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I think it's wonderful that they gave their time to encourage folks to stay in line in spite of of the long, long lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:45:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449677, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The GOP shouldn't have tried Voter Suppression here. Ever since that happened, McCain hasn't led in a poll. Montanans took offense at that bullshit. 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LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:46:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449777, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it's beautiful to see...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:46:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449857, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If there was a headline that said \"Hate We Can Believe In\" and the ad was sponsored by the 'GOP Trust', then that same ad aired during tonight's <i>Cold Case</i> on CBS.  <br><br>It didn't work in the spring, why would they think it'd work now?  It just makes the GOP looks pathetic and desperate...like they truly have been since the Palin 'bump' wore off and the economy took a nosedive.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_03:00:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3452191, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:42:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450367, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  LOL!   :&gt;)  THANK YOU for the \"WARNING!\"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>\"Air Conditioner\" on \"FULL BLAST!\"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:47:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449495, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, anyone watching Barack on CNN. I am excited like this woman in the red jacket. It's cool to see \"us\" so excited about the process.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:48:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450714": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I know that this MAP will vanish as soon as the HEADLINES change,  BUT  - I LIKE it!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br>HEADLINES  SHOWING  A MAP!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Well!    It vanished!  SORRY!  :&gt;(  I'll post another one.     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:23:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes!  Love all of it LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:48:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449826, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks to everyone for the links. :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:48:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BLACK MIDDLE-CLASS COMES INTO VIEW<br>Since Obama's candidacy, African-American professionals once invisible in mainstream America, are moving from prime-time fiction to everyday fact. <br><br>By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor<br><br>...<br>\"Middle-class, African-American life has been invisible to mainstream America for most of the 20th century, says American University professor Leonard Steinhorn, coauthor of \"By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race.\" This derives largely from what he calls the sin of decades of segregation in the suburbs, the traditional home of the middle class. <br><br>This began to change in earnest when \"The Cosby Show\" introduced the nation to the Huxtables, a charming, upper-middle-class family of seven who just happened to be black. <br><br>African-American professionals and middle-income characters have continued to appear more regularly across prime-time television over the past two decades, says Mr. Steinhorn. But the process has accelerated as the Obama candidacy has progressed. <br><br>\"Americans are auditioning their next president,\" he says, adding that this is what he calls a very intimate process. \"They are trying to determine who will be in their living rooms for the next four years. As a result, they are engaging in a deeply personal way with Obama's biography. This is normalizing the middle-class African-American story, one that may be unfamiliar to many white Americans.' \"<br><br>Find the complete article here - <a href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1031/p13s01-algn.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1031/p13s01-algn....</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:55:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "MonP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate:  LOL!! :&gt;)    NEITHER of them are \"HOOKED ON PHONICS!!\"   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm thinking  \"ILLITERATE\" is an accurate description!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_03:21:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451966, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, why am I not surprised?<br><br>Maybe they'll run Sarah Palin in 2012. Heh...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:22:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451367, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, she is repeating that sweater she wore on the Tonight Show. I think, in an attempt to be the anti-Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:51:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449867, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Field Negro finally breaks down:<br><br><br><a href=\"http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-operation-is-in-full-swing.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-o...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:42:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You've got to be kidding me.....How can anyone take Joe The Plumber seriously!  <br><br>The guy is a stupid moron!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:09:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am excited, too Anovelista! Yes, we can!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:51:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449887, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain knows nothing of their work. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_01:42:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  UNBELIEVABLE!!  <i>MUDFLATTERS IN CHICAGO!!</i><br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/mudstock-ii-in-chicago/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/mudsto...</a><br><b>Mudstock II in Chicago!</b><br><br><i>Today in Chicago, a group of dedicated Mudflatters gathered for the second, in hopefully a long line of Mudstock events!  I was so thrilled to get the photos and great write-up of yet another real-life get-together of the Mudflats community!  Here\u2019s the writeup from \u2018Bec Hussein of Illinois\u2019 complete with pictures from Bec and Shikago! <br><br>To make things interesting, three of the Mudflatters\u2019 screen names are \u201cChicago\u201d, \u201cChicago\u201d and \u201cShikago\u201d!  You can have fun figuring it out!<br><br>Well Chicagos, Shikago, and Chicagoans, the rest of us were with you in spirit!  Thanks for sharing your wonderful afternoon with us.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>In closing, we send our very best Chicago greetings to all the other Mudflatters/Mudpuppies from Alaska and the other \u201c49\u201d states, Canada, Australia, and many places around the world. This has been a most welcoming, encouraging, and sanity-strengthening community during the election. <b>Of course, we couldn\u2019t be prouder to have the next president of the United States, Barack Obama, as a fellow-Chicagoan. We know the road ahead will still be rocky as the country pulls together. As Shikgao said in the special prayer/meditation he wrote and read to us before we ate \u2014 our country needs healing. Obama is the one to get this started.</b><br><br>Now that we found Mudflats, there is no way that we can stay away from those crazy Alaskan politics. We have to see a few other chapters of this story played out. Though we all need a little break from the all-consuming obsession that this election has become, we aren\u2019t ready to leave Alaska on its own. So you are going to have Chicago, and all the rest of the Mudflats community, hanging in there to hear AKM report what happens next. <b>We all know how we\u2019d like the story to end! Let\u2019s hope it includes a new Alaskan senator in Washington, an old one off to prison, a former state employee vindicated, <u>and the brakes slammed on any notion that a particular Alaskan governor will be able to \u201crear her ugly head\u201d in 2012!</u></b><br><br>Dutifully submitted by:<br><br>Bec Hussein of Illinois</i><br><br>This is EXCITING!!  Alaskans are receiving SUPPORT RIGHT IN CHICAGO!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_02:07:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Here's a MAP - for us visual learners!     :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.electoral-vote.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.electoral-vote.com/</a><br><br>Nov. 02  \t<br><b>Obama 353</b>   <i>McCain 185</i>  <br>\t<br>Senate Dem 58   GOP 42  <br>\t<br>House Dem 250   GOP 183   Ties 2<br><br><br>Lookin' GOOD!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_03:30:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Photo Essay of the Obama campaign<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0%2C29307%2C1854323%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:39:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree, Town and JJai.  Just let him get the votes of those uh, \"real american people\" before she snazzes it up to much.  We wouldn't want them to think she was too uppity yet.  I've worked with them and they will turn on you if you appear to be more classy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:40:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "70eaee65ea634796d5fce2120dce3ac5", "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": 3450047, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  This is an UPDATE of pic from Oct. 16.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/the-obamas-greatest-famil_n_132339.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/the-ob...</a><br><b>The Obama's Greatest Family Moments(SLIDE SHOW)</b><br><br><i>This was originally published on October 16th.<br>After the outstanding response to The Obamas' Greatest PDA Moments and The Obama Anniversary Album, combined with Senator McCain's recent remarks that Obama is \"a decent family man,\" we decided to take things to the next level. Behold The Obama Family Photo Album.<br><br>**Read Obama's thoughts on fatherhood and family.**<br><br>**See more Obama slideshows**</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>Obama-Biden   '08!!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_01:48:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "been waiting for this slideshow...thanks...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:27:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451362, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58, <br><br>Joe said he may run for office... and I'm sure the base in Ohio will LOVE HIM. Sigh.. OOOO, Rachel Maddow is on!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:00:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449306, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks rikyrah.  Enough said!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:54:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449835, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Elizabeth Dole's \"Godless Americans\" Ad Is Blowing Up In Her Face</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/elizabeth-doles-godless-a_n_140248.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/elizab...</a><br><br><i>It is pretty clear to me based on our polling this weekend that Kay Hagan will be headed to the US Senate unless something very bizarre happens in the next 72 hours. While numbers in the races for President and Governor are basically unchanged from last week there has been clear movement away from Elizabeth Dole, a sign that her 'Godless Americans' ad is blowing up in her face.</i><br><br><br><br><b>It serves her right for playing dirty!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:41:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They'll all be in Philly tomorrow for a HipHop Philly block Vote party. Right near Temple U.<br><br>Then of course Biden and the fam wil be here tommorrow tonight for a rally.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:54:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449677, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's another quote from the article. I find most of my caucasian friends have a hard time understanding this.<br><br>\"This can't come a moment too soon, suggests Salomon, who notes that ignorance of white culture was never an option for blacks. 'Most whites can go cradle to grave with no awareness or understanding of black life,' she says. <br><br>'For us that cradle-to-grave journey is not possible,\" she says. \"We have to be fluent in all the perspectives of white culture, from speech inflection to corporate culture.' \"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:01:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "MonP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449383, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Inexorable Candidate<br>by E.J. Dionne, Jr. <br>How Obama, the first truly 21st century figure in American politics, has transformed the nature of campaigns.<br>Post Date Monday November 3, 2008<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=cb3026cb-3555-4cb0-b99b-b883c79784ba\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=cb302...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:30:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3458152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ruthdfw:  YES!  This has truly been a \"LEARNING EXPERIENCE\" for me!  I'm ecstatic!  :&gt;)<br><br>I'll be watching this site from now on.  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_12:49:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3452795, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:  <i>. . . stupid moron!. . . </i><br>OBVIOUSLY resonates AND is accepted by MANY McAncient/the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> SUPPORTERS!  WHICH says WHO THEY ARE!!  TRUE???? Of course TRUE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:55:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3448892, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I went to see the Secret Life of Bees yesterday. It was a nice movie. I was about to ugly cry when the the JHud character, Rosaleen got beaten on her way to register to vote. It was also very cool when she finally got registered, put on a nice dress, and talked about voting for Johnson. I was proud to be wearing my Barack Obama t-shirt and casting my vote on Tuesday.<br><br>Just a little aside.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:51:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "fed investigation of the leak? wtf?<br><br>they can wiretap and intercept email communications of anyone, anywhere, any time. who needs an investigation?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:55:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449835, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b> Barack, the Boss and 100K in the Rain (with lots of pictures!)</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/201755/783/629/650253\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/201...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:52:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's beautiful.  I've learned so much about my country by following this campaign", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:44:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450957, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-signing Justice", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:03:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3448892, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "awesome, whatever it takes to keep PA in our column! Then they need to head to GA on Tuesday, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:57:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449951, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I got my sample ballot in the mail and while Ron Paul is not on the ballot, Nader, Barr, McKinney, McToast and our next President are on the ballot.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450449, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Awwww.....You caught me!  Dang! I was trying to sneak one in! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:32:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451285, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WHAT?!?! <br><br>Lord...please deliver me from the thought I just had...please.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:04:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if anyone can point me in the direction of pics from Ohio of the Obamas at the rally with Bruce Springsteen, and any of the other rallies in Ohio, I'd appreciate it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:05:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ron Paul is a Republican. <br><br>He's on the ballot in Montana for the Constitution party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:54:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450449, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I absolutely love it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:59:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449887, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "how is this LEGAL?<br><br>You can't wear an Obama  t-shirt, but THIS shit is legal?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:06:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SIGH!!! Michelle is a normal person. I know she is getting ready to be 1st lady. These are her last days to be able to dress like this in public. You all will be happy about her inaugural ballgown and you will forget about her looking like she's running out for groceries.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:56:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449911, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah - some more pics of Obama. <br><br>GreenLady, make sure you turn on your airconditioner before viewing.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-on-the-trail-thursd_n_139504.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:07:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "it's also a story that is still unfamiliar or met with suspicion by other BLACK people--not just whites.  too often the black story is narrowly defined as one of poverty.  unfortunately, we haven't given ourselves much wiggle room in that regard.  in too many instances, privileged blacks are viewed as 'strange' or 'not really black' in black circles.  i'm hopeful that we all can TRULY start to move on from that rigid view.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:07:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449383, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I know all about him. I'm a Fieldhand and wrote a few letters to the Editorial board.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:01:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449835, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Final Gallup Tracking Poll: O55, M44</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/223614/203/465/650409\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/223...</a><br><br><i>The final USA Today/Gallup 2008 pre-election poll predicts Barack Obama will be elected the 44th president of the United States, as he holds a 55% to 44% advantage over John McCain in the allocated estimate of the 2008 presidential vote.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:58:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Michelle is a very \"plain Jane\" woman and not very glamourous at all, so I don't think she's trying to be the \"anti-Palin.\"  I know I remember at the beginning of the year she was rocking no makeup and that ponytail \"nub\" out in public.  She's come a long way this year as far as style but she's still kind of plain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:03:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449911, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We are the Cosby generation!! And the Obamas are like the Huxtables - and then some!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:04:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449731, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rachel Maddow reporting Montana is now a toss up!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:41:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "that's a pretty woman.  love her hat!   she's living proof that \"black don't crack\"!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:21:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   LOL!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:38:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451520, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree, Town. I have seen the early photos but a repeat from <br>last week in this carefully orchestrated campaign is not mistake.<br><br>I think making her look snazzy was the campaign and likewise <br>this Target mom look is also the campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:06:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450024, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:  \"I'm sick of getting a PhD in caucasian affairs when white folks won't ge a GED in multiculturalism\"  I am a 53 year old Black women, and right now, there is nothing else I think I need to know about caucasian affairs. <br><br>However,  if I am approached by white folks whose intent is to learn anything about black culture.  I'd rather give it to them straight up, then have them go away with the ignorant stereotypical bullshit they brought to the table.<br><br>As an example:  During the Rodney King beating, whites at work were going on,on, asking why blacks were so angry.  It was an opportunity to  have an honest discussion out in the open.  I know we cannot rely on the MSM and other folks to speak for us and about us with any objectivity and truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:02:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450112, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know that we have been saying this for weeks but the mainstream media really needs/wants John McCain to win.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:22:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Yaaaaa!  GOOD NEWS!!   Thanks!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:56:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450531, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is very surprising for white people to learn we have debutante balls and cotillions and go to prom and have generations of people going to college just like they do.<br><br><br>We're either downtrodden rappers or Oprahs.  No in-betweens.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:08:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449443, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/11/03/don-t-panic-reassurances-from-a-fellow-poll-neurotic.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don't Panic--Reassurances From a Poll Neurotic</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:32:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rachel is interviewing  Michael Isikoff , of Newsweek.  Says not to jump to conclusions about the Fed investigation of leak about Barack's aunt.  Ap is not revealing their sources.  The mofos who leaked this to  AP need to be brought to justice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>David Gregory.......(Race For The White House)  North Dakota now a toss up!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_01:08:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you so much, kindred soul, for making it plain. This isn't Real Housewives of ATL. Let Michelle be Michelle. I get the feeling that O is cheap (he had holes in the souls of his shoes). He probably discourages shopping for shopping's sake. If she would have been a high maintanance, superficial sister, he probably would have passed her by. I love you the way you are, Michelle!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:05:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450361, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3453050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html</a><br><br>Nice article but toward the end there is a link to a great website which provides stats on early voting.  Interesting things I noticed included:<br><br>Goodness no wonder ppl think GA is in play, it appears they have already matched 60% of their total vote. FL is @ 54%, the variable w/FL is that wide ind voters margin. Given the fact Dems lead R's 59-28% in LA, I am surprised no one is discussing it. Perhaps it is because only 13% have voted. This could be a testament to enthusiasm. In NC, they have matched 73% and glad to see youth voters have done well. Finally here in TX, I wonder if this could reflect lack of interest by the Rs in red states, which might lead to a lower popular vote for McCain.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_05:14:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451524, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nice - but I will be more impressed to know that they vote not just get caught up in the mountain top experience of the moment.  Imagine how heartbroken we will be if he speaks to nearly a million people in America and they did vote and drag friends to the polls with them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:14:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449214, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Michelle and Barack are people of substance. Sarah Palin is PWT. No amount of Neiman Marcus or SacK's 5th Avenue is going to give this devil any smarts where it really counts. And Cindy McCain comes from white priviledge. With that comes, botox, prescription drug theft, and 300,000 wardrobes.</i><br><br><br><b>Yup!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450361, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  JUST got back from church!  WE <b>PRAYED and WE PRAYED!!</b><br><br>Tried to read through ALL that I missed!   HAH!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  It's such GOOD STUFF!  I'm soooo sorry that I missed it!     JJP is something else!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Glad to be back!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I couldn't find the VIDEO to match, BUT I agreed with Dr. Rachel about the \"LONG LINES\" being equivalent to a \"POLL TAX!\"<br><br><a href=\"http://rachelmaddow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/31/2061189-talk-me-down-long-lines-are-a-poll-tax-and-where-are-the-youth\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://rachelmaddow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/...</a><br><b>Long Lines ARE a POLL TAX & Where Are The Youth?</b><br><br><i>Here's the thing: A day-long wait might as well be a poll tax. What does it cost you to wait eight hours? Is this the way our democracy works now? We're a country where only people who can afford to give up 20 percent of a week's pay are allowed to vote?<br><br>SKIP<br><br>An Orlando Sentinel analysis of early voting in Florida found that, \"Young people are turning out in disproportionately low numbers ... making them the worst-performing demographic group.\"<br><br>The Sentinel says only 15 percent of early voters in Florida are under the age of 35, even though that group makes up a quarter of the electorate.<br><br>All that talk in the Democratic primaries about how young people were proving the haters wrong by actually showing up to vote even though everyone says they don't? Are the haters gonna turn out to actually be right?<br><br>Time for a talking down... clearly... </i><br><br>I'm continuing to look for \"YOUTH VOTE\" data.  I realize the difficulty regarding \"cell telephone ownership.\"  <br><br>On this matter   -  <b>I'm still VERY CONFIDENT!!</b>  :&gt;)   <br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:10:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obama+and+bruce+springsteen+in+ohio&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=4&ct=title\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obama+and+b...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:16:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nevermind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:43:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450254, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AP has been in the tank for McCain from Day One.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:16:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449559, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "make that SOLES of shoes", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:07:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450585, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "craighickman:  As I noted in the beginning, I had some confusion about this article, as it related to a previous \"SIMILAR\" publication.  I don't believe that THAT ONE had THAT STATEMENT.<br><br>Again, my purpose in posting WAS to demonstrate the IRE of AA's regarding the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b>  Secondly, the article, IMHO, is demonstrating that SHE is NOT going to have the SUPPORT that she ONCE enjoyed  - PRE-election!  HER approval rating in Alaska have devolved to ~60%!!  :&gt;)<br><br>From another poster  - it was stated that he/she felt that the AP was \"in the tank\" for the GOP from the JUMP!!<br><br>Co-sign on the \"NO DOCUMENTATION.\"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:07:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450407, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I still think he is a plant. A stupid one, but one that appeals to other stupid racist people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:11:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449961, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "about that t-shirt...<br><br>remember it might not be allowed...it might be considered electioneering, so make sure you have a jacket or something that can cover it up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:08:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450474, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b> Feds Investigating Leak About Obama's Aunt</b><br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr...</a><br><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2013 The government is investigating whether any laws were broken in the disclosure that Barack Obama's aunt was living in the country illegally.</i><br><br><i>Obama's half aunt, who is from Kenya, was ordered to leave the United States years ago after an immigration judge denied her request for asylum, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss the case.</i><br><br><i>The woman, Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUHN on-YANG-oh), is living in public housing in Boston and is the half-sister of Obama's late father.</i><br><br><i>The Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked its inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility on Saturday to investigate whether any policies were violated when information about Onyango's case was publicly disclosed, ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. The Homeland Security Department, which oversees ICE, cannot disclose details about an individual's immigration status.</i><br><br><i>Information about Onyango's case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one a federal law enforcement official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release, just five days before the presidential election. Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod said people are suspicious about stories that surface so close to an election.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:18:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, and we <b>don't</b> yell in a restaurant....\"bring me some more m-fing tea\"!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:13:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450065, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't wait to get the youth vote data, too. I am placated by the heavy AA turnout for now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:13:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450086, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:28:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449013, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rachel Maddow Show: The New Poll Tax<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7hX4TC4rP2U\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7hX4TC4rP2U</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:12:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A Long Campaign, and a Changed Barack Obama<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1855677%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,859...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:12:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:   LOL!!  :&gt;)    I guess. . .  . . :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>No.   Wait. . . . . SHE was FIRED!!!  :&gt;)<br><br>So NO!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:13:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450367, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Less than half of the registered black men in GA, took advantage of early voting.  With ppl actually beginning to think that GA could turn blue, if not at the top of the ticket, at least with the senate and rep races.  So if you have any black male relatives - friends - heck even your ex:  call them, email them, do what it takes to get them to the poll.<br><br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11/415631-black-men-in-georgia-have-not.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:29:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:15:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450028, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3453200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Joe the Plumber \" I once was on welfare, my parents twice!\"</b><br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK84mM5N-o\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK84mM5N-o</a><br><br>...So, Joe benefited from the goodwill, and taxes of others.   I wonder what would have happened to Joe had he not had that \"leg up\" when he needed it.  Maybe he'd be in the slammer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_05:46:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   <b>SURPRISE!!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDg0cLThtJE&eurl=http://www.jedreport.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">MICHELLE Surprises A New Mexico Field Office</a><br><br>EXCITING!!<br><br>THEY WERE  <b>FIRED UP!    READY TO GO!!!</B><br><br>Isn't SHE WONDERFUL!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_02:24:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3453572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What took them so long??  We could've nipped the maverick straight talk in the bud.<br><br>My favorite part \"if i had a gun, i'd probably shoot the tv.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_06:54:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, YES!<br><br>I have always had a big problem with that - when WE narrowly define (or don't know!) our own story.   I hated the complaints about the Cosby Show back in the day for instance because it was NOT some fantasy world full of magic negroes.  The Cosby Show presented to the world our historically black colleges, countless legends (Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie), fantastic black artists, our best black actors in quality roles they were mostly denied throughout their careers - I could on and on.  <br><br>I think if so many of us weren't so critical of that one example for instance, the rest of the world would not look at black middle class professionals like a bunch of aliens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:31:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  This is a MAJOR \"SHOUT OUT\" to 538.com:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/fivethirtyeightcom-more-t_n_140201.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/fiveth...</a><br><b>Five Thirty Eight.com:  More Than Just Numbers</b><br><br><i>From the beginning of the campaign, the people behind Barack Obama's bid for the presidency have been pretty adamant that one should expect big things from their ground game. They'd be up in all fifty states, socially networked, plugged in, and microtargeting their way to success. At about the same time, I started wondering, \"Well, that's all well and good, <b>but who's going to cover the story of the 'ground game?'\" It's precisely the sort of story that flies underneath the typical campaign coverage. Besides, the press does a fine job cataloguing all manner of activity, but when it comes to analyzing achievement? Not so much</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>As it turns out, if you're looking for this story, you could just go to the same place that thousands of political junkies are already going to get a little bit of scrutability from the endless march of competing polling data - <a href=\"http://FiveThirtyEight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">FiveThirtyEight.com</a>. See, while stats stud Nate Silver has been busy crunching numbers, his colleague Sean Quinn, along with photographer Brett Marty, have been in pursuit of the ground game, and they've been dropping by field offices for both candidates to take pictures and chronicle the activity. And if there's one thing that's been revealed, nearly consistently, in comparing the two operations, is that there seems to be no comparison:<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Of course, even with all this specific reporting, attesting to the fact that the balance of response, activity and enthusiasm appears to be on the Democratic side, the big unknown is whether it will all end up being remembered as a spirited, failed attempt or the ingredients of bona fide electoral success. <b>Still, I'm terribly impressed by the way <a href=\"http://FiveThirtyEight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">FiveThirtyEight.com</a> is working this balance between raw data and anecdotal reportage, doing each as fully and as fairly as possible, and putting themselves out there by making predictions with conviction. Silver's taken the site to acclaim behind the strength of his statistical analysis, but the site deserves kudoes to their commitment to following the election on the road. Both on the balance sheet and on the trail, <u>FiveThirtyEight has done a superlative job at making sense of this election, in ways that have far surpassed the traditional media.</u></b><br><br>KUDOS   -   538!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:51:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "actually in the long run - I think they know an Obama win is better for their ratings.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:30:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449033, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it really blew up in her face once she wouldn't back down and instead decided to doubledown on the filth.<br><br>Hagan's reply was BRUTAL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:46:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450971, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "heartsandflowers:  ABSOLUTELY!!!!  We see them!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:17:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450097, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone watch Sunday Night Football? According to TPM, the RNC or any group affiliated with the party  had a Rev. Wright ad run during the program.  These people are so stupid.  I guess they didn't learn from the special elections of last spring that those kind ads galvanize  more blacks to vote  for the Democrats. Fools.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_02:26:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/two_days_left_obamas_columbus.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/two_day...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:22:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449576, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, I get it, this article was supposed to be funny.  <br><br>Lawd knows I didn't get it until John Hodgeman was quoted. <br><br>Seriously, I thought the writer was being serious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_02:26:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450930, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmm.  In NJ, Chuck Baldwin is on the ballot for the Constitution Party. What's up with that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:17:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450506, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can Obama Overcome the Urkel Effect?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1855333%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,917...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:37:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, that's what I wore to the movie, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack & Jill and my buddy Shawn @ DallasSouthBlog gets another honor:<br><br><a href=\"http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2008/11/60-influential-black-bloggers-by-aapp.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2008/11/60-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:33:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Found this clip at TPM: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2Wczp9yOc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2Wczp9yOc</a><br><br>Joe the Plumber has got to go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_19:47:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But the disheveled \"Target Mom\" look is actually Michelle's look.  lol<br><br>IMO part of the outrage over Palin's wardrobe is that they spent all that money on her wardrobe and she still looks like she came out of SEARS.  (you can put lipstick on a pig...).  For $150K you should be looking dyn-o-mite and Palin doesn't.<br><br>I'll cut Palin some slack on having $300 glasses because my last pair was $500 and that was because of the lens, not the frames.<br><br>If anything, Michelle's \"I shop the clearance rack at the mall\" look is a reaction against Cindy \"$300K outfit\" McCain than Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:21:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450047, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More pics of Barack, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and The Boss!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4357615\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:25:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449633, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From The Daily Dish:<br><br><i>02 Nov 2008 10:07 pm<br><br>The View From Your Election: Ohio<br>A reader writes:<br><br>I voted yesterday at the Montgomery County, Ohio, board of elections building in downtown Dayton and it will an event I will remember for a long time.  It took 3.5 hours of waiting in three separate areas until my number was called.  I was number 23XX and the queue was moving in groups of ten. When my number was called and I was sitting at the desk of one of the poll volunteers I had a few minutes to ask her impressions. She said that the day before some 3,000 people came out to vote but she was shocked by Saturday's turnout.  She went on to say that the Red Cross has donated cots so the polling volunteers have something to sleep on, so I guess they're staying overnight in the building. <br><br>Then to top it off, when I get to a makeshift booth I was next to a blind guy who kept asking where the lever was to make his selection.  The lady with him explained that there is no lever and then he responded that this is the first time he has voted in 30 years.  By the time I finished, I met back with my wife.  She said the election officials were handing out numbers in the 8000 range. <br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:22:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe the Plumber is a neo-Nazi.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_19:48:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG Greenlady if I was a lesbian I'd kiss you full on the mouth! You always bring the comedy. You can't write this shit in the BEST Hollywood movie!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_04:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://bluepieartists.blogspot.com/2008/11/springsteen-performe-for-80000-at.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bluepieartists.blogspot.com/2008/11/spri...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:26:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you just hear about the voter suppression tactic in Chesterville, North Carolina?<br><br>A GOP operative placed a casket with Obama's name on it at the polling location.<br><br>I've been following voter suppression tactics for a long time and that's a new one for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:36:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tthat encapsulates my enture frustration with being black in America. I am sick of getting a PhD in caucasian affairs when white folks won't get a GED in muliculturalism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:23:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449443, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reid Says Stevens Cannot Serve <br><br><a href=\"http://www.rollcall.com/news/29690-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rollcall.com/news/29690-1.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_19:49:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Word, MonP.  I remember my oldest daughter Renita coming home from school one day.  She was in 7th grade.  She said she was taking a shower after gym class,and a white classmate cme to her stall, pulled back the curtain and asked her:  \"How do you wash your hair?\"<br><br>I asked my daughter how did she respon?  Renita said she closed the curtain and told her \"The same way you wash your hair.\"  She said the girl honestly didn't know that blacks used shampoo and water to wash their hair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:24:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449443, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3453795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "awesome, I love the field. He cracks me up.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_07:28:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They'll keep this story front and center so long as they can feign an investigation and report about it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:24:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449592, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Montana Constitution Party broke from the National Constitution Party.<br><br>The National Constitution Party and the Alaska Independence Party are related. <br><br>All the Constitution parties, I believe, are more or less secessionist. They believe in the America of the original constitution, if you get my drift.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:15:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450663, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sorry..I guess I'm a little loopy now....LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:25:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450670, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:  YES!!  WHATEVER IT TAKES!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:00:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449978, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good.  That will make people come out in droves to the polls and stand in line as long as it takes to make sure they cast the vote for Barack Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:29:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SNAP - that is just unbelievable!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_04:47:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451797, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3452795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I luv the site too.  Like many sites that I have come to enjoy this year:  i wonder what their focus will be after January 20th?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_04:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451670, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  YAAAAAAAAA!!  Glad I could be of some use.  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:34:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451479, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Obama speaks to 200,000 in Ohio - Watch OBAMA LIVE in CINCINNATI </b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/193628/255/686/650212\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/193...</a><br><br><i>Obama's final Ohio push is AMAZING!</i><br><br><i>Obama has a clear lead in the polls, but it is still coming down to GOTV efforts.</i><br><br><i>Obama's team put together 3 huge speeches today in key battlefields and it looks like it has worked. On Hardball, Chris Matthews just indicated that Obama had spoken to almost 200,000 in Ohio today and it looks like his numbers are correct (although maybe closer to 175,000).</i><br><br><b>Repports are indicating:</b><br><br><i>80,000+ turned out in Cleveland where Bruce Springsteen performed</i><br><br><i>60,000+ turned out in the crowded downtown Columbus - </i><br><br><i>Approx. 35,000 - 40,000 are expected in Cincinnatti - <br>Obama is holding a late night rally, 9PM, at the University of Cincinnati. The stadium holds 35,000 people.</i><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=18823%40video.wkrc.com&navCatId=51\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?v...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:39:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol, just realized I think they got Kevin Liles confused with Russell Simmons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:31:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449677, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NAACP is bringing charges.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449488, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ruth,<br><br>They'll vote!  We can't think any other way! <br><br>You have to <b>\"Give The People What They Want\"</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFq9PEOukCg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFq9PEOukCg</a><br><br>ps....I'm copying GreenLady...ssshh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:31:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449566, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "disliking one of Michelle's outifts is not an attack on Michelle. I am an AA woman who loves what Michelle stands for but is mad at the jeans she rocked today. That's all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:28:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450585, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I hope that this is NOT a duplicate.  As I mentioned, I JUST got back in and my review of all the posts probably did NOT catch everything.  :&gt;)<br><br>THIS article is INSPIRING to me! (CRYING!)  MY mommy who is 92- 1/2 will get to WITNESS THIS HISTORICAL EVENT.  She is still alert ENOUGH!  :&gt;)  Thank God!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/11/02/ST2008110200862.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/st...</a><br><b>For Older Blacks, Election Offers Fruits of Hard Journey</b><br><br><i>Once or twice a week for the past month or so, Ruth Worthy, 91, has been going door-to-door in her Northeast D.C. neighborhood campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama.<br><br>She made the trek in her wheelchair or resting on the arm of her nurse.<br><br>\"Dear, are you registered?\" she would ask.<br><br>Worthy belongs to a generation of African Americans who have journeyed from some of the rawest and brutal eras of racism to the present, when they find themselves relishing the idea of a black man possibly becoming president.<br><br>For many blacks ages 90 and older, Tuesday will be one of the most historic events of their long lives. They lived through Jim Crow, the Depression, world wars, the horrors of Emmett Till and the promise of the civil rights movement. Now, they're watching Obama (D-Ill.) lead in the national presidential polls.<br><br>Be they women of relative privilege, such as Worthy, or those of working-class roots, many share the same awe at how far the world can come in a lifetime. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE  -  and -  A poignant SLIDE SHOW!  :&gt;)  JUST LOVELY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:51:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yea, Craig. I just heard that on MSNBC. Ewwww...how disgusting!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama rally live in Cinncinati - Kanye West's \"Touch the Sky\" is playing LOL!!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://origin.barackobama.com/live/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://origin.barackobama.com/live/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:32:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  This feels \"similar\" to another article that I posted, BUT I believe that it was amended in light of THEIR use of Rev. Wright, recently.  Hmmm?<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/11/02/alaskas-minorities-feel-ignored-by-palin/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/11/02/ala...</a><br><b>Alaska\u2019s minorities feel ignored by Palin</b><br>November 2, 2008 <br><br><i>Alaska\u2019s black leaders say they\u2019re not surprised to see Gov. Sarah Palin at the center of the controversy over injecting the race issue into the presidential campaign.<br><br>Palin, Republican John McCain\u2019s running mate, has repeatedly insisted that Barack Obama\u2019s former preacher, the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a legitimate issue even though McCain himself has said it\u2019s out of bounds.<br><br>&lt;b.\u201cShe has no sensitivity to minorities,\u201d said the Rev. Alonzo Patterson, a Baptist minister and president of the Alaska Black Leadership Conference. \u201cShe\u2019s really inciting a lot of African-Americans to get out and vote.\u201d</b><br><br>Since taking office in December 2006, Palin has had a sometimes tense relationship with black leaders, who say they\u2019ve been ignored in their efforts to get more minorities hired in her administration.<br><br>In Alaska, blacks chafed when Palin failed to issue a proclamation last year endorsing a festival that marks the freeing of slaves, though she did issue one this year. On the campaign trail, her events sometimes have attracted fringe groups hostile to minorities. At one rally attended by Palin, a supporter told a black cameraman to \u201csit down, boy.\u201d<br><br>This week, in the final debate of the campaign, Obama himself noted the hateful tone of some the McCain-Palin crowds, singling out Palin herself for not doing enough to ease the friction.<br><br><b>Many of Palin\u2019s black constituents say they are disgusted with the campaign\u2019s racial overtones.<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s really been like you\u2019re going to a Ku Klux Klan rally,\u201d said Javis Odom, an Anchorage minister. \u201cGov. Palin is really showing her true colors on the national stage.\u201d</b><br><br><b>In Alaska, the issue of race relations usually focuses on Alaska Natives, who make up 18 percent of the population. Blacks, in contrast, make up 4 percent.</b><br><br>Patterson and Odom say that when they\u2019ve pressed Palin about diversity in hiring, she gets defensive and even testy.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>In a few more days, she will be headed - <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA\" rel=\"nofollow\">NORTH TO ALASKA</a><br><br>THEN, she will have to REALLY deal with people who have a RE-NEWED ENERGY AGAINST HER!!  :&gt;)   HAH!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:28:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3458285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nickwah22:  LOL!  Your favorite part was a \"good one\"!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_12:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3453572, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:   <b>A   -HAH!</b>   Don't worry.      I won't tell!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:06:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449732, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe the Plumber is wearing me out. Get a suit, dude! I'm tired of seeing him in his nasty t-shirts. Do people really take him seriously?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:41:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3448892, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Colorado Denver Post/Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 49, McCain 44 Obama +5<br>Illinois Rasmussen Obama 60, McCain 38 Obama +22<br>Iowa Des Moines Register Obama 54, McCain 37 Obama +17<br>Kentucky SurveyUSA McCain 56, Obama 40 McCain +16<br>Kentucky Mason-Dixon (R) McCain 51, Obama 42 McCain +9<br>Maine Rasmussen Obama 56, McCain 43 Obama +13<br>Michigan Detroit Free Press Obama 53, McCain 37 Obama +16<br>Minnesota Star Tribune Obama 53, McCain 42 Obama +11<br>Missouri Mason-Dixon (R) McCain 47, Obama 46 McCain +1<br>National CNN/Opinion Research Obama 53, McCain 46 Obama +7<br>Nevada LVRJ/Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>North Carolina Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 46, McCain 49 McCain +3<br>Ohio Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 45, McCain 47 McCain +2<br>Ohio Columbus Dispatch*Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>Pennsylvania Rasmussen Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>Pennsylvania SurveyUSA Obama 51, McCain 44 Obama +7<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>Utah Deseret News McCain 57, Obama 32 McCain +25<br>Virginia SurveyUSA Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Virginia Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 47, McCain 44 Obama +3<br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>National Gallup Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 44 Obama +6<br>National Pew Research Obama 50, McCain 39 Obama +11<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 54, McCain 43 Obama +11", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_19:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for that link!  I just posted it on Twitter!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:34:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449677, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3455390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Honestly, that was pretty funny.  I've had the same thoughts about Obama myself.  He's cool for a President, but he's definitely not cool when compared to every day Black men in real life.  :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_09:54:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450930, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JJai:  <b>MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!</b>   <b>VIRTUAL DAP!!!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:30:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450113, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  \"REAL MAVERICKS    -   SPEAK!  -    AGAINST  McAncient!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/original-mavericks-to-mcc_n_140148.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/origin...</a><br><b>Original Mavericks To McCain:  \"You're No Maverick\"</b><br><br><i>Brave New Films talks to the actual original Mavericks, who aren't too fond of John McCain using their name:<br><br>VIDEO -<br><br>Fontaine Maverick, great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) explains the origin of the expression -- and why it shouldn't apply to the Republican candidate:<br><br>Samuel Maverick was a Texas cattleman, land baron and politician, so influential that he was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Fiercely independent and equally liberal. Sam became well known for what he didn't do, however. It seems, according to Fontaine, that he had taken some cattle in lieu of a debt he was owed. He let them roam on an island off of Texas, and for whatever reason, didn't brand them. So, any unbranded cattle became known as Maverick's. Now, this more than likely wasn't an act of revolt. No one knows for sure, but Maverick really wasn't much of a cattleman. He was also shrewd, later on in life if cattle weren't branded, he would often claim them.<br><br><br>Sam was also very spirited and free minded. It was because of this that in 1867 the term Maverick was first cited as being used to describe someone with an independent streak, someone not branded.<br><br>\"Mavericks believe everybody has a right to be in America so long as they obey the law,\" Fontaine told me. \"Grandfather Maury was no coward. He chased the Klan right out of San Antonio once, stood up to the mob... Maury was burned in effigy in San Antonio, for his defense of members of the Communist Party's right to assemble, for his defense of the Hispanic community, support for those who didn't have a voice. \"<br><br>...<br><br><b>\"My brother called me from California last week during the VP debate and told me if they said the world Maverick one more time, he was going to shoot the TV. Of course, he doesn't have a gun, but, you get the point. My mother was just quoted in the New York Times about how we feel McCain is branded, Palin is branded, they are Republicans, and true Mavericks carry no brand. It's driving our family crazy, upsetting us and the legacy of my family, and we really with the campaign would stop misusing the word and the phrase.</b ><br><br><b>\"John McCain on a few occasions has shown that he can go against his party, but how hard is that when his party has been wrong on so many things as we now see,\" she continued. \"But he has a brand. And Palin, I'm not sure she even knows the history of the word of or my family, but one thing is clear to all of my family, she truly is not a Maverick.\"</b></i><br><br>THEY jes cain't get anything right!!   :&gt;)  I know that the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> did NOT know THIS information!!  <b>SHE DOESN'T READ!!</b>  HAH!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_01:11:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Labor Confronts Race Issue<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15176.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15176...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:08:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just sick and evil to the core!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:43:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:  YES!! You found it!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden'08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_23:54:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450627, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well, Town the campaign needs to give her a talk.  Shoot, Target has some cute stuff. She just needs to get her size and coordinate. IMO, those pants were too tight. Very few are ready for tight pants in all the angles that she is photgraphed in. <br><br>My problem with Palin was the campaign paying. I was not really distressed with the costs of the pieces. <br><br>Whatever the rationale for this outfit, I need someone to find her stylist for tomorrow and Tuesday and I want the one from sleek Mario Pinto sheath primary speech days, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:31:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450181, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle and the girls look like they are headed out to Target. <br>Michelle is slipping. I love you MO, there is always tomorrow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:36:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449633, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3448758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He needs to keep his mouth shut with the election in 2 days and Stevens falling in the polls like  rock.<br><br>Some folks just can't see the forest for the trees.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_19:59:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3448666, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b> No Maverick?</b>  <b>Oops!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_01:16:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3451809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "IF YOU ARE STILL UNDECIDED, STAY HOME!<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGBQf0h6s8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGBQf0h6s8</a><br><blockquote><i>I didn't say before, but I've already voted absentee for OBAMA. Even if I liked McCain for president (I don't) the idea of having Sarah Palin in the White House as anything but a tourist scares the crap out of me. And if that team does get elected, she will be the president before one term is up.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I asked my daughter how did she respon? Renita said she closed the curtain and told her \"The same way you wash your hair.\" She said the girl honestly didn't know that blacks used shampoo and water to wash their hair.</i><br><br><br>Just pitiful!  Geezzzzz!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:34:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450208, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay, Black Star Power!<br><br>Jay-Z, Beyonce, P.Diddy, Mary J. Blige, and Kevin Liles all arrive at one FL early vote location.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157608596062988/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:25:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was pretty cool. I bet if folks thought this could happen at their polling locations it could help turnout. (I talking to you black men in GA, lol.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:40:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449756, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Hope this is NOT a duplicate. Please forgive, if so.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/obama-on-the-trail-sunday_n_140267.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/obama-...</a><br><b>Obama On The Trail With Bruce Springsteen & Family (SLIDE SHOW)</b><br><br><i>Sunday, with just two days left, Barack Obama woke in Missouri and flew to Ohio to canvas the state. After a rally in Columbus, Obama, along with wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, flew to Cleveland for another rally. There Obama was joined by supporter Bruce Springsteen, who also came with his wife Patti and son Sam. Then it was to Cincinnati.<br><br>See more Obama slideshows</i><br><br>ENJOY!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:14:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "O IS CHEAP!<br><br>They say ' frugal', but we know what THAT means..LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:13:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450585, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Islandgirl,<br><br>I can't believe people actually have this moron on a show talking politics! He doesn't have a clue about politics. A total idiot!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:48:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449241, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "now they are playing \"give the people what they want\"!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:42:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449739, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cheers to Field Negro!  So glad he came aboard!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:14:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm surprised to hear about Ron Paul being on the ballot. Here in Houston we had the option to vote for McJerk, OBAMA, Bob Barr & Cynthia McKinney, in that order. I thought Ron Paul was a libertarian like Barr, & Barr won their nomination. Guess not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:48:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449866, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Preach.<br><br>Google Ron Fournier and see what comes up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_21:43:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3449581, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3449327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lewis Hamilton on his way to be Britain\u2019s first billion-dollar sports star<br><br><i>Fran Yeoman and Edward Gorman <br>Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton wakes up this morning as the youngest world champion in the history of Formula One \u2013 and well on the road to becoming a $1 billion sportsman. <br><br>His nail-biting fifth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix \u2013 allowing him to clinch the title by a single point \u2013 will go down as a key moment in the annals of the sport. <br><br>For most people it would undoubtedly be the pinnacle of a life\u2019s work. But the man who is named after Carl Lewis, winner of nine Olympic gold medals, is not most people. <br><br>Having conquered Formula One by the tender age of 23, and in only his second season, Hamilton could have more than a decade left at the top of his sport \u2013 plenty of time to surpass Michael Schumacher\u2019s record of seven world championships. <br><br>That, in turn, means that he is also perhaps the only person who could knock Tiger Woods from the top of the podium as the world\u2019s highest-earning sportsman. The golfer is on course to become the first person to accumulate $1 billion from sport by 2010, according to Forbes magazine, pocketing an estimated $115 million (\u00a371 million) in the year to June. <br><br>It will take Hamilton, who is from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, a little longer to approach such figures, but he is already well on his way</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5069067.ece\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_20:50:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Agree Town, Michelle O. can bring it when it's needed.  While dressing well is necessay for major political appearances, it is not everything.  Sometimes, we can get  a little caught up in clothing and loose focus on what's behind the clothes.  Michelle and Barack are people of substance.  Sarah Palin is PWT.  No amount of Neiman Marcus or SacK's 5th Avenue is going to give this devil any smarts where it really counts.  And Cindy McCain comes from white priviledge.  With that comes, botox, prescription drug theft, and 300,000 wardrobes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:39:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450181, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3451387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Didn't she know the \"Her Arms Are Too Short To Box With God?\"<br><br>Guess NOT!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-03_00:17:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450971, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3450367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "wait, is that a terrorist fist jab? lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-02_22:39:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3450272, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "6557632", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 6660268341430461571}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "sunday_evening_open_thread", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 159, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 6557632, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=sunday_evening_open_thread' +
		'&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/sunday_evening_open_thread/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='	+ 'sunday_evening_open_thread'
			+ '&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/sunday_evening_open_thread/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">159</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/sunday_evening_open_thread/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/sunday_evening_open_thread/">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:6557632" 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/sunday_evening_open_thread/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:6557632" 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:6557632" 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'				: 'sunday_evening_open_thread',
			// 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/sunday_evening_open_thread/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='	+ 'sunday_evening_open_thread'
			+ '&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='	+ 'sunday_evening_open_thread'
			+ '&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='		+ 'sunday_evening_open_thread'
				+ '&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/6557632/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3448644">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3448644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3448644">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3448644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448644" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this clip at TPM: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2Wczp9yOc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2Wczp9yOc</a><br><br>Joe the Plumber has got to go.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3448653">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3448653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3448653" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3448653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448653" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber is a neo-Nazi.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3448666">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3448666" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3448666">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3448666" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448666" class="dsq-comment-message">Reid Says Stevens Cannot Serve <br><br><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/29690-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rollcall.com/news/29690-1.html</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3448758">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3448758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448758" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3448758" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3448758" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448758" class="dsq-comment-message">He needs to keep his mouth shut with the election in 2 days and Stevens falling in the polls like  rock.<br><br>Some folks just can\'t see the forest for the trees.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3448730">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3448730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3448730" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3448730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448730" class="dsq-comment-message">Colorado Denver Post/Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 49, McCain 44 Obama +5<br>Illinois Rasmussen Obama 60, McCain 38 Obama +22<br>Iowa Des Moines Register Obama 54, McCain 37 Obama +17<br>Kentucky SurveyUSA McCain 56, Obama 40 McCain +16<br>Kentucky Mason-Dixon (R) McCain 51, Obama 42 McCain +9<br>Maine Rasmussen Obama 56, McCain 43 Obama +13<br>Michigan Detroit Free Press Obama 53, McCain 37 Obama +16<br>Minnesota Star Tribune Obama 53, McCain 42 Obama +11<br>Missouri Mason-Dixon (R) McCain 47, Obama 46 McCain +1<br>National CNN/Opinion Research Obama 53, McCain 46 Obama +7<br>Nevada LVRJ/Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>North Carolina Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 46, McCain 49 McCain +3<br>Ohio Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 45, McCain 47 McCain +2<br>Ohio Columbus Dispatch*Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>Pennsylvania Rasmussen Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>Pennsylvania SurveyUSA Obama 51, McCain 44 Obama +7<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>Utah Deseret News McCain 57, Obama 32 McCain +25<br>Virginia SurveyUSA Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Virginia Mason-Dixon (R) Obama 47, McCain 44 Obama +3<br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>National Gallup Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 44 Obama +6<br>National Pew Research Obama 50, McCain 39 Obama +11<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 54, McCain 43 Obama +11</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3448892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3448892">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3448892" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve got to be kidding me.....How can anyone take Joe The Plumber seriously!  <br><br>The guy is a stupid moron!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449241" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449241">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449241" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber is wearing me out. Get a suit, dude! I\'m tired of seeing him in his nasty t-shirts. Do people really take him seriously?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449306">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449306" class="dsq-comment-message">Islandgirl,<br><br>I can\'t believe people actually have this moron on a show talking politics! He doesn\'t have a clue about politics. A total idiot!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449432" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449432">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449432" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58, <br><br>Joe said he may run for office... and I\'m sure the base in Ohio will LOVE HIM. Sigh.. OOOO, Rachel Maddow is on!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449463">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449463" class="dsq-comment-message">co-signing Justice</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449961">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449961" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  <i>. . . stupid moron!. . . </i><br>OBVIOUSLY resonates AND is accepted by MANY McAncient/the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> SUPPORTERS!  WHICH says WHO THEY ARE!!  TRUE???? Of course TRUE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450097" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450097" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450097" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450097" class="dsq-comment-message">I still think he is a plant. A stupid one, but one that appeals to other stupid racist people.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450141">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450141" class="dsq-comment-message">heartsandflowers:  ABSOLUTELY!!!!  We see them!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449013" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449013">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449013" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449013" class="dsq-comment-message">that\'s a pretty woman.  love her hat!   she\'s living proof that "black don\'t crack"!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449090">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449090" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449033">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449033" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that we have been saying this for weeks but the mainstream media really needs/wants John McCain to win.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449111" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449111" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449111" class="dsq-comment-message">actually in the long run - I think they know an Obama win is better for their ratings.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449100" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449100" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449100" class="dsq-comment-message">Less than half of the registered black men in GA, took advantage of early voting.  With ppl actually beginning to think that GA could turn blue, if not at the top of the ticket, at least with the senate and rep races.  So if you have any black male relatives - friends - heck even your ex:  call them, email them, do what it takes to get them to the poll.<br><br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11/415631-black-men-in-georgia-have-not.html" rel="nofollow">http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449143" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449143" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack & Jill and my buddy Shawn @ DallasSouthBlog gets another honor:<br><br><a href="http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2008/11/60-influential-black-bloggers-by-aapp.html" rel="nofollow">http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2008/11/60-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449171" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449171" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449171" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449171" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you just hear about the voter suppression tactic in Chesterville, North Carolina?<br><br>A GOP operative placed a casket with Obama\'s name on it at the polling location.<br><br>I\'ve been following voter suppression tactics for a long time and that\'s a new one for me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449224">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449224" class="dsq-comment-message">Yea, Craig. I just heard that on MSNBC. Ewwww...how disgusting!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449257">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449257" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449257" class="dsq-comment-message">Just sick and evil to the core!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449474">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449474" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449474" class="dsq-comment-message">WHAT?!?! <br><br>Lord...please deliver me from the thought I just had...please.....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449488" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449488" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449488">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449488" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449488" class="dsq-comment-message">how is this LEGAL?<br><br>You can\'t wear an Obama  t-shirt, but THIS shit is legal?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450243" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450243" class="dsq-comment-message">NAACP is bringing charges.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449715">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449715" class="dsq-comment-message">Good.  That will make people come out in droves to the polls and stand in line as long as it takes to make sure they cast the vote for Barack Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449214">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449214" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Obama speaks to 200,000 in Ohio - Watch OBAMA LIVE in CINCINNATI </b><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/193628/255/686/650212" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/193...</a><br><br><i>Obama\'s final Ohio push is AMAZING!</i><br><br><i>Obama has a clear lead in the polls, but it is still coming down to GOTV efforts.</i><br><br><i>Obama\'s team put together 3 huge speeches today in key battlefields and it looks like it has worked. On Hardball, Chris Matthews just indicated that Obama had spoken to almost 200,000 in Ohio today and it looks like his numbers are correct (although maybe closer to 175,000).</i><br><br><b>Repports are indicating:</b><br><br><i>80,000+ turned out in Cleveland where Bruce Springsteen performed</i><br><br><i>60,000+ turned out in the crowded downtown Columbus - </i><br><br><i>Approx. 35,000 - 40,000 are expected in Cincinnatti - <br>Obama is holding a late night rally, 9PM, at the University of Cincinnati. The stadium holds 35,000 people.</i><br><br><br><a href="http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=18823%40video.wkrc.com&navCatId=51" rel="nofollow">http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?v...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449566" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449566" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice - but I will be more impressed to know that they vote not just get caught up in the mountain top experience of the moment.  Imagine how heartbroken we will be if he speaks to nearly a million people in America and they did vote and drag friends to the polls with them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449732" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449732">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449732" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449732" class="dsq-comment-message">Ruth,<br><br>They\'ll vote!  We can\'t think any other way! <br><br>You have to <b>"Give The People What They Want"</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFq9PEOukCg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFq9PEOukCg</a><br><br>ps....I\'m copying GreenLady...ssshh</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451285">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451285" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   <b>A   -HAH!</b>   Don\'t worry.      I won\'t tell!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451520">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3451520" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451520" class="dsq-comment-message">Awwww.....You caught me!  Dang! I was trying to sneak one in! lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451578">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451578" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   LOL!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449327">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449327" class="dsq-comment-message">Lewis Hamilton on his way to be Britain’s first billion-dollar sports star<br><br><i>Fran Yeoman and Edward Gorman <br>Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton wakes up this morning as the youngest world champion in the history of Formula One – and well on the road to becoming a $1 billion sportsman. <br><br>His nail-biting fifth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix – allowing him to clinch the title by a single point – will go down as a key moment in the annals of the sport. <br><br>For most people it would undoubtedly be the pinnacle of a life’s work. But the man who is named after Carl Lewis, winner of nine Olympic gold medals, is not most people. <br><br>Having conquered Formula One by the tender age of 23, and in only his second season, Hamilton could have more than a decade left at the top of his sport – plenty of time to surpass Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world championships. <br><br>That, in turn, means that he is also perhaps the only person who could knock Tiger Woods from the top of the podium as the world’s highest-earning sportsman. The golfer is on course to become the first person to accumulate $1 billion from sport by 2010, according to Forbes magazine, pocketing an estimated $115 million (£71 million) in the year to June. <br><br>It will take Hamilton, who is from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, a little longer to approach such figures, but he is already well on his way</i><br><br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5069067.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449383">MonP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449383" class="dsq-comment-message">BLACK MIDDLE-CLASS COMES INTO VIEW<br>Since Obama\'s candidacy, African-American professionals once invisible in mainstream America, are moving from prime-time fiction to everyday fact. <br><br>By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor<br><br>...<br>"Middle-class, African-American life has been invisible to mainstream America for most of the 20th century, says American University professor Leonard Steinhorn, coauthor of "By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race." This derives largely from what he calls the sin of decades of segregation in the suburbs, the traditional home of the middle class. <br><br>This began to change in earnest when "The Cosby Show" introduced the nation to the Huxtables, a charming, upper-middle-class family of seven who just happened to be black. <br><br>African-American professionals and middle-income characters have continued to appear more regularly across prime-time television over the past two decades, says Mr. Steinhorn. But the process has accelerated as the Obama candidacy has progressed. <br><br>"Americans are auditioning their next president," he says, adding that this is what he calls a very intimate process. "They are trying to determine who will be in their living rooms for the next four years. As a result, they are engaging in a deeply personal way with Obama\'s biography. This is normalizing the middle-class African-American story, one that may be unfamiliar to many white Americans.\' "<br><br>Find the complete article here - <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1031/p13s01-algn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1031/p13s01-algn....</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449443">MonP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449443" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449443" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s another quote from the article. I find most of my caucasian friends have a hard time understanding this.<br><br>"This can\'t come a moment too soon, suggests Salomon, who notes that ignorance of white culture was never an option for blacks. \'Most whites can go cradle to grave with no awareness or understanding of black life,\' she says. <br><br>\'For us that cradle-to-grave journey is not possible," she says. "We have to be fluent in all the perspectives of white culture, from speech inflection to corporate culture.\' "</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450065" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450065">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450065" class="dsq-comment-message">It is very surprising for white people to learn we have debutante balls and cotillions and go to prom and have generations of people going to college just like they do.<br><br><br>We\'re either downtrodden rappers or Oprahs.  No in-betweens.  lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450112" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450112">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450112" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450112" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, and we <b>don\'t</b> yell in a restaurant...."bring me some more m-fing tea"!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450565">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450565" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  "I\'m sick of getting a PhD in caucasian affairs when white folks won\'t ge a GED in multiculturalism"  I am a 53 year old Black women, and right now, there is nothing else I think I need to know about caucasian affairs. <br><br>However,  if I am approached by white folks whose intent is to learn anything about black culture.  I\'d rather give it to them straight up, then have them go away with the ignorant stereotypical bullshit they brought to the table.<br><br>As an example:  During the Rodney King beating, whites at work were going on,on, asking why blacks were so angry.  It was an opportunity to  have an honest discussion out in the open.  I know we cannot rely on the MSM and other folks to speak for us and about us with any objectivity and truth.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450201">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450201" class="dsq-comment-message">Tthat encapsulates my enture frustration with being black in America. I am sick of getting a PhD in caucasian affairs when white folks won\'t get a GED in muliculturalism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450208">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450208" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450208" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, MonP.  I remember my oldest daughter Renita coming home from school one day.  She was in 7th grade.  She said she was taking a shower after gym class,and a white classmate cme to her stall, pulled back the curtain and asked her:  "How do you wash your hair?"<br><br>I asked my daughter how did she respon?  Renita said she closed the curtain and told her "The same way you wash your hair."  She said the girl honestly didn\'t know that blacks used shampoo and water to wash their hair.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450318">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450318" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I asked my daughter how did she respon? Renita said she closed the curtain and told her "The same way you wash your hair." She said the girl honestly didn\'t know that blacks used shampoo and water to wash their hair.</i><br><br><br>Just pitiful!  Geezzzzz!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449499" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449499">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449499" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449499" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s also a story that is still unfamiliar or met with suspicion by other BLACK people--not just whites.  too often the black story is narrowly defined as one of poverty.  unfortunately, we haven\'t given ourselves much wiggle room in that regard.  in too many instances, privileged blacks are viewed as \'strange\' or \'not really black\' in black circles.  i\'m hopeful that we all can TRULY start to move on from that rigid view.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449731" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449731" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, YES!<br><br>I have always had a big problem with that - when WE narrowly define (or don\'t know!) our own story.   I hated the complaints about the Cosby Show back in the day for instance because it was NOT some fantasy world full of magic negroes.  The Cosby Show presented to the world our historically black colleges, countless legends (Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie), fantastic black artists, our best black actors in quality roles they were mostly denied throughout their careers - I could on and on.  <br><br>I think if so many of us weren\'t so critical of that one example for instance, the rest of the world would not look at black middle class professionals like a bunch of aliens.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450028" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450028" class="dsq-comment-message">We are the Cosby generation!! And the Obamas are like the Huxtables - and then some!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450126" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450126" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450126" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450126" class="dsq-comment-message">You know it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449476">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449476" class="dsq-comment-message">if anyone can point me in the direction of pics from Ohio of the Obamas at the rally with Bruce Springsteen, and any of the other rallies in Ohio, I\'d appreciate it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449576" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449576">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449576" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449576" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obama+and+bruce+springsteen+in+ohio&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=4&ct=title" rel="nofollow">http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obama+and+b...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449633" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449633">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449633" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/two_days_left_obamas_columbus.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/two_day...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449672" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449672">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449672" class="dsq-comment-message">More pics of Barack, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and The Boss!<br><br><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4357615" rel="nofollow">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449777" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449777" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449777">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449777" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449777" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle and the girls look like they are headed out to Target. <br>Michelle is slipping. I love you MO, there is always tomorrow.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449867">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449867" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai, maybe Michelle decided to skip that idea of dropping by Neiman Marcus on the way.  LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449911">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449911" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, she is repeating that sweater she wore on the Tonight Show. I think, in an attempt to be the anti-Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450024" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450024">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450024" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450024" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Michelle is a very "plain Jane" woman and not very glamourous at all, so I don\'t think she\'s trying to be the "anti-Palin."  I know I remember at the beginning of the year she was rocking no makeup and that ponytail "nub" out in public.  She\'s come a long way this year as far as style but she\'s still kind of plain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450047" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450047">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450047" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, Town. I have seen the early photos but a repeat from <br>last week in this carefully orchestrated campaign is not mistake.<br><br>I think making her look snazzy was the campaign and likewise <br>this Target mom look is also the campaign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450181" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450181">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450181" class="dsq-comment-message">But the disheveled "Target Mom" look is actually Michelle\'s look.  lol<br><br>IMO part of the outrage over Palin\'s wardrobe is that they spent all that money on her wardrobe and she still looks like she came out of SEARS.  (you can put lipstick on a pig...).  For $150K you should be looking dyn-o-mite and Palin doesn\'t.<br><br>I\'ll cut Palin some slack on having $300 glasses because my last pair was $500 and that was because of the lens, not the frames.<br><br>If anything, Michelle\'s "I shop the clearance rack at the mall" look is a reaction against Cindy "$300K outfit" McCain than Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450288" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450288">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450288" class="dsq-comment-message">well, Town the campaign needs to give her a talk.  Shoot, Target has some cute stuff. She just needs to get her size and coordinate. IMO, those pants were too tight. Very few are ready for tight pants in all the angles that she is photgraphed in. <br><br>My problem with Palin was the campaign paying. I was not really distressed with the costs of the pieces. <br><br>Whatever the rationale for this outfit, I need someone to find her stylist for tomorrow and Tuesday and I want the one from sleek Mario Pinto sheath primary speech days, lol.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450361">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450361" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree Town, Michelle O. can bring it when it\'s needed.  While dressing well is necessay for major political appearances, it is not everything.  Sometimes, we can get  a little caught up in clothing and loose focus on what\'s behind the clothes.  Michelle and Barack are people of substance.  Sarah Palin is PWT.  No amount of Neiman Marcus or SacK\'s 5th Avenue is going to give this devil any smarts where it really counts.  And Cindy McCain comes from white priviledge.  With that comes, botox, prescription drug theft, and 300,000 wardrobes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450585">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450585" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you so much, kindred soul, for making it plain. This isn\'t Real Housewives of ATL. Let Michelle be Michelle. I get the feeling that O is cheap (he had holes in the souls of his shoes). He probably discourages shopping for shopping\'s sake. If she would have been a high maintanance, superficial sister, he probably would have passed her by. I love you the way you are, Michelle!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450606" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450606">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450606" class="dsq-comment-message">make that SOLES of shoes</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450757">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450757" class="dsq-comment-message">disliking one of Michelle\'s outifts is not an attack on Michelle. I am an AA woman who loves what Michelle stands for but is mad at the jeans she rocked today. That\'s all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451346" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451346">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3451346" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451346" class="dsq-comment-message">O IS CHEAP!<br><br>They say \' frugal\', but we know what THAT means..LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450593" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450593">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450593" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450593" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Michelle and Barack are people of substance. Sarah Palin is PWT. No amount of Neiman Marcus or SacK\'s 5th Avenue is going to give this devil any smarts where it really counts. And Cindy McCain comes from white priviledge. With that comes, botox, prescription drug theft, and 300,000 wardrobes.</i><br><br><br><b>Yup!</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450961">antennaness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450961" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, Town and JJai.  Just let him get the votes of those uh, "real american people" before she snazzes it up to much.  We wouldn\'t want them to think she was too uppity yet.  I\'ve worked with them and they will turn on you if you appear to be more classy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450518" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450518">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450518" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450518" class="dsq-comment-message">SIGH!!! Michelle is a normal person. I know she is getting ready to be 1st lady. These are her last days to be able to dress like this in public. You all will be happy about her inaugural ballgown and you will forget about her looking like she\'s running out for groceries.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449682">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449682" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://bluepieartists.blogspot.com/2008/11/springsteen-performe-for-80000-at.html" rel="nofollow">http://bluepieartists.blogspot.com/2008/11/spri...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449892">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449892" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks to everyone for the links. :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449495">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449495" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah - some more pics of Obama. <br><br>GreenLady, make sure you turn on your airconditioner before viewing.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-on-the-trail-thursd_n_139504.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449883">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449883" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  LOL!   :&gt;)  THANK YOU for the "WARNING!"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>"Air Conditioner" on "FULL BLAST!"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449559">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449559" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel is interviewing  Michael Isikoff , of Newsweek.  Says not to jump to conclusions about the Fed investigation of leak about Barack\'s aunt.  Ap is not revealing their sources.  The mofos who leaked this to  AP need to be brought to justice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449581" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449581" class="dsq-comment-message">AP has been in the tank for McCain from Day One.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449835">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449835" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach.<br><br>Google Ron Fournier and see what comes up.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449946" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449946">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449946" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449946" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks rikyrah.  Enough said!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449964" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449964" class="dsq-comment-message">fed investigation of the leak? wtf?<br><br>they can wiretap and intercept email communications of anyone, anywhere, any time. who needs an investigation?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450012" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450012" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450012" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I know all about him. I\'m a Fieldhand and wrote a few letters to the Editorial board.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449592">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449592" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449592" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> Feds Investigating Leak About Obama\'s Aunt</b><br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr...</a><br><br><br><i>WASHINGTON – The government is investigating whether any laws were broken in the disclosure that Barack Obama\'s aunt was living in the country illegally.</i><br><br><i>Obama\'s half aunt, who is from Kenya, was ordered to leave the United States years ago after an immigration judge denied her request for asylum, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss the case.</i><br><br><i>The woman, Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUHN on-YANG-oh), is living in public housing in Boston and is the half-sister of Obama\'s late father.</i><br><br><i>The Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked its inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility on Saturday to investigate whether any policies were violated when information about Onyango\'s case was publicly disclosed, ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. The Homeland Security Department, which oversees ICE, cannot disclose details about an individual\'s immigration status.</i><br><br><i>Information about Onyango\'s case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one a federal law enforcement official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release, just five days before the presidential election. Obama\'s campaign strategist David Axelrod said people are suspicious about stories that surface so close to an election.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450212" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450212" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'ll keep this story front and center so long as they can feign an investigation and report about it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449677" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449677">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449677" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449677" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, Black Star Power!<br><br>Jay-Z, Beyonce, P.Diddy, Mary J. Blige, and Kevin Liles all arrive at one FL early vote location.<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157608596062988/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449727">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449727" class="dsq-comment-message">lol, just realized I think they got Kevin Liles confused with Russell Simmons.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449756" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449756" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449756" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for that link!  I just posted it on Twitter!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449808" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449808">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449808" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449808" class="dsq-comment-message">It was pretty cool. I bet if folks thought this could happen at their polling locations it could help turnout. (I talking to you black men in GA, lol.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449857">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449857" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449857" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard about this.  I think it\'s wonderful that they gave their time to encourage folks to stay in line in spite of of the long, long lines.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449869" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449869">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449869" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449869" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s beautiful to see...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449951" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449951">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449951" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'ll all be in Philly tomorrow for a HipHop Philly block Vote party. Right near Temple U.<br><br>Then of course Biden and the fam wil be here tommorrow tonight for a rally.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449978" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449978">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449978" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449978" class="dsq-comment-message">awesome, whatever it takes to keep PA in our column! Then they need to head to GA on Tuesday, lol.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451112">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3451112" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451112" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  YES!!  WHATEVER IT TAKES!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449739" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449739" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama rally live in Cinncinati - Kanye West\'s "Touch the Sky" is playing LOL!!!!<br><br><a href="http://origin.barackobama.com/live/" rel="nofollow">http://origin.barackobama.com/live/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449826" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449826">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449826" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449826" class="dsq-comment-message">now they are playing "give the people what they want"!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3449887" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449887" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes!  Love all of it LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449917" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449917">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449917" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449917" class="dsq-comment-message">I am excited, too Anovelista! Yes, we can!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449999">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449999" class="dsq-comment-message">I absolutely love it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449804">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449804" class="dsq-comment-message">IF YOU ARE STILL UNDECIDED, STAY HOME!<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGBQf0h6s8" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGBQf0h6s8</a><br><blockquote><i>I didn\'t say before, but I\'ve already voted absentee for OBAMA. Even if I liked McCain for president (I don\'t) the idea of having Sarah Palin in the White House as anything but a tourist scares the crap out of me. And if that team does get elected, she will be the president before one term is up.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449818">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449818" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel Maddow reporting Montana is now a toss up!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449866" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449866">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449866" class="dsq-comment-message">The GOP shouldn\'t have tried Voter Suppression here. Ever since that happened, McCain hasn\'t led in a poll. Montanans took offense at that bullshit. And with Ron Paul being on the ballot, he\'s a perfect protest vote for folks who can\'t condone what the GOP tried to do, but don\'t want to vote for Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450449">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450449" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m surprised to hear about Ron Paul being on the ballot. Here in Houston we had the option to vote for McJerk, OBAMA, Bob Barr & Cynthia McKinney, in that order. I thought Ron Paul was a libertarian like Barr, & Barr won their nomination. Guess not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450506" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450506" class="dsq-comment-message">Ron Paul is a Republican. <br><br>He\'s on the ballot in Montana for the Constitution party.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450663" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450663" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm.  In NJ, Chuck Baldwin is on the ballot for the Constitution Party. What\'s up with that?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3451367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3451367" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3451367" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451367" class="dsq-comment-message">The Montana Constitution Party broke from the National Constitution Party.<br><br>The National Constitution Party and the Alaska Independence Party are related. <br><br>All the Constitution parties, I believe, are more or less secessionist. They believe in the America of the original constitution, if you get my drift.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451442" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3451442" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3451442" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451442" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, why am I not surprised?<br><br>Maybe they\'ll run Sarah Palin in 2012. Heh...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3450559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450559" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3450559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450559" class="dsq-comment-message">I got my sample ballot in the mail and while Ron Paul is not on the ballot, Nader, Barr, McKinney, McToast and our next President are on the ballot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3449884" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3449884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3449884">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3449884" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3449884" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, anyone watching Barack on CNN. I am excited like this woman in the red jacket. It\'s cool to see "us" so excited about the process.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3450086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450086">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450086" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  JUST got back from church!  WE <b>PRAYED and WE PRAYED!!</b><br><br>Tried to read through ALL that I missed!   HAH!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  It\'s such GOOD STUFF!  I\'m soooo sorry that I missed it!     JJP is something else!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Glad to be back!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I couldn\'t find the VIDEO to match, BUT I agreed with Dr. Rachel about the "LONG LINES" being equivalent to a "POLL TAX!"<br><br><a href="http://rachelmaddow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/31/2061189-talk-me-down-long-lines-are-a-poll-tax-and-where-are-the-youth" rel="nofollow">http://rachelmaddow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/...</a><br><b>Long Lines ARE a POLL TAX & Where Are The Youth?</b><br><br><i>Here\'s the thing: A day-long wait might as well be a poll tax. What does it cost you to wait eight hours? Is this the way our democracy works now? We\'re a country where only people who can afford to give up 20 percent of a week\'s pay are allowed to vote?<br><br>SKIP<br><br>An Orlando Sentinel analysis of early voting in Florida found that, "Young people are turning out in disproportionately low numbers ... making them the worst-performing demographic group."<br><br>The Sentinel says only 15 percent of early voters in Florida are under the age of 35, even though that group makes up a quarter of the electorate.<br><br>All that talk in the Democratic primaries about how young people were proving the haters wrong by actually showing up to vote even though everyone says they don\'t? Are the haters gonna turn out to actually be right?<br><br>Time for a talking down... clearly... </i><br><br>I\'m continuing to look for "YOUTH VOTE" data.  I realize the difficulty regarding "cell telephone ownership."  <br><br>On this matter   -  <b>I\'m still VERY CONFIDENT!!</b>  :&gt;)   <br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450113">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450113" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t wait to get the youth vote data, too. I am placated by the heavy AA turnout for now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450272">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450272" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  <b>MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!</b>   <b>VIRTUAL DAP!!!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450367">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450367" class="dsq-comment-message">wait, is that a terrorist fist jab? lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450394">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450394" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450634">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450634" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:   LOL!!  :&gt;)    I guess. . .  . . :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>No.   Wait. . . . . SHE was FIRED!!!  :&gt;)<br><br>So NO!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450254">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450254" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  This feels "similar" to another article that I posted, BUT I believe that it was amended in light of THEIR use of Rev. Wright, recently.  Hmmm?<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/11/02/alaskas-minorities-feel-ignored-by-palin/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/11/02/ala...</a><br><b>Alaska’s minorities feel ignored by Palin</b><br>November 2, 2008 <br><br><i>Alaska’s black leaders say they’re not surprised to see Gov. Sarah Palin at the center of the controversy over injecting the race issue into the presidential campaign.<br><br>Palin, Republican John McCain’s running mate, has repeatedly insisted that Barack Obama’s former preacher, the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a legitimate issue even though McCain himself has said it’s out of bounds.<br><br>&lt;b.“She has no sensitivity to minorities,” said the Rev. Alonzo Patterson, a Baptist minister and president of the Alaska Black Leadership Conference. “She’s really inciting a lot of African-Americans to get out and vote.”</b><br><br>Since taking office in December 2006, Palin has had a sometimes tense relationship with black leaders, who say they’ve been ignored in their efforts to get more minorities hired in her administration.<br><br>In Alaska, blacks chafed when Palin failed to issue a proclamation last year endorsing a festival that marks the freeing of slaves, though she did issue one this year. On the campaign trail, her events sometimes have attracted fringe groups hostile to minorities. At one rally attended by Palin, a supporter told a black cameraman to “sit down, boy.”<br><br>This week, in the final debate of the campaign, Obama himself noted the hateful tone of some the McCain-Palin crowds, singling out Palin herself for not doing enough to ease the friction.<br><br><b>Many of Palin’s black constituents say they are disgusted with the campaign’s racial overtones.<br><br>“It’s really been like you’re going to a Ku Klux Klan rally,” said Javis Odom, an Anchorage minister. “Gov. Palin is really showing her true colors on the national stage.”</b><br><br><b>In Alaska, the issue of race relations usually focuses on Alaska Natives, who make up 18 percent of the population. Blacks, in contrast, make up 4 percent.</b><br><br>Patterson and Odom say that when they’ve pressed Palin about diversity in hiring, she gets defensive and even testy.</b></i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>In a few more days, she will be headed - <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA" rel="nofollow">NORTH TO ALASKA</a><br><br>THEN, she will have to REALLY deal with people who have a RE-NEWED ENERGY AGAINST HER!!  :&gt;)   HAH!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3450407" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450407" class="dsq-comment-message">Nevermind.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450608">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450608" class="dsq-comment-message">craighickman:  As I noted in the beginning, I had some confusion about this article, as it related to a previous "SIMILAR" publication.  I don\'t believe that THAT ONE had THAT STATEMENT.<br><br>Again, my purpose in posting WAS to demonstrate the IRE of AA\'s regarding the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b>  Secondly, the article, IMHO, is demonstrating that SHE is NOT going to have the SUPPORT that she ONCE enjoyed  - PRE-election!  HER approval rating in Alaska have devolved to ~60%!!  :&gt;)<br><br>From another poster  - it was stated that he/she felt that the AP was "in the tank" for the GOP from the JUMP!!<br><br>Co-sign on the "NO DOCUMENTATION."  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450473">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450473" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I hope that this is NOT a duplicate.  As I mentioned, I JUST got back in and my review of all the posts probably did NOT catch everything.  :&gt;)<br><br>THIS article is INSPIRING to me! (CRYING!)  MY mommy who is 92- 1/2 will get to WITNESS THIS HISTORICAL EVENT.  She is still alert ENOUGH!  :&gt;)  Thank God!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/11/02/ST2008110200862.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/st...</a><br><b>For Older Blacks, Election Offers Fruits of Hard Journey</b><br><br><i>Once or twice a week for the past month or so, Ruth Worthy, 91, has been going door-to-door in her Northeast D.C. neighborhood campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama.<br><br>She made the trek in her wheelchair or resting on the arm of her nurse.<br><br>"Dear, are you registered?" she would ask.<br><br>Worthy belongs to a generation of African Americans who have journeyed from some of the rawest and brutal eras of racism to the present, when they find themselves relishing the idea of a black man possibly becoming president.<br><br>For many blacks ages 90 and older, Tuesday will be one of the most historic events of their long lives. They lived through Jim Crow, the Depression, world wars, the horrors of Emmett Till and the promise of the civil rights movement. Now, they\'re watching Obama (D-Ill.) lead in the national presidential polls.<br><br>Be they women of relative privilege, such as Worthy, or those of working-class roots, many share the same awe at how far the world can come in a lifetime. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE  -  and -  A poignant SLIDE SHOW!  :&gt;)  JUST LOVELY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450474">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450474" class="dsq-comment-message">I went to see the Secret Life of Bees yesterday. It was a nice movie. I was about to ugly cry when the the JHud character, Rosaleen got beaten on her way to register to vote. It was also very cool when she finally got registered, put on a nice dress, and talked about voting for Johnson. I was proud to be wearing my Barack Obama t-shirt and casting my vote on Tuesday.<br><br>Just a little aside.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450615">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450615" class="dsq-comment-message">about that t-shirt...<br><br>remember it might not be allowed...it might be considered electioneering, so make sure you have a jacket or something that can cover it up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450670">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450670" class="dsq-comment-message">No, that\'s what I wore to the movie, lol.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450734">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450734" class="dsq-comment-message">sorry..I guess I\'m a little loopy now....LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450483">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450483" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> Barack, the Boss and 100K in the Rain (with lots of pictures!)</b><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/201755/783/629/650253" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/201...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450531">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450531" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Final Gallup Tracking Poll: O55, M44</b><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/223614/203/465/650409" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/2/223...</a><br><br><i>The final USA Today/Gallup 2008 pre-election poll predicts Barack Obama will be elected the 44th president of the United States, as he holds a 55% to 44% advantage over John McCain in the allocated estimate of the 2008 presidential vote.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451087">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451087" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Yaaaaa!  GOOD NEWS!!   Thanks!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450627">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450627" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel Maddow Show: The New Poll Tax<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7hX4TC4rP2U" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7hX4TC4rP2U</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451071">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451071" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  YES!! You found it!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden\'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450628">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450628" class="dsq-comment-message">A Long Campaign, and a Changed Barack Obama<br><br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1855677%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,859...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450700">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450700" class="dsq-comment-message">From The Daily Dish:<br><br><i>02 Nov 2008 10:07 pm<br><br>The View From Your Election: Ohio<br>A reader writes:<br><br>I voted yesterday at the Montgomery County, Ohio, board of elections building in downtown Dayton and it will an event I will remember for a long time.  It took 3.5 hours of waiting in three separate areas until my number was called.  I was number 23XX and the queue was moving in groups of ten. When my number was called and I was sitting at the desk of one of the poll volunteers I had a few minutes to ask her impressions. She said that the day before some 3,000 people came out to vote but she was shocked by Saturday\'s turnout.  She went on to say that the Red Cross has donated cots so the polling volunteers have something to sleep on, so I guess they\'re staying overnight in the building. <br><br>Then to top it off, when I get to a makeshift booth I was next to a blind guy who kept asking where the lever was to make his selection.  The lady with him explained that there is no lever and then he responded that this is the first time he has voted in 30 years.  By the time I finished, I met back with my wife.  She said the election officials were handing out numbers in the 8000 range. <br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450714">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450714" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I know that this MAP will vanish as soon as the HEADLINES change,  BUT  - I LIKE it!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br>HEADLINES  SHOWING  A MAP!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Well!    It vanished!  SORRY!  :&gt;(  I\'ll post another one.     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450930">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450930" class="dsq-comment-message">Can Obama Overcome the Urkel Effect?<br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1855333%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,917...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452195">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452195" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, I get it, this article was supposed to be funny.  <br><br>Lawd knows I didn\'t get it until John Hodgeman was quoted. <br><br>Seriously, I thought the writer was being serious.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3455390">parker404ga</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3455390" class="dsq-comment-message">Honestly, that was pretty funny.  I\'ve had the same thoughts about Obama myself.  He\'s cool for a President, but he\'s definitely not cool when compared to every day Black men in real life.  :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450957">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450957" class="dsq-comment-message">Photo Essay of the Obama campaign<br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0%2C29307%2C1854323%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450996">sdg1844</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450996" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s beautiful.  I\'ve learned so much about my country by following this campaign</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450971">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450971" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Elizabeth Dole\'s "Godless Americans" Ad Is Blowing Up In Her Face</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/elizabeth-doles-godless-a_n_140248.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/elizab...</a><br><br><i>It is pretty clear to me based on our polling this weekend that Kay Hagan will be headed to the US Senate unless something very bizarre happens in the next 72 hours. While numbers in the races for President and Governor are basically unchanged from last week there has been clear movement away from Elizabeth Dole, a sign that her \'Godless Americans\' ad is blowing up in her face.</i><br><br><br><br><b>It serves her right for playing dirty!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451012">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451012" class="dsq-comment-message">it really blew up in her face once she wouldn\'t back down and instead decided to doubledown on the filth.<br><br>Hagan\'s reply was BRUTAL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451387">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451387" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Didn\'t she know the "Her Arms Are Too Short To Box With God?"<br><br>Guess NOT!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3450975">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3450975" class="dsq-comment-message">The Field Negro finally breaks down:<br><br><br><a href="http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-operation-is-in-full-swing.html" rel="nofollow">http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-o...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451364">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451364" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheers to Field Negro!  So glad he came aboard!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3453795">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3453795" class="dsq-comment-message">awesome, I love the field. He cracks me up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451298">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451298" class="dsq-comment-message">Labor Confronts Race Issue<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15176.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15176...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3451362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451362">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451362" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Hope this is NOT a duplicate. Please forgive, if so.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/obama-on-the-trail-sunday_n_140267.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/obama-...</a><br><b>Obama On The Trail With Bruce Springsteen & Family (SLIDE SHOW)</b><br><br><i>Sunday, with just two days left, Barack Obama woke in Missouri and flew to Ohio to canvas the state. After a rally in Columbus, Obama, along with wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, flew to Cleveland for another rally. There Obama was joined by supporter Bruce Springsteen, who also came with his wife Patti and son Sam. Then it was to Cincinnati.<br><br>See more Obama slideshows</i><br><br>ENJOY!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451479">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451479" class="dsq-comment-message">been waiting for this slideshow...thanks...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451542">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451542" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  YAAAAAAAAA!!  Glad I could be of some use.  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451495">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451495" class="dsq-comment-message">The Inexorable Candidate<br>by E.J. Dionne, Jr. <br>How Obama, the first truly 21st century figure in American politics, has transformed the nature of campaigns.<br>Post Date Monday November 3, 2008<br><br><br><a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=cb3026cb-3555-4cb0-b99b-b883c79784ba" rel="nofollow">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=cb302...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451524">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451524" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/11/03/don-t-panic-reassurances-from-a-fellow-poll-neurotic.aspx" rel="nofollow">Don\'t Panic--Reassurances From a Poll Neurotic</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3453050" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3453050" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html" rel="nofollow">http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html</a><br><br>Nice article but toward the end there is a link to a great website which provides stats on early voting.  Interesting things I noticed included:<br><br>Goodness no wonder ppl think GA is in play, it appears they have already matched 60% of their total vote. FL is @ 54%, the variable w/FL is that wide ind voters margin. Given the fact Dems lead R\'s 59-28% in LA, I am surprised no one is discussing it. Perhaps it is because only 13% have voted. This could be a testament to enthusiasm. In NC, they have matched 73% and glad to see youth voters have done well. Finally here in TX, I wonder if this could reflect lack of interest by the Rs in red states, which might lead to a lower popular vote for McCain.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451670">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451670" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  This is a MAJOR "SHOUT OUT" to 538.com:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/fivethirtyeightcom-more-t_n_140201.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/fiveth...</a><br><b>Five Thirty Eight.com:  More Than Just Numbers</b><br><br><i>From the beginning of the campaign, the people behind Barack Obama\'s bid for the presidency have been pretty adamant that one should expect big things from their ground game. They\'d be up in all fifty states, socially networked, plugged in, and microtargeting their way to success. At about the same time, I started wondering, "Well, that\'s all well and good, <b>but who\'s going to cover the story of the \'ground game?\'" It\'s precisely the sort of story that flies underneath the typical campaign coverage. Besides, the press does a fine job cataloguing all manner of activity, but when it comes to analyzing achievement? Not so much</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>As it turns out, if you\'re looking for this story, you could just go to the same place that thousands of political junkies are already going to get a little bit of scrutability from the endless march of competing polling data - <a href="http://FiveThirtyEight.com" rel="nofollow">FiveThirtyEight.com</a>. See, while stats stud Nate Silver has been busy crunching numbers, his colleague Sean Quinn, along with photographer Brett Marty, have been in pursuit of the ground game, and they\'ve been dropping by field offices for both candidates to take pictures and chronicle the activity. And if there\'s one thing that\'s been revealed, nearly consistently, in comparing the two operations, is that there seems to be no comparison:<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Of course, even with all this specific reporting, attesting to the fact that the balance of response, activity and enthusiasm appears to be on the Democratic side, the big unknown is whether it will all end up being remembered as a spirited, failed attempt or the ingredients of bona fide electoral success. <b>Still, I\'m terribly impressed by the way <a href="http://FiveThirtyEight.com" rel="nofollow">FiveThirtyEight.com</a> is working this balance between raw data and anecdotal reportage, doing each as fully and as fairly as possible, and putting themselves out there by making predictions with conviction. Silver\'s taken the site to acclaim behind the strength of his statistical analysis, but the site deserves kudoes to their commitment to following the election on the road. Both on the balance sheet and on the trail, <u>FiveThirtyEight has done a superlative job at making sense of this election, in ways that have far surpassed the traditional media.</u></b><br><br>KUDOS   -   538!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</i></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3452795" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452795" class="dsq-comment-message">I luv the site too.  Like many sites that I have come to enjoy this year:  i wonder what their focus will be after January 20th?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3458152" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3458152">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3458152" class="dsq-comment-message">ruthdfw:  YES!  This has truly been a "LEARNING EXPERIENCE" for me!  I\'m ecstatic!  :&gt;)<br><br>I\'ll be watching this site from now on.  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451797">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451797" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>David Gregory.......(Race For The White House)  North Dakota now a toss up!</b></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3452788" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452788" class="dsq-comment-message">SNAP - that is just unbelievable!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451809">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451809" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  "REAL MAVERICKS    -   SPEAK!  -    AGAINST  McAncient!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/original-mavericks-to-mcc_n_140148.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/origin...</a><br><b>Original Mavericks To McCain:  "You\'re No Maverick"</b><br><br><i>Brave New Films talks to the actual original Mavericks, who aren\'t too fond of John McCain using their name:<br><br>VIDEO -<br><br>Fontaine Maverick, great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) explains the origin of the expression -- and why it shouldn\'t apply to the Republican candidate:<br><br>Samuel Maverick was a Texas cattleman, land baron and politician, so influential that he was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Fiercely independent and equally liberal. Sam became well known for what he didn\'t do, however. It seems, according to Fontaine, that he had taken some cattle in lieu of a debt he was owed. He let them roam on an island off of Texas, and for whatever reason, didn\'t brand them. So, any unbranded cattle became known as Maverick\'s. Now, this more than likely wasn\'t an act of revolt. No one knows for sure, but Maverick really wasn\'t much of a cattleman. He was also shrewd, later on in life if cattle weren\'t branded, he would often claim them.<br><br><br>Sam was also very spirited and free minded. It was because of this that in 1867 the term Maverick was first cited as being used to describe someone with an independent streak, someone not branded.<br><br>"Mavericks believe everybody has a right to be in America so long as they obey the law," Fontaine told me. "Grandfather Maury was no coward. He chased the Klan right out of San Antonio once, stood up to the mob... Maury was burned in effigy in San Antonio, for his defense of members of the Communist Party\'s right to assemble, for his defense of the Hispanic community, support for those who didn\'t have a voice. "<br><br>...<br><br><b>"My brother called me from California last week during the VP debate and told me if they said the world Maverick one more time, he was going to shoot the TV. Of course, he doesn\'t have a gun, but, you get the point. My mother was just quoted in the New York Times about how we feel McCain is branded, Palin is branded, they are Republicans, and true Mavericks carry no brand. It\'s driving our family crazy, upsetting us and the legacy of my family, and we really with the campaign would stop misusing the word and the phrase.</b ><br><br><b>"John McCain on a few occasions has shown that he can go against his party, but how hard is that when his party has been wrong on so many things as we now see," she continued. "But he has a brand. And Palin, I\'m not sure she even knows the history of the word of or my family, but one thing is clear to all of my family, she truly is not a Maverick."</b></i><br><br>THEY jes cain\'t get anything right!!   :&gt;)  I know that the <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> did NOT know THIS information!!  <b>SHE DOESN\'T READ!!</b>  HAH!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451842">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451842" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> No Maverick?</b>  <b>Oops!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3451966">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3451966" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain knows nothing of their work. LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452460">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452460" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:  LOL!! :&gt;)    NEITHER of them are "HOOKED ON PHONICS!!"   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m thinking  "ILLITERATE" is an accurate description!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3452752" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452752" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG Greenlady if I was a lesbian I\'d kiss you full on the mouth! You always bring the comedy. You can\'t write this shit in the BEST Hollywood movie!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3453572">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3453572" class="dsq-comment-message">What took them so long??  We could\'ve nipped the maverick straight talk in the bud.<br><br>My favorite part "if i had a gun, i\'d probably shoot the tv."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3458285">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3458285" class="dsq-comment-message">nickwah22:  LOL!  Your favorite part was a "good one"!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3452003" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452003">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452003" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  This is an UPDATE of pic from Oct. 16.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/the-obamas-greatest-famil_n_132339.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/the-ob...</a><br><b>The Obama\'s Greatest Family Moments(SLIDE SHOW)</b><br><br><i>This was originally published on October 16th.<br>After the outstanding response to The Obamas\' Greatest PDA Moments and The Obama Anniversary Album, combined with Senator McCain\'s recent remarks that Obama is "a decent family man," we decided to take things to the next level. Behold The Obama Family Photo Album.<br><br>**Read Obama\'s thoughts on fatherhood and family.**<br><br>**See more Obama slideshows**</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>Obama-Biden   \'08!!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452085">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452085" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  UNBELIEVABLE!!  <i>MUDFLATTERS IN CHICAGO!!</i><br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/mudstock-ii-in-chicago/" rel="nofollow">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/mudsto...</a><br><b>Mudstock II in Chicago!</b><br><br><i>Today in Chicago, a group of dedicated Mudflatters gathered for the second, in hopefully a long line of Mudstock events!  I was so thrilled to get the photos and great write-up of yet another real-life get-together of the Mudflats community!  Here’s the writeup from ‘Bec Hussein of Illinois’ complete with pictures from Bec and Shikago! <br><br>To make things interesting, three of the Mudflatters’ screen names are “Chicago”, “Chicago” and “Shikago”!  You can have fun figuring it out!<br><br>Well Chicagos, Shikago, and Chicagoans, the rest of us were with you in spirit!  Thanks for sharing your wonderful afternoon with us.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>In closing, we send our very best Chicago greetings to all the other Mudflatters/Mudpuppies from Alaska and the other “49” states, Canada, Australia, and many places around the world. This has been a most welcoming, encouraging, and sanity-strengthening community during the election. <b>Of course, we couldn’t be prouder to have the next president of the United States, Barack Obama, as a fellow-Chicagoan. We know the road ahead will still be rocky as the country pulls together. As Shikgao said in the special prayer/meditation he wrote and read to us before we ate — our country needs healing. Obama is the one to get this started.</b><br><br>Now that we found Mudflats, there is no way that we can stay away from those crazy Alaskan politics. We have to see a few other chapters of this story played out. Though we all need a little break from the all-consuming obsession that this election has become, we aren’t ready to leave Alaska on its own. So you are going to have Chicago, and all the rest of the Mudflats community, hanging in there to hear AKM report what happens next. <b>We all know how we’d like the story to end! Let’s hope it includes a new Alaskan senator in Washington, an old one off to prison, a former state employee vindicated, <u>and the brakes slammed on any notion that a particular Alaskan governor will be able to “rear her ugly head” in 2012!</u></b><br><br>Dutifully submitted by:<br><br>Bec Hussein of Illinois</i><br><br>This is EXCITING!!  Alaskans are receiving SUPPORT RIGHT IN CHICAGO!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3452177" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452177">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3452177" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452177" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   <b>SURPRISE!!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDg0cLThtJE&eurl=http://www.jedreport.com/" rel="nofollow">MICHELLE Surprises A New Mexico Field Office</a><br><br>EXCITING!!<br><br>THEY WERE  <b>FIRED UP!    READY TO GO!!!</B><br><br>Isn\'t SHE WONDERFUL!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3452191" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452191">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3452191" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452191" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone watch Sunday Night Football? According to TPM, the RNC or any group affiliated with the party  had a Rev. Wright ad run during the program.  These people are so stupid.  I guess they didn\'t learn from the special elections of last spring that those kind ads galvanize  more blacks to vote  for the Democrats. Fools.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452370">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452370" class="dsq-comment-message">If there was a headline that said "Hate We Can Believe In" and the ad was sponsored by the \'GOP Trust\', then that same ad aired during tonight\'s <i>Cold Case</i> on CBS.  <br><br>It didn\'t work in the spring, why would they think it\'d work now?  It just makes the GOP looks pathetic and desperate...like they truly have been since the Palin \'bump\' wore off and the economy took a nosedive.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3452491" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3452491" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3452491">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3452491" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Here\'s a MAP - for us visual learners!     :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.electoral-vote.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.electoral-vote.com/</a><br><br>Nov. 02  	<br><b>Obama 353</b>   <i>McCain 185</i>  <br>	<br>Senate Dem 58   GOP 42  <br>	<br>House Dem 250   GOP 183   Ties 2<br><br><br>Lookin\' GOOD!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3453200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3453200">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3453200" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3453200" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Joe the Plumber " I once was on welfare, my parents twice!"</b><br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK84mM5N-o" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK84mM5N-o</a><br><br>...So, Joe benefited from the goodwill, and taxes of others.   I wonder what would have happened to Joe had he not had that "leg up" when he needed it.  Maybe he\'d be in the slammer.</div>\
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