAST...I mean you are SOOOOOO on front street right now. Man up brutha...please man up.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3329278">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329278" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329278">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329278" class="dsq-comment-message">You tell him, Michelle!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3329228">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329228">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329228" class="dsq-comment-message">You know the Rethugs and their supporters always lead the way in indecency...<br><br>An Ohio man hangs effigy of Obama<br><br>Posted October 19, 2008--with video<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/racist-obama-effigy-hung_n_135971.html?page=7&show_commet_id+17007517#comment_17007517" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/racist...</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3329743">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3329743" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3329743" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3329743">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3329743" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3329743" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, and just to update about  Ashely Todd---it has been reported that Ethan Eioln of the Collee Republican National Committe (CRNC) confirmed that Todd was a PAID campaign worker on their behalf for John Mccain\'s campaign.<br><br>Todd was paid $3600 for  work she contributed from August to election day.<br><br>The CRNC itself has received money from the Republican National Committee.</div>\
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