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Please don't throw in the towel and I say this, from a place of being guilty in the past of sometimes feeling doubtful, myself. </br><br></br><br>Stay strong and as optimistic as possible.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae84a1f516965138dcc59937fe7a7ac1", "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}, "1962498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's keep things in perspective.  The angst we're feeling is about MSM and the sotries they cover and refuse to cover.  The media have left us feeling powerless.<br></br><br>There's got to be another way.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL.  Yeah, let's try a new tactic: Divert attention to other candidates' relationships (that pale in comparison, to put it mildly, to Obama's twenty-year long personal relationship with mentor and racist kook Wright).  Sure. That should mitigate the circus that the Obama campaign has become.<br></br><br>Karma can be a bitch.  Obama and his moonies shouldn't have thrown Bill Clinton under the bus as a \"racist\" for doing nothing more than calling Obama a \"kid\" (which is when the accusations started, way back in Iowa).  That race-batiting bull$hit by the Obama crowd looks even more ridiculous in the wake of this Wright mess.  </br><br></br><br>Playing the race card has come back to bite Obama and Co in the ass - big time.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is it just me or did anyone notice a shift in the surrogates since about Thursday of last week?  I saw a few panels where instead of the Hillary and Barack surrogates fighting against each other, the Hillary surrogate speaks respectfully of Barack.  Then, they join forces to oppose the Republican on the panel.  I think it coincided with Clyburn's comments....that's just my perception.  Even Carville was civil.  <br></br><br>I dunno what's going on behind the scenes...but maybe it's dawning that the black vote is in jeopardy if Hillary is the nominee.  Maybe they're realizing that Republicans fear Barack and he's under siege from every corner.  Dare I hope?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker<br></br><br>I've noticed it too.  Begalia was extremely nice today.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@anon<br></br><br>Stop being such a whining pussy!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae84a1f516965138dcc59937fe7a7ac1", "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}, "1962503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jj,<br></br><br>I sort of feel the same way and am very conflicted by this. I would like to see O win as well for the good of the country and to change the direction we have been headed in. I understand his methods and for the most part agree with them but the Rev. Wright deal and the Clinton debate deal bother me. I know the Rev. acted out yesterday but I could feel some of his anger as well. I mean, the one reporter who asked whether Obama had been a regular church goer couldn't even answer when Rev. asked her what her pastor preached on last week. The hypocrisy of it all left me fuming. </br><br></br><br>My question is what will Obama have to renounce or answer for next? The Black Snob blog put it in better terms yesterday, saying that next they'll want an apology for ICE T bodycount and Barry Bonds. How many more hoops will he have to jump through? I just hope in the end it'll be worth it and we won't all end up very disappointed. </br><br></br><br>Re: the debates, I think he should debate Clinton anytime, anywhere with no moderators. I don't think she'll take him up on it but it can't hurt to call her bluff. By him not firing back, it plays into her theme with \"working class\" (redneck) america that dude is paper mache.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "49d0894a95a9778b16f5f53f7b0c0e30", "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}, "1962504": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJ...how is Obama calling Wright's comments \"destructive\" throwing him under the bus?<br></br><br>You can certainly agree with Wright's comments, but the way in which Wright went about expressing them was ridiculous.  Obama knows that.  And this guy is running for President.  You want his entire campaign to burn in flames because Wright wants to revel in the spotlight so that he can sell a few more copies of his upcoming book?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b2db48fae75dbb2f63dde426d0cadc8", "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}, "1962505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "n. mahana,<br></br><br>\"whining pussy\" ...sounds like a ride at the amusement park ;)</br><br></br><br></br><br>ms.martin,</br><br></br><br>Yeah, could be they're shifting into general election mode to present an example of unity for Democrats. There could be something brewing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the Jackie Robinson effect. Guilt by association only applies to the black candidate.<br></br><br>Regardless of anything Wright said or will say, it should not be attributed to Obama. But it will. Because he's black.</br><br></br><br>He will still win, because he is that good. But in the unlikely event that the malignant Clinton dynasty steals this nomination...well, pigs will fly from my lily white ass before that race-baiting, war-mongering pathological liar will ever get my vote.</br><br></br><br>Sometimes getting rid of the cancer can almost kill you. You still must get rid of it. If she steals it she will lose.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I dunno what's going on behind the scenes...but maybe it's dawning that the black vote is in jeopardy if Hillary is the nominee. Maybe they're realizing that Republicans fear Barack and he's under siege from every corner. Dare I hope?</i><br></br><br>Truthseeker,</br><br></br><br>I'm telling you, it's the Rasmussen poll that was dropped. </br><br></br><br>For the first time, in print, they have evidence, that a Democratic Candidate would get 59% of the Black vote.THAT is her CEILING.  </br><br></br><br>It goes in the face of that ' party unity' bullshit they've been spouting. </br><br></br><br>First Clyburn makes his remarks.</br><br></br><br>Then this poll comes out. </br><br></br><br>They know the math as well as I do;</br><br></br><br>Blue states in the Midwest and Out East are Blue because of Blue Cities. Blue cities are Blue because of BLACK FOLK. </br><br></br><br>PERIOD. </br><br></br><br>This is the first proof of what some of us have been grumbling for awhile. </br><br></br><br>Plus, it's just begun, but the word is about to spread about Wright being invited by a CLINTON supporter. Black folk are way too paranoid by nature to EVER believe it's a coincidence. They shouldn't have been so fucking obvious about it. </br><br></br><br>They shouldn't have had 3 events. If the NPC had been the only thing, there might be some fuzziness where Black folk are concerned. But, seeing as there were three events, and he found a way NOT to clown for 2 of them....the clowning at the NPC was pretty obvious.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Party unity my black ass - where was the unity when Clinton was saying screw us she has the white folks and hispanics?<br></br><br>Where was the unity when she was scorching every piece of earth her foot landed on.</br><br></br><br>She's a fighter - no - she's a fucking troublemaker, a liar, she's fake and she has teamed up with the Republicans.</br><br></br><br>I don't know why they aren't running her ass out of the Democratic party!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have been trying to ask all of you to educate yourselves about Hillary's questionable religious affiliations re the <br>Family...</br><br></br><br>obviously you all choose not to do anything about that and only want to whine about what you think are injustices re Obama.</br><br></br><br>If you want to sit back and whine, I don't have any sympathy for you..</br><br></br><br>this is from an elderly Native American who is sick and tired of people who don't stand up and fight for what they believe in.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "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}, "1962510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "angela,<br></br><br>how does info about Hillary's religious affiliations help us fight?</br><br></br><br>I think Barack would have to be willing to feed it to the media and/or superdelegates.  I don't think he is.  Are you saying we should send this info to the media ourselves?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oops, I sent my email before I saw the latest jjp headlines...my apologies .....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "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}, "1962512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "truthseeker, my whole point is to educate all voters...i.e; there is a one sided story going on about Rev. Wright in relation to Sen. Obama.   My point is that both Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain have some controversial religious connections that are not getting the same media scrutiny that Rev. Wright is getting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "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}, "1962513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Angela<br></br><br>A lot of people know about this, unfortunately isn't getting any traction with MSM.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sucking and Jiving to appease folk who NEVER have your interest at heart is a LOSING hand, especially if you might alienate your base in the process.<br></br><br>Period.</br><br></br><br>He should have NEVER gone on Fox news. He should have NEVER responded to the pundits. He could have responded directly to the voters. He could have realized that those mythical \"white working class voters,\" were NEVER going to vote for his Black ass.</br><br></br><br>He could have shored up his base. A base by the way that is made up of an awful lot of Black people who feel in many ways that Wright does. He could have DISAGREED with Wrights statements WITHOUT dismissing them.  Which is what he did.</br><br></br><br>He's being played for a fool and is too stupid to realize it. His strength was his ability to NOT get caught up in hyped up manufactured BS. The MOMENT he responded to the BS he gave these fools the upper-hand.</br><br></br><br>Its not about agreeing or disagreeing with the comments. It's about controlling the narrative and  your campaign. His responding makes all of this seem legitimate when its not.</br><br></br><br>It was a stupid ass, destructive move. And these fools know they got him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "by the way, how would you feel if your religious mentor told you that the most important people in your society are the \"political elite leaders\".....?   well that is the kind of prayer group Hillary has belonged since the early 1990's<br></br><br>I have already given the source of this information...</br><br></br><br>If you choose to discount the facts..that is your choice.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "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}, "1962516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh..I don't doubt it about Clinton & McCain.  Did you see the Situation Room today.  Begalia was pressing a Republican pundit about Haggee hating on Catholics...she couldn't answer effectively.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jj,<br></br><br>maybe Obama really does mean to bring people together.  Also, remember that he is half white.  Obama understands that the power to transform the lives of African Americans lies in forming a coalition between blacks and whites for change.</br><br></br><br>He says it all the time, that the white guy in rural PA has to care about the inner city kid and visa versa.  They've got to march together for change.  Have faith JJ and HOPE. :-)</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_20:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jj, I must disagree. <br></br><br>Fox News is the most highly rated cable news outlet in North Carolina.</br><br></br><br>Independents and moderates also watch Fox News. </br><br></br><br>Obama did exactly what he needed to do. He talked to his enemy, just as he said he would.</br><br></br><br>Obama did not throw Wright under a friggin bus. He told the truth. Wright's rhetoric, some of which was true, disrespected who Obama was, how he was raised, what Obama stands for, and he used Obama's campaign to get a platform to disrespect Obama's campaign.</br><br></br><br>The fact that it took so long for him to do just goes to show how difficult it was. And anyone who saw his press conference could see how painful this was. Obama is not an actor. </br><br></br><br>Betrayal is betrayal. Pastors are human, too. And Wright showed his ass, pure and simple. He is ot the Black Church. And while there is truth to the claim that the media was attacking the Black Church, it was false that it wasn't an attack on Obama as well.</br><br></br><br>Crabs in a barrel.</br><br></br><br>If Black folks can't see that, then they won't vote for him in the upcoming primaries. They can vote for Hillary Rodham Nixon, who certainly has their best interests in mind, or stay home.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Larry King just checked Sheila Jackson Lee.  He asked her if she thought Obama put the Wright thing and way and she went into a speech about Hillary and he cut her off and asked the question again and she started with her Hillary speech again and he said I didn't ask you about Hillary Clinton.<br></br><br>Highlight of my day.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Angela,<br></br><br>Apparently the MSM is afraid to bring up The Family.  They talk about everything else which the bloggers write about.  I wish Rev Wright had brought it up.  Then at least he would have served some good.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c36c5e8bd4d56491f8a60b53ae8e9eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jelena<br></br><br>Interesting thought.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Larry King is not playing tonight.<br></br><br>Answer the question please - no speeches about your candidate.  I love it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Al Sharpton is on Larry King.  Oh dayum.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Angela, the minute I found out about The Family, I emailed the information to every media outlet, print and media.<br></br><br>But the problem is simple: the Clintons are corporatists. The media is run by corporatists. The Family is  corporatist and dominionist and many members of the right wing are in The Family. If they tell on Clinton, they tell on themselves. What would be the point of that?</br><br></br><br>Obama is anti-corporatist. Doesn't mean he doesn't take money from rich executives, but he doesn't take money from registered lobbyists. An Obama presidency would be a disaster for corporatism because it would prove that top down politics as usual can't continue unfettered.</br><br></br><br>The \"general public\" will have to get The Family story from the Internet or from a book. Many people don't believe it unless it's in the MSM.</br><br></br><br>If it gets there, I'll be shocked.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sharpton said Obama showed courage and character in speaking out against what Wright did.<br></br><br>He said he proved to him today that he is not an old school candidate.</br><br></br><br>He said he is decisive, has character and will take risks.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sharpton is talking about the double standard in the media in there covering Wright and not Hagee and the others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My opinion, McCain clearly and unquestionably denounced the questionable aspects of Hagee's ministry. <br></br><br>It's taken Obama how long to denounce Wright?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One of the lessons is EVERYBODY needs to think about what they are being taught in their churches. Associating people like Wright, Sharpton, Haggerty, Falwell, Robertson with spirituality is about the last thing I would do. Maybe we really do need an agnostic or an atheist as POTUS. These sky God preachers are an embarrassment. Their *spiritual* agenda is too hard for me to swallow.  And if they're starting from the premise that God is a coercive being who is going to punish your sins or reward your efforts after you die, well it doesn't surprise me that anything they say after that is totally hit and miss.  <br>Obama's the first candidate who's gotten burned by paying homage to this happy horsesh*t, but as we progress as a species I don't think he'll be the last. A long thinking critique is needed over what our so-called spiritual leaders are teaching from their pulpits, their synagogues, their mosques. Somebody who doesn't have a little humility in their beliefs in the afterlife or a personal sky God probably isn't a real inspiring candidate to speak truth to power. They got way too much baggage. </br><br>So from my point of view, I think this is probably long-term a healthy discussion for us all to have. And if it's making some people who are planning on making a run for high office in the future think hard about the church they just joined and the inane messages that really don't jibe with reality that they hear - well, that's a good thing.  </br><br>Personally, I think Obama has a greater sense of spirtuality to him than those small ideas of Rev. Wright can nourish, but that's just something I feel rather than know. But he just seems to me like someone who has the capacity to take this lesson and make new discoveries about what religion really does mean to him.  I think he's also smart enough to find a way to handle this ridiculous discussion about a ridiculous pastor that has everyone twisted up into knots.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "433c25a28d9f5ac2fe13a5da06ba254c", "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}, "1962529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Flavia just said that Hillary belongs to a methodist church that says you can't be gay and christian.<br></br><br>Lanny Davis' face almost fell off.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lanny Davis is part of the rightwing conspiracy to obliterate Barack Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sharpton is tearing Lanny's ass up.<br></br><br>comparing judgment on war to judgment on 3 dvds</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain sought out Hagee's endorsement. He hasn't unequivocally denounced anything. <br></br><br>Mythology.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/rush-on-wright.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link here: Andrew Sullivan's blog regarding what Rush L. is saying about Rev. Wright. Rush L. believes Rev. Wright is deliberately derailing Obama's candidacy. I found that Gingrich believes the same thing. The Repubs. who exploited this situation are now tsk, tsking about it. Funny.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3580acf03b0e2b7f45dddfa3d1f96215", "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}, "1962534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In tomorrow's NYT there is an editorial about Obama's press conference today. It commended Obama for his remarks. And it also talks about the double standards in regard to McCain and Hagee.<br></br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30wed1.html?_r=1&hp;&oref;=slogin</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "432619ba625f6a3e6b9013e9117e3759", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@craighickman:<br></br><br>Re: McCain/Hagee</br><br></br><br>2/29/08 McCain said:</br><br></br><br>\u201cYesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee\u2019s views, which I obviously do not.</br><br></br><br>\u201cI am hopeful that Catholics, Protestants and all people of faith who share my vision for the future of America will respond to our message of defending innocent life, traditional marriage, and compassion for the most vulnerable in our society.\u201d</br><br></br><br></br><br>4/24/08</br><br></br><br>McCain, asked by reporters about Hagee's remarks on his campaign bus Thursday, called them \"Nonsense,\" repeating the word eight times.</br><br></br><br>\"I reject that categorically,\" McCain said. \"And I would point out there's a lot of people who have endorsed me. They support my views. It does not mean that I support theirs...I repudiate as strongly as possible those remarks and those on the Catholic church as well.\"</br><br></br><br>___________________________________</br><br></br><br></br><br>I think Obama supporters are splitting hairs here and only dragging out the story.</br><br></br><br>Most of us will not be basing our votes on who the candidate's preacher is/was. We will, however, be basing our votes on a candidate's forthrightness and candor. And for Obama, the latter has taken a beating lately.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_21:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbb5f18b1f882407561a7f27f4fb2937", "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}, "1962536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joy Behar of the view is on Larry King and said that she could relate to the Wright story in that her family is catholic and still attend church in spite of their objections regarding the sex scandal in the catholic church", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually, Wright told the NY Times this day would come last year:<br></br><br>\"If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,\" Mr. Wright said with a shrug. \"I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.\"</br><br>_____________________________________</br><br></br><br>The Philly speech did not silence the critics, so Wright gave Obama a 'do over' and his shills in the MSM are only too happy to oblige.</br><br></br><br>Wright can attack America all he wants but attacking Obama's electability was the last straw!</br><br></br><br>This is the real farce.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The best line of that NYT article is the first one: \"It took longer than it should have....\"<br></br><br>And we're supposed to trust Obama to be able to communicate effectively with terrorists and rogue states? </br><br></br><br>There is a certain audacity there, but it's not one of \"hope.\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The thing that's getting to me overall about this is that some people are so stuck in their own expectations and projections of/about Senator Obama that they don't take him for what he actually is. <br></br><br>I have had some confusion about this myself at times. So I have been reading <i>The Audacity of Hope</i> and trying to really see where he is coming from. It's hard for me because it's not where I am coming from. But I have to respect him for having integrity. It is driving me nuts to see anyone saying Senator Obama did what he did because of political expediency right now. This is who he is. Maybe that diverges from some expectations of who he is, but from everything I can tell, the press conference today was about standing solid in who he is and what he believes.</br><br></br><br>And he was speaking this out loud when he said:</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>I have spent my entire adult life trying to bridge the gap between different kinds of people. That's in my DNA, trying to promote mutual understanding to insist that we all share common hopes and common dreams as Americans and as human beings. That's who I am. That's what I believe. That's what this campaign has been about.</i></br><br></br><br>and when he said:</br><br></br><br><i>But what I do want him to be very clear about, as well as all of you and the American people, is that when I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it. It contradicts everything that I'm about and who I am.</i></br><br></br><br>And anybody who has worked with me, who knows my life, who has read my books, who has seen what this campaign's about, I think, will understand that it is completely opposed to what I stand for and where I want to take this country.</br><br></br><br>and at other times during the press conference too.</br><br></br><br>I don't mind anyone disagreeing with where Senator Obama is coming from. I disagree with that in some ways myself. But I support him because his words and actions align. I don't say this lightly. Seems to me that when people have expectations of him based on their projections of him, he is very likely to disappoint. But he is who he is and that's totally 100% obvious to me now that I am focusing my attention on it. And yes I disagree with him in some ways, I do -- it's seared into <b>me</b> to not see/feel the world as he does. But that is me and he is him (and I am not running for president).</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "de3917e982ff609a0d6f7fb5e3c8f079", "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}, "1962540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wright will continue to be an issue for Obama:<br></br><br>\"So, was Obama just as naive as a child for 20 years, or as disingenuous as any major political figure of the last forty years when he denied knowing the real Pastor Wright this morning?</br><br></br><br>Either way it creates a huge issue for voters.  Is Obama a dupe, or just duplicitous?  Do you want him in charge of the nation's security, making judgments about our enemies?\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some of you know I'm a tennis fanatic and write a tennis blog as well as my life blog.<br></br><br>A commenter on one of the tennis forums I frequent said this:</br><br></br><br><i>Now...I'm notoriously not a Dem, but this is fascinating to me. My sister, who is also not a Dem...called me today, just livid, for Obama's sake over this. We're both shaking our heads about how Rev. Wright could not know that his speech would hurt Obama. Just what is going on here? I don't intend to vote for either, but I have been surprised at how much empathy I have felt for both Dem candidates this season.</i></br><br></br><br>I don't like Hil, but she's had it tough, too. Though I think she makes her own problems...just fascinating.</br><br></br><br>Just sharing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's being reported that the NYT is publishing an editorial tomorrow asking why and when McCain will be ask to account for Hagee.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "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}, "1962543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Marie Claire is on 360 saying it was a street thing - a disrespect thing.<br></br><br>Clinton bootlicker</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Either way it creates a huge issue for voters. Is Obama a dupe, or just duplicitous? Do you want him in charge of the nation's security, making judgments about our enemies?\"<br></br><br>-Riigght.</br><br>We could put Rocky of Tuzla in charge...just as soon as she stops dodging Bosnian snipers while drinking Crown Royal.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962545": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Re Rush Limbaugh and Newt...<br></br><br>I don't know if my perceptions are on point, but I notice that some whites may use blacks who don't support Barack...but they don't like them.  I get the feeling they're thinking after all black people have been through, how could they not support Barack.  They know that they(whites) would fiercely support their own - right or wrong - if they had our history.  They may use those blacks to achieve their ends against other blacks...but they don't trust or respect them.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d.:<br></br><br>My opinion, McCain clearly and unquestionably denounced the questionable aspects of Hagee's ministry.</br><br></br><br>-Nonsense.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle<br></br><br>Thank you for your comment.  The reasons you describe believing Obama while not sharing his views or policies are exactly the reasons millions of people support him.</br><br></br><br>He has integrity, he means to bring people together for the good of all.  He would never throw you away because you don't believe or pretend to believe everything he belives (that was Wright).</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What I'm amazed with is the tone of empathy and support from the press.  Everyone seems to understand that this was painful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker<br></br><br>Your analysis is on point - I can speak to that as a witness</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker<br></br><br>David Gergen is echoing your comment earlier today.  He said that if Wright speaks again, that some black supporters should speak up in support of Obama.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Many are questioning Wright's motivation. I came across this at politico.com:<br></br><br>\"Is there more to this than Rev. Wright? Is there a generational struggle over black political leadership between the old leaders of the black church, who have tradionally filled that role, and the new kid on the block, Sen. Obama? Certainly Hillary has found surprising support there among the old leadership. Does Obama's ascendency threaten the old guard?\"  </br><br></br><br>I have often thought this myself.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbb5f18b1f882407561a7f27f4fb2937", "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}, "1962552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S<br></br><br>You must have missed our many discussions regarding the old guard.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Saw Barack in Chapel Hill, NC last night. Eighteen thousand people, great vibe in a racially and age mixed crowd. It started late, and he seemed spent but rose to the occasion as he warmed up. He's not been himself lately, but I think he got a lot off his chest today and is ready to beat back the media, the republif*cks, and the witch. There's a lot of father-son conflict between Wright and Obama, that's for sure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3922eb9c874481a105f30a314d9a0fd", "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}, "1962554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TrueBlueHussein<br></br><br>Thanks for that info - we need encouragement.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The father-son dynamic is deep and only a few pundits have touch on it.<br></br><br>The NYT editorial is a must-read. It talks about the double standard many of us have outlined here:</br><br></br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30wed1.html?hp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mr. Obama and Rev. Wright</a></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig Hickman<br></br><br>I read the article and it's about time this was all said.</br><br></br><br>I wonder what is bringing on the change.  I don't think it was the denunciation though - there's something else going on.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_22:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama knew that Wright would be a problem for him, but why do so many people overlook the underlying psychology of what Obama found at Trinity? Why do they overlook that this man Wright was probably the first Black Male Mentor he truly connected with in his life. Why is that so discarded. And, through Wright's teachings - not the whacky- but the fire and brimstone and very CONSERVATIVE (social) values he taught, he helped shape Obama into a husband and father, so that he WOULD NOT repeat the mistakes of his father. Wouldn't you have a hard time breaking away from someone who gave that to you?<br></br><br>Obama has been abandoned for the second time by his Black ' father'. This time, for all the world to see. </br><br></br><br>And some folks don't think the pain on that man's face today was GENUINE?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah, I just wrote virtually the same thing on another forum.<br></br><br>Today was a tough, tough day for Obama and it wasn't just about this campaign.</br><br></br><br>People who don't see that are simply blind.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, you're right Rikyrah.  <br></br><br>There is something about Barack Obama that always tugs on my heart.  I think we all know inside that his early life was painful and yet he manages to stand up with such grace.  We have people calling him \"boy\" and suggesting he's a weak..and yet, he stands up.</br><br></br><br>I hope this campaign doesn't destroy the goodness in him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't see how a MAN, guided by his Faith can dismiss his beliefs for MAN'S LAW unless his Faith was a means to an Opportunity. <br></br><br>Rev. Wright stated that he is a Man of Faith and that his service is to that of GOD where as Obama is a Politician who must speak to the people and has to say whatever it takes to be a Politician.</br><br></br><br>I agree with Rev. Wright on this point, and thus Obama's dilemma for Being All Things To All People. People are saying that Rev. Wright is playing to the media, the truth is he is being who he always WAS and that is making Obama and his camp nervous. You can't tell a Man of faith to stop doing what you are doing because their PURPOSE is interfering with a Politician, at least not here in the USA.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6d4700bb7594a79e2a41a8bb660570", "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}, "1962561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah<br></br><br>Your comment is profound.  I didn't think about the father son aspect and I certainly didn't think about him having lost another father figure.  I'm so glad he has Michelle and his daughters.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Rikyrah hit it right on the head.<br></br><br>I can't imagine how brutal this had to be for Obama.</br><br></br><br>On one hand he has a campaign he has devoted his life too and people who have invested millions of dollars, thousands of man-hours and their hopes and dreams.</br><br></br><br>On the other he had a friend and mentor who, for a variety of complex reasons, threatened that.</br><br></br><br>So what do you do?</br><br></br><br>I mean seriously what the f*ck do you do?</br><br></br><br>It was like the way he described Iraq, no good choices, only bad and worse choices.</br><br></br><br>I mean damn he is only human.  And I think he needs his supporters now more then ever.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bc67a38bb57ec2663caef9c8162bfd38", "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}, "1962563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dear jack and jill, great posts tonight. pray god we win. this swiftboat to end all swiftboats is so disgusting. i have been crazed all day. i definitely don't agree with what obama did. the issue is a farce. i think he should have criticized wright for his provocative antics but saved the biggest criticism for his two opponents and the media. and then gloriously declared himself and his supporters innocent and offended by the whole swiftboat bullshit. and  that said all i really care is that he wins and if this shuts the fuckers up than fine. but this better be the end of the wright bullshit. or ... i'm going to have a heart attack. in my volvo sipping lattes. feeling guilty and scorning regular guys who like to bowl. blaming america first.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab03b08e2f2082ad84cf39c973e5bebb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I can't see how a MAN, guided by his Faith can dismiss his beliefs for MAN'S LAW unless his Faith was a means to an Opportunity.\"<br></br><br>When did he say he no longer believed what he previously believed or that he had lost his faith?</br><br></br><br>I don't get this statement.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I never thought I'd be defending Rev. Wright, HOWEVER, Obama is the WORST liar by denouncing his \"friend\" and pastor, and it is obvious now that he just used him.  <br></br><br>THAT is despicable.</br><br></br><br>Obamba used Rev. Wright, his church, his connections, and anything else he could get to jumpstart his campaign.  And NOW he actually thinks that he can just screw him and split?</br><br></br><br>Think again.</br><br></br><br>Obamba's chickens will come home to roost for this one.</br><br></br><br>Look to see Rev. Wright come out and mock Obamba and worse for feigning shock and disgust over his speech.  He is NOT going to let Obamba screw him without so much as a kiss.  That\u2019s RAPE in my book.  And Worse, he insists we WATCH.</br><br></br><br>Rev. Wright is a lot of things and I've been one of his fiercest critics, but he's not a LIAR like Obama.  </br><br></br><br>I'm on Rev. Wright's side on this one.</br><br></br><br>-MoniQue</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Religion will be our undoing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually, Wright has lied. He told Moyers that he and Barack didn't talk politics. But in an Obama biography, he talked about how happy he was to have a young Black man come to him who could talk race and politics with ease.<br></br><br>Pastors are <i>human.</i></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obamba?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MoniQue,<br></br><br>Spare me the faux outrage. Now you don't have Rev. Wright to beat Obama, you now resort to using his rejection of Wright ro beat Obama.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f1ed33e3a98e61f58890355e521967d", "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}, "1962570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MoniQue,<br></br><br>The last thing I want to see is 2 gifted black men tear each other down!</br><br></br><br>It's time for forgiveness & reconciliation!</br><br></br><br>This Media is on a feeding frenzy! They're like Vultures!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_23:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3b31356ea345f986babefd4710e13291", "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}, "1962571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow. Just came across this blog. Awesome.<br></br><br>I hope it doesn't matter, but I'm an avid white (working-class? what does that mean anymore?) Obama supporter. </br><br></br><br>I'm an independent voter. I started out this primary season preferring Obama, but willing to vote for either \"top\" democratic nominee because I am sick and tired of what republicans have done to this country.</br><br></br><br>Now, I have to say, I can <b>not</b> vote for the Clintons. I was first old enough to vote in 1996, but I did not care. 2000? Still didn't care. By 2004, I was an avid anti-bush person and shored up all the support I could amongst my friends to vote against him. 2004 was the first time I voted. By 2005, after a lifetime of ignoring politics, I started paying much attention after the disaster that was Katrina (having a girlfriend from NO definitely didn't hurt). After witnessing the Clintons' tactics, I cannot take it anymore. Please, no more Clintons and Bushes!</br><br></br><br>Additionally, I live in NC. All of my friends (black, white, asian, greek, etc...) are HUGE Obama fans. Please pay little attention to the polls, talking heads, etc. Although there is some Clinton support (ie my boss who is voting for Clinton simply on the fact that she (my boss and Clinton) is a woman) it is overwhelmingly Obama territory. At least in Charlotte.</br><br></br><br>Sorry, guess I'm ranting here. There's a lot of support for Obama in NC and I can't imagine HRC getting a &lt; 10% loss.</br><br></br><br>Just noticed a few people in my neighborhood put up HRC signs in their yard. Time to put up my own Obama sign. (FWIW, there are Ron Paul signs up as well.)</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_00:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig Hickman-<br></br><br>\"Actually, Wright has lied. He told Moyers that he and Barack didn't talk politics. But in an Obama biography, he talked about how happy he was to have a young Black man come to him who could talk race and politics with ease.</br><br></br><br>Pastors are human.\"</br><br></br><br>This is a case of Wright helping Obama. They probably did talk about politics. We all know that Obama knew his pastors views but we fall in line when he acts suprised.</br><br></br><br>He also attacked people constantly saying \"Barack Hussein Obama\" using it as a fear tool. </br><br></br><br>Say this after me-</br><br></br><br>Obama is human. </br><br></br><br></br><br>Truthseeker-</br><br></br><br>Wright is not only religion but also of black political thought. I believe that neither would be our undoing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_00:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "68209bc146e55fde31446fc1168b6a76", "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}, "1962573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach Monique. <br></br><br>Now we are seeing who BO really is.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_00:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4eab3ed2a24a5f320e8b466ca7e64c98", "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}, "1962574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I havent chimed in because this is all so tired...<br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>and the brainwash continues...</br><br></br><br>People, this is not going to hurt Obama.</br><br></br><br>I probably have a different opinion because I have turned off the TV since yesterday morning.</br><br></br><br>This country is a joke.</br><br></br><br>This is the course of my campaign fatigue, the media...their coverage, their spin, their character assasinations.</br><br></br><br>This is hegemony and captialism at its best and I want no part.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_01:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "not course...source.<br></br><br>I'm thinking about that trip I missed for my course because I cannot afford to put gas in my car.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_01:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Delurking to say that I have been depressed and discouraged about Obama's campaign for weeks, but reading many of the comments here have encouraged me to think more positively. I hope this issue dies a quick death. <br></br><br>Thanks, y'all!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_01:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>transform the lives of African Americans lies in forming a coalition between blacks and whites for change.</i><br></br><br>we tried that. It didn't work. Black people need to handle their own business.</br><br></br><br>Monique and Nakim are right. And did anyone ever consider that Wright is feeling betrayed by all of this? That he viewed Obama as a son and for him to throw him under the bus calling him an old, out of touch, \"crazy uncle,\" might be construed as a knife in his back.</br><br></br><br></br><br>For him to act like his sermons, were cuckoo? Destructive? What about the pain Wright felt? About his church, his ministry being vilified and ridiculed? Him being called a \"wackadoodle\" in the nation's top Newspapers...this after being a \"spiritual adviser\" to the Clinton's?</br><br></br><br>But I guess he's supposed to put all of that aside so Obama can win the presidency.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_01:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ jj<br></br><br>That's the media, not Obama.  Obama spoke of Wright with respect and understanding.  What would you do if your pastor said things you profoundly disagreed with?  In church you might ignore it...but what if he came to your job at a battered woman's shelter and talked about how women should submit to their husbands?  At that point, I think I would draw the line.  At that point I'd realize he's trying to f*ck with me.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_02:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>People loooove a black martyr! The media will repent just in time for black history month, 2009.</i><br></br><br>Yeah, I can't wait for that.  But actually, they will do what they always do.  They will say how sad the whole episode was without taking any responsibility themselves.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_03:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>That he viewed Obama as a son and for him to throw him under the bus calling him an old, out of touch, \"crazy uncle,\" might be construed as a knife in his back.</i><br></br><br>But that's the thing, Obama did not throw him under the bus.  He emphatically did not throw him under the bus.  But it seems to me that Wright cannot take any criticism whatsoever.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_03:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm so tired of people using this to say we should question Obama's judgment because he didn't know Rev. Wright as well as he thought.  Well using that logic, Hillary is definitely not POTUS material.  HELLO, she entered into a legally binding contract with a liar and a cheat.  She knew he was going to cheat on her and she did it anyway.  She knew she was going to have to lie to the public and say she supports NAFTA when she really didn't.  I mean, her judgment is right on point to say the least, right?  This train of thought explains why the divorce rate in this country is so low, because we know everything there is to know about people and people never change. I'm so glad I had my Pastor fill out that questionnaire before I joined his church.  And thanks to the media, I've had to reject and denounce my own mother because she admitted she wasn't a virgin when she got married and she's smoked weed. (NOT!)  Just goes to show that you can't trust people today. Tsk Tsk, and I thought I knew her.  Silly me for thinking I knew her every thought.  <br></br><br>Just stop with the madness. If Obama was just pandering for votes, I would think he would have done this at the beginning of his campaign, not at the end.  Use some logic.  But then again, if you think Hillary or McCain would be better for this country, then I don't know how much logic enters into your thinking</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_08:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "b34b8cc31880a0a7b80c2c853d55825c", "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}, "1962582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hillary's Elitist Church...  <br></br><br>Please check this out.</br><br></br><br>http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_08:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a04e7526a92b00638d924f001de64e78", "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}, "1962583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not Delusional,<br></br><br>DITTO, DITTO, DITTO.</br><br></br><br>Now I wonder how many votes does Hillary expect to get.  This is the card that Bill has been playing all along, they just threw out their ace!</br><br></br><br>Terry McAuliffe, Hillary's campaign manager said this race will be over by June 15.  Now what do you think they have waiting for poor old Obama, who has played along to get along and with all his bending over he still can't get no respect.  </br><br></br><br>June 15:  Obama's wake up call to the reality of living in the good old US of A, the one Reverend Wright talked about and the one Obama said didn't exist anymore.  Okay Obama, now June 15 will be your time to truly be offended, outraged, disappointed, etc.. not from Reverend Wright, but your unwillingness to believe what he said, or your kissing every white person's ass!  You been played!!!!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_11:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's savagely ironic that Barack spent so much brilliant effort trying to give his elders their proper credit and then to be sabatoged by, of all people, his own pastor.<br></br><br><a href=\"http://www.barackobama.com/2007/03/04/selma_voting_rights_march_comm.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barack Obama at Selma, March 4 2007</a>:</br><br></br><br>\"\u2026 I got a letter from a friend of some of yours named Reverend Otis Moss Jr. in Cleveland, and his son, Otis Moss III is the Pastor at my church and I must send greetings from Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. but I got a letter giving me encouragement and saying how proud he was that I had announced and encouraging me to stay true to my ideals and my values and not to be fearful.</br><br>\"And he said, if there's some folks out there who are questioning whether or not you should run, just tell them to look at the story of Joshua because you're part of the Joshua generation.</br><br>\"So I just want to talk a little about Moses and Aaron and Joshua, because we are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We're in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on, people who battled, not just on behalf of African Americans but on behalf of all of America; that battled for America's soul, that shed blood , that endured taunts and formant and in some cases gave -- torment and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion.\"</br><br>...</br><br>\"I'm here because somebody marched. I'm here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I've promised. What I've promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I've fulfilled that promise but you won't go there.\"</br><br>---</br><br></br><br>What if Moses wouldn't let Joshua get something that he'd worked so hard for but wouldn't get to see the fruits of? That's how I feel a lot of Baby Boomers seem to be treating this election. When I hear older Hillary supporters say that they want to see a woman President in their own lifetimes, it strikes me as fundamentally selfish -- about their own ambitions, not what's good for the nation. I haven't heard that same feeling from the Black community. Strangely, Wright seems to prefer the exact inverse: no one should see a black President in any lifetime\u2026</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-30_14:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4e07f6009cbd9fd66fa8ac097e760e4b", "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}, "1962455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Indeed Jack...what a farce. <br></br><br>There's a lot of thing that these \"experienced\" politicians need to answer for but will we get answers...</br><br></br><br>probably not.</br><br></br><br>Black Americans, wake up! You are being played, don't vote for these clowns in November, if they bend Barack over a chair. Groom independent candidates and bring this government to its knees.</br><br></br><br>Cut off the purse strings to the Democrats and Republican's corporate pimps!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_17:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae84a1f516965138dcc59937fe7a7ac1", "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}, "1962456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The MSM will never ever call out these folks on these issues.<br></br><br>This type of analysis is reserved for someone like Barack.</br><br></br><br>Try as we may, the MSM will never address these very REAL issues.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_17:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now Barack is without a church!<br></br><br>This is horrible horrible horrible!</br><br></br><br>MSM has been wanting this to happen since day 1!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_17:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3b31356ea345f986babefd4710e13291", "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}, "1962458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice<br></br><br>Hey,</br><br></br><br>I don't know that he is completely without a church.  I believe there are many at Trinity that still support him.</br><br></br><br>I think it was said somewhere that Moss asked that Wright not do what he has done.</br><br></br><br>He will probably have to find a new church anyway once he is the POTUS.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "N Mahana<br></br><br>I agree, but this should be a call to all Americans who want to move forward with real issues and aren't fooled by the destractions provided by the MSM and their corporate sponsors and benefactors.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's been brokered for Hillary. Wright will be the scapegoat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "80ea861d319714b3dc4b0362d7b5ec6e", "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}, "1962461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack,<br></br><br>Don't you get it?</br><br></br><br>Catholics, Clinton and McCain don't have to explain anything...</br><br></br><br>Why?</br><br></br><br>BECAUSE THEY SAY SO.</br><br></br><br>They don't have to EXPLAIN themselves to you.  </br><br></br><br>It doesn't matter if you're uncomfortable with something they do.  They don't care if you see them as hypocrites.  You'll get over it.  You have in the past.  Why stop now???</br><br></br><br>What is it conservatives like to say. . . \"Life's not fair?\"  Well, there you go.  </br><br></br><br>It's really that simple.  It's like what your mother says to you when you're five years old.  Don't question the double standard.  You have no authority to do so.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MSNBC just aired the NC governor's statement about Hillary not being a Pansy.<br></br><br>It didn't seem to affect anyone on the panel.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spiderbytes<br></br><br>That one won't work, we saw it coming.</br><br></br><br>The DNC and Hillary will not get to use Wright as the scapegoat.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's like Jon Stewart said. . . <br></br><br>Hagee doesn't hate America.  He just hates certain people in America.  See, that's okay!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "but b-serious, you can't... well, b serious.<br></br><br>i'm sure once the media finds out about the horrible statements by john hagee or the shady operations of hillary's church or the actions of thousands of catholic priests, why i'm just sure they will spare no expense in holding those candidates to the fire as they did with obama.</br><br></br><br>he's just lucky they got him out of the way first.</br><br></br><br>you need to have more faith in your media overlords, sir.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8a2d6caafd9b7800b7d657a7d3470f96", "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}, "1962466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>My bad, it must be the part of the show where John Hagee gets death threats and McCain is harassed for weeks on end about his choice of a spiritual advisor who is promoting war against Iran because he thinks it will accelerate the Second Coming.</i><br></br><br>What?! And interrupt nightly coverage of the Miley Cyrus \"OMG she's acting like a teenage girl!\" scandal?</br><br></br><br>I think not!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ff19dfc0400feb84ea112bcb0762d62", "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}, "1962467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rachel Maddow is at it again, she wants to know why they're still talking about Wright.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack Turner<br></br><br>You must REALLY be a member of the United Colors of Bennaton Generation! </br><br></br><br>YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO LET A N##GGA RUN OR PRESIDENT AND BE TREATED FAIRLY BY THE MEDIA????? </br><br></br><br>And YES what MAINSREAM MEDIA HAS SHOWN ALL OF BLACK AMERICA IS EVEN YOUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST WILL BE NIGGERIZED IF WE SO CHOOSE! </br><br></br><br>Yo! You've been working at the Obama campaign too long... </br><br></br><br>Obama has OFFICIALLY GOT HIS N#$GGA WAKE UP CALL! As Comedian Paul Mooney calls it.</br><br></br><br>The American Media has let Obama know..\"Hey boy, you thought you had us fooled with all that transcending race bullshit, but now we KNOW you a NI#GGA no matter HOW MANY Ivy league degrees you have... Now behave accordingly..\"</br><br></br><br>Black folk who complain about the double standard of the Media coverage of Obama really make me laugh.. THIS IS AMERICA FOOL!!!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e41c6c18cf68d94714dba0e17b5b051", "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}, "1962469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15.<br></br><br>If they give Clinton the nomination she will not win the general.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Off topic but...<br></br><br><i>Rachel Maddow is at it again, she wants to know why they're still talking about Wright.</i></br><br></br><br>MSNBC need to just give Maddow her own show and get it over with.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ff19dfc0400feb84ea112bcb0762d62", "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}, "1962471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wait Justice58 - is Sen. Obama without a church?  Rev. Wright has retired from Trinity.  I heard Sen. Obama renounce Wright, I didn't hear him say he was leaving Trinity.<br></br><br>I feel ya' Jack it looks like the double standard coming into play yet again.  Actually it doesn't just look like it, it is, but it's also deeper than that.</br><br></br><br>IMHO, the closer Sen. Obama gets to becoming the Democratic nominee the more fired up the right and a part of the democractic base is to bring him down.  The magic negro is just a little tooo magic for some folks.</br><br></br><br>My theory on this dumb ass Faux News manufactured controversy from right-wing professional nut-job Hannity goes like this:  Hannity finds the Trinity tapes and carefully pores through them realizing that his demographic will be shocked and titallated by the preaching style.  Then discovers with some editing he can get a bigger bang for his buck on the \"chickens coming home to roost\" and the \"G-D America\".  Thus is born his carefully edited, out-of-context Wright's greatest hits clip.  He takes it on air last year and tries to get some traction going.  At first, and for most of last year,it was ignored by the larger MSM media -so how come this got all this traction now?  And why won't it, for the love of God, die?</br><br></br><br>This controversy won't die because the MSM is as much a part of corporate America as lobbyist are and corporate America does not want this negro anywhere near the White House.  You all saw the shameful performances of ABC Clinton shills at the debates and wasn't it here that I was seeing CNN refered to as the Clinton News Network? Sen. Obama is running on a platform of taking their ball away.  Of course they are going to throw as much dirt and ish up on him as they can.</br><br></br><br>Enter Hannity's Rev. Wright tapes -it may not be as good a scandal as the proverbial \"dead hooker or live boy\" but at this stage in the game it will have to do.  </br><br></br><br>They are trying to hamstring him before it goes to convention.  If they can do it now, during the season of primaries and caucus, they can use the \"will of the voters\" as cover.  If they don't stop him now, they will have to do it at convention out in the open in front of everybody - and of course we've all vowed to watch  that convention carefully.</br><br></br><br>This Wright controversy is not dying, it won't go away unless they can come up with something bigger and better.  Some will ride this dead horse all the way to the convention, others will be riding it all the way to the damn election in November.</br><br></br><br>For sweet mercy's sake - someone call the ASPCA already.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5594e5b59875523084a70424b6d54aa8", "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}, "1962472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"you need to have more faith in your media overlords, sir.\"</i><br></br><br>You're right.  I forgot how the media overlords work.</br><br></br><br>Someone mentioned this earlier:  First they'll screw Obama out of the nomination.  Then they'll make a documentary lamenting the very smear job that they created.  </br><br></br><br>People loooove a black martyr!  The media will repent just in time for black history month, 2009.</br><br></br><br>Will Smith's playing Obama.  But who gets to play Michelle?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kerry Washington *smirks*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae84a1f516965138dcc59937fe7a7ac1", "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}, "1962474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ b-serious what about Gabrielle Union, she's got the hieght, she's pretty classy, good looking.  Or waht about the one from Girlfriends?  shoot - what is her name.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5594e5b59875523084a70424b6d54aa8", "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}, "1962475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Reverend Wright Story was given to Sean Hannity BY AFRICAN AMERICAN RIGHT WING BLOGGER ERIC RUSH!!!!<br></br><br>He was on Hannity's America on Sunday and Sean Hannity explained how and why this BLACK CONSERVATIVE felt the need to expose Jeremiah Wright to America.</br><br></br><br>Eric Rush said, \" I wanted America to ask themselves whether they would want a man with a paster like this to be President of the United States.\"</br><br></br><br>Obama Got his campaign destroyed by TWO black men...</br><br></br><br>Eric Rush</br><br></br><br>and </br><br></br><br>Jeremiah Wright</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e41c6c18cf68d94714dba0e17b5b051", "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}, "1962476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MS.Martin,<br></br><br>It just hurt to see Barack go through this. It's not an easy thing to leave your church! </br><br></br><br>I once went through a break-up of my church & it was devastating!</br><br></br><br></br><br>All MSM had on him was Rev Wright & they wanted him denounced from the beginning! </br><br></br><br>Sean Hannity is the instigator in this in order to try & bring down Barack's candidacy! He has so much hatred & can't stand the idea of a black man for president!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3b31356ea345f986babefd4710e13291", "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}, "1962477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No wait...I meant Angelina Jolie...<br></br><br>Which would be typical of some so called Hollyweird liberals.</br><br></br><br>Yes I'm rather \"bitter\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae84a1f516965138dcc59937fe7a7ac1", "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}, "1962478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/04/obamas-running-mate.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama's running mate</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_18:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15.</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>They're either being optimistic or they know something we don't.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms.martin \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Of course we saw it coming. We're paying close attention with a keen understanding of racial dynamics; but that doesn't give us the power to stop it from happening. I'm concerned about the voters who won't/didn't see it coming, the \"soundbyters\" if you will. I feel like the media is shaping wright into the new Farrakhan at the expense of Obamas campaign. The dnc and HIllary don't need to do anything, the media is doing it for them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "80ea861d319714b3dc4b0362d7b5ec6e", "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}, "1962481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ac,<br></br><br>My heart is broken! I'm tired tired tired of the Media with the Wright story day after day!</br><br></br><br>I refused to listen to them yesterday! It was a bit too much for me! Now today--This hits one right smack in the face!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3b31356ea345f986babefd4710e13291", "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}, "1962482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hillary is not a pansy.<br></br><br>You will never see Hillary apologizing for anything.</br><br></br><br>You will never see Hillary throw anyone in her inner circle under the bus.</br><br></br><br>Obama is pandering to the very people who aren't going to vote for him in the first place!  </br><br></br><br>The media put the knife in Rev. Wrights' back and Obama twisted it.</br><br></br><br>This is a sad day in American history.  The media has proven it has the power to make or break candiates.  Has the media apologized for letting the Pentagon lie us into a war in Iraq?  Has the media apologized for letting Bush lie us into an war?  The media is against Rev. Wright because he spoke the TRUTH.  The media can't have anybody hearing the proof, they would RATHER the America people be lied to over and over again.</br><br></br><br>The double standard is clear. We don't even know who Hillary and McCains' pastors are, or even if they have one.  We know Cindy McCain was hooked on drugs.  We know Bill Clinton cheated on Hillary, but the media would RATHER  focus on Obama's preacher because that's all they have.</br><br></br><br>IT'S the G*D&M; MEDIA!  </br><br>The media wants Hillary to be the nominee so they can swiftboat her.   The media wants our troops to stay in Iraq for 100 years.</br><br></br><br>Obama should have just said, Reverend Wright is my pastor and not my God.</br><br></br><br>One things for sure. Reverend Wright will still be a minister on November 5 and Obama will be a footnote in history. </br><br></br><br>You want to know who we have to thank for the right wing smearmongering media we have today?  President William Jefferson Clinton.  He allowed the media consolidation monoply to take place on his watch. </br><br></br><br>Wouldn't it be funny if Bill and Hillary step up to the plate and defend Rev. Wright and the black church?  This is not about Rev. Wright it's about the black church and trying to shut them down.</br><br></br><br>I hate to quote Alan Keys, but he said in 2000 that elections were being held of the media, for the media, by the media.  We might as well stop having elections and just let the media pick the candidate.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms. martin said, <i>\"The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15.\"</i><br></br><br>WHY does that remind me of the night of the Presidential Election, 2000?  </br><br></br><br>Bush sitting with his family (surprisingly calm and high-spirited given the circumstances). . . </br><br></br><br>reporter:  \"Hey Governor Bush, the results are in.  The networks have called it.  You just lost Florida to Al Gore.\"</br><br></br><br>Bush:  \"No I didn't.\"</br><br></br><br>reporter:  \"But, the results are already in.  Al Gore is going to be our next president.\"</br><br></br><br>Bush:  \"No he isn't.\"</br><br></br><br>reporter:  \"Wait.  How do you know?  Where's your proof?\"</br><br></br><br>Bush:  (crickets)</br><br></br><br>reporter: \"Guess he knows something we don't know.\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "craig, it's not optimism or some secret plan being hatched it's insanity.<br></br><br>If the Clintons and their political team had the keen political abilities the media and others attribute to them they wouldn't be in the position they are in.</br><br></br><br>Hillary has not led a single day in this nomination race. <b>Not one day.</b></br><br></br><br>Folks forget that Obama has beat her in every possible way pretty much from the beginning.</br><br></br><br>This thing is over and has been for a while.</br><br></br><br>What MSNBC is quoting are the desperate rantings of fools who   have nothing to turn to once this nomination fight is over.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ff19dfc0400feb84ea112bcb0762d62", "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}, "1962485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow. I guess I'm very naive, and although I thought the media wouldn't give Obama (and later Wright) a fair shake it wouldn't have ever gone this far.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Terry McAuliffe said that the nominee will be decided by 6/15/08. There's no mention that HRC will be the nominee. Please stop with the misinformation. This will cause less blacks to go to the polls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f1ed33e3a98e61f58890355e521967d", "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}, "1962487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama is pissing me off.  I'm sorry, I know you want the job but you do not throw your pastor under the bus. You do not claim his comments are \"ridiculous and destructive,\" because many, MANY Americans believes he's speaking the truth.<br></br><br>You do NOT get into a cage match with another Black man and allow the media to manipulate you. You do not fall for the BS that you somehow have to win \"real Americans\" i.e. White working class voters to win the nomination.</br><br></br><br>Like I said yesterday this is all a setup to ensure that Hillary gets the nod. Her people have been saying it will be decided on June 15. Please don't think that's an accident.</br><br></br><br>I will still vote for him if he is the nominee but I have lost much of my respect for him. You DO NOT throw Wright under the bus. If you can't stand u for your Pastor than who the hell can u stand up for? If you can't validate the beliefs of millions, without calling them \"ridiculous or destructive,\" than what the hell do you stand for? I guess only White working class values matter...huh?</br><br></br><br>Like I said Black folk...are ya'll prepared for when they give this election to Clinton? Because that is what they are trying to do.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you guys giving up?  It sounds like you have all given up.<br></br><br>I refuse to give up.  As hard as it is.  This election has been especially hard to watch as an African American - really it's been heart wrenching and not because Obama is black, but because I have been consistenly reminded of my place in this society - our place at the table.</br><br></br><br>Part of me really thought the Wright thing might work for some good, but that bubble has burst.</br><br></br><br>I'm going to some Obamaholic freak site so my spirits can be lifted.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay.  All joking aside.<br></br><br>Let's not take a defeatist attitude here.  We were talking about this over at Field's blog the other day.</br><br></br><br>The math is the math.  And THE MATH DON'T LIE.</br><br></br><br>I don't care what Hillary does.  Unless she can magically create a pledged delegate lead (near impossible at this point) the super delegates would be suicidal to give Hillary a nomination she didn't earn.</br><br></br><br>It's one thing to be scared of the Clintons.  But that doesn't mean the supers are gonna alienate the black vote and piss off a generation of young (would-be) Democratic voters just to give Hillary her \"entitlement.\"</br><br></br><br>But if they do....if for some crazy reason this talk gets a little more serious...it will be our responsibility as the activist Democratic base to finally stand up for ourselves and teach them a lesson.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Baltogeek<br></br><br>You're right about Rachel - she should have her own show.</br><br></br><br>She is one of a few who deals with reality and keeps trying to focus on reality - but they don't hear her.</br><br></br><br>She looked as discouraged as I feel today.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelene<br></br><br>Go review the tape before you accuse someone of inaccuracies.</br><br></br><br>I'll accept your apology.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "J&Jer;'s:<br>The full transcript of Obama's remarks on Wright are at the NYT: </br><br></br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/us/politics/29text-obama.html?em&ex;=1209614400&en;=d2ddde5f2a0b02e0&ei;=5087%0A</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I posted this over at Field's blog the other day when people were panicked after Obama lost PA.<br></br><br>Take it for what it's worth.  We've come too far.  There's no room for doubt.</br><br></br><br><i>\"I'm going to address this criticsm to Obama supporters as a whole. Not anyone in particular. So, please, don't take any of this personally. I also apologize in advance for the long comment:</i></br><br></br><br>As a general concern, I continue to be disturbed by the defeatist attitude I hear from some people.</br><br></br><br>Calm down. Obama lost a state that everyone said he was going to loose. What's the big deal? We've been here before. Remember March 5th? EVERYONE said Ohio and Texas were going to change the game and give Hillary the momentum she needed to win the nomination. Two weeks later, people looked at the math and realized that there's no way she can catch Obama in pledged delegates. People started calling on her to drop out.</br><br></br><br>But we're scared because Obama lost PA? Might I remind people that Hillary lost 11 straight by an AVERAGE of 33%. Not ONCE did I see her, her campaign or her supporters doubt themselves. They've been in debt, had campaign shake-ups, you name it. But they never had a defeatist attitude. They dismissed their losses and moved on. </br><br></br><br>My goodness, they're so happy in their state of denial that they have the audacity to say things like, \"the math isn't important.\" WTF?</br><br></br><br>Michelle Bernard hit the nail on the head when she said that the Clintons will easily dismiss a 15-20% blow out in NC as \"just another black state.\" You want to know the sad part? A lot of us will buy into that. In the least, we'll let her continue to say such things without ever thinking to challenge her on her BS.</br><br></br><br>Time after time, we allow the media to scare us back in our \"proper\" place. You've got the media convincing Obama supporters that he can't win the general election because he lost PA white men by 10%. But no one says a damn thing about the fact that Hillary lost 90% of the black vote.</br><br></br><br>Rep. Clyburn said that tells him that the media is comfortable to say that black folk don't really matter. Why? Because, if we did, the media would be hounding Hillary about how \"out of touch\" she is with African-Americans. She'd be forced to play spades and dance the electric slide just to show how \"in touch\" she is with the black community. </br><br></br><br>Sounds rediculous, right? Yet we're comfortable seeing Obama drink beers and bowl a 37 just to get the white man's attention. That's an insult to him and the working class white voter.</br><br></br><br>I've seen far too many Obama supporters cede the terms of engagement to Hillary's side. A state is \"important,\" because SHE SAYS SO. A voter is more important because SHE SAYS SO. It's ok to change the rules and count FL and MI because SHE SAYS SO. It's ok to mistake familiarity for experience; to mistake scorched earth tactics for \"toughness\" because SHE SAYS SO.</br><br></br><br>Do we really want to change the way things work in this country? Or are we going to continue to reward bad behavior? </br><br></br><br>For 8 years we lamented the cowboy politics of George W. Bush. Now some of us have the gall to praise Hillary for being just as \"tough\" as the Republicans? </br><br></br><br>She's telling you that she's going to \"obliterate\" Iran. Her voting record matches her hawkish stance. But I gaurantee you we'll be sitting here 3 years from now, after having invaded Iran, wondering how we ever elected a Joe Lieberman Republican who has us fighting 3 wars at the same time.</br><br></br><br>Let's forget this hype about being \"tough.\" Americans rarely elect a President whom they DON'T think is tough. I've never seen a voter come out of the voting booth and say, \"Yeah, I voted for the punk-a*s.\" </br><br></br><br>And look where it gets us. All of that bravado and chest thumping gets us absolutely nowhere.</br><br></br><br>Obama isn't perfect. He's missed out on political opportunities to control the media narrative and put Hillary on the defensive. </br><br></br><br>But we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he's WINNING. The rules and math say this thing has been OVER for a long time. </br><br></br><br>Yet we're the first one's to believe the hype . . . to believe the spin that this thing is a close contest, or that Obama is in trouble. Hillary would kill to be where Obama is right now.</br><br></br><br>But this is a sad sight to see. Supporters of a WINNING campaign with a loser's mentality.</br><br></br><br>Did we ever believe in this \"hope\" for \"change\" or were we always waiting for the other shoe to drop?\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "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}, "1962494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks B", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1962495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, my dears. NBC just predicted that Hilary would win 50% to Mcfool's 41% and Barack would only win by 1 point against McFool if he is the nominee. <br></br><br>I imagine they are banking on the \"House versus Field\"  thing working out for them. </br><br></br><br>Me? I'm staying in the field. Although I will keep working, writing, and giving to the Obama campaign (though I am pretty hot right now), I have to say if Gore couldn't win fair and square, an \"Arrogant Uppity Negro\" has to be destroyed by the press and \"The House\".</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-29_19:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "67278f84b7b6cbb795c7c96e7a08dabe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "1960677", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -3528492040428083569}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 130, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 1960677, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	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=ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain' +
		'&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/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/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='	+ 'ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain'
			+ '&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/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/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">130</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1960677" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1960677" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1960677" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain/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='	+ 'ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain'
			+ '&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='	+ 'ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain'
			+ '&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='		+ 'ok_obama_did_his_press_conference_let8217s_call_up_catholics_clinton_and_mccain'
				+ '&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/1960677/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962455">N. Mahana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962455" class="dsq-comment-message">Indeed Jack...what a farce. <br></br><br>There\'s a lot of thing that these "experienced" politicians need to answer for but will we get answers...</br><br></br><br>probably not.</br><br></br><br>Black Americans, wake up! You are being played, don\'t vote for these clowns in November, if they bend Barack over a chair. Groom independent candidates and bring this government to its knees.</br><br></br><br>Cut off the purse strings to the Democrats and Republican\'s corporate pimps!</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962456">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962456" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962456" class="dsq-comment-message">The MSM will never ever call out these folks on these issues.<br></br><br>This type of analysis is reserved for someone like Barack.</br><br></br><br>Try as we may, the MSM will never address these very REAL issues.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962457">justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962457" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962457" class="dsq-comment-message">Now Barack is without a church!<br></br><br>This is horrible horrible horrible!</br><br></br><br>MSM has been wanting this to happen since day 1!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962458">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962458" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice<br></br><br>Hey,</br><br></br><br>I don\'t know that he is completely without a church.  I believe there are many at Trinity that still support him.</br><br></br><br>I think it was said somewhere that Moss asked that Wright not do what he has done.</br><br></br><br>He will probably have to find a new church anyway once he is the POTUS.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962459">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962459" class="dsq-comment-message">N Mahana<br></br><br>I agree, but this should be a call to all Americans who want to move forward with real issues and aren\'t fooled by the destractions provided by the MSM and their corporate sponsors and benefactors.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962460">spiderbytes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962460" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s been brokered for Hillary. Wright will be the scapegoat.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962461" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962461">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962461" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack,<br></br><br>Don\'t you get it?</br><br></br><br>Catholics, Clinton and McCain don\'t have to explain anything...</br><br></br><br>Why?</br><br></br><br>BECAUSE THEY SAY SO.</br><br></br><br>They don\'t have to EXPLAIN themselves to you.  </br><br></br><br>It doesn\'t matter if you\'re uncomfortable with something they do.  They don\'t care if you see them as hypocrites.  You\'ll get over it.  You have in the past.  Why stop now???</br><br></br><br>What is it conservatives like to say. . . "Life\'s not fair?"  Well, there you go.  </br><br></br><br>It\'s really that simple.  It\'s like what your mother says to you when you\'re five years old.  Don\'t question the double standard.  You have no authority to do so.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962462">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962462" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC just aired the NC governor\'s statement about Hillary not being a Pansy.<br></br><br>It didn\'t seem to affect anyone on the panel.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962463">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962463" class="dsq-comment-message">spiderbytes<br></br><br>That one won\'t work, we saw it coming.</br><br></br><br>The DNC and Hillary will not get to use Wright as the scapegoat.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962464">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962464" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s like Jon Stewart said. . . <br></br><br>Hagee doesn\'t hate America.  He just hates certain people in America.  See, that\'s okay!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962465" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962465">Jack Turner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962465" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962465" class="dsq-comment-message">but b-serious, you can\'t... well, b serious.<br></br><br>i\'m sure once the media finds out about the horrible statements by john hagee or the shady operations of hillary\'s church or the actions of thousands of catholic priests, why i\'m just sure they will spare no expense in holding those candidates to the fire as they did with obama.</br><br></br><br>he\'s just lucky they got him out of the way first.</br><br></br><br>you need to have more faith in your media overlords, sir.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962466">Baltogeek</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962466" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>My bad, it must be the part of the show where John Hagee gets death threats and McCain is harassed for weeks on end about his choice of a spiritual advisor who is promoting war against Iran because he thinks it will accelerate the Second Coming.</i><br></br><br>What?! And interrupt nightly coverage of the Miley Cyrus "OMG she\'s acting like a teenage girl!" scandal?</br><br></br><br>I think not!</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962467">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962467" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel Maddow is at it again, she wants to know why they\'re still talking about Wright.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962468">Not Delusional</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962468" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack Turner<br></br><br>You must REALLY be a member of the United Colors of Bennaton Generation! </br><br></br><br>YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO LET A N##GGA RUN OR PRESIDENT AND BE TREATED FAIRLY BY THE MEDIA????? </br><br></br><br>And YES what MAINSREAM MEDIA HAS SHOWN ALL OF BLACK AMERICA IS EVEN YOUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST WILL BE NIGGERIZED IF WE SO CHOOSE! </br><br></br><br>Yo! You\'ve been working at the Obama campaign too long... </br><br></br><br>Obama has OFFICIALLY GOT HIS N#$GGA WAKE UP CALL! As Comedian Paul Mooney calls it.</br><br></br><br>The American Media has let Obama know.."Hey boy, you thought you had us fooled with all that transcending race bullshit, but now we KNOW you a NI#GGA no matter HOW MANY Ivy league degrees you have... Now behave accordingly.."</br><br></br><br>Black folk who complain about the double standard of the Media coverage of Obama really make me laugh.. THIS IS AMERICA FOOL!!!</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962469">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962469" class="dsq-comment-message">The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15.<br></br><br>If they give Clinton the nomination she will not win the general.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962470">Baltogeek</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962470" class="dsq-comment-message">Off topic but...<br></br><br><i>Rachel Maddow is at it again, she wants to know why they\'re still talking about Wright.</i></br><br></br><br>MSNBC need to just give Maddow her own show and get it over with.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962471">ac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962471" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait Justice58 - is Sen. Obama without a church?  Rev. Wright has retired from Trinity.  I heard Sen. Obama renounce Wright, I didn\'t hear him say he was leaving Trinity.<br></br><br>I feel ya\' Jack it looks like the double standard coming into play yet again.  Actually it doesn\'t just look like it, it is, but it\'s also deeper than that.</br><br></br><br>IMHO, the closer Sen. Obama gets to becoming the Democratic nominee the more fired up the right and a part of the democractic base is to bring him down.  The magic negro is just a little tooo magic for some folks.</br><br></br><br>My theory on this dumb ass Faux News manufactured controversy from right-wing professional nut-job Hannity goes like this:  Hannity finds the Trinity tapes and carefully pores through them realizing that his demographic will be shocked and titallated by the preaching style.  Then discovers with some editing he can get a bigger bang for his buck on the "chickens coming home to roost" and the "G-D America".  Thus is born his carefully edited, out-of-context Wright\'s greatest hits clip.  He takes it on air last year and tries to get some traction going.  At first, and for most of last year,it was ignored by the larger MSM media -so how come this got all this traction now?  And why won\'t it, for the love of God, die?</br><br></br><br>This controversy won\'t die because the MSM is as much a part of corporate America as lobbyist are and corporate America does not want this negro anywhere near the White House.  You all saw the shameful performances of ABC Clinton shills at the debates and wasn\'t it here that I was seeing CNN refered to as the Clinton News Network? Sen. Obama is running on a platform of taking their ball away.  Of course they are going to throw as much dirt and ish up on him as they can.</br><br></br><br>Enter Hannity\'s Rev. Wright tapes -it may not be as good a scandal as the proverbial "dead hooker or live boy" but at this stage in the game it will have to do.  </br><br></br><br>They are trying to hamstring him before it goes to convention.  If they can do it now, during the season of primaries and caucus, they can use the "will of the voters" as cover.  If they don\'t stop him now, they will have to do it at convention out in the open in front of everybody - and of course we\'ve all vowed to watch  that convention carefully.</br><br></br><br>This Wright controversy is not dying, it won\'t go away unless they can come up with something bigger and better.  Some will ride this dead horse all the way to the convention, others will be riding it all the way to the damn election in November.</br><br></br><br>For sweet mercy\'s sake - someone call the ASPCA already.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962472">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962472" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"you need to have more faith in your media overlords, sir."</i><br></br><br>You\'re right.  I forgot how the media overlords work.</br><br></br><br>Someone mentioned this earlier:  First they\'ll screw Obama out of the nomination.  Then they\'ll make a documentary lamenting the very smear job that they created.  </br><br></br><br>People loooove a black martyr!  The media will repent just in time for black history month, 2009.</br><br></br><br>Will Smith\'s playing Obama.  But who gets to play Michelle?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962473">N. Mahana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962473" class="dsq-comment-message">Kerry Washington *smirks*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962474">ac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962474" class="dsq-comment-message">@ b-serious what about Gabrielle Union, she\'s got the hieght, she\'s pretty classy, good looking.  Or waht about the one from Girlfriends?  shoot - what is her name.....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962475">Not delusional</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962475" class="dsq-comment-message">The Reverend Wright Story was given to Sean Hannity BY AFRICAN AMERICAN RIGHT WING BLOGGER ERIC RUSH!!!!<br></br><br>He was on Hannity\'s America on Sunday and Sean Hannity explained how and why this BLACK CONSERVATIVE felt the need to expose Jeremiah Wright to America.</br><br></br><br>Eric Rush said, " I wanted America to ask themselves whether they would want a man with a paster like this to be President of the United States."</br><br></br><br>Obama Got his campaign destroyed by TWO black men...</br><br></br><br>Eric Rush</br><br></br><br>and </br><br></br><br>Jeremiah Wright</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962476">justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962476" class="dsq-comment-message">MS.Martin,<br></br><br>It just hurt to see Barack go through this. It\'s not an easy thing to leave your church! </br><br></br><br>I once went through a break-up of my church & it was devastating!</br><br></br><br></br><br>All MSM had on him was Rev Wright & they wanted him denounced from the beginning! </br><br></br><br>Sean Hannity is the instigator in this in order to try & bring down Barack\'s candidacy! He has so much hatred & can\'t stand the idea of a black man for president!</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962477">N. Mahana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962477" class="dsq-comment-message">No wait...I meant Angelina Jolie...<br></br><br>Which would be typical of some so called Hollyweird liberals.</br><br></br><br>Yes I\'m rather "bitter"</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962478">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962478" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/04/obamas-running-mate.html" rel="nofollow">Obama\'s running mate</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962479">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962479" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15.</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>They\'re either being optimistic or they know something we don\'t.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962480">spiderbytes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962480" class="dsq-comment-message">ms.martin                                                                                                    Of course we saw it coming. We\'re paying close attention with a keen understanding of racial dynamics; but that doesn\'t give us the power to stop it from happening. I\'m concerned about the voters who won\'t/didn\'t see it coming, the "soundbyters" if you will. I feel like the media is shaping wright into the new Farrakhan at the expense of Obamas campaign. The dnc and HIllary don\'t need to do anything, the media is doing it for them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962481">justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962481" class="dsq-comment-message">ac,<br></br><br>My heart is broken! I\'m tired tired tired of the Media with the Wright story day after day!</br><br></br><br>I refused to listen to them yesterday! It was a bit too much for me! Now today--This hits one right smack in the face!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962482">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962482" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary is not a pansy.<br></br><br>You will never see Hillary apologizing for anything.</br><br></br><br>You will never see Hillary throw anyone in her inner circle under the bus.</br><br></br><br>Obama is pandering to the very people who aren\'t going to vote for him in the first place!  </br><br></br><br>The media put the knife in Rev. Wrights\' back and Obama twisted it.</br><br></br><br>This is a sad day in American history.  The media has proven it has the power to make or break candiates.  Has the media apologized for letting the Pentagon lie us into a war in Iraq?  Has the media apologized for letting Bush lie us into an war?  The media is against Rev. Wright because he spoke the TRUTH.  The media can\'t have anybody hearing the proof, they would RATHER the America people be lied to over and over again.</br><br></br><br>The double standard is clear. We don\'t even know who Hillary and McCains\' pastors are, or even if they have one.  We know Cindy McCain was hooked on drugs.  We know Bill Clinton cheated on Hillary, but the media would RATHER  focus on Obama\'s preacher because that\'s all they have.</br><br></br><br>IT\'S the G*D&M; MEDIA!  </br><br>The media wants Hillary to be the nominee so they can swiftboat her.   The media wants our troops to stay in Iraq for 100 years.</br><br></br><br>Obama should have just said, Reverend Wright is my pastor and not my God.</br><br></br><br>One things for sure. Reverend Wright will still be a minister on November 5 and Obama will be a footnote in history. </br><br></br><br>You want to know who we have to thank for the right wing smearmongering media we have today?  President William Jefferson Clinton.  He allowed the media consolidation monoply to take place on his watch. </br><br></br><br>Wouldn\'t it be funny if Bill and Hillary step up to the plate and defend Rev. Wright and the black church?  This is not about Rev. Wright it\'s about the black church and trying to shut them down.</br><br></br><br>I hate to quote Alan Keys, but he said in 2000 that elections were being held of the media, for the media, by the media.  We might as well stop having elections and just let the media pick the candidate.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962483">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962483" class="dsq-comment-message">ms. martin said, <i>"The MSNBC pundits are saying that they are hearing rumblings that Clinton will not fight until the convention and McAuliffe says Clinton will be the nominee and it will end by June 15."</i><br></br><br>WHY does that remind me of the night of the Presidential Election, 2000?  </br><br></br><br>Bush sitting with his family (surprisingly calm and high-spirited given the circumstances). . . </br><br></br><br>reporter:  "Hey Governor Bush, the results are in.  The networks have called it.  You just lost Florida to Al Gore."</br><br></br><br>Bush:  "No I didn\'t."</br><br></br><br>reporter:  "But, the results are already in.  Al Gore is going to be our next president."</br><br></br><br>Bush:  "No he isn\'t."</br><br></br><br>reporter:  "Wait.  How do you know?  Where\'s your proof?"</br><br></br><br>Bush:  (crickets)</br><br></br><br>reporter: "Guess he knows something we don\'t know."</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962484">Baltogeek</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962484" class="dsq-comment-message">craig, it\'s not optimism or some secret plan being hatched it\'s insanity.<br></br><br>If the Clintons and their political team had the keen political abilities the media and others attribute to them they wouldn\'t be in the position they are in.</br><br></br><br>Hillary has not led a single day in this nomination race. <b>Not one day.</b></br><br></br><br>Folks forget that Obama has beat her in every possible way pretty much from the beginning.</br><br></br><br>This thing is over and has been for a while.</br><br></br><br>What MSNBC is quoting are the desperate rantings of fools who   have nothing to turn to once this nomination fight is over.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962485">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962485" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. I guess I\'m very naive, and although I thought the media wouldn\'t give Obama (and later Wright) a fair shake it wouldn\'t have ever gone this far.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962486">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962486" class="dsq-comment-message">Terry McAuliffe said that the nominee will be decided by 6/15/08. There\'s no mention that HRC will be the nominee. Please stop with the misinformation. This will cause less blacks to go to the polls.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962487">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962487" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is pissing me off.  I\'m sorry, I know you want the job but you do not throw your pastor under the bus. You do not claim his comments are "ridiculous and destructive," because many, MANY Americans believes he\'s speaking the truth.<br></br><br>You do NOT get into a cage match with another Black man and allow the media to manipulate you. You do not fall for the BS that you somehow have to win "real Americans" i.e. White working class voters to win the nomination.</br><br></br><br>Like I said yesterday this is all a setup to ensure that Hillary gets the nod. Her people have been saying it will be decided on June 15. Please don\'t think that\'s an accident.</br><br></br><br>I will still vote for him if he is the nominee but I have lost much of my respect for him. You DO NOT throw Wright under the bus. If you can\'t stand u for your Pastor than who the hell can u stand up for? If you can\'t validate the beliefs of millions, without calling them "ridiculous or destructive," than what the hell do you stand for? I guess only White working class values matter...huh?</br><br></br><br>Like I said Black folk...are ya\'ll prepared for when they give this election to Clinton? Because that is what they are trying to do.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962488">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962488" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you guys giving up?  It sounds like you have all given up.<br></br><br>I refuse to give up.  As hard as it is.  This election has been especially hard to watch as an African American - really it\'s been heart wrenching and not because Obama is black, but because I have been consistenly reminded of my place in this society - our place at the table.</br><br></br><br>Part of me really thought the Wright thing might work for some good, but that bubble has burst.</br><br></br><br>I\'m going to some Obamaholic freak site so my spirits can be lifted.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962489">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962489" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay.  All joking aside.<br></br><br>Let\'s not take a defeatist attitude here.  We were talking about this over at Field\'s blog the other day.</br><br></br><br>The math is the math.  And THE MATH DON\'T LIE.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t care what Hillary does.  Unless she can magically create a pledged delegate lead (near impossible at this point) the super delegates would be suicidal to give Hillary a nomination she didn\'t earn.</br><br></br><br>It\'s one thing to be scared of the Clintons.  But that doesn\'t mean the supers are gonna alienate the black vote and piss off a generation of young (would-be) Democratic voters just to give Hillary her "entitlement."</br><br></br><br>But if they do....if for some crazy reason this talk gets a little more serious...it will be our responsibility as the activist Democratic base to finally stand up for ourselves and teach them a lesson.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962490">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962490" class="dsq-comment-message">Baltogeek<br></br><br>You\'re right about Rachel - she should have her own show.</br><br></br><br>She is one of a few who deals with reality and keeps trying to focus on reality - but they don\'t hear her.</br><br></br><br>She looked as discouraged as I feel today.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962491">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962491" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelene<br></br><br>Go review the tape before you accuse someone of inaccuracies.</br><br></br><br>I\'ll accept your apology.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962492">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962492" class="dsq-comment-message">J&Jer;\'s:<br>The full transcript of Obama\'s remarks on Wright are at the NYT: </br><br></br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/us/politics/29text-obama.html?em&ex;=1209614400&en;=d2ddde5f2a0b02e0&ei;=5087%0A</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962493">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962493" class="dsq-comment-message">I posted this over at Field\'s blog the other day when people were panicked after Obama lost PA.<br></br><br>Take it for what it\'s worth.  We\'ve come too far.  There\'s no room for doubt.</br><br></br><br><i>"I\'m going to address this criticsm to Obama supporters as a whole. Not anyone in particular. So, please, don\'t take any of this personally. I also apologize in advance for the long comment:</i></br><br></br><br>As a general concern, I continue to be disturbed by the defeatist attitude I hear from some people.</br><br></br><br>Calm down. Obama lost a state that everyone said he was going to loose. What\'s the big deal? We\'ve been here before. Remember March 5th? EVERYONE said Ohio and Texas were going to change the game and give Hillary the momentum she needed to win the nomination. Two weeks later, people looked at the math and realized that there\'s no way she can catch Obama in pledged delegates. People started calling on her to drop out.</br><br></br><br>But we\'re scared because Obama lost PA? Might I remind people that Hillary lost 11 straight by an AVERAGE of 33%. Not ONCE did I see her, her campaign or her supporters doubt themselves. They\'ve been in debt, had campaign shake-ups, you name it. But they never had a defeatist attitude. They dismissed their losses and moved on. </br><br></br><br>My goodness, they\'re so happy in their state of denial that they have the audacity to say things like, "the math isn\'t important." WTF?</br><br></br><br>Michelle Bernard hit the nail on the head when she said that the Clintons will easily dismiss a 15-20% blow out in NC as "just another black state." You want to know the sad part? A lot of us will buy into that. In the least, we\'ll let her continue to say such things without ever thinking to challenge her on her BS.</br><br></br><br>Time after time, we allow the media to scare us back in our "proper" place. You\'ve got the media convincing Obama supporters that he can\'t win the general election because he lost PA white men by 10%. But no one says a damn thing about the fact that Hillary lost 90% of the black vote.</br><br></br><br>Rep. Clyburn said that tells him that the media is comfortable to say that black folk don\'t really matter. Why? Because, if we did, the media would be hounding Hillary about how "out of touch" she is with African-Americans. She\'d be forced to play spades and dance the electric slide just to show how "in touch" she is with the black community. </br><br></br><br>Sounds rediculous, right? Yet we\'re comfortable seeing Obama drink beers and bowl a 37 just to get the white man\'s attention. That\'s an insult to him and the working class white voter.</br><br></br><br>I\'ve seen far too many Obama supporters cede the terms of engagement to Hillary\'s side. A state is "important," because SHE SAYS SO. A voter is more important because SHE SAYS SO. It\'s ok to change the rules and count FL and MI because SHE SAYS SO. It\'s ok to mistake familiarity for experience; to mistake scorched earth tactics for "toughness" because SHE SAYS SO.</br><br></br><br>Do we really want to change the way things work in this country? Or are we going to continue to reward bad behavior? </br><br></br><br>For 8 years we lamented the cowboy politics of George W. Bush. Now some of us have the gall to praise Hillary for being just as "tough" as the Republicans? </br><br></br><br>She\'s telling you that she\'s going to "obliterate" Iran. Her voting record matches her hawkish stance. But I gaurantee you we\'ll be sitting here 3 years from now, after having invaded Iran, wondering how we ever elected a Joe Lieberman Republican who has us fighting 3 wars at the same time.</br><br></br><br>Let\'s forget this hype about being "tough." Americans rarely elect a President whom they DON\'T think is tough. I\'ve never seen a voter come out of the voting booth and say, "Yeah, I voted for the punk-a*s." </br><br></br><br>And look where it gets us. All of that bravado and chest thumping gets us absolutely nowhere.</br><br></br><br>Obama isn\'t perfect. He\'s missed out on political opportunities to control the media narrative and put Hillary on the defensive. </br><br></br><br>But we shouldn\'t lose sight of the fact that he\'s WINNING. The rules and math say this thing has been OVER for a long time. </br><br></br><br>Yet we\'re the first one\'s to believe the hype . . . to believe the spin that this thing is a close contest, or that Obama is in trouble. Hillary would kill to be where Obama is right now.</br><br></br><br>But this is a sad sight to see. Supporters of a WINNING campaign with a loser\'s mentality.</br><br></br><br>Did we ever believe in this "hope" for "change" or were we always waiting for the other shoe to drop?"</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962494">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962494" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks B</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962495">Jonzee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962495" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, my dears. NBC just predicted that Hilary would win 50% to Mcfool\'s 41% and Barack would only win by 1 point against McFool if he is the nominee. <br></br><br>I imagine they are banking on the "House versus Field"  thing working out for them. </br><br></br><br>Me? I\'m staying in the field. Although I will keep working, writing, and giving to the Obama campaign (though I am pretty hot right now), I have to say if Gore couldn\'t win fair and square, an "Arrogant Uppity Negro" has to be destroyed by the press and "The House".</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962496">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962496" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has gotten more superdelegates</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962497">N. Mahana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962497" class="dsq-comment-message">b serious,<br></br><br>Fantastic post and yes, I believe very much needed. lets all try to stay focused. Please don\'t throw in the towel and I say this, from a place of being guilty in the past of sometimes feeling doubtful, myself. </br><br></br><br>Stay strong and as optimistic as possible.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962498">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962498" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s keep things in perspective.  The angst we\'re feeling is about MSM and the sotries they cover and refuse to cover.  The media have left us feeling powerless.<br></br><br>There\'s got to be another way.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962499">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962499" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.  Yeah, let\'s try a new tactic: Divert attention to other candidates\' relationships (that pale in comparison, to put it mildly, to Obama\'s twenty-year long personal relationship with mentor and racist kook Wright).  Sure. That should mitigate the circus that the Obama campaign has become.<br></br><br>Karma can be a bitch.  Obama and his moonies shouldn\'t have thrown Bill Clinton under the bus as a "racist" for doing nothing more than calling Obama a "kid" (which is when the accusations started, way back in Iowa).  That race-batiting bull$hit by the Obama crowd looks even more ridiculous in the wake of this Wright mess.  </br><br></br><br>Playing the race card has come back to bite Obama and Co in the ass - big time.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962500">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962500" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it just me or did anyone notice a shift in the surrogates since about Thursday of last week?  I saw a few panels where instead of the Hillary and Barack surrogates fighting against each other, the Hillary surrogate speaks respectfully of Barack.  Then, they join forces to oppose the Republican on the panel.  I think it coincided with Clyburn\'s comments....that\'s just my perception.  Even Carville was civil.  <br></br><br>I dunno what\'s going on behind the scenes...but maybe it\'s dawning that the black vote is in jeopardy if Hillary is the nominee.  Maybe they\'re realizing that Republicans fear Barack and he\'s under siege from every corner.  Dare I hope?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962501">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962501" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker<br></br><br>I\'ve noticed it too.  Begalia was extremely nice today.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962502">N. Mahana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962502" class="dsq-comment-message">@anon<br></br><br>Stop being such a whining pussy!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962503">Gladstone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962503" class="dsq-comment-message">jj,<br></br><br>I sort of feel the same way and am very conflicted by this. I would like to see O win as well for the good of the country and to change the direction we have been headed in. I understand his methods and for the most part agree with them but the Rev. Wright deal and the Clinton debate deal bother me. I know the Rev. acted out yesterday but I could feel some of his anger as well. I mean, the one reporter who asked whether Obama had been a regular church goer couldn\'t even answer when Rev. asked her what her pastor preached on last week. The hypocrisy of it all left me fuming. </br><br></br><br>My question is what will Obama have to renounce or answer for next? The Black Snob blog put it in better terms yesterday, saying that next they\'ll want an apology for ICE T bodycount and Barry Bonds. How many more hoops will he have to jump through? I just hope in the end it\'ll be worth it and we won\'t all end up very disappointed. </br><br></br><br>Re: the debates, I think he should debate Clinton anytime, anywhere with no moderators. I don\'t think she\'ll take him up on it but it can\'t hurt to call her bluff. By him not firing back, it plays into her theme with "working class" (redneck) america that dude is paper mache.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962504">Big M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962504" class="dsq-comment-message">JJ...how is Obama calling Wright\'s comments "destructive" throwing him under the bus?<br></br><br>You can certainly agree with Wright\'s comments, but the way in which Wright went about expressing them was ridiculous.  Obama knows that.  And this guy is running for President.  You want his entire campaign to burn in flames because Wright wants to revel in the spotlight so that he can sell a few more copies of his upcoming book?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962505">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962505" class="dsq-comment-message">n. mahana,<br></br><br>"whining pussy" ...sounds like a ride at the amusement park ;)</br><br></br><br></br><br>ms.martin,</br><br></br><br>Yeah, could be they\'re shifting into general election mode to present an example of unity for Democrats. There could be something brewing.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962506">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962506" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the Jackie Robinson effect. Guilt by association only applies to the black candidate.<br></br><br>Regardless of anything Wright said or will say, it should not be attributed to Obama. But it will. Because he\'s black.</br><br></br><br>He will still win, because he is that good. But in the unlikely event that the malignant Clinton dynasty steals this nomination...well, pigs will fly from my lily white ass before that race-baiting, war-mongering pathological liar will ever get my vote.</br><br></br><br>Sometimes getting rid of the cancer can almost kill you. You still must get rid of it. If she steals it she will lose.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962507">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962507" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I dunno what\'s going on behind the scenes...but maybe it\'s dawning that the black vote is in jeopardy if Hillary is the nominee. Maybe they\'re realizing that Republicans fear Barack and he\'s under siege from every corner. Dare I hope?</i><br></br><br>Truthseeker,</br><br></br><br>I\'m telling you, it\'s the Rasmussen poll that was dropped. </br><br></br><br>For the first time, in print, they have evidence, that a Democratic Candidate would get 59% of the Black vote.THAT is her CEILING.  </br><br></br><br>It goes in the face of that \' party unity\' bullshit they\'ve been spouting. </br><br></br><br>First Clyburn makes his remarks.</br><br></br><br>Then this poll comes out. </br><br></br><br>They know the math as well as I do;</br><br></br><br>Blue states in the Midwest and Out East are Blue because of Blue Cities. Blue cities are Blue because of BLACK FOLK. </br><br></br><br>PERIOD. </br><br></br><br>This is the first proof of what some of us have been grumbling for awhile. </br><br></br><br>Plus, it\'s just begun, but the word is about to spread about Wright being invited by a CLINTON supporter. Black folk are way too paranoid by nature to EVER believe it\'s a coincidence. They shouldn\'t have been so fucking obvious about it. </br><br></br><br>They shouldn\'t have had 3 events. If the NPC had been the only thing, there might be some fuzziness where Black folk are concerned. But, seeing as there were three events, and he found a way NOT to clown for 2 of them....the clowning at the NPC was pretty obvious.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962508">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962508" class="dsq-comment-message">Party unity my black ass - where was the unity when Clinton was saying screw us she has the white folks and hispanics?<br></br><br>Where was the unity when she was scorching every piece of earth her foot landed on.</br><br></br><br>She\'s a fighter - no - she\'s a fucking troublemaker, a liar, she\'s fake and she has teamed up with the Republicans.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t know why they aren\'t running her ass out of the Democratic party!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962509">Angela</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962509" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been trying to ask all of you to educate yourselves about Hillary\'s questionable religious affiliations re the <br>Family...</br><br></br><br>obviously you all choose not to do anything about that and only want to whine about what you think are injustices re Obama.</br><br></br><br>If you want to sit back and whine, I don\'t have any sympathy for you..</br><br></br><br>this is from an elderly Native American who is sick and tired of people who don\'t stand up and fight for what they believe in.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962510">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962510" class="dsq-comment-message">angela,<br></br><br>how does info about Hillary\'s religious affiliations help us fight?</br><br></br><br>I think Barack would have to be willing to feed it to the media and/or superdelegates.  I don\'t think he is.  Are you saying we should send this info to the media ourselves?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962511">Angela</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962511" class="dsq-comment-message">oops, I sent my email before I saw the latest jjp headlines...my apologies .....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962512">Angela</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962512" class="dsq-comment-message">truthseeker, my whole point is to educate all voters...i.e; there is a one sided story going on about Rev. Wright in relation to Sen. Obama.   My point is that both Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain have some controversial religious connections that are not getting the same media scrutiny that Rev. Wright is getting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962513">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962513" class="dsq-comment-message">Angela<br></br><br>A lot of people know about this, unfortunately isn\'t getting any traction with MSM.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962514">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962514" class="dsq-comment-message">Sucking and Jiving to appease folk who NEVER have your interest at heart is a LOSING hand, especially if you might alienate your base in the process.<br></br><br>Period.</br><br></br><br>He should have NEVER gone on Fox news. He should have NEVER responded to the pundits. He could have responded directly to the voters. He could have realized that those mythical "white working class voters," were NEVER going to vote for his Black ass.</br><br></br><br>He could have shored up his base. A base by the way that is made up of an awful lot of Black people who feel in many ways that Wright does. He could have DISAGREED with Wrights statements WITHOUT dismissing them.  Which is what he did.</br><br></br><br>He\'s being played for a fool and is too stupid to realize it. His strength was his ability to NOT get caught up in hyped up manufactured BS. The MOMENT he responded to the BS he gave these fools the upper-hand.</br><br></br><br>Its not about agreeing or disagreeing with the comments. It\'s about controlling the narrative and  your campaign. His responding makes all of this seem legitimate when its not.</br><br></br><br>It was a stupid ass, destructive move. And these fools know they got him.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962515">Angela</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962515" class="dsq-comment-message">by the way, how would you feel if your religious mentor told you that the most important people in your society are the "political elite leaders".....?   well that is the kind of prayer group Hillary has belonged since the early 1990\'s<br></br><br>I have already given the source of this information...</br><br></br><br>If you choose to discount the facts..that is your choice.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962516">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962516" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh..I don\'t doubt it about Clinton & McCain.  Did you see the Situation Room today.  Begalia was pressing a Republican pundit about Haggee hating on Catholics...she couldn\'t answer effectively.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962517">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962517" class="dsq-comment-message">jj,<br></br><br>maybe Obama really does mean to bring people together.  Also, remember that he is half white.  Obama understands that the power to transform the lives of African Americans lies in forming a coalition between blacks and whites for change.</br><br></br><br>He says it all the time, that the white guy in rural PA has to care about the inner city kid and visa versa.  They\'ve got to march together for change.  Have faith JJ and HOPE. :-)</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962518">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962518" class="dsq-comment-message">jj, I must disagree. <br></br><br>Fox News is the most highly rated cable news outlet in North Carolina.</br><br></br><br>Independents and moderates also watch Fox News. </br><br></br><br>Obama did exactly what he needed to do. He talked to his enemy, just as he said he would.</br><br></br><br>Obama did not throw Wright under a friggin bus. He told the truth. Wright\'s rhetoric, some of which was true, disrespected who Obama was, how he was raised, what Obama stands for, and he used Obama\'s campaign to get a platform to disrespect Obama\'s campaign.</br><br></br><br>The fact that it took so long for him to do just goes to show how difficult it was. And anyone who saw his press conference could see how painful this was. Obama is not an actor. </br><br></br><br>Betrayal is betrayal. Pastors are human, too. And Wright showed his ass, pure and simple. He is ot the Black Church. And while there is truth to the claim that the media was attacking the Black Church, it was false that it wasn\'t an attack on Obama as well.</br><br></br><br>Crabs in a barrel.</br><br></br><br>If Black folks can\'t see that, then they won\'t vote for him in the upcoming primaries. They can vote for Hillary Rodham Nixon, who certainly has their best interests in mind, or stay home.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962519">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962519" class="dsq-comment-message">Larry King just checked Sheila Jackson Lee.  He asked her if she thought Obama put the Wright thing and way and she went into a speech about Hillary and he cut her off and asked the question again and she started with her Hillary speech again and he said I didn\'t ask you about Hillary Clinton.<br></br><br>Highlight of my day.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962520">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962520" class="dsq-comment-message">Angela,<br></br><br>Apparently the MSM is afraid to bring up The Family.  They talk about everything else which the bloggers write about.  I wish Rev Wright had brought it up.  Then at least he would have served some good.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962521">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962521" class="dsq-comment-message">Jelena<br></br><br>Interesting thought.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962522">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962522" class="dsq-comment-message">Larry King is not playing tonight.<br></br><br>Answer the question please - no speeches about your candidate.  I love it.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962523">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962523" class="dsq-comment-message">Al Sharpton is on Larry King.  Oh dayum.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962524">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962524" class="dsq-comment-message">Angela, the minute I found out about The Family, I emailed the information to every media outlet, print and media.<br></br><br>But the problem is simple: the Clintons are corporatists. The media is run by corporatists. The Family is  corporatist and dominionist and many members of the right wing are in The Family. If they tell on Clinton, they tell on themselves. What would be the point of that?</br><br></br><br>Obama is anti-corporatist. Doesn\'t mean he doesn\'t take money from rich executives, but he doesn\'t take money from registered lobbyists. An Obama presidency would be a disaster for corporatism because it would prove that top down politics as usual can\'t continue unfettered.</br><br></br><br>The "general public" will have to get The Family story from the Internet or from a book. Many people don\'t believe it unless it\'s in the MSM.</br><br></br><br>If it gets there, I\'ll be shocked.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962525">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962525" class="dsq-comment-message">Sharpton said Obama showed courage and character in speaking out against what Wright did.<br></br><br>He said he proved to him today that he is not an old school candidate.</br><br></br><br>He said he is decisive, has character and will take risks.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962526">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962526" class="dsq-comment-message">Sharpton is talking about the double standard in the media in there covering Wright and not Hagee and the others.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962527">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962527" class="dsq-comment-message">My opinion, McCain clearly and unquestionably denounced the questionable aspects of Hagee\'s ministry. <br></br><br>It\'s taken Obama how long to denounce Wright?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962528">phx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962528" class="dsq-comment-message">One of the lessons is EVERYBODY needs to think about what they are being taught in their churches. Associating people like Wright, Sharpton, Haggerty, Falwell, Robertson with spirituality is about the last thing I would do. Maybe we really do need an agnostic or an atheist as POTUS. These sky God preachers are an embarrassment. Their *spiritual* agenda is too hard for me to swallow.  And if they\'re starting from the premise that God is a coercive being who is going to punish your sins or reward your efforts after you die, well it doesn\'t surprise me that anything they say after that is totally hit and miss.  <br>Obama\'s the first candidate who\'s gotten burned by paying homage to this happy horsesh*t, but as we progress as a species I don\'t think he\'ll be the last. A long thinking critique is needed over what our so-called spiritual leaders are teaching from their pulpits, their synagogues, their mosques. Somebody who doesn\'t have a little humility in their beliefs in the afterlife or a personal sky God probably isn\'t a real inspiring candidate to speak truth to power. They got way too much baggage. </br><br>So from my point of view, I think this is probably long-term a healthy discussion for us all to have. And if it\'s making some people who are planning on making a run for high office in the future think hard about the church they just joined and the inane messages that really don\'t jibe with reality that they hear - well, that\'s a good thing.  </br><br>Personally, I think Obama has a greater sense of spirtuality to him than those small ideas of Rev. Wright can nourish, but that\'s just something I feel rather than know. But he just seems to me like someone who has the capacity to take this lesson and make new discoveries about what religion really does mean to him.  I think he\'s also smart enough to find a way to handle this ridiculous discussion about a ridiculous pastor that has everyone twisted up into knots.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962529">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962529" class="dsq-comment-message">Flavia just said that Hillary belongs to a methodist church that says you can\'t be gay and christian.<br></br><br>Lanny Davis\' face almost fell off.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962530">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962530" class="dsq-comment-message">Lanny Davis is part of the rightwing conspiracy to obliterate Barack Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962531">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962531" class="dsq-comment-message">Sharpton is tearing Lanny\'s ass up.<br></br><br>comparing judgment on war to judgment on 3 dvds</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962532" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962532">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962532" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain sought out Hagee\'s endorsement. He hasn\'t unequivocally denounced anything. <br></br><br>Mythology.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962533">GoldenAh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962533" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/rush-on-wright.html" rel="nofollow">Link here: Andrew Sullivan\'s blog regarding what Rush L. is saying about Rev. Wright. Rush L. believes Rev. Wright is deliberately derailing Obama\'s candidacy. I found that Gingrich believes the same thing. The Repubs. who exploited this situation are now tsk, tsking about it. Funny.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962534">Texas Girl in L.A.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962534" class="dsq-comment-message">In tomorrow\'s NYT there is an editorial about Obama\'s press conference today. It commended Obama for his remarks. And it also talks about the double standards in regard to McCain and Hagee.<br></br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30wed1.html?_r=1&hp;&oref;=slogin</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962535">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962535" class="dsq-comment-message">@craighickman:<br></br><br>Re: McCain/Hagee</br><br></br><br>2/29/08 McCain said:</br><br></br><br>“Yesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee’s views, which I obviously do not.</br><br></br><br>“I am hopeful that Catholics, Protestants and all people of faith who share my vision for the future of America will respond to our message of defending innocent life, traditional marriage, and compassion for the most vulnerable in our society.”</br><br></br><br></br><br>4/24/08</br><br></br><br>McCain, asked by reporters about Hagee\'s remarks on his campaign bus Thursday, called them "Nonsense," repeating the word eight times.</br><br></br><br>"I reject that categorically," McCain said. "And I would point out there\'s a lot of people who have endorsed me. They support my views. It does not mean that I support theirs...I repudiate as strongly as possible those remarks and those on the Catholic church as well."</br><br></br><br>___________________________________</br><br></br><br></br><br>I think Obama supporters are splitting hairs here and only dragging out the story.</br><br></br><br>Most of us will not be basing our votes on who the candidate\'s preacher is/was. We will, however, be basing our votes on a candidate\'s forthrightness and candor. And for Obama, the latter has taken a beating lately.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962536">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962536" class="dsq-comment-message">Joy Behar of the view is on Larry King and said that she could relate to the Wright story in that her family is catholic and still attend church in spite of their objections regarding the sex scandal in the catholic church</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962537" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962537">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962537" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, Wright told the NY Times this day would come last year:<br></br><br>"If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me," Mr. Wright said with a shrug. "I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen."</br><br>_____________________________________</br><br></br><br>The Philly speech did not silence the critics, so Wright gave Obama a \'do over\' and his shills in the MSM are only too happy to oblige.</br><br></br><br>Wright can attack America all he wants but attacking Obama\'s electability was the last straw!</br><br></br><br>This is the real farce.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962538">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962538" class="dsq-comment-message">The best line of that NYT article is the first one: "It took longer than it should have...."<br></br><br>And we\'re supposed to trust Obama to be able to communicate effectively with terrorists and rogue states? </br><br></br><br>There is a certain audacity there, but it\'s not one of "hope."</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962539">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962539" class="dsq-comment-message">The thing that\'s getting to me overall about this is that some people are so stuck in their own expectations and projections of/about Senator Obama that they don\'t take him for what he actually is. <br></br><br>I have had some confusion about this myself at times. So I have been reading <i>The Audacity of Hope</i> and trying to really see where he is coming from. It\'s hard for me because it\'s not where I am coming from. But I have to respect him for having integrity. It is driving me nuts to see anyone saying Senator Obama did what he did because of political expediency right now. This is who he is. Maybe that diverges from some expectations of who he is, but from everything I can tell, the press conference today was about standing solid in who he is and what he believes.</br><br></br><br>And he was speaking this out loud when he said:</br><br></br><br></br><br><i>I have spent my entire adult life trying to bridge the gap between different kinds of people. That\'s in my DNA, trying to promote mutual understanding to insist that we all share common hopes and common dreams as Americans and as human beings. That\'s who I am. That\'s what I believe. That\'s what this campaign has been about.</i></br><br></br><br>and when he said:</br><br></br><br><i>But what I do want him to be very clear about, as well as all of you and the American people, is that when I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it. It contradicts everything that I\'m about and who I am.</i></br><br></br><br>And anybody who has worked with me, who knows my life, who has read my books, who has seen what this campaign\'s about, I think, will understand that it is completely opposed to what I stand for and where I want to take this country.</br><br></br><br>and at other times during the press conference too.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t mind anyone disagreeing with where Senator Obama is coming from. I disagree with that in some ways myself. But I support him because his words and actions align. I don\'t say this lightly. Seems to me that when people have expectations of him based on their projections of him, he is very likely to disappoint. But he is who he is and that\'s totally 100% obvious to me now that I am focusing my attention on it. And yes I disagree with him in some ways, I do -- it\'s seared into <b>me</b> to not see/feel the world as he does. But that is me and he is him (and I am not running for president).</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962540" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962540">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962540" class="dsq-comment-message">Wright will continue to be an issue for Obama:<br></br><br>"So, was Obama just as naive as a child for 20 years, or as disingenuous as any major political figure of the last forty years when he denied knowing the real Pastor Wright this morning?</br><br></br><br>Either way it creates a huge issue for voters.  Is Obama a dupe, or just duplicitous?  Do you want him in charge of the nation\'s security, making judgments about our enemies?"</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962541" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962541">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962541" class="dsq-comment-message">Some of you know I\'m a tennis fanatic and write a tennis blog as well as my life blog.<br></br><br>A commenter on one of the tennis forums I frequent said this:</br><br></br><br><i>Now...I\'m notoriously not a Dem, but this is fascinating to me. My sister, who is also not a Dem...called me today, just livid, for Obama\'s sake over this. We\'re both shaking our heads about how Rev. Wright could not know that his speech would hurt Obama. Just what is going on here? I don\'t intend to vote for either, but I have been surprised at how much empathy I have felt for both Dem candidates this season.</i></br><br></br><br>I don\'t like Hil, but she\'s had it tough, too. Though I think she makes her own problems...just fascinating.</br><br></br><br>Just sharing.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962542">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962542" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s being reported that the NYT is publishing an editorial tomorrow asking why and when McCain will be ask to account for Hagee.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962543">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962543" class="dsq-comment-message">Marie Claire is on 360 saying it was a street thing - a disrespect thing.<br></br><br>Clinton bootlicker</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962544">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962544" class="dsq-comment-message">"Either way it creates a huge issue for voters. Is Obama a dupe, or just duplicitous? Do you want him in charge of the nation\'s security, making judgments about our enemies?"<br></br><br>-Riigght.</br><br>We could put Rocky of Tuzla in charge...just as soon as she stops dodging Bosnian snipers while drinking Crown Royal.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962545" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962545">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962545" class="dsq-comment-message">Re Rush Limbaugh and Newt...<br></br><br>I don\'t know if my perceptions are on point, but I notice that some whites may use blacks who don\'t support Barack...but they don\'t like them.  I get the feeling they\'re thinking after all black people have been through, how could they not support Barack.  They know that they(whites) would fiercely support their own - right or wrong - if they had our history.  They may use those blacks to achieve their ends against other blacks...but they don\'t trust or respect them.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962546">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962546" class="dsq-comment-message">d.:<br></br><br>My opinion, McCain clearly and unquestionably denounced the questionable aspects of Hagee\'s ministry.</br><br></br><br>-Nonsense.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962547">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962547" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle<br></br><br>Thank you for your comment.  The reasons you describe believing Obama while not sharing his views or policies are exactly the reasons millions of people support him.</br><br></br><br>He has integrity, he means to bring people together for the good of all.  He would never throw you away because you don\'t believe or pretend to believe everything he belives (that was Wright).</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962548">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962548" class="dsq-comment-message">What I\'m amazed with is the tone of empathy and support from the press.  Everyone seems to understand that this was painful.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962549">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962549" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker<br></br><br>Your analysis is on point - I can speak to that as a witness</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962550">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962550" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker<br></br><br>David Gergen is echoing your comment earlier today.  He said that if Wright speaks again, that some black supporters should speak up in support of Obama.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962551">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962551" class="dsq-comment-message">Many are questioning Wright\'s motivation. I came across this at politico.com:<br></br><br>"Is there more to this than Rev. Wright? Is there a generational struggle over black political leadership between the old leaders of the black church, who have tradionally filled that role, and the new kid on the block, Sen. Obama? Certainly Hillary has found surprising support there among the old leadership. Does Obama\'s ascendency threaten the old guard?"  </br><br></br><br>I have often thought this myself.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962552">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962552" class="dsq-comment-message">S<br></br><br>You must have missed our many discussions regarding the old guard.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962553">TrueBlue Hussein</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962553" class="dsq-comment-message">Saw Barack in Chapel Hill, NC last night. Eighteen thousand people, great vibe in a racially and age mixed crowd. It started late, and he seemed spent but rose to the occasion as he warmed up. He\'s not been himself lately, but I think he got a lot off his chest today and is ready to beat back the media, the republif*cks, and the witch. There\'s a lot of father-son conflict between Wright and Obama, that\'s for sure.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962554">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962554" class="dsq-comment-message">TrueBlueHussein<br></br><br>Thanks for that info - we need encouragement.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962555">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962555" class="dsq-comment-message">The father-son dynamic is deep and only a few pundits have touch on it.<br></br><br>The NYT editorial is a must-read. It talks about the double standard many of us have outlined here:</br><br></br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30wed1.html?hp" rel="nofollow">Mr. Obama and Rev. Wright</a></br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962556">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962556" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig Hickman<br></br><br>I read the article and it\'s about time this was all said.</br><br></br><br>I wonder what is bringing on the change.  I don\'t think it was the denunciation though - there\'s something else going on.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962557">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962557" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama knew that Wright would be a problem for him, but why do so many people overlook the underlying psychology of what Obama found at Trinity? Why do they overlook that this man Wright was probably the first Black Male Mentor he truly connected with in his life. Why is that so discarded. And, through Wright\'s teachings - not the whacky- but the fire and brimstone and very CONSERVATIVE (social) values he taught, he helped shape Obama into a husband and father, so that he WOULD NOT repeat the mistakes of his father. Wouldn\'t you have a hard time breaking away from someone who gave that to you?<br></br><br>Obama has been abandoned for the second time by his Black \' father\'. This time, for all the world to see. </br><br></br><br>And some folks don\'t think the pain on that man\'s face today was GENUINE?</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962558">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962558" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah, I just wrote virtually the same thing on another forum.<br></br><br>Today was a tough, tough day for Obama and it wasn\'t just about this campaign.</br><br></br><br>People who don\'t see that are simply blind.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962559">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962559" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, you\'re right Rikyrah.  <br></br><br>There is something about Barack Obama that always tugs on my heart.  I think we all know inside that his early life was painful and yet he manages to stand up with such grace.  We have people calling him "boy" and suggesting he\'s a weak..and yet, he stands up.</br><br></br><br>I hope this campaign doesn\'t destroy the goodness in him.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962560">Shazza Nakim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962560" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t see how a MAN, guided by his Faith can dismiss his beliefs for MAN\'S LAW unless his Faith was a means to an Opportunity. <br></br><br>Rev. Wright stated that he is a Man of Faith and that his service is to that of GOD where as Obama is a Politician who must speak to the people and has to say whatever it takes to be a Politician.</br><br></br><br>I agree with Rev. Wright on this point, and thus Obama\'s dilemma for Being All Things To All People. People are saying that Rev. Wright is playing to the media, the truth is he is being who he always WAS and that is making Obama and his camp nervous. You can\'t tell a Man of faith to stop doing what you are doing because their PURPOSE is interfering with a Politician, at least not here in the USA.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962561">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962561" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah<br></br><br>Your comment is profound.  I didn\'t think about the father son aspect and I certainly didn\'t think about him having lost another father figure.  I\'m so glad he has Michelle and his daughters.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962562" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962562">Adam</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962562" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Rikyrah hit it right on the head.<br></br><br>I can\'t imagine how brutal this had to be for Obama.</br><br></br><br>On one hand he has a campaign he has devoted his life too and people who have invested millions of dollars, thousands of man-hours and their hopes and dreams.</br><br></br><br>On the other he had a friend and mentor who, for a variety of complex reasons, threatened that.</br><br></br><br>So what do you do?</br><br></br><br>I mean seriously what the f*ck do you do?</br><br></br><br>It was like the way he described Iraq, no good choices, only bad and worse choices.</br><br></br><br>I mean damn he is only human.  And I think he needs his supporters now more then ever.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962563">andyfrombrooklyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962563" class="dsq-comment-message">dear jack and jill, great posts tonight. pray god we win. this swiftboat to end all swiftboats is so disgusting. i have been crazed all day. i definitely don\'t agree with what obama did. the issue is a farce. i think he should have criticized wright for his provocative antics but saved the biggest criticism for his two opponents and the media. and then gloriously declared himself and his supporters innocent and offended by the whole swiftboat bullshit. and  that said all i really care is that he wins and if this shuts the fuckers up than fine. but this better be the end of the wright bullshit. or ... i\'m going to have a heart attack. in my volvo sipping lattes. feeling guilty and scorning regular guys who like to bowl. blaming america first.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962564">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962564" class="dsq-comment-message">"I can\'t see how a MAN, guided by his Faith can dismiss his beliefs for MAN\'S LAW unless his Faith was a means to an Opportunity."<br></br><br>When did he say he no longer believed what he previously believed or that he had lost his faith?</br><br></br><br>I don\'t get this statement.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962565">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962565" class="dsq-comment-message">I never thought I\'d be defending Rev. Wright, HOWEVER, Obama is the WORST liar by denouncing his "friend" and pastor, and it is obvious now that he just used him.  <br></br><br>THAT is despicable.</br><br></br><br>Obamba used Rev. Wright, his church, his connections, and anything else he could get to jumpstart his campaign.  And NOW he actually thinks that he can just screw him and split?</br><br></br><br>Think again.</br><br></br><br>Obamba\'s chickens will come home to roost for this one.</br><br></br><br>Look to see Rev. Wright come out and mock Obamba and worse for feigning shock and disgust over his speech.  He is NOT going to let Obamba screw him without so much as a kiss.  That’s RAPE in my book.  And Worse, he insists we WATCH.</br><br></br><br>Rev. Wright is a lot of things and I\'ve been one of his fiercest critics, but he\'s not a LIAR like Obama.  </br><br></br><br>I\'m on Rev. Wright\'s side on this one.</br><br></br><br>-MoniQue</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962566">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962566" class="dsq-comment-message">Religion will be our undoing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962567">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962567" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, Wright has lied. He told Moyers that he and Barack didn\'t talk politics. But in an Obama biography, he talked about how happy he was to have a young Black man come to him who could talk race and politics with ease.<br></br><br>Pastors are <i>human.</i></br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962568" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962568">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962568" class="dsq-comment-message">Obamba?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962569">micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962569" class="dsq-comment-message">MoniQue,<br></br><br>Spare me the faux outrage. Now you don\'t have Rev. Wright to beat Obama, you now resort to using his rejection of Wright ro beat Obama.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962570">justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962570" class="dsq-comment-message">MoniQue,<br></br><br>The last thing I want to see is 2 gifted black men tear each other down!</br><br></br><br>It\'s time for forgiveness & reconciliation!</br><br></br><br>This Media is on a feeding frenzy! They\'re like Vultures!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962571">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962571" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. Just came across this blog. Awesome.<br></br><br>I hope it doesn\'t matter, but I\'m an avid white (working-class? what does that mean anymore?) Obama supporter. </br><br></br><br>I\'m an independent voter. I started out this primary season preferring Obama, but willing to vote for either "top" democratic nominee because I am sick and tired of what republicans have done to this country.</br><br></br><br>Now, I have to say, I can <b>not</b> vote for the Clintons. I was first old enough to vote in 1996, but I did not care. 2000? Still didn\'t care. By 2004, I was an avid anti-bush person and shored up all the support I could amongst my friends to vote against him. 2004 was the first time I voted. By 2005, after a lifetime of ignoring politics, I started paying much attention after the disaster that was Katrina (having a girlfriend from NO definitely didn\'t hurt). After witnessing the Clintons\' tactics, I cannot take it anymore. Please, no more Clintons and Bushes!</br><br></br><br>Additionally, I live in NC. All of my friends (black, white, asian, greek, etc...) are HUGE Obama fans. Please pay little attention to the polls, talking heads, etc. Although there is some Clinton support (ie my boss who is voting for Clinton simply on the fact that she (my boss and Clinton) is a woman) it is overwhelmingly Obama territory. At least in Charlotte.</br><br></br><br>Sorry, guess I\'m ranting here. There\'s a lot of support for Obama in NC and I can\'t imagine HRC getting a &lt; 10% loss.</br><br></br><br>Just noticed a few people in my neighborhood put up HRC signs in their yard. Time to put up my own Obama sign. (FWIW, there are Ron Paul signs up as well.)</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962572">BrownSugaQT86</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962572" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig Hickman-<br></br><br>"Actually, Wright has lied. He told Moyers that he and Barack didn\'t talk politics. But in an Obama biography, he talked about how happy he was to have a young Black man come to him who could talk race and politics with ease.</br><br></br><br>Pastors are human."</br><br></br><br>This is a case of Wright helping Obama. They probably did talk about politics. We all know that Obama knew his pastors views but we fall in line when he acts suprised.</br><br></br><br>He also attacked people constantly saying "Barack Hussein Obama" using it as a fear tool. </br><br></br><br>Say this after me-</br><br></br><br>Obama is human. </br><br></br><br></br><br>Truthseeker-</br><br></br><br>Wright is not only religion but also of black political thought. I believe that neither would be our undoing.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962573" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962573" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962573">tree</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962573" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach Monique. <br></br><br>Now we are seeing who BO really is.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962574">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962574" class="dsq-comment-message">I havent chimed in because this is all so tired...<br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>Media Hype!</br><br></br><br>and the brainwash continues...</br><br></br><br>People, this is not going to hurt Obama.</br><br></br><br>I probably have a different opinion because I have turned off the TV since yesterday morning.</br><br></br><br>This country is a joke.</br><br></br><br>This is the course of my campaign fatigue, the media...their coverage, their spin, their character assasinations.</br><br></br><br>This is hegemony and captialism at its best and I want no part.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962575">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962575" class="dsq-comment-message">not course...source.<br></br><br>I\'m thinking about that trip I missed for my course because I cannot afford to put gas in my car.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962576" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962576">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962576" class="dsq-comment-message">Delurking to say that I have been depressed and discouraged about Obama\'s campaign for weeks, but reading many of the comments here have encouraged me to think more positively. I hope this issue dies a quick death. <br></br><br>Thanks, y\'all!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962577" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962577">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962577" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>transform the lives of African Americans lies in forming a coalition between blacks and whites for change.</i><br></br><br>we tried that. It didn\'t work. Black people need to handle their own business.</br><br></br><br>Monique and Nakim are right. And did anyone ever consider that Wright is feeling betrayed by all of this? That he viewed Obama as a son and for him to throw him under the bus calling him an old, out of touch, "crazy uncle," might be construed as a knife in his back.</br><br></br><br></br><br>For him to act like his sermons, were cuckoo? Destructive? What about the pain Wright felt? About his church, his ministry being vilified and ridiculed? Him being called a "wackadoodle" in the nation\'s top Newspapers...this after being a "spiritual adviser" to the Clinton\'s?</br><br></br><br>But I guess he\'s supposed to put all of that aside so Obama can win the presidency.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1962578" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962578" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962578">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962578" class="dsq-comment-message">@ jj<br></br><br>That\'s the media, not Obama.  Obama spoke of Wright with respect and understanding.  What would you do if your pastor said things you profoundly disagreed with?  In church you might ignore it...but what if he came to your job at a battered woman\'s shelter and talked about how women should submit to their husbands?  At that point, I think I would draw the line.  At that point I\'d realize he\'s trying to f*ck with me.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962579">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962579" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>People loooove a black martyr! The media will repent just in time for black history month, 2009.</i><br></br><br>Yeah, I can\'t wait for that.  But actually, they will do what they always do.  They will say how sad the whole episode was without taking any responsibility themselves.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962580">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962580" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>That he viewed Obama as a son and for him to throw him under the bus calling him an old, out of touch, "crazy uncle," might be construed as a knife in his back.</i><br></br><br>But that\'s the thing, Obama did not throw him under the bus.  He emphatically did not throw him under the bus.  But it seems to me that Wright cannot take any criticism whatsoever.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962581">Latoya</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962581" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so tired of people using this to say we should question Obama\'s judgment because he didn\'t know Rev. Wright as well as he thought.  Well using that logic, Hillary is definitely not POTUS material.  HELLO, she entered into a legally binding contract with a liar and a cheat.  She knew he was going to cheat on her and she did it anyway.  She knew she was going to have to lie to the public and say she supports NAFTA when she really didn\'t.  I mean, her judgment is right on point to say the least, right?  This train of thought explains why the divorce rate in this country is so low, because we know everything there is to know about people and people never change. I\'m so glad I had my Pastor fill out that questionnaire before I joined his church.  And thanks to the media, I\'ve had to reject and denounce my own mother because she admitted she wasn\'t a virgin when she got married and she\'s smoked weed. (NOT!)  Just goes to show that you can\'t trust people today. Tsk Tsk, and I thought I knew her.  Silly me for thinking I knew her every thought.  <br></br><br>Just stop with the madness. If Obama was just pandering for votes, I would think he would have done this at the beginning of his campaign, not at the end.  Use some logic.  But then again, if you think Hillary or McCain would be better for this country, then I don\'t know how much logic enters into your thinking</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1962582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962582">Khalil Thomas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962582" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary\'s Elitist Church...  <br></br><br>Please check this out.</br><br></br><br>http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962583">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962583" class="dsq-comment-message">Not Delusional,<br></br><br>DITTO, DITTO, DITTO.</br><br></br><br>Now I wonder how many votes does Hillary expect to get.  This is the card that Bill has been playing all along, they just threw out their ace!</br><br></br><br>Terry McAuliffe, Hillary\'s campaign manager said this race will be over by June 15.  Now what do you think they have waiting for poor old Obama, who has played along to get along and with all his bending over he still can\'t get no respect.  </br><br></br><br>June 15:  Obama\'s wake up call to the reality of living in the good old US of A, the one Reverend Wright talked about and the one Obama said didn\'t exist anymore.  Okay Obama, now June 15 will be your time to truly be offended, outraged, disappointed, etc.. not from Reverend Wright, but your unwillingness to believe what he said, or your kissing every white person\'s ass!  You been played!!!!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1962584">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1962584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1962584" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s savagely ironic that Barack spent so much brilliant effort trying to give his elders their proper credit and then to be sabatoged by, of all people, his own pastor.<br></br><br><a href="http://www.barackobama.com/2007/03/04/selma_voting_rights_march_comm.php" rel="nofollow">Barack Obama at Selma, March 4 2007</a>:</br><br></br><br>"… I got a letter from a friend of some of yours named Reverend Otis Moss Jr. in Cleveland, and his son, Otis Moss III is the Pastor at my church and I must send greetings from Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. but I got a letter giving me encouragement and saying how proud he was that I had announced and encouraging me to stay true to my ideals and my values and not to be fearful.</br><br>"And he said, if there\'s some folks out there who are questioning whether or not you should run, just tell them to look at the story of Joshua because you\'re part of the Joshua generation.</br><br>"So I just want to talk a little about Moses and Aaron and Joshua, because we are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We\'re in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on, people who battled, not just on behalf of African Americans but on behalf of all of America; that battled for America\'s soul, that shed blood , that endured taunts and formant and in some cases gave -- torment and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion."</br><br>...</br><br>"I\'m here because somebody marched. I\'m here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we\'ve got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn\'t cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You\'ll see it. You\'ll be at the mountain top and you can see what I\'ve promised. What I\'ve promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I\'ve fulfilled that promise but you won\'t go there."</br><br>---</br><br></br><br>What if Moses wouldn\'t let Joshua get something that he\'d worked so hard for but wouldn\'t get to see the fruits of? That\'s how I feel a lot of Baby Boomers seem to be treating this election. When I hear older Hillary supporters say that they want to see a woman President in their own lifetimes, it strikes me as fundamentally selfish -- about their own ambitions, not what\'s good for the nation. I haven\'t heard that same feeling from the Black community. Strangely, Wright seems to prefer the exact inverse: no one should see a black President in any lifetime…</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
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	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
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