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That awful Linda Hirshman-- the Hilltard who wrote recently that white feminists should only be concerned about white feminism-- wrote on <a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/nice-point-hillary-now-we_b_120127.html rel=\"nofollow\">Huffington Post</a> about Obama's drop in the polls and how, if anyone had asked her opinion (as if), she would have told them not to have Obama's acceptance speech in the stadium because Repubs would use that against him.<br><br>These Hilltards are ON CRACK. They seem to think that Republicans would have no ammunition against Hillary. One cited your poll, that she's doing 6 points better than McCain, because, you know, McCain totally would not have campaigned negatively against her. He would have held her up as a shining beacon of patriotism and democracy, a credit to women everywhere, with a glowing resume of experience and honor.<br><br>Yeah, right. 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These people are sick and delusional.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_07:52:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715106, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!!!<br><br>I couldn't resist the urge to say that to you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:55:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723318, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.<br><br>Welcome back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:02:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, now that he's spelled out his position on choice, I wonder what those Hillary feminists are gonna say now.  He was champing at the bit to talk about the Supreme Court at the faith forum.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:12:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717924, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain's Hanky/Corrupt/Fishy Financing of this campaign<br><br><a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/20/rnc_victory_fund_donors_stay_c.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:03:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did you see how he responded when King asked him about cheating??  He went right to the party line and that fake smile.   It was chilling.<br><br>John King has redeemed himself, temporarily.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:37:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715738, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're WRONG.  Only ketchup is healthy.<br><br>Besides, ketchup is a vegatable.  Ronald Reagan told me so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723356, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It'll happen before this campaign is over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:40:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718905, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain's Ad May Violate Election Laws.....Even Fox Won't Air It.<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/experts-obama-ayers-ad-ma_n_120495.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/expert...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:36:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Since McCain cant remember how many homes he has or anything else here is a refresher for him<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:09:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720731, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please go and DIGG this video about McCain and Adultery from the CNN special.<br><br>It's at The Jed Report:<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/cnn-talks-with.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/cnn-talks-with...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:04:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, come on......it's kinda like the one the Brits did a while back. The slant at the end ruins it a little, but it's still funny.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:04:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715473, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For the love of Moses.....why would they lie about the adoption of their daughter? Geez....no shame whatsoever....NONE.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/the-anatomy-of-a-deceptio_b_120381.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/the...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:38:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Al Giordano over at The Field:<br><br><a href=\"http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/return-underdog\" rel=\"nofollow\">Return of the Underdog</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:35:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Senator Fails in Effort to Move His Corruption Trial to Alaska <br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21stevens.html?_r=3&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21...</a><br><br><br>Too bad, Ted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:01:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Politicalinaction.com:<br><br> <a href=\"http://www.politicalinaction.com/2008/08/obamas-risein-speeches.html#links\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama's  Rise....in Speeches</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:37:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem with multiple front wars is only tangentially geography. Geography is a subset of the problem.<br><br>The main problem is simply resources-- military, economic, diplomatic good will, energy, emotional, and psychological resources. Our military and economy are spread too thin, the good will of our allies is wearing thin, the will of the people to continue fighting, particularly in Iraq, is wearing very thin. <br><br>One history teacher I had made an excellent point about war. So often winning a war goes beyond military and monetary might. It comes down to questioning whether the cost is worth it. We are at a point where people are deciding that these wars are not worth it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:18:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721566, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Raisin' McCain vs. Obambi\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:31:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717676, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brian Rogers continues to misinform. Obama has never said not produce more energy here. It is how it is to be produced is where Obama differs w/ McCain. Wind and solar come to mind immediately.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:59:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713203": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Politco.com:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12678.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain calls lobbyists - Birds of Prey</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:38:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, I know that you are satirizing the realities that we face!<br><br> I just took it as the realities that we respond to on a daily basis. And, it's just not that far off from what folks have the bodaciousness to print. In fact, it borders on what is on the edges of some minds and the tips of some tongues.<br><br>As long as there are people who write from privileged perspectives,  we will have to deal with matters just as you creatively wrote. I just can't get over how many journalists lack critical thinking skills and then try to apply their lack to issues of cultural import.<br><br>Oy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:28:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716636, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He is a warmonger who seems to be unstable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:10:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717676, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL<br>Now that is going to make me run out and vote for Obama. Good one!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:05:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717155, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_18:03:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724803, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama Inadvertently Concedes Surge Achieves Key Administration Goal<br><br>STATEMENT: \"Originally, the administration suggested that the key measure was whether it gave breathing room for political reconciliation. So far, I think we have not seen the kind of political reconciliation that\u2019s going to bring about long-term stability in Iraq.\" \u2014 Barack Obama, July 22, 2008<br><br>EXPIRATION DATE: August 20, 2008: \"Let's be clear, our troops have completed every mission they've been given,\" Mr. Obama said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Fla., where the likely Democratic presidential nominee courted military voters who are expected to play a pivotal role in several swing states. \"They have created the space for political reconciliation.\"<br><br>All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:21:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stone cold truth. I also want to have Rikyrah's baby.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:07:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With both of your statements.....is this debate even necessary?<br><br>McCain and Obama both qualify as rich in my book, as well as most likely in the books of a majority of Americans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:41:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721063, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Servicey! Thanks!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:21:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727017, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From the Swampland about Obama and VP choices:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/obamas_vp_the_candidate_drops.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/obam...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:08:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No shame...........none..........<br><br>McCain Camp Plays POW Card<br>Facing a Democratic Party positively giddy over his recent admission that he didn't know how many houses he owned, John McCain quickly returned to a political trump card: his POW experience.<br><br>Speaking to the Washington Post, aide Brian Rogers, in full damage-control mode, acknowledged that his boss had \"some investment properties and stuff,\" but added: \"This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison.\"<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/mccain-camp-plays-pow-car_n_120428.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Our troops have always done the best that they can do, EVEN  WHEN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION FAILED THEM.  Barack Obama has never downplayed our troops contributions.  A troop increase helped decrease the violence, but we know the increase in troops is not a long-tem solution and so there are still  concerns if lasting peace can be acheived for the Iraqis living together under what is essentially a new government, a different way of life. However, the verdict is still pending on the political reconciliation of Iraq's diverse groups, such as the Kurds, Iraqi Christians, Shi'a and Sunnis.   And we may never know that answer if our troops continue to \"police\" the people of Iraq.  Political reconciliation  will probably continue as a process in Iraq, just like the racial divides and reconciliation that our own country still has to grapple with today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:43:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721055, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082002822.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> The entire transcript of the town hall.</a><br><br>Just in case you're interested in reading his <b>entire</b> answer to the question.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:33:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717660, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What do you expect from someone who cannot even remember to pay his taxes<br>McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/28/mccains-failed-to-pay-tax_n_109785.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/28/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:42:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720731, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"..financed by Cindy the homewrecker (who by the way thinks she's a better wife and mother than Carol his crippled heartbroken first wife)\"</i><br><br>That line jumped out at me too.  Cindy's got a mean-streak.  She says repeatedly that she's an only child, knowing it must be deeply painful for her 2 other sibling to hear.  She says she's always been proud of her country,  twisting the knife of criticism in Michelle O for what was an innocent comment.  She says that John saw in her a good wife and mother, implying that Carol wasn't those things...surely she understands that would be painful for the disabled, abandoned Carol and her children.<br><br>I'm surprised she's 17 years John's juniour...she looks at least as old as John.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:12:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715549, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "msmartin:  I was able to watch it 2!   Whooo Hoo!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>A Jamaican lady helps to care for my mom!  She was ecstatic!!  Kept giving me \"daps\"!!  It was 2 cute!!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:45:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713404, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No. <br><br>You ignore the fact that both Ayers and Obama BOTH PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE HIGHLY POLITICAL EFFORTS FOR EDUCATION REFORM at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.<br><br>Obama has lied about the relationship, characterizing as casual and of no consequence.<br><br>The Challenge allowed Barack Obama and Bill Ayers to work together in the heat of political battle to help disburse more than $100 million to allies, particularly in the Local School Councils, in the Chicago School system. <br><br>Under the circumstances, it seems more than a bit disingenuous of Senator Obama to dismiss Bill Ayers as \u201csome guy who lives in my neighborhood.\u201d<br><br>Do some research instead of regurgitating Obama talking points. The story has moved well beyond your lame defense.<br><br><a href=\"http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/08/behind-annenberg-gate-inside-chicago.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/08/behind-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:12:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720682, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"On June 15, 2005, Obama bought a gorgeous house in Hyde Park for $1.65 million - $300,000 below the list price. Rezko bought the empty but attractive lot next door from the same seller at the same time; Obama would later buy part of Rezko's lot, overpaying him. The transaction was shady, but not obviously corrupt. The overall Obama-Rezko relationship looks worse.\" And now the McCain people have an excuse to bring it up.<br><br>But wait, there's more:<br><br>    Obama is more vulnerable on this stuff than he thinks. Not only because of Rezko but because of Jim Johnson, his former go-to-guy on veeps who was instrumental to the mortgage crisis we have today as Chairman of Fannie Mae.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:42:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1729106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Two-thirds of US corporations paid no taxes last year. Two-thirds. You can't get a lower tax rate than zero.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_04:07:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727981, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not just the last eight years, during Saint Ronnie and Pappy Bush's reigns also.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:13:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718429, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Disagree on point #1, but that's not really critical to the argument.<br><br>Ok, let's assume this deal goes through. Who gets the credit-the proponents of the surge, or the sitting president (whoever he is)?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:21:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722564, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You make good points.<br><br>I would say that if the War on Terror led to the ultimate destruction of the American way of life-to the point that a demise takes place that exceeds any other in history-then, no, it was not worth it. <br><br>Have we gotten there yet? No.<br><br>Are we on our way? We'll disagree there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722924, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "love usain--so glad he did his thing!  yaaay!   :-)<br><br>haven't seen it in california yet.   great picture!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:48:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL<br><br>Too funny", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:22:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "s you are right about the economic issue being framed as cheap gas as a proxy for the economy. It requires however that you don't think about the 'nuances' of the situation. I  realize you prefer belief for facts and ignorance for knowledge but that approach means you are exploiting the people you claim to be helping. so sit down and read some nuance.<br><br>Drilling will not bring cheaper gas prices. One, the increase in supply will be continually eaten up by other countries which are expanding their economies. Two, the states currently not allowing drilling of thier shores will get to approve drilling. The three states msot oftern mentioned for drilling are Alaska, California and Florida. All three have Republican governors. The latter two have already said no. Alaska which I do believe will allow it will not get the oil to market for at least 4 years at the earliest. Three, the increase in energy prices has moved into every input of the economy. Food, paper, fertilizer anything you use everyday has had prices increases. <br><br>so again what McCain is doing is preying on the black and white crowd inability to recognize the world has changed. The US is no longer the engine of the economic train of the world. Our demand/supply cycles no longer determine where economic inputs are used. That since our standard of living is what everybody wants and are working to get it we can't go backwards.<br><br>As I said you are correct that the issue has become political hay but it is not a realistic solution.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717071, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-john-mccain-and-his-secretive-plot-to-kill-the-un-903998.html rel=\"nofollow\">McCain's Secret Plot to Kill the UN</a><br>Brought to us by foreign media, who, unfortunately, have provided much more information on this corrupt administration than our own media. It looks like the cycle continues with McCain before he's even close to the office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:44:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's your basis for saying he's right? What's he right on?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:44:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722238, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who you tellin'? <br><br>They've been mighty SILENT.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:27:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724793, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell, I thought it was real....even googled it.<br><br>You should award yourself points for that one....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:31:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716636, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1729127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The McCains are a piece of work, aren't they? What kind of amoral people would lie about MOTHER THERESA?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_04:14:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721377, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You don't know any undecided voters dear. You know people who are simply phucking with your head because its a funny way to kill time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:44:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721239, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oooh, I made s mad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:14:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720912, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You'd think there was a white journalist of stature, who had the courage to say this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:31:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Obama making a choice to work in the poor, underserved communities of Chicago, organizing with churches to start job programs and really working to empower the residents there is quite telling. He didn't have to be there, but he got in the trenches with those in need.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:36:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Birds of prey,thats to nice more like carcass feeders like vultures the way they picked thru whatever honor McCain once had", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713203, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's a moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:44:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717924, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Better be 100% sure about that last sentence......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:44:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720724, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1719028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh huh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:43:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One step removed from N- boy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:32:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716070, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's utterly ridiculous. And, this is the main reason why Obama shouldn't choose her. NEVER. <br><br>Win or lose ON HIS OWN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:43:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama, earlier today via Hugh Hewitt:<br><br>    \"Everybody's watching what's going on in Beijing right now with the Olympics , Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure.  Their ports, their train systems, their airports are vastly the superior to us now, which means if you are a coporation deciding where to do business you're starting to think, \"Beijing looks like a pretty good option.\"<br><br>I suppose so.  Provided you don't mind de minimus pollution controls, employing people under Chinese labor conditions, and you don't mind construction standards in the countryside that allow the collapse of thousands of buildings including schools when the earthquake hits, killing tens of thousands.<br><br>Obama has said a lot of stupid things recently, but the idea that totalitarian eye-candy engineering proves Beijing is the better than America is near the top of the list.<br><br>Not to mention that  hundreds of millions of chinese live in the countryside WITHOUT REGULAR ACCESS TO UTILITIES, EDUCATION OR CLEAN WATER and modern farming equipment...about half of the Chinese hover right around malnutrition and have no education...<br><br>But Obama finds a way to condemn the U.S. by comparison.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_21:37:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721621": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL,  she says you're repeating O talking points!!   Your chem lab partner is an Obama talking point???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:55:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720935, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Check out this website.  It was too funny.<br><a href=\"http://www.womenforjohnmccain.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.womenforjohnmccain.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:16:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hmmmmm..........s has been gone for a while....too late.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:16:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718772, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The organization effort and framing a message is frustrating.<br><br>In the lions' den here, that's all I really feel comfortable saying.<br><br>Something good's gonna come out of it though; that's what I keep telling myself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:24:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722695, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was good.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:26:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722463, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a minefield.<br><br>It seems so trivial, but it's a minefield.<br><br>McCain is going to seethe.<br><br>They're baiting him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723374, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1758343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99%:  \"WE'RE the surrogates.\"    I agree!!!  That's why I keep learning from y'all, then contributing [I hope!   :&gt;)]<br><br>I am R-E-T-I-R-E-D!  Whooo - hoo!  For the past 9 days, I have been intensely caring for my mom [92 years Blessed!]  :&gt;)<br><br>Will return on Sat./Sun. 23/24.<br><br>I have been trying to contribute on my breaks!  :&gt;)<br><br>Missed you/y'all during the day [some nights, 2]   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Thank you.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_00:23:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1728064, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I take full responsiblity for the break up of my marriage,\" the Dangrous One admitted, and then he smiled that creepy smile.<br><br>\"I lied,\" the Dangerous One admitted when telling Cindy his age, and then he laughed that deceitful laugh.<br><br>::<br><br>Interesting the Gold Digger met his Gold Mine Heiress in Hawaii. That \"elite paradise\" in the Pacific where Barack was born.<br><br>I wonder how many other kids he has from other women around the globe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:31:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716390, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote><b>\"When Barack was ahead, his supporters did him no favors by attacking him for every disappointing move he made, which was exploited by the pundits and the Repubicans long before McCain decided to call Barack a celebrity.\"</b><br></blockquote>Exactly, and it is demeaning and insulting to Obama, demonstrating a weak base and a divided party, thus serving the neo-cons well. You never see and rarely hear of these kinds of attacks by the opponents' supporters.  Never, ever.<br><br>At this stage, in this GE campaign, the Dangerous One and the Entitled One are one and the same.<br><br>The other doesn't matter; despite this obsession with her doings, she has been effectively vanquished, and she ain't coming back as VP either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718588, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "99%:  Maybe this is why I keep asking - - Where da surrogates!!?????<br><br>Re:  billary - - Lawd I pray.   Please NO!!!!! <br><br>Whew!  Praying Deep Breaths!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:52:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No. You. Didn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722766, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I like you too D.  I've always been taught to listen to every side of a conversation, whether I agree or not. I think you bring forth good discussions on here. But as far John McCain---yea, in all fairness, they may have been a lot of aviator spots open, but by gosh, this guy had A LOT of mishaps with flying.  He had mishaps in 1960, 1962, 1963, and 1965  and this  was all before he was shot down in Vietnam.  And I am not saying this  to diminish his service, but you know as a veteran, as well as I know, the Navy, for reasons I'm not quite sure of continued to let this man fly even though his aviation performance was mediocre at best.  I can't help but think a well-known last name worked to his advantage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:25:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722535, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1726097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More ole' school.....<br><br>Shalamar - Night to Remember<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAm_obRPQ8&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAm_obRPQ8&featu...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_19:09:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oohhh good one Miranda.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:14:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720632, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OBAMA UNSURE OF HOW MANY HOUSES HE OWNS<br><br>By Johnathan Martin and Mike Allen<br><br>Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Michelle, own. <br><br>The correct answer is at least four, located in tony parts of Illinois, Indiana and Virginia, according to his staff. Newsweek estimated this summer that the couple owns at least seven lavish properties.<br><br>In recent weeks, Republicans have stepped up their effort to caricature Obama as living an outrageously rich lifestyle \u2014 a bit of payback to the Democrats for portraying Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as an elitist, and for turning the spotlight in 2004 on the one home owned by Pres. George W. Bush) and his wife, Laura. <br><br>Anti-Obama groups have sent out mailers highlighting Obama\u2019s wealth, and Republicans have tried to make light of his lavish lifestyle in comments to reporters.<br><br>Twice in the past two weeks, those Republicans have pointed out the hypocrisy of Obama owning so many homes.<br><br>Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT.) told Politico\u2019s Ben Smith that it was Obama \u201cwho had a fancy Ivy League educations, has numerous houses and associates with the most elitist people in the country.\"<br><br>Obama, by anyone's measure, is very well-off, not including the massive pay raise his wife Michelle received after he joined the Senate. Michelle Obama started off making $20,000 a year but her salary has exploded to over $300,000 for essentially doing the same tasks she did at $20,000 a year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:17:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I served my country like a lot of my family and I served proudly that's why I have the right to criticize my country and not goosestep to insane policies that are not in my country's best interest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:39:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717644, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "btw - the vacation spot in Hawaii was a RENTAL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:48:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How brutal.<br><br>How brilliant.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:09:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720960, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Debunked.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715012, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am partisan but please tell me what republican policies over the past eight years have benefited the people and not the richest 5%?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:02:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718019, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Know Enough?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:07:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1726872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, that's so sad.<br><br>Bwahahahahahaha!!!!  :D<br><br>Why don't the PUMAs give her the money they've raised to help her out? Oh yeah, because they need every bit of that $50,000 to stage their coup!<br><br>BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_21:05:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain Backs Away From Change to GOP Platform on Abortion<br><br>\"If he were to change the party platform,\" to account for exceptions such as rape, incest or risk to the mother's life, \"I think that would be political suicide,\" Tony Perkins, the president of the conservative Family Research Council, told ABC News in May. \"I think he would be aborting his own campaign because that is such a critical issue to so many Republican voters and the Republican brand is already in trouble.\" <br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/mccain-backs-aw.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Seemingly, this is CNN's opportunity to help McCain minimize his affair.   An opportunity to advance the notion that John McCain is an Everyday Amerian Guy, while this fella Obama is the ...<br><br><i>other</i>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715738, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Monie, I like you.<br><br>You are right.....there's no way McCain could have gotten a spot in naval aviation without a hookup. UNLESS-in all fairness-there were a lot of open spots available for aviators that year.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.usna-parents.org/resources/firstie.htm#ss\" rel=\"nofollow\">An article on service selection at USNA</A></a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:49:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722174, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Americans are used to the idea of politicians being filthy rich; it\u2019s not wealth itself that puts fangs into the attack, it\u2019s how wealth suggests luxury, entitlement, softness, and selfishness. Good luck with that, Barry. The instant response from McCain HQ:<br><br>    Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people \u201ccling\u201d to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who\u2019s in touch with regular Americans?<br><br>    The reality is that Barack Obama\u2019s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he\u2019s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans. \u2013McCain spokesman Brian Rogers", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:19:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 39, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720731, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you not understand that nobody gives a damn about William Ayers?  Except for you and Sean Hannity?<br><br>If William Ayers was a black guy or non-white guy, he would generate more interest.  William Ayers is a white dude that looks like Mr. Rogers.  Nobody cares.  Especially when Ayers was doing his dirt Obama was all of 8 years old and not even living in the United States.<br><br>Tough breaks, but nobody gives a damn about William Ayers or Tony Rezko.  Go eat a Little Debbie snack or something.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:19:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717525, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now you're gonna get it...well no...some small animal is gonna get it, but you'll be the one s is thinking about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:50:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720935, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm wondering if Biden isnt' the guy.<br><br>Ooh. I hope it's not Hagel!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:19:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "and I eat arugula as does my kids???? what is your point.  regarding to the clinging to guns crap -- don't be an idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:50:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's why she shouldn't be invited to the convention. By now, we shouldn't be talking about her at all, she should be old news.  Obama is keeping her name relevant. Why? Don't be surprised.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "3366eb80e96fe7a56d7a45e9dd44e0a3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715106, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You say Obama's resume was \"thin\".....compared to whose?<br><br>Law firms were fighting over Obama way back then, s.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:04:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720696, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1726580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hillary's debt is just what it was in June:<br><a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/21/disclosure-repots-show-clinton-still-deeply-in-debt/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/21...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_20:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wondering the same thing!  As I noted on the blog earlier what I found most <br>interesting in the CBS poll is that she didn't cross the elusive 50% mark.  <br>Moreover, let's keep in mind that these most recent polls were conducted <br>while Obama was on vacation and under steady assault by the GOP.  Since <br>conceding the nomination, Hillary Clinton as been lauded by Democrats, <br>Republicans and the media alike, and she only performs 3% better than Obama <br>under assault and not campaigning?<br><br>I've been one of the ones arguing the last week or so that he may have to <br>put his pride to the side, he pick her.  Now I'm not so sure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:51:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1726191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good save, Howard!<br><br>SHALAMAR A Night To Remember LIVE<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0Fld1ejiw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0Fld1ejiw&featu...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_19:20:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's a problem when some guy wearing $500 shoes and has been living in the lap of luxury for over 25 years starts pointing the finger at a guy who just made his fortune in the past few years.  That's like Joan Rivers pointing the finger and laughing at somebody for having a face lift.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:51:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721412, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just sayin' indeed, NMP.<br><br>Always on point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:21:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715106, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right on the fact that we never should have invaded a sovereign nation that posed no threat to us. Let's start there.<br><br>We'll continue to the fact that Obama called for a sensible withdrawal, mindful of facts on the ground, exactly in line with what the Iraqi ministers are asking. <br><br>And I'll finish with the idea that it's time for Iraq to determine Iraq's future. We have messed around in their affairs for long enough. If they ask for our help, we should help them, but so far, I don't think most Iraqis believe that our invasion has helped anything. They don't look to us as being their saviors and as far as they are concerned, they want us the heck out of there. They are a sovereign nation. We should give them what they want.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:51:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722464, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/black_republicans\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama inspires black Republicans to switch parties</a><blockquote><b>While the number of blacks who have left the GOP for the Democratic Party can't be pinpointed, it's not hard to find voters who have made the switch.<br><br>\"That's happening in a lot of places,\" said Ronald Walters, a University of Maryland political scientist who tracks racial trends.<br><br>In Florida, it's happening at a time when the state Republican Party has made black voter recruitment a priority \u2014 one that is more difficult with Obama's success.<br><br>Whitfield Jenkins of Ocala became a Republican nearly four decades ago, abandoning the Democrats out of anger when black voters helped elect a state lawmaker who later opposed a state holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. In 2006, Jenkins helped Republican Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign, but this year he switched back to the Democratic Party for one reason: Obama.<br><br>\"Really early in his presidential campaign, when I got the opportunity to listen intently to his ideas and his platforms, I immediately said, 'This is beyond belief,'\" Jenkins said. \"I joined the effort and it became clear to me that I was better able to work in my community in a broad way and support this outstanding candidate as a Democrat.\"</b></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:28:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D: <br><br>Best wishes!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:25:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723688, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're bad.<br><br>I can't believe how pale Barack's body is.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:52:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720651, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seems to be?<br><br>C'mon. <br><br>Jump right in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:40:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718623, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/08/presidential_de.html rel=\"nofollow\"> Presidential Debate Sets</a href><br><br>The debates and formats: <br><br>First Presidential Debate: <br>Date: Sept. 26 <br>Site: University of Mississippi <br>Topic: Foreign policy and national security <br>Moderator: Jim Lehrer of PBS <br>Staging: Podium debate <br>Format: The debate will be broken into nine, 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment. After these initial answers, the moderator will facilitate an open discussion of the topic for the remaining 5 minutes, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment <br><br>Vice Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 2 <br>Site: Washington University in St. Louis <br>Moderator: Gwen Ifill of PBS <br>Staging/Answer Format: To be resolved after the vice presidential nominees are selected. <br><br>Second Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 7 <br>Site: Belmont University in Nashville <br>Moderator: Tom Brokaw of NBC<br>Staging: Town Hall debate <br>Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the Internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or Internet), and not the moderator. <br><br>Third Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 15 <br>Site: Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. <br>Topic: Domestic and economic policy <br>Moderator: Bob Schieffer of CBS <br>Staging: Candidates will be seated at a table <br>Format: Same as first presidential debate, plus each candidate will get a 90-second closing statement.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_21:26:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack has chosen his VP (hat-tip to USA Today):<br><b><i><br>He said he was looking for not just a partner but a sparring partner. \"I want somebody who's independent, somebody who can push against my preconceived notions and challenge me so we have got a robust debate in the White House.\"<br></i></b><br><br>Sounds like Hillary to me...I'm now taking bets.  $5 says itz Hillary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:14:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Barack campaign is FINALLY calling McCain:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXl2nR-2jxY\" rel=\"nofollow\">DANGEROUS</a><br><br>Took them long enough.<br><br>Every time McCain calls Barack a celebrity, Barack needs to call McCain dangerous. Barack has some catching up to do.<br><br>I bet I know which one will stick in the voters minds more on election day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jessica Valenti: The baiting of Ms Obama<br>American feminists who defended Hillary with passion and vigour must do the same for Michelle.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/21/michelleobama.barackobama\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/au...</a><br><br>Bout time....BOUT DAMN TIME", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:08:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1719076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unstable based on.......?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:46:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718623, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Found this while watching C-SPAN:  \"When Women Vote-2008.  It was hosted by the Peter Hart Research Associates!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.emilyslist.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.emilyslist.org</a> is an organization which is committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women to offices.<br><br>DATA presented:  Obama was leading \"McAncient\" by nice margins EXCEPT for so-called evangelical women.  I couldn't copy the chart fast enough.   SORRY!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:01:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Confusing 'elistism' with material wealth is why this line of attack will not gain traction.<br><br>Just wait until the \"Bittergate\" comments are used against Obama in upcoming weeks.<br><br>Those comments reveal where the real debate lies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:52:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721412, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now THAT'S a valid concern.<br><br>Though I'd argue that the difference is that our multiple front war has-at least in the majority-been limited to one geographic area.The Romans and Napoleon were fighting on all sides most of the time.<br><br>Thoughts?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720595, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AND . . . .??????<br><br>EXERCISING AGAIN???  And a 1, and a 2, and a 3!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:38:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721239, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nooooo!   i REFUSE to go back to 1980!!!!    ;-)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:04:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1725914, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I heard Chuck Todd pushing the meme that the supposed 13% undecided are Hillary supporters.  I can't ever remember a time when the loser or \"runner up\" to the nomination was a factor in the general campaign. <br><br>Do you guys suppose they will be polling how well she would have done if elected president?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:25:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715106, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "wow,s, you churn out a lot of posts, but it is very clear you are either oblivious to the facts or ignorant by choice.  Now if you really want to discuss economics and why we have some the issues we do now, then please read this post.<br><br>First off, PHIL \"NATION OF WHINERS\" Gramm is one of the key players in both the housing and energy crisis.<br><br>HOUSING CRISIS:  Phil Gramm co-sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 which basically deregulated the financial industry, allowing commercial and investment banks to merge.  Because of this deregulation, banks and mortgage brokers were greedy and saw the opportunity to make record profits by offering mortgages to many people who were risky, or did not deserve the loans they were offered.  Why would banks do this?  Because the Act allowed banks to secure these risky loans and then turn around and trade them to securities firms.  The banks no longer cared about potential losses, they became more risky and only looked at immediate profits.  That is why predatory lending has skyrocketed in these past years. Now, when many homes are foreclosed on, it is not even clear who owns the mortgage--the bank or the securities firm.\"  And Phil Gramm's Swiss bank UBS is also at the center of the foreclosure crisis.<br><br>ENERGY CRISIS:  PHIL \"NATION OF WHINERS\" GRAMM also helped deregulate energy trading by introducing the \"Enron Loophole\"  in the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.  Basically, this exempted government regulation of Energy trading and allowed companies like Enron to trade \"out-of-control\" on energy stocks.  And we all know what happened to Enron.  Gramm was heavily lobbied by Enron at the time too.  Now, we can also thank him for the outrageous speculation we see on crude oil , which is one of the reasons we have seen such high gas prices.  It is not just \"supply and demand\" alone.  A weakening U.S. dollar (which crude oil is traded in), plus deregulated \"out-of-control\" speculation is why we have the prices we do.  When Bush took office in 2001, right after this Act was signed, oil traded at around $20/ barrel. Now compare that to this summer where we reached highs of  about $150/barrel.<br><br>So before you start blaming Obama's circle, please look at McCain's economic advisors.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:37:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A guy who wears $520 shoes and can't remember how many houses he owns really can't say too much when the rest of America is wearing Payless and having their house foreclosed on, can he?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:21:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the reason that she won't be the VP nominee; way too much baggage, and a big bullseye target for all kinds of attacks.  Nothing will rally the neo-con base like her on the ticket, and Obama would lose were he to put her and Billy Jeff on the ticket.  He knows this, so it ain't a happening, not in our lifetime, however long that is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:26:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715202, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rush needs a hug...preferably from a hungry bear!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:21:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716070, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very sick and delusional and so not wanting a black man to be their president.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:27:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715202, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Take.it.to.him.<br><br>shove it down his throat.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:39:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723670, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1756797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "caligirl:   \"TURN, TURN. TURN!\"  [don't remember who sang it.   :&gt;)]", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_23:59:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727757, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's coming around. <br><br>There's nothing new on my state page; we're just now getting some events planned.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:20:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723166, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1728756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's not suggesting he can't be elected, she's just pointing out that a lot of the opposition is about race.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_02:13:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1725290, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1728757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's not suggesting he can't be elected, she's just pointing out that a lot of the opposition is about race.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_02:13:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1725290, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I woke up thinking Wesley Clark or Tim Kaine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:24:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723677, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOLOL!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:16:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723414, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The most celebrated DNC in history! I'm so excited: <a href=\"http://www.theloop21.com/news/supporters-plan-obama-celebrations\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.theloop21.com/news/supporters-plan-o...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:00:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "BeeJayGee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some right wing satire for you all:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/tales_from_the_57_states_john_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tales From The 57 States: John Wins in Shaman Rick's House</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:29:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw the race - he was awesome.  The Jamaicans are doing very well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_01:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I can't stand John McCain,\" Reid flatly told his hometown paper, the Las Vegas Review Journal in comments published Thursday. The Nevada Democrat also said he had recently expressed that sentiment to Democrat-turned Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, an ardent supporter of McCain who has agreed to speak at the Republican convention early next month.<br><a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:15:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Be careful, your 'elitism' is showing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:54:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721526, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think they only serve Jello in those places, not Debbie snacks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:45:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721004, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, yesterday was a day of great joy and sadness. I watched Bolt's run on the live feed from the \"Birdcage\" last night. It took me two hrs. to get to sleep. What a thrill and good on the Jamaicans! I 'll look for them to compete again in the bobsled next Winter Olympics. I'd be glad to send the team some money if a legit website is set up.<br><br>Day of sadness too. Though I'm unfamiliar with Rep. Tubbs-Jones and her record which I am sure was excellent, its incredibly sad when someone this young & with such promise passes away. While I need to get current on the circumstances of her sad demise, all of us white, African-American, all Americans for that matter, have got to watch that diet, and blood pressure, just got to folks. Yours respectfully, &gt;Dave", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:59:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "dave_246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, by all means, please continue. God forbid your neutral, objective voice is lost in the debate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:46:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717911, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They (Corporatist MSM) are pushing really hard for him to name her as veep.  David Gergen can't mention her name without saying she should be the vp.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:30:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know it will be spun. I know Bush is trying to take this issue out of contention for the election. I know the Republican playbook as well as anyone.<br><br>Obama needs to claim credit for being right about this, just like he needs to claim credit for being right on Iraq, just like he needs to claim credit for being right on diplomacy, energy, the economy, etc., etc., etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:27:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721622, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry, I must be kind of slow. How are the statements, \"We have not seen the kind of political reconciliation that\u2019s going to bring about long-term stability in Iraq,\" and \"They have created the space for political reconciliation,\" in any way contradictory?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "c50f5a2c3fdcb7f32656dac96d700b30", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721055, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Help me please.That story that Tony Rezko and Obama did anything unethical has been debunked by the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun -Times. You take pride in your ignorance and you are very proud of it so sad.Furthermore if you care to research it Phil Gramm McCain's economic advisor wrote the rules when he was in congress to deregulate the mortgage industry that led to the current problems that you candidate McCain does not believe is a problem.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:59:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell yes - From now till 2012 they'll do it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i think their timing is perfect.  everything has a season.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:08:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1722146, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I said this in a different post, but I feel I must say it again: All this Hillary talk and Barack is down polls are just attempts to force hillary onto the ticket.  I can smell the clintons' sleaziness all over this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:44:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715451, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is how Democrats should tell it like it is.<br>Kaine on McCain's House Gaffe: \"He Couldn't Count High Enough\"<br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/kaine-on-mccain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:05:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715704, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a bad thing when the people he's pissed off is Russia and we're already fighting a two front war.<br><br>You know, two front wars? The very thing that took down Napolean, Hitler, the Romans?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:54:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717676, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"They\u2019re friends.  So what?\"<br><br>Obama is hiding behind Mayor Daley's skirts:<br><br>John Kass has an explanation for Stanley Kurtz for why he couldn\u2019t access what should be public records at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Kurtz apparently didn\u2019t read the name of the building in which the files from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge reside.  It\u2019s the Richard Daley Library, and when a Daley gets involved in a Chicago issue, openness flies right back out the door:<br><br>    \"The relationship between the ambitious Obama and the unrepentant Ayers is a subject that excites Republicans, who haven\u2019t really thwacked that pinata as hard as they might. It really irritates Obama and his political champion, Chicago\u2019s sovereign lord, Mayor Richard M. Daley.<br><br>    \u201cThis is a public entity,\u201d Kurtz told us Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t understand how confidentiality of the donor would be an issue.\u201d<br><br>    You don\u2019t understand, Mr. Kurtz? Allow me to explain. The secret is hidden in the name of the library:<br><br>    The Richard J. Daley Library.<br><br>    Eureka!\"<br><br>The son of the famous Chicago machine boss and one in his own right, Richard Daley Jr doesn\u2019t understand why anyone would want to look into the relationship between a presidential candidate and an unrepentant domestic terrorist-cum-academic.  If William Ayers was good enough to wangle a Chicago job with the help of his father, Mayor Daley wondered aloud, why would anyone question him?<br><br>Ayers has repeatedly refused to apologize for his bombings and his terrorist actions, nor has his wife Bernardine Dohrn repented of her connections to bombings, thefts, and murder.  To this day, they still speak publicly about the need to overthrow the capitalist system of the United States and call America a \u201cmonster\u201d.<br><br>They\u2019re friends.  So what?  Well, most Americans don\u2019t have friends who plotted to bomb the Pentagon, or assisted radicals in robberies that resulted in murder.  Not only did Barack Obama make these people his friends, he worked closely with them on two separate projects, the Woods Foundation \u2014 and that pesky Chicago Annenberg Challenge that UIC, a public institution, ran.  These were voluntary associations, not a case of both being hired by a corporate manager and forced to work together.  In fact, Obama chose to work for Ayers at the CAC.<br><br>But wait...they're NOT friends? Obama characterized Ayers as '... a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago, who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from.  He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. \"<br><br>Why lie?<br><br>It's not the crime. It's the cover up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:15:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah, but that would be a 10 month withdrawal.<br><br>So, does the credit go to Obama for saying we have to withdraw, or to the proponents of the surge for the conditions being in place to withdraw sooner than Obama suggested?<br><br>(Don't answer if you don't want to. Just a preview of how it could be spun)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:55:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720614, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Smoke and mirrors...a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:52:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718724, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think there is a certain demographic that clings to gun and religion too...and here I was thinking I was 'regular people\"...well guess not. If that makes me elitist, then so be it. I do believe I'm better than you anyway, so thanks for the compliment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:21:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because a wise man controls his emotions and thinks thru his options, a child or immature man lashes out without thinking of the long term consequences.Case in point Iraq.<br><a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/printedition/content/printedition/2008/08/18/bookmaned.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ajc.com/printedition/content/printed...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:47:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717676, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723166": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok.  I will leave it at that.  Hope it resolves itself quickly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:36:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723011, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lets hope she's not really a kitty.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721518, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you debunk a direct quote?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:55:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Naw, just make a spam samich and drank a grape Sam's Club sodi-pop", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:19:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723282, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,<br>He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.<br>He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.<br>And they all lived together in a little crooked 10 houses", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:55:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715727, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Brilliant, Town.  The really frightening thing is that it is so easy to imagine just how the news reports would be written.  Sigh.<br><br>Good Lord.  I'm telling you, I've got to find a way to channel all this rage I'm feeling on a daily basis.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:09:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "pmof2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama wins again!<br><br>Suck it, s and D.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:55:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717318, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1719079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is good I guess. But what will it really mean?  Will he really be held accountable if he found guilty or will he get off with some slap on the wrist?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715718, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D - it is necessary because of the ridiculous statements S is making.  Read it and tell me it isn't crap.  <br><br>I am sick of this sh*t.  We are going to vote the way we choose to vote and we are all entitled to debate which is what this blog is all about BUT not based on that garbage that S is posting.  Come on now D.  Not only is that stuff old crap that has been run through the paces earlier this year for wayyyy longer than was warranted and has all been debunked multiple times but, it is so stupid it is ridiculous.  I understand it is almost November and we all are going to kick it up a notch.  But in what way ?  I ain't going for this crap.  This election cycle is too important.  <br><br>Now that said . . . . How are you by the way? I haven't seen you on the posts in a while.  Hope you and your family are okay.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:57:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721412, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "According to John McCain, Obama isn't rich. He only made $4 Mill last year. He's middle class.<br><br>More and more people will see that McCain knows nothing about average Americans. He thinks we're *whiners* because we're having a hard time weathering Bush's economy. We're whiners because we want health care, whiners because we're afraid of losing our houses, whiners because we want the minimum wage to be raised.<br><br>McCain can take his $500 shoes and get the hell out of here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:44:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721132": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "S.  Go screw yourself.  It is one thing to come here and post based on fact but it is another to insult our intelligence with those bullshit talking points.  Either post based on fact instead of the crap that even my 7 year old knows to be false or go earn your McCain points elsewhere.<br><br>Now be a good sssssssnnnnnaaaaakkkkkeeeee and copy and paste my comments to McCain's tattle tale center.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:23:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720696, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I cannot even believe that there is enough ink to print dreck like this.<br><br>Michelle Obama never took a job @UC for $20K. Hell, she made more than that @ the law firm where they both met! Furthermore, she made more than that in the public sector @ the city and she made more than that @ Public Allies. I don't even know how much she made @ each job but any god blessed idiot can put it together.<br><br>Joe Lieberman ought to be talking about fancy Ivy League educations. Last time I checked, he met the Clintons @ Yale. Furthermore, where was his tongue before Obama arrived in the Senate? That is one heckuva Ivy League fraternity.<br><br>Where are all the homes that the Obamas own? Where are all the homes that the McCains own? How 'bout the Bushes?<br><br>These people are such liars. Gives me a stomach ache so early in the a.m.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:10:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:   LOL  x2   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:20:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727432, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1770803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RhondaCoca:  Major \"virtual daps\" to you/family!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;0<br><br>What inspiring accomplishment(s) for both the men and women!!!<br><br>Yaaaaaa!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_11:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1768287, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1719092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When Obama is criticized as \"Elitist \" is not synonymous with 'rich.' <br>Elitist defined is a person who believes that he or she is inherently a member of an elite group of people or who has some kind of special,  quality that gives them license to assume that they know what is best or right.<br><br>From Mark Whittingham:<br><br>Who is more \"elitist?\" Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama? An even casual examination of the question suggests that Barack Obama is the winner of that contest, hands down, not even close.<br><br>As evidence for Barack Obama's elitism, one can go no further than Barack Obama's \"bitter\" comments, delivered to a group of rich campaign contributors at a closed door fund raiser in San Francisco. Referring to rural people in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama said, \"And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.\" Heavens, could one possibly be more condescending?<br><br>Barack Obama's elitism sometimes rises toward the level of megalomania. In Barack Obama's remarks on the final primary night in St. Paul Minnesota, he seemed to become enraptured with the possibilities his Presidency would entail:<br><br>\"I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals.\"<br><br>\"The rise of the oceans began to slow?\" Because of Barack Obama? King Canute once commanded the oceans to recede, but only to provide a lesson to his nobles that even a King could not do everything. No such humility for Barack Obama.<br><br>And \"the planet began to heal?\" As the columnist Charles Krauthammer pointed out, even Jesus Christ only proposed to heal sick people. Barack Obama's ambitions are on another level entirely.<br><br>In Berlin, where Barack Obama spoke before two hundred thousand chanting Germans, none of whom who could actually vote for him, the candidate proposed to one up Ronald Reagan.<br><br>\"The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down. \"<br><br>Ronald Reagan only proposed that then General Secretary Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall. Apparently unaware of that old New England maxim that some good walls make good neighbors, Barack Obama wants to tear down all walls.<br><br>And what of John McCain? What are his ambitions as President? Apparently they include hammering the terrorists, keeping taxes and spending low, and empowering people to prosper and better their lives. An ambitious agenda to be sure, considering the current makeup of the Congress, but quite doable by a mere human being.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:48:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716517, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting, those were great.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:59:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718921, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good pics of Obama.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:33:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Based on possibly the missing pages from those files?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:56:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1719076, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "so so so true!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:14:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723834, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's gonna get tiresome real quick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:37:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724999, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First, let it be said that this map flipped exactly when I said it would: a week before the Democratic convention. Coincidence? Hell no. Due to McCAin's smears? Not as much as the pundits would have you believe.<br><br>But in any case, Al puts it down about the underdog vs. frontrunner scenario. <br><br>When Barack was ahead, his supporters did him no favors by attacking him for every disappointing move he made, which was exploited by the pundits and the Repubicans long before McCain decided to call Barack a celebrity.<br><br>But now, folks who don't want the Dangerous One to prevail and don't want the Entitled One to steal are getting down to the nitty gritty once more.<br><br>The next 11 weeks is going to be interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:08:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713186, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From the Politico:<br><br>Clinton creates 'whip team' to quell anti-Obama protests<br><br>In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton's staff is creating a 40-member \"whip team\" at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning.<br><br>The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is working in conjunction with Obama's floor organizers to help foster the image of a unified front during a roll-call process Clinton herself has described as an emotional \"catharsis\" for her disappointed supporters.<br><br>\"If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we've got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs,\" said a person involved in the planning.<br><br>\"Is it typical for a losing candidate to have their own whip team? No. But it's also not usual for a losing candidate to get 18 million votes either,\" said the person.<br><br>Clinton spokesperson Kathleen Strand emphasized the team would not seek to convince delegates to vote for the former first lady, but would hand out Clinton signs to supporters who requested them.<br><br>\u201cWe have been and are working closely with the Obama campaign to make sure we have an exciting and unified convention,\" Strand said. \"Our delegate whips, along with the Obama delegate whips, are a part of a team that will be on the floor of the convention to make sure delegates have everything they need, whether that\u2019s answering questions or passing out signs during Hillary's speech. The whips are a traditional part of every convention's floor operations.\u201d<br><br>Plans for the squad were finalized last weekend. Although some former Clinton staffers balked at policing their own supporters, its ranks were filled by people itching for a floor pass -- not an easy get for Clinton's troops at the Obama-run convention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:52:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain has benefited greatly fome \"elitism\" or better yet \"privilege.\"  Just think about it, graduating fifth from the bottom of your class SHOULD NOT have given you access to the very competitive flight school.  It has been posted here before  that John McCain benefited greatly from his father and grandfather's positions as Admirals in the Navy. And it could quite possibe explain why McCain crashed so many times during his career.  Think about it----the next time you board a commercial plane, would you like the  pilot behind the controls, with the most mediocre grades who graduated 5th from the bottom of their graduating class, flying your plane.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:22:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721565, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh I get it.  Even back when he was a grade schooler Barack was down with the Weather Underground, and was even giving Ayers and the Missus tips on what was the best way to make stuff blow up real good.<br><br>Nice try with the guilt by association thing.  I mean my high school chem lab partner was the son of one of the biggest mob bosses on the East Coast, so of course that means the Five Families have my number in their speed dial to this very day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:59:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717525, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I grow arugula. Sell it too. Eat it most every summer day.<br><br>It's very good for you.<br><br>Arugula is earthy. <br><br>Arugula is healthy.<br><br>Arugula \"is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid, Zinc and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Manganese.\"<br><br>The healthier you are the less you have to pay in medical bills.<br><br>And with healthcare costs so high, I urge you to be as healthy as you can be.<br><br>Arugula is healthy. It's a bit more expensive then iceberg, but the seeds are cheap. If you live in a place with a pubic garden or have your own piece of land, and you don't need much, you can even use a window box, you can plant your own.<br><br>Crop wasn't that strong this year, though.<br><br>More yellow than green. Worthless beyond the baby stage.<br><br>Climate is off.<br><br>Speaking of the climate being off.<br><br>We need to invest in alternative energies that don't emit so much poison into the atmosphere the effects of which we are dealing with now.<br><br>Katrina. The midwestern floods.<br><br>Alternative energies break our addiction to oil.<br><br>Drive down fuel prices.<br><br>::<br><br>From smear to real in less than a minute.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:38:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721526, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OBAMA USES TELEPROMPTERS AT TOWNHALL MEETINGS<br><br>According to several Democrat political consultants presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama spent part of his Hawaiian vacation working on weaning himself from a heavy dependence on teleprompters. Even in what are staged as \"town hall\" events for Obama, remarks are scripted or formatted into bullet points that scroll on teleprompter screens.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13742\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:56:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"This (the Chicago Annenberg Challenge) was a big test for him, his chance to cut his teeth on bringing hope and change to the mostly minority inner city school children trapped in Chicago schools. And he flopped big time, squandering lots of money and the time of many public employees in the process.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:47:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721421, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_on_comment_about_reinstituting_draft_0820.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain Comment about Reinstituting the draft</a><br><br>Audience Member: \"If we don't reenact the draft I don't think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.\"<br><br>McCain reply: \"Ma'am let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said and thank you and I am grateful for your support of all of our veterans.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_07:13:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1732430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This Bud's for you (and this 6-pack, and this keg, hell, take these longnecks too).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-22_11:48:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723282, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's going on with the Vets for Freedom?  Do you have something posted on your site?  Haven't been there to visit lately.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:01:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721787, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha!  That is the single line that stands out for me in that special...that and Cindy saying John thought she was a good wife and mother.  Two statements that sum everything up.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715649, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ridiculous...but I believe that Obama's campaign will handle it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:47:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1718114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=http://wonkette.com/402067/hot-exclusive-barack-beach-photo-with-phallic-thing rel=\"nofollow\">Why Obama Will Win</a><br><br>Please take a look. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:57:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Al Giordano at The Field:<br><br>Light a Candle for the Three Point Shot<br><br><a href=\"http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/vp-watch-light-a-candle-three-point-shot\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/vp-wa...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:13:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's a difference between being rich (like Obama just recently paying off his own student loan debt,) and being wealthy (which means looong money and shady friends.)<br><br>IMHO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721412, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why is Obama slipping in the polls. Forget all the excuses and look at the Issues.<br><br>Obama is on the wrong side of the issues that are important to Americans. He has been following McCain's lead, playing catch-up on the top three issue that are of the most concern to voters.<br><br>#1. The Economy. Let's face it. Gas prices have become a proxy for the economy. The higher pump prices climb, the more people think the economy is sinking. McCain\u2019s flip-flop to support offshore drilling showed sympathy. It was translated as: He is willing to fight the establishment to improve the economy for average people. McCain has got it right in advocating new offshore drilling and a federal push to add 45 nuclear generators over the next two decades.<br><br>Obama can\u2019t depart from liberal orthodoxy (which openly favors high gas prices because it will force us to change the type of fuel we use in our cars). He finally managed to say something along the lines that while he favors higher prices, but thought prices climbed too fast. Huh? Later, he favored some sort of drilling as part of package involving more subsidies to alternative energies\u2026 His flip-flop wasn\u2019t dramatic enough and was weeks too late.<br><br>Obama is losing on this issue.<br><br>#2. National Security. McCain fought for and was right about 'the Surge\". Now, months after wide-spread acknowledgement by ever the most pessemistic critics, Obama is edging away from a long-held position, and he tacitly acknowledged the success of the Iraq troop-surge strategy during an appearance Tuesday before the country's largest organization of combat veterans.<br><br>Too little, too late.<br><br>McCain, not Obama, was right about Georgia.<br><br>It took my first-term Sen. Barack Obama three tries to get it right. Headed for a vacation in Hawaii, the presumed Democratic candidate for commander in chief issued an even-handed statement, urging restraint by both sides. Later Friday, he again called for mutual restraint but blamed Russia for the fighting. The next day his language finally caught up with toughness of McCain's.<br><br>Making matters worse, Obama's staff focused on a McCain aide who had served as a lobbyist for Georgia, charging it showed McCain was \"ensconced in a lobbyist culture.\" Obama's campaign came off as injecting petty partisan politics into an international crisis. This was not a serious response on behalf a man who aspires to be the leader of the Free World.<br><br>#3. Government Ethics and Corruption.  I find it interesting that at the Saddleback Forum Obama claimed that \"I worked with John McCain\" on ethics legislation. Why did he feel that he must try and link himself to McCain's record? Why did he not cite his own accomplishments.<br><br> In fact, the two worked together for barely a week, after which  Obama chose to support a purely partisan, Democrat proposal.<br><br>McCain has never taken an earmark. He has a lengthy, solid record of bi-partisan cooperation on a wide range of issues.<br><br>Obama is just beginning to build his resume in this area.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:49:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lawwwddd Lawwwddd Lawwwwwwdddd.  JJP.  Ya'll need a virtual exorcism up in here.<br><br>In the name of Jesus - Demon of lies and deception I rebuke you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:00:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721565, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know you want your points for your McCain autograph of a 8 track player but this story will have legs.The AP the people who brings the OLDMAN his donuts with sprinkles has put it out on its wire.Do you know what that means every small town paper who gets their news from the AP will get this story and the myth of McCain will be further diminished.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:24:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because TruthSeeker.  McCain does not speak for McCain remember?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:24:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720608, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting this rikyrah! Thank goodness for the internets!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:42:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713186, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone see McCain revealed on CNN last night? While they tried to push the war hero story and highlight his years of involvement in politics, I came away thinking he's an underachiever, protected and elevated by famial connections, financed by Cindy the homewrecker (who by the way thinks she's a better wife and mother than Carol his crippled heartbroken first wife).  He has lived his entire life screwing up and being bailed out by someone.  The spoiled thankless child who never grows up or assumes responsibility.  The child who doesn't know how to behave because he never had to.<br><br>I bet he is indeed thinking that someone will make sure that he is elected president.  He probably thought he would win in 2000, but there was a contender that was even more protected and connected than him and look what we got.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:42:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1768287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jamaica is in a frenzy over this. My aunt called and told me that their are televisions in all of the squares.<br><br>My house was lit up because as I've said here before, i'm Jamaican so this is exciting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-23_06:22:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "6bc2a184a87faa5510b891e55f8de59d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727566, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok you ask for it in McCains own words<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFbJFYKkQQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFbJFYKkQQ</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEOBj-CRQA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEOBj-CRQA</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD0Gf9w5DA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD0Gf9w5DA</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qu6B6fcfo8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qu6B6fcfo8</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJq37uGQceo\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJq37uGQceo</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGXKpQbt0w\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGXKpQbt0w</a><br>On can go on but he is old out of touch and Im just tired", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:26:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1719076, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=http://gizmodo.com/5039766/comcasts-new-network-management-will-slow-down-heavy-users-for-up-to-20-minutes rel=\"nofollow\">Comcast's New Network Management Will Slow Down Heavy Users for Up to 20 Minutes</a><br>Not political, but yet another example of corporations running our lives. A few commenters pointed out that Comcast is simply trying to force people to get their entertainment from them instead of downloading or streaming online.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:35:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ole' school.....<br><br>Shalamar \"SECOND TIME AROUND\" 1980<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qTH89GS7I_c\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qTH89GS7I_c</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_18:50:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ":) <br><br>Me either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:06:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723398, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200009?f=h_top\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200009?f=h_top</a><br><br>Rash Limpballs calls Obama a \"little black man-child.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:35:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So you see the obvious hi-jinks in that little plan too?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:02:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1719028, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No. Hillary is not independent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:21:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unfortunately,<br>You are co-signing Hillary.  This has been what she has said<br>all along.  He can't be elected because he is BLACK!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:49:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No worries, because kitty's still got her claws and she's sharpening them on the coffee table as we speak.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:02:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721631, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A no-shitter: that never occured to me until you mentioned it.<br><br>Something to think on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:42:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723023, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died. <br><br>Upshaw, 63, had been fighting pancreatic cancer. <br><br>Clear Channel Online first reported the story early Thursday morning. ESPN has confirmed the report. <br><br>Upshaw played offensive guard with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1967 until 1981. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and an 11-time All-Pro selection. He played in three Super Bowls -- winning two -- and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. <br><br>Upshaw was the Oakland Raiders' first-round choice in the first combined AFL-NFL draft in 1967. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound lineman had played center, tackle and end at Texas A&I. <br><br>Upshaw moved to guard with the Raiders, starting in 207 straight regular-season games until being forced out of action by injury for one game in 1981. Upshaw returned the next week and played in 10 more games in what turned out to be his final season. <br><br>Upshaw was a member of the bargaining committee for the NFLPA throughout his playing days in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After his retirement, he took over as NFLPA executive director in June 1983. <br><br>Upshaw led the players union through a strike in 1987 and years of anti-trust litigation against the league, including a brief period in which the NFLPA became a professional association rather than a union. The union eventually accepted a salary cap in return for free agency. Union members got a bigger share of league revenues because of the deal. <br><br>Upshaw came up against controversy in 2006 when some 325 retired players from the AFL and NFL came forward with accounts of being given minimal disability benefits. <br><br>Baltimore Ravens kicker Matt Stover had been leading an effort to oust Upshaw as the NFLPA executive director. In April, he e-mailed a plan to fellow player representatives to have a new union boss in place by March 2009. <br><br>Upshaw responded, speaking of the looming labor confrontation with owners when the current contract expires, by saying: \"I would never leave until this deal is done.\" <br><br>Upshaw is survived by his wife, Terri, and sons, Justin, Daniel and Eugene Jr.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:26:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like this new Obama ad:<br><br>Obama Tears Into McCain For Houses Remark<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/obama-tears-into-mccain-f_n_120359.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:27:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama often cites his time as an organizer, from 1985 to 1988, as part of the experience that qualifies him to be president.<br><br>     \"His greatest hits seem to have been a successful effort to convince the city of Chicago to locate a jobs placement office on the far South Side and his part in a drive to push the city to clean asbestos out of a housing project in the same area.<br><br>    \u2026 Obama, not long out of college, didn't have much experience to qualify him to be an organizer. But he was black \u2014 a threshold qualification for this particular job \u2014 and he seemed able almost to work magic on those he encountered. \"He didn't have experience,\" Augustine-Herron told me, \"but he had a sensitivity that allowed us to believe that he could do that job.\" <br><br>Gee, this all sounds vaguely familiar. It\u2019s one thing to take a chance on a smooth talking but inexperienced young guy to be a community organizer, it\u2019s quite another to elect someone President with a resume as thin as Obama\u2019s.<br><br>The truth is the only significant thing Obama was able to do as a community organizer was to advance his political ambitions.    <br><br>Even the NYT concurs:<br><br>\" It is clear that the benefit of those years to Mr. Obama dwarfs what he accomplished. Mr. Kellman said that Mr. Obama had built the organization\u2019s following among needy residents and black ministers, but \u201con issues, we made very little progress, nothing that would change poverty on the South Side of Chicago.\u201d<br><br>In short, this experience made good material for his book (a third of the pages are devoted to this period in his life) but he didn\u2019t do much.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717871, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sooner rather than later.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:26:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723225, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:05:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721680, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SHE is the only person that can MOTIVATE the Right.<br><br>THE ONLY ONE. <br><br>McCain doesn't. <br><br>And kiss the Independents goodbye. <br><br>I'm tired of depending upon the same old electoral map.<br><br>Fuck that. <br><br>I want a new electoral map. Something SHE would deny the Democratic Party. <br><br>HELL NO to Hillpatine", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:45:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715460, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:12:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717835, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1728064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, in the age of the internet, WE'RE the surrogates.  We shouldn't be waiting for someone else to do what we can do.<br><br>School must have started; I've missed you online during the da. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727628, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "s, I would have gladly agreed with this post and your assessment of totalitarian China had you not asserted a completely illogical strawman argument about Obama. Obama isn't \"condemning the U.S.,\" he is explaining that China's modern, new infrastructure is a huge draw for corporations. He's absolutely right. I have some education in economic development, and let me tell you, INFRASTRUCTURE is a huge consideration for businesses in determining where to locate. China has poured billions of dollars into their infrastructure in the last couple decades, and frankly, most corporations don't care who was displaced, what architectural or historical treasures were destroyed, or whose rights were trampled in order to build that infrastructure. <br><br>Obama is calling attention to the fact that American infrastructure is on life support. A good deal of our infrastructure was put in at the beginning of the last century and cannot support the populations and technologies that we now depend on. The subway systems, sewers, street grids, etc. in most major East Coast cities are old and crumbling. Bridges have collapsed, and many are on the verge of collapse. Our storm water management systems cannot handle the populations and development that have grown exponentially over the past century and are severely undersized to handle additional rainfall and runoff attendant with global warming. <br><br>Obama is simply talking about America's ability to compete with China for JOBS. Businesses are FLEEING to China, not only because of cheap labor, but also for cheap and superior infrastructure. Infrastructure redevelopment, something that is sorely needed in the U.S., will be a HUGE generator of architectural, engineering, planning, and construction jobs, RIGHT HERE-- jobs that cannot be exported overseas.<br><br>Please read my favorite economist, Robert Reich: <br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/05/cure-for-americas-chronic-recession.html rel=\"nofollow\">The Cure for America's Chronic Recession</a><br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/07/second-stimulus-much-bigger-than-first.html rel=\"nofollow\">A Second Stimulus: Much Bigger Than the First, and Focused on Infrastructure</a><br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html rel=\"nofollow\">2008 and Beyond: Alan Greenspan's Continuing Legacy </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:14:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And . . . . ????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:09:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724637, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He or she would be kicked out of the club if they did.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:54:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716844, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fear not; if there's a draft; I doubt you'll get called.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:22:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717168, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote><i>\"Elitist defined is a person who believes that he or she is inherently a member of an elite group of people or who has some kind of special, quality that gives them license to assume that they know what is best or right.\"</i></blockquote><br>That's not the definition of elitist, s.   By your definition, every parent is elitist to their child.   By your definition, every Christian is elitist...every doctor......every expert in his or her field would be elitist by that definition. <br><br>Here's the definition from American Heritage dictionary:<br><br><blockquote><i><b>e\u00b7lit\u00b7ism or \u00e9\u00b7lit\u00b7ism   (\u012d-l\u0113't\u012dz'\u0259m, \u0101-l\u0113'-) <br>n.  <br><br>   1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.<br>   2.<br>         1. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class.<br>         2. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.</b></i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1719092, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You really need a glass of tequila.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:06:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721565, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's SOOOOOO elitist!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:55:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "monie:   s is EXERCISING his/her 1st Amendment rights.  In the words of  Band Leader  - Lawrence Welk -   And a 1, and a 2, and a 3!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:17:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1725154, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I want somebody who's independent\"...................dont' you think that sentence alone eliminates Hillary?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:30:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Arugula is BAD.  You should be eating a can of Glory Greens every day.  Either that or Iceberg lettuce.<br><br>How DARE you be healthy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:45:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723200, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tiresome nonsense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:07:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Loving 'goosestep.' It's much more refined than delusional and foolish.  <br><br>I haven't heard one thing out of McCaint's mouth that wasn't a lie or pandering, and I find it difficult to comprehend that anyone, especially black folks raised poor or middle class. have the audacity to brag about supporting this guy who only wants to be president because of his ambition, just like the present dumb as a sack of hair failure at everything he's done current occupant of the White House.<br><br>I understand the freedom to vote for whomever you want, but there's nothing in McCaint's record as a legislator nor in his current presidential campaign that should inspire thinking people who truly are concerned about the direction this country's gone in  to vote for him.  Absolutely nothing.<br><br>I just read The Field Negro who is saying he's voting McCaint because he's supportive of a draft, an issue that is sure to gain votes for the Dems, so I'll have to remove him from my blog list because he has totally lost his mind.  I've suspected that he's a closet McCaint person anyway, just from his borderline insulting name for Obama supporters. If he wrote his blog merely to be provocative, I find that unpalatable as well.<br><br>Any black folks who openly boasts about voting for Mccaint is a house negro to the nth degree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:03:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717911, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's an intelligent, well crafted rebuttal.  You're really going to convince a lot of undecided voters to swing to Obama with a defense like that.<br><br>I am going to send every undecided voter I know over here to find out how intelligent, well-informed and post-partisan Obama supporters are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721132, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well the reason it seemed like he was chomping at the bit to talk about the Supreme Court was because......he was chomping at the bit to get those 4 names out before he forgot them. He had to name those justices right then, question or not, he HAD to  ask Warren \"can we get back to the question of the Supreme Court?\"...when there was no prior question...hilarious..if only the mainstream media gave a damn.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:29:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good thing so many work for his campaign.  Maybe they'll eat his ass!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_07:35:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713203, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack has a new ad out that attacks McCain on his houses.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmFd25tRqo&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/21/11243/9384/785/571780\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Seven\"</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:03:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 42, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Link please", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:23:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, that's how I've seen him from the beginning. Period. <br><br>I'm going to call it as I see it.<br><br>There is a choice. <br><br>A man who has already told you he WILL continue every policy that has gotten us in this fucked up position where we are TODAY...<br><br>versus<br><br>Someone who will work to turn things around for you. <br><br>It's a simple choice, really. <br><br>I don't have any qualms saying it's because of race. <br><br>If Obama were White, we wouldn't even be having this conversation, because this race would be over. <br><br>McAncient is wretched. He's a liar. He's senile. He's made more mistakes than any candidate I've seen recently at this level. <br><br>When I see bullshit in polls that 60% believe McCain shares your values...<br><br>what values are those?<br><br>Throwing away the wife that nursed you back to health for a sweet, hot young rich thing. <br><br><br>OR is it the value of stealing away a spot from someone deserving to go to Annapolis, and STILL graduate 5th from the bottom? <br><br>Or is it the value of pimping military service, all the while screwing over anything that would help the common serviceman or woman?<br><br>THOSE kinds of values? <br><br>Oh, and the Thieving, Junkie HO he married who tried to pin her thievery on some poor schmuck at the charity until she was busted with the truth. <br><br>THOSE values? <br><br>Barack Obama is a happily married, solid family man, who is on his first wife. WHo worked for EVERYTHING he ever got in his life - as did his wife. NOTHING was handed to him. <br><br>Like I said, if Obama were White, he'd be Horatio Alger versus spoiled son and grandson of Admirals who cheated on his wife. <br><br>And, if the script were flipped, NO WAY IN HELL would Obama even BE the Nominee - because all of this would be pointed out as to why he LACKED THE CHARACTER to be President.<br><br>I accept that Obama has to be Jackie Robinson. <br><br>But, just admit that it's race, and we can proceed. <br><br>And for those who claim they 'don't know enough about Obama', They don't know shit about Obama's positions on anything, cause they're too fucking lazy to get to a computer and read his policy papers that he has on EVERYTHING. It's there for them - IF they were actually interested in POLICY.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:49:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715549, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NBC, for whatever suspect reason, chose to poll Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head match-up against John McCain, and it's not surprising that she preforms better than Barack Obama, but what is surprising is by how little.<br><br>This poll and EVERY OTHER poll released this week was conducted while Senator Obama was on vacation; Senator McCain had the media to himself to assault Senator Obama's character relentlessly; and Senator McCain got a gift from Russia and yet Senator Clinton, who has been close to sainted by the media, her supporters and even Republicans since conceding, only peformas 3 percentage points better and more importantly doesn't crack the elusive 50% mark either, which means she is underperforming the generic poll as well.<br><br>Just sayin'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_07:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"McCain has never taken an earmark. He has a lengthy, solid record of bi-partisan cooperation on a wide range of issues.\"<br><br>-When he wasn't nasty to other Senators.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:57:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like Clark and Kaine too.<br><br>Focus on the word \"sparring partner\"...Obama and Kaine are political twins--they would have nothing to fight about...Clark would see Obama as \"The Commander in Chief\" moreso than as a partner.<br><br>Obama-Clinton would not be drama free...but it would be worth the drama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:42:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723750, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rice says U.S., Iraq agree to troop withdrawal timetable <br>Updated 1h 3m ago <br> <br>BAGHDAD (AP) \u2014 Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the battle-scarred country.<br>Appearing together at a news conference, Rice and Zebari mutually asserted that a final agreement between Washington and Baghdad on a withdrawal plan and accompanying strategic framework pact is close to fruition \u2014 but not there yet.<br><br>\"We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement,\" Rice told reporters after meeting with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The two sides had come together on a draft agreement earlier this week and Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad to press officials there to complete the accord.<br><br>Zebari, asked about fears expressed by neighboring countries over such a pact, said in Arabic: \"This decision (agreement) is a sovereign one and Iran and other neighboring countries have the right to ask for clarifications. ... There are clear articles (that) say that Iraq will not be used as a launching pad for any aggressive acts against neighboring countries and we already did clarify this.\"<br><br>A key part of the U.S.-Iraqi draft agreement envisions the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq's cities by next June 30.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-21-rice-meeting_N.htm?csp=34\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:05:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL, no!  This is a fake article based off the real one.  I just switched \"Obama\" for \"McCain\" and \"Democrat\" for \"Republican\" and added in a bunch of adjectives.  LOL the fact you thought this was real means this is exactly the type of article the MSM would have written.<br><br>lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:18:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1716527, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "taritac:   Co-signing.   AND?????????<br><br>s:  1st Amendment !  EXERCISING it -huh!?? And a 1 and a 2 and a 3!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:06:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724803, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh you aint neva lied.....she canNOT play anything off. Oh well, lots of black folks wear a mask every single day on their jobs, I don't have any sympathy that she neva had to learn to wear one too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:43:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727059, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, so McCain has a temper and occaisionally pisses people off.<br><br>And this is a bad thing because........?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_11:24:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1717155, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1717168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well if he wants to stay in Iraq for a hundred years,bomb, bomb bomb Iran.and since we are all Georgians and we must turn back the Russian bear the only way McCain can do it is with a draft , unless he plans on using nuclear weapons to confront his enemies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:58:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really.  Thank you.  Keep pushing the right buttons and I may show you something else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:08:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721600, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ". . . he said as, in black face, he proudly displays an avatar of himself shaking hands with Turd Blossom the Treasonous Traitor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:48:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721460, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-something.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:09:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "87e75d88c7647774003db8905a3e99e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:32:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723750, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But of course that's not the spin the pundits put on it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:16:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715106, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "People he was diagnosed on SUNDAY....and he is dead today. Please please listen to your bodies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:33:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723763, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm good, though Vets for Freedom is stressing me. More on that later.<br><br>What I know, and what I think:<br><br>S is a moderate independent. I don't know if he's seriously looked at Obama or not. He brings his concerns based on what he sees/hears in the media here, because he's looking for confirmation or rebuttal from Obama supporters. <b>Some</b> of the posters here provide that confirmation/rebuttal based on the facts, and not the standard talking points.<br><br>Now, once those concerns have been answered or rebutted, it's not productive to bring them back up again.<br><br>On this one....having the \"you're 'eliter' than me!!\" argument is not productive. <b><i>For either candidate.</b></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:08:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721640, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/205255/705/324/572249\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/205...</a><br><br>McCain\u2019s POW Defense: Devaluing Our Service and His Own<br>by Lt Gen Robert G Gard <br><br>Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 05:56:54 PM PDT<br><br>The McCain campaign has spent weeks trying to portray Obama as out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans. Today, an interviewer at <a href=\"http://Politico.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Politico.com</a> asked McCain how many homes he and his wife owned, to which he responded that he was not sure but would get someone from his staff to answer.<br><br>Contrary to what many will tell you, this does not make McCain out of touch with ordinary Americans, as many families today are in trouble with their banks and trying to figure out how many homes they have - zero or one.<br><br>Still, it's the campaign's defense we find deeply troubling:<br><br>\"This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison.\" <br><br>We obviously honor and respect McCain's service and the five-and-a-half years of horror that he went through at the hands of the North Vietnamese; but it's not an excuse for everything. He has already used it to explain away his infidelities in his first marriage. He's used it to defend his healthcare plan. He just the other day used it to deflect accusations of having skirted the rules of the Saddleback forum.<br><br>It's time for the Senator to stop cheapening the war experiences of thousands of vets and his fellow POWs, and his own as well, by stretching the boundaries of logic to make his POW status a wild-card rebuttal to all accusations or an answer to all difficult questions.<br><br>We are veterans who like John McCain, who served honorably, but and we continue to serve our country honorably by not using our military experiences as unjustifiable necessary shields or stepping stones. John McCain has faced and will continue to face many difficult questions that he does not have an answer for, and problems to which that he will provides no solutions to, in the 70 days between now and the election. When he uses his status as a veteran to deflect legitimate questions and concerns, it devalues not just his service to our country but ours as well.<br><br>So today, we ask not as Veterans for Obama, but as Veterans of America that Sen. McCain respect the service of his fellow POWs and combat veterans, and stop cheapening their service by hiding behind his own.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:23:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm so glad I kept reading......<br><br>I'll cosign.....though the truth is, McCain supporters don't have to have to try to start an internal war. A lot of the time, it comes up all on its own. Remember the FISA debacle?<br><br>When I can go over to Free Republic and read some of the exact same criticisms of Obama that I have seen occasionally here on JJP (albeit with a lot less colorful language), that's concerning. Someone said it a day or so ago, and they were right: regardless of what any poll says, the Obama insurgency is the underdog here. And if y'all are fractured, and that fracture spreads, you're not gonna carry the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:22:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721427, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Politicalinaction.com:<br><br>10. In CNN's special last night....some girl who was the high school editor of a paper Obama wrote for said he was pretty deep for a high school kid, writing a pretty good line to end a story about social consciousness: \"Walking a straight line in a crooked world\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_08:54:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "500 dollar Eye-talian shoes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:10:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721455, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1720907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "An evening funny for you<br><br><a href=\"http://vodpod.com/watch/955769-latest-poll-reveals-430-new-demographics-that-will-decide-election-the-onion-americas-finest-news-source\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://vodpod.com/watch/955769-latest-poll-reve...</a><br><br>New Demographics that will decide the elections.  it is funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:12:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Y'all notice that when McCain takes a 1 or 2 point lead in states that Republicans have won the last two elections, like FL and CO, the MSM turns it into a screaming headline, \"McCain closing the gap\" and white Liberal bloggers start screaming, \"it's over for Obama,\" but when Obama takes a 1 point lead in states that Democrats haven't won in years, like NV, nothing is said?  Furthermore, McCain is only winning by 10 points in his own state, and it's called \"solid,\" but Obama is winning by 5 points in PA and it's called \"modest\".  The double standard is killin me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:17:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tara Wall:  Fish! .......Fish!!......Fresh Fish!!!   Get your fresh fish right here!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_22:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama/Ayers/Chiago Annenberg Challenge connection DOES matter:<br><br>\"The cloak of media invisibility is slowly beginning to lift from Barack Obama's most important administrative leadership experience, helming an expensive educational reform effort in Chicago that failed to produce any measurable academic gains, according to the project's own final report. \"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_lost_annenberg_years_co.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_l...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:42:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whew.<br><br>That's all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:18:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715615, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Confusing pandering and soundbites with an actual platform that will change American lives for the better is what will not work this time around for Republicans. <br><br>Bittergate has been done and done again. It's an old, exhausted meme that will sound pretty desperate for someone who has been spending 26 years in the Senate accomplishing nothing but lining his pockets.<br><br>Somewhere I read that McCain has authored TWO pieces of legislation in the 26 years he's been there, then voted against them. He doesn't know his own damn mind. He takes a position one day, only to change it the next.<br><br>There is only one person who is skating by on his biography, and it ain't Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:10:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721565, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think s is a Hillary supporter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:06:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721132, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1716693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The situation looks reminds me of the run-up towards the.  end of the primaries. Where HRC was polling better than BO  against McCain because some of her  supporters thought they were helping their girl by refusing to support Obama. I believe the race has tighten ever since there was an announcement of a roll call at the convention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_10:22:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715395, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess it depends on what Barack meant by \"independent.\"  I don't think he meant it in a political sense.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_16:35:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723800, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I do too. To be honest, the McCain supporters I've come across on the net are not sporadic and irrational. That's the modus operandi of Hillbots.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:34:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721763, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some of the posters here provide that confirmation/rebuttal based on the facts, and not the standard talking points.<br>============================================<br>And what facts do you base your opinion on? All I here from you and S is talking points like you and your buddy Karl Rove are text messaging each other.By the way I am still waiting for a answer on what republican policies have benefited the American people", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:34:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721787, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Corn is subpar, too. If it survived the floods, the ears are too skinny.<br><br>Tomatoes rotting on the vines. Those that make it are too small. Won't ripen at all.<br><br>Soybeans are being destroyed by insects. Turns out the ground didn't freeze completely this winter. Too much snow. Insulates the ground. The insects multiplied like crazy.<br><br>Now, they're killing soybeans.<br><br>Grits. Animal feed. Tomatoe sauce. Vegetable (soybean) oil.<br><br>Grocery/feed prices through the roof.<br><br>Climate is off.<br><br>Too much poison in the atmosphere.<br><br>Arugula is healthy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:52:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1723282, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain attempts to explain away his houses gaffe, by, you guessed it, <a href=http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16635.html#more-16635 rel=\"nofollow\">PLAYING THE POW CARD!!!</a><br><br>Hilarious!<br><br>This guy is an idiot. Worse, he thinks we're idiots.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bull.  I suggest YOU do some research. It wouldn't take much.  Obama said he sat on a committee for education reform with Ayers and no he is not going to judge a man by what he did 20 years before he met him.  He said it during a debate with Hillary.  The media reported it several times and my response is so freaking what?  <br><br>JJP -- look .  We are getting down to the wire here and things will get more ugly for Obama.  Folks are going to try to increase dissent among Obama's supporters.  <br><br>It is time for us to take out the freaking trash. We have these lunatics desperately trying to earn McCain points by copying and pasting bullsh*t talking points from the McCain smear website to pro-Obama blogs.  They deliberately trying to start internal wars, and then they seek out comments made by supporters which they in turn run home to the official McCain Tattle Tale Center and report on what McCain could then use attack Obama.  So in us talking to each other out of frustration or whatever, they take that information and give it to McCain to use against Obama.  Think about it . . . the last few days on JJP posted commentary that is not that helpful to the Obama campaign.  All we are doing is providing fodder for the sssnnnnnnnaaaaaakkkkkkeeeeessssss.  <br><br>We are our own worst enemies.  We need to shut this bullcrap down and kick these house n*gr**s out of town.<br><br>I am not referring to you D.  You are an exception.  I am referring to the sssnnnnnaaaakkkkkkeeeessss that continues to slither on to this site playing that passive agressive role.  <br><br>I am sick of it.  I say kick their asses out and let us do this thing.  Be like Usain Bolt, tell everybody to kiss ***** and help Obama take this thing to finish line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:42:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1720912, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1722022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So if everything is successful then why must we stay in Iraq for hundred years?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_14:16:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1721055, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1725239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You ain't neva lied.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:44:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1725151, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cheap Labor and low taxes are the main reasons why businesses are moving overseas.<br><br>The BIGGEST incentive we can offer to corporations is a lower tax rate.<br><br>U.S. corporate taxes are way too high and they are inhibiting American competitiveness. Corporations are sitting on literally trillions of dollars of gains locked up on their balance sheets. They\u2019re sitting on this cash hoard because it doesn\u2019t make sense to unlock them at the current 35 percent rate. It\u2019s too high. Deals that look attractive on a pre-tax basis make little sense at all on an after-tax basis.<br><br>Not only would slashing the corporate rate result in making the U.S. more competitive, and attract more investment to our shores (as it has done with remarkable success in Ireland and Eastern Europe), but it would actually result in higher wages for American workers. This would help ameliorate the wage inequality problem because the tax savings would go roughly 70 percent to workers and 30 percent to shareholders.<br><br>But Obama and Democrats in general demonize corporations for wanting to (gasp) actually make money and they oppose pro-growth tax policies that would lay the foundation for US cities to compete for their business, spurring  improvements in infrastructure and creating jobs.<br><br>Obama's general view of this nation is not one of optimism and exceptionalism but one of moral equivalence that places totalitarian regimes such as China and Russia on the same plane as the US. I do not ascribe to this philosophy. We are an outstanding  nation because of our freedom, our confidence and our drive and our ingenuity, yet nothing in Obama's remarks convey that positive attitude.<br><br>To further illustrate my point  today Obama equated Russia's invasion of Georgia with our toppling of Saddam Hussein:<br><br>    \"Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country\u2019s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too.<br><br>    The Illinois senator\u2019s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known. But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Russia\u2019s recent military activity in Georgia.<br><br>    \u201cWe\u2019ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,\u201d Obama told a crowd of supporters in Virginia. \u201cThey can\u2019t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.\u201d<br><br>So our \"charging into\" Iraq--with dozens of allies, supported by a U.N. resolution, as a last resort after six months of build-up and negotiations, to unseat one of the cruelest dictators of modern times who had twice invaded neighboring states, was in violation of more than a dozen U.N. resolutions and was responsible for the deaths of something like two million people, who was shooting at American aircraft and had tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, in Obama's  mind, was just like Russia's \"charging into\" Georgia, which resembles Saddam's Iraq in no respect. <br><br>Russia invaded a peaceful democracy that it wants to re-incorporate into its empire.<br><br>It was George F. Kennan, America\u2019s ambassador to the Soviet Union, who said, 'Russia can have at its borders only enemies or vassals.' Now, Georgia has been all but dismembered. The opening phase of this crisis may soon come to a close, but it is shaping up to be merely the first chapter in a potentially long and dangerous era.<br><br>The liberal progressive mindset that Obama possess and professes: moral equivalence with our enemies and a general worldview that we are the problem is not a message voters will respond favorably to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:46:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1727362, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1723374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh My!<br><br><a href=http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/laurinmanning/gG5s4x rel=\"nofollow\">Obama<br>Campaign lauches new TV ad, holds events nationwide on McCain's losing track of how many homes he owns. </a href> Ad is titled \"Seven\"<br><br>16 events held by senators, State Reps and Governors all talking about this little diddy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_15:53:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1724731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is weak.  Obama didn't marry a sugar mama to get his wealth unlike McAncient.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_17:03:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1724344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1727059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why do we care? CNN needs to stop peddling the Clinton's drama.<br><br>From the look on Hillary's face today (she looked exhausted, annoyed even) perhaps things aren't going as well behind the scenes as she might hope.<br><br>Her biggest problem is that for all her drama, she's a terrible actress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_21:31:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1726580, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1718772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town, if you're not careful, some right wing blogger is gonna copy and paste this and peddle it as a real story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_12:21:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1715860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain unsure of how many houses he has<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12685.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12685...</a><br><br><br>You know, there's so much commentary that could be said about this. <br><br>But, I'll only say this:<br><br>flip the script and tell me what the story would be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_09:00:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "3454296", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -2420763036048314888}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_02", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 270, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3454296, "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 flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thursday_open_thread_02' +
		'&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/thursday_open_thread_02/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_02'
			+ '&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/thursday_open_thread_02/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">270</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_02/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/thursday_open_thread_02/">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:3454296" 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/thursday_open_thread_02/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:3454296" 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:3454296" 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'				: 'thursday_open_thread_02',
			// 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/thursday_open_thread_02/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_02'
			+ '&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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_02'
			+ '&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='		+ 'thursday_open_thread_02'
				+ '&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/3454296/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
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716070">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716070" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200009?f=h_top" rel="nofollow">http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200009?f=h_top</a><br><br>Rash Limpballs calls Obama a "little black man-child."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721066" class="dsq-comment-message">Rush needs a hug...preferably from a hungry bear!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718905" class="dsq-comment-message">One step removed from N- boy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723225">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723225" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'ll happen before this campaign is over.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723769" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723769" class="dsq-comment-message">Sooner rather than later.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715012">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715012" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_on_comment_about_reinstituting_draft_0820.html" rel="nofollow">McCain Comment about Reinstituting the draft</a><br><br>Audience Member: "If we don\'t reenact the draft I don\'t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell."<br><br>McCain reply: "Ma\'am let me say that I don\'t disagree with anything you said and thank you and I am grateful for your support of all of our veterans."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715867">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715867" class="dsq-comment-message">Debunked.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1717168" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1717168" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717168">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1717168" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717168" class="dsq-comment-message">Well if he wants to stay in Iraq for a hundred years,bomb, bomb bomb Iran.and since we are all Georgians and we must turn back the Russian bear the only way McCain can do it is with a draft , unless he plans on using nuclear weapons to confront his enemies.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1717644" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717644" class="dsq-comment-message">Fear not; if there\'s a draft; I doubt you\'ll get called.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1717911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717911">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1717911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717911" class="dsq-comment-message">I served my country like a lot of my family and I served proudly that\'s why I have the right to criticize my country and not goosestep to insane policies that are not in my country\'s best interest.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1718019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718019" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1718019" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718019" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, by all means, please continue. God forbid your neutral, objective voice is lost in the debate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1718429" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718429">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1718429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718429" class="dsq-comment-message">I am partisan but please tell me what republican policies over the past eight years have benefited the people and not the richest 5%?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1720915" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1720915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720915" class="dsq-comment-message">Not just the last eight years, during Saint Ronnie and Pappy Bush\'s reigns also.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1720724" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720724" class="dsq-comment-message">Loving \'goosestep.\' It\'s much more refined than delusional and foolish.  <br><br>I haven\'t heard one thing out of McCaint\'s mouth that wasn\'t a lie or pandering, and I find it difficult to comprehend that anyone, especially black folks raised poor or middle class. have the audacity to brag about supporting this guy who only wants to be president because of his ambition, just like the present dumb as a sack of hair failure at everything he\'s done current occupant of the White House.<br><br>I understand the freedom to vote for whomever you want, but there\'s nothing in McCaint\'s record as a legislator nor in his current presidential campaign that should inspire thinking people who truly are concerned about the direction this country\'s gone in  to vote for him.  Absolutely nothing.<br><br>I just read The Field Negro who is saying he\'s voting McCaint because he\'s supportive of a draft, an issue that is sure to gain votes for the Dems, so I\'ll have to remove him from my blog list because he has totally lost his mind.  I\'ve suspected that he\'s a closet McCaint person anyway, just from his borderline insulting name for Obama supporters. If he wrote his blog merely to be provocative, I find that unpalatable as well.<br><br>Any black folks who openly boasts about voting for Mccaint is a house negro to the nth degree.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721460" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721460" class="dsq-comment-message">Better be 100% sure about that last sentence......</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723318" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723318" class="dsq-comment-message">. . . he said as, in black face, he proudly displays an avatar of himself shaking hands with Turd Blossom the Treasonous Traitor.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723398" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723398" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723398" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!<br><br>I couldn\'t resist the urge to say that to you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1724772" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724772" class="dsq-comment-message">:) <br><br>Me either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717660">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717660" class="dsq-comment-message">Link please</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1717835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1717835" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717835" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082002822.html" rel="nofollow"> The entire transcript of the town hall.</a><br><br>Just in case you\'re interested in reading his <b>entire</b> answer to the question.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718654">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718654" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720608" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720608">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1720608" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720608" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you debunk a direct quote?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722201">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722201" class="dsq-comment-message">Because TruthSeeker.  McCain does not speak for McCain remember?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713240">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713240" class="dsq-comment-message">love usain--so glad he did his thing!  yaaay!   :-)<br><br>haven\'t seen it in california yet.   great picture!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713186">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713186" class="dsq-comment-message">Al Giordano over at The Field:<br><br><a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/return-underdog" rel="nofollow">Return of the Underdog</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718588" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718588" class="dsq-comment-message">First, let it be said that this map flipped exactly when I said it would: a week before the Democratic convention. Coincidence? Hell no. Due to McCAin\'s smears? Not as much as the pundits would have you believe.<br><br>But in any case, Al puts it down about the underdog vs. frontrunner scenario. <br><br>When Barack was ahead, his supporters did him no favors by attacking him for every disappointing move he made, which was exploited by the pundits and the Repubicans long before McCain decided to call Barack a celebrity.<br><br>But now, folks who don\'t want the Dangerous One to prevail and don\'t want the Entitled One to steal are getting down to the nitty gritty once more.<br><br>The next 11 weeks is going to be interesting.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1720971" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720971" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><b>"When Barack was ahead, his supporters did him no favors by attacking him for every disappointing move he made, which was exploited by the pundits and the Repubicans long before McCain decided to call Barack a celebrity."</b><br></blockquote>Exactly, and it is demeaning and insulting to Obama, demonstrating a weak base and a divided party, thus serving the neo-cons well. You never see and rarely hear of these kinds of attacks by the opponents\' supporters.  Never, ever.<br><br>At this stage, in this GE campaign, the Dangerous One and the Entitled One are one and the same.<br><br>The other doesn\'t matter; despite this obsession with her doings, she has been effectively vanquished, and she ain\'t coming back as VP either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727628">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727628" class="dsq-comment-message">99%:  Maybe this is why I keep asking - - Where da surrogates!!?????<br><br>Re:  billary - - Lawd I pray.   Please NO!!!!! <br><br>Whew!  Praying Deep Breaths!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1728064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1728064" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1728064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1728064" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, in the age of the internet, WE\'RE the surrogates.  We shouldn\'t be waiting for someone else to do what we can do.<br><br>School must have started; I\'ve missed you online during the da. :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1758343">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1758343" class="dsq-comment-message">99%:  "WE\'RE the surrogates."    I agree!!!  That\'s why I keep learning from y\'all, then contributing [I hope!   :&gt;)]<br><br>I am R-E-T-I-R-E-D!  Whooo - hoo!  For the past 9 days, I have been intensely caring for my mom [92 years Blessed!]  :&gt;)<br><br>Will return on Sat./Sun. 23/24.<br><br>I have been trying to contribute on my breaks!  :&gt;)<br><br>Missed you/y\'all during the day [some nights, 2]   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Thank you.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715548">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715548" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting this rikyrah! Thank goodness for the internets!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713193">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713193" class="dsq-comment-message">From Politicalinaction.com:<br><br> <a href="http://www.politicalinaction.com/2008/08/obamas-risein-speeches.html#links" rel="nofollow">Obama\'s  Rise....in Speeches</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713203" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713203" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713203">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713203" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713203" class="dsq-comment-message">From Politco.com:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12678.html" rel="nofollow">McCain calls lobbyists - Birds of Prey</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715098">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715098" class="dsq-comment-message">Good thing so many work for his campaign.  Maybe they\'ll eat his ass!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1720944" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720944">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1720944" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720944" class="dsq-comment-message">Birds of prey,thats to nice more like carcass feeders like vultures the way they picked thru whatever honor McCain once had</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713404" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713404" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713404">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713404" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713404" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw the race - he was awesome.  The Jamaicans are doing very well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727566">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727566" class="dsq-comment-message">msmartin:  I was able to watch it 2!   Whooo Hoo!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>A Jamaican lady helps to care for my mom!  She was ecstatic!!  Kept giving me "daps"!!  It was 2 cute!!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1768287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1768287" href="http://theurbanista.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RhondaCoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1768287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1768287" class="dsq-comment-message">Jamaica is in a frenzy over this. My aunt called and told me that their are televisions in all of the squares.<br><br>My house was lit up because as I\'ve said here before, i\'m Jamaican so this is exciting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1770803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1770803">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1770803" class="dsq-comment-message">RhondaCoca:  Major "virtual daps" to you/family!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;0<br><br>What inspiring accomplishment(s) for both the men and women!!!<br><br>Yaaaaaa!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715106">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715106" class="dsq-comment-message">NBC, for whatever suspect reason, chose to poll Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head match-up against John McCain, and it\'s not surprising that she preforms better than Barack Obama, but what is surprising is by how little.<br><br>This poll and EVERY OTHER poll released this week was conducted while Senator Obama was on vacation; Senator McCain had the media to himself to assault Senator Obama\'s character relentlessly; and Senator McCain got a gift from Russia and yet Senator Clinton, who has been close to sainted by the media, her supporters and even Republicans since conceding, only peformas 3 percentage points better and more importantly doesn\'t crack the elusive 50% mark either, which means she is underperforming the generic poll as well.<br><br>Just sayin\'.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715202" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715202">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715202" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715202" class="dsq-comment-message">I know. That awful Linda Hirshman-- the Hilltard who wrote recently that white feminists should only be concerned about white feminism-- wrote on <a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/nice-point-hillary-now-we_b_120127.html rel="nofollow">Huffington Post</a> about Obama\'s drop in the polls and how, if anyone had asked her opinion (as if), she would have told them not to have Obama\'s acceptance speech in the stadium because Repubs would use that against him.<br><br>These Hilltards are ON CRACK. They seem to think that Republicans would have no ammunition against Hillary. One cited your poll, that she\'s doing 6 points better than McCain, because, you know, McCain totally would not have campaigned negatively against her. He would have held her up as a shining beacon of patriotism and democracy, a credit to women everywhere, with a glowing resume of experience and honor.<br><br>Yeah, right. All they would have had to do would be to run her "greatest hits" from the primary, most importantly, BOSNIA. These people are sick and delusional.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715435">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715435" class="dsq-comment-message">Very sick and delusional and so not wanting a black man to be their president.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721180" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721180" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the reason that she won\'t be the VP nominee; way too much baggage, and a big bullseye target for all kinds of attacks.  Nothing will rally the neo-con base like her on the ticket, and Obama would lose were he to put her and Billy Jeff on the ticket.  He knows this, so it ain\'t a happening, not in our lifetime, however long that is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715395">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715395" class="dsq-comment-message">Just sayin\' indeed, NMP.<br><br>Always on point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1716693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716693">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1716693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716693" class="dsq-comment-message">The situation looks reminds me of the run-up towards the.  end of the primaries. Where HRC was polling better than BO  against McCain because some of her  supporters thought they were helping their girl by refusing to support Obama. I believe the race has tighten ever since there was an announcement of a roll call at the convention.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715425" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715425">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715425" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715425" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard Chuck Todd pushing the meme that the supposed 13% undecided are Hillary supporters.  I can\'t ever remember a time when the loser or "runner up" to the nomination was a factor in the general campaign. <br><br>Do you guys suppose they will be polling how well she would have done if elected president?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715460" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715460">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715460" class="dsq-comment-message">They (Corporatist MSM) are pushing really hard for him to name her as veep.  David Gergen can\'t mention her name without saying she should be the vp.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715581">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715581" class="dsq-comment-message">SHE is the only person that can MOTIVATE the Right.<br><br>THE ONLY ONE. <br><br>McCain doesn\'t. <br><br>And kiss the Independents goodbye. <br><br>I\'m tired of depending upon the same old electoral map.<br><br>Fuck that. <br><br>I want a new electoral map. Something SHE would deny the Democratic Party. <br><br>HELL NO to Hillpatine</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715562" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715562" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715562">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715562" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715562" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s utterly ridiculous. And, this is the main reason why Obama shouldn\'t choose her. NEVER. <br><br>Win or lose ON HIS OWN.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1717006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1717006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717006">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1717006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717006" class="dsq-comment-message">I said this in a different post, but I feel I must say it again: All this Hillary talk and Barack is down polls are just attempts to force hillary onto the ticket.  I can smell the clintons\' sleaziness all over this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1718539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1718539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718539">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1718539" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718539" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell yes - From now till 2012 they\'ll do it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1722555" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722555">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722555" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722555" class="dsq-comment-message">Wondering the same thing!  As I noted on the blog earlier what I found most <br>interesting in the CBS poll is that she didn\'t cross the elusive 50% mark.  <br>Moreover, let\'s keep in mind that these most recent polls were conducted <br>while Obama was on vacation and under steady assault by the GOP.  Since <br>conceding the nomination, Hillary Clinton as been lauded by Democrats, <br>Republicans and the media alike, and she only performs 3% better than Obama <br>under assault and not campaigning?<br><br>I\'ve been one of the ones arguing the last week or so that he may have to <br>put his pride to the side, he pick her.  Now I\'m not so sure.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715895" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715895" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715895">Ro</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715895" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715895" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why she shouldn\'t be invited to the convention. By now, we shouldn\'t be talking about her at all, she should be old news.  Obama is keeping her name relevant. Why? Don\'t be surprised.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1718713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718713" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1718713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718713" class="dsq-comment-message">But of course that\'s not the spin the pundits put on it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1715451" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715451" class="dsq-comment-message">Some right wing satire for you all:<br><br><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/tales_from_the_57_states_john_1.html" rel="nofollow">Tales From The 57 States: John Wins in Shaman Rick\'s House</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715473" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715473">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715473" class="dsq-comment-message">No thanks!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1715739" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715739" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, come on......it\'s kinda like the one the Brits did a while back. The slant at the end ruins it a little, but it\'s still funny.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715549">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715549" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715549" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone see McCain revealed on CNN last night? While they tried to push the war hero story and highlight his years of involvement in politics, I came away thinking he\'s an underachiever, protected and elevated by famial connections, financed by Cindy the homewrecker (who by the way thinks she\'s a better wife and mother than Carol his crippled heartbroken first wife).  He has lived his entire life screwing up and being bailed out by someone.  The spoiled thankless child who never grows up or assumes responsibility.  The child who doesn\'t know how to behave because he never had to.<br><br>I bet he is indeed thinking that someone will make sure that he is elected president.  He probably thought he would win in 2000, but there was a contender that was even more protected and connected than him and look what we got.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715615">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715615" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715615" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, that\'s how I\'ve seen him from the beginning. Period. <br><br>I\'m going to call it as I see it.<br><br>There is a choice. <br><br>A man who has already told you he WILL continue every policy that has gotten us in this fucked up position where we are TODAY...<br><br>versus<br><br>Someone who will work to turn things around for you. <br><br>It\'s a simple choice, really. <br><br>I don\'t have any qualms saying it\'s because of race. <br><br>If Obama were White, we wouldn\'t even be having this conversation, because this race would be over. <br><br>McAncient is wretched. He\'s a liar. He\'s senile. He\'s made more mistakes than any candidate I\'ve seen recently at this level. <br><br>When I see bullshit in polls that 60% believe McCain shares your values...<br><br>what values are those?<br><br>Throwing away the wife that nursed you back to health for a sweet, hot young rich thing. <br><br><br>OR is it the value of stealing away a spot from someone deserving to go to Annapolis, and STILL graduate 5th from the bottom? <br><br>Or is it the value of pimping military service, all the while screwing over anything that would help the common serviceman or woman?<br><br>THOSE kinds of values? <br><br>Oh, and the Thieving, Junkie HO he married who tried to pin her thievery on some poor schmuck at the charity until she was busted with the truth. <br><br>THOSE values? <br><br>Barack Obama is a happily married, solid family man, who is on his first wife. WHo worked for EVERYTHING he ever got in his life - as did his wife. NOTHING was handed to him. <br><br>Like I said, if Obama were White, he\'d be Horatio Alger versus spoiled son and grandson of Admirals who cheated on his wife. <br><br>And, if the script were flipped, NO WAY IN HELL would Obama even BE the Nominee - because all of this would be pointed out as to why he LACKED THE CHARACTER to be President.<br><br>I accept that Obama has to be Jackie Robinson. <br><br>But, just admit that it\'s race, and we can proceed. <br><br>And for those who claim they \'don\'t know enough about Obama\', They don\'t know shit about Obama\'s positions on anything, cause they\'re too fucking lazy to get to a computer and read his policy papers that he has on EVERYTHING. It\'s there for them - IF they were actually interested in POLICY.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715722" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1715722" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715722" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715722" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.<br><br>Welcome back.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715776" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715776">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715776" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715776" class="dsq-comment-message">Stone cold truth. I also want to have Rikyrah\'s baby.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1716844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716844">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716844" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'d think there was a white journalist of stature, who had the courage to say this.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717124">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717124" class="dsq-comment-message">He or she would be kicked out of the club if they did.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718736" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718736" class="dsq-comment-message">Whew.<br><br>That\'s all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725290">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725290" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately,<br>You are co-signing Hillary.  This has been what she has said<br>all along.  He can\'t be elected because he is BLACK!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1728756">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1728756" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s not suggesting he can\'t be elected, she\'s just pointing out that a lot of the opposition is about race.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1728757">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1728757" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s not suggesting he can\'t be elected, she\'s just pointing out that a lot of the opposition is about race.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720909">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720909" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"..financed by Cindy the homewrecker (who by the way thinks she\'s a better wife and mother than Carol his crippled heartbroken first wife)"</i><br><br>That line jumped out at me too.  Cindy\'s got a mean-streak.  She says repeatedly that she\'s an only child, knowing it must be deeply painful for her 2 other sibling to hear.  She says she\'s always been proud of her country,  twisting the knife of criticism in Michelle O for what was an innocent comment.  She says that John saw in her a good wife and mother, implying that Carol wasn\'t those things...surely she understands that would be painful for the disabled, abandoned Carol and her children.<br><br>I\'m surprised she\'s 17 years John\'s juniour...she looks at least as old as John.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715649">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715649" class="dsq-comment-message">From Politicalinaction.com:<br><br>10. In CNN\'s special last night....some girl who was the high school editor of a paper Obama wrote for said he was pretty deep for a high school kid, writing a pretty good line to end a story about social consciousness: "Walking a straight line in a crooked world".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721160">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721160" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha!  That is the single line that stands out for me in that special...that and Cindy saying John thought she was a good wife and mother.  Two statements that sum everything up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715704">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715704" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain unsure of how many houses he has<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12685.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12685...</a><br><br><br>You know, there\'s so much commentary that could be said about this. <br><br>But, I\'ll only say this:<br><br>flip the script and tell me what the story would be.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718546">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718546" class="dsq-comment-message">This is how Democrats should tell it like it is.<br>Kaine on McCain\'s House Gaffe: "He Couldn\'t Count High Enough"<br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/kaine-on-mccain.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715860">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715860" class="dsq-comment-message">OBAMA UNSURE OF HOW MANY HOUSES HE OWNS<br><br>By Johnathan Martin and Mike Allen<br><br>Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Michelle, own. <br><br>The correct answer is at least four, located in tony parts of Illinois, Indiana and Virginia, according to his staff. Newsweek estimated this summer that the couple owns at least seven lavish properties.<br><br>In recent weeks, Republicans have stepped up their effort to caricature Obama as living an outrageously rich lifestyle — a bit of payback to the Democrats for portraying Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as an elitist, and for turning the spotlight in 2004 on the one home owned by Pres. George W. Bush) and his wife, Laura. <br><br>Anti-Obama groups have sent out mailers highlighting Obama’s wealth, and Republicans have tried to make light of his lavish lifestyle in comments to reporters.<br><br>Twice in the past two weeks, those Republicans have pointed out the hypocrisy of Obama owning so many homes.<br><br>Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT.) told Politico’s Ben Smith that it was Obama “who had a fancy Ivy League educations, has numerous houses and associates with the most elitist people in the country."<br><br>Obama, by anyone\'s measure, is very well-off, not including the massive pay raise his wife Michelle received after he joined the Senate. Michelle Obama started off making $20,000 a year but her salary has exploded to over $300,000 for essentially doing the same tasks she did at $20,000 a year.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716517">pmof2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716517" class="dsq-comment-message">Brilliant, Town.  The really frightening thing is that it is so easy to imagine just how the news reports would be written.  Sigh.<br><br>Good Lord.  I\'m telling you, I\'ve got to find a way to channel all this rage I\'m feeling on a daily basis.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1719092">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1719092" class="dsq-comment-message">When Obama is criticized as "Elitist " is not synonymous with \'rich.\' <br>Elitist defined is a person who believes that he or she is inherently a member of an elite group of people or who has some kind of special,  quality that gives them license to assume that they know what is best or right.<br><br>From Mark Whittingham:<br><br>Who is more "elitist?" Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama? An even casual examination of the question suggests that Barack Obama is the winner of that contest, hands down, not even close.<br><br>As evidence for Barack Obama\'s elitism, one can go no further than Barack Obama\'s "bitter" comments, delivered to a group of rich campaign contributors at a closed door fund raiser in San Francisco. Referring to rural people in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama said, "And it\'s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren\'t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Heavens, could one possibly be more condescending?<br><br>Barack Obama\'s elitism sometimes rises toward the level of megalomania. In Barack Obama\'s remarks on the final primary night in St. Paul Minnesota, he seemed to become enraptured with the possibilities his Presidency would entail:<br><br>"I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals."<br><br>"The rise of the oceans began to slow?" Because of Barack Obama? King Canute once commanded the oceans to recede, but only to provide a lesson to his nobles that even a King could not do everything. No such humility for Barack Obama.<br><br>And "the planet began to heal?" As the columnist Charles Krauthammer pointed out, even Jesus Christ only proposed to heal sick people. Barack Obama\'s ambitions are on another level entirely.<br><br>In Berlin, where Barack Obama spoke before two hundred thousand chanting Germans, none of whom who could actually vote for him, the candidate proposed to one up Ronald Reagan.<br><br>"The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down. "<br><br>Ronald Reagan only proposed that then General Secretary Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall. Apparently unaware of that old New England maxim that some good walls make good neighbors, Barack Obama wants to tear down all walls.<br><br>And what of John McCain? What are his ambitions as President? Apparently they include hammering the terrorists, keeping taxes and spending low, and empowering people to prosper and better their lives. An ambitious agenda to be sure, considering the current makeup of the Congress, but quite doable by a mere human being.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723789">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723789" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>"Elitist defined is a person who believes that he or she is inherently a member of an elite group of people or who has some kind of special, quality that gives them license to assume that they know what is best or right."</i></blockquote><br>That\'s not the definition of elitist, s.   By your definition, every parent is elitist to their child.   By your definition, every Christian is elitist...every doctor......every expert in his or her field would be elitist by that definition. <br><br>Here\'s the definition from American Heritage dictionary:<br><br><blockquote><i><b>e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism   (ĭ-lē\'tĭz\'əm, ā-lē\'-) <br>n.  <br><br>   1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.<br>   2.<br>         1. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class.<br>         2. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.</b></i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716527">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716527" class="dsq-comment-message">I cannot even believe that there is enough ink to print dreck like this.<br><br>Michelle Obama never took a job @UC for $20K. Hell, she made more than that @ the law firm where they both met! Furthermore, she made more than that in the public sector @ the city and she made more than that @ Public Allies. I don\'t even know how much she made @ each job but any god blessed idiot can put it together.<br><br>Joe Lieberman ought to be talking about fancy Ivy League educations. Last time I checked, he met the Clintons @ Yale. Furthermore, where was his tongue before Obama arrived in the Senate? That is one heckuva Ivy League fraternity.<br><br>Where are all the homes that the Obamas own? Where are all the homes that the McCains own? How \'bout the Bushes?<br><br>These people are such liars. Gives me a stomach ache so early in the a.m.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716636">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716636" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, no!  This is a fake article based off the real one.  I just switched "Obama" for "McCain" and "Democrat" for "Republican" and added in a bunch of adjectives.  LOL the fact you thought this was real means this is exactly the type of article the MSM would have written.<br><br>lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1716792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716792">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716792" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I know that you are satirizing the realities that we face!<br><br> I just took it as the realities that we respond to on a daily basis. And, it\'s just not that far off from what folks have the bodaciousness to print. In fact, it borders on what is on the edges of some minds and the tips of some tongues.<br><br>As long as there are people who write from privileged perspectives,  we will have to deal with matters just as you creatively wrote. I just can\'t get over how many journalists lack critical thinking skills and then try to apply their lack to issues of cultural import.<br><br>Oy.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1716837" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716837" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell, I thought it was real....even googled it.<br><br>You should award yourself points for that one....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1718772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718772" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718772" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, if you\'re not careful, some right wing blogger is gonna copy and paste this and peddle it as a real story.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720962">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720962" class="dsq-comment-message">hmmmmm..........s has been gone for a while....too late.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717135">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717135" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s SOOOOOO elitist!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721204">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721204" class="dsq-comment-message">I like this new Obama ad:<br><br>Obama Tears Into McCain For Houses Remark<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/obama-tears-into-mccain-f_n_120359.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722333">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722333" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain attempts to explain away his houses gaffe, by, you guessed it, <a href=http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16635.html#more-16635 rel="nofollow">PLAYING THE POW CARD!!!</a><br><br>Hilarious!<br><br>This guy is an idiot. Worse, he thinks we\'re idiots.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715718">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715718" class="dsq-comment-message">Senator Fails in Effort to Move His Corruption Trial to Alaska <br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21stevens.html?_r=3&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21...</a><br><br><br>Too bad, Ted.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1719079">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1719079" class="dsq-comment-message">That is good I guess. But what will it really mean?  Will he really be held accountable if he found guilty or will he get off with some slap on the wrist?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715727">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715727" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s Hanky/Corrupt/Fishy Financing of this campaign<br><br><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/20/rnc_victory_fund_donors_stay_c.html" rel="nofollow">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720612">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720612" class="dsq-comment-message">There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,<br>He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.<br>He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.<br>And they all lived together in a little crooked 10 houses</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720688">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720688" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722971">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722971" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL<br><br>Too funny</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715738">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715738" class="dsq-comment-message">Please go and DIGG this video about McCain and Adultery from the CNN special.<br><br>It\'s at The Jed Report:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/cnn-talks-with.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/cnn-talks-with...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716390">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716390" class="dsq-comment-message">Seemingly, this is CNN\'s opportunity to help McCain minimize his affair.   An opportunity to advance the notion that John McCain is an Everyday Amerian Guy, while this fella Obama is the ...<br><br><i>other</i>.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718892" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718892" class="dsq-comment-message">"I take full responsiblity for the break up of my marriage," the Dangrous One admitted, and then he smiled that creepy smile.<br><br>"I lied," the Dangerous One admitted when telling Cindy his age, and then he laughed that deceitful laugh.<br><br>::<br><br>Interesting the Gold Digger met his Gold Mine Heiress in Hawaii. That "elite paradise" in the Pacific where Barack was born.<br><br>I wonder how many other kids he has from other women around the globe.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721363">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721363" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you see how he responded when King asked him about cheating??  He went right to the party line and that fake smile.   It was chilling.<br><br>John King has redeemed himself, temporarily.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715782">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715782" class="dsq-comment-message">From the Swampland about Obama and VP choices:<br><br><a href="http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/obamas_vp_the_candidate_drops.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/obam...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716066">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716066" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://gizmodo.com/5039766/comcasts-new-network-management-will-slow-down-heavy-users-for-up-to-20-minutes rel="nofollow">Comcast\'s New Network Management Will Slow Down Heavy Users for Up to 20 Minutes</a><br>Not political, but yet another example of corporations running our lives. A few commenters pointed out that Comcast is simply trying to force people to get their entertainment from them instead of downloading or streaming online.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1716556">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1716556" class="dsq-comment-message">From Al Giordano at The Field:<br><br>Light a Candle for the Three Point Shot<br><br><a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/vp-watch-light-a-candle-three-point-shot" rel="nofollow">http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/vp-wa...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717071">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717071" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is Obama slipping in the polls. Forget all the excuses and look at the Issues.<br><br>Obama is on the wrong side of the issues that are important to Americans. He has been following McCain\'s lead, playing catch-up on the top three issue that are of the most concern to voters.<br><br>#1. The Economy. Let\'s face it. Gas prices have become a proxy for the economy. The higher pump prices climb, the more people think the economy is sinking. McCain’s flip-flop to support offshore drilling showed sympathy. It was translated as: He is willing to fight the establishment to improve the economy for average people. McCain has got it right in advocating new offshore drilling and a federal push to add 45 nuclear generators over the next two decades.<br><br>Obama can’t depart from liberal orthodoxy (which openly favors high gas prices because it will force us to change the type of fuel we use in our cars). He finally managed to say something along the lines that while he favors higher prices, but thought prices climbed too fast. Huh? Later, he favored some sort of drilling as part of package involving more subsidies to alternative energies… His flip-flop wasn’t dramatic enough and was weeks too late.<br><br>Obama is losing on this issue.<br><br>#2. National Security. McCain fought for and was right about \'the Surge". Now, months after wide-spread acknowledgement by ever the most pessemistic critics, Obama is edging away from a long-held position, and he tacitly acknowledged the success of the Iraq troop-surge strategy during an appearance Tuesday before the country\'s largest organization of combat veterans.<br><br>Too little, too late.<br><br>McCain, not Obama, was right about Georgia.<br><br>It took my first-term Sen. Barack Obama three tries to get it right. Headed for a vacation in Hawaii, the presumed Democratic candidate for commander in chief issued an even-handed statement, urging restraint by both sides. Later Friday, he again called for mutual restraint but blamed Russia for the fighting. The next day his language finally caught up with toughness of McCain\'s.<br><br>Making matters worse, Obama\'s staff focused on a McCain aide who had served as a lobbyist for Georgia, charging it showed McCain was "ensconced in a lobbyist culture." Obama\'s campaign came off as injecting petty partisan politics into an international crisis. This was not a serious response on behalf a man who aspires to be the leader of the Free World.<br><br>#3. Government Ethics and Corruption.  I find it interesting that at the Saddleback Forum Obama claimed that "I worked with John McCain" on ethics legislation. Why did he feel that he must try and link himself to McCain\'s record? Why did he not cite his own accomplishments.<br><br> In fact, the two worked together for barely a week, after which  Obama chose to support a purely partisan, Democrat proposal.<br><br>McCain has never taken an earmark. He has a lengthy, solid record of bi-partisan cooperation on a wide range of issues.<br><br>Obama is just beginning to build his resume in this area.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718878">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718878" class="dsq-comment-message">s you are right about the economic issue being framed as cheap gas as a proxy for the economy. It requires however that you don\'t think about the \'nuances\' of the situation. I  realize you prefer belief for facts and ignorance for knowledge but that approach means you are exploiting the people you claim to be helping. so sit down and read some nuance.<br><br>Drilling will not bring cheaper gas prices. One, the increase in supply will be continually eaten up by other countries which are expanding their economies. Two, the states currently not allowing drilling of thier shores will get to approve drilling. The three states msot oftern mentioned for drilling are Alaska, California and Florida. All three have Republican governors. The latter two have already said no. Alaska which I do believe will allow it will not get the oil to market for at least 4 years at the earliest. Three, the increase in energy prices has moved into every input of the economy. Food, paper, fertilizer anything you use everyday has had prices increases. <br><br>so again what McCain is doing is preying on the black and white crowd inability to recognize the world has changed. The US is no longer the engine of the economic train of the world. Our demand/supply cycles no longer determine where economic inputs are used. That since our standard of living is what everybody wants and are working to get it we can\'t go backwards.<br><br>As I said you are correct that the issue has become political hay but it is not a realistic solution.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717155">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717155" class="dsq-comment-message">"McCain has never taken an earmark. He has a lengthy, solid record of bi-partisan cooperation on a wide range of issues."<br><br>-When he wasn\'t nasty to other Senators.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1717676" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717676" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, so McCain has a temper and occaisionally pisses people off.<br><br>And this is a bad thing because........?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720595">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720595" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a bad thing when the people he\'s pissed off is Russia and we\'re already fighting a two front war.<br><br>You know, two front wars? The very thing that took down Napolean, Hitler, the Romans?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721566" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721566" class="dsq-comment-message">Now THAT\'S a valid concern.<br><br>Though I\'d argue that the difference is that our multiple front war has-at least in the majority-been limited to one geographic area.The Romans and Napoleon were fighting on all sides most of the time.<br><br>Thoughts?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722924">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722924" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem with multiple front wars is only tangentially geography. Geography is a subset of the problem.<br><br>The main problem is simply resources-- military, economic, diplomatic good will, energy, emotional, and psychological resources. Our military and economy are spread too thin, the good will of our allies is wearing thin, the will of the people to continue fighting, particularly in Iraq, is wearing very thin. <br><br>One history teacher I had made an excellent point about war. So often winning a war goes beyond military and monetary might. It comes down to questioning whether the cost is worth it. We are at a point where people are deciding that these wars are not worth it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723150" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723150" class="dsq-comment-message">You make good points.<br><br>I would say that if the War on Terror led to the ultimate destruction of the American way of life-to the point that a demise takes place that exceeds any other in history-then, no, it was not worth it. <br><br>Have we gotten there yet? No.<br><br>Are we on our way? We\'ll disagree there.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718045">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718045" class="dsq-comment-message">Because a wise man controls his emotions and thinks thru his options, a child or immature man lashes out without thinking of the long term consequences.Case in point Iraq.<br><a href="http://www.ajc.com/printedition/content/printedition/2008/08/18/bookmaned.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/printedition/content/printed...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718623">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718623" class="dsq-comment-message">He is a warmonger who seems to be unstable.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718991" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718991" class="dsq-comment-message">Seems to be?<br><br>C\'mon. <br><br>Jump right in.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1719076" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1719076" class="dsq-comment-message">Unstable based on.......?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720632">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720632" class="dsq-comment-message">Based on possibly the missing pages from those files?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722003">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722003" class="dsq-comment-message">oohhh good one Miranda.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721185">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721185" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok you ask for it in McCains own words<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFbJFYKkQQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFbJFYKkQQ</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEOBj-CRQA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEOBj-CRQA</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD0Gf9w5DA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD0Gf9w5DA</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qu6B6fcfo8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qu6B6fcfo8</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJq37uGQceo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJq37uGQceo</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGXKpQbt0w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGXKpQbt0w</a><br>On can go on but he is old out of touch and Im just tired</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717806">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717806" class="dsq-comment-message">"Raisin\' McCain vs. Obambi"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717308">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717308" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL<br>Now that is going to make me run out and vote for Obama. Good one!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717318" class="dsq-comment-message">Rice says U.S., Iraq agree to troop withdrawal timetable <br>Updated 1h 3m ago <br> <br>BAGHDAD (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the battle-scarred country.<br>Appearing together at a news conference, Rice and Zebari mutually asserted that a final agreement between Washington and Baghdad on a withdrawal plan and accompanying strategic framework pact is close to fruition — but not there yet.<br><br>"We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement," Rice told reporters after meeting with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The two sides had come together on a draft agreement earlier this week and Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad to press officials there to complete the accord.<br><br>Zebari, asked about fears expressed by neighboring countries over such a pact, said in Arabic: "This decision (agreement) is a sovereign one and Iran and other neighboring countries have the right to ask for clarifications. ... There are clear articles (that) say that Iraq will not be used as a launching pad for any aggressive acts against neighboring countries and we already did clarify this."<br><br>A key part of the U.S.-Iraqi draft agreement envisions the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq\'s cities by next June 30.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-21-rice-meeting_N.htm?csp=34" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720614">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720614" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama wins again!<br><br>Suck it, s and D.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721622" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721622" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah, but that would be a 10 month withdrawal.<br><br>So, does the credit go to Obama for saying we have to withdraw, or to the proponents of the surge for the conditions being in place to withdraw sooner than Obama suggested?<br><br>(Don\'t answer if you don\'t want to. Just a preview of how it could be spun)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722238">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722238" class="dsq-comment-message">I know it will be spun. I know Bush is trying to take this issue out of contention for the election. I know the Republican playbook as well as anyone.<br><br>Obama needs to claim credit for being right about this, just like he needs to claim credit for being right on Iraq, just like he needs to claim credit for being right on diplomacy, energy, the economy, etc., etc., etc.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722464" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722464" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722464" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s your basis for saying he\'s right? What\'s he right on?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722564">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722564" class="dsq-comment-message">Right on the fact that we never should have invaded a sovereign nation that posed no threat to us. Let\'s start there.<br><br>We\'ll continue to the fact that Obama called for a sensible withdrawal, mindful of facts on the ground, exactly in line with what the Iraqi ministers are asking. <br><br>And I\'ll finish with the idea that it\'s time for Iraq to determine Iraq\'s future. We have messed around in their affairs for long enough. If they ask for our help, we should help them, but so far, I don\'t think most Iraqis believe that our invasion has helped anything. They don\'t look to us as being their saviors and as far as they are concerned, they want us the heck out of there. They are a sovereign nation. We should give them what they want.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722964" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722964" class="dsq-comment-message">Disagree on point #1, but that\'s not really critical to the argument.<br><br>Ok, let\'s assume this deal goes through. Who gets the credit-the proponents of the surge, or the sitting president (whoever he is)?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717871">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1717871" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717871" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Obama making a choice to work in the poor, underserved communities of Chicago, organizing with churches to start job programs and really working to empower the residents there is quite telling. He didn\'t have to be there, but he got in the trenches with those in need.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720696">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720696" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama often cites his time as an organizer, from 1985 to 1988, as part of the experience that qualifies him to be president.<br><br>     "His greatest hits seem to have been a successful effort to convince the city of Chicago to locate a jobs placement office on the far South Side and his part in a drive to push the city to clean asbestos out of a housing project in the same area.<br><br>    … Obama, not long out of college, didn\'t have much experience to qualify him to be an organizer. But he was black — a threshold qualification for this particular job — and he seemed able almost to work magic on those he encountered. "He didn\'t have experience," Augustine-Herron told me, "but he had a sensitivity that allowed us to believe that he could do that job." <br><br>Gee, this all sounds vaguely familiar. It’s one thing to take a chance on a smooth talking but inexperienced young guy to be a community organizer, it’s quite another to elect someone President with a resume as thin as Obama’s.<br><br>The truth is the only significant thing Obama was able to do as a community organizer was to advance his political ambitions.    <br><br>Even the NYT concurs:<br><br>" It is clear that the benefit of those years to Mr. Obama dwarfs what he accomplished. Mr. Kellman said that Mr. Obama had built the organization’s following among needy residents and black ministers, but “on issues, we made very little progress, nothing that would change poverty on the South Side of Chicago.”<br><br>In short, this experience made good material for his book (a third of the pages are devoted to this period in his life) but he didn’t do much.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721132">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721132" class="dsq-comment-message">S.  Go screw yourself.  It is one thing to come here and post based on fact but it is another to insult our intelligence with those bullshit talking points.  Either post based on fact instead of the crap that even my 7 year old knows to be false or go earn your McCain points elsewhere.<br><br>Now be a good sssssssnnnnnaaaaakkkkkeeeee and copy and paste my comments to McCain\'s tattle tale center.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721763">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721763" class="dsq-comment-message">I think s is a Hillary supporter.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722328">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722328" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722328" class="dsq-comment-message">I do too. To be honest, the McCain supporters I\'ve come across on the net are not sporadic and irrational. That\'s the modus operandi of Hillbots.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721239">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721239" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s an intelligent, well crafted rebuttal.  You\'re really going to convince a lot of undecided voters to swing to Obama with a defense like that.<br><br>I am going to send every undecided voter I know over here to find out how intelligent, well-informed and post-partisan Obama supporters are.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721449">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721449" class="dsq-comment-message">You don\'t know any undecided voters dear. You know people who are simply phucking with your head because its a funny way to kill time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727525">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727525" class="dsq-comment-message">AND . . . .??????<br><br>EXERCISING AGAIN???  And a 1, and a 2, and a 3!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721741">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721741" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721741" class="dsq-comment-message">You say Obama\'s resume was "thin".....compared to whose?<br><br>Law firms were fighting over Obama way back then, s.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1717924">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717924" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Backs Away From Change to GOP Platform on Abortion<br><br>"If he were to change the party platform," to account for exceptions such as rape, incest or risk to the mother\'s life, "I think that would be political suicide," Tony Perkins, the president of the conservative Family Research Council, told ABC News in May. "I think he would be aborting his own campaign because that is such a critical issue to so many Republican voters and the Republican brand is already in trouble." <br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/mccain-backs-aw.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721458">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721458" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a moron.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721867">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721867" class="dsq-comment-message">So, now that he\'s spelled out his position on choice, I wonder what those Hillary feminists are gonna say now.  He was champing at the bit to talk about the Supreme Court at the faith forum.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722264">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722264" class="dsq-comment-message">Well the reason it seemed like he was chomping at the bit to talk about the Supreme Court was because......he was chomping at the bit to get those 4 names out before he forgot them. He had to name those justices right then, question or not, he HAD to  ask Warren "can we get back to the question of the Supreme Court?"...when there was no prior question...hilarious..if only the mainstream media gave a damn.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718114">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718114" class="dsq-comment-message">From the Politico:<br><br>Clinton creates \'whip team\' to quell anti-Obama protests<br><br>In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton\'s staff is creating a 40-member "whip team" at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don\'t engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning.<br><br>The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is working in conjunction with Obama\'s floor organizers to help foster the image of a unified front during a roll-call process Clinton herself has described as an emotional "catharsis" for her disappointed supporters.<br><br>"If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we\'ve got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs," said a person involved in the planning.<br><br>"Is it typical for a losing candidate to have their own whip team? No. But it\'s also not usual for a losing candidate to get 18 million votes either," said the person.<br><br>Clinton spokesperson Kathleen Strand emphasized the team would not seek to convince delegates to vote for the former first lady, but would hand out Clinton signs to supporters who requested them.<br><br>“We have been and are working closely with the Obama campaign to make sure we have an exciting and unified convention," Strand said. "Our delegate whips, along with the Obama delegate whips, are a part of a team that will be on the floor of the convention to make sure delegates have everything they need, whether that’s answering questions or passing out signs during Hillary\'s speech. The whips are a traditional part of every convention\'s floor operations.”<br><br>Plans for the squad were finalized last weekend. Although some former Clinton staffers balked at policing their own supporters, its ranks were filled by people itching for a floor pass -- not an easy get for Clinton\'s troops at the Obama-run convention.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1719028" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1719028" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh huh.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721703">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721703" class="dsq-comment-message">So you see the obvious hi-jinks in that little plan too?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721484">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721484" class="dsq-comment-message">Ridiculous...but I believe that Obama\'s campaign will handle it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1718724">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718724" class="dsq-comment-message">Y\'all notice that when McCain takes a 1 or 2 point lead in states that Republicans have won the last two elections, like FL and CO, the MSM turns it into a screaming headline, "McCain closing the gap" and white Liberal bloggers start screaming, "it\'s over for Obama," but when Obama takes a 1 point lead in states that Democrats haven\'t won in years, like NV, nothing is said?  Furthermore, McCain is only winning by 10 points in his own state, and it\'s called "solid," but Obama is winning by 5 points in PA and it\'s called "modest".  The double standard is killin me!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721561">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721561" class="dsq-comment-message">Smoke and mirrors...a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1718921" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1718921" class="dsq-comment-message">Good pics of Obama.<br><br><a href="http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722660">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722660" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting, those were great.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720651">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720651" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://wonkette.com/402067/hot-exclusive-barack-beach-photo-with-phallic-thing rel="nofollow">Why Obama Will Win</a><br><br>Please take a look. ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722573" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722573" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722573" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re bad.<br><br>I can\'t believe how pale Barack\'s body is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1720731" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720731" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack has a new ad out that attacks McCain on his houses.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmFd25tRqo&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/21/11243/9384/785/571780" rel="nofollow">"Seven"</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720857">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720857" class="dsq-comment-message">Since McCain cant remember how many homes he has or anything else here is a refresher for him<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721420">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721420" class="dsq-comment-message">What do you expect from someone who cannot even remember to pay his taxes<br>McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/28/mccains-failed-to-pay-tax_n_109785.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/28/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721001">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721001" class="dsq-comment-message">Americans are used to the idea of politicians being filthy rich; it’s not wealth itself that puts fangs into the attack, it’s how wealth suggests luxury, entitlement, softness, and selfishness. Good luck with that, Barry. The instant response from McCain HQ:<br><br>    Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people “cling” to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?<br><br>    The reality is that Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans. –McCain spokesman Brian Rogers</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721063">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721063" class="dsq-comment-message">A guy who wears $520 shoes and can\'t remember how many houses he owns really can\'t say too much when the rest of America is wearing Payless and having their house foreclosed on, can he?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721412" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721412" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721412" class="dsq-comment-message">With both of your statements.....is this debate even necessary?<br><br>McCain and Obama both qualify as rich in my book, as well as most likely in the books of a majority of Americans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721536">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721536" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a problem when some guy wearing $500 shoes and has been living in the lap of luxury for over 25 years starts pointing the finger at a guy who just made his fortune in the past few years.  That\'s like Joan Rivers pointing the finger and laughing at somebody for having a face lift.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721640">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721640" class="dsq-comment-message">D - it is necessary because of the ridiculous statements S is making.  Read it and tell me it isn\'t crap.  <br><br>I am sick of this sh*t.  We are going to vote the way we choose to vote and we are all entitled to debate which is what this blog is all about BUT not based on that garbage that S is posting.  Come on now D.  Not only is that stuff old crap that has been run through the paces earlier this year for wayyyy longer than was warranted and has all been debunked multiple times but, it is so stupid it is ridiculous.  I understand it is almost November and we all are going to kick it up a notch.  But in what way ?  I ain\'t going for this crap.  This election cycle is too important.  <br><br>Now that said . . . . How are you by the way? I haven\'t seen you on the posts in a while.  Hope you and your family are okay.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1721787" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721787" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m good, though Vets for Freedom is stressing me. More on that later.<br><br>What I know, and what I think:<br><br>S is a moderate independent. I don\'t know if he\'s seriously looked at Obama or not. He brings his concerns based on what he sees/hears in the media here, because he\'s looking for confirmation or rebuttal from Obama supporters. <b>Some</b> of the posters here provide that confirmation/rebuttal based on the facts, and not the standard talking points.<br><br>Now, once those concerns have been answered or rebutted, it\'s not productive to bring them back up again.<br><br>On this one....having the "you\'re \'eliter\' than me!!" argument is not productive. <b><i>For either candidate.</b></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722330">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722330" class="dsq-comment-message">Some of the posters here provide that confirmation/rebuttal based on the facts, and not the standard talking points.<br>============================================<br>And what facts do you base your opinion on? All I here from you and S is talking points like you and your buddy Karl Rove are text messaging each other.By the way I am still waiting for a answer on what republican policies have benefited the American people</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722695" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722695">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722695" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722695" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s going on with the Vets for Freedom?  Do you have something posted on your site?  Haven\'t been there to visit lately.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723011" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723011" class="dsq-comment-message">The organization effort and framing a message is frustrating.<br><br>In the lions\' den here, that\'s all I really feel comfortable saying.<br><br>Something good\'s gonna come out of it though; that\'s what I keep telling myself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723166">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723166" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok.  I will leave it at that.  Hope it resolves itself quickly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723688" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723688" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s coming around. <br><br>There\'s nothing new on my state page; we\'re just now getting some events planned.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1727440" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727440">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727440" class="dsq-comment-message">D: <br><br>Best wishes!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727310" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1727310" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1727310" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727310" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a difference between being rich (like Obama just recently paying off his own student loan debt,) and being wealthy (which means looong money and shady friends.)<br><br>IMHO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721565">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721565" class="dsq-comment-message">Confusing \'elistism\' with material wealth is why this line of attack will not gain traction.<br><br>Just wait until the "Bittergate" comments are used against Obama in upcoming weeks.<br><br>Those comments reveal where the real debate lies.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721680">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721680" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawwwddd Lawwwddd Lawwwwwwdddd.  JJP.  Ya\'ll need a virtual exorcism up in here.<br><br>In the name of Jesus - Demon of lies and deception I rebuke you!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722746">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722746" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727488">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727488" class="dsq-comment-message">val:   LOL   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721809">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721809" class="dsq-comment-message">Confusing pandering and soundbites with an actual platform that will change American lives for the better is what will not work this time around for Republicans. <br><br>Bittergate has been done and done again. It\'s an old, exhausted meme that will sound pretty desperate for someone who has been spending 26 years in the Senate accomplishing nothing but lining his pockets.<br><br>Somewhere I read that McCain has authored TWO pieces of legislation in the 26 years he\'s been there, then voted against them. He doesn\'t know his own damn mind. He takes a position one day, only to change it the next.<br><br>There is only one person who is skating by on his biography, and it ain\'t Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722174">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722174" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain has benefited greatly fome "elitism" or better yet "privilege."  Just think about it, graduating fifth from the bottom of your class SHOULD NOT have given you access to the very competitive flight school.  It has been posted here before  that John McCain benefited greatly from his father and grandfather\'s positions as Admirals in the Navy. And it could quite possibe explain why McCain crashed so many times during his career.  Think about it----the next time you board a commercial plane, would you like the  pilot behind the controls, with the most mediocre grades who graduated 5th from the bottom of their graduating class, flying your plane.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722535" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722535" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie, I like you.<br><br>You are right.....there\'s no way McCain could have gotten a spot in naval aviation without a hookup. UNLESS-in all fairness-there were a lot of open spots available for aviators that year.<br><br><a href="http://www.usna-parents.org/resources/firstie.htm#ss" rel="nofollow">An article on service selection at USNA</A></a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723023">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723023" class="dsq-comment-message">I like you too D.  I\'ve always been taught to listen to every side of a conversation, whether I agree or not. I think you bring forth good discussions on here. But as far John McCain---yea, in all fairness, they may have been a lot of aviator spots open, but by gosh, this guy had A LOT of mishaps with flying.  He had mishaps in 1960, 1962, 1963, and 1965  and this  was all before he was shot down in Vietnam.  And I am not saying this  to diminish his service, but you know as a veteran, as well as I know, the Navy, for reasons I\'m not quite sure of continued to let this man fly even though his aviation performance was mediocre at best.  I can\'t help but think a well-known last name worked to his advantage.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723247" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723247" class="dsq-comment-message">A no-shitter: that never occured to me until you mentioned it.<br><br>Something to think on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722766" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722766">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722766" class="dsq-comment-message">You really need a glass of tequila.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723021" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723021" class="dsq-comment-message">No. You. Didn\'t.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721455">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721455" class="dsq-comment-message">According to John McCain, Obama isn\'t rich. He only made $4 Mill last year. He\'s middle class.<br><br>More and more people will see that McCain knows nothing about average Americans. He thinks we\'re *whiners* because we\'re having a hard time weathering Bush\'s economy. We\'re whiners because we want health care, whiners because we\'re afraid of losing our houses, whiners because we want the minimum wage to be raised.<br><br>McCain can take his $500 shoes and get the hell out of here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722818">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722818" class="dsq-comment-message">500 dollar Eye-talian shoes.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721497">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721497" class="dsq-comment-message">btw - the vacation spot in Hawaii was a RENTAL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721526">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721526" class="dsq-comment-message">and I eat arugula as does my kids???? what is your point.  regarding to the clinging to guns crap -- don\'t be an idiot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723200" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723200" class="dsq-comment-message">I grow arugula. Sell it too. Eat it most every summer day.<br><br>It\'s very good for you.<br><br>Arugula is earthy. <br><br>Arugula is healthy.<br><br>Arugula "is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid, Zinc and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Manganese."<br><br>The healthier you are the less you have to pay in medical bills.<br><br>And with healthcare costs so high, I urge you to be as healthy as you can be.<br><br>Arugula is healthy. It\'s a bit more expensive then iceberg, but the seeds are cheap. If you live in a place with a pubic garden or have your own piece of land, and you don\'t need much, you can even use a window box, you can plant your own.<br><br>Crop wasn\'t that strong this year, though.<br><br>More yellow than green. Worthless beyond the baby stage.<br><br>Climate is off.<br><br>Speaking of the climate being off.<br><br>We need to invest in alternative energies that don\'t emit so much poison into the atmosphere the effects of which we are dealing with now.<br><br>Katrina. The midwestern floods.<br><br>Alternative energies break our addiction to oil.<br><br>Drive down fuel prices.<br><br>::<br><br>From smear to real in less than a minute.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723282">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723282" class="dsq-comment-message">Arugula is BAD.  You should be eating a can of Glory Greens every day.  Either that or Iceberg lettuce.<br><br>How DARE you be healthy?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723356" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723356" class="dsq-comment-message">Corn is subpar, too. If it survived the floods, the ears are too skinny.<br><br>Tomatoes rotting on the vines. Those that make it are too small. Won\'t ripen at all.<br><br>Soybeans are being destroyed by insects. Turns out the ground didn\'t freeze completely this winter. Too much snow. Insulates the ground. The insects multiplied like crazy.<br><br>Now, they\'re killing soybeans.<br><br>Grits. Animal feed. Tomatoe sauce. Vegetable (soybean) oil.<br><br>Grocery/feed prices through the roof.<br><br>Climate is off.<br><br>Too much poison in the atmosphere.<br><br>Arugula is healthy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723414">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723414" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re WRONG.  Only ketchup is healthy.<br><br>Besides, ketchup is a vegatable.  Ronald Reagan told me so.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723639">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723639" class="dsq-comment-message">LOLOL!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723682">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723682" class="dsq-comment-message">Naw, just make a spam samich and drank a grape Sam\'s Club sodi-pop</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1732430" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1732430" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1732430">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1732430" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1732430" class="dsq-comment-message">This Bud\'s for you (and this 6-pack, and this keg, hell, take these longnecks too).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721600">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721600" class="dsq-comment-message">Be careful, your \'elitism\' is showing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721781">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721781" class="dsq-comment-message">Really.  Thank you.  Keep pushing the right buttons and I may show you something else.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1722159" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722159">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722159" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722159" class="dsq-comment-message">I think there is a certain demographic that clings to gun and religion too...and here I was thinking I was \'regular people"...well guess not. If that makes me elitist, then so be it. I do believe I\'m better than you anyway, so thanks for the compliment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722198">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722198" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722198" class="dsq-comment-message">I know you want your points for your McCain autograph of a 8 track player but this story will have legs.The AP the people who brings the OLDMAN his donuts with sprinkles has put it out on its wire.Do you know what that means every small town paper who gets their news from the AP will get this story and the myth of McCain will be further diminished.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723439" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723439" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723439">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723439" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723439" class="dsq-comment-message">Brian Rogers continues to misinform. Obama has never said not produce more energy here. It is how it is to be produced is where Obama differs w/ McCain. Wind and solar come to mind immediately.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720907">Val</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1720907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720907" class="dsq-comment-message">An evening funny for you<br><br><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/955769-latest-poll-reveals-430-new-demographics-that-will-decide-election-the-onion-americas-finest-news-source" rel="nofollow">http://vodpod.com/watch/955769-latest-poll-reve...</a><br><br>New Demographics that will decide the elections.  it is funny.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1720960" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1720960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720960">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1720960" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720960" class="dsq-comment-message">Check out this website.  It was too funny.<br><a href="http://www.womenforjohnmccain.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.womenforjohnmccain.com/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723546" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723546" class="dsq-comment-message">How brutal.<br><br>How brilliant.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721377" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721377" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721377">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721377" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721377" class="dsq-comment-message">For the love of Moses.....why would they lie about the adoption of their daughter? Geez....no shame whatsoever....NONE.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/the-anatomy-of-a-deceptio_b_120381.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/the...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1729127" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1729127" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1729127">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1729127" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1729127" class="dsq-comment-message">The McCains are a piece of work, aren\'t they? What kind of amoral people would lie about MOTHER THERESA?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1721664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1721664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721664">dave_246</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1721664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721664" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, yesterday was a day of great joy and sadness. I watched Bolt\'s run on the live feed from the "Birdcage" last night. It took me two hrs. to get to sleep. What a thrill and good on the Jamaicans! I \'ll look for them to compete again in the bobsled next Winter Olympics. I\'d be glad to send the team some money if a legit website is set up.<br><br>Day of sadness too. Though I\'m unfamiliar with Rep. Tubbs-Jones and her record which I am sure was excellent, its incredibly sad when someone this young & with such promise passes away. While I need to get current on the circumstances of her sad demise, all of us white, African-American, all Americans for that matter, have got to watch that diet, and blood pressure, just got to folks. Yours respectfully, &gt;Dave</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1722146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722146" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722146" class="dsq-comment-message">The Barack campaign is FINALLY calling McCain:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXl2nR-2jxY" rel="nofollow">DANGEROUS</a><br><br>Took them long enough.<br><br>Every time McCain calls Barack a celebrity, Barack needs to call McCain dangerous. Barack has some catching up to do.<br><br>I bet I know which one will stick in the voters minds more on election day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1727757" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727757">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1727757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727757" class="dsq-comment-message">i think their timing is perfect.  everything has a season.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1756797" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1756797">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1756797" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1756797" class="dsq-comment-message">caligirl:   "TURN, TURN. TURN!"  [don\'t remember who sang it.   :&gt;)]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1722463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722463">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722463" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722463" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-john-mccain-and-his-secretive-plot-to-kill-the-un-903998.html rel="nofollow">McCain\'s Secret Plot to Kill the UN</a><br>Brought to us by foreign media, who, unfortunately, have provided much more information on this corrupt administration than our own media. It looks like the cycle continues with McCain before he\'s even close to the office.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723035">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723035" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723035" class="dsq-comment-message">That was good.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1722663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722663">BeeJayGee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722663" class="dsq-comment-message">The most celebrated DNC in history! I\'m so excited: <a href="http://www.theloop21.com/news/supporters-plan-obama-celebrations" rel="nofollow">http://www.theloop21.com/news/supporters-plan-o...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1722807" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1722807" href="http://www.actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">heartsandflowers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1722807" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722807" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-something.html" rel="nofollow">http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/20...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723084" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723084" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723084" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_el_pr/black_republicans" rel="nofollow">Obama inspires black Republicans to switch parties</a><blockquote><b>While the number of blacks who have left the GOP for the Democratic Party can\'t be pinpointed, it\'s not hard to find voters who have made the switch.<br><br>"That\'s happening in a lot of places," said Ronald Walters, a University of Maryland political scientist who tracks racial trends.<br><br>In Florida, it\'s happening at a time when the state Republican Party has made black voter recruitment a priority — one that is more difficult with Obama\'s success.<br><br>Whitfield Jenkins of Ocala became a Republican nearly four decades ago, abandoning the Democrats out of anger when black voters helped elect a state lawmaker who later opposed a state holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. In 2006, Jenkins helped Republican Gov. Charlie Crist\'s campaign, but this year he switched back to the Democratic Party for one reason: Obama.<br><br>"Really early in his presidential campaign, when I got the opportunity to listen intently to his ideas and his platforms, I immediately said, \'This is beyond belief,\'" Jenkins said. "I joined the effort and it became clear to me that I was better able to work in my community in a broad way and support this outstanding candidate as a Democrat."</b></blockquote></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723374">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723374" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh My!<br><br><a href=http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/laurinmanning/gG5s4x rel="nofollow">Obama<br>Campaign lauches new TV ad, holds events nationwide on McCain\'s losing track of how many homes he owns. </a href> Ad is titled "Seven"<br><br>16 events held by senators, State Reps and Governors all talking about this little diddy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723670" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723670" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723670" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723670" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a minefield.<br><br>It seems so trivial, but it\'s a minefield.<br><br>McCain is going to seethe.<br><br>They\'re baiting him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724141">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1724141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724141" class="dsq-comment-message">Take.it.to.him.<br><br>shove it down his throat.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723601" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723601" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723601" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723601" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723601" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack has chosen his VP (hat-tip to USA Today):<br><b><i><br>He said he was looking for not just a partner but a sparring partner. "I want somebody who\'s independent, somebody who can push against my preconceived notions and challenge me so we have got a robust debate in the White House."<br></i></b><br><br>Sounds like Hillary to me...I\'m now taking bets.  $5 says itz Hillary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723677" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723677">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723677" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723677" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m wondering if Biden isnt\' the guy.<br><br>Ooh. I hope it\'s not Hagel!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723750" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723750" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723750" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723750" class="dsq-comment-message">I woke up thinking Wesley Clark or Tim Kaine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723832" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723832" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723832">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723832" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723832" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724324" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724324" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1724324" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1724324" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724324" class="dsq-comment-message">I like Clark and Kaine too.<br><br>Focus on the word "sparring partner"...Obama and Kaine are political twins--they would have nothing to fight about...Clark would see Obama as "The Commander in Chief" moreso than as a partner.<br><br>Obama-Clinton would not be drama free...but it would be worth the drama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723708" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723708" class="dsq-comment-message">No. Hillary is not independent.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723800" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723800">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1723800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723800" class="dsq-comment-message">"I want somebody who\'s independent"...................dont\' you think that sentence alone eliminates Hillary?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1723862" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1723862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1723862" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723862" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess it depends on what Barack meant by "independent."  I don\'t think he meant it in a political sense.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723763">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723763" class="dsq-comment-message">Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died. <br><br>Upshaw, 63, had been fighting pancreatic cancer. <br><br>Clear Channel Online first reported the story early Thursday morning. ESPN has confirmed the report. <br><br>Upshaw played offensive guard with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1967 until 1981. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and an 11-time All-Pro selection. He played in three Super Bowls -- winning two -- and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. <br><br>Upshaw was the Oakland Raiders\' first-round choice in the first combined AFL-NFL draft in 1967. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound lineman had played center, tackle and end at Texas A&I. <br><br>Upshaw moved to guard with the Raiders, starting in 207 straight regular-season games until being forced out of action by injury for one game in 1981. Upshaw returned the next week and played in 10 more games in what turned out to be his final season. <br><br>Upshaw was a member of the bargaining committee for the NFLPA throughout his playing days in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After his retirement, he took over as NFLPA executive director in June 1983. <br><br>Upshaw led the players union through a strike in 1987 and years of anti-trust litigation against the league, including a brief period in which the NFLPA became a professional association rather than a union. The union eventually accepted a salary cap in return for free agency. Union members got a bigger share of league revenues because of the deal. <br><br>Upshaw came up against controversy in 2006 when some 325 retired players from the AFL and NFL came forward with accounts of being given minimal disability benefits. <br><br>Baltimore Ravens kicker Matt Stover had been leading an effort to oust Upshaw as the NFLPA executive director. In April, he e-mailed a plan to fellow player representatives to have a new union boss in place by March 2009. <br><br>Upshaw responded, speaking of the looming labor confrontation with owners when the current contract expires, by saying: "I would never leave until this deal is done." <br><br>Upshaw is survived by his wife, Terri, and sons, Justin, Daniel and Eugene Jr.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1723834">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1723834" class="dsq-comment-message">People he was diagnosed on SUNDAY....and he is dead today. Please please listen to your bodies.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727796">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727796" class="dsq-comment-message">so so so true!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724793">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724793" class="dsq-comment-message">Jessica Valenti: The baiting of Ms Obama<br>American feminists who defended Hillary with passion and vigour must do the same for Michelle.<br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/21/michelleobama.barackobama" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/au...</a><br><br>Bout time....BOUT DAMN TIME</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725028">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725028" class="dsq-comment-message">Who you tellin\'? <br><br>They\'ve been mighty SILENT.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724885">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724885" class="dsq-comment-message">"I can\'t stand John McCain," Reid flatly told his hometown paper, the Las Vegas Review Journal in comments published Thursday. The Nevada Democrat also said he had recently expressed that sentiment to Democrat-turned Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, an ardent supporter of McCain who has agreed to speak at the Republican convention early next month.<br><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724999">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724999" class="dsq-comment-message">No shame...........none..........<br><br>McCain Camp Plays POW Card<br>Facing a Democratic Party positively giddy over his recent admission that he didn\'t know how many houses he owned, John McCain quickly returned to a political trump card: his POW experience.<br><br>Speaking to the Washington Post, aide Brian Rogers, in full damage-control mode, acknowledged that his boss had "some investment properties and stuff," but added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison."<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/mccain-camp-plays-pow-car_n_120428.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725151">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725151" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s gonna get tiresome real quick.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725239">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725239" class="dsq-comment-message">You ain\'t neva lied.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725914">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725914" class="dsq-comment-message">Ole\' school.....<br><br>Shalamar "SECOND TIME AROUND" 1980<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qTH89GS7I_c" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qTH89GS7I_c</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727712">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727712" class="dsq-comment-message">nooooo!   i REFUSE to go back to 1980!!!!    ;-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1726097">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1726097" class="dsq-comment-message">More ole\' school.....<br><br>Shalamar - Night to Remember<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAm_obRPQ8&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAm_obRPQ8&featu...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1726191">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1726191" class="dsq-comment-message">Good save, Howard!<br><br>SHALAMAR A Night To Remember LIVE<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0Fld1ejiw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0Fld1ejiw&featu...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1726580">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1726580" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary\'s debt is just what it was in June:<br><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/21/disclosure-repots-show-clinton-still-deeply-in-debt/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/21...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1727059" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727059" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do we care? CNN needs to stop peddling the Clinton\'s drama.<br><br>From the look on Hillary\'s face today (she looked exhausted, annoyed even) perhaps things aren\'t going as well behind the scenes as she might hope.<br><br>Her biggest problem is that for all her drama, she\'s a terrible actress.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727559">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727559" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh you aint neva lied.....she canNOT play anything off. Oh well, lots of black folks wear a mask every single day on their jobs, I don\'t have any sympathy that she neva had to learn to wear one too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1726872">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1726872" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, that\'s so sad.<br><br>Bwahahahahahaha!!!!  :D<br><br>Why don\'t the PUMAs give her the money they\'ve raised to help her out? Oh yeah, because they need every bit of that $50,000 to stage their coup!<br><br>BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727017">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727017" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/08/presidential_de.html rel="nofollow"> Presidential Debate Sets</a href><br><br>The debates and formats: <br><br>First Presidential Debate: <br>Date: Sept. 26 <br>Site: University of Mississippi <br>Topic: Foreign policy and national security <br>Moderator: Jim Lehrer of PBS <br>Staging: Podium debate <br>Format: The debate will be broken into nine, 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment. After these initial answers, the moderator will facilitate an open discussion of the topic for the remaining 5 minutes, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment <br><br>Vice Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 2 <br>Site: Washington University in St. Louis <br>Moderator: Gwen Ifill of PBS <br>Staging/Answer Format: To be resolved after the vice presidential nominees are selected. <br><br>Second Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 7 <br>Site: Belmont University in Nashville <br>Moderator: Tom Brokaw of NBC<br>Staging: Town Hall debate <br>Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the Internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or Internet), and not the moderator. <br><br>Third Presidential Debate <br>Date: Oct. 15 <br>Site: Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. <br>Topic: Domestic and economic policy <br>Moderator: Bob Schieffer of CBS <br>Staging: Candidates will be seated at a table <br>Format: Same as first presidential debate, plus each candidate will get a 90-second closing statement.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727414">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727414" class="dsq-comment-message">Servicey! Thanks!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727362">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727362" class="dsq-comment-message">s, I would have gladly agreed with this post and your assessment of totalitarian China had you not asserted a completely illogical strawman argument about Obama. Obama isn\'t "condemning the U.S.," he is explaining that China\'s modern, new infrastructure is a huge draw for corporations. He\'s absolutely right. I have some education in economic development, and let me tell you, INFRASTRUCTURE is a huge consideration for businesses in determining where to locate. China has poured billions of dollars into their infrastructure in the last couple decades, and frankly, most corporations don\'t care who was displaced, what architectural or historical treasures were destroyed, or whose rights were trampled in order to build that infrastructure. <br><br>Obama is calling attention to the fact that American infrastructure is on life support. A good deal of our infrastructure was put in at the beginning of the last century and cannot support the populations and technologies that we now depend on. The subway systems, sewers, street grids, etc. in most major East Coast cities are old and crumbling. Bridges have collapsed, and many are on the verge of collapse. Our storm water management systems cannot handle the populations and development that have grown exponentially over the past century and are severely undersized to handle additional rainfall and runoff attendant with global warming. <br><br>Obama is simply talking about America\'s ability to compete with China for JOBS. Businesses are FLEEING to China, not only because of cheap labor, but also for cheap and superior infrastructure. Infrastructure redevelopment, something that is sorely needed in the U.S., will be a HUGE generator of architectural, engineering, planning, and construction jobs, RIGHT HERE-- jobs that cannot be exported overseas.<br><br>Please read my favorite economist, Robert Reich: <br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/05/cure-for-americas-chronic-recession.html rel="nofollow">The Cure for America\'s Chronic Recession</a><br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/07/second-stimulus-much-bigger-than-first.html rel="nofollow">A Second Stimulus: Much Bigger Than the First, and Focused on Infrastructure</a><br><a href=http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html rel="nofollow">2008 and Beyond: Alan Greenspan\'s Continuing Legacy </a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727981">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727981" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheap Labor and low taxes are the main reasons why businesses are moving overseas.<br><br>The BIGGEST incentive we can offer to corporations is a lower tax rate.<br><br>U.S. corporate taxes are way too high and they are inhibiting American competitiveness. Corporations are sitting on literally trillions of dollars of gains locked up on their balance sheets. They’re sitting on this cash hoard because it doesn’t make sense to unlock them at the current 35 percent rate. It’s too high. Deals that look attractive on a pre-tax basis make little sense at all on an after-tax basis.<br><br>Not only would slashing the corporate rate result in making the U.S. more competitive, and attract more investment to our shores (as it has done with remarkable success in Ireland and Eastern Europe), but it would actually result in higher wages for American workers. This would help ameliorate the wage inequality problem because the tax savings would go roughly 70 percent to workers and 30 percent to shareholders.<br><br>But Obama and Democrats in general demonize corporations for wanting to (gasp) actually make money and they oppose pro-growth tax policies that would lay the foundation for US cities to compete for their business, spurring  improvements in infrastructure and creating jobs.<br><br>Obama\'s general view of this nation is not one of optimism and exceptionalism but one of moral equivalence that places totalitarian regimes such as China and Russia on the same plane as the US. I do not ascribe to this philosophy. We are an outstanding  nation because of our freedom, our confidence and our drive and our ingenuity, yet nothing in Obama\'s remarks convey that positive attitude.<br><br>To further illustrate my point  today Obama equated Russia\'s invasion of Georgia with our toppling of Saddam Hussein:<br><br>    "Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too.<br><br>    The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known. But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Russia’s recent military activity in Georgia.<br><br>    “We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,” Obama told a crowd of supporters in Virginia. “They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.”<br><br>So our "charging into" Iraq--with dozens of allies, supported by a U.N. resolution, as a last resort after six months of build-up and negotiations, to unseat one of the cruelest dictators of modern times who had twice invaded neighboring states, was in violation of more than a dozen U.N. resolutions and was responsible for the deaths of something like two million people, who was shooting at American aircraft and had tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, in Obama\'s  mind, was just like Russia\'s "charging into" Georgia, which resembles Saddam\'s Iraq in no respect. <br><br>Russia invaded a peaceful democracy that it wants to re-incorporate into its empire.<br><br>It was George F. Kennan, America’s ambassador to the Soviet Union, who said, \'Russia can have at its borders only enemies or vassals.\' Now, Georgia has been all but dismembered. The opening phase of this crisis may soon come to a close, but it is shaping up to be merely the first chapter in a potentially long and dangerous era.<br><br>The liberal progressive mindset that Obama possess and professes: moral equivalence with our enemies and a general worldview that we are the problem is not a message voters will respond favorably to.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1729106">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1729106" class="dsq-comment-message">Two-thirds of US corporations paid no taxes last year. Two-thirds. You can\'t get a lower tax rate than zero.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727427">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727427" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/205255/705/324/572249" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/205...</a><br><br>McCain’s POW Defense: Devaluing Our Service and His Own<br>by Lt Gen Robert G Gard <br><br>Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 05:56:54 PM PDT<br><br>The McCain campaign has spent weeks trying to portray Obama as out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans. Today, an interviewer at <a href="http://Politico.com" rel="nofollow">Politico.com</a> asked McCain how many homes he and his wife owned, to which he responded that he was not sure but would get someone from his staff to answer.<br><br>Contrary to what many will tell you, this does not make McCain out of touch with ordinary Americans, as many families today are in trouble with their banks and trying to figure out how many homes they have - zero or one.<br><br>Still, it\'s the campaign\'s defense we find deeply troubling:<br><br>"This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison." <br><br>We obviously honor and respect McCain\'s service and the five-and-a-half years of horror that he went through at the hands of the North Vietnamese; but it\'s not an excuse for everything. He has already used it to explain away his infidelities in his first marriage. He\'s used it to defend his healthcare plan. He just the other day used it to deflect accusations of having skirted the rules of the Saddleback forum.<br><br>It\'s time for the Senator to stop cheapening the war experiences of thousands of vets and his fellow POWs, and his own as well, by stretching the boundaries of logic to make his POW status a wild-card rebuttal to all accusations or an answer to all difficult questions.<br><br>We are veterans who like John McCain, who served honorably, but and we continue to serve our country honorably by not using our military experiences as unjustifiable necessary shields or stepping stones. John McCain has faced and will continue to face many difficult questions that he does not have an answer for, and problems to which that he will provides no solutions to, in the 70 days between now and the election. When he uses his status as a veteran to deflect legitimate questions and concerns, it devalues not just his service to our country but ours as well.<br><br>So today, we ask not as Veterans for Obama, but as Veterans of America that Sen. McCain respect the service of his fellow POWs and combat veterans, and stop cheapening their service by hiding behind his own.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727432" class="dsq-comment-message">Tara Wall:  Fish! .......Fish!!......Fresh Fish!!!   Get your fresh fish right here!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727836" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:   LOL  x2   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727512" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s Ad May Violate Election Laws.....Even Fox Won\'t Air It.<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/experts-obama-ayers-ad-ma_n_120495.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/21/expert...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727695" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this while watching C-SPAN:  "When Women Vote-2008.  It was hosted by the Peter Hart Research Associates!<br><br><a href="http://www.emilyslist.org" rel="nofollow">www.emilyslist.org</a> is an organization which is committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women to offices.<br><br>DATA presented:  Obama was leading "McAncient" by nice margins EXCEPT for so-called evangelical women.  I couldn\'t copy the chart fast enough.   SORRY!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1717525" class="dsq-comment-message">"They’re friends.  So what?"<br><br>Obama is hiding behind Mayor Daley\'s skirts:<br><br>John Kass has an explanation for Stanley Kurtz for why he couldn’t access what should be public records at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Kurtz apparently didn’t read the name of the building in which the files from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge reside.  It’s the Richard Daley Library, and when a Daley gets involved in a Chicago issue, openness flies right back out the door:<br><br>    "The relationship between the ambitious Obama and the unrepentant Ayers is a subject that excites Republicans, who haven’t really thwacked that pinata as hard as they might. It really irritates Obama and his political champion, Chicago’s sovereign lord, Mayor Richard M. Daley.<br><br>    “This is a public entity,” Kurtz told us Wednesday. “I don’t understand how confidentiality of the donor would be an issue.”<br><br>    You don’t understand, Mr. Kurtz? Allow me to explain. The secret is hidden in the name of the library:<br><br>    The Richard J. Daley Library.<br><br>    Eureka!"<br><br>The son of the famous Chicago machine boss and one in his own right, Richard Daley Jr doesn’t understand why anyone would want to look into the relationship between a presidential candidate and an unrepentant domestic terrorist-cum-academic.  If William Ayers was good enough to wangle a Chicago job with the help of his father, Mayor Daley wondered aloud, why would anyone question him?<br><br>Ayers has repeatedly refused to apologize for his bombings and his terrorist actions, nor has his wife Bernardine Dohrn repented of her connections to bombings, thefts, and murder.  To this day, they still speak publicly about the need to overthrow the capitalist system of the United States and call America a “monster”.<br><br>They’re friends.  So what?  Well, most Americans don’t have friends who plotted to bomb the Pentagon, or assisted radicals in robberies that resulted in murder.  Not only did Barack Obama make these people his friends, he worked closely with them on two separate projects, the Woods Foundation — and that pesky Chicago Annenberg Challenge that UIC, a public institution, ran.  These were voluntary associations, not a case of both being hired by a corporate manager and forced to work together.  In fact, Obama chose to work for Ayers at the CAC.<br><br>But wait...they\'re NOT friends? Obama characterized Ayers as \'... a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who\'s a professor of English in Chicago, who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from.  He\'s not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. "<br><br>Why lie?<br><br>It\'s not the crime. It\'s the cover up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1720682">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720682" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I get it.  Even back when he was a grade schooler Barack was down with the Weather Underground, and was even giving Ayers and the Missus tips on what was the best way to make stuff blow up real good.<br><br>Nice try with the guilt by association thing.  I mean my high school chem lab partner was the son of one of the biggest mob bosses on the East Coast, so of course that means the Five Families have my number in their speed dial to this very day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720912" class="dsq-comment-message">No. <br><br>You ignore the fact that both Ayers and Obama BOTH PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE HIGHLY POLITICAL EFFORTS FOR EDUCATION REFORM at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.<br><br>Obama has lied about the relationship, characterizing as casual and of no consequence.<br><br>The Challenge allowed Barack Obama and Bill Ayers to work together in the heat of political battle to help disburse more than $100 million to allies, particularly in the Local School Councils, in the Chicago School system. <br><br>Under the circumstances, it seems more than a bit disingenuous of Senator Obama to dismiss Bill Ayers as “some guy who lives in my neighborhood.”<br><br>Do some research instead of regurgitating Obama talking points. The story has moved well beyond your lame defense.<br><br><a href="http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/08/behind-annenberg-gate-inside-chicago.html" rel="nofollow">http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/08/behind-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1720935" class="dsq-comment-message">Oooh, I made s mad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721518" class="dsq-comment-message">Now you\'re gonna get it...well no...some small animal is gonna get it, but you\'ll be the one s is thinking about.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721631" class="dsq-comment-message">lets hope she\'s not really a kitty.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721707" class="dsq-comment-message">No worries, because kitty\'s still got her claws and she\'s sharpening them on the coffee table as we speak.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721621">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721621" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL,  she says you\'re repeating O talking points!!   Your chem lab partner is an Obama talking point???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721427" class="dsq-comment-message">Bull.  I suggest YOU do some research. It wouldn\'t take much.  Obama said he sat on a committee for education reform with Ayers and no he is not going to judge a man by what he did 20 years before he met him.  He said it during a debate with Hillary.  The media reported it several times and my response is so freaking what?  <br><br>JJP -- look .  We are getting down to the wire here and things will get more ugly for Obama.  Folks are going to try to increase dissent among Obama\'s supporters.  <br><br>It is time for us to take out the freaking trash. We have these lunatics desperately trying to earn McCain points by copying and pasting bullsh*t talking points from the McCain smear website to pro-Obama blogs.  They deliberately trying to start internal wars, and then they seek out comments made by supporters which they in turn run home to the official McCain Tattle Tale Center and report on what McCain could then use attack Obama.  So in us talking to each other out of frustration or whatever, they take that information and give it to McCain to use against Obama.  Think about it . . . the last few days on JJP posted commentary that is not that helpful to the Obama campaign.  All we are doing is providing fodder for the sssnnnnnnnaaaaaakkkkkkeeeeessssss.  <br><br>We are our own worst enemies.  We need to shut this bullcrap down and kick these house n*gr**s out of town.<br><br>I am not referring to you D.  You are an exception.  I am referring to the sssnnnnnaaaakkkkkkeeeessss that continues to slither on to this site playing that passive agressive role.  <br><br>I am sick of it.  I say kick their asses out and let us do this thing.  Be like Usain Bolt, tell everybody to kiss ***** and help Obama take this thing to finish line.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722176" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so glad I kept reading......<br><br>I\'ll cosign.....though the truth is, McCain supporters don\'t have to have to try to start an internal war. A lot of the time, it comes up all on its own. Remember the FISA debacle?<br><br>When I can go over to Free Republic and read some of the exact same criticisms of Obama that I have seen occasionally here on JJP (albeit with a lot less colorful language), that\'s concerning. Someone said it a day or so ago, and they were right: regardless of what any poll says, the Obama insurgency is the underdog here. And if y\'all are fractured, and that fracture spreads, you\'re not gonna carry the day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721004" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you not understand that nobody gives a damn about William Ayers?  Except for you and Sean Hannity?<br><br>If William Ayers was a black guy or non-white guy, he would generate more interest.  William Ayers is a white dude that looks like Mr. Rogers.  Nobody cares.  Especially when Ayers was doing his dirt Obama was all of 8 years old and not even living in the United States.<br><br>Tough breaks, but nobody gives a damn about William Ayers or Tony Rezko.  Go eat a Little Debbie snack or something.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721472" class="dsq-comment-message">I think they only serve Jello in those places, not Debbie snacks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721055" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama Inadvertently Concedes Surge Achieves Key Administration Goal<br><br>STATEMENT: "Originally, the administration suggested that the key measure was whether it gave breathing room for political reconciliation. So far, I think we have not seen the kind of political reconciliation that’s going to bring about long-term stability in Iraq." — Barack Obama, July 22, 2008<br><br>EXPIRATION DATE: August 20, 2008: "Let\'s be clear, our troops have completed every mission they\'ve been given," Mr. Obama said at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Fla., where the likely Democratic presidential nominee courted military voters who are expected to play a pivotal role in several swing states. "They have created the space for political reconciliation."<br><br>All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722022" class="dsq-comment-message">So if everything is successful then why must we stay in Iraq for hundred years?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1722442">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722442" class="dsq-comment-message">Our troops have always done the best that they can do, EVEN  WHEN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION FAILED THEM.  Barack Obama has never downplayed our troops contributions.  A troop increase helped decrease the violence, but we know the increase in troops is not a long-tem solution and so there are still  concerns if lasting peace can be acheived for the Iraqis living together under what is essentially a new government, a different way of life. However, the verdict is still pending on the political reconciliation of Iraq\'s diverse groups, such as the Kurds, Iraqi Christians, Shi\'a and Sunnis.   And we may never know that answer if our troops continue to "police" the people of Iraq.  Political reconciliation  will probably continue as a process in Iraq, just like the racial divides and reconciliation that our own country still has to grapple with today.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1722630" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, I must be kind of slow. How are the statements, "We have not seen the kind of political reconciliation that’s going to bring about long-term stability in Iraq," and "They have created the space for political reconciliation," in any way contradictory?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721421" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama/Ayers/Chiago Annenberg Challenge connection DOES matter:<br><br>"The cloak of media invisibility is slowly beginning to lift from Barack Obama\'s most important administrative leadership experience, helming an expensive educational reform effort in Chicago that failed to produce any measurable academic gains, according to the project\'s own final report. "<br><br><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_lost_annenberg_years_co.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_l...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721483" class="dsq-comment-message">"This (the Chicago Annenberg Challenge) was a big test for him, his chance to cut his teeth on bringing hope and change to the mostly minority inner city school children trapped in Chicago schools. And he flopped big time, squandering lots of money and the time of many public employees in the process."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724344" class="dsq-comment-message">"On June 15, 2005, Obama bought a gorgeous house in Hyde Park for $1.65 million - $300,000 below the list price. Rezko bought the empty but attractive lot next door from the same seller at the same time; Obama would later buy part of Rezko\'s lot, overpaying him. The transaction was shady, but not obviously corrupt. The overall Obama-Rezko relationship looks worse." And now the McCain people have an excuse to bring it up.<br><br>But wait, there\'s more:<br><br>    Obama is more vulnerable on this stuff than he thinks. Not only because of Rezko but because of Jim Johnson, his former go-to-guy on veeps who was instrumental to the mortgage crisis we have today as Chairman of Fannie Mae.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724679" class="dsq-comment-message">Help me please.That story that Tony Rezko and Obama did anything unethical has been debunked by the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun -Times. You take pride in your ignorance and you are very proud of it so sad.Furthermore if you care to research it Phil Gramm McCain\'s economic advisor wrote the rules when he was in congress to deregulate the mortgage industry that led to the current problems that you candidate McCain does not believe is a problem.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724731">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724731" class="dsq-comment-message">This is weak.  Obama didn\'t marry a sugar mama to get his wealth unlike McAncient.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724783" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724783">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1724783" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724783" class="dsq-comment-message">Tiresome nonsense.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1725154">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1725154" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1725154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725154">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1725154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725154" class="dsq-comment-message">wow,s, you churn out a lot of posts, but it is very clear you are either oblivious to the facts or ignorant by choice.  Now if you really want to discuss economics and why we have some the issues we do now, then please read this post.<br><br>First off, PHIL "NATION OF WHINERS" Gramm is one of the key players in both the housing and energy crisis.<br><br>HOUSING CRISIS:  Phil Gramm co-sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 which basically deregulated the financial industry, allowing commercial and investment banks to merge.  Because of this deregulation, banks and mortgage brokers were greedy and saw the opportunity to make record profits by offering mortgages to many people who were risky, or did not deserve the loans they were offered.  Why would banks do this?  Because the Act allowed banks to secure these risky loans and then turn around and trade them to securities firms.  The banks no longer cared about potential losses, they became more risky and only looked at immediate profits.  That is why predatory lending has skyrocketed in these past years. Now, when many homes are foreclosed on, it is not even clear who owns the mortgage--the bank or the securities firm."  And Phil Gramm\'s Swiss bank UBS is also at the center of the foreclosure crisis.<br><br>ENERGY CRISIS:  PHIL "NATION OF WHINERS" GRAMM also helped deregulate energy trading by introducing the "Enron Loophole"  in the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.  Basically, this exempted government regulation of Energy trading and allowed companies like Enron to trade "out-of-control" on energy stocks.  And we all know what happened to Enron.  Gramm was heavily lobbied by Enron at the time too.  Now, we can also thank him for the outrageous speculation we see on crude oil , which is one of the reasons we have seen such high gas prices.  It is not just "supply and demand" alone.  A weakening U.S. dollar (which crude oil is traded in), plus deregulated "out-of-control" speculation is why we have the prices we do.  When Bush took office in 2001, right after this Act was signed, oil traded at around $20/ barrel. Now compare that to this summer where we reached highs of  about $150/barrel.<br><br>So before you start blaming Obama\'s circle, please look at McCain\'s economic advisors.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1727376" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727376" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727376">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1727376" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727376" class="dsq-comment-message">monie:   s is EXERCISING his/her 1st Amendment rights.  In the words of  Band Leader  - Lawrence Welk -   And a 1, and a 2, and a 3!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724637" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724637">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724637" class="dsq-comment-message">OBAMA USES TELEPROMPTERS AT TOWNHALL MEETINGS<br><br>According to several Democrat political consultants presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama spent part of his Hawaiian vacation working on weaning himself from a heavy dependence on teleprompters. Even in what are staged as "town hall" events for Obama, remarks are scripted or formatted into bullet points that scroll on teleprompter screens.<br><br><a href="http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13742" rel="nofollow">http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1724803">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724803" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724803">taritac</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1724803" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724803" class="dsq-comment-message">And . . . . ????</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1727307">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1727307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727307">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1727307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727307" class="dsq-comment-message">taritac:   Co-signing.   AND?????????<br><br>s:  1st Amendment !  EXERCISING it -huh!?? And a 1 and a 2 and a 3!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1725450">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1725450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1725450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1725450">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1725450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1725450" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1724784">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1724784" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1724784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1724784">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1724784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1724784" class="dsq-comment-message">Know Enough?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1727103">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1727103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1727103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1727103">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1727103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1727103" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama, earlier today via Hugh Hewitt:<br><br>    "Everybody\'s watching what\'s going on in Beijing right now with the Olympics , Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure.  Their ports, their train systems, their airports are vastly the superior to us now, which means if you are a coporation deciding where to do business you\'re starting to think, "Beijing looks like a pretty good option."<br><br>I suppose so.  Provided you don\'t mind de minimus pollution controls, employing people under Chinese labor conditions, and you don\'t mind construction standards in the countryside that allow the collapse of thousands of buildings including schools when the earthquake hits, killing tens of thousands.<br><br>Obama has said a lot of stupid things recently, but the idea that totalitarian eye-candy engineering proves Beijing is the better than America is near the top of the list.<br><br>Not to mention that  hundreds of millions of chinese live in the countryside WITHOUT REGULAR ACCESS TO UTILITIES, EDUCATION OR CLEAN WATER and modern farming equipment...about half of the Chinese hover right around malnutrition and have no education...<br><br>But Obama finds a way to condemn the U.S. by comparison.</div>\
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