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And he is on Fox News ERE NIGHT, not thinking about Reid or anybody else in the Senate.....so they can squash the strong-arm act, nobody's buying it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:54:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861195, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's why Billary thought they could play the whole racial pack on Obama because they knew black people weren't going to vote for McCain.<br><br>I think most black people would LOVE to have an alternative to voting Democrat but when the only alternative is voting Republican, a party that straight up says \"We don't like your black asses........................................................\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:53:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858774, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be \"acceptable\" to Obama:<br>On the list were <br>Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, <br>Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, <br>Illinois state Comptroller Dan Hynes<br>U.S. Rep. 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I don't like Pelosi, never have.  Can't stand to look at her, and  when she stands behind a mic; I cringe!!!!!<br><br>I remember when the Capitol POPO went after McKinney.  Tried to pain her as some crazed & angry Black woman.  Is it any wonder she signed on to the Green Party.<br>Its totally pathetic.  The CBC needs a complete renovation and expell the house <br>negroes.<br><br>I want to see Burris seated.  Theres nothing tainted about Roland Burris.  Folks have got this mantra Bass- ackwards!<br><br>In the words of Rev Jermiah Wright:  No, No, No, Not Burris and a Godamn tainted Senate seat:<br><br>\"Godamn Harry Reid,Nancy Pelosi and the CBC", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861049, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is indeed!<br><br>CPL,  That pic is too funny!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:59:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861356, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is normal for senate leadership to have input.  For example Bob Menedez didn't not originally want a placeholder.  He wanted someone who could actually win in 2010.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:54:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863185, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is EXACTLY why <i> Yours Truly </i> is a <b> NON-AFFILIATED VOTER </b>.  I need to examine campaigns and candidates on the basis of issues I care about.  One election cycle at a time.  <br><br>Like Gwen Guthrie said, \"Ain't nothin' going on but the rent... what can YOU do for ME??\"  Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay??!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_10:06:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858774, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "See above Linda, I posted Obama's list for comparison to Reid's list.<br><br>For whatever reason, Obama seemed to lean toward Duckworth -- if I recall he gave her and Jarrett (of course) major face-time after winning.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862947, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Khal02.....I'm not going to lie I thought why won't they seat that nice old Black Man. Then me and husband talked it over and he made me think outside the box of why Reid and the Dems are fighting so hard to keep Burris out. \"They are trying to protect Obama seat for 2010\".  <br>   Better believe the old school negro crew pushing this racist crap plan on running Burris in the primary. Reid and Obama have to some how slow Burris down. But, of course other simple minded Blacks are not thinking in reality of why Burris must be stop only that \"Reid is a racist for protecting the former senate seat of the first Black President\". People don't want it to fall into Republican hands!!! Is simple enough for you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:54:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-reid-interference-regarding-obama.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">More Reid interference regarding the Obama Senate Seat</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:54:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is not a race thing for crying out loud. The Dems have been saying from the jump that they would not accept any Blago appointment - they did not just start this song when they found out the appointment was a black man. I for one think Blago is playing folks, and Burris is a fool for going along with it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:02:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "6a11229301f7e7bc903e13666247a595", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861534, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Usually the DCCC and DSCC help in recruiting candidates for congress and senate respectively; however, I say let folks build their own organizations and duke it out.<br><br>Reid should be free to have \"input,\" like anyone else is free to have \"input,\" but I think that and a metro card should get him on the subway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:58:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863561, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Double co-sign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:57:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign, Lisa.  Burris is not going to roll over and play dead.  He ain't old til he's cold.<br><br>That double standard is being tested and I love it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:04:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Shoot, Spirit, they manhandled Cynthia McKinney when she was in Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus slung her under the bus for standing up for her rights, and they did so at the instructions of NANCY PELOSI.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.blackcommentator.com/178/178_cbc_monitor_silent_2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blackcommentator.com/178/178_cbc_mon...</a><br><br>And the Black Caucus will stand by while the Capitol Hill po-po manhandle at 71-year-old brotha, too; also at the orders of Pelosi and Reid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:25:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858671, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well maybe it is time for us to start our phone call and letter writing campaign.  We have all this grass root obama network let's get at it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it, Town!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:03:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861475, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just to be clear for posterity and clarity you edited those posts after my initial response, so of course the context changed. On registering the ability to edit was confirmed by my initial observations.<br><br>1.) \"Is Rangel ...\"<br>2.) \"if you can't take the care...\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:55:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861215, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with the position on the Blago-appointment and shameless press conference trying to justify the appointment by Burris, Blago and Bobby Rush. Both Burris and Rush shifted their OFFICIAL issued positions (Blago should resign and/or shoudl not appoint), Burris via press conference, Rush via press release. <br><br>Burris:<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOIKG_T0TA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOIKG_T0TA</a><br><br>Rush:<br><a href=\"http://swside.blogspot.com/2008/12/congressman-rush-declares-blagojevich.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://swside.blogspot.com/2008/12/congressman-...</a><br><br>\"My bottom line is that the Governor should not be the one to make the appointment to this important office.\" B. Rush.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For me yes but you also have to think how it looks to others.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:02:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861904, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We aren't talking about Lieberman's Senate seat - we are comparing how he got a free pass by going against his own party and campaigning for John McCain.  He got to keep his committee assignments; one of which is responsible for investigating wrongdoing by the POTUS.<br><br>He was supposed to convene investigations on the Katrina malfeasance; Iraq funding and everything else violated by Bush and his Administration.  Lieberman never called for a hearing or an investigation; despite the evidence of Bush not only violating the constitution, but the FEDERAL LAW.<br><br>Obama supported Lieberman to keep his assignments; despite that knife sticking out his back that Lieberman shoved into him.  Watch how fast Lieberman moves to call investigations on Obama, even if Obama breaks wind.<br><br>Now ask why would Lieberman protect Bush but is ready to go after Obama?  Because he has subpeona power to harass Obama NOW.<br><br>If you want to be afraid of who can take out Obama, Roland Burris' appointment hardly fits THAT BILL.  But Joe Lieberman continuing to hold a Senate Committee Chairmanship with subpeona power to harass the POTUS can take Obama out in ways you haven't even DREAMED OF.<br><br>Let THAT marinate before you respond.  I'll wait.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:56:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862119, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Spirit, you're beginning to act like Town, Miranda & GreenLady! <br><br>Whew Lawd......... Have Mercy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:06:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861492, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But Reid wanted none of those individuals, either.<br><br>Makes you wonder just who in the hell did he want in that Seat?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:57:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863017, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And one damn thing about Leiberman his senate seat does not matter. We are talking about protecting the former seat of the first Black President in US History. If the Republicans can win that damn seat they will use it as a spring board for a call on ethics against Obama.And some you simple mind fools are scream about Leiberman worthless ass.  Look at the Big Picture Burris cannot win statewide, I repeat he cannot win statewide!  The Republicans are praying to god this man is seated and he runs!  They will not let on Burris once he is seated they will use him a focal point for the two years he seats in Obama former chair. Stop Burris people! He is not worth the fight to take Obama down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What about Danny Davis or Emil Jones, then?  At least Emil had the better chance of winning state wide, as did Jesse Jackson, JR, who Reid wanted out of the running in the first place.<br><br>Now how does Reid protect that seat for another Democrat unless he puts a progressive Democrat in IT?<br><br>What about Jan Schakowsky?  She's a progressive, white female.  Reid didn't want her in that seat, either.<br><br>Reid wants anyone not a Brotha or a female.  PERIOD.  Don't get it twisted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would like to add that Rush is a hypocrite.<br><br>    .<blockquote>He went so far as to compare Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who in 1963 stood in the doorway of a University of Alabama school building to block two black students from entering. Reid and Senate Democrats pledged to refuse any appointee sent by Blagojevich, even Burris, who would be the chamber's only black member.<br><br>    Rush's lecture, however, seems quite two-faced considering he chaired Blair Hull's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign.<br><br>    You remember Hull - the millionaire blackjack player who invested a record $30 million into an unsuccessful Senate bid.<br><br>    Hull is white.<br><br>    If sending a black senator to Washington is so important now, why didn't Rush support a black candidate four years ago? Not only was Obama on the Democratic ballot, but Joyce Washington, a black woman and health care executive, was as well.<br><br>    Back then, Rush set aside ethnicity. It wasn't that important.</blockquote><br><br>Rush and Blago are exploiting a legitimate concern for the lack of African American in the senate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:08:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Rather, Reid called Blagojevich to argue he appoint either state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.\" from IBS link<br><br>For clarity as far as I can see the coincidental names between Reid and Obama are:<br>Tammy Duckworth<br>Lisa Madigan", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:03:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863136, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "carolinagirl:   BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!   <br><br>I'm trying to \"TYPE A REPORT\" for 2-morrow annnnnd read this thread!  :&gt;)<br><br>Your post caught my eye!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)   ***shakin' my head****   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:04:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862934, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have you followed this blog very long?  No Where on this blog is a post from any writer EVER SAYING Obama should be satisfied with being Hillary's VP!<br><br>In fact, this blog went 95% in favor of staying the hell home if that had happened!  Additionally, we are NOT HAPPY THAT HILLARY IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, even NOW!<br><br>Read our archives before you come here yelling at us like we have no common sense, please?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:04:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please explain how Reid is trying to protect Obama's seat, by not allowing any Black People IN IT?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862693, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But they are willing to seat the appointee if he's Dan Seals?<br><br>What's wrong with that picture?<br><br>And the fact that Harry Reid was trying to influence this appointment before Blago's tapes were made public should allow you to see that this is nothing BUT ABOUT RACE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:07:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861534, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Menendez case that you mention is interesting, I read about it here and it is a bit different than what you insinuate in your post.<br><br>\"On August 27, 2006, two Republican state lawmakers filed an ethics complaint against Menendez, alleging he broke conflict-of-interest rules when he rented property out to a nonprofit agency that receives federal funds. Menendez helped the organization win designation as a federally qualified health care center in 1998.\"<br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez</a><br><br>Also, I've found it interesting you haven't mentioned Charlie Rangel (D-NY), in these ethical pushes. What would you suggest be done to Rangel?<br><br>In the previous post on the topic I addressed the cases of many of the Senate and house cases you mention with direct cites from wiki -- they seem quite different than your characterizations.<br><br>I know that black people may have a \"gut feeling\" as someone previously mentioned (I'm too lazy to quote them) about a double-standard that exists in regard to treatment of black elicted officials and white elected officials. However, given Bobby Rush's behavior I'm not sure the double-standard always works against black officials.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:04:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4864214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If, by virtue of being a Senate Committee Chairman, um. yeah, Joe Lieberman's presence in the Senate with a legal authority to harass the President does make him as important as the first Black POTUS, because he has an authority to HARASS PRESIDENT OBAMA.<br><br>I'm not going to ask you to think about how important that FACT IS - you already have demonstrated, beyond calling us stupid, slow and retarded, that you're not interested in discussion of the issue, but to make us agree with you.<br><br>Which many of us aren't doing at present.<br><br>Obama won his Senate seat in a landslide when they brought in crazy-ass Alan Keyes from Maryland to run against him because Jack Ryan was a Freaknic.<br><br>He won his POTUS campaign the same damned way.<br><br>You don't read this blog much; if you did, there's no way in hell you come on this blog spewing this....UGH", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_04:02:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863214, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "POETIC JUSTICE-Thank you!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:12:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861348, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh hotchimera,<br>How is President Elect Obama going to get his agenda through if he doesn't have a majority in the Senate?   Would you rather have a special election or a Burris appointment?  How is Obama going \"to do the right (pun intended) if his agenda is obstructed?  Burris has done nothing wrong.  PERIOD.   FYI, Obama is the President Elect, not the King Elect.  He works for US, we don't work for HIM.  It's not Obama.  It's about our country.  PERIOD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:13:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "e9e4415ec669c0d6a571855a775ea53c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861252, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Piepiepie.....Lets face this a large number of Blacks see this as a White Man trying to hold down some poor old Black dude. Even though it so freaking plain to see Reid is just trying to protect Obama seat. Certain Blacks don't give a damn just as long as there is a something dark in Obama seat for two years.<br><br> I'll visited this board two years from now and laugh my ass off when Burris looses Obama seat to a White Republican man and believe once a White get in they will not get out for a long time.  Hey, but at least Black folks can claim they had a senator for two years. Oh, the Glory!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:12:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862088, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well duh....of course Blago is playing folks....but he played the winning card. Its not his fault the Dem leadership studied long and studied wrong......but if they decide to man-up now and prove whatever point they wanna prove via Burris, it will only hurt them, period.  They have been backing down from every other so-called hard stance since 2006, so no need to buck up now when the appointment is legal and the appointee is by all accounts, worthy of the appointment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:14:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861534, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Umm....Is Lieberman more important than the first Black President? thinking about that for about ten minutes. This all about protecting Obama home turf not about some washed up White guy from connecticut. I can't stand Lieberman ass either. I'm more worried about Blago crooked behind putting an old Black Man in Obama former seat he knows damn well cannot win statewide. <br><br> Heck, Obama barley won his seat. Look Burris is a fine man and I find it ridiculous to compare his situation to Lieberman crooked behind. It's one thing to get stabbed in your back by a White man (Lieberman) because I expected that sort of behavior. But it's another thing when someone from your own race like Burris takes the offer from a White Man Blago who hates Obama and wants to see him destroyed. Burris is being used as a weapon to hurt the first Black President and no one seems to care. Accept, Harry Reid  and he's White! Jesus I pray for our race...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:10:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I UNDERSTAND  that the State GOP in Illinois is a hot mess right now and it will take them more than two years to regroup, field a viable candidate to take on the Democratic candidate and win.<br><br>How does Burris appointment hurt Obama?  It would have had NOTHING to do with Obama if he's not involving himself IN IT.<br><br>He did.  THAT's what will come back to hurt him.<br><br>And if you can't see Harry Reid may well be working against Obama instead of FOR Obama, you won't ever see it until it's too late.<br><br>You can also gloat over at Kos, if that helps.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:10:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861697, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4864246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No you didn't read the wrong article, but since I don't know enough about Duckworth to comment, I won't; but Madigan sounds like a piece of work who's not a progressive by any means.<br><br>Schakowsky's a white woman who's also a progressive and even Black people are saying if not JJJ, then why not Schakowsky?<br><br>We know when a candidate has our back - regardless of race.  Their track record bears them out.  Schakowsky has such a track record, as did JJJ.<br><br>I'm going to ask this question again - what did Reid have against JJJ and Schakowsky?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_04:05:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863229, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rove, Gonzales, Harriet Miers - the list goes on and on of who the Senate subpeoned and they all told Reid and crew to kiss their asses.<br><br>No one was arrested, either, and I understand that to ignore a Congressional subpeona earns you some time in the joint.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:10:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861468, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For clarity as far as I can see the coincidental names between Reid and Obama are:<br>Tammy Duckworth<br>Lisa Madigan<br><br>Did I read the wrong article?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:12:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863152, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is Rangel up for a Senate appointment?<br><br>And if you're too lazy to do the work of researching, it's one thing to admit it to yourself; it eliminates your credibility here when you post and expect us to respond, by admitting upfront that you're too lazy to do your homework.<br><br>I put links to my references; that's called doing my homework.  While a blog is probably a best place to get your news and information; we report issues designed for discussion and free flowing of ideas.  Occasionally, rather than engaging in discussion, some visit here to see how much shyt they can stir up.  They come here trying to disguise themselves as being liberal, but all too often, their true nature comes out in their posts.<br><br>You keep trying to pick arguments and call them debates.  Big difference.  The irony is, if you were on Red State, StormFront, Instapundit or even DailyKos, it would not be long before you would be driven off their blogs because your ideology doesn't fit.<br><br>D, is one of our regulars here and 80% of the time, many of us don't always agree with what he posts, but he engages us in an articulate and respectful manner, thereby encouraging us to engage him in honest debate.  He's been around and has stood firmly on his ideology and beliefs - while we kid him about that, he is always welcomed here and he knows this.<br><br>He doesn't come here trying to pick fights or arguments.  In fact, the only one where there was a real battle was between him and one of the blog owners over why, after all the race baiting and whatnot from the McCain campaign, why would a POC still vote for McCain?<br><br>In the end, everyone were still friends on this board, but you have challenged our motto, our subject matter - as if you're trying to pick fights.  Which is it?<br><br>You want to engage in discussion; fine.  If you want to fight, you're better off at one of the other blogs I mentioned.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:08:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858579, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4864255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She confused us with Daily Kos.<br><br>Which also means, she doesn't read blogs like JJP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_04:06:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863333, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Booky,  Burris will not help Obama but only hurt him. Don't you get people?!  The Republicans are trying to win Obama former seat. They plan on running ethics issues against Obama in 2010. Obama does not need someone in this seat right now he \"Has the votes need to push his agenda through\".<br><br>  My God they are using a Black man to take out Obama and some folks don't seem to see the big picture. No wonder it took us so long to have a Black president or any Black man make it this far.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:18:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861658, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4864264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_04:08:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863594, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Law Is The Law!  Reid need to just stfu and move out of the way!<br><br>Joe Lieberman clowned the Democrats and yet he was awarded a place at the table. Burris has done nothing wrong but yet he's going to be treated as an outcast!<br><br>Naw........... That dog don't hunt!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:24:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you can't take the care to read my responses in full context, you're not worth my time in responding.<br><br>GAME OVER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:27:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858787, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign.<br><br>This is Blago's eff-you to Obama.  <i>Oh, you won't give me nothing for putting one of your friends in the seat?  Oh, you gonna sic Fitzgerald on me?  Hey, look at what I'm gonna do, and fergit you, in spades.  Let's see how you stay friends with all your Chicago black folks giving you the finger, too, if you don't seat him.</i><br><br>Trust me, this is a distraction and a diversion of Blago's making.  This is not about Burris at all, although race does figure in this.  It's primarily about Blago's and Rush's  grudge match against Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:21:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861534, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup, see my post above to see both Rush and Burris comments pre-\"appointment.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:19:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862645, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL,  lay it down, sista.<br><br>Reid's sudden HE-MAN, I got gianormous gonads stance is not attractive.  I'm so over him and Pelosi.  They're yellow-bellied cowards.  Get them both the fuck outta here.<br><br>OMG, can't stand to hear Craig's name and MinneapolisSt. paul Airport in the same sentence!<br><br>*THE LAW IS THE LAW*  Co-sign rikyrah.  No in between.<br><br>I dare the Capitol Police manhandle a 71 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN!!!!  DARE THEM!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:12:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG, I'm glad you said it. This whole issue is not about race. I'm not saying what Harry Reid is doing is right, but Burris is a loser & if he goes to DC, Republicans will have that seat in 2010. For as much of a snake as Lieberman is, it didn't help the Democrats to go after him. The way things are playing isn't fair to Burris, but that's life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:19:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "joneke", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What the hell do you people not get?! It's not about Burris being Black dumb asses. It's all about 2010 the Republicans are trying to win Obama seat and they can use Burris being connected to Gov. Blago to take Obama down.<br><br> Of course, Black people are not looking at the big picture but just want to have a Black in office for a lousy two years and then watch later on as a White Republican wins the Senate seat of the first black president later.  I swear some of you are the same fools who was screaming Obama should be happy with being VP for Hillary sense that is all he can hope for during the primary.  Blacks always look at the short term never long term. The Black race in Sick in the head! God I feel sorry for Obama...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:24:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda, I beg to differ, but this ain't ovah yet, despite what you say about \"the winning card.\"<br><br>Black folks will lose this one again if they don't think outside the box.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861673, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know when this Senate seat appt. broke I thought that Rush and Burris were acting like a bunch of fools but now that I have looked at how Dems deal with white politicians(both rep and dems), I think the man should take the seat. It is very disturbing that there are no black senators and given that we as blacks are the most loyal voting group to the dems this is unacceptable. Don't tell me that blacks can't win elected office statewide. They can if they have the backing of the democratic party and their machines.Of course this doesn't include Harold Ford Jr. who was just a terrible candidate who tried to run as something he wasn't.  <br><br> Obama won all on his own. The establishment wasn't behind him in IL.<br><br>This may be off topic but the way that the dems act in the senate should just be another reminder that we as blacks need to keep our options open when it comes to who we decide to be loyal to.<br><br>Sorry for the rant and I completely agree with your post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:15:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you edit your post? the part I caught was smaller,  I'll reply to the full post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861215, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "man you guys are so wrong on this board about Burris! he is a chump who is taking advantage and the dems should cut his coatails before they get any longer.  Yes, i would like a black man or woman to get this seat but not under these conditions!!! We have Obama who is trying to do the right thing and that is the prize... the presidency! Black folk do not need people like burris and Rush acting the fool and feeding into stereoptypes about black people.  if white senators are going to act stupid let them but we should live by higher standards and not be used. PERIOD! burris not helping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:31:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "f17a551954c749254380a2faae0ced7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>No Where on this blog is a post from any writer EVER SAYING Obama should be satisfied with being Hillary's VP!</i><br><br><br><b>AMEN!</b>   <br><br><b>It never happened!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4863171, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861697, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "iceberg,<br><br>I just posted on it above.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:23:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862036, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:23:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862934, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Ere Night\"  LOL!!   Let's talk about that ya self righteous good citizens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:29:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861468, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861786": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "blksista....you speaking the truth", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:29:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858597": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You might not want to know why I think the Dems rolled over for eight years of Bush's lawlessness Administration.<br><br>They want that power their damned selves - that's why they worked hard to raise money and shyt.  To seat some of their own members with the same damned propensity for ignoring the law just like BushCo did.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858333, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4863333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I swear some of you are the same fools who was screaming Obama should be happy with being VP for Hillary sense that is all he can hope for during the primary.</i><br><br>Oh. no.you.did.not.<br><br>Now, I KNOW you don't read this blog. <br><br>I know you don't. <br><br>NOT ONE of the bloggers here EVER<br><br>and I mean <br>EVER<br><br>thought Obama should be Hillpatine's VP.<br><br>GTFOH with that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_02:24:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have tried to respond to your lengthened post in a point-by-point fashion.<br><br>I'm not interested in fighting. <br><br>However, I don't feel I should have to qualify my beliefs with any particular life experience or other ad hominem verecundiam or fallacy. The argument and evidence should stand independent of my being.<br><br>When I have agreed with something, I have marked my agreement with the poster.<br><br>If I have a difference of opinion, I have tried to create a persuasive argument and back it up with relevant evidence. That being said, when I spot evidence that I do not agree with, I'll feel free to try to construct a persuasive contrarian argument as to why that evidence is not applicable to the argument the poster has constructed. <br><br>In the brief time that I have been here, I've found people have often agreed as well as disagreed with my point of view on several issues. As a result, I do not feel that I am behaving in a manner that is uncivil toward the rights of other posters. <br><br>I have not \"challenged\" the motto in an explicit fashion, I only asked for an explanation of the meaning. *Can you please explain why you have taken offense my asking the meaning of the cites motto? <br><br>In your second paragraph, you state:<br>\"They come here trying to disguise themselves as being liberal, but all too often, their true nature comes out in their posts.\"<br><br>Can you please expand on this? I would make what I might consider to be reasonable assumptions, but I'd prefer not to do that; however, I'll just do a buck shot of responses if someone does not air specific concerns.<br><br>In your third paragraph you state:<br>\"You keep trying to pick arguments and call them debates.\"<br>I don't think that is accurate, if you review where i have commented the past few days it has been primarily on two issues, blago's appointment and the site's motto.<br><br>I have disagreed with a number of people on the blago-appointment; however, there were also a handful of folks who agreed with my claim and stated evidence. In addition, these folks have responded as agreeing with my statements. I in turn, have agreed and stated my agreements with others. No argument or evidence has persuaded me to examine that stance.<br><br>As far as the web sites motto, I was interested in the information so I could better understand the dialogue on this site. As I stated, that to my knowledge, black people often used the term \"bourgeouisie\" in a perjorative fashion. As a result of that experience, I was interested in getting an explanation -- in fact another poster agreed with the view of the use of the term.  In Marixist Theory, bourgeoise it is the bourgeoisie who exploit the proletariat, so that led me to examine the use in African-American literature.<br><br>The \"black bourgeoise,\" as introduced by E. Franklin Frazier in his 1957 book by the same title, was brought to African-American currency as a \"subservient conservatism that derived from the cultural style and traditional religion of the white middle class, viewed as itself intellectually and culturally barren.\" (wiki/E._Franklin_Frazier).<br><br>As a result, I was interested in the usage of the \"bourgeoisie\" term in the site's motto.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:32:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858622, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't bother - you're not worth my time in responding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:37:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861247, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Iceberg, <br>and the thing is, isn't it coincidental...these were all the BLACK CANDIDATES mentioned for the post.<br><br>isn't that a coincidence. <br><br>uh huh<br><br>when Black folk said it looked like they were trying to eliminate all the Black folk from consideration, we were told that we were ' paranoid'. <br><br>well?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862036, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So you did or did not edit the post? <br><br>I'll respond if only to address your articulated concerns, which perhaps echo the unwritten concerns of other readers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:38:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861313, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Listen Black people Harry Reid is trying to protect Obama former seat. Reid and the Dems know that Burris old ass cannot win Statewide that is why they are fighting this thing so freaking hard.<br>  Though Burris is a nice man he is known as a freaking loser when it comes to statewide elections in recent years. Think of Burris as the Ralph Nader/ DENNIS KUCINICH trying to win Obama seat from the Republicans. Burris must be stopped!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:34:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks, you make excellent points, especially about Blacks and other POC needing other options than voting Democrat or Republican.  The Democrats think we have nowhere else to go - it's time that concept changed as well as the Administration.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:34:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861534, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow again ad hominem, classy. No Rangel's ethics problems since _you_ have extended the discussion beyond the senate to include representatives such as Foley.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.propublica.org/scandal/charlie-rangel/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.propublica.org/scandal/charlie-rangel/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:22:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae80223634f76c002d9fc9b3981186f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858622, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See, that's why I'm an independent. <br><br>I told you. <br><br>The Imperial Presidency wasn't wrong because SHRUB was doing it. <br><br>It was wrong- PERIOD. <br><br>The law is the law for me. <br><br>That's all Black folks want, IMO. <br><br>For the law to be enforced EQUALLY. If that actually happened on a consistent basis, Black folk would begin to believe in ' Justice', instead of  ' Just-US'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:40:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4858597, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO @ the picture of the dog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_23:40:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4864431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well first, I'd say the \"not a brotha or female\" part of Reid's statement is not accurate -- also, as it turns out JJjr needs to be added to Obama, and Jarrett subtracted via better sources in the othe rblog post -- I was wrong about the initial list I posted.<br><br>I don't like the appointment process, I have no idea what Reid had against JJjr and Schakowsky.<br><br>I can make some guesses though -- both Obama and Reid seem to be big on Duckworth. <br><br>Reid probably has some electability algorithm, and his own ideas like everyone else ...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_04:25:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4864246, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I dont' think what Reid is doing is proper; however, there's no playbook when a Gov'r is caught on tape trying to sell a senate seat. <br><br>As far as him having an opinion on who to seat, so did Obama, I can't find Obama's list of 5 replacements, but I know Duckworth and Madigan were on it and JJjr. was not.<br><br>Does anyone have Obama's list of senate appointment suggestions for Blago?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:35:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862770, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That would make PE Obama look really bad.  Not Blago, but Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:39:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861049, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<A HREF=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlVKgl_zCQ rel=\"nofollow\">You people? What do you mean you people?</A>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:36:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4861916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign.  It's been mind blowing how black people ,especially some commentors on this board, have made this about Burris being black or somehow about Leiberman et al. This is about the fact that anyone with basic reading comprehension (or listening skills) that read/heard the transcripts of Blago's conversations about the senate seat would know that the governor is dirty and any man with integrity wouldn't have touched the situation with a 10 foot pole. Even Burris was hollering for impeachment until he discovered he could add something to his already erected monument if he played the game.  And I for one am tired of all these old school black politicians playing the game. It's a new day and it's time for some new blood. It's funny how quiet all these negroes were when Obama spent the past 2 years facing some real racist BS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_00:42:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "14ab1e674d7f902b4d88668a1db28012", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4861752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've been saying this for awhile.<br><br>Either we are a country of laws again after 8 years, or we are not. <br><br>There is no in between. <br><br>Blago isn't the impeached Governor. He's not the convicted Governor. He's not even the indicted Governor. <br><br>He's the GOVERNOR. <br><br>And, what he did was within the law. Part of his duties. <br><br>See, the Democrats tried to be slick. <br><br>I keep on telling you where to place the blame. <br><br>Not with Blago.<br>Not with Burris.<br>Not with Rush. <br><br>With the Speaker of the House of Illinois and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois - MICHAEL MADIGAN. <br><br>He could have easily rammed through a SPECIAL ELECTION. <br><br>PERIOD. <br><br>But, he didn't, because he was trying to be slick. <br><br>Well, he found someone slicker than him - BLAGO. <br><br>And Harry Reid? <br><br>Needs to STFU. <br><br>He rolled over for 8 fucking years of Bush/Cheney. <br><br>But, NOW he's gonna be the big man? <br><br>G-T-F-O-H<br><br>I'm glad someone pointed out to them the VISUALS of having Capitol Police manhandle this Elder Black Man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_22:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah....Call me crazy here but didn't Obama barely win his senate seat if not for the scandals of his Republicans opponents. So, if I'm looking at this right Reid and Co. was trying to make sure that the next Dem. for that seat was a sure bet. Blacks do have a tougher time winning these seats and Obama was a lucky son of bitch at that time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:38:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862852, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4858362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wait....now...where did I put it? I know I had it somewhere....driver's license......debit card..........oh...nope...that's my dry cleaning punch card.............now what did I do with that darn card...............hold up...might be in my Sunday-go-to-meeting purse......hold on.........let's see here.....no.......<br><br>Gimme a minute CPL!  I know I just had the darn card yesterday!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-02_22:43:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4862972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, he has Jesse Jackson on  the list and Valerie Jett on the list to search for it on google...Why?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_01:40:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "6144ad3eb2bf17b846c1df3fca497bf2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4862918, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "9282721", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -8792734288119333520}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "this_dog_isn8217t_hunting", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 89, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9282721, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.NAME = "Name";
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  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
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// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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			(num == 1
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			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s points'
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};
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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) {
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	this._lastHash = null;

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	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
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		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
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};

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;
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			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) {
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	}

	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;
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		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
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	} 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=this_dog_isn8217t_hunting' +
		'&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/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/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='	+ 'this_dog_isn8217t_hunting'
			+ '&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/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/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">89</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/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/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/">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:9282721" 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/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/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:9282721" 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:9282721" 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'				: 'this_dog_isn8217t_hunting',
			// 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/this_dog_isn8217t_hunting/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='	+ 'this_dog_isn8217t_hunting'
			+ '&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='	+ 'this_dog_isn8217t_hunting'
			+ '&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='		+ 'this_dog_isn8217t_hunting'
				+ '&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/9282721/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);
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861252">hotchimera</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861252" class="dsq-comment-message">man you guys are so wrong on this board about Burris! he is a chump who is taking advantage and the dems should cut his coatails before they get any longer.  Yes, i would like a black man or woman to get this seat but not under these conditions!!! We have Obama who is trying to do the right thing and that is the prize... the presidency! Black folk do not need people like burris and Rush acting the fool and feeding into stereoptypes about black people.  if white senators are going to act stupid let them but we should live by higher standards and not be used. PERIOD! burris not helping.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861658">Booky</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861658" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh hotchimera,<br>How is President Elect Obama going to get his agenda through if he doesn\'t have a majority in the Senate?   Would you rather have a special election or a Burris appointment?  How is Obama going "to do the right (pun intended) if his agenda is obstructed?  Burris has done nothing wrong.  PERIOD.   FYI, Obama is the President Elect, not the King Elect.  He works for US, we don\'t work for HIM.  It\'s not Obama.  It\'s about our country.  PERIOD.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861697">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861697" class="dsq-comment-message">Booky,  Burris will not help Obama but only hurt him. Don\'t you get people?!  The Republicans are trying to win Obama former seat. They plan on running ethics issues against Obama in 2010. Obama does not need someone in this seat right now he "Has the votes need to push his agenda through".<br><br>  My God they are using a Black man to take out Obama and some folks don\'t seem to see the big picture. No wonder it took us so long to have a Black president or any Black man make it this far.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861768" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861768" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861768" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4863217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863217" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863217" class="dsq-comment-message">I UNDERSTAND  that the State GOP in Illinois is a hot mess right now and it will take them more than two years to regroup, field a viable candidate to take on the Democratic candidate and win.<br><br>How does Burris appointment hurt Obama?  It would have had NOTHING to do with Obama if he\'s not involving himself IN IT.<br><br>He did.  THAT\'s what will come back to hurt him.<br><br>And if you can\'t see Harry Reid may well be working against Obama instead of FOR Obama, you won\'t ever see it until it\'s too late.<br><br>You can also gloat over at Kos, if that helps.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861534">LPatrice</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861534" class="dsq-comment-message">This is not a race thing for crying out loud. The Dems have been saying from the jump that they would not accept any Blago appointment - they did not just start this song when they found out the appointment was a black man. I for one think Blago is playing folks, and Burris is a fool for going along with it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861541">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861541" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861673">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861673" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861673" class="dsq-comment-message">Well duh....of course Blago is playing folks....but he played the winning card. Its not his fault the Dem leadership studied long and studied wrong......but if they decide to man-up now and prove whatever point they wanna prove via Burris, it will only hurt them, period.  They have been backing down from every other so-called hard stance since 2006, so no need to buck up now when the appointment is legal and the appointee is by all accounts, worthy of the appointment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861753" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861753" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, I beg to differ, but this ain\'t ovah yet, despite what you say about "the winning card."<br><br>Black folks will lose this one again if they don\'t think outside the box.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861729" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861729" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.<br><br>This is Blago\'s eff-you to Obama.  <i>Oh, you won\'t give me nothing for putting one of your friends in the seat?  Oh, you gonna sic Fitzgerald on me?  Hey, look at what I\'m gonna do, and fergit you, in spades.  Let\'s see how you stay friends with all your Chicago black folks giving you the finger, too, if you don\'t seat him.</i><br><br>Trust me, this is a distraction and a diversion of Blago\'s making.  This is not about Burris at all, although race does figure in this.  It\'s primarily about Blago\'s and Rush\'s  grudge match against Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861786">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861786" class="dsq-comment-message">blksista....you speaking the truth</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862062">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862062" class="dsq-comment-message">Double co-sign</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862645" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862645" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862645">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862645" class="dsq-comment-message">I would like to add that Rush is a hypocrite.<br><br>    .<blockquote>He went so far as to compare Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who in 1963 stood in the doorway of a University of Alabama school building to block two black students from entering. Reid and Senate Democrats pledged to refuse any appointee sent by Blagojevich, even Burris, who would be the chamber\'s only black member.<br><br>    Rush\'s lecture, however, seems quite two-faced considering he chaired Blair Hull\'s 2004 U.S. Senate campaign.<br><br>    You remember Hull - the millionaire blackjack player who invested a record $30 million into an unsuccessful Senate bid.<br><br>    Hull is white.<br><br>    If sending a black senator to Washington is so important now, why didn\'t Rush support a black candidate four years ago? Not only was Obama on the Democratic ballot, but Joyce Washington, a black woman and health care executive, was as well.<br><br>    Back then, Rush set aside ethnicity. It wasn\'t that important.</blockquote><br><br>Rush and Blago are exploiting a legitimate concern for the lack of African American in the senate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862764">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862764" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup, see my post above to see both Rush and Burris comments pre-"appointment."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861850">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861850" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863185" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863185" class="dsq-comment-message">But they are willing to seat the appointee if he\'s Dan Seals?<br><br>What\'s wrong with that picture?<br><br>And the fact that Harry Reid was trying to influence this appointment before Blago\'s tapes were made public should allow you to see that this is nothing BUT ABOUT RACE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4863561" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863561">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863561" class="dsq-comment-message">That is normal for senate leadership to have input.  For example Bob Menedez didn\'t not originally want a placeholder.  He wanted someone who could actually win in 2010.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863594" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863594" class="dsq-comment-message">Usually the DCCC and DSCC help in recruiting candidates for congress and senate respectively; however, I say let folks build their own organizations and duke it out.<br><br>Reid should be free to have "input," like anyone else is free to have "input," but I think that and a metro card should get him on the subway.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4864264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4864264" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4864264" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4864264" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858333">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858333" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been saying this for awhile.<br><br>Either we are a country of laws again after 8 years, or we are not. <br><br>There is no in between. <br><br>Blago isn\'t the impeached Governor. He\'s not the convicted Governor. He\'s not even the indicted Governor. <br><br>He\'s the GOVERNOR. <br><br>And, what he did was within the law. Part of his duties. <br><br>See, the Democrats tried to be slick. <br><br>I keep on telling you where to place the blame. <br><br>Not with Blago.<br>Not with Burris.<br>Not with Rush. <br><br>With the Speaker of the House of Illinois and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois - MICHAEL MADIGAN. <br><br>He could have easily rammed through a SPECIAL ELECTION. <br><br>PERIOD. <br><br>But, he didn\'t, because he was trying to be slick. <br><br>Well, he found someone slicker than him - BLAGO. <br><br>And Harry Reid? <br><br>Needs to STFU. <br><br>He rolled over for 8 fucking years of Bush/Cheney. <br><br>But, NOW he\'s gonna be the big man? <br><br>G-T-F-O-H<br><br>I\'m glad someone pointed out to them the VISUALS of having Capitol Police manhandle this Elder Black Man.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858375">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858375" class="dsq-comment-message">They tried to play...AND GOT PLAYED...plain and simple.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4858597" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858597" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4858597" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4858597" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858597" class="dsq-comment-message">You might not want to know why I think the Dems rolled over for eight years of Bush\'s lawlessness Administration.<br><br>They want that power their damned selves - that\'s why they worked hard to raise money and shyt.  To seat some of their own members with the same damned propensity for ignoring the law just like BushCo did.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861348">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861348" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861348" class="dsq-comment-message">See, that\'s why I\'m an independent. <br><br>I told you. <br><br>The Imperial Presidency wasn\'t wrong because SHRUB was doing it. <br><br>It was wrong- PERIOD. <br><br>The law is the law for me. <br><br>That\'s all Black folks want, IMO. <br><br>For the law to be enforced EQUALLY. If that actually happened on a consistent basis, Black folk would begin to believe in \' Justice\', instead of  \' Just-US\'.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861657">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861657" class="dsq-comment-message">POETIC JUSTICE-Thank you!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858362">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4858362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858362" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait....now...where did I put it? I know I had it somewhere....driver\'s license......debit card..........oh...nope...that\'s my dry cleaning punch card.............now what did I do with that darn card...............hold up...might be in my Sunday-go-to-meeting purse......hold on.........let\'s see here.....no.......<br><br>Gimme a minute CPL!  I know I just had the darn card yesterday!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858579">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858579" class="dsq-comment-message">The Menendez case that you mention is interesting, I read about it here and it is a bit different than what you insinuate in your post.<br><br>"On August 27, 2006, two Republican state lawmakers filed an ethics complaint against Menendez, alleging he broke conflict-of-interest rules when he rented property out to a nonprofit agency that receives federal funds. Menendez helped the organization win designation as a federally qualified health care center in 1998."<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez</a><br><br>Also, I\'ve found it interesting you haven\'t mentioned Charlie Rangel (D-NY), in these ethical pushes. What would you suggest be done to Rangel?<br><br>In the previous post on the topic I addressed the cases of many of the Senate and house cases you mention with direct cites from wiki -- they seem quite different than your characterizations.<br><br>I know that black people may have a "gut feeling" as someone previously mentioned (I\'m too lazy to quote them) about a double-standard that exists in regard to treatment of black elicted officials and white elected officials. However, given Bobby Rush\'s behavior I\'m not sure the double-standard always works against black officials.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858622" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4858622" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858622" class="dsq-comment-message">Is Rangel up for a Senate appointment?<br><br>And if you\'re too lazy to do the work of researching, it\'s one thing to admit it to yourself; it eliminates your credibility here when you post and expect us to respond, by admitting upfront that you\'re too lazy to do your homework.<br><br>I put links to my references; that\'s called doing my homework.  While a blog is probably a best place to get your news and information; we report issues designed for discussion and free flowing of ideas.  Occasionally, rather than engaging in discussion, some visit here to see how much shyt they can stir up.  They come here trying to disguise themselves as being liberal, but all too often, their true nature comes out in their posts.<br><br>You keep trying to pick arguments and call them debates.  Big difference.  The irony is, if you were on Red State, StormFront, Instapundit or even DailyKos, it would not be long before you would be driven off their blogs because your ideology doesn\'t fit.<br><br>D, is one of our regulars here and 80% of the time, many of us don\'t always agree with what he posts, but he engages us in an articulate and respectful manner, thereby encouraging us to engage him in honest debate.  He\'s been around and has stood firmly on his ideology and beliefs - while we kid him about that, he is always welcomed here and he knows this.<br><br>He doesn\'t come here trying to pick fights or arguments.  In fact, the only one where there was a real battle was between him and one of the blog owners over why, after all the race baiting and whatnot from the McCain campaign, why would a POC still vote for McCain?<br><br>In the end, everyone were still friends on this board, but you have challenged our motto, our subject matter - as if you\'re trying to pick fights.  Which is it?<br><br>You want to engage in discussion; fine.  If you want to fight, you\'re better off at one of the other blogs I mentioned.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858787">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858787" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow again ad hominem, classy. No Rangel\'s ethics problems since _you_ have extended the discussion beyond the senate to include representatives such as Foley.<br><br><a href="http://www.propublica.org/scandal/charlie-rangel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.propublica.org/scandal/charlie-rangel/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861215" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861215" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861215" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861215" class="dsq-comment-message">If you can\'t take the care to read my responses in full context, you\'re not worth my time in responding.<br><br>GAME OVER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861247" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861247">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861247" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861247" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you edit your post? the part I caught was smaller,  I\'ll reply to the full post.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861313" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861313" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861313" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861313" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861313" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t bother - you\'re not worth my time in responding.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861327" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861327">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861327" class="dsq-comment-message">So you did or did not edit the post? <br><br>I\'ll respond if only to address your articulated concerns, which perhaps echo the unwritten concerns of other readers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863108" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863108" class="dsq-comment-message">Just to be clear for posterity and clarity you edited those posts after my initial response, so of course the context changed. On registering the ability to edit was confirmed by my initial observations.<br><br>1.) "Is Rangel ..."<br>2.) "if you can\'t take the care..."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861824">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861824" class="dsq-comment-message">I have tried to respond to your lengthened post in a point-by-point fashion.<br><br>I\'m not interested in fighting. <br><br>However, I don\'t feel I should have to qualify my beliefs with any particular life experience or other ad hominem verecundiam or fallacy. The argument and evidence should stand independent of my being.<br><br>When I have agreed with something, I have marked my agreement with the poster.<br><br>If I have a difference of opinion, I have tried to create a persuasive argument and back it up with relevant evidence. That being said, when I spot evidence that I do not agree with, I\'ll feel free to try to construct a persuasive contrarian argument as to why that evidence is not applicable to the argument the poster has constructed. <br><br>In the brief time that I have been here, I\'ve found people have often agreed as well as disagreed with my point of view on several issues. As a result, I do not feel that I am behaving in a manner that is uncivil toward the rights of other posters. <br><br>I have not "challenged" the motto in an explicit fashion, I only asked for an explanation of the meaning. *Can you please explain why you have taken offense my asking the meaning of the cites motto? <br><br>In your second paragraph, you state:<br>"They come here trying to disguise themselves as being liberal, but all too often, their true nature comes out in their posts."<br><br>Can you please expand on this? I would make what I might consider to be reasonable assumptions, but I\'d prefer not to do that; however, I\'ll just do a buck shot of responses if someone does not air specific concerns.<br><br>In your third paragraph you state:<br>"You keep trying to pick arguments and call them debates."<br>I don\'t think that is accurate, if you review where i have commented the past few days it has been primarily on two issues, blago\'s appointment and the site\'s motto.<br><br>I have disagreed with a number of people on the blago-appointment; however, there were also a handful of folks who agreed with my claim and stated evidence. In addition, these folks have responded as agreeing with my statements. I in turn, have agreed and stated my agreements with others. No argument or evidence has persuaded me to examine that stance.<br><br>As far as the web sites motto, I was interested in the information so I could better understand the dialogue on this site. As I stated, that to my knowledge, black people often used the term "bourgeouisie" in a perjorative fashion. As a result of that experience, I was interested in getting an explanation -- in fact another poster agreed with the view of the use of the term.  In Marixist Theory, bourgeoise it is the bourgeoisie who exploit the proletariat, so that led me to examine the use in African-American literature.<br><br>The "black bourgeoise," as introduced by E. Franklin Frazier in his 1957 book by the same title, was brought to African-American currency as a "subservient conservatism that derived from the cultural style and traditional religion of the white middle class, viewed as itself intellectually and culturally barren." (wiki/E._Franklin_Frazier).<br><br>As a result, I was interested in the usage of the "bourgeoisie" term in the site\'s motto.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858671">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858671" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,  lay it down, sista.<br><br>Reid\'s sudden HE-MAN, I got gianormous gonads stance is not attractive.  I\'m so over him and Pelosi.  They\'re yellow-bellied cowards.  Get them both the fuck outta here.<br><br>OMG, can\'t stand to hear Craig\'s name and MinneapolisSt. paul Airport in the same sentence!<br><br>*THE LAW IS THE LAW*  Co-sign rikyrah.  No in between.<br><br>I dare the Capitol Police manhandle a 71 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN!!!!  DARE THEM!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4861049" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861049" class="dsq-comment-message">Shoot, Spirit, they manhandled Cynthia McKinney when she was in Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus slung her under the bus for standing up for her rights, and they did so at the instructions of NANCY PELOSI.<br><br><a href="http://www.blackcommentator.com/178/178_cbc_monitor_silent_2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackcommentator.com/178/178_cbc_mon...</a><br><br>And the Black Caucus will stand by while the Capitol Hill po-po manhandle at 71-year-old brotha, too; also at the orders of Pelosi and Reid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861455" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861455">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861455" class="dsq-comment-message">They will do this at their own peril......Pelosi and Reid think they wanna go there, but lil do they know....they can play this game of chicken all they want but they\'ll lose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861492">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861492" class="dsq-comment-message">I appreciate the link, CPL.  I don\'t like Pelosi, never have.  Can\'t stand to look at her, and  when she stands behind a mic; I cringe!!!!!<br><br>I remember when the Capitol POPO went after McKinney.  Tried to pain her as some crazed & angry Black woman.  Is it any wonder she signed on to the Green Party.<br>Its totally pathetic.  The CBC needs a complete renovation and expell the house <br>negroes.<br><br>I want to see Burris seated.  Theres nothing tainted about Roland Burris.  Folks have got this mantra Bass- ackwards!<br><br>In the words of Rev Jermiah Wright:  No, No, No, Not Burris and a Godamn tainted Senate seat:<br><br>"Godamn Harry Reid,Nancy Pelosi and the CBC</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861599">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861599" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Spirit, you\'re beginning to act like Town, Miranda & GreenLady! <br><br>Whew Lawd......... Have Mercy!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861904">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861904" class="dsq-comment-message">That would make PE Obama look really bad.  Not Blago, but Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862094">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4862094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862094" class="dsq-comment-message">For me yes but you also have to think how it looks to others.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4858685">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4858685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858685" class="dsq-comment-message">You know when this Senate seat appt. broke I thought that Rush and Burris were acting like a bunch of fools but now that I have looked at how Dems deal with white politicians(both rep and dems), I think the man should take the seat. It is very disturbing that there are no black senators and given that we as blacks are the most loyal voting group to the dems this is unacceptable. Don\'t tell me that blacks can\'t win elected office statewide. They can if they have the backing of the democratic party and their machines.Of course this doesn\'t include Harold Ford Jr. who was just a terrible candidate who tried to run as something he wasn\'t.  <br><br> Obama won all on his own. The establishment wasn\'t behind him in IL.<br><br>This may be off topic but the way that the dems act in the senate should just be another reminder that we as blacks need to keep our options open when it comes to who we decide to be loyal to.<br><br>Sorry for the rant and I completely agree with your post.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4858774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4858774" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4858774" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4858774" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, you make excellent points, especially about Blacks and other POC needing other options than voting Democrat or Republican.  The Democrats think we have nowhere else to go - it\'s time that concept changed as well as the Administration.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861475" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861475">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861475" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861475" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why Billary thought they could play the whole racial pack on Obama because they knew black people weren\'t going to vote for McCain.<br><br>I think most black people would LOVE to have an alternative to voting Democrat but when the only alternative is voting Republican, a party that straight up says "We don\'t like your black asses........................................................"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861567">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861567" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it, Town!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866122">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866122" class="dsq-comment-message">That is EXACTLY why <i> Yours Truly </i> is a <b> NON-AFFILIATED VOTER </b>.  I need to examine campaigns and candidates on the basis of issues I care about.  One election cycle at a time.  <br><br>Like Gwen Guthrie said, "Ain\'t nothin\' going on but the rent... what can YOU do for ME??"  Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay??!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861559">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861559" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign, Lisa.  Burris is not going to roll over and play dead.  He ain\'t old til he\'s cold.<br><br>That double standard is being tested and I love it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861195" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861195">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861195" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861195" class="dsq-comment-message">The Law Is The Law!  Reid need to just stfu and move out of the way!<br><br>Joe Lieberman clowned the Democrats and yet he was awarded a place at the table. Burris has done nothing wrong but yet he\'s going to be treated as an outcast!<br><br>Naw........... That dog don\'t hunt!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861468">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861468" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861468" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell, Karl Rove been subpoened for HOW LONG AGAIN and has yet to show?? And he is on Fox News ERE NIGHT, not thinking about Reid or anybody else in the Senate.....so they can squash the strong-arm act, nobody\'s buying it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861784">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861784" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ere Night"  LOL!!   Let\'s talk about that ya self righteous good citizens.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861997" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861997" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861997">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861997" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861997" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey MsMartin!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863224" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863224" class="dsq-comment-message">Rove, Gonzales, Harriet Miers - the list goes on and on of who the Senate subpeoned and they all told Reid and crew to kiss their asses.<br><br>No one was arrested, either, and I understand that to ignore a Congressional subpeona earns you some time in the joint.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861356">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861356" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO @ the picture of the dog.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861508" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861508">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861508" class="dsq-comment-message">It is indeed!<br><br>CPL,  That pic is too funny!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861564" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861564">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4861564" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861564" class="dsq-comment-message">well maybe it is time for us to start our phone call and letter writing campaign.  We have all this grass root obama network let\'s get at it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4862036" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4862036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862036" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-reid-interference-regarding-obama.html" rel="nofollow">More Reid interference regarding the Obama Senate Seat</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862804">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4862804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862804" class="dsq-comment-message">iceberg,<br><br>I just posted on it above.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862852">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862852" class="dsq-comment-message">Iceberg, <br>and the thing is, isn\'t it coincidental...these were all the BLACK CANDIDATES mentioned for the post.<br><br>isn\'t that a coincidence. <br><br>uh huh<br><br>when Black folk said it looked like they were trying to eliminate all the Black folk from consideration, we were told that we were \' paranoid\'. <br><br>well?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862947">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862947" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah....Call me crazy here but didn\'t Obama barely win his senate seat if not for the scandals of his Republicans opponents. So, if I\'m looking at this right Reid and Co. was trying to make sure that the next Dem. for that seat was a sure bet. Blacks do have a tougher time winning these seats and Obama was a lucky son of bitch at that time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863056" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863056" class="dsq-comment-message">See above Linda, I posted Obama\'s list for comparison to Reid\'s list.<br><br>For whatever reason, Obama seemed to lean toward Duckworth -- if I recall he gave her and Jarrett (of course) major face-time after winning.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863017" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863017" class="dsq-comment-message">Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be "acceptable" to Obama:<br>On the list were <br>Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, <br>Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, <br>Illinois state Comptroller Dan Hynes<br>U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago<br>State Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan<br><br>JJjr. was not on Obama\'s list either-- before Blago\'s implosion. <br><br>Anyway that\'s Obama\'s list for comparison to Reid\'s list.<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-rahm13-2008dec13%2C1%2C1221.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/l...</a> (source)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863136" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863136" class="dsq-comment-message">But Reid wanted none of those individuals, either.<br><br>Makes you wonder just who in the hell did he want in that Seat?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4863164" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863164" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863164" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4863164" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863164" class="dsq-comment-message">"Rather, Reid called Blagojevich to argue he appoint either state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times." from IBS link<br><br>For clarity as far as I can see the coincidental names between Reid and Obama are:<br>Tammy Duckworth<br>Lisa Madigan</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862119">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862119" class="dsq-comment-message">And one damn thing about Leiberman his senate seat does not matter. We are talking about protecting the former seat of the first Black President in US History. If the Republicans can win that damn seat they will use it as a spring board for a call on ethics against Obama.And some you simple mind fools are scream about Leiberman worthless ass.  Look at the Big Picture Burris cannot win statewide, I repeat he cannot win statewide!  The Republicans are praying to god this man is seated and he runs!  They will not let on Burris once he is seated they will use him a focal point for the two years he seats in Obama former chair. Stop Burris people! He is not worth the fight to take Obama down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863121" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863121" class="dsq-comment-message">We aren\'t talking about Lieberman\'s Senate seat - we are comparing how he got a free pass by going against his own party and campaigning for John McCain.  He got to keep his committee assignments; one of which is responsible for investigating wrongdoing by the POTUS.<br><br>He was supposed to convene investigations on the Katrina malfeasance; Iraq funding and everything else violated by Bush and his Administration.  Lieberman never called for a hearing or an investigation; despite the evidence of Bush not only violating the constitution, but the FEDERAL LAW.<br><br>Obama supported Lieberman to keep his assignments; despite that knife sticking out his back that Lieberman shoved into him.  Watch how fast Lieberman moves to call investigations on Obama, even if Obama breaks wind.<br><br>Now ask why would Lieberman protect Bush but is ready to go after Obama?  Because he has subpeona power to harass Obama NOW.<br><br>If you want to be afraid of who can take out Obama, Roland Burris\' appointment hardly fits THAT BILL.  But Joe Lieberman continuing to hold a Senate Committee Chairmanship with subpeona power to harass the POTUS can take Obama out in ways you haven\'t even DREAMED OF.<br><br>Let THAT marinate before you respond.  I\'ll wait.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863214">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863214" class="dsq-comment-message">Umm....Is Lieberman more important than the first Black President? thinking about that for about ten minutes. This all about protecting Obama home turf not about some washed up White guy from connecticut. I can\'t stand Lieberman ass either. I\'m more worried about Blago crooked behind putting an old Black Man in Obama former seat he knows damn well cannot win statewide. <br><br> Heck, Obama barley won his seat. Look Burris is a fine man and I find it ridiculous to compare his situation to Lieberman crooked behind. It\'s one thing to get stabbed in your back by a White man (Lieberman) because I expected that sort of behavior. But it\'s another thing when someone from your own race like Burris takes the offer from a White Man Blago who hates Obama and wants to see him destroyed. Burris is being used as a weapon to hurt the first Black President and no one seems to care. Accept, Harry Reid  and he\'s White! Jesus I pray for our race...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4864214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4864214" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4864214" class="dsq-comment-message">If, by virtue of being a Senate Committee Chairman, um. yeah, Joe Lieberman\'s presence in the Senate with a legal authority to harass the President does make him as important as the first Black POTUS, because he has an authority to HARASS PRESIDENT OBAMA.<br><br>I\'m not going to ask you to think about how important that FACT IS - you already have demonstrated, beyond calling us stupid, slow and retarded, that you\'re not interested in discussion of the issue, but to make us agree with you.<br><br>Which many of us aren\'t doing at present.<br><br>Obama won his Senate seat in a landslide when they brought in crazy-ass Alan Keyes from Maryland to run against him because Jack Ryan was a Freaknic.<br><br>He won his POTUS campaign the same damned way.<br><br>You don\'t read this blog much; if you did, there\'s no way in hell you come on this blog spewing this....UGH</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861752">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861752" class="dsq-comment-message">What the hell do you people not get?! It\'s not about Burris being Black dumb asses. It\'s all about 2010 the Republicans are trying to win Obama seat and they can use Burris being connected to Gov. Blago to take Obama down.<br><br> Of course, Black people are not looking at the big picture but just want to have a Black in office for a lousy two years and then watch later on as a White Republican wins the Senate seat of the first black president later.  I swear some of you are the same fools who was screaming Obama should be happy with being VP for Hillary sense that is all he can hope for during the primary.  Blacks always look at the short term never long term. The Black race in Sick in the head! God I feel sorry for Obama...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862934">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862934" class="dsq-comment-message"><A HREF=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlVKgl_zCQ rel="nofollow">You people? What do you mean you people?</A></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863169">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863169" class="dsq-comment-message">carolinagirl:   BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!   <br><br>I\'m trying to "TYPE A REPORT" for 2-morrow annnnnd read this thread!  :&gt;)<br><br>Your post caught my eye!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)   ***shakin\' my head****   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863317">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4863317" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863317" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863171" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863171" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4863171" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863171" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you followed this blog very long?  No Where on this blog is a post from any writer EVER SAYING Obama should be satisfied with being Hillary\'s VP!<br><br>In fact, this blog went 95% in favor of staying the hell home if that had happened!  Additionally, we are NOT HAPPY THAT HILLARY IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, even NOW!<br><br>Read our archives before you come here yelling at us like we have no common sense, please?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863303" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863303">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863303" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>No Where on this blog is a post from any writer EVER SAYING Obama should be satisfied with being Hillary\'s VP!</i><br><br><br><b>AMEN!</b>   <br><br><b>It never happened!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4863333">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4863333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863333" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I swear some of you are the same fools who was screaming Obama should be happy with being VP for Hillary sense that is all he can hope for during the primary.</i><br><br>Oh. no.you.did.not.<br><br>Now, I KNOW you don\'t read this blog. <br><br>I know you don\'t. <br><br>NOT ONE of the bloggers here EVER<br><br>and I mean <br>EVER<br><br>thought Obama should be Hillpatine\'s VP.<br><br>GTFOH with that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4864255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4864255" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4864255" class="dsq-comment-message">She confused us with Daily Kos.<br><br>Which also means, she doesn\'t read blogs like JJP.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866561">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866561" class="dsq-comment-message">She DID just reveal herself, didn\'t she? <br>Uh huh</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861916">khal02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861916" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.  It\'s been mind blowing how black people ,especially some commentors on this board, have made this about Burris being black or somehow about Leiberman et al. This is about the fact that anyone with basic reading comprehension (or listening skills) that read/heard the transcripts of Blago\'s conversations about the senate seat would know that the governor is dirty and any man with integrity wouldn\'t have touched the situation with a 10 foot pole. Even Burris was hollering for impeachment until he discovered he could add something to his already erected monument if he played the game.  And I for one am tired of all these old school black politicians playing the game. It\'s a new day and it\'s time for some new blood. It\'s funny how quiet all these negroes were when Obama spent the past 2 years facing some real racist BS.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862035">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862035" class="dsq-comment-message">Khal02.....I\'m not going to lie I thought why won\'t they seat that nice old Black Man. Then me and husband talked it over and he made me think outside the box of why Reid and the Dems are fighting so hard to keep Burris out. "They are trying to protect Obama seat for 2010".  <br>   Better believe the old school negro crew pushing this racist crap plan on running Burris in the primary. Reid and Obama have to some how slow Burris down. But, of course other simple minded Blacks are not thinking in reality of why Burris must be stop only that "Reid is a racist for protecting the former senate seat of the first Black President". People don\'t want it to fall into Republican hands!!! Is simple enough for you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862088">Piepiepie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862088" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with the position on the Blago-appointment and shameless press conference trying to justify the appointment by Burris, Blago and Bobby Rush. Both Burris and Rush shifted their OFFICIAL issued positions (Blago should resign and/or shoudl not appoint), Burris via press conference, Rush via press release. <br><br>Burris:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOIKG_T0TA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOIKG_T0TA</a><br><br>Rush:<br><a href="http://swside.blogspot.com/2008/12/congressman-rush-declares-blagojevich.html" rel="nofollow">http://swside.blogspot.com/2008/12/congressman-...</a><br><br>"My bottom line is that the Governor should not be the one to make the appointment to this important office." B. Rush.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862693">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862693" class="dsq-comment-message">Piepiepie.....Lets face this a large number of Blacks see this as a White Man trying to hold down some poor old Black dude. Even though it so freaking plain to see Reid is just trying to protect Obama seat. Certain Blacks don\'t give a damn just as long as there is a something dark in Obama seat for two years.<br><br> I\'ll visited this board two years from now and laugh my ass off when Burris looses Obama seat to a White Republican man and believe once a White get in they will not get out for a long time.  Hey, but at least Black folks can claim they had a senator for two years. Oh, the Glory!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863179" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863179" class="dsq-comment-message">Please explain how Reid is trying to protect Obama\'s seat, by not allowing any Black People IN IT?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4861842" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4861842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4861842">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4861842" class="dsq-comment-message">Listen Black people Harry Reid is trying to protect Obama former seat. Reid and the Dems know that Burris old ass cannot win Statewide that is why they are fighting this thing so freaking hard.<br>  Though Burris is a nice man he is known as a freaking loser when it comes to statewide elections in recent years. Think of Burris as the Ralph Nader/ DENNIS KUCINICH trying to win Obama seat from the Republicans. Burris must be stopped!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862770">joneke</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4862770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862770" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG, I\'m glad you said it. This whole issue is not about race. I\'m not saying what Harry Reid is doing is right, but Burris is a loser & if he goes to DC, Republicans will have that seat in 2010. For as much of a snake as Lieberman is, it didn\'t help the Democrats to go after him. The way things are playing isn\'t fair to Burris, but that\'s life.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4862918" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4862918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4862918" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862918" class="dsq-comment-message">I dont\' think what Reid is doing is proper; however, there\'s no playbook when a Gov\'r is caught on tape trying to sell a senate seat. <br><br>As far as him having an opinion on who to seat, so did Obama, I can\'t find Obama\'s list of 5 replacements, but I know Duckworth and Madigan were on it and JJjr. was not.<br><br>Does anyone have Obama\'s list of senate appointment suggestions for Blago?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4862972">Linda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4862972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4862972" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, he has Jesse Jackson on  the list and Valerie Jett on the list to search for it on google...Why?!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4863152">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4863152" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863152" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4863152" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863152" class="dsq-comment-message">What about Danny Davis or Emil Jones, then?  At least Emil had the better chance of winning state wide, as did Jesse Jackson, JR, who Reid wanted out of the running in the first place.<br><br>Now how does Reid protect that seat for another Democrat unless he puts a progressive Democrat in IT?<br><br>What about Jan Schakowsky?  She\'s a progressive, white female.  Reid didn\'t want her in that seat, either.<br><br>Reid wants anyone not a Brotha or a female.  PERIOD.  Don\'t get it twisted.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4863229" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4863229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4863229" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4863229" class="dsq-comment-message">For clarity as far as I can see the coincidental names between Reid and Obama are:<br>Tammy Duckworth<br>Lisa Madigan<br><br>Did I read the wrong article?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4864246">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4864246" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4864246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4864246" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4864246" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4864246" class="dsq-comment-message">No you didn\'t read the wrong article, but since I don\'t know enough about Duckworth to comment, I won\'t; but Madigan sounds like a piece of work who\'s not a progressive by any means.<br><br>Schakowsky\'s a white woman who\'s also a progressive and even Black people are saying if not JJJ, then why not Schakowsky?<br><br>We know when a candidate has our back - regardless of race.  Their track record bears them out.  Schakowsky has such a track record, as did JJJ.<br><br>I\'m going to ask this question again - what did Reid have against JJJ and Schakowsky?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4864431">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4864431" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4864431" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4864431" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4864431" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4864431" class="dsq-comment-message">Well first, I\'d say the "not a brotha or female" part of Reid\'s statement is not accurate -- also, as it turns out JJjr needs to be added to Obama, and Jarrett subtracted via better sources in the othe rblog post -- I was wrong about the initial list I posted.<br><br>I don\'t like the appointment process, I have no idea what Reid had against JJjr and Schakowsky.<br><br>I can make some guesses though -- both Obama and Reid seem to be big on Duckworth. <br><br>Reid probably has some electability algorithm, and his own ideas like everyone else ...</div>\
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