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But the crucial difference is that the ones we look up to have fought with honor and integrity--two characteristics that can not be attributed to Mrs. Clinton particularly after how she has carried herself in this race.</br><br></br><br>After squandering universal name recognition, a connection to a former president who had over %70 approval ratings, a meme of inevitability that was eaten up by the press, and a 150 million dollar financial lead, Mrs. Clinton has finally come down to making the none too subtle claim that she should win because Barack Obama is a lazy, shiftless, unqualified, \u201caffirmative action\" candidate, who cannot be trusted to make good decisions.  That my friends (to use Sen. McCain's favorite characterization) is a kick in the teeth and a betrayal to all people of color who have worked their a**es off to make any real progress in a country riddled with unstated white privilege.   </br><br></br><br>This race is no longer only about Barack Obama.  I submit that if we sit down and take this, we will be throwing dirt on the memory of the many brave ancestors who fought honorably for our rights.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d2f55ca76cb13fd36ee7733bc134d45", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"There is no plausible scenario in which Clinton can win the nomination. At least not democratically.\" - Marc Cooper, Huffington Post<br></br><br>Pledge #1: I will never. EVER. EVER! Vote for Hillary Clinton.</br><br></br><br>\"There will be some hurt feelings initially,\" Harold Ickes said. \"But...black people will vote for her...\"</br><br></br><br>Pledge #2: I'm voting for Nader. If I get angrier, fuck it, GO McCain!</br><br></br><br>\"The 1968 Chicago convention would look like a picnic compared to what Denver would become,\" a long-time political biographer said on election eve, predicting a youth uprising at the site of this summer's Democratic Convention if the election is thrown to Clinton.</br><br></br><br>Pledge #3: I'm going to Denver to raise hell, throw eggs, shut it down and go to jail.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b6e73b6d46e8c929e46a5d49022a8ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker, I hope Obama doesn't run as independent.  Obama has shown himself to be a teamplayer.  He will be a teamplayer for the democrats.  He's not Hillary Clinton.  He doesn't appear to be in this race for the same reasons She Who Must Remain Inevitable is.<br></br><br>I think running as an independent would make his star fall faster than running as Hillary's running mate -- or asking Hillary to be his running mate.  All things do not have to be done at once.</br><br></br><br>@ jett, thank you for calling out talkleft for spreading the Clinton campaign 'obama's campaign is disenfranchising people' bullshit.  </br><br></br><br>As for not beating Hillary like a baby seal, you're a great person than I am.  And Obama, the target of all this mess, is even better for continually taking the dignified road, the high road, when the Clintons try to sink him with bullshit and then play the 'we're sorry can we still be friends' knife twist afterwards.  I can't do it.  If the American people want to elect a whiner and a cheater and a person willing to manipulate gender and race just because America is nostalgic for pre-Bush .... we get the government we vote for.  I'm not going to like it, but America will have spoken.  But I'll be honest, I keep hearing Putin dissing Hillary by saying</br><br></br><br>'a head of state should have a head'</br><br></br><br>(not an exact quote) after she drew first blood by dissing him as soulless.  how much respect will Hillary garner for herself, and how much will it be because the rest of the world believes that A Man (Bill) is actually pulling the strings?   If Hillary acts like she's acted with the press and Obama, with the rest of the world..... we're in a world of pain.  That's assuming that they manage to wrest the vote from John McCain.  Or McCain dies between now and then because his health problems are more severe than his campaign is letting on.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Phillip M. Bailey, wow, that quote is insane.  They have another thing coming.<br></br><br><i>\"There will be some hurt feelings initially,\" Harold Ickes said. \"But...black people will vote for her...\"</i></br><br></br><br>Wow.  How far can this be pushed?  Why not bring slavery back? We'll vote Democratic anyway, right?  </br><br></br><br>Seriously, black folk have to refuse to be treated like a bottom b****, though.  The only people who can stop black folk from being taken for granted is black folk.  No scaremongers need apply.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "mj, I love your heartfelt response to anonymous, but I wouldn't feed the trolls.<br></br><br><i>I have two words for you: Supreme Court.</i></br><br></br><br>squarepeg, I have two words for you: Lani Guinier</br><br></br><br>You people that are voting for HRC because of the Supreme Court are going to be greatly disappointed.  The Clintons only care about the Clintons.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6aa3ee71bc9714917dc34dde9e4e2b41", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I'm going to Denver to raise hell, throw eggs, shut it down and go to jail.</i><br></br><br>Hell ya!  Now we're talking.  I'll be there, too!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6aa3ee71bc9714917dc34dde9e4e2b41", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If she gets the nomination, that's it. I can care less what happens to her. She can name David Duke as her running mate. It wouldn't matter to me. I'll vote for Nader or Cynthia McKinney if she gets the Green Party nod.<br></br><br>But hear me out on this scenario: McCain was endorsed by Poppy and Junior Bush. You all know what this means. The ultimate quid pro quo: The Bushes will give McCain support if and only if McCain names JEB Bush as his running mate. It makes perfect sense for the GOP. First, it keeps a Bush within White House grounds. Second, with McCain winning the election and with his \"advancing\" age, McCain runs for only ONE term and Jeb runs in 2012 for president. Jeb speaks fluent Spanish and his wife is a Latina so he wins the South AND states with large latino populations. This makes all the sense in the world.</br><br></br><br>See, Hillary. You reap what you sow.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2e3945a67cea6b416cfd66206141a05f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@nita<br></br><br>Exactly. Think about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at 1964 Demoratic Convention. Fannie Lou Hamer and others with the help of SNCC organized a political party against the segregationists and they were told not to push the envelope.</br><br></br><br>LBJ even cut off Fannie Lou Hamer's speech before a committee when she was testifying about the racism in the state.</br><br></br><br>Stokely Carmichael tells the story of the MFDP vividly in \"Ready for Revolution\". He outlines how all the leaders kept telling black folk that voted to seat delegates, \"be practical\" and \"who else you going to vote for\"</br><br></br><br>For centuries we've played this game. Letting white liberals play us for suckers. The lesser of two evils we're told. I say that Barack is the tipping point. For the MFDP and others I'm ready to sabotage Hillary's entitlement candidacy.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b6e73b6d46e8c929e46a5d49022a8ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Started reading this blog recently, but I figured I'd chime in.  I'm a young black man who, due to Obama, has for the first time cared about politics.  I've gone from watching ESPN daily to CNN and MSNBC.  He has single-handedly gotten me interested in the campaign.<br></br><br>I have to say, if he loses the nomination (or, I suppose, gets screwed out of it), I think my brief interest in politics is done.  I already truly dislike the fact that we can't discuss issues, but instead Obama potentially loses votes because he's been painted as a muslim.  </br><br></br><br>I can't stand the fact that Hillary can boast that being the first female President would present change, and that young five year old girls will have someone to aspire to.  Yet, had Obama stated the same in regards to being black and black and/or minority children, white voters would run for the hills.  Obama would be boxed in as \"the black candidate.\"  </br><br></br><br>I hate how an articulate, highly intelligent man with a vision is shot down as an empty suit, yet had Obama had as much \"experience\" as Hillary yet had the intelligence and speaking ability of George Bush, he wouldn't have made it out of Iowa.</br><br></br><br>So suffice it to say...I hope America and the Democratic Party does the right thing, or I will probably be sitting on the sidelines during election seasons in the future.  And it's not JUST because he's black, it's just that experience in Washington certainly doesn't always equate to POSITIVE experience, and I cannot get inspired or invested in the current politicians that we have out there now.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b2db48fae75dbb2f63dde426d0cadc8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Write the DNC, everyone.  Tell them that you will NOT vote for that vile  piece of garbage no matter what.  Tell them not for VP, not for POTUS, not if she were running for dogcatcher.  Remember-- they're counting on the black vote.  They already know that more than half of the whites and others won't vote for her.<br>http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8d2b08b348bfc74b5a40e56604b1d20", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack & Jill, repost big m's comment for real. That's the most succinct view of the consequences of screwing Barack. Read that Hillary supporters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b6e73b6d46e8c929e46a5d49022a8ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nedsag,<br>Not happening. McCain-Bush would be as bad as Clinton/(blank). Looks bad, sounds bad....nothing good comes out of that ticket. </br><br></br><br>Besides, I don't think Bush would accept at this point, for the same reason he didn't run: Bush fatigue.</br><br></br><br>President Bush endorsed McCain because, as the leader of the GOP, he had to. The democrats will try to spin it and say \"look, he's Bush the third!!\" when if a democrat was president, <b><i>they'd do the exact same thing</i></b>, or their candidate wouldn't be viable.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Congratulations are in order to Mrs. Clinton.  She has won 8 delegates, according to that bastion of Clintonian liberalism, the <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120472843939713695.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wall Street Journal</a>.<br></br><br>In other words, Mrs. Clinton <b>was unable to overcome the 12 delegates that Mr. Obama netted out of Idaho</b>.  That's right.  Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont combined netted Mrs. Clinton less delegates than Mr. Obama netted in Idaho alone.  Nevertheless, this is surely a spectacular victory that will assure her the nomination...</br><br></br><br>...beware the coming Clinton putsch.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ed613debb3ff32133f08bfbc1ae21c1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956365": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I not only will NOT vote for Hillary, I will actively campaign against her if she gets the nomination. <br></br><br>At this point, Hill may have already created enough of a poison-pill environment that even Obama can't win. In that case, the only solution could be an Obama/Hill ticket or an Obama/Bill ticket. I would vote for obama in the top spot. But any Hill ticket will never cut it.</br><br></br><br>I know that Obama has a strategy. Someone above pointed out the accurate predictions his team made months ago about the primary results. What is Hillary's strategy at this point?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_15:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "747cce5ea8934fdcce62b95ff778e4fc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A question just popped into my mind:<br></br><br>Would John McCain have run the kind of campaign against Obama that Hillary is running?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Our choices matter!  Have you heard of the blood scandal in Canada?<br></br><br>About 30,000 people infected with Hep-C and HIV from blood products during the 80's.  You might be wondering what that has to do with your elections?  Guess whose name is right in the middle of it...Bill Clinton.  He was Gov. of Arkansas and blood was used from prisoners without adequate screening which ended up shipped to countries around the world.  The FDA revoked Arkansas's license but good 'ole Bill is implicated in the continuation of the program.  Clinton will not release his records for the time he was Gov. (sound familiar?)  He took possession of those papers before running for President.</br><br></br><br>So, I wonder if anyone knew when they cast a ballot for him that they were underwriting the death of tens of thousands of people?  I wonder how many people who voted for Bush jr. knew they were condemning their own children to death in Iraq?  </br><br></br><br>Some wonder why people from all over the world are watching your elections and supporting Obama...well.</br><br></br><br>OUR CHOICES DO MATTER!</br><br></br><br>http://serb.org/serbia/bill-clinton-canadian-tainted-blood-scandal.php</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ronnie,<br>Doubt it. He doesn't have to. There's enough policy issues with Obama that race will (most likely) be a non-issue.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d~<br></br><br>You forget that I don't subscribe to the notion that liberal policies = bad policies.</br><br></br><br>That said, I agree that McCain probably wouldn't run a gutter campaign, and would--at the most--distance himself from dirty politicking.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ronnie,<br>Fair enough.</br><br></br><br>Having said that, though...I fully expect McCain to test Obama at least once. Will it be the focus of the entire campaign? No, but we all know McCain has a bit of a temper issue.....</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anonymous version 5,003 said...<br></br><br>\"Trust me, the only way Obama will have a viable political future is if he accepts the VP slot.\"</br><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>I don't trust you. I don't know you to trust you. Nor do I agree with you. </br><br></br><br>I do agree with the person who feels grateful to have been able to see this kind of treachery in full flight. </br><br></br><br>It seems to may that Clinton's followers are the ones who are delusional or just as treacherous. She and her husband have no integrity whatsoever. To continue to think that she can \"save\" them from their economic woes or keep their children safe, when, ironically, no candidate has told us what they're going to do about stopping the terrorism in our nation's schools, is to participate in a fairy tale that we <i>know</i> can only end in a nightmare.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_16:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Having said that, though...I fully expect McCain to test Obama at least once. Will it be the focus of the entire campaign? No, but we all know McCain has a bit of a temper issue.....</i><br></br><br>I don't think Obama has a problem with being \"tested\" by McCain's temper.  So long as Barack's temper can be expressed by the same standards.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_17:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope Obama makes the mistake of coming out swinging against McCain if he's the nominee. Not only would he look stupid, he'd show the world that he's no different from any other ambitious politician.<br></br><br>Hell, he's trying to attack McCain now...and he'd do well to keep his focus on the fight he's in, rather than the one he wants. Unlike McCain, he ain't the nominee.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_17:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ d.<br></br><br>Why are you so invested in him being as corrupt as everyone else?  How does that benefit you?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_17:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are reports in OH that roads were closed at election polling places with populations concentrated by guess what - non-whites and poor people. So her win was due to voter tampering again! Obama is actually winning despite all the lying and cheating. Wow. Wonder what she did in the other states to tilt things in her favor?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_17:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c77a5893306cd838d15cacfc57cb6f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Unlike McCain, he ain't the nominee.\"<br></br><br>-And Hillary is?</br><br></br><br>Why shouldn't Obama go after McCain, the Republican nominee?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_18:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Regardless of whether or not Hillary is race baiting, please don't call her a heifer.  It is extraordinarily hypocritical, and weakens your argument, to use a sexist slur in a blog against racism.  I would like to believe that we are working to end all discrimination, rather than stepping on each other in our race to the top.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_18:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "44f97e15fa8a70927122fb75f502cbaa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Hell, he's trying to attack McCain now...and he'd do well to keep his focus on the fight he's in, rather than the one he wants. Unlike McCain, he ain't the nominee.</i><br></br><br>Maybe in your political clan, it's bad form to take bold action without permission from the Big House, but in the free world, we talks when we wants to.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_18:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know where to begin with my disgust.  I think worst of all were the tactics employed in favor of HRC by the CBC members to make a public outcry about threats from African Americans encouraging them to switch their delegate vote and insuating that blacks only voted for Obama because he is black.  This is the most reprehensible and unacceptable strategy of them all in my opinion. The CBC member's involvement in this was for one reason only and that makes it even more dispicable. Mind you this outcry came in conjunction with the Muslim conversation, Rezko and the NAFTA debacle which is rumored to have been instituted by Bill Clinton (who was noticeably absent from the scene, unseen but not unheard I'm sure).  All of this and the MSM's unrelenting coverage of the issues that Hillary hand fed them along with the BS that she has been unfairly covered when she really hasn't been covered at all; at least not truthfully.<br></br><br>I have begun to wonder if the journalists weren't given a directive to cover Hillary in the most favorable light while they pushed the questions regarding Obama.</br><br></br><br>The MSM of course explained all the way that the front runner is looked at closer, but I find that that wasn't really what occured.  If you all noticed he took the front runner position over two weeks ago with an 11 state win; however, the pressure and negative reporting didn't increase until the weekend leading up to the TX, OH, VT, RI primaries.  I truly believe that the strategies employed by the Clinton campaign and surrogates including the MSM coverage and SNL skits that were portrayed as comedy, but in fact where direct criticisms  that could be followed up by a laugh and be called poking fun affected these primaries which was evidenced in the shift of traditional Obama supporters.  Today they have started reporting that the shift was due to the 3:00 ad in an effort to cover their asses.  They have also started the delegates don't really matter and FL and MI should be included campaign.  They are all looking to Pennsylvania where the Governor proclaimed on national television that he didn't believe that a white man in Pennsylvania would vote for a black man.</br><br></br><br>Please understand that the type of change that Senator Obama desires to affect, will not just effect politicians it will get at the very core of what this country is founded on and has built upon for over a century.  Those desirous of this change will be faced by incoming missiles from Hillary Clinton and people who hate Hillary Clinton who are desirous of keeping the minority at predesigned levels in this society. All while their staring us right in the face and know that we know what is going on.  It it meant to enforce the message that there is nothing that we can do about it.</br><br></br><br>I have said all of this to say, we might not be able to control the direction that this election has gone in despite the best intentions and efforts of many, many, Americans from all different races, gender and socio economic backgrounds.  But those who are offended by this tactic, can do something but contacting the DNC. If somehow Clinton is moved to the nomination on the tide of a nastily ran campaign backed by public officials to further enforce the notion that there is nothing we can do, then we should act by showing them that they can do what they want but they can do it without us.  We should not fall in line with what is the most desirable of two wrongs!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_19:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truth,<br>Of all the contenders for the presidential nomination-on both sides-McCain is the most qualified to lead this country. My reasons why are over at my site (<a href=\"http://dillarddoctrine.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-needed-right-now.html%29.%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3ERonnie\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dillarddoctrine.blogspot.com/2008/01/wha...</a> and Komack, </br><br>No, Hillary isn't the nominee either. My point is that as Obama tries to position himself as the front runner, he's looking down the road, and ignoring what's in his \"rear view.\" Clinton's wins last night were not expected. If Obama becomes the nominee, he'll get his crack at McCain. Right now, outside of the occasional swipe, he should concentrate his efforts on Clinton. He may be far enough ahead that she can't win outright, but she's close enough to cause him trouble at the convention. That's what he needs to worry about right now.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_19:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956381": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ d.<br></br><br>McCain is an old man and will not have to live with the consequences of his policy.  He is all war all the time.  He is out of touch...endorsements from Haggee and Bush Jr prove that.  He is surrounded by lobbyists and the cachet of dirty money.  He may have convictions. but is not courageous in them...which nullifies the convictions in the first place.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_20:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ radical homos<br></br><br>I wonder what Bill's female victims call her?  You know...the ones she harassed and investigated?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_20:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truth,<br>President Bush <b>had</b> to endorse McCain, as the leader of the GOP. Stop looking for more than it is. If Clinton I had come out for Gore, Gore would be endorsing this year's democratic nominee.</br><br></br><br>McCain isn't \"all war all the time.\" Just because someone recognizes the threats to this country and wants to take active steps to keep us safe-rather than just harping on the fact that you were against a war that was well underway before you entered office-does not make McCain a warmonger.</br><br></br><br>Any president-unless he dies in office-has to, at least for a period of time, live with the consequences of his policy. McCain will be no different.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_21:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey y'all, I'm white, southern, over-30, female and obsessed with Barack Obama.  I will NEVER vote for HC because I am deeply offended by her attempt to generate racism in the Democratic Party.  Our party, which stands for equality and justice... it is disgusting and unacceptable.  Thanks for the great posts... we gotta keep our chins up and keep fighting.  YES WE CAN!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_22:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c65a76ba83c20830e601555a8aee24ff", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Under NO circumstances will I EVER vote for Billary Clinton for President; and Barack would have to do some serious talking to convince me that I should vote for him if she was on the ticket. Most of my close friends and family feel the same way. I think she is having some kind of mental breakdown. The stuff that comes out of her mouth is frightening.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_22:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdcf3cd4be8b0e1b46b6cd346393f969", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But would you vote for HRC as Veep to BO's top-of-the-ticket? She may be staying in for that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i highly doubt she'd want to play second banana to the negro. if not, why is she attacking him on his not being better than mccain?<br></br><br>anyhoo, i've got actual numbers (from MSNBC) on the race-baiting</br><br></br><br>Matt Yglesias calls \"The Racist Vote\" for Clinton</br><br>http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/matt_yglesias_calls_the_racist_vote_for_clinton</br><br></br><br>and</br><br></br><br>Texas goes to Clinton and, guess what?</br><br>http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/texas_goes_to_clinton_and_guess_what</br><br></br><br>the numbers don't lie.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2880a23ad4f957e51b3a44072141d4be", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just began reading Jack & Jill recently and had hoped to see Barack a bigtime winner last night in TX.  But, your state has the same problems as my own:  Tennessee.  He does well in the urban areas (Houston, where I once lived, Dallas & Austin).  But he didn't manage to sweep the areas where there are rednecks, latina, uneducated, poorer, etc.  In Memphis, we gave our complete votes to Barack.  Yet our stupid state awarded the delegates to Hill.  I should like to suggest that Barack will, indeed, be the Dem nomination.  So, it is incumbent for all of us to get out now and educate these others that Barack should take the general election.  Let's not club Hillary like a baby seal - because it's just what she wants so she can whine some more.  We all need to be smarter than that and put our wits into good words and actions.  Anyway, I am in hopes that the caucus there are for Barack.  I wrote Jill yesterday when I was alarmed at the lefttalk blog (who is SO in the tank for Hillary) was spreading crap about the illegal caucus registration efforts by Barack volunteers.  I still don't know what was going on there - but our VOLUNTEERS need to be educated, as well.  OK.  I have to go and work, but I wanted to leave one more comment:  I'm white, over 50 (well over) and will never, ever vote for Hillary Clinton.  I may just pick Nader instead if Barack is not the Democratic choice.  And, a closing compliment to those in Texas who really brought up the level of Democratic participation.  It's a huge win for you all.  Best from Memphis, TN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "def789433f910d417b69d1db7a0aa745", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>this heifer</i> . . . <br></br><br>nice.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff7516df938922b3b3a5c3fc27766f69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The idea of Barak as VP -- cannot believe that anyone would try to get a pass on that.<br></br><br>Barak should make it clear up front -  that there will be no collaboration anywhere --No Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton. Let the chips fall.</br><br></br><br>Those pissed off, and there are many, would never vote for Hillary irrespective of how she tries to bury the hatchet, after the stabbing.</br><br></br><br>Cannot believe how Democrats have also become the party of the \"swift boaters\". Disgraceful!</br><br>McCain wins in November</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c76155ed2adcd69c6cf6aaed5f44c449", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NEVER IN MY LIFE WILL I CAST A VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:48:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would NEVER vote for this racist, and, yep, that's what she and her man are. She knew that she had to pit the large Hispanic crowd in Texas against the black man, and, she knew that with Ohio's history of racism, that it would be easy to put the white folks fear and hate to her advantage.<br></br><br>I will not vote for her, and, hope she is the candidate, and will laugh at how the GOP will smear her to tears, and, win the WH again, because it will, this polarizing, hateful woman is too much.</br><br></br><br>Go John McCain and Karl Rove, bring it on home and give her the same medicine that she has doled out to the dimwitted racists who vote for her, since they are voting against Obama because he is black, not that he is the better qualified person. It will be sweet in Novemeber to watch her get trounced and put in her place, lame ex-president's wife.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You and your family are not alone. I will not, under any circumstance, ever vote for HRC. And several of my friends have indicated the same. Now the issue is, that older voters who voted for BO might very well go ahead and vote for her because they believe having a Democrat is better at any cost. <br></br><br>Not me. I may very well vote for the other white meat. At least, for the most part, he is who he says he is.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "67278f84b7b6cbb795c7c96e7a08dabe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jett<br></br><br>Thanks for the post.  And welcome.  You'll no doubt read things that will no doubt appear anti-White.  But please--<i>please</i>--know that it has everything to do with a mindset, rather than a people.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rita,<br></br><br>It's better than all the rest of the choices for her.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So I see Clinton's floating the Obama as VP thing again to garner more votes for herself.  I know it's not remotely possible, but I would ask for my contributions back if Obama actually accepted the VP slot.  Not only do I find her tactics/behavior reprehensible, but what politician in his/her right mind would want to be Hillary's VP?  They'll be screwed over by Bill/Hillary like Gore.<br></br><br>A friend tried to chide me when I got overheated about Hillary's low rent tactics, saying that it's just politics and everyone does it and I'm irrational for being angry only at Hillary.  I explained to her that I can't stomach one democrat using the southern strategy on another democrat.  The major league whining about the press being soft, giving a free pass to an inexperienced, not as smart as her, empty suit speechifier, all in the effort to paint him as the affirmative action candidate.</br><br></br><br>Even until very recently, I was sure my current ill will toward her tactics would subside by November should she get the nomination.  But the 60 Minutes \"he's not muslim, as far as I know\" performance was the last straw.  </br><br></br><br>If she wins using these tactics, things will never change.  She has lost my vote forever.  But I am grateful in a sense that I got to see all of this - it's not just the \"evil republicans\" who do this.  They say that republicans are good at stoking tribal feelings among its base.  But what has Bill and Hillary been doing starting in Nevada?  Every issue was framed as \"they think they're better than you!\"  What?  Because the party set up at large caucuses?  Their belittling the wins where AA vote was high as \"oh the blacks are voting their emotion and pride\" meaning non-blacks vote with their head.  Then in Texas, \"it would be tragic if Hillary won, but they took it away in the caucus\".  I am so done with the both of them.</br><br></br><br>What I find most interesting is that Obama supporters are angry at Hillary for her tactics, but Hillary supporters are angry at Barack because people like him more.  It's not anything that he himself is doing.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e92eceb2a7b2a2077611cc4589f01686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jett,<br></br><br>We aren't anti-White here at JJP. </br><br></br><br>I'm anti-Hillary Clinton. </br><br></br><br>Welcome to JJP.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Obama has to start drawing more robust \"contrast\" between him and misses clinton.  He needs to hit her hard on all the issues she has out there! I know this is not in line with his campaign theme........but its neccesary and can be done with minimal damage to his campaign mantra if done right!<br></br><br>good place to start is these shady financial dealings of the clintons, tax returns etc.</br><br>check out this great resource!</br><br>http://thememlingindex.com/hillary_clinton_net_worth-wealth.html</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2dfdc04194a590909245531c94cbd851", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So-as the resident McCain supporter-if Clinton wins the nomination, do you:<br></br><br>a. \"hold your nose\" and vote for McCain,</br><br>2. vote for Nader</br><br>3. don't vote at all?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_09:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Clinton is on the ticket in any order I will vote for McCain. I encourage all black people in this country to do the same. Its my sincere hope that african americans will leave the democratic party and become idependent of any political party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post and exactly how I'm feeling. A few members of my family are actually registered Republicans who are supporting Senator Obama. I can't tolerate the tactics Senator Clinton is using to gain \"momentum\" in this campaign. I honestly believe that the bridge has been burned and in good conscience Senator Obama could not accept a V.P. nod. He's winning when it comes to pledged delegates. Its amazing how a few days ago, Clinton downplayed the importance of Superdelegates when it appeared that Obama may overtake her in that category and it was about what the people wanted. Now she's quick to say its not up to the people and that's not how the Democratic process works. I will not cast a vote for her November. I cannot support a ticket that has her vying for commander - in - chief. I know many would say that's still creating division but if you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1aa213f60a1c389deafb2b11c87dac9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d,<br></br><br>Haven't made up my mind yet.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Powerful post Rikyrah,<br></br><br>I refused to believe Americans were that gullible, then I heard the people in Ohio and shook my head.  For so many this isn't politics as usual, and if HRC is the nominee by whatever underhanded means she employs I cannot vote for her.  But she CANNOT become the nominee. If she does, I am done with the Democratic Party as well.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f96e5ac552758523d509993c00aa0c1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right back to you Ronnie B & Rikyrah.  Glad to read J&J; because I want to read/understand new points of view, as there are so few in the MSM, with just a few exceptions (Eugene Robinson, Bob Herbert to name the two that come to mind).  Besides, the mindset twixt & tween you and me are closer than you think!  And, speak your minds.  I hope to learn.  Thanks for the welcome!  I'll return and read daily.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "def789433f910d417b69d1db7a0aa745", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes, its not anti-white, what would that do to make the country better, we are all in it together, no matter what hrc says in her ads and lies. i will not vote for her, and, this may be a good thing to show blacks who are glued to the democrats that maybe they need to vote for the gop, which at least lets it be known they have no use for anyone black. get in there and demand that our voices be heard just as loud and clear as the so call evangelical christians.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's not forget folks.  Obama is basically in the same position he was before March 4.  He is still the front runner.  HE'S STILL WINNING!  The math does not lie.<br></br><br>The ONLY question is whether or not we're willing to accept the Clinton spin that, somehow, the delegates don't matter.  The only thing that matters is whether or not the media and the public are gullible enough to accept an undemocratic result to this Democratic nomination process.</br><br></br><br>If you buy her spin, then we will almost certainly nominate the candidate who got LESS votes, LESS pledged delegates and LESS states.  </br><br></br><br>I swear, if that happens then the DNC should right a big fat apology letter to George W. Bush for whinning about the stolen election in 2000.  It's no different here.  The only difference is that the person planning to steal this thing has a (D) at the end of her name and a last name of \"Clinton.\"</br><br></br><br>Don't believe the hype!  Don't buy the spin that Ohio means more than the rest of the country because it's a \"swing\" state.  We get a different swing state every four years.  That's because swing states are determined, in part, by the character and qualities of the two people running for office, not just the political make-up of the state.  Last time I checked, Missouri and Colorado were swing states as well.  </br><br></br><br>Plus.  Am I supposed to believe that Obama can't win Democratic strongholds like New York, and California.</br><br></br><br>It's funny.  We swallow so much BS that we've learned to accept the unacceptable.  </br><br></br><br>It kinda reminds me of the Iraq war.  Remember?  We allowed Bush to keep moving the goal posts.  First it was weapons of mass destruction, then it was democracy in the middle east.  The justifications kept on changing every 2-3 months.  Before we knew it, we were fighting in the wrong country, with no exit strategy.  And we had the NERVE to ask, \"how did we get here?\"</br><br></br><br>We got there the same way we'll get to a Hillary nomination . . . because we, the people, didn't do our job to hold people accountable.  But hey, the means always justify the ends, right?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1a8e45844ef20a90904a65e60371f42", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This election can be quite consuming.   I agree with comments about requesting contributions back from *O* if he were to accept a VP-Nod from HRC.  <br></br><br>I invested in more than a man; I invested in HIS VISION.  Being her VP would betray that vision.</br><br></br><br>Having said that, I genuinely feel and KNOW that the only chance this party has for succeeding is with OBAMA at the top of the ticket.  </br><br></br><br>Obama has a virtually insurmountable delegate lead and now it's time for the superdelegates to start throwing their weight around in his favor.  </br><br></br><br>It's also time for satirists of \"all stripes and colors\" to start doing what Obama can not do...ATTACK THE CLINTONS with Jokes, with HECKLES at their rallies, with every weapon at our disposal.  </br><br></br><br>If Tina Fey and Amy Poehler want to empower/promote that \"B__th is the new black,\" then they need to be schooled with the ultimate truth, \"Once you go BLACK, you never go BACK!\"</br><br></br><br>I AM COMING TO PHILLY!  Brothers & Sisters in Philly know what you need to do!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "61b38052cdae3077225c223eee4a5ad9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This post expresses my feelings of anger and frustration with Shrillary Clinton's dirty and shameful campaign tactics, and the gullible people who went for the bait.  She talks much trash, what with daring to suggest she'd entertain Obama on HER ticket (I guess that's a veiled challenge to him to put her on his!), but what else can she say to her supporters?  They have all read the stories by now which repeatedly point out (1) that Hillary can't beat McCain, and (2) her chances of winning enough delegates at this point to clinch are STILL slim and none.  She has now shown she is at least as good as Rove, Cheney, and Bush at playing on people's fears, and at telling half-truths and turning rumor into fact.  If I were not a feminist, I'd call her an ugly word that starts with a \"c,\" but I'm too much of a lady to do that.  I know that Obama's campaign is right now plotting a counter-strategy to respond to her gutter tactics without endangering the Democratic Party, as she is so carelessly willing to do.  Howard Dean should pull her coat and tell her, for the sake of the Party, to chill on that shit.  Stay strong, people.  Let's keep our focus and our eyes on the prize.  I ain't NEVER gonna feel McCain or Nader, so we still have to keep working this.  It's not personal, it's American politics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8739178e7d893e285e5ca04630965169", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh please, i wish it would play out this way so everyone he thinks he has descended from the heavens will see how fast he accepts a veep position. <br></br><br>a man. a politician. a human being. </br><br></br><br>inspirational, yes. with much good, yes. </br><br></br><br>human. political. ergo \"i'm your veep right here!\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff7516df938922b3b3a5c3fc27766f69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My entire family, close circle of friends and I have taken a pledge to NEVER vote for that woman.  I will write Barack's name in first.  Hell, I'd even vote for Bart Simpson before I'd vote for a person like Hillary Clinton who has no problem engaging in race baiting and religious vilification in order to debase a good man and stroke her own ego.   <br></br><br></br><br>I will never cast a vote for McCain, b/c I cannot sanction voting to support the many wars that he will drag us into. I think that he had some integrity once, but has squandered all of that in search of the presidency.  By the way, he is no boy scout.  Please remember that this is the guy who has, as recently as 2007, stated that he \"hated gooks\" when speaking about Vietnamese people  Now, I understand that he was a POW and had some strong feelings about the people who imprisoned him, however, after centuries of slavery and colonialism, one could argue that black folks also were POW's.  Do you really think that a credible black candidate would be able to get away with that kind of racist statement about white folks? I don't think so.  An Asian AMerican friend of mine has made me promise to vouch for her if he wins and reinstates Asian internment camps.  LOL!</br><br></br><br>One final point:</br><br>There will be a lot of pressure on Barack to take the VP spot because the democrats may buy her nasty argument, but we must send emails to his campaign encouraging him not to do so.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d2f55ca76cb13fd36ee7733bc134d45", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As an Obamacan, I have to say I was less than thrilled by last night's results.  Obama really needs to go after her financial issues - why she will not disclose her tax returns, donations to the Clinton library, etc.  If she refuses, he can say, \"That old-fashioned politics is experience we don't need.\"  Point out that she voted in favor of naming a branch of the Iranian military a terrorist group, which was giving Bush/Cheney more authority to attack another country.<br></br><br>Oh, Ohio - there is a reason you are losing so many jobs, and it ain't NAFTA.  Until recently, Arizona, Texas, and Nevada - all of which are closer to Mexico and trade more with Mexico were booming.  You're losing jobs because you have a 1970's job skill set in a 2008 economy.  But hey, Clinton hinted that Obama might be a Muslim, so I guess some things are more important.</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Have you thought of posting your article as a diary on MyDD or as an extended comment on TalLeft? I think that the Hillary cultists could use some reality therapy.<br></br><br>BTW I'm a white baby boomer--Hil's base--and I won't vote for her either.  I'm planning to put my heart and soul into the key Congressional races. She can go to hell.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh please, i wish it would play out this way so everyone he thinks he has descended from the heavens will see how fast he accepts a veep position.<br></br><br>a man. a politician. a human being.</br><br></br><br>inspirational, yes. with much good, yes.</br><br></br><br>human. political. ergo \"i'm your veep right here!\"====</br><br></br><br>Give me a break lol. No one thinks he's from heaven. But I'm sure Hillary is from hell. Race baiting and a cheater.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MJ,<br>Yes. A credible black candidate who has been through a similar experience could make a statement similar to McCain's and not be thrown under the bus for it.</br><br></br><br>All of the candidates-Obama included-have varying degrees of shadiness. Of course McCain isn't a boy scout. </br><br></br><br>McCain isn't the one running for his ambition, or as a dramatic force for \"change.\" He seeks to do all he can for his country because, once, this country did all it could for him.</br><br></br><br>And I'll stop the flag waving there. :)</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama is many things, stupid isn't one of them.  There is NO GOOD REASON for him o take the VP spot.  And who is she to be offering it?<br></br><br>PULEEZE.  Neither of them will take Veep spots from the other.  Obama would lose all my respect (and my guess the respect of many of his supporter) if he did that.</br><br></br><br>So she wins Ohio and essentially ties in Texas and his 12 win streak is now negated?</br><br></br><br>Does no one find it amusing the ridiculously high standards Obama is held to compare to CLinton?</br><br></br><br>THIS WAS HER RACE TO WIN. She can't close it out.  It wasn't on him to close it out.  Stop falling for the okie doke folk.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc62d82674bf5ad817187b1a79cd32b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"In a live CNN interview just now, Sen. Clinton repeated, twice, the \"Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience, I have a lifetime of experience, Sen. Obama has one speech in 2002\"<br></br><br>http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/03/05/poisoning-the-well.aspx</br><br></br><br>Apart from pissing off non-Hillary supporting democrats, is this really a good line of attack?</br><br></br><br>Her lifetime of experience made her vote for one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in American history.  Loss of lives ( our soldiers, their innocent civilians), chaos in the region, and a huge negative impact on our economy.  Man, one can only dream that Clinton just made a speech instead of marshalling her lifetime of experience!</br><br></br><br>When is someone going to call her on this bullshit?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e92eceb2a7b2a2077611cc4589f01686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJ,<br>Disagree. I think if Obama took the VP spot, he immediately becomes the next front runner. Plus, it gives him a chance to shore up on the security/foreign policy problems that have been called into question by his supporters.</br><br></br><br>Agree that he won't do it, though.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_10:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d.~<br></br><br>Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee.  If -- if -- the will of the voters is not reflected at the Democratic Convention, I will NOT vote for the Clintons.</br><br></br><br>I'll vote for either Nader or McCain (Nader being a closer ideological fit).</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is it too late for Barack to run as an independent?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They just assume that Black folks will come around and be Good Darkies and vote for Miss Hillary, because where else will we go?<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>I think that blacks have put themselves in a box these many years.</br><br></br><br>The vast majority believes that the Democrat party is the only party for them. And what have they received for their loyalty?</br><br></br><br>Yet, any black person who dares to become an independent thinker or embrace the GOP, is an \"Uncle Tom\",</br><br>\"House N*****\", betrayers to their race. Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Thomas Sowell, (the list is long) are villified instead of celebrated for their achievements.</br><br></br><br>It is unfortunate for blacks that the GOP has become an anathema to them. I would suggest that blacks start to question the Democrat Party. Ask Republican, conservative blacks why they are members of the GOP? What is the harm? </br><br></br><br>Trust me, the only way Obama will have a viable political future is if he accepts the VP slot. Hillary will destroy him if he does not. She knows what to do now and like a dog with a bone, she will not let go. This Rezko trial is just heating up and he will not be able to get back on message.</br><br></br><br>Blacks are now seeing the full force of the 'politics of personal destruction' that so many have been brainwashed into thinking was the provenance of the GOP. The Clinton's are Machiavellian. </br><br></br><br>The Clinton's also know that the blacks will never leave the Democrat Party. Not as long as they can dangle the promise of a future Obama presidency in front of blacks in the party. He will be asked to rally blacks to the ticket in exchange for his turn in line (2016).</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard back from a friend in Ohio.  She said they ran out of ballots and changed her polling place at the last minute.  She told me people there were afraid of Obama.  Like I said...politics as usual.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f96e5ac552758523d509993c00aa0c1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She has a lifetime of experience, at what, trying to keep her man at home? All she is doing to stay viable in this is race baiting, and sorry my dear, that isn't going to cut it, just like the so called Ohio voters saying they want you. Did each and very eligible person in the state vote? Did, you win by a huge margin? Did you lie and tell them that you will get al those jobs back they have lost, which we know are never going to return to Ohio. Tell them that you will stop all the foreclosures pronto? Get back to me when you call learn how to tell the real truth, you have made many of the problems that the people who voted for you have, and, yet the voters went for race, nothing else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJ,<br>\"Disagree. I think if Obama took the VP spot, he immediately becomes the next front runner. Plus, it gives him a chance to shore up on the security/foreign policy problems that have been called into question by his supporters.\" </br><br></br><br>-Bullshit.</br><br></br><br>If he doesn't take the VP slot, he'll still be seen as \"the next front runner\"</br><br></br><br>If Obama is stupid enough to agree to be Hillary's VP she will have him attend funerals.</br><br></br><br>As far as \"security/foreign policy problems\" I would take his judgement over hers.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is NO doubt that race was the decisive factor in OH. When you have 20% of voters openly telling exit pollsters that race was a factor and 3/4 voted for Clinton, you know the number was double or triple that.  And here is anectdotal evidence:<br></br><br>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4389768</br><br></br><br>Race played less of factor in TX.  The loss there rests solely with Black voters.  Hillary Clinton was able to increase Latino turnout by more than 10%.  Black turnout was actually down 1%.  If there was a 22% African American turnout, he would have won.</br><br></br><br>I agree with Hillary Clinton in one sense...enough with the rallies.  Obama's team should have been more focused on packing the voting booths rather than arenas. </br><br></br><br>What the hell was the get out the Black vote effort in TX?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are all part of the Democrat Machine. Democrats do not reward independent thinking. Hillary is next in line. Obama's a cog in the machinery who is supposed to rally all blacks, and 'the youth vote' to the party like never before. He is smart, and he knows how it works. He will take the VP spot. Hillary will push his inexperience to the Superdelegates. She will give them an out, portraying them as the 'party elders' and 'wisemen'. In return they will be promised the moon and Obama will get to be the President in 2016.<br></br><br>Change means a change from the Republicans. Nothing more. Obama's a Democrat and he is beholden to the party more than anyone! They elevated him by giving him a keynote speech at the convention, took out any serious opposition he had in Illinois (Democrat AND Republican), the machine put him where he is today. You don't get something for nothing...now he has to pay up if he wants the \"Big Prize\" in the future.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Listen up, people:<br></br><br>The ONLY reason the Borg Queen will float an Obama on her VP ticket is to persuade Black Folk she's alienated with her race-baiting shyt back to her band wagon. </br><br></br><br>And if we don't start calling people like her out on her tactics, then we deserve the leadership we get, period.</br><br></br><br>She's only floating Obama, so she can fool us by replacing him with Harold Ford, Jr.</br><br></br><br>And that ticket virtually guarantees President McCain in 2009.</br><br></br><br>Meet the New POTUS, probably worse than the old POTUS.</br><br></br><br>And the Democratic Party will be eviscerated, and go the way of the Whigs.  Send Hillary that Thank You Bouquet of Turd Blossoms when that happens, okay?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ec01304ef170f657e87f409a510ddfde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hillary's Proposal:<br></br><br>Listening to Hillary Clinton this morning, it's more than clear what her proposal is going to be:</br><br></br><br>She wants FL and MI seated, and she will put Barack on the ticket.  She will make the case that he can't win big states.</br><br></br><br>Senator Obama HAS to win PA.  If he does not, he is not going to get the nomination.  Period.  He will either accept the VP slot or run for Governor of IL after completing his Senate term.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama has to start makeing a LOT more forceful challenges against her.  Let's start with the big state argument.  He has to make the case that reliably blue states are NOT a measure of success in the general b/c they are NOT.  You can run Mickey Mouse on the Dem ticket in CA and NY and still win.  This has to be an argument of who has won more swing states. She's right that OH is a bell weather state, but so is MO, so that's a wash.  He, however, has won an equal number or more purple states, including VA, WI and CO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and so we are playing chicken now. Boy would I like to be a fly on the wall in the conference call between Howard Dean, John Kerry, and Ted Strickland today.  Though I don't know any of these people personally, I know what I would be talking about in their place...how to keep this campaign from blowing up the democratic party.<br></br><br>There seem to be two choices.</br><br></br><br>1.  Hillary stays in but agrees to clean up her campaign tactics.</br><br></br><br>2.  Dean starts working the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to get enough of them on Obama's side to completely end hillary's chances.</br><br></br><br>I think plans will be made for both contingencies.  But I think Obama has to stay focused and positive so that he is seen as the team player in all this drama.  But, of course he knows all this.</br><br></br><br>Barack Obama is the finest politician of his generation.  He has played this campaign like Gary Kasparov plays chess.  He is thinking at least ten moves ahead and he sees every possible board position between here and there.</br><br></br><br>Chill out people!  Hillary Clinton is tough and she may even be smart.  But you know what they say about the difference between genius and stupidity...genius has its limits.  And Obama has limits in terms of what he is willing to do and say to win.  Clinton does not.  She is going to step into one of those steaming piles of pooh she has been leaving around the campaign trail and the rest will be easy.</br><br></br><br>No one is going to have to vote for John McCain in the general.  But we may have to work like none of us has ever worked before come the fall.  So, the question is this...</br><br></br><br>Are we ready for change?</br><br></br><br>Fired up?</br><br></br><br>Ready to go?</br><br></br><br>Then the coffee break is over.  Let's get back to the business of electing Barack Obama to be President of the United States.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "75e721cc4861a74047b8abe4d9abe006", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Yet, any black person who dares to become an independent thinker or embrace the GOP, is an \"Uncle Tom\",<br>\"House N*****\", betrayers to their race. Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Thomas Sowell, (the list is long) are villified instead of celebrated for their achievements.</br></i><br></br><br>Anon, you are wrong on this one.</br><br></br><br>We don't vilify the above named individuals because of their accomplishments.</br><br></br><br>We vilify them because as a result of those accomplishments, they should know better than to use those accomplishments to lie this country into a war, facilitate tax cuts for the wealthy and engage in a \"fly in the buttermilk\" mentality where they enjoy being the only \"Black\" anything, while accomplishing nothing and setting back the overall achievements of the African-American race because they have marketed themselves to people like George Bush as the \"safe\" Negro to which he can point out when deflecting charges of bigotry and racism.</br><br></br><br>We vilify these individuals because they, most of all, know how much hell African-Americans have caught in this country for over 400 years; stolen from our native land, stripped of our culture and forced to develop another one, and being generally hated and considered inferior because we are born into our ethnicity.</br><br></br><br>They know it and choose to ignore that knowledge in a bid for personal gain at the expense of the masses as well as continued suppresion of our race.</br><br></br><br>That is why they are vilified.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_11:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ec01304ef170f657e87f409a510ddfde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chuuuuch<br></br><br></br><br>You damn right.</br><br></br><br>I cannot cast a vote for someone like her and then look my son in his face and encourage him to dream big.</br><br></br><br>I discussed my initial reaction to her win, and my feelings now over at my blog.</br><br></br><br>http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "812b857b8bd461a5014e16fe5944df62", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll never punch a ballot for HRC.  I don't know if I can stomach McCain either, but I will not vote for HRC under any circumstances after what she has done this election.<br></br><br>This election has reminded me of the slime of the Clinton years.  I finally understand why Republicans hate Bill Clinton.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL,<br></br><br>As usual, I love your comments. </br><br></br><br>I was howling with laughter at the thought of her putting Dark Sith on the ticket. </br><br></br><br>You know what?</br><br></br><br>Let her. </br><br></br><br>I mean that. </br><br></br><br>Dark Sith and her. </br><br></br><br>It would mean President McCain, but we'd be rid of both of these fuckers forever.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack and Jill is one of the blogs I read to help me 're-set' the narrative the Clinton campaign is trying to sell all of us citizens. I need to be reminded that is is Clinton who has prove she cannot close the deal, that Obama continues to close the voter gap in state after state, and the MSM continues to set the bar higher and higher for him. I was so disappointed in the election results last night; not disappointed in the Obama campaign but heart sick at those fellow citizens who continue to let fear and lies rule the day. I am a firm believer that it is good to bring lies and untruths into the Light, what I am seeing is the reality of racism and inherent race bias being brought into the Light all over this country. Hillary Clinton is Rasputin with a different skin and gender, and I will never vote for her. I am a 46 year old white female, and I will never vote for her. Integrity is a keystone for me, and it is the only attribute I am willing to divide people into \"us and them\". Those with integrity, and those without. To me it is so blindingly clear which is the better candidate. Obama '08.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4ad584f334d3e60af6f9f321359f5b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't be alarmed about Obama's so-called losses last night.<br></br><br>I was watching MSNBC for the results and I believe it was Tim Russert who held up an internal memo from the Obama camp that basically showed which states they knew they were going to win (and lose) in the primaries and caucuses.</br><br></br><br>From the very beginning, they knew they would do well Feb 5th- they predicted every state except Maine.  They knew they would win VT last night.</br><br></br><br>They knew this already.  Please believe, they planned for this.</br><br></br><br>What they couldn't have planned for is the media spin on it, so I suggest everybody just keep repeating what we already know: [b]Miss Ann ain't won shit.[/b]</br><br></br><br></br><br>\"Thank you, and good night!\"</br><br></br><br>lol</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First time commenter, but I read this blog and several others daily. Add me to the list of upper middle class blacks that will not vote for Shrillary. The only miniscule hope is if the Obama ends up running as her VP (and by saying this I am BY NO MEANS implying that he won't be the nominee - he's leading in delegates still) - in that case I *may* still vote Democrat. However, in the event that she STEALS the nomination and selects a different VP then I'm done. I will begin to \"vote my self-interest,\" which frankly is keeping a Republican in office so he can extend tax cuts (which I benefit from). Funny how I was willing to give those tax cuts up for a President Obama. Something about how he inspires me to look at the greater good rather than just what would benefit me. But if Nov 08 becomes a \"Clinton/Anyone other than Obama\" ticket, I'm out of the Democratic ranks. Period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I a new reader and a first time commenter. <br></br><br>Call me a cynic but you forget this is a primary! You are betting on both these candidates going nuclear...it's not going to happen. The party comes first!</br><br></br><br>First, neither Obama or Clinton will go into the convention with enough pledged delegates (forget supers). The supers hold the key. It is now out of the electorates hands.</br><br></br><br>I am not young and idealistic. I am a life-long Chicagoan and I know how a party machine works. It is no coincidence that Obama is the Senator from Illinois who cut his teeth in the backyard of Jesse Jackson, Harold Washington and the Daley's. It is no coicidence that Obama's path to a political career was paved by cut-throat party maneuvering. It is no coincidence that he was elevated to the national stage at the convention and introduced as a 'rising star.' It is no coincidence that he was virtually unopposed in his Senate run after a Republican Party scandal. There are no coincidences in Machine politics. They let him have a taste of \"Turkish Delight\" and now he's hooked.</br><br></br><br>Now, who does Obama owe (and someone ALWAYS owes someone in Machine politics) for his fast track political career? He OWES the Democrat Party. And now, unless he wants to be destroyed by the people he owes (Does the name REZKO ring a bell?). It is no coincidence that Rezko was brought to trial just as the primaries were heating up. Now, behind closed doors, he will be told to get in line and wait his turn. He will now EARN his seat at the table, take the VP slot and unite the Democrat Party or they will destroy him just as quickly as they made him.</br><br></br><br>Its the Chicago Way, the Democrat Machine Way.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've covertly been reading your blog now for a while without commenting, but I guess its time to come out of the shadows.  :)<br></br><br>I just wanted to share the LA Times headline for last night on the front of their webpage, \"Going negative is a positive for Clinton\".  At least the LA Times is brave enough to take their own little spin on it. </br><br>http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-assess5mar05,0,2206492.story</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bda4812c03dcc60ed0ff383f5a4e9c8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Most of us are pretty upset about the tactics that HRC is using and I agree.<br></br><br>I have two words for you:  Supreme Court.</br><br></br><br>Several of the jurist are now in their eighties and if another Republican gets the presidency, you can only imagine who John McCain would nominate.  Somebody that could care less about equal pay, fairness, the criminal justice system, etc.</br><br></br><br>Now, as we try and calm down please remember this.  I for one knew from the get-go what HRC was all about and my first choice was John Edwards due to his stand on helping the least of us, but when he was no longer in the race, I preferred BO as well.  HRC is calculating to the point that she truly believes that she can whine and use her so-called twofer entitlement as a white woman to get over and the more she had to use it against this negro who has dared to make this a race, is now showing her true character for everyone to see.  </br><br></br><br>God help us all as we make the choices we must.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_12:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While it's fine to be disappointed, the reality is Obama still leads by 160 delegates. The reality is <a href=\"http://healthybagofpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/letting-rush-destroy-democratic-party.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hillary has to run the table</a> to have a shot at the nomination. And the reality is Mississippi votes next week; doubtful that Clinton will win there. <br></br><br>Insiders in the Democratic Party are pissed at Clinton. They realize she has no chance of winning, and they fear a 7 week blood bath damaging whomever becomes the nominee. They fear that the blacks will walk out of the party if Obama ends the process with the most delegates but Hillary gets the nomination through a back room deal. And they fear letting John McCain be ignored for 7 weeks will be a disaster in November. </br><br></br><br>Obama has got many Super Delegates who will soon throw their support to him. He has an astounding fund-raising number he will release. And when these things happen, the pressure is going to be really high on Clinton to drop out. </br><br></br><br>She cannot drop out at the moment because she won Texas. But Mississippi will give her an excuse to leave. My guess is she takes it. Staying in will be burning every bridge in the party, and dooming a potential 2012 run. She's not going to do that. So we have to endure this for another week, not 7. The VP thing is positioning herself for VP. That's all. She knows she's not going to win.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a2201364786f612d9d33bb12f2de038", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the bag of health and politics said:<br></br><br>\"She cannot drop out at the moment because she won Texas. But Mississippi will give her an excuse to leave. My guess is she takes it.\"</br><br></br><br>I seriously doubt she will drop out.  The Clintons obviously have the stomach to do just about anything to get the nomination.  And, besides, even if Hillary doesn't get the nom, her tactics will dirty up Obama and further radicalize each camp against the other, so that Obama may very well lose in the general.  So Hillary either wins the nomination or sets herself up for 2012.  It's all excellent for Hillary!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e92eceb2a7b2a2077611cc4589f01686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rush Limbaugh did have an impact.  Sent this to Ben Smith at Politico who posted it: <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/The_Rush_effect.html#comments%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EP.S.:\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/The...</a>  Bill Clinton was actually interviewed on Rush Limbaugh's show yesterday.  Yes, Rush Limbaugh.  How many racists comments has Rush Limbaugh said over a lifetime compared to Farrakhan?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Over at The Atlantic, James Fallows writes about how the \"experience\" argument put forth by the Clintons now should be driving Bush 41 nuts:<br></br><br>\"The elder George Bush, by the time he ran for re-election, had been president for four years; vice president for eight; ambassador to the UN for two years; de facto ambassador to China for two; Congressman for four; director of the CIA for one year; plus former head of the Republican National Comittee, decorated combat pilot, and commander in chief during one brief hot war and the end of the prolonged Cold War. Moreover, in his \"3 a.m.\" moments of real crisis, he had used his experience to make sane decisions:handling the collapse of the Soviet empire, standing up against Saddam Hussein, putting together a wartime coalition so broad and supportive that the United States may have actually made money on the Gulf War, then having the sense not to occupy Iraq. Not bad!</br><br></br><br>Nonetheless, the young, vigorous, though vastly less experienced governor of Arkansas was a better match for America's needs in 1992 -- or so Bill Clinton argued, and I believed. To hear, 16 years later, the Clinton team stress the transcendent importance of a \"lifetime of experience\" must drive the elder George Bush mad.\"</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All of our ancestors who have fought our nations\u2019 battles; whether they were for freedom, civil rights, women rights, human right or workers rights, did so in an effort so that the best person has a chance to be elected the President of the United States of America and not because of their gender or racial or ethnic identity.  What happens if he gets the nomination and he loses; are you going to take your ball (vote) and go home and not play anymore.  This is a constant struggle and one which is fought every day and will continue to be fought with or with out you and we, as a party are the party of fighters whether its for workers rights, women\u2019s rights, civil rights but you are trying to change it purely into racial identity fight and if that is your continued and sole goal, the party will be far weaker and will not achieve its goals.  She is winning the core Democratic voters and she is starting to regain the African American vote with her tenacity and his inability to finish a truthful sentence when it comes to Resko, breaking bread with Louis Farrakhan, donating close of a million dollars to super delegates to persuade their vote and putting the squeeze on others to dump her and support him; congratulation you have been able to do to John Lewis what white racists and their dogs of war were not able to do, change his position and ideals!  This nation needs a fighter and she is fighting and battling for people\u2019s votes and many people who said they would never vote for her are now supporting her because they know she will never walk away until the battle is over; she is NO Kerry and she is NO Gore and our party hasn\u2019t had a figure with any fight in them on the national level that hasn\u2019t had the last name of Clinton since LBJ; she will be our next President!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe that Obama has EARNED his position via votes and delegates.  The idea that a group of \"super delegates\" will abandon the pledged lead will cause the young to become skeptical and us to be disillusioned by the process<br></br><br>In regards to the Supreme Court,  I understand your view.  While McCain talks about Roberts and Alito, he will not get judges of that ilk confirmed in a Senate that is held by the Democratic party.  Democrats can also expect to pick up three to four new seats.</br><br></br><br>Therefore, McCain will have no choice but to nominate moderates to the bench.  I can live with that choice.</br><br></br><br>I will not live with a party that will destroy itself from within.  I will flee the party and become an independent.  </br><br></br><br>The party cannot win PA, OH, MO, MI, WI without us.  Just a fact.  And I will sacrifice the next four years of McCain to proove that point.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:52:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rezko is on trial, Obama is not.<br></br><br>Two words for the Clintonistas who keep bringing up Rezko - Marc Rich.  What did HRC know and when did she know it?  The man owed $40 million in back taxes, and did business with Iran while they were still holding the US Embassy hostage.</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While I also doubt that Clinton will drop out before the convention, we don't need to be so down. Obama is still winning and will likely have an even larger lead by the time the convention comes around. We need to stay focused and redouble our efforts. This is still completely doable. We need to reach out to the rural working class outside of our circles and let them know why Obama speaks for them. <br></br><br>Also, we might want to prepare for a Michigan/Florida revote. I was registered as an independent in Florida, but I am going to register as a democrat today so that I can vote if they redo the primary. Even though Clinton would probably win a revote in Florida, every vote is important in this proportional system that the democrats have.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_13:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ ronnie b<br></br><br>re your question if Barack could run as independent.</br><br></br><br>Does anybody know if that's possible?  That's an interesting idea.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Continuing a blood bath and attacking Obama racially does NOT set Clinton up for a run in 2012. If Obama is seen to have lost because of Clinton's attacks, you can kiss Clinton's chances good bye in 2012 (see Hubert Humphrey's 1976 campaign after his attacks in 1972). <br></br><br>To remain a credible candidate for 2012, Clinton has to get out before she gets blamed for going extremely nasty on Obama. She already has problems on that front. 6 more weeks of this will make it even more difficult for her. </br><br></br><br>What is interesting is what Obama thinks. If he thinks he can't win because of what Clinton did, then he should say, \"Fine, it's your turn,\" drop out and watch her go down in flames in November. Then he sets himself up for 2012...</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2a2201364786f612d9d33bb12f2de038", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What needs to happen is this: Barack has to act like the frontrunner. Meaning, he has to control this race. HE decides what issues are important. HE decides which states are important. HE has to control the spin. HE has to set the tone of this democratic race. Going down to Hillary's level doesn't work for him. If that means no more debates, then no more debates, no matter how much she whines. Treat Hillary like McCain treated Huckabee. Basically, he has to act as if he already is the President of the United States.<br></br><br>Also, he has to go on more Late Night talk shows, The Daily Show, Mad TV, even Bill Maher. Not everbody can or want to go to a rally or town hall meeting. People need to see him outside of the political spectrum.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Asked on CBS's \"The Early Show\" whether she and Obama should be on the same ticket, Clinton said:<br></br><br>\"That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me.\"</br></i><br></br><br></br><br>The sense of position entitlement, coupled with the sense of racial entitlement..... there are no words.  </br><br></br><br><b>There. Are. No. Words.</b></br><br></br><br>But it's always been like this for Obama.  I remember when Edwards was behind, Edwards supporter were floating that mess with Obama in the backseat.  It never changes.  Always, Obama and Obama supporters are expected to be grateful to be 'offered' the backseat to those Obama is winning over. Democratic Party members have severe issues.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1956351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Bag of Health and Politics said...  <i>Continuing a blood bath and attacking Obama racially does NOT set Clinton up for a run in 2012.</i><br></br><br>You've got that right... so why are they expecting a certain demographic to come slumming back like a beaten housewife who's continually told she has nowhere else to go and really comes to believe no one else wants her and she can't make it on her own?</br><br></br><br>They really do believe that it will be 'all good' in November.  It won't be.  Republicans will gain some.... but the designation 'Independent' is going to gain a hell of a lot more.  Then where will Democrats be?  </br><br></br><br>What frightens me is, I wonder what their numbers look like for them to be confident that this is going to work out for their advantage.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-05_14:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "3964284", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1311416436592731085}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "the_morning_after_some_thoughts", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 101, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3964284, "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=the_morning_after_some_thoughts' +
		'&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/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/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='	+ 'the_morning_after_some_thoughts'
			+ '&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/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/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">101</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/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/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/">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:3964284" 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/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/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:3964284" 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:3964284" 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'				: 'the_morning_after_some_thoughts',
			// 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/the_morning_after_some_thoughts/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='	+ 'the_morning_after_some_thoughts'
			+ '&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='	+ 'the_morning_after_some_thoughts'
			+ '&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='		+ 'the_morning_after_some_thoughts'
				+ '&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/3964284/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-1956285">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956285">Anonymous</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956285" class="dsq-comment-message">But would you vote for HRC as Veep to BO\'s top-of-the-ticket? She may be staying in for that.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956286">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956286" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956286" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956286">liza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956286" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956286" class="dsq-comment-message">i highly doubt she\'d want to play second banana to the negro. if not, why is she attacking him on his not being better than mccain?<br></br><br>anyhoo, i\'ve got actual numbers (from MSNBC) on the race-baiting</br><br></br><br>Matt Yglesias calls "The Racist Vote" for Clinton</br><br>http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/matt_yglesias_calls_the_racist_vote_for_clinton</br><br></br><br>and</br><br></br><br>Texas goes to Clinton and, guess what?</br><br>http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/texas_goes_to_clinton_and_guess_what</br><br></br><br>the numbers don\'t lie.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956287">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956287" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956287">jett1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956287" class="dsq-comment-message">I just began reading Jack & Jill recently and had hoped to see Barack a bigtime winner last night in TX.  But, your state has the same problems as my own:  Tennessee.  He does well in the urban areas (Houston, where I once lived, Dallas & Austin).  But he didn\'t manage to sweep the areas where there are rednecks, latina, uneducated, poorer, etc.  In Memphis, we gave our complete votes to Barack.  Yet our stupid state awarded the delegates to Hill.  I should like to suggest that Barack will, indeed, be the Dem nomination.  So, it is incumbent for all of us to get out now and educate these others that Barack should take the general election.  Let\'s not club Hillary like a baby seal - because it\'s just what she wants so she can whine some more.  We all need to be smarter than that and put our wits into good words and actions.  Anyway, I am in hopes that the caucus there are for Barack.  I wrote Jill yesterday when I was alarmed at the lefttalk blog (who is SO in the tank for Hillary) was spreading crap about the illegal caucus registration efforts by Barack volunteers.  I still don\'t know what was going on there - but our VOLUNTEERS need to be educated, as well.  OK.  I have to go and work, but I wanted to leave one more comment:  I\'m white, over 50 (well over) and will never, ever vote for Hillary Clinton.  I may just pick Nader instead if Barack is not the Democratic choice.  And, a closing compliment to those in Texas who really brought up the level of Democratic participation.  It\'s a huge win for you all.  Best from Memphis, TN.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956288">Rita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956288" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>this heifer</i> . . . <br></br><br>nice.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956289">Travis</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956289" class="dsq-comment-message">The idea of Barak as VP -- cannot believe that anyone would try to get a pass on that.<br></br><br>Barak should make it clear up front -  that there will be no collaboration anywhere --No Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton. Let the chips fall.</br><br></br><br>Those pissed off, and there are many, would never vote for Hillary irrespective of how she tries to bury the hatchet, after the stabbing.</br><br></br><br>Cannot believe how Democrats have also become the party of the "swift boaters". Disgraceful!</br><br>McCain wins in November</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956290">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956290" class="dsq-comment-message">NEVER IN MY LIFE WILL I CAST A VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956291">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956291" class="dsq-comment-message">I would NEVER vote for this racist, and, yep, that\'s what she and her man are. She knew that she had to pit the large Hispanic crowd in Texas against the black man, and, she knew that with Ohio\'s history of racism, that it would be easy to put the white folks fear and hate to her advantage.<br></br><br>I will not vote for her, and, hope she is the candidate, and will laugh at how the GOP will smear her to tears, and, win the WH again, because it will, this polarizing, hateful woman is too much.</br><br></br><br>Go John McCain and Karl Rove, bring it on home and give her the same medicine that she has doled out to the dimwitted racists who vote for her, since they are voting against Obama because he is black, not that he is the better qualified person. It will be sweet in Novemeber to watch her get trounced and put in her place, lame ex-president\'s wife.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956292">Jonzee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956292" class="dsq-comment-message">You and your family are not alone. I will not, under any circumstance, ever vote for HRC. And several of my friends have indicated the same. Now the issue is, that older voters who voted for BO might very well go ahead and vote for her because they believe having a Democrat is better at any cost. <br></br><br>Not me. I may very well vote for the other white meat. At least, for the most part, he is who he says he is.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956293">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956293" class="dsq-comment-message">jett<br></br><br>Thanks for the post.  And welcome.  You\'ll no doubt read things that will no doubt appear anti-White.  But please--<i>please</i>--know that it has everything to do with a mindset, rather than a people.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956294">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956294" class="dsq-comment-message">Rita,<br></br><br>It\'s better than all the rest of the choices for her.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956295">cm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956295" class="dsq-comment-message">So I see Clinton\'s floating the Obama as VP thing again to garner more votes for herself.  I know it\'s not remotely possible, but I would ask for my contributions back if Obama actually accepted the VP slot.  Not only do I find her tactics/behavior reprehensible, but what politician in his/her right mind would want to be Hillary\'s VP?  They\'ll be screwed over by Bill/Hillary like Gore.<br></br><br>A friend tried to chide me when I got overheated about Hillary\'s low rent tactics, saying that it\'s just politics and everyone does it and I\'m irrational for being angry only at Hillary.  I explained to her that I can\'t stomach one democrat using the southern strategy on another democrat.  The major league whining about the press being soft, giving a free pass to an inexperienced, not as smart as her, empty suit speechifier, all in the effort to paint him as the affirmative action candidate.</br><br></br><br>Even until very recently, I was sure my current ill will toward her tactics would subside by November should she get the nomination.  But the 60 Minutes "he\'s not muslim, as far as I know" performance was the last straw.  </br><br></br><br>If she wins using these tactics, things will never change.  She has lost my vote forever.  But I am grateful in a sense that I got to see all of this - it\'s not just the "evil republicans" who do this.  They say that republicans are good at stoking tribal feelings among its base.  But what has Bill and Hillary been doing starting in Nevada?  Every issue was framed as "they think they\'re better than you!"  What?  Because the party set up at large caucuses?  Their belittling the wins where AA vote was high as "oh the blacks are voting their emotion and pride" meaning non-blacks vote with their head.  Then in Texas, "it would be tragic if Hillary won, but they took it away in the caucus".  I am so done with the both of them.</br><br></br><br>What I find most interesting is that Obama supporters are angry at Hillary for her tactics, but Hillary supporters are angry at Barack because people like him more.  It\'s not anything that he himself is doing.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956296">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956296" class="dsq-comment-message">Jett,<br></br><br>We aren\'t anti-White here at JJP. </br><br></br><br>I\'m anti-Hillary Clinton. </br><br></br><br>Welcome to JJP.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956297">Negroscholar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956297" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Obama has to start drawing more robust "contrast" between him and misses clinton.  He needs to hit her hard on all the issues she has out there! I know this is not in line with his campaign theme........but its neccesary and can be done with minimal damage to his campaign mantra if done right!<br></br><br>good place to start is these shady financial dealings of the clintons, tax returns etc.</br><br>check out this great resource!</br><br>http://thememlingindex.com/hillary_clinton_net_worth-wealth.html</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956298">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956298" class="dsq-comment-message">So-as the resident McCain supporter-if Clinton wins the nomination, do you:<br></br><br>a. "hold your nose" and vote for McCain,</br><br>2. vote for Nader</br><br>3. don\'t vote at all?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956299">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956299" class="dsq-comment-message">If Clinton is on the ticket in any order I will vote for McCain. I encourage all black people in this country to do the same. Its my sincere hope that african americans will leave the democratic party and become idependent of any political party.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956300">Ms. Ki</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956300" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post and exactly how I\'m feeling. A few members of my family are actually registered Republicans who are supporting Senator Obama. I can\'t tolerate the tactics Senator Clinton is using to gain "momentum" in this campaign. I honestly believe that the bridge has been burned and in good conscience Senator Obama could not accept a V.P. nod. He\'s winning when it comes to pledged delegates. Its amazing how a few days ago, Clinton downplayed the importance of Superdelegates when it appeared that Obama may overtake her in that category and it was about what the people wanted. Now she\'s quick to say its not up to the people and that\'s not how the Democratic process works. I will not cast a vote for her November. I cannot support a ticket that has her vying for commander - in - chief. I know many would say that\'s still creating division but if you don\'t stand for something you\'ll fall for anything.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956301">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956301" class="dsq-comment-message">d,<br></br><br>Haven\'t made up my mind yet.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956302">DWS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956302" class="dsq-comment-message">Powerful post Rikyrah,<br></br><br>I refused to believe Americans were that gullible, then I heard the people in Ohio and shook my head.  For so many this isn\'t politics as usual, and if HRC is the nominee by whatever underhanded means she employs I cannot vote for her.  But she CANNOT become the nominee. If she does, I am done with the Democratic Party as well.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956303">jett1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956303" class="dsq-comment-message">Right back to you Ronnie B & Rikyrah.  Glad to read J&J; because I want to read/understand new points of view, as there are so few in the MSM, with just a few exceptions (Eugene Robinson, Bob Herbert to name the two that come to mind).  Besides, the mindset twixt & tween you and me are closer than you think!  And, speak your minds.  I hope to learn.  Thanks for the welcome!  I\'ll return and read daily.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956304">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956304" class="dsq-comment-message">yes, its not anti-white, what would that do to make the country better, we are all in it together, no matter what hrc says in her ads and lies. i will not vote for her, and, this may be a good thing to show blacks who are glued to the democrats that maybe they need to vote for the gop, which at least lets it be known they have no use for anyone black. get in there and demand that our voices be heard just as loud and clear as the so call evangelical christians.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956305">B-Serious</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956305" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s not forget folks.  Obama is basically in the same position he was before March 4.  He is still the front runner.  HE\'S STILL WINNING!  The math does not lie.<br></br><br>The ONLY question is whether or not we\'re willing to accept the Clinton spin that, somehow, the delegates don\'t matter.  The only thing that matters is whether or not the media and the public are gullible enough to accept an undemocratic result to this Democratic nomination process.</br><br></br><br>If you buy her spin, then we will almost certainly nominate the candidate who got LESS votes, LESS pledged delegates and LESS states.  </br><br></br><br>I swear, if that happens then the DNC should right a big fat apology letter to George W. Bush for whinning about the stolen election in 2000.  It\'s no different here.  The only difference is that the person planning to steal this thing has a (D) at the end of her name and a last name of "Clinton."</br><br></br><br>Don\'t believe the hype!  Don\'t buy the spin that Ohio means more than the rest of the country because it\'s a "swing" state.  We get a different swing state every four years.  That\'s because swing states are determined, in part, by the character and qualities of the two people running for office, not just the political make-up of the state.  Last time I checked, Missouri and Colorado were swing states as well.  </br><br></br><br>Plus.  Am I supposed to believe that Obama can\'t win Democratic strongholds like New York, and California.</br><br></br><br>It\'s funny.  We swallow so much BS that we\'ve learned to accept the unacceptable.  </br><br></br><br>It kinda reminds me of the Iraq war.  Remember?  We allowed Bush to keep moving the goal posts.  First it was weapons of mass destruction, then it was democracy in the middle east.  The justifications kept on changing every 2-3 months.  Before we knew it, we were fighting in the wrong country, with no exit strategy.  And we had the NERVE to ask, "how did we get here?"</br><br></br><br>We got there the same way we\'ll get to a Hillary nomination . . . because we, the people, didn\'t do our job to hold people accountable.  But hey, the means always justify the ends, right?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956306">Webb</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956306" class="dsq-comment-message">This election can be quite consuming.   I agree with comments about requesting contributions back from *O* if he were to accept a VP-Nod from HRC.  <br></br><br>I invested in more than a man; I invested in HIS VISION.  Being her VP would betray that vision.</br><br></br><br>Having said that, I genuinely feel and KNOW that the only chance this party has for succeeding is with OBAMA at the top of the ticket.  </br><br></br><br>Obama has a virtually insurmountable delegate lead and now it\'s time for the superdelegates to start throwing their weight around in his favor.  </br><br></br><br>It\'s also time for satirists of "all stripes and colors" to start doing what Obama can not do...ATTACK THE CLINTONS with Jokes, with HECKLES at their rallies, with every weapon at our disposal.  </br><br></br><br>If Tina Fey and Amy Poehler want to empower/promote that "B__th is the new black," then they need to be schooled with the ultimate truth, "Once you go BLACK, you never go BACK!"</br><br></br><br>I AM COMING TO PHILLY!  Brothers & Sisters in Philly know what you need to do!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956307">fullnelson</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956307" class="dsq-comment-message">This post expresses my feelings of anger and frustration with Shrillary Clinton\'s dirty and shameful campaign tactics, and the gullible people who went for the bait.  She talks much trash, what with daring to suggest she\'d entertain Obama on HER ticket (I guess that\'s a veiled challenge to him to put her on his!), but what else can she say to her supporters?  They have all read the stories by now which repeatedly point out (1) that Hillary can\'t beat McCain, and (2) her chances of winning enough delegates at this point to clinch are STILL slim and none.  She has now shown she is at least as good as Rove, Cheney, and Bush at playing on people\'s fears, and at telling half-truths and turning rumor into fact.  If I were not a feminist, I\'d call her an ugly word that starts with a "c," but I\'m too much of a lady to do that.  I know that Obama\'s campaign is right now plotting a counter-strategy to respond to her gutter tactics without endangering the Democratic Party, as she is so carelessly willing to do.  Howard Dean should pull her coat and tell her, for the sake of the Party, to chill on that shit.  Stay strong, people.  Let\'s keep our focus and our eyes on the prize.  I ain\'t NEVER gonna feel McCain or Nader, so we still have to keep working this.  It\'s not personal, it\'s American politics.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956308">Rita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956308" class="dsq-comment-message">oh please, i wish it would play out this way so everyone he thinks he has descended from the heavens will see how fast he accepts a veep position. <br></br><br>a man. a politician. a human being. </br><br></br><br>inspirational, yes. with much good, yes. </br><br></br><br>human. political. ergo "i\'m your veep right here!"</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956309">mj</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956309" class="dsq-comment-message">My entire family, close circle of friends and I have taken a pledge to NEVER vote for that woman.  I will write Barack\'s name in first.  Hell, I\'d even vote for Bart Simpson before I\'d vote for a person like Hillary Clinton who has no problem engaging in race baiting and religious vilification in order to debase a good man and stroke her own ego.   <br></br><br></br><br>I will never cast a vote for McCain, b/c I cannot sanction voting to support the many wars that he will drag us into. I think that he had some integrity once, but has squandered all of that in search of the presidency.  By the way, he is no boy scout.  Please remember that this is the guy who has, as recently as 2007, stated that he "hated gooks" when speaking about Vietnamese people  Now, I understand that he was a POW and had some strong feelings about the people who imprisoned him, however, after centuries of slavery and colonialism, one could argue that black folks also were POW\'s.  Do you really think that a credible black candidate would be able to get away with that kind of racist statement about white folks? I don\'t think so.  An Asian AMerican friend of mine has made me promise to vouch for her if he wins and reinstates Asian internment camps.  LOL!</br><br></br><br>One final point:</br><br>There will be a lot of pressure on Barack to take the VP spot because the democrats may buy her nasty argument, but we must send emails to his campaign encouraging him not to do so.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956310">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956310" class="dsq-comment-message">As an Obamacan, I have to say I was less than thrilled by last night\'s results.  Obama really needs to go after her financial issues - why she will not disclose her tax returns, donations to the Clinton library, etc.  If she refuses, he can say, "That old-fashioned politics is experience we don\'t need."  Point out that she voted in favor of naming a branch of the Iranian military a terrorist group, which was giving Bush/Cheney more authority to attack another country.<br></br><br>Oh, Ohio - there is a reason you are losing so many jobs, and it ain\'t NAFTA.  Until recently, Arizona, Texas, and Nevada - all of which are closer to Mexico and trade more with Mexico were booming.  You\'re losing jobs because you have a 1970\'s job skill set in a 2008 economy.  But hey, Clinton hinted that Obama might be a Muslim, so I guess some things are more important.</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956311">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956311" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you thought of posting your article as a diary on MyDD or as an extended comment on TalLeft? I think that the Hillary cultists could use some reality therapy.<br></br><br>BTW I\'m a white baby boomer--Hil\'s base--and I won\'t vote for her either.  I\'m planning to put my heart and soul into the key Congressional races. She can go to hell.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956312">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956312" class="dsq-comment-message">oh please, i wish it would play out this way so everyone he thinks he has descended from the heavens will see how fast he accepts a veep position.<br></br><br>a man. a politician. a human being.</br><br></br><br>inspirational, yes. with much good, yes.</br><br></br><br>human. political. ergo "i\'m your veep right here!"====</br><br></br><br>Give me a break lol. No one thinks he\'s from heaven. But I\'m sure Hillary is from hell. Race baiting and a cheater.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956313">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956313" class="dsq-comment-message">MJ,<br>Yes. A credible black candidate who has been through a similar experience could make a statement similar to McCain\'s and not be thrown under the bus for it.</br><br></br><br>All of the candidates-Obama included-have varying degrees of shadiness. Of course McCain isn\'t a boy scout. </br><br></br><br>McCain isn\'t the one running for his ambition, or as a dramatic force for "change." He seeks to do all he can for his country because, once, this country did all it could for him.</br><br></br><br>And I\'ll stop the flag waving there. :)</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956314">JJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956314" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is many things, stupid isn\'t one of them.  There is NO GOOD REASON for him o take the VP spot.  And who is she to be offering it?<br></br><br>PULEEZE.  Neither of them will take Veep spots from the other.  Obama would lose all my respect (and my guess the respect of many of his supporter) if he did that.</br><br></br><br>So she wins Ohio and essentially ties in Texas and his 12 win streak is now negated?</br><br></br><br>Does no one find it amusing the ridiculously high standards Obama is held to compare to CLinton?</br><br></br><br>THIS WAS HER RACE TO WIN. She can\'t close it out.  It wasn\'t on him to close it out.  Stop falling for the okie doke folk.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956315">cm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956315" class="dsq-comment-message">"In a live CNN interview just now, Sen. Clinton repeated, twice, the "Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience, I have a lifetime of experience, Sen. Obama has one speech in 2002"<br></br><br>http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/03/05/poisoning-the-well.aspx</br><br></br><br>Apart from pissing off non-Hillary supporting democrats, is this really a good line of attack?</br><br></br><br>Her lifetime of experience made her vote for one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in American history.  Loss of lives ( our soldiers, their innocent civilians), chaos in the region, and a huge negative impact on our economy.  Man, one can only dream that Clinton just made a speech instead of marshalling her lifetime of experience!</br><br></br><br>When is someone going to call her on this bullshit?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956316">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956316" class="dsq-comment-message">JJ,<br>Disagree. I think if Obama took the VP spot, he immediately becomes the next front runner. Plus, it gives him a chance to shore up on the security/foreign policy problems that have been called into question by his supporters.</br><br></br><br>Agree that he won\'t do it, though.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956317">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956317" class="dsq-comment-message">d.~<br></br><br>Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee.  If -- if -- the will of the voters is not reflected at the Democratic Convention, I will NOT vote for the Clintons.</br><br></br><br>I\'ll vote for either Nader or McCain (Nader being a closer ideological fit).</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956318">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956318" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it too late for Barack to run as an independent?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956319">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956319" class="dsq-comment-message">They just assume that Black folks will come around and be Good Darkies and vote for Miss Hillary, because where else will we go?<br>______________________________________</br><br></br><br>I think that blacks have put themselves in a box these many years.</br><br></br><br>The vast majority believes that the Democrat party is the only party for them. And what have they received for their loyalty?</br><br></br><br>Yet, any black person who dares to become an independent thinker or embrace the GOP, is an "Uncle Tom",</br><br>"House N*****", betrayers to their race. Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Thomas Sowell, (the list is long) are villified instead of celebrated for their achievements.</br><br></br><br>It is unfortunate for blacks that the GOP has become an anathema to them. I would suggest that blacks start to question the Democrat Party. Ask Republican, conservative blacks why they are members of the GOP? What is the harm? </br><br></br><br>Trust me, the only way Obama will have a viable political future is if he accepts the VP slot. Hillary will destroy him if he does not. She knows what to do now and like a dog with a bone, she will not let go. This Rezko trial is just heating up and he will not be able to get back on message.</br><br></br><br>Blacks are now seeing the full force of the \'politics of personal destruction\' that so many have been brainwashed into thinking was the provenance of the GOP. The Clinton\'s are Machiavellian. </br><br></br><br>The Clinton\'s also know that the blacks will never leave the Democrat Party. Not as long as they can dangle the promise of a future Obama presidency in front of blacks in the party. He will be asked to rally blacks to the ticket in exchange for his turn in line (2016).</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956320">DWS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956320" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard back from a friend in Ohio.  She said they ran out of ballots and changed her polling place at the last minute.  She told me people there were afraid of Obama.  Like I said...politics as usual.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956321">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956321" class="dsq-comment-message">She has a lifetime of experience, at what, trying to keep her man at home? All she is doing to stay viable in this is race baiting, and sorry my dear, that isn\'t going to cut it, just like the so called Ohio voters saying they want you. Did each and very eligible person in the state vote? Did, you win by a huge margin? Did you lie and tell them that you will get al those jobs back they have lost, which we know are never going to return to Ohio. Tell them that you will stop all the foreclosures pronto? Get back to me when you call learn how to tell the real truth, you have made many of the problems that the people who voted for you have, and, yet the voters went for race, nothing else.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956322">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956322" class="dsq-comment-message">JJ,<br>"Disagree. I think if Obama took the VP spot, he immediately becomes the next front runner. Plus, it gives him a chance to shore up on the security/foreign policy problems that have been called into question by his supporters." </br><br></br><br>-Bullshit.</br><br></br><br>If he doesn\'t take the VP slot, he\'ll still be seen as "the next front runner"</br><br></br><br>If Obama is stupid enough to agree to be Hillary\'s VP she will have him attend funerals.</br><br></br><br>As far as "security/foreign policy problems" I would take his judgement over hers.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956323">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956323" class="dsq-comment-message">There is NO doubt that race was the decisive factor in OH. When you have 20% of voters openly telling exit pollsters that race was a factor and 3/4 voted for Clinton, you know the number was double or triple that.  And here is anectdotal evidence:<br></br><br>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4389768</br><br></br><br>Race played less of factor in TX.  The loss there rests solely with Black voters.  Hillary Clinton was able to increase Latino turnout by more than 10%.  Black turnout was actually down 1%.  If there was a 22% African American turnout, he would have won.</br><br></br><br>I agree with Hillary Clinton in one sense...enough with the rallies.  Obama\'s team should have been more focused on packing the voting booths rather than arenas. </br><br></br><br>What the hell was the get out the Black vote effort in TX?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956324">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956324" class="dsq-comment-message">You are all part of the Democrat Machine. Democrats do not reward independent thinking. Hillary is next in line. Obama\'s a cog in the machinery who is supposed to rally all blacks, and \'the youth vote\' to the party like never before. He is smart, and he knows how it works. He will take the VP spot. Hillary will push his inexperience to the Superdelegates. She will give them an out, portraying them as the \'party elders\' and \'wisemen\'. In return they will be promised the moon and Obama will get to be the President in 2016.<br></br><br>Change means a change from the Republicans. Nothing more. Obama\'s a Democrat and he is beholden to the party more than anyone! They elevated him by giving him a keynote speech at the convention, took out any serious opposition he had in Illinois (Democrat AND Republican), the machine put him where he is today. You don\'t get something for nothing...now he has to pay up if he wants the "Big Prize" in the future.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956325">The Christian Progressive Libe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956325" class="dsq-comment-message">Listen up, people:<br></br><br>The ONLY reason the Borg Queen will float an Obama on her VP ticket is to persuade Black Folk she\'s alienated with her race-baiting shyt back to her band wagon. </br><br></br><br>And if we don\'t start calling people like her out on her tactics, then we deserve the leadership we get, period.</br><br></br><br>She\'s only floating Obama, so she can fool us by replacing him with Harold Ford, Jr.</br><br></br><br>And that ticket virtually guarantees President McCain in 2009.</br><br></br><br>Meet the New POTUS, probably worse than the old POTUS.</br><br></br><br>And the Democratic Party will be eviscerated, and go the way of the Whigs.  Send Hillary that Thank You Bouquet of Turd Blossoms when that happens, okay?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956326">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956326" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary\'s Proposal:<br></br><br>Listening to Hillary Clinton this morning, it\'s more than clear what her proposal is going to be:</br><br></br><br>She wants FL and MI seated, and she will put Barack on the ticket.  She will make the case that he can\'t win big states.</br><br></br><br>Senator Obama HAS to win PA.  If he does not, he is not going to get the nomination.  Period.  He will either accept the VP slot or run for Governor of IL after completing his Senate term.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956327">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956327" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has to start makeing a LOT more forceful challenges against her.  Let\'s start with the big state argument.  He has to make the case that reliably blue states are NOT a measure of success in the general b/c they are NOT.  You can run Mickey Mouse on the Dem ticket in CA and NY and still win.  This has to be an argument of who has won more swing states. She\'s right that OH is a bell weather state, but so is MO, so that\'s a wash.  He, however, has won an equal number or more purple states, including VA, WI and CO.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956328">Isaiah 58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956328" class="dsq-comment-message">and so we are playing chicken now. Boy would I like to be a fly on the wall in the conference call between Howard Dean, John Kerry, and Ted Strickland today.  Though I don\'t know any of these people personally, I know what I would be talking about in their place...how to keep this campaign from blowing up the democratic party.<br></br><br>There seem to be two choices.</br><br></br><br>1.  Hillary stays in but agrees to clean up her campaign tactics.</br><br></br><br>2.  Dean starts working the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to get enough of them on Obama\'s side to completely end hillary\'s chances.</br><br></br><br>I think plans will be made for both contingencies.  But I think Obama has to stay focused and positive so that he is seen as the team player in all this drama.  But, of course he knows all this.</br><br></br><br>Barack Obama is the finest politician of his generation.  He has played this campaign like Gary Kasparov plays chess.  He is thinking at least ten moves ahead and he sees every possible board position between here and there.</br><br></br><br>Chill out people!  Hillary Clinton is tough and she may even be smart.  But you know what they say about the difference between genius and stupidity...genius has its limits.  And Obama has limits in terms of what he is willing to do and say to win.  Clinton does not.  She is going to step into one of those steaming piles of pooh she has been leaving around the campaign trail and the rest will be easy.</br><br></br><br>No one is going to have to vote for John McCain in the general.  But we may have to work like none of us has ever worked before come the fall.  So, the question is this...</br><br></br><br>Are we ready for change?</br><br></br><br>Fired up?</br><br></br><br>Ready to go?</br><br></br><br>Then the coffee break is over.  Let\'s get back to the business of electing Barack Obama to be President of the United States.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956329">The Christian Progressive Libe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956329" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Yet, any black person who dares to become an independent thinker or embrace the GOP, is an "Uncle Tom",<br>"House N*****", betrayers to their race. Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Thomas Sowell, (the list is long) are villified instead of celebrated for their achievements.</br></i><br></br><br>Anon, you are wrong on this one.</br><br></br><br>We don\'t vilify the above named individuals because of their accomplishments.</br><br></br><br>We vilify them because as a result of those accomplishments, they should know better than to use those accomplishments to lie this country into a war, facilitate tax cuts for the wealthy and engage in a "fly in the buttermilk" mentality where they enjoy being the only "Black" anything, while accomplishing nothing and setting back the overall achievements of the African-American race because they have marketed themselves to people like George Bush as the "safe" Negro to which he can point out when deflecting charges of bigotry and racism.</br><br></br><br>We vilify these individuals because they, most of all, know how much hell African-Americans have caught in this country for over 400 years; stolen from our native land, stripped of our culture and forced to develop another one, and being generally hated and considered inferior because we are born into our ethnicity.</br><br></br><br>They know it and choose to ignore that knowledge in a bid for personal gain at the expense of the masses as well as continued suppresion of our race.</br><br></br><br>That is why they are vilified.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956330">Big Man</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956330" class="dsq-comment-message">Chuuuuch<br></br><br></br><br>You damn right.</br><br></br><br>I cannot cast a vote for someone like her and then look my son in his face and encourage him to dream big.</br><br></br><br>I discussed my initial reaction to her win, and my feelings now over at my blog.</br><br></br><br>http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956331">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956331" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll never punch a ballot for HRC.  I don\'t know if I can stomach McCain either, but I will not vote for HRC under any circumstances after what she has done this election.<br></br><br>This election has reminded me of the slime of the Clinton years.  I finally understand why Republicans hate Bill Clinton.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956332">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956332" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br></br><br>As usual, I love your comments. </br><br></br><br>I was howling with laughter at the thought of her putting Dark Sith on the ticket. </br><br></br><br>You know what?</br><br></br><br>Let her. </br><br></br><br>I mean that. </br><br></br><br>Dark Sith and her. </br><br></br><br>It would mean President McCain, but we\'d be rid of both of these fuckers forever.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956333">anj</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956333" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack and Jill is one of the blogs I read to help me \'re-set\' the narrative the Clinton campaign is trying to sell all of us citizens. I need to be reminded that is is Clinton who has prove she cannot close the deal, that Obama continues to close the voter gap in state after state, and the MSM continues to set the bar higher and higher for him. I was so disappointed in the election results last night; not disappointed in the Obama campaign but heart sick at those fellow citizens who continue to let fear and lies rule the day. I am a firm believer that it is good to bring lies and untruths into the Light, what I am seeing is the reality of racism and inherent race bias being brought into the Light all over this country. Hillary Clinton is Rasputin with a different skin and gender, and I will never vote for her. I am a 46 year old white female, and I will never vote for her. Integrity is a keystone for me, and it is the only attribute I am willing to divide people into "us and them". Those with integrity, and those without. To me it is so blindingly clear which is the better candidate. Obama \'08.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956334" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t be alarmed about Obama\'s so-called losses last night.<br></br><br>I was watching MSNBC for the results and I believe it was Tim Russert who held up an internal memo from the Obama camp that basically showed which states they knew they were going to win (and lose) in the primaries and caucuses.</br><br></br><br>From the very beginning, they knew they would do well Feb 5th- they predicted every state except Maine.  They knew they would win VT last night.</br><br></br><br>They knew this already.  Please believe, they planned for this.</br><br></br><br>What they couldn\'t have planned for is the media spin on it, so I suggest everybody just keep repeating what we already know: [b]Miss Ann ain\'t won shit.[/b]</br><br></br><br></br><br>"Thank you, and good night!"</br><br></br><br>lol</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956335" class="dsq-comment-message">First time commenter, but I read this blog and several others daily. Add me to the list of upper middle class blacks that will not vote for Shrillary. The only miniscule hope is if the Obama ends up running as her VP (and by saying this I am BY NO MEANS implying that he won\'t be the nominee - he\'s leading in delegates still) - in that case I *may* still vote Democrat. However, in the event that she STEALS the nomination and selects a different VP then I\'m done. I will begin to "vote my self-interest," which frankly is keeping a Republican in office so he can extend tax cuts (which I benefit from). Funny how I was willing to give those tax cuts up for a President Obama. Something about how he inspires me to look at the greater good rather than just what would benefit me. But if Nov 08 becomes a "Clinton/Anyone other than Obama" ticket, I\'m out of the Democratic ranks. Period.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956336" class="dsq-comment-message">I a new reader and a first time commenter. <br></br><br>Call me a cynic but you forget this is a primary! You are betting on both these candidates going nuclear...it\'s not going to happen. The party comes first!</br><br></br><br>First, neither Obama or Clinton will go into the convention with enough pledged delegates (forget supers). The supers hold the key. It is now out of the electorates hands.</br><br></br><br>I am not young and idealistic. I am a life-long Chicagoan and I know how a party machine works. It is no coincidence that Obama is the Senator from Illinois who cut his teeth in the backyard of Jesse Jackson, Harold Washington and the Daley\'s. It is no coicidence that Obama\'s path to a political career was paved by cut-throat party maneuvering. It is no coincidence that he was elevated to the national stage at the convention and introduced as a \'rising star.\' It is no coincidence that he was virtually unopposed in his Senate run after a Republican Party scandal. There are no coincidences in Machine politics. They let him have a taste of "Turkish Delight" and now he\'s hooked.</br><br></br><br>Now, who does Obama owe (and someone ALWAYS owes someone in Machine politics) for his fast track political career? He OWES the Democrat Party. And now, unless he wants to be destroyed by the people he owes (Does the name REZKO ring a bell?). It is no coincidence that Rezko was brought to trial just as the primaries were heating up. Now, behind closed doors, he will be told to get in line and wait his turn. He will now EARN his seat at the table, take the VP slot and unite the Democrat Party or they will destroy him just as quickly as they made him.</br><br></br><br>Its the Chicago Way, the Democrat Machine Way.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956337" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve covertly been reading your blog now for a while without commenting, but I guess its time to come out of the shadows.  :)<br></br><br>I just wanted to share the LA Times headline for last night on the front of their webpage, "Going negative is a positive for Clinton".  At least the LA Times is brave enough to take their own little spin on it. </br><br>http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-assess5mar05,0,2206492.story</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956338" class="dsq-comment-message">Most of us are pretty upset about the tactics that HRC is using and I agree.<br></br><br>I have two words for you:  Supreme Court.</br><br></br><br>Several of the jurist are now in their eighties and if another Republican gets the presidency, you can only imagine who John McCain would nominate.  Somebody that could care less about equal pay, fairness, the criminal justice system, etc.</br><br></br><br>Now, as we try and calm down please remember this.  I for one knew from the get-go what HRC was all about and my first choice was John Edwards due to his stand on helping the least of us, but when he was no longer in the race, I preferred BO as well.  HRC is calculating to the point that she truly believes that she can whine and use her so-called twofer entitlement as a white woman to get over and the more she had to use it against this negro who has dared to make this a race, is now showing her true character for everyone to see.  </br><br></br><br>God help us all as we make the choices we must.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956339" class="dsq-comment-message">While it\'s fine to be disappointed, the reality is Obama still leads by 160 delegates. The reality is <a href="http://healthybagofpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/letting-rush-destroy-democratic-party.html" rel="nofollow">Hillary has to run the table</a> to have a shot at the nomination. And the reality is Mississippi votes next week; doubtful that Clinton will win there. <br></br><br>Insiders in the Democratic Party are pissed at Clinton. They realize she has no chance of winning, and they fear a 7 week blood bath damaging whomever becomes the nominee. They fear that the blacks will walk out of the party if Obama ends the process with the most delegates but Hillary gets the nomination through a back room deal. And they fear letting John McCain be ignored for 7 weeks will be a disaster in November. </br><br></br><br>Obama has got many Super Delegates who will soon throw their support to him. He has an astounding fund-raising number he will release. And when these things happen, the pressure is going to be really high on Clinton to drop out. </br><br></br><br>She cannot drop out at the moment because she won Texas. But Mississippi will give her an excuse to leave. My guess is she takes it. Staying in will be burning every bridge in the party, and dooming a potential 2012 run. She\'s not going to do that. So we have to endure this for another week, not 7. The VP thing is positioning herself for VP. That\'s all. She knows she\'s not going to win.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956340" class="dsq-comment-message">the bag of health and politics said:<br></br><br>"She cannot drop out at the moment because she won Texas. But Mississippi will give her an excuse to leave. My guess is she takes it."</br><br></br><br>I seriously doubt she will drop out.  The Clintons obviously have the stomach to do just about anything to get the nomination.  And, besides, even if Hillary doesn\'t get the nom, her tactics will dirty up Obama and further radicalize each camp against the other, so that Obama may very well lose in the general.  So Hillary either wins the nomination or sets herself up for 2012.  It\'s all excellent for Hillary!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956341" class="dsq-comment-message">Rush Limbaugh did have an impact.  Sent this to Ben Smith at Politico who posted it: <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/The_Rush_effect.html#comments%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3EP.S.:" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/The...</a>  Bill Clinton was actually interviewed on Rush Limbaugh\'s show yesterday.  Yes, Rush Limbaugh.  How many racists comments has Rush Limbaugh said over a lifetime compared to Farrakhan?</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956342" class="dsq-comment-message">Over at The Atlantic, James Fallows writes about how the "experience" argument put forth by the Clintons now should be driving Bush 41 nuts:<br></br><br>"The elder George Bush, by the time he ran for re-election, had been president for four years; vice president for eight; ambassador to the UN for two years; de facto ambassador to China for two; Congressman for four; director of the CIA for one year; plus former head of the Republican National Comittee, decorated combat pilot, and commander in chief during one brief hot war and the end of the prolonged Cold War. Moreover, in his "3 a.m." moments of real crisis, he had used his experience to make sane decisions:handling the collapse of the Soviet empire, standing up against Saddam Hussein, putting together a wartime coalition so broad and supportive that the United States may have actually made money on the Gulf War, then having the sense not to occupy Iraq. Not bad!</br><br></br><br>Nonetheless, the young, vigorous, though vastly less experienced governor of Arkansas was a better match for America\'s needs in 1992 -- or so Bill Clinton argued, and I believed. To hear, 16 years later, the Clinton team stress the transcendent importance of a "lifetime of experience" must drive the elder George Bush mad."</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956343" class="dsq-comment-message">All of our ancestors who have fought our nations’ battles; whether they were for freedom, civil rights, women rights, human right or workers rights, did so in an effort so that the best person has a chance to be elected the President of the United States of America and not because of their gender or racial or ethnic identity.  What happens if he gets the nomination and he loses; are you going to take your ball (vote) and go home and not play anymore.  This is a constant struggle and one which is fought every day and will continue to be fought with or with out you and we, as a party are the party of fighters whether its for workers rights, women’s rights, civil rights but you are trying to change it purely into racial identity fight and if that is your continued and sole goal, the party will be far weaker and will not achieve its goals.  She is winning the core Democratic voters and she is starting to regain the African American vote with her tenacity and his inability to finish a truthful sentence when it comes to Resko, breaking bread with Louis Farrakhan, donating close of a million dollars to super delegates to persuade their vote and putting the squeeze on others to dump her and support him; congratulation you have been able to do to John Lewis what white racists and their dogs of war were not able to do, change his position and ideals!  This nation needs a fighter and she is fighting and battling for people’s votes and many people who said they would never vote for her are now supporting her because they know she will never walk away until the battle is over; she is NO Kerry and she is NO Gore and our party hasn’t had a figure with any fight in them on the national level that hasn’t had the last name of Clinton since LBJ; she will be our next President!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956344" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe that Obama has EARNED his position via votes and delegates.  The idea that a group of "super delegates" will abandon the pledged lead will cause the young to become skeptical and us to be disillusioned by the process<br></br><br>In regards to the Supreme Court,  I understand your view.  While McCain talks about Roberts and Alito, he will not get judges of that ilk confirmed in a Senate that is held by the Democratic party.  Democrats can also expect to pick up three to four new seats.</br><br></br><br>Therefore, McCain will have no choice but to nominate moderates to the bench.  I can live with that choice.</br><br></br><br>I will not live with a party that will destroy itself from within.  I will flee the party and become an independent.  </br><br></br><br>The party cannot win PA, OH, MO, MI, WI without us.  Just a fact.  And I will sacrifice the next four years of McCain to proove that point.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956345" class="dsq-comment-message">Rezko is on trial, Obama is not.<br></br><br>Two words for the Clintonistas who keep bringing up Rezko - Marc Rich.  What did HRC know and when did she know it?  The man owed $40 million in back taxes, and did business with Iran while they were still holding the US Embassy hostage.</br><br></br><br>- KXB</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956346" class="dsq-comment-message">While I also doubt that Clinton will drop out before the convention, we don\'t need to be so down. Obama is still winning and will likely have an even larger lead by the time the convention comes around. We need to stay focused and redouble our efforts. This is still completely doable. We need to reach out to the rural working class outside of our circles and let them know why Obama speaks for them. <br></br><br>Also, we might want to prepare for a Michigan/Florida revote. I was registered as an independent in Florida, but I am going to register as a democrat today so that I can vote if they redo the primary. Even though Clinton would probably win a revote in Florida, every vote is important in this proportional system that the democrats have.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956347" class="dsq-comment-message">@ ronnie b<br></br><br>re your question if Barack could run as independent.</br><br></br><br>Does anybody know if that\'s possible?  That\'s an interesting idea.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956348" class="dsq-comment-message">Continuing a blood bath and attacking Obama racially does NOT set Clinton up for a run in 2012. If Obama is seen to have lost because of Clinton\'s attacks, you can kiss Clinton\'s chances good bye in 2012 (see Hubert Humphrey\'s 1976 campaign after his attacks in 1972). <br></br><br>To remain a credible candidate for 2012, Clinton has to get out before she gets blamed for going extremely nasty on Obama. She already has problems on that front. 6 more weeks of this will make it even more difficult for her. </br><br></br><br>What is interesting is what Obama thinks. If he thinks he can\'t win because of what Clinton did, then he should say, "Fine, it\'s your turn," drop out and watch her go down in flames in November. Then he sets himself up for 2012...</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956349" class="dsq-comment-message">What needs to happen is this: Barack has to act like the frontrunner. Meaning, he has to control this race. HE decides what issues are important. HE decides which states are important. HE has to control the spin. HE has to set the tone of this democratic race. Going down to Hillary\'s level doesn\'t work for him. If that means no more debates, then no more debates, no matter how much she whines. Treat Hillary like McCain treated Huckabee. Basically, he has to act as if he already is the President of the United States.<br></br><br>Also, he has to go on more Late Night talk shows, The Daily Show, Mad TV, even Bill Maher. Not everbody can or want to go to a rally or town hall meeting. People need to see him outside of the political spectrum.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956350">Nita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956350" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Asked on CBS\'s "The Early Show" whether she and Obama should be on the same ticket, Clinton said:<br></br><br>"That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."</br></i><br></br><br></br><br>The sense of position entitlement, coupled with the sense of racial entitlement..... there are no words.  </br><br></br><br><b>There. Are. No. Words.</b></br><br></br><br>But it\'s always been like this for Obama.  I remember when Edwards was behind, Edwards supporter were floating that mess with Obama in the backseat.  It never changes.  Always, Obama and Obama supporters are expected to be grateful to be \'offered\' the backseat to those Obama is winning over. Democratic Party members have severe issues.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956351" class="dsq-comment-message">The Bag of Health and Politics said...  <i>Continuing a blood bath and attacking Obama racially does NOT set Clinton up for a run in 2012.</i><br></br><br>You\'ve got that right... so why are they expecting a certain demographic to come slumming back like a beaten housewife who\'s continually told she has nowhere else to go and really comes to believe no one else wants her and she can\'t make it on her own?</br><br></br><br>They really do believe that it will be \'all good\' in November.  It won\'t be.  Republicans will gain some.... but the designation \'Independent\' is going to gain a hell of a lot more.  Then where will Democrats be?  </br><br></br><br>What frightens me is, I wonder what their numbers look like for them to be confident that this is going to work out for their advantage.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956352" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear "Anonymous" who posted at Wed Mar 05, 10:40:00 AM 2008<br></br><br>It is due to our commitment to the sacrifices of our ancestors (of all races and genders) that we absolutely cannot support a candidate who relies on "race baiting" and fear mongering to get into office.  </br><br></br><br>You are forgetting that she began this race with the support of the majority of people in the African-American community and very shrewdly decided that she would throw black voters under the bus in order to highlight her opponent\'s ethnicity and garner underground racist white support.  </br><br></br><br>There are legions of people of all colors and genders who have been fighters in this country. But the crucial difference is that the ones we look up to have fought with honor and integrity--two characteristics that can not be attributed to Mrs. Clinton particularly after how she has carried herself in this race.</br><br></br><br>After squandering universal name recognition, a connection to a former president who had over %70 approval ratings, a meme of inevitability that was eaten up by the press, and a 150 million dollar financial lead, Mrs. Clinton has finally come down to making the none too subtle claim that she should win because Barack Obama is a lazy, shiftless, unqualified, “affirmative action" candidate, who cannot be trusted to make good decisions.  That my friends (to use Sen. McCain\'s favorite characterization) is a kick in the teeth and a betrayal to all people of color who have worked their a**es off to make any real progress in a country riddled with unstated white privilege.   </br><br></br><br>This race is no longer only about Barack Obama.  I submit that if we sit down and take this, we will be throwing dirt on the memory of the many brave ancestors who fought honorably for our rights.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956353" class="dsq-comment-message">"There is no plausible scenario in which Clinton can win the nomination. At least not democratically." - Marc Cooper, Huffington Post<br></br><br>Pledge #1: I will never. EVER. EVER! Vote for Hillary Clinton.</br><br></br><br>"There will be some hurt feelings initially," Harold Ickes said. "But...black people will vote for her..."</br><br></br><br>Pledge #2: I\'m voting for Nader. If I get angrier, fuck it, GO McCain!</br><br></br><br>"The 1968 Chicago convention would look like a picnic compared to what Denver would become," a long-time political biographer said on election eve, predicting a youth uprising at the site of this summer\'s Democratic Convention if the election is thrown to Clinton.</br><br></br><br>Pledge #3: I\'m going to Denver to raise hell, throw eggs, shut it down and go to jail.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956354" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker, I hope Obama doesn\'t run as independent.  Obama has shown himself to be a teamplayer.  He will be a teamplayer for the democrats.  He\'s not Hillary Clinton.  He doesn\'t appear to be in this race for the same reasons She Who Must Remain Inevitable is.<br></br><br>I think running as an independent would make his star fall faster than running as Hillary\'s running mate -- or asking Hillary to be his running mate.  All things do not have to be done at once.</br><br></br><br>@ jett, thank you for calling out talkleft for spreading the Clinton campaign \'obama\'s campaign is disenfranchising people\' bullshit.  </br><br></br><br>As for not beating Hillary like a baby seal, you\'re a great person than I am.  And Obama, the target of all this mess, is even better for continually taking the dignified road, the high road, when the Clintons try to sink him with bullshit and then play the \'we\'re sorry can we still be friends\' knife twist afterwards.  I can\'t do it.  If the American people want to elect a whiner and a cheater and a person willing to manipulate gender and race just because America is nostalgic for pre-Bush .... we get the government we vote for.  I\'m not going to like it, but America will have spoken.  But I\'ll be honest, I keep hearing Putin dissing Hillary by saying</br><br></br><br>\'a head of state should have a head\'</br><br></br><br>(not an exact quote) after she drew first blood by dissing him as soulless.  how much respect will Hillary garner for herself, and how much will it be because the rest of the world believes that A Man (Bill) is actually pulling the strings?   If Hillary acts like she\'s acted with the press and Obama, with the rest of the world..... we\'re in a world of pain.  That\'s assuming that they manage to wrest the vote from John McCain.  Or McCain dies between now and then because his health problems are more severe than his campaign is letting on.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956355" class="dsq-comment-message">@Phillip M. Bailey, wow, that quote is insane.  They have another thing coming.<br></br><br><i>"There will be some hurt feelings initially," Harold Ickes said. "But...black people will vote for her..."</i></br><br></br><br>Wow.  How far can this be pushed?  Why not bring slavery back? We\'ll vote Democratic anyway, right?  </br><br></br><br>Seriously, black folk have to refuse to be treated like a bottom b****, though.  The only people who can stop black folk from being taken for granted is black folk.  No scaremongers need apply.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956356">Felicia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956356" class="dsq-comment-message">mj, I love your heartfelt response to anonymous, but I wouldn\'t feed the trolls.<br></br><br><i>I have two words for you: Supreme Court.</i></br><br></br><br>squarepeg, I have two words for you: Lani Guinier</br><br></br><br>You people that are voting for HRC because of the Supreme Court are going to be greatly disappointed.  The Clintons only care about the Clintons.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956357">Felicia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956357" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I\'m going to Denver to raise hell, throw eggs, shut it down and go to jail.</i><br></br><br>Hell ya!  Now we\'re talking.  I\'ll be there, too!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956358">nedsdag</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956358" class="dsq-comment-message">If she gets the nomination, that\'s it. I can care less what happens to her. She can name David Duke as her running mate. It wouldn\'t matter to me. I\'ll vote for Nader or Cynthia McKinney if she gets the Green Party nod.<br></br><br>But hear me out on this scenario: McCain was endorsed by Poppy and Junior Bush. You all know what this means. The ultimate quid pro quo: The Bushes will give McCain support if and only if McCain names JEB Bush as his running mate. It makes perfect sense for the GOP. First, it keeps a Bush within White House grounds. Second, with McCain winning the election and with his "advancing" age, McCain runs for only ONE term and Jeb runs in 2012 for president. Jeb speaks fluent Spanish and his wife is a Latina so he wins the South AND states with large latino populations. This makes all the sense in the world.</br><br></br><br>See, Hillary. You reap what you sow.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956359">Phillip M. Bailey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956359" class="dsq-comment-message">@nita<br></br><br>Exactly. Think about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at 1964 Demoratic Convention. Fannie Lou Hamer and others with the help of SNCC organized a political party against the segregationists and they were told not to push the envelope.</br><br></br><br>LBJ even cut off Fannie Lou Hamer\'s speech before a committee when she was testifying about the racism in the state.</br><br></br><br>Stokely Carmichael tells the story of the MFDP vividly in "Ready for Revolution". He outlines how all the leaders kept telling black folk that voted to seat delegates, "be practical" and "who else you going to vote for"</br><br></br><br>For centuries we\'ve played this game. Letting white liberals play us for suckers. The lesser of two evils we\'re told. I say that Barack is the tipping point. For the MFDP and others I\'m ready to sabotage Hillary\'s entitlement candidacy.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956360" class="dsq-comment-message">Started reading this blog recently, but I figured I\'d chime in.  I\'m a young black man who, due to Obama, has for the first time cared about politics.  I\'ve gone from watching ESPN daily to CNN and MSNBC.  He has single-handedly gotten me interested in the campaign.<br></br><br>I have to say, if he loses the nomination (or, I suppose, gets screwed out of it), I think my brief interest in politics is done.  I already truly dislike the fact that we can\'t discuss issues, but instead Obama potentially loses votes because he\'s been painted as a muslim.  </br><br></br><br>I can\'t stand the fact that Hillary can boast that being the first female President would present change, and that young five year old girls will have someone to aspire to.  Yet, had Obama stated the same in regards to being black and black and/or minority children, white voters would run for the hills.  Obama would be boxed in as "the black candidate."  </br><br></br><br>I hate how an articulate, highly intelligent man with a vision is shot down as an empty suit, yet had Obama had as much "experience" as Hillary yet had the intelligence and speaking ability of George Bush, he wouldn\'t have made it out of Iowa.</br><br></br><br>So suffice it to say...I hope America and the Democratic Party does the right thing, or I will probably be sitting on the sidelines during election seasons in the future.  And it\'s not JUST because he\'s black, it\'s just that experience in Washington certainly doesn\'t always equate to POSITIVE experience, and I cannot get inspired or invested in the current politicians that we have out there now.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956361">Names4Things</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956361" class="dsq-comment-message">Write the DNC, everyone.  Tell them that you will NOT vote for that vile  piece of garbage no matter what.  Tell them not for VP, not for POTUS, not if she were running for dogcatcher.  Remember-- they\'re counting on the black vote.  They already know that more than half of the whites and others won\'t vote for her.<br>http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956362">Phillip M. Bailey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956362" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack & Jill, repost big m\'s comment for real. That\'s the most succinct view of the consequences of screwing Barack. Read that Hillary supporters.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956363">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956363" class="dsq-comment-message">nedsag,<br>Not happening. McCain-Bush would be as bad as Clinton/(blank). Looks bad, sounds bad....nothing good comes out of that ticket. </br><br></br><br>Besides, I don\'t think Bush would accept at this point, for the same reason he didn\'t run: Bush fatigue.</br><br></br><br>President Bush endorsed McCain because, as the leader of the GOP, he had to. The democrats will try to spin it and say "look, he\'s Bush the third!!" when if a democrat was president, <b><i>they\'d do the exact same thing</i></b>, or their candidate wouldn\'t be viable.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956364">Der Vandernder Yid</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956364" class="dsq-comment-message">Congratulations are in order to Mrs. Clinton.  She has won 8 delegates, according to that bastion of Clintonian liberalism, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120472843939713695.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us" rel="nofollow">Wall Street Journal</a>.<br></br><br>In other words, Mrs. Clinton <b>was unable to overcome the 12 delegates that Mr. Obama netted out of Idaho</b>.  That\'s right.  Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont combined netted Mrs. Clinton less delegates than Mr. Obama netted in Idaho alone.  Nevertheless, this is surely a spectacular victory that will assure her the nomination...</br><br></br><br>...beware the coming Clinton putsch.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956365">Caged Lion</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956365" class="dsq-comment-message">I not only will NOT vote for Hillary, I will actively campaign against her if she gets the nomination. <br></br><br>At this point, Hill may have already created enough of a poison-pill environment that even Obama can\'t win. In that case, the only solution could be an Obama/Hill ticket or an Obama/Bill ticket. I would vote for obama in the top spot. But any Hill ticket will never cut it.</br><br></br><br>I know that Obama has a strategy. Someone above pointed out the accurate predictions his team made months ago about the primary results. What is Hillary\'s strategy at this point?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956366">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956366" class="dsq-comment-message">A question just popped into my mind:<br></br><br>Would John McCain have run the kind of campaign against Obama that Hillary is running?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956367">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956367" class="dsq-comment-message">Our choices matter!  Have you heard of the blood scandal in Canada?<br></br><br>About 30,000 people infected with Hep-C and HIV from blood products during the 80\'s.  You might be wondering what that has to do with your elections?  Guess whose name is right in the middle of it...Bill Clinton.  He was Gov. of Arkansas and blood was used from prisoners without adequate screening which ended up shipped to countries around the world.  The FDA revoked Arkansas\'s license but good \'ole Bill is implicated in the continuation of the program.  Clinton will not release his records for the time he was Gov. (sound familiar?)  He took possession of those papers before running for President.</br><br></br><br>So, I wonder if anyone knew when they cast a ballot for him that they were underwriting the death of tens of thousands of people?  I wonder how many people who voted for Bush jr. knew they were condemning their own children to death in Iraq?  </br><br></br><br>Some wonder why people from all over the world are watching your elections and supporting Obama...well.</br><br></br><br>OUR CHOICES DO MATTER!</br><br></br><br>http://serb.org/serbia/bill-clinton-canadian-tainted-blood-scandal.php</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956368">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956368" class="dsq-comment-message">Ronnie,<br>Doubt it. He doesn\'t have to. There\'s enough policy issues with Obama that race will (most likely) be a non-issue.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956369">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956369" class="dsq-comment-message">d~<br></br><br>You forget that I don\'t subscribe to the notion that liberal policies = bad policies.</br><br></br><br>That said, I agree that McCain probably wouldn\'t run a gutter campaign, and would--at the most--distance himself from dirty politicking.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956370">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956370" class="dsq-comment-message">Ronnie,<br>Fair enough.</br><br></br><br>Having said that, though...I fully expect McCain to test Obama at least once. Will it be the focus of the entire campaign? No, but we all know McCain has a bit of a temper issue.....</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956371">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956371" class="dsq-comment-message">Anonymous version 5,003 said...<br></br><br>"Trust me, the only way Obama will have a viable political future is if he accepts the VP slot."</br><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>I don\'t trust you. I don\'t know you to trust you. Nor do I agree with you. </br><br></br><br>I do agree with the person who feels grateful to have been able to see this kind of treachery in full flight. </br><br></br><br>It seems to may that Clinton\'s followers are the ones who are delusional or just as treacherous. She and her husband have no integrity whatsoever. To continue to think that she can "save" them from their economic woes or keep their children safe, when, ironically, no candidate has told us what they\'re going to do about stopping the terrorism in our nation\'s schools, is to participate in a fairy tale that we <i>know</i> can only end in a nightmare.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956372">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956372" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Having said that, though...I fully expect McCain to test Obama at least once. Will it be the focus of the entire campaign? No, but we all know McCain has a bit of a temper issue.....</i><br></br><br>I don\'t think Obama has a problem with being "tested" by McCain\'s temper.  So long as Barack\'s temper can be expressed by the same standards.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956373">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956373" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope Obama makes the mistake of coming out swinging against McCain if he\'s the nominee. Not only would he look stupid, he\'d show the world that he\'s no different from any other ambitious politician.<br></br><br>Hell, he\'s trying to attack McCain now...and he\'d do well to keep his focus on the fight he\'s in, rather than the one he wants. Unlike McCain, he ain\'t the nominee.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956374">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956374" class="dsq-comment-message">@ d.<br></br><br>Why are you so invested in him being as corrupt as everyone else?  How does that benefit you?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956375">Faith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956375" class="dsq-comment-message">There are reports in OH that roads were closed at election polling places with populations concentrated by guess what - non-whites and poor people. So her win was due to voter tampering again! Obama is actually winning despite all the lying and cheating. Wow. Wonder what she did in the other states to tilt things in her favor?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956376">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956376" class="dsq-comment-message">"Unlike McCain, he ain\'t the nominee."<br></br><br>-And Hillary is?</br><br></br><br>Why shouldn\'t Obama go after McCain, the Republican nominee?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956377">Radical Homos</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956377" class="dsq-comment-message">Regardless of whether or not Hillary is race baiting, please don\'t call her a heifer.  It is extraordinarily hypocritical, and weakens your argument, to use a sexist slur in a blog against racism.  I would like to believe that we are working to end all discrimination, rather than stepping on each other in our race to the top.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956378">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956378" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Hell, he\'s trying to attack McCain now...and he\'d do well to keep his focus on the fight he\'s in, rather than the one he wants. Unlike McCain, he ain\'t the nominee.</i><br></br><br>Maybe in your political clan, it\'s bad form to take bold action without permission from the Big House, but in the free world, we talks when we wants to.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956379">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956379" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know where to begin with my disgust.  I think worst of all were the tactics employed in favor of HRC by the CBC members to make a public outcry about threats from African Americans encouraging them to switch their delegate vote and insuating that blacks only voted for Obama because he is black.  This is the most reprehensible and unacceptable strategy of them all in my opinion. The CBC member\'s involvement in this was for one reason only and that makes it even more dispicable. Mind you this outcry came in conjunction with the Muslim conversation, Rezko and the NAFTA debacle which is rumored to have been instituted by Bill Clinton (who was noticeably absent from the scene, unseen but not unheard I\'m sure).  All of this and the MSM\'s unrelenting coverage of the issues that Hillary hand fed them along with the BS that she has been unfairly covered when she really hasn\'t been covered at all; at least not truthfully.<br></br><br>I have begun to wonder if the journalists weren\'t given a directive to cover Hillary in the most favorable light while they pushed the questions regarding Obama.</br><br></br><br>The MSM of course explained all the way that the front runner is looked at closer, but I find that that wasn\'t really what occured.  If you all noticed he took the front runner position over two weeks ago with an 11 state win; however, the pressure and negative reporting didn\'t increase until the weekend leading up to the TX, OH, VT, RI primaries.  I truly believe that the strategies employed by the Clinton campaign and surrogates including the MSM coverage and SNL skits that were portrayed as comedy, but in fact where direct criticisms  that could be followed up by a laugh and be called poking fun affected these primaries which was evidenced in the shift of traditional Obama supporters.  Today they have started reporting that the shift was due to the 3:00 ad in an effort to cover their asses.  They have also started the delegates don\'t really matter and FL and MI should be included campaign.  They are all looking to Pennsylvania where the Governor proclaimed on national television that he didn\'t believe that a white man in Pennsylvania would vote for a black man.</br><br></br><br>Please understand that the type of change that Senator Obama desires to affect, will not just effect politicians it will get at the very core of what this country is founded on and has built upon for over a century.  Those desirous of this change will be faced by incoming missiles from Hillary Clinton and people who hate Hillary Clinton who are desirous of keeping the minority at predesigned levels in this society. All while their staring us right in the face and know that we know what is going on.  It it meant to enforce the message that there is nothing that we can do about it.</br><br></br><br>I have said all of this to say, we might not be able to control the direction that this election has gone in despite the best intentions and efforts of many, many, Americans from all different races, gender and socio economic backgrounds.  But those who are offended by this tactic, can do something but contacting the DNC. If somehow Clinton is moved to the nomination on the tide of a nastily ran campaign backed by public officials to further enforce the notion that there is nothing we can do, then we should act by showing them that they can do what they want but they can do it without us.  We should not fall in line with what is the most desirable of two wrongs!</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956380">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956380">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956380" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth,<br>Of all the contenders for the presidential nomination-on both sides-McCain is the most qualified to lead this country. My reasons why are over at my site (<a href="http://dillarddoctrine.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-needed-right-now.html%29.%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3E%3C/br%3E%3Cbr%3ERonnie" rel="nofollow">http://dillarddoctrine.blogspot.com/2008/01/wha...</a> and Komack, </br><br>No, Hillary isn\'t the nominee either. My point is that as Obama tries to position himself as the front runner, he\'s looking down the road, and ignoring what\'s in his "rear view." Clinton\'s wins last night were not expected. If Obama becomes the nominee, he\'ll get his crack at McCain. Right now, outside of the occasional swipe, he should concentrate his efforts on Clinton. He may be far enough ahead that she can\'t win outright, but she\'s close enough to cause him trouble at the convention. That\'s what he needs to worry about right now.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956381" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956381" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956381">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956381" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956381" class="dsq-comment-message">@ d.<br></br><br>McCain is an old man and will not have to live with the consequences of his policy.  He is all war all the time.  He is out of touch...endorsements from Haggee and Bush Jr prove that.  He is surrounded by lobbyists and the cachet of dirty money.  He may have convictions. but is not courageous in them...which nullifies the convictions in the first place.</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956382">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956382">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956382" class="dsq-comment-message">@ radical homos<br></br><br>I wonder what Bill\'s female victims call her?  You know...the ones she harassed and investigated?</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956383">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956383" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956383">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956383" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth,<br>President Bush <b>had</b> to endorse McCain, as the leader of the GOP. Stop looking for more than it is. If Clinton I had come out for Gore, Gore would be endorsing this year\'s democratic nominee.</br><br></br><br>McCain isn\'t "all war all the time." Just because someone recognizes the threats to this country and wants to take active steps to keep us safe-rather than just harping on the fact that you were against a war that was well underway before you entered office-does not make McCain a warmonger.</br><br></br><br>Any president-unless he dies in office-has to, at least for a period of time, live with the consequences of his policy. McCain will be no different.</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956384">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956384" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956384">JL</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956384" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956384" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey y\'all, I\'m white, southern, over-30, female and obsessed with Barack Obama.  I will NEVER vote for HC because I am deeply offended by her attempt to generate racism in the Democratic Party.  Our party, which stands for equality and justice... it is disgusting and unacceptable.  Thanks for the great posts... we gotta keep our chins up and keep fighting.  YES WE CAN!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1956385">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1956385" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1956385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1956385">Lee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1956385" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1956385" class="dsq-comment-message">Under NO circumstances will I EVER vote for Billary Clinton for President; and Barack would have to do some serious talking to convince me that I should vote for him if she was on the ticket. Most of my close friends and family feel the same way. I think she is having some kind of mental breakdown. The stuff that comes out of her mouth is frightening.</div>\
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