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Slap!!</i><br><br>Admiral:   Get a-hold of yourself!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  It's ta-rue!!  So ta-rue!!<br><br>It's going ta be O.K.   K??<br><br>Whew!  Take some Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096500, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow. What a debate, eh? Only a die hard low information rethug partisan could have heard that as a win for Mr. Morton (thanks to Field, I can't ever look at the man without thinking of him as Mr. Morton :-)<br><br>It's astonishing to me ~ and a measure of how twisted and out of touch our MSM pundits are ~ that they could confuse the bellicosity of John McCain with having anything to say. <br><br>He had nothing. He brought nothing to the table. He has nothing for the American people. Try as he might, he can't cover that up with bluster and accusations against his opponent. <br><br>And lies. Lying out his withered old ass. Makes you wonder (I am convinced of it) if the MSM's darling Great Warrior is nothing more than a craven, grasping, rudderless, conscienceless politician. <br><br>The differences between the two were stark. Again, the MSM. What a bunch of loonies. I think they have this meme they love to go back to; John McCain as the comeback kid. Only he can't come back. He hasn't got anything to bring to the table, he's never had anything,  and it was so clearly evident last night. <br><br>Obama discusses with ease and obvious intelligence the complex issues of the day, offering policy proposals which he expects will address our greatest concerns, along with a big dose of hope that things can get better. <br><br>McCain blusters about tax cuts for the rich and small government.  It's a no brainer for anyone <i>with</i> a brain. One man is intelligent, capable of complex thought, energetic, informed, did I say brilliant? And the other is tired, angry, capable only of pointing the finger of blame, while parroting the same old tired discredited rethug ideology. <br><br>Listening to McCain, I imagined various scenarios in which our country could get into serious trouble, and the possible rethug responses.<br><br>National Issue: CHINA IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER CALIFORNIA!<br>Republican Response: <B>We must CUT the capital gains tax to ZERO! </b><br><br>National Issue: NEWLY ACTIVE VOLCANOES HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES, KILLING MILLIONS!<br>Republican Response: <b>We can only survive this by cutting the capital gains tax to ZERO!</b><br><br>National Issue: PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN THE STREETS AND TURNING TO CANNIBALISM!<br>Republican Response: <b>Only a cut in the capital gains tax ~ to zero ~ will save us!</b><br><br>Please. They have nothing else. Their solution to every issue is to give rich people more and fuck the rest of us. These motherfuckers are worn out, tired, over, done. Step back. Give it up. Your policies are bankrupt. Your theories disproven. Conservatism as a form of governance is a failure. Go home.</B>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:27:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda, I've heard that story (maybe read it in the bio of him from that reporter, though I don't know that it mentioned Biden specifically, that's priceless) and I LOVE it. Always makes me smile to think about it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:20:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right now this election is Obama's to loose. In other words McCain's got to find a way to steal voters from Obama.  He's got his base, so I think he should have spent more time pandering to the people who haven't made up their minds. Let the rallies be for the base and the debates be to help people make up their minds.   <br><br>Because of this, I cannot call this a win for McCain (including with his base because he already had them to begin with).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:45:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3087746, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WARNING: Lethal amounts of warm fuzziness below...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/the-obamas-greatest-famil_n_132339.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Obamas' Greatest Family Moments</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:08:27", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes indeed...but her accessories are usually distracting. Very big and gaudy = me no likey.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:35:33", "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": 3089141, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMBAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:47:57", "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": 3095533, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can understand where ACORN's coming from...trying to help people get back on their feet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:47:59", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095665, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO....this link is a wingnut blog....and you just can't make this crap up but ...<br>Joe the friggin plumber is related to.....<br><br>CHARLES KEATING....TOO MUCH<br><br><a href=\"http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-t...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_06:26:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "gaiilonfong", "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}, "3085912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I fell asleep right after the debate - or maybe it was during the last five minutes? - anyway, I am probably lucky that I got to miss the pundits.<br><br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-intellectual-peacocks-in-this-debate.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">No Intellectual Peacocks In This Debate</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_05:05:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "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}, "3095570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You just go to any school on \"Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard\" in any town in America.  See, that's the first step to indoctrinating black people to hate America, give them a street called \"Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.\"  Next thing you know they'll be demanding not to be educated in broke down schools.  It starts with the little things.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:45:55", "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": 3095472, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm pretty positive Joe the Plumber is a plant:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/joe-the-plumber-obama-tap_n_135151.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/joe-th...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:29:56", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3086351, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That spotlight's starting to feel a bit harsh, eh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:48:59", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098421, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town!  Town!  Town!  LOL!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Where do I register in order to attend YOUR SCHOOL??  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:40:35", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Luckily, I ran off to do other things before responding to you right away.<br><br>*sighs*<br><br>I <i>know</i>, who is carrying the game. However, I've come to believe with all sincerity that Fox does not care about their so called \"base.\" Obama is paying a whopping 1 million dollars for the ad ... and that ... 'my friend' is what Fox really cares about. The almighty dollar. <br><br>My post was not to discuss, Fox's airing of the ad, but to discuss the ignorance of people complaining about it. As if baseball is so important, but the failing of our economic structure and country as a whole ... is not.<br><br>Ignorance is bliss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090015, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read the Press Enterprise article and all I have to say is that, Fedele is a lying, stupid, racist, dumb bitch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:23:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099512, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "**Sigh** desperation is such an ugly thing. What else has Joe made up?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:53:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099113, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Since I accidentally copied this, I'll post it.  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://images.dailykos.com/map/scoreboardc.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://images.dailykos.com/map/scoreboardc.html</a><br><br>It's interactive and pretty  - especially the BLUE!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_06:32:31", "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}, "3103465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "pjamma:  I am agreein' with you!!  :&gt;)    I just, simply, cain't stand him!!  :&gt;)<br><br>We cool!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:07:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3103378, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "False", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:59:44", "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": 3102008, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  LOL!!   :&gt;)  A piece of \"gold\"!  Great find!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:00:20", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-15/mccains-auntie-says-hes-losing/2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br>McCain's Aunt:  Johnny boy is losing and \"American children are born patriotic\" in reference to Michelle (perhaps implying Michelle is not American?)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:49:44", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe the Plumber is not a licensed plumber<br><br>THIS RACE IS NOT OVER - OBAMA - BIDEN 2008 - GET OUT AND VOTE", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:36:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "wawtu", "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}, "3099144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sounds like yet another case of \"vet before you bet\" going unheeded...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "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": 3098703, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "all the Joe stuff has been hilarious to read<br><br>1.yes, he was a plant<br>2. the Country Last campaign didn't vet him", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:23:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3097571, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3085876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   McAncient LOST - Despite Invoking Joe the Plumber:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40086/mac-race-down-drain-despite-appeal-to-plumber-joe.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40086/mac-race-down...</a><br><br><br> Mac Race Down Drain Despite Appeal to Plumber Joe<br>Posted 1 minute ago in Politics <br><br>(Newser) \u2013 John McCain turned in his best debate performance last night but couldn't turn it into the game-changer he needed, Sam Youngman writes in The Hill. McCain was fiercer this time, but he failed to score a direct hit on his unflappable opponent and didn't come up with any new arguments for himself\u2014or against Barack Obama, Youngman notes.<br><br>Bringing up \"Joe the Plumber\" was the Republican's best move, but it likely won't change the course of the race. \"McCain needed a decisive win,\" Youngman concludes. \"Instead, he might have just cemented the status quo, leaving Obama with little more to do than run out the clock and turn out his voters.\"<br><br>AOWM [Angry Old White Man] looses!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_04:56:16", "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}, "3100213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  ROTFL!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  U   R   crazee!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:23:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096546, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3092534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Kesha the Hairdress and Ty'rel the bus driver are all on the public dole.  They live in the nice houses they can't afford, courtesy of ACORN.  They both attend anti-American black churches and send their kids to public schools which teaches black children to hate America.  And I have discovered the secret indoctrination plan that converts little ManMan and Neicy into Afro wearing, fist pumping militants:<br><br>8:30 am:  Say the Pledge of Allegiance<br><br>9:15: Art Class<br><br>10:00 am: Math problems<br><br>11:00 am: Recess. Play dodgeball and kickball.  <br><br>11:30 am:  Lunch<br><br>12 pm: Spelling and Reading<br><br>1:15:  Library time.  Secret manifestoes in school library:  \"Are you there, God?  It's Me, Margaret,\" \"Junie B. Jones\", and \"Encylopedia Brown.\"<br><br>2:00 pm: Go home<br><br>This powerful black indoctrination program ensures that Kesha and Terrence and Ty'rel all hate America, and after all we good (white) people have done for them [/snark]!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:29:59", "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": 14, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3091692, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Shooting the messenger will backfire on Obama because this is not about Joe, but rather how Joe has correctly exposed Obama's tax policy for what it is.<br><br>Obama views taxation as a means of implementing fairness. The  redistribution of wealth as determined by government and not by the EARNER of the wealth. Joe is a guy who wants to work hard, get ahead, own a business, become the boss, make more money...pursue the 'American Dream'and yet he knows that under Obama he will 'punished for his success.' Joe knows that under Obama he will see his hard earned money confiscated by the government and handed over to someone who did not earn it. <br><br>'Joe the Plumber' gets it. Obama told him, work harder, and I will take your money to help 'spread the wealth.'<br><br>McCain is right to pick up on Joe's assessment and hammer it home.<br><br>Objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:47:47", "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": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098217, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Apologies if I came off wrong. I've become increasingly cynical of late.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:49:10", "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": 3095586, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "roschelle:  Hey!  :&gt;)  Just took a \"Field Trip\" to your site!!   Very nice!!<br><br>To your question:  I've use the phrase  - <b>I'm PIMPED and I'm PROUD</b> when referring to her - recently!  Sooooo. . . . <br><br>And the 1st Dude is right there    -   NOT minding at all!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_06:03:21", "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": 3086025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw it on Olbermann last night.  The funny thing about it is it sounded exactly like something McCain would say.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:50:46", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098060, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Have you heard of a calculator?! Do you know how to add and subtract? My taxes would go up nearly 5% and I don't make anywhere near $250K. Under the McCain plan his piddly little health insurance tax credit doesn't cover the costs of my insurance AND doesn't consider the additional taxable amount he'd be adding on. It's a lie and a sham. <br><br>actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2008/10/about-that-joe-plumber-guy-and-real-tax.html", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:54:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They're trying to suppress the vote in Indiana.<br><a href=\"http://cbs2chicago.com/local/early.voting.indiana.2.842015.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://cbs2chicago.com/local/early.voting.india...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_23:37:53", "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}, "3095616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow...did you guys know about Obama's channel on the Dish Network?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:47:59", "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}, "3097665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "drip drip drip<br><br>Palin, part 2<br><br>Loved Joe then Joe hate all in less than 24 hours.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_14:54:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095409, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because threatening the life of the opposition candidate and making jokes about his wife dying in a plane crash are such honorable deeds.<br><br>Whatever floats your boat Sparky.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:38:09", "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": 3101019, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"She shoulda been using her 45 min. to make up a list of why she was going to kick errybody's butt in that GROUP!!!\"<br><br>HELL YES! That crying mess is for the birds! She should have been taking names!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:46:06", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101773, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good post!  <br><br>Here's <a href=\"http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com/2008/10/battle-of-lion-witch-joe-plumber-my.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">my recap of the debate</a>.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will fiind a faux disciplinary form, calling John McCain out on his flagrant acts during the debate.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:13:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3087874, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama in White Tie and Tails...looking good!<br><br>Can't wait to get the pics :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:49:06", "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}, "3103305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   Mr. Obama is SPEAKING at the ALFRED E. SMITH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION \"White Tie Dinner\"<br><br>He is amazing!!!  His LINES are CUTTING!!  Annnnnnnd, FUNNY!!<br><br>He's using ALL the NEGATIVES to turn them into a JOKE!!<br><br>McAncient HAD to laugh.  ALL of his NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN CRAP [and The Gov.'s] was outted!!<br><br>I'll HAVE to get this VIDEO!!   <b>IT'S TOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!<br><br>ROTFL!!   HE'S HILARIOUS!!!<br><br>At the end  -  Invoked God and our duty of service to Him, as he honored the Catholic Charities for whom the funds are being raised;  spoke of the bad economic conditions.<br><br>He <b>DID IT ALL!! DID I SAY THAT HE IS AMAZING??</b>  WOW!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Could someone slap the wrinkles out of David Gregory's Shar Pei looking face? <br><br>Earlier, he said that Obama smiled too much and that it looked condescending. Talk about reaching to give the illusion that this race is close.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_08:48:22", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sen Obama uses McSame's \"I am not George Bush\" against him.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrf32JI708\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrf32JI708</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_08:48:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "0ff86edda64c831a7a69767b121ccfff", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3102284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope you know that he is still ahead and that tightening is to be expected.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:02:00", "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": 3102025, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think you should save this genius advice for your candidate.  Why waste it on his opponent?<br><br>It turns out Joe's name is connected to someone from the Keating 5 scandal.<br><br>Sigh...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:40:15", "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": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too funny as usual.  Major props for the \"Are you there, God? It's Me, Margaret\" reference.  I loved me some Judy Blume and must have read each of her books at least 10 times.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:48:46", "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": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe might want to pay his back taxes before complaining about new ones.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:52:30", "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": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Teacher,<br><br>Yes, there is definitely a double standard for Michelle. Last night when I saw her, my first thought...she's beautiful. That was it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:38:58", "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": 3089750, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Haha exactly Parker, those terms are far from universal and it makes our nation's biases clear!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:22:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "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": 3091692, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "19 Days until McCoward will have to begin calling 'that one' Mr. President....damn sure that his crusty exo-skeleton explodes right before our eyes on November 4th during his concession speech....McCoward's career failures continue to grow bigger, more visible, and more embarrassing for him....for a man that has spent his entire life trying to live up to the cowboy-cracker brand that his slaving ancestors set in motion.....imagine, McCoward facing his great-grand-pappy, William Alexander McCain, who owned 52 slaves and died a coward fighting for his right to own us negroes in the Civil War\u2026imagine Johhny McCoward, following Obama\u2019s victory on November 4th having to face great-grand-pappy in the sweet hereafter, and joining him in the McCoward family grave, explaining why great-grand-pappy died fighting to own negroes, while our little Johnny has gone out and seen to it that the McCains and their slaving brethren, have now and forever, officially, publicly, and on the international stage been officially \u2018owned\u2019 (politically speaking of course) \u2026.by a Negro, and his family.  Damn Johnny do-wrong, that\u2019s gotta hurt.   We feel your pain, John boy, we feel your pain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:26:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8407ca30f956bca7b845fc938cd8e41", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1) I don't think being a Jehovah's Witness is an excuse not to vote!!!!   I have no respect for their cultish posturing.<br><br>2) Not for African Americans it's not!    AA's have a special responsibility to exercise the right that others died to secure.   They have an obligation to at least attempt to vote.<br><br>3) I don't give a damn about her wig.   There is much at stake in this election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:46:41", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New Obama Ad...90%<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/64440/877/390/632186\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/64440/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_07:44:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In regards to Joe the Plumber, seems he isn't even registered to vote and someone is reporting that for someone getting ready to buy a business for $250k he isn't even registered in the local phone book.<br><br>This is from <a href=\"http://steveyoungonpolitics.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">steveyoungonpolitics.com</a> <br><br>\"Say It Isn\u2019t So, Joe! Wurzelbacher Not A Real $250K Plumber?<br><br>October 16, 2008 <br><br>Joe The Plumber, aka Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo plumber who became the hot topic of the last Presidential debate due to his rope-line confrontation with  Barack Obama\u2019s over the Democratic candidate\u2019s tax plan, may not be a plumber, and may not be planning to buy a plumbing business where he will be netting $250,000 a year.<br><br>He isn\u2019t in the Toledo Yellow Pages, he isn\u2019t registered to vote and it\u2019s more likely that his existence as a plumber buying a $250K business is as sincere as Sarah Palin asking Joe Biden if she can call him \u201cJoe.\u201d<br><br>Isn\u2019t it interesting that Joe is buying a business that is making a profit of exactly $250K, the Obama tax break minimum. If we\u2019re talking a business that is bottom lining at $250K, a standard business acquisition falls into the 4 to 1 investment area, which would call for Joe<br><br>is buying a business that is making a profit of exactly $250K, the Obama tax break minimum. A normal business acquisition falls into the 4 to 1 investment area, which would call for Joe to come up with $1,000,000 to purchase his $250K business.  If that plumbing business had assets like trucks, equipment and offices, the cost could be far more.<br><br>Add to that Wurzelbacher doesn\u2019t appear in the Toledo Yellow Pages listings, yet has been able to put together at least a million to invest, especially in these dire economic times, you begin to wonder whether Joe is a plumber or did someone in the McCain campaign find him in central casting?<br><br>Most important, if he is really a plumber, where\u2019 the ass crack?\"<br><br>The next is from Politico<br><br>\"October 16, 2008<br>Categories: Debates<br><br>The Joe file<br><br>Two readers with access to the Ohio voter file say that Joe Wurzelbacher's inluence on this cycle will be limited in one way: He doesn't appear to be registered to vote.<br><br>(And yes, the freelance opposition research on Joe began before the debate ended.)\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Michigander2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol @ exo-skeleton", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:59:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3100246, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Troll troll troll -- the least you could do is delete the words \"continue reading\" if you're not going to properly cite your cut and paste job.<br><br>Can't you troll-people write your own stuff? Or at least cite it properly and not pass it off as yours?<br><br>Pathetic. Sloppy and pathetic.<br><br>I give you an \"F\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:14:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 3096480, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Importnat Sarah Palin Poll: This will take two seconds!:<br><br><a href=\"http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/10/16/sarah-palin-poll-this-will-take-2-seconds/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/10/16/sarah-pali...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:48:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "dfe3b70e4a2584c6a35dbecb509a50c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3098060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Check out this old episode of Adam West's Batman. The penguin is debating Obama and slinging mud at him, he attacks Batman as a mysterious figure with crimnal associations. Remind you guys of anyone?<br><br><br>McCain The Penguin vs Obama as Batman<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain-the-penguin-vs-obama-as-batman/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:17:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "BarackMarley", "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}, "3090015": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not to sound glib, but......duh.<br><br>It's Fox. Don't care if it's Fox Sports.<br><br>If they told Obama to kick rocks, their demographic would be happy, but they'd get hammered by the rest of the world. So they do this to intentionally piss off their demographic., knowing it could affect how they vote (\"That damn terrorist interrupted the most American of sports!!\")  I bet whatever game this is ends up with <i>terrible</i> ratings.<br><br>Wish I had my satellite radio; I'd <i>love</i> to hear how this is going over on FNC.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:39:46", "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": 3089867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thats because you had you civics classes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:02:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "70eaee65ea634796d5fce2120dce3ac5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088615, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Al Jazeera -   there is some deep irony in that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:21:49", "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": 3095868, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe the Plumber.....is not a plumber...he just Joe.<br><a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/Presidential_Elections/Joe_the_Plumber.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/Pre...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:25:54", "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": 24, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't bother: apparently, one of IAVA's guys is/was the \"Veterans for Obama\" coalition director. That's the beef. It was mostly fought out in the blogosphere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:11:57", "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": 3097851, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm six hours late getting to this thread.  But, I agree with Texas-Girl.  Michelle looked beautiful last night.  Great dress, great color, great fit.  The necklace wasn't too much, either.<br><br>FYI - Cindy looked much better with her short dirty-blond haircut from back in the day.  The platinum blond and pale blue eyes are too jarring for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:42:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a35274513047c4e9711c6feb4609dac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090002, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good post!  I agree that the attacks about ACORN aren't something that can be pinned on Obama without holding McCain to the same standard.  <br><br>That said, ACORN really EFFed up by hiring ex cons and ex drug addicts to register voters.  Howc ould they NOT think that people desperate for money WOULDN'T cut corners?  They should have used college interns or something instead.  That was an avoidable and costly mistake...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:50:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3087326, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe doesn't have any money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:25:44", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098763, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:25:16", "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": 3101604, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True on Drake. But she-and the majority of the other GOP representatives are<br>popular enough to drive some McCain votes (and to survive a possible McCain<br>loss).<br><br>What do you think Obama's \"must win\" in VA is?<br><br>Hope the 3rd isn't redistricted. Then again, that might be beneficial.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:59:17", "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": 3095891, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hate, hate, hate Walmart!!!<br><br>The few times I've shopped there were unpleasant to say the least!  I've had the opportunity to observe them from a vendors perspective.  In fact, just thinking about Walmart, makes me faintly nauseated.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:26:47", "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": 3095806, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My question is, did your friends *want* to get it and just hadn't understood yet? Or did they blow you off? If they want to get it, there's plenty of opportunity if they are eager and willing to do the work. If they don't, it will take longer and be more difficult. Then there are the people who live in their own closed systems and the challenge of reaching them is, I think, quite daunting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:51:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "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": 3091897, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow!<br><br>Campaign AdWatch: Rape Victim Assails Palin On Choice<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/campaign-adwatch-rape-vic_n_135278.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/campai...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:26:31", "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}, "3091585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So you mean the other 49 states don't generate their revenue the same exact way as Alaska? Huh? What's different? Aren't they all the same?<br><br>now Craig, you know Palin has no concept of what you just wrote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:19:33", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088828, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Win a news cycle with this drivel and lose in the long run.It seems Old Joe seems to be related to Charles Keating Jr. Say it aint so Joe<br>Joe \u201cthe Plumber\u201d Wurzelbacher related to Charles \u201cthe Crook\u201d Keating. Oops.<br><a href=\"http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-t...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:41:33", "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": 3087961, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, Joe the Plumber was supposedly born in Dec. 1973.  That makes him 34 years old.<br><br>Sammy Davis Jr. died in May 1990.<br><br>Joe the Plumber would have been 16 years old.<br><br>What 16 year old white kid in Ohio would have REALLY been paying attention to Sammy Davis Jr.'s tap dancing skills?<br><br>Who has really thought about Sammy Davis Jr. (besides his family) since 1990?<br><br>He gets an epic FAIL for repeating the Republican talking points fed to him by people MUCH older than him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:26:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095919, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "California GOP group circulates fake \"ObamaBucks\" with Obama's face on a food stamp and featuring watermelon, fried chicken, and Kool-Aid. <a href=\"http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_buck16.3d67d4a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Press-Enterprise</a>, via <a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/how-republicans.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew Sullivan</a><br><br>&lt;img src=\"http://www.pe.com/imagesdaily/2008/10-16/racist16_400.jpg\" /&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:41:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3094664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think so.....<br><br>Remember, there's only 3 Democratic congressmen (of which, two aren't being challenged). The GOP doesn't stand to lose those seats (though my home representative-Thelma Drake-is catching a lot of hell). People will come out and vote for them, which in turn will drive a few McCain votes.<br><br>I think McCain has conceded NOVA. I think Obama has conceded the southwest. The problem is that Obama can write off that part of the state and still win...but McCain <i><b>has</i></b> to carry both SW and Hampton Roads to offset losing NOVA.<br><br>(by the way, don't watch the local evening news tomorrow. Fair warning.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:34:28", "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": 3091658, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Secret Service says \"Kill him\" allegation unfounded</a><br><br><i>The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled \u201ckill him\u201d when presidential hopeful Barack Obama\u2019s name was mentioned during Tuesday\u2019s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.<br><br>Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment. <br><br>\u201cI was baffled,\u201d he said after reading the report in Wednesday\u2019s Times-Tribune.<br><br>He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:55:37", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And those looking to get their hands on Joe's money might want to start earning their own.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:55:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "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": 3098703, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1) Where did I suggest that they should abstain? In fact I stated the exact opposite from a personal perspective.  <br><br>Since when does humanity = participation in the political process?  On the contrary my interpretation of the expression of one's humanity involves the acceptance of people's right to their own ideologies regardless of their views (be they political, religious or otherwise). <br><br>The fact that I may personally disagree with one's chosen viewpoint does not imply that the person has no right to express that viewpoint (albeit ignorant in my view).  Again, I agree with the position that people SHOULD participate in the political process, especially black people. From my personal viewpoint, it is a disgrace when black people don't vote out of apathy.<br><br>2) They don't get a choice?   WOW...<br><br>3) I agree that if you silence yourself by not voting, you have no right to complain about ANYTHING.  I still don't think that this personal decision gives OTHERS the right to attempt to implement the equivalent of the virtual scarlet letter.  <br><br>Clearly we'll have to agree to disagree, and that's the beauty of having the freedom to express one's ideologies regardless of what they are.  I believe that this just underscores my original point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:49:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3103659, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please do... because I think you are being a bit hard on Michelle and her choice of clothing last night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:12:03", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089050, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't virtually throw things at me but I have to say, McCain was really funny as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:56:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 3103305, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More vetting coming in for Joe the Dumber, er uh, Plumber.  Apparently he really is related to Charles Keating of all people. <br><br>When will the McToast campaign get a load of the innernets? Duh!<br><br><b>The \"Joe the Plumber\" Story Hits an Amazing New Low</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/john-mccain-and-the-joe-t_b_135319.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg...</a><br><br><i>You see, Joe Wurzelbacher is apparently related to Robert Wurzelbacher. Who is the son-in-law of (are you ready...?) Charles Keating!<br><br>Yes, that Charles Keating. The Charles Keating of the Keating 5 Scandal. For which John McCain was reprimanded by the United States Senate, for his involvement in attempting to illegally influence government regulators. The Charles Keating who John McCain has been trying to avoid have mentioned. So, he basically mentioned it 24 times.<br><br>(By the way, lost in all the attention paid to John McCain not getting the same career-ending censure by the Senate, as did the other four defendants - the reason for that is because he'd been in the House of Representatives at the time of his transgression. The Senate decided that they didn't have jurisdiction over him to give the same penalty. So, his career was saved.)<br><br>Anyway, back to Robert Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber's father. You see, Robert Wurzelbacher was an executive of American Continental Corporation, the parent company of Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings. That's the bank which caused citizens to lose their life savings and cost U.S. taxpayers $3.4 billion. As part of that scandal, Robert Wurzelbacher pleaded guilty to three counts of misapplying $14 million and served 40 months in prison.<br><br>And now, Lincoln Savings, Robert Wurzelbacher and Joe the Plumber are back with John McCain.<br><br>\"Congratulations! You're rich!,\" indeed.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:27:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Confirmation of Joe\u2019s Identity and Link to Keating<br>2:15 am Thursday October 16. 2008<br><br>Ok, this is the big one. We have confirmation that the last name we were using is in fact correct so I will now reveal the connections since the name has been said on MSNBC and CBS.<br><br>Joe the Plumber is Joe Wurzelbacher. There is a Jan Wurzelbacher associated with a Joe and the address with the building I have pictured below. Earlier tonight I called the number associated with that address and the name Wurzelbacher Bros. and the machine message made no mention at all of any business.<br><br>Now to the Keating connection. As mentioned in a previous post the name Wurzelbacher is fairly uncommon so it\u2019s not hard to track down potential connections just using geography and ages to make the likely connections. There is a Robert Wurzelbacher who died in 2004 (possibly deceased is more accurate) who is in the same area and is of an appropriate age to be a parent or uncle to Joe who according to <a href=\"http://reunion.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">reunion.com</a> is 33. This Robert Wurzelbacher not only had a history of campaign contributions to republicans but is implicated in the Keating Five scandal. The full text of the article relating to this is below. There are other Wurzelbacher contributions to McCain and other republicans in other parts of the country. We are looking into those now. With the confirmation of the last name and the limit number of family members this looks very bad. There is also no such plumbing business listed or advertising and the number I called (I only called one so as not to disturb at a home number late at night) makes no effort to tell you that you have reached a business. This is looking very, very much like an act.<br><br><a href=\"http://citizenworm.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/confirmation-of-identity-and-link-to-keating/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://citizenworm.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/con...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:40:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087900, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HaHa...funny!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:28:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "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": 3095533, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MsKitty - I'm not talking Paris or Milan or even high end designer wear.  I am talking about the decision to wear her mother's knick knacks around her neck.<br><br>I don't know what to say.  Maybe I can do something to get those images out of my head.  Thanks for trying though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:45:40", "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": 3088803, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today's Polls<br><br>Ohio\tRasmussen\tObama 49, McCain 49\tTie<br>New York\tRasmussen\tObama 57, McCain 37\tObama +20<br>Oregon\tRasmussen\tObama 54, McCain 41\tObama +13<br>Connecticut\tRasmussen\tObama 56, McCain 39\tObama +17<br>Massachusetts\tSurveyUSA\tObama 59, McCain 35\tObama +24<br>Pennsylvania\tMorning Call Tracking\tObama 53, McCain 37\tObama +16<br>Virginia\tCNU Virginia Poll\tObama 53, McCain 47\tObama +6<br><br>National\tRasmussen Tracking\tObama 50, McCain 46\tObama +4<br>National\tReuters/C-Span/Zogby Tracking\tObama 49, McCain 44\tObama +5<br>National\tHotline/FD Tracking\tObama 49, McCain 41\tObama +8<br>National\tGallup Tracking (Traditional)*\tObama 49, McCain 47\tObama +2<br>National\tGallup Tracking (Expanded)*\tObama 51, McCain 45\tObama +6<br>National\tGW/Battleground Tracking\tObama 50, McCain 44\tObama +6", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:39:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Milbank: Secret Service is stopping reporters from interviewing people at Palin rallies<br><a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:28:31", "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}, "3100656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK. What tha hell?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:51:24", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099300, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, he's just the guy Obama has aleays needed to win this election. That's why Obama CHOSE Joe. All Joe did was ASK A QUESTION and Obama stepped in it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:02:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096418, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looks like it's time for some minority outreach, Republican-style...oh, wait...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:04:34", "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": 3098965, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, it's official - Katie Couric is Beelzebub in a frock...\"befuddled\" she says in that cheerful voice of hers.....hahahahah.    McCain didn't know what hit him, but he manages to invoke the bible - that old standby for scoundrels.<br><br>Obama And McCain Talk Infidelity (VIDEO)<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/obama-and-mccain-talk-inf_n_135248.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_14:29:06", "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}, "3090603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Besides Obama's obvious intellect, logical lawyer's mind, here's what I think will stick in people's minds about all three debates:<br><br>Whereas Obama remained unflappable, even dapper and debonair during tough times,  looking increasingly energized as time went on, McCain looked increasingly frustrated and tired, barely able to contain his absolute hatred for the tall, dark and handsome Negro with a poet's gift for words and a younger, good-looking wife.<br><br>Whereas Obama and Michelle stayed and shook hands with everyone after the debates (including the janitors), McCain shook hands with the moderators then headed toward the door. It was as if he couldn't wait to get home, have a ham sandwich and milk and get some sleep.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:06:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "80dbd3ee6caa6e9b2c51d4d564ee1bfd", "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}, "3104909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   I'm sitting in front of my <b>AIR CONDITIONER!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_00:20:35", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3103303, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was funny. I posted it on my Facebook page.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:29:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098965, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They probably paid this guy a few bucks to harasssss Obama in the rope line.  Then one of McCain's interns probably got the bright idea to make Joe the cornerstone of his debate speak.   Hahaha... that's what McCain gets.  I hope they do bunches of stories about good ole Joe the Plumber.   Expose him for the fraud he is!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:07:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3087961, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are pulling the sex kitten card for sure.  Before it's all over she'll be dancing on a car like Tawny Kiteain (sp?)  in a Whitesnake video.  She's wearing her hair down a lot more these days. Next the necklines will begin to recede.  Mark my words...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:54:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3086025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great pictures...thanks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:46:33", "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": 3099860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\" It's hard to paint someone as militant and angry with fuzzy hats hanging on plastic pearls hanging around the neck.\"  <br>RAOTFLMAO!<br><br>Teacher --It isn't about a double standard.  It is more like any woman going into a business meeting or who is front and center in the public eye.  It is important to look your best.  Just a pet peeve of mine.  You don't have to have a lot of money to dress well.  Michelle is gorgeous and her body is something to die for.  She is intelligent, kind, commanding, is a great fantastic speaker but her choice on clothing leaves much to be desired.   She was doing a speech today and when I glanced up and saw what she had on I changed the channel.  . . .  <br><br>FYI - we/voters were hard on Cindy McCain's choice on clothing before McCain picked Palin for his VP.  Prior to that, folks were talking about her hair, her clothing, it was so bad that on some blogs some came out and said Cindy McCain looked like trailer trash and there was no excuse for her looking like she did with the money she had.  Once Palin got on the ticket, Cindy made sure she looked great.  <br><br>Folks also railed against Hillary Clinton regarding her pant suit choices etc.  Remember everyone talked about her yellow pant suit that she always wore on Wednesdays? So no double standard.<br><br>Here is an article to prove it - <br>Dear Cindy McCain, Please Pull Up Your Shirt And Tie Back Your Hair: An Open Letter In Pictures<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-andersen/dear-cindy-mccain-please_b_115668.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:31:18", "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": 3089750, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw that report, and I completely disagree with this tactic for a couple of reasons:<br><br>1) We don't know why the person didn't vote.  What about people who don't vote for religious reasons (Jehova's Witnesses for instance)?  <br><br>2) This is a free country, and individuals are free to exercise their right to vote or not to vote.  Although my personal belief is that people should vote,  I respect that it is THEIR right to decide.  <br><br>Who the Eff is this lady to decide that she is gonna shame somebody into voting?  Maybe I don't like that cheap ass beauty supply store wig she was wearing, but I acknowledge her right to wear it.  That's what's really wrong with the so called moral majority.  They think they know what's best for EVERYBODY, and then proceed to enforce their views on EVERYBODY.   Big Brother here we come...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:29:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3097908, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ".....and from a military spouse, that's a fair assessment.<br><br>VFF is a single issue group; we don't take a specific stance on the troop<br>care issues. I imagine that we will, as the war begins to close. IAVA is the<br>exact opposite; they focus on veterans' issues, and haven't taken a specific<br>stance on the war.<br><br>Though I'm sure you've heard that even their non-partisan nature has been<br>called into question.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_14:03:18", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096057, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw a clip this morning on CNN where he said he's not at 250k yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:42:49", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087961, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are SO WRONG!! ...........................you know that old man couldn't eat a ham sandwich at that time of night...maybe some applesauce.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:14:00", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090603, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too late in the season for trolls to think they have a shot in hell in changing minds on this or ANY site. Why not just save your time and right in your personal journal:<br><br>Dear Diary,<br><br>I'm so mad that Obama supporters are don't care about what I say. I make a point, and they shoot me down. They must hate McCain... It's not his fault that he invited hate-filled bigots to carry the torch for him! Blame people who worked for him, but not him! I wish Jack and Jill Politics would trust me on this...<br><br>GTFOH", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:06:40", "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": 3102197, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, I saw it about an hour ago on CNN.  Stopped in.   I'm cracking up that she's water boarding Katie Couric if you click on the door!  LMAO", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:58:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3089908, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, I can relate.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:54:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095640, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker you crack.me.up!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:46:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099516, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is it just me or is the McCain campaign attempting to turn Palin into a <a href=\"http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-thread-sexy-sarah-palin.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">sex kitten</a> in an effort to get more votes?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_05:32:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "roschelle", "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}, "3091658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unfortunately for McCain, the numbers are on Obama's side:<br><br>There are two losing Republican candidates running in VA: Gilmore & McCain.<br><br>Gilmore's already a lost cause and McCain's steady decline added to that means people may not get out and vote for either one of them.<br><br>NoVa will put Virginia over the top.  Obama won't win by 10 points (if he does, game over for McCain), but I believe he will take VA by a slim margin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:21:59", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089850, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wave Of McCain Robocalls Reported, Some May Violate State Law<br><br>From Huffpo:<br><br><i>The McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a massive robocall campaign on Thursday designed to alarm voters about Barack Obama's past association with former radical Bill Ayers. The committee may be violating state law in the process.<br><br>The call begins: \"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC,\" before telling recipients that they \"need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist, Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home, and killed Americans.\"</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/massive-rnc-robocall-may_n_135348.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/massiv...</a><br><br>So much for not caring about a washed up terrorist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:05:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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}, "3101730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-signing.   These folks have more skeletons in their closets than a haunted house, and it isn't even Halloween yet.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:18:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101019, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  The Gov.'s hair is slowly \"SLITHERING\" back up into that \"bee-hive!\"  Hmmm?<br><br><br>What I came to post was the following:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14571.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14571...</a><br><b>McCain warned on race card</b><br><br><br><i>They wheeled George Wallace in backwards and then lifted him onto a seat behind his bullet-proof lectern. Confetti, thrown by little girls in straw hats, caught in his swept-back hair. Wallace waved to the crowd.<br><br>We were in Southie \u2014 South Boston \u2014 in February 1976, and Wallace was running for president. Five hundred people were packed into a small hall, and 300 more waited outside in the cold.<br><br>Wallace had been shot and paralyzed in Laurel, Md., during the presidential primary in 1972. A lot of people remember that. But not everyone remembers that he also won the Maryland primary that year, just like he won primaries in Michigan, Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina.<br><br><br>SKIP A LOT<br><br>The name of George Wallace, who died in 1998, was invoked a few days ago by Rep. John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil rights leader. Lewis likened the rhetoric of Wallace to the rhetoric of John McCain and Sarah Palin.<br><br>\u201cSen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cGeorge Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Ala. As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all.\u201d<br><br>It was a shocking statement. (And it was meant to shock.) McCain was stunned. In August, at a public forum, McCain had named Lewis as one of the \u201cwisest\u201d people he knew and a person he would \u201crely on heavily\u201d during his administration.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>But McCain is resisting. So far. He wants to get out of this presidential race without being accused of racism.<br><br>And that was the point of John Lewis\u2019 very strong statement. Lewis was issuing a warning to McCain.<br><br>&lt;b.He was saying: Don\u2019t go there. Don\u2019t even think about going there. Don\u2019t lay down the hay where the goats can get it.</b></i><br><br>Kudos to Mr. John Lewis!!  Bless you!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:08:09", "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}, "3099344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, you are punished for your success by having public schools, libraries, policemen, and fire trucks that come when you call them, even if you're just one prankster.  They'll treat each call as real.  <br><br>I think the Republicans have cast taxes in a way that would look stupid in their own eyes.  How can they propose to live in a society governed by the rule of law with public benefits and protections funded by taxes ...and NOT want to pay taxes.<br><br>I did say want because I believe Joe (not the faux plumber) was right when he called it patriotic to pay.  What is unpatriotic is the THEFT of money and service by inappropriate uses of taxes.<br><br>But Republicans talk infinitely more about not wanting to pay than about stopping the misuse.   Very American!<br><br>I will be willing to let Joe off the tax hook if, after getting more and more successful he agrees to use proportionally less of public services - highways, libraries, police, fire, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:31:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "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": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ManMan!!<br>*tears streaming*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:03:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "92fecc5e857ab2dbae0a6b7712511ce7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Re:   #2:   \"When Will They Ever Learn?\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMErJWUaeQ0&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMErJWUaeQ0&feat...</a><br><b>Where Have All The Flowers Gone [When Will They Ever Learn?]</b><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   I had not heard this version B4.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:56:58", "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": 3100211, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "VFF is a non-partisan organization. VFF PAC-which is separate from the parent group-has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats this year.<br><br>The scorecard looks only at legislation related to the war. A lot of those votes were along party lines. Of note, two Republicans-the senators from Maine-recieved failing grades.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:26:05", "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": 3089911, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it's no secret that some men will vote for McCain simply because Palin is cute...maybe McCain't is on to something?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:17:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "17426f6c4f863f8b116c68d9e9b95f13", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3086025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So...umm...where have you been in the last month when a Wall Street bailout was initiated by Republican president George W. Bush to save the very wealthy banking institutions? A bailout that both John McCain and barack Obama voted for.<br><br>Oh, I forgot.  Your kind only thinks it's fair to let the average American pay for Wall Street and large corporations, and not the other way around.  Sorry to tell ya but all Americans are socialists now as a result of this bailout.  And now you see what Republican/Phil Gramm-esque economic policies have done to this country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:20:54", "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": 3101604, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "30 Days | 30 Reasons : McCain's Campaign (#19)<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2aN7hPqUU7Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2aN7hPqUU7Y</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_00:26:09", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Under McCain/Bush economic policies, data shows that middle class wages have stagnated and everyday expenses, including healthcare, gas, food, and mortgages have gone up, while the wages have not.<br><br>So, Joe will probably not be able to stay in business because \"trickle-down\" economics DOES not work--and so many people will have to forgoe Joe's service and try to fix their own leaky faucets.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:31:53", "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": 3098763, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3085020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good diary over at TPM:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/10/the-foresight-and-fortune-of-b.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Foresight and Fortune of Barack Obama</a><br>October 15, 2008, 7:30AM", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_02:25:30", "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}, "3089630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "love the pic for this post....where did they find it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:17:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "17426f6c4f863f8b116c68d9e9b95f13", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3101920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was thinking the same thing.  Sarah Palin was so reminding me of Ned Flanders, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:34:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "3241f63c5b8416aea74943fb42677d1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3100671, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Absolutely NOTHING wrong with helping people get back on their feet.  I think it is a noble thing.  However,what I disagree with is mixing this with the democratic process in this country.  Perhaps have them work in the office instead... doing things that don't have a potential effect on people's votes being counted/not counted.  Just my opinion though...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:01:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3098637, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Olympia Snowe is introducing Moosellini right now in Bangor, Maiine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:17:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe doesn't look like he has any money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:41:33", "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": 3098763, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Mr. Obama on the campaign trail  -  following a WINNING DEBATE!   :&gt;)<br><br>Today's event (start times appear as scheduled but may be subject to delay): <br><br>Community Gathering<br>with Barack Obama<br>Londonderry, NH<br>12:15 p.m. EDT <br><br>Watch now: <a href=\"http://www.barackobama.com/live\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.barackobama.com/live</a> <br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!<br><br><br><br><b>I'm  WATCHING HIM NOW!!  Whoooo!! Hooo!  :&gt;)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:23:11", "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}, "3088332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I loved how they played up McCain's blinking in the ad, it makes him look quite unhinged.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:00:36", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3086936, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:02:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098703, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe might also want to get the REQUIRED plumber's license while he's gettin' that downpayment together...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:02:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain was very funny.  He actually seemed human.  Barack was funny but not quite as funny as McCain.  I prefer him as a leader as well!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_23:37:00", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3103311, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jay - not inappropriate - Michelle has a hot body.  She does.  Which is why I can't understand some of her choices that doesn't do her justice.  <br><br>Now, just curious - did you like her accessories?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:48:29", "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": 3088980, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "there is a diary over at Dailykos from NC- long lines....multi-ethnic<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/13581/268/965/632628\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/13581/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:03:08", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3097871, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cindy McCain looked like a piece of candy corn in all that orange.  <br><br>Or maybe she was waiting for the Great Pumpkin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:19:21", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088980, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama is such a keep it real brutha...LOL..this is hysterical:<br><br>He may have been his top choice for running mate but even Barack Obama knows that Joe Biden has a tendency to give long speeches.<br><br>In last night's documentary on Obama and McCain on PBS's \"Frontline,\" Rolling Stone magazine's Ben Wallace-Wells related an amusing anecdote about Obama attending his first meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which happened to be a confirmation hearing for Condoleezza Rice.<br><br>About midway through the meeting, Joe Biden is \"going on and on\" and Obama scribbles a note and passes it back to his aide.<br><br>The note said simply: \"SHOOT. ME. NOW.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:48:17", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  McAncient \"UNDONE\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consortium/mccain-undone-by-affect-a_b_135206.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consort...</a><br><b>McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament</b><br><br><i>In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, <b>the man who landed the greatest number of punches, say the commentators, ultimately lost the debate.</b> Despite the invocation of a terrorist, it was a plumber who may have been McCain's undoing. Salon's Joan Walsh explains it this way:<br><br>    John McCain promised to kick Barack Obama's \"you know what\" on Wednesday night. He hinted that he'd bring up former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers and worse. Instead McCain bludgeoned Obama with Joe the Plumber, and the effect was more farce than fierce.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Can't wait til NOV 4.  It WILL BE DONE!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:15:58", "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}, "3095806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WAL-MART OPPOSES OBAMA PRESIDENCY.....<br>Wal-Mart&lt;http://www.walmart.com/&gt; is taking this outrageous step because<br>Democrat Barack Obama has committed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to<br>restore workers' freedom to bargain for fair wages, health care, decent<br>working conditions and a real voice on the job.   All of America 's workers<br>have the right to freely decide whom to vote for independent of employer<br>pressure and intimidation.  So, please forward this email to everyone you know.<br>Be sure to get the word out.   Let's hit them in their pocket book.  STOP<br>giving money to Wal-Mart  Republ icans and Corporate  Neo-Nazis.<br>We need to let our money do our talking.  DON'T SHOP AT WAL-MART.<br>Let's take them to school and hit them where it hurts - in their greedy<br>little pocket books!  Corporate giants like Wal-Mart have been suppressing<br>workers' wages and passing along health care costs to hardworking taxpayers<br>like you for years. Wal-Mart executives are getting rich, while we're being<br>left behind. They understand what is at stake in this election, and so do we--a<br>real voice at work for:<br><br>-- Fair pay;<br>-- Health care for all;<br>-- Equal treatment;<br>-- Safe workplaces; and<br>-- A secure retirement.<br>The Wall Street Journal&lt;http://www.wsj.com/&gt; reports that Wal-Mart is<br>telling its managers to tell employees not to vote for Democrats (OBAMA).<br>Here's the story:<br><a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755649066303381.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755649066303...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:00:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "264c4db6323f58b41c5fb4896c53f2cf", "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}, "3099905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TS,<br><br>your description just cracks me up. :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:06:13", "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": 3097257, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3085058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL,<br><br>Very interesting! Someone sent this to me in an email tonight! Uh oh....<br><br><a href=\"http://www.blackbottom.com/watch.php?v=WdBJd9b9i8A\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blackbottom.com/watch.php?v=WdBJd9b9i8A</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_02:30:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is an ongoing investigation of another alleged \"Kill Him\" report.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:14:08", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098761, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting position...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_23:02:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3103885, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I think Americans prefer an aggressive foreign policy stance, </i> . . . <br><br>just a feeling? or is that based on some verifiable data? <br><br>\"theoconservatism\" is just one more myth the rethugs present to drag in a constituency. <br><br>bottom line, the republican party's goal is to serve the rich. if that comes about by way of deregulation, by way of starting wars in order to reap rich rewards belonging to other countries, by way of instituting tax policies that harm the vast majority of american citizens, well, that's just too bad for the majority of us. <br><br>you entirely miss the point of your party when you imagine that it is anything other than a front for the world's wealthiest. it's a theocracy only when that works to drag in support from folks who wouldn't otherwise vote against their self interest. it's a bastion of neoconservative \"thought\" only when that drags in a populace terrified by the prospect of a dangerous world when that population would be far better served by this country devoting itself to energey independence and reasonable foreign policy, both of which would make us far safer than preemptive wars. <br><br>of course the primary purpose of the most recent war is to destroy and rebuild, ensuring that republican cronies are vastly enriched on the backs of americans for generations to come. if that were not the case, we'd have fought the war in afghanistan instead of ridiculously setting our sights on iraq. <br><br>basically, D., your party sucks. deal with it. ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:20:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089226, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Bringin' this down from Alaska!    <i>MUDFLATS</i> is a CRACK UP!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/blink-...</a><br><b>BLINK!-BLINK!-BLINK! etc!!</b><br><br><i>The Mudflats poll had \u201ccompulsive blinking\u201d as the number 3 most annoying McCain-ism of the debate, after the \u201chideous death grin\u201d and Joe the plumber.<br><br>True, the blinking was incessant throughout, but this one particular moment was the blinking highlight of the debate. <b>McCain has been asking over the course of two debates now, for the dollar amount of the fine that Barack Obama would impose on small business owners for not providing health care. He finally got his answer. \u201cZero.\u201d This apparently unanticipated answer caused a screeching sound in McCain\u2019s brain that almost got picked up by the microphones, causing him to shift from \u201csmug\u201d to \u201cdeer in the headlights\u201d in 1.8 seconds flat.</b><br><br>The outcome, for those of you keeping track at home was a whopping 54 blinks in 28 seconds. That\u2019s almost two full blinks per second, never mind the untold mental whiplash for McCain. Just for fun, try watching the video above and blink along.</i><br><br>Have you eva??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Blinking/Ratios!          :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_23:03:25", "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}, "3090185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "a major <b>IMAGE</b> problem? are you serious????<br><br>what the GOP has is a disastrous theory of government, disastrous economic theories, harmful views of social issues. <br><br>that's not image. it's fact. it's like worrying about a skin rash when you've got a cancer eating away at your gut. <br><br>well, you're obviously feeling frisky this morning and just having a little fun yanking my chain. my chain is all excited and happy and full of joy as a result of my candidate kicking mcain's ass last night. it therefore refuses to be captured and  yanked. <br><br>you're obviously a smart man and i really believe you wouldn't hang out here if you couldn't actually see your corrupt, decrepit, stinking party for what it is: a complete and utter failure.<br><br>:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:48:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089903, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL Pretty Much.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:34:04", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096489, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rick's doing a story on early voting.....everybody's saying \"surge\" McCain's favourite word..hahahah.     This is one surge that WILL work, McCain!   Poor McCain, he's like the three stooges all in one.<br><br>There's long linups in Tennessee...  From what I could see, it looked like mostly African American!   They were standing there, patiently!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:06:52", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/111449/53/191/632401\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joe the Plumber is a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:02:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "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}, "3102535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Give it up!  Barack Obama is ahead in the polls and on his way to the presidency!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:24:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3102025, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's funny that I came to the same conclusion.  I think McCain's answer to the abortion issue will rile up the base.  This will probably make it harder for Obama to win North Carolina and Virgnia. We  will see.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:21:02", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087746, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hate to say this, but even if I tried, I could not write stuff this funny. Joe the Plumber owes back taxes. Questions are coming up if he has a valid license as a  plumber. Having The Politico saying  \"Joe the Plumber is a fraud, he is a registered republican carrying the water.\" Now this? They should leave the campaign stuff behind and make this a prime time reality show.  Thanks for the update.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "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": 3099285, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I tell you!<br>Joe, Joe, say it ain't so!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:45:06", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095824, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you see the stupid reply the group leader had.  Diane Fedele, president of the group, said she had no racist intent. I never connected,\" she told the newspaper. \"It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else.\" <br><br>Really she had no clue?? This was of course after a black member of this group complained about the image. Sheila Raines was quoted as saying:<br><br>\"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party,\" she said. \"I'm really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:49:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "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": 3099512, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Diane West: How could someone like Obama could be ahead at this juncture</b><br><br><b>WEST: I find it amazing. I think that a lot of our traditional beliefs about the way people think and act are being shattered in this election.</b><br><br><br><a href=\"http://crooksandliars.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://crooksandliars.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:50:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle's fashion choices have always been hit or miss with me.  I think that because of her build and her figure, simple clothing looks best on her.  I think anything overly fussy or busy is not a good look on her.  And I think that sometimes she's a little too casual for the occassion (i.e. the night of Barack's acceptance speech).  She needs to put Thakoon in the back of the closet (night of acceptance speech, one of the debate nights).  While she may feel more comfortable in flats, perhaps she could compromise by wearing kitten heels when she wears skirts/dresses.    And Gramma's Hats on a String and the Wilma Flintstone necklaces have got to go.<br><br>I don't think there's any need for Michelle to go the designer route even if she gets into the White House.  Just because it's designer doesn't mean it's good (i.e. Thakoon's busy ass dresses).  She has done pretty well mixing low end stuff with high end stuff.  Maybe she could be the first First Lady to show American women you don't have to wearing $300K outfits to look great.  But if she does go the designer route I hope she keeps wearing Maria Pinto (b/c she's served her well) and that she wears pieces from black designers as well.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:51:16", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088336, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Darling D. from Washington DC opens his eyes and sees . . . <br><br><br><br><b>light</b><br><br>Isn't it lovely? The light? I have hope for you, darlin. ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:03:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3091888, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is great.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:49:13", "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": 3087874, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay D the surge was a success.Here are some reasons<br>1.For all intent and purposes Kurdistan is now a independent country<br>2.The jihadist that got training are now migrating to Afghanistan<br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15...</a><br>3.Iran no longer has a enemy on their flank<br>Yup Yup, you betcha it is a smashing success!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:51:27", "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": 3088183, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BABelle:  Thought I'd lend this to the discussion of  D's impending \"conversion\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXxnr-FzQU&eurl=http://yearofvictory.blogspot.com/2007/09/this-little-light-of-mine-im-gonna-let.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXxnr-FzQU&eurl...</a><br><b>This Little Light Of Mine - The African Children's Choir\"</b><br><br>They've been at my church for the past 2 years!<br><br>They are MARVELLOUS!!  A BLESSING!  :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:38:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095843, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why defend it? It's not something to be ashamed of.<br><br>The anti-tax know-nothings are collapsing all around you, indie-ed, and the ones with any survival instincts (Gingrich, Brooks) are repudiating the idea that you can have a modern state with no taxes.<br><br>Go back to your talking point dispenser and get a new clip, d00d. You realize that your taskmasters have sent you on a suicide mission? The ship is going down, and they have no qualms leaving you on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:41:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 3101685, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A case of selective hearing...  didn't they get that on tape?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:05:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3098761, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "President Barack Obama....has a really nice ring to it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:22:46", "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": 3102197, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stop with your distortions, you know good and well that his tax policy is not promoting socialism. Go sing that song and dance to the Walmart family ... whom I believe rake in ... wait ... lemme break it down ...<br><br>The average medium income of American households in 2006: <br><br><b>48,200</b> with over 36 million people living in poverty <br><br><br>Average pay of the American White Collar worker<br><b>15,000- $25000</b><br><br>Notice I left out blue collar workers. The first number should tell the tale about that!<br><br>Average income of the Walton family members:<br><b>10.4 billion dollars</b><br><br>Welcome to The Walmart Family<br><br>So taxing these folks a little higher is your idea of Socialims and wealth redistribution?<br><br>Yet individually they made this in 2007<br><br>Christy Walton 16.3 billion<br>Jim Walton 16.3 billion<br>S Robson Walton 16.3 billion<br>Alice Walton 16.1 billion<br>Ann and Nancy Walton  a combined 4.3 billion<br><br>Then in 2008 <br><br>Jim - 19.2 billion<br>Christy - 19.2 billion<br>S. Robson - 19.2 billion<br>Alice Walton - 19.0 billion<br>Ann and nancy a combined 5.2 billion<br><br>Seems like they are doing okay in this trash heap economy. We can't possibly tax them a bit more ... now can we??<br><br>meanwhile ... <br><br>The Walton's of Anti- union, anti healthcare and anti workers rights, Walmart, pays their full time sales associates and cashiers an average of 8.23 an hour or less, which is below the basic living wage standards AND below the poverty line. These jobs (sales associate and cashier)  make up more than a third of Walmart's job force.<br><br>We are only speaking of their American work force at the moment ... we don't even want to talk about their oversea's atrocities ... as if their worker's record wasn't bad here. IT could be worst for us in the US.<br><br>Do you think walmart makes up for this by providing <br><br>healthcare or both health and dental for it's employees ...?<br><br>um hell no. <br><br>In fact they refuse to provide healthcare to their employees <br><br>and have taken to bullying tactics by 'discouraging them\" <br><br>from voting for candidates that support the Employee free <br><br>choice act.<br> <br><br>Hmm ... while you are (as usual) copying those poorly written <br><br>Republican talking points, they are fucking the \"average <br><br>working American\" right up the ass with a hard stick of <br><br>corporate greed.<br><br>There is no doubt that Walmart supports the Republican party <br><br>(overall), they've donated more to them than any other party. They know who supports their good ole' American values.<br><br><b>How dare Obama, attempt to tax the poor downtrodden Walton's and their corporations, in our society ... how ever will they get by?!</b><br><br>Walmart gets more than 250 billion in annual revenues.<br><br>They are only ONE company getting fat off the backs of other's in this country.<br><br>I'm not a math or economics whiz but geez ... something seems a bit off. Under Obama's tax plan taxes on the top income bracket in our country will go from 35% to 39%. Let's take the waltons, with a combined income of 10.4 billion ... they're individual fortune would go down to 4.0 billion. Hey they may have to forgo a few houses, but that tax money can be used to rebuild our crumbling infrastrutures, pay our military service members more. Provide healthcare for All americans (including their own employees) bring down the deficit so our ass isn't owned by human right's violating China ... and the list goes on.<br><br>So Sit, down and STFU  ... you are the weakest link ...<br><br>Goodbye!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:22:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101685, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, Ms. Raines, when ya lie down with dogs, you'll end up with fleas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:57:02", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099620, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I say if they managed to get it on tape then the witness testamony is irrelevant,  The tape don't lie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:37:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3098985, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Tennessee Tribune Publishes Non-Voting Names</b><br><a href=\"http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=5627497\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=...</a><br><br>Did you guys hear about this paper??  The publisher was on CNN this afternoon.  It's a black woman who says she's publishing the names of people who didn't vote in the Primaries because people died for them to get the right to vote!!<br><br>She said people were seeing their family members' names on there and calling them.   The CNN segment was called the \"shame game\".<br><br>Amazing woman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:08:37", "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": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1) I can understand you not agreeing with the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses, but are you suggesting that just because you view them as a cult they don't have the right to excercise their religious beliefs (which happen to dictate abstaining fromthe political process)?  <br><br>2) Don't get me wrong, I completely agree with you that black people ought to exercise their voting rights to honor those who died to allow us to have that option, if for no other reason.  But more important than this belief, I believe that people have the freedom to make that choice or not on a personal level--even black people. <br><br>3) The bad beauty supply wig was my attempt at illustrating the lady's right to make choices on a personal level. Perhaps a bad illustration...<br><br>My point here is that it is a really slippery slope when we begin to attempt to dictate personal decisions on the basis of what is deemed to be a moral obligation by some.  I stand by my original outrage at the nerve of this woman to attempt to shame people into the political process because it's what SHE thinks they ought to do.  Again, I feel this despite the fact that I hold the personal belief that it is important that people be contributing members of society (which includes participating in the political process).  Black, white, brown, yellow, or red, people have the right to decide to be who they want to be on a personal level.  I have the right to be outraged by their decision, but I do not have the right to force my belief on others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:09:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3099577, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BIGGIE_4_OBAMA:     Hey!    :&gt;)       LOL!!!      CO-SIGN!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:42:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am talking about Obama's tax policy, which BTW NO ONE here can defend.<br><br>If we are all socialists now it is thanks to the 'affordable housing' proponents at ACORN, Fannie and Freddie  and the House and Senate Committees headed by Frank and Dodd.<br><br>Raising taxes and restricting trade is the recipe used by Herbert Hoover and it is the program being pushed by Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:42:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "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": 3101757, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!! You're asking if Obama blew the election when his numbers are rising ever hour?? Denial.......Denial...Denial....you gotta move on to \"Acceptance\", dude.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:19:56", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101604, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0</a><br>very scary people", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:05:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "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}, "3099453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:38:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099253, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's seemed like more of a blow off to me and I was already frustrated by the debate (McCain's overall funky 'tude) so I wasn't in an educating mood to deal with them :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:42:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "91468ea483456b91c397cd5fbd99a9ad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095677, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MSNBC reported...Joe owes $1000 in back taxes also!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098217, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One can't help but to just smile while viewing these photos.....that is a beautiful family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100896": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hahahahaaaaa!!<br><br>That's the best comparison yet!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:08:53", "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": 3100671, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! I also read that Joe has tax liens filed against him.<br><br>Another example of McCain's poor judgment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:36:48", "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": 3098217, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/campaign_ads.html#photo=7\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>The Presidential Race\u2019s Most Effective Campaign Spots</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:09:26", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Look at this picture and try not to die laughing.   I let out a rather unladylike bellow myself...<br><br>Strange McCain Post-Debate Moment Caught In Photo<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/strange-mccain-post-debat_n_135325.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/strang...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:40:23", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Visit RealClearPolitics and check out the average. McCain has been gaining in recent days.<br><br>Acceptance before I vote! GMAFB.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:43:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "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": 3101748, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Theoconservatism as a form of governance failed. The eight year lab experiment didn't work out that well.<br><br>Neoconservatism will need a major reinvention post-whatever happens in the War on Terror to survive. I think Americans prefer an aggressive foreign policy stance, as long as it doesn't border on rabid nationalism. As conservatives, that's a line we have to walk back over, cause we crossed it a while back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:50:47", "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": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087874, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For Monie, djchefron, and the other military-minded readers:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/documents/BackToIraqReport.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Report from Iraq: Results and Lessons of the Surge</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:50:47", "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": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I feel sorry for the man.  I am sure he didn't sign up for this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:39:04", "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": 3099285, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town,<br><br>THIS IS HILARIOUS<br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:10:11", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hard to vote <a href=\"http://gawker.com/5064474/who-is-joe-the-plumber%20(he%20aint%20registered)\" rel=\"nofollow\">if you're not registered</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:10:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3096418, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From HuffPost:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/racism-at-mccain-rally-bl_n_135303.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/racism...</a><br><br><b>Racism At Palin Rally:  \"Blacks Will Take Over\" (VIDEO)</b><br><br><i>It was kind of strange, dintcha think, that John McCain came to the defense of his supporters last night after Barack Obama pointed out that people at McCain/Palin rallies were shouting out \"terrorist\" and \"kill him!\" in reference to Obama.<br><br>Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:<br><br>\"I'm afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He's not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?\"<br><br>Read the whole story here.</i><br><br>Guess you had ta be there - to look into the face of a RACIST!!  **SIGH**<br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:18:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was reported McCain was pulling his ads in Maine...   Are they still on TV, Craig?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:37:32", "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": 3088828, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1) The people in the rest of the state don't give a damn about Thelma Drake, that's not going to prompt them to run to the polls.  Of course there's only going to be 3 Democratic congressmen when you gerrymander all the Democrats into 3 areas.  In Bobby Scott's case, they gerrymandered all the black people in VA from Richmond to Newport News into one district.  <br><br>2) The \"blueing\" of Virginia has occurred AFTER the last census.  The Census is coming up in 14.5 months.  Mark Warner, Tim Kaine and Jim Webb all won AFTER 2000.<br><br>3) Which means redistricting.  Tom Davis knew what time it was when he decided not to run again.  I fully expect VA to pick up at least one more Dem. congressman due to redistricting.<br><br>4) All Obama has to do is follow the Warner/Kaine/Webb map to success to win Virginia.  It doesn't matter if Obama is like Bob McDonnell and wins by 325 votes, he still wins.<br><br>5) Democratic enthusiasm in VA is higher than Republican enthusiasm this year.  The ONLY way Gilmore will win is if people get out and vote for McCain and he rides on McCain's coattails.  But people aren't that hyped on McCain much less Gilmore; they never were.  They'll reluctantly go to the polls and vote Republican but they aren't enthused about it.  Also, Kerry didn't lose VA by all that much in '04 and neither he nor Bush campaigned in VA.  McCain has only been to Va TWICE, while Obama has been at least 12 times.<br><br>6) And Obama will be back in VA this week campaigning in Roanoke. (SW Virginia)<br><br>7) I'll repeat, if Obama wins VA it will be b/c NoVa put him over the top.  Fairfax County alone could cancel out SW Virginia combined.<br><br>8) NoVA + black people bum rushing the polls in Richmond & Tidewater + Charlottesville + I-95 / I-64 corridor = Obama.<br><br>9) Virginia already knows that a black man in the executive position doesn't mean the state will fall down. Wilder didn't tear down VA when he was in office, Virginia is still standing, the blacks didn't get all uppity and try to put white people into slavery. (Wilder tearing down Richmond is another story).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:07:14", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3094664, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More fun with racists:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_buck16.3d67d4a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama's face on food stamp</a><br><br>I have to admit I laughed at this one because it is so absurd.  It's like these GOP bigots are starting to become a parody of themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:07:33", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why do you think this, TX Girl in LA? Sometimes I think Michelle is being rebellious because something is being asked of her that is, essentially, stupid. It is stupid for her choice of clothing to have the effect on O's campaign, period. Why can her choice of clothing have an impact on the campaign, but not Cindy's choices and not the fact that the Palin family have membership in a radical, subversive, successionist organization? It's hard to paint someone as militant and angry with fuzzy hats hanging on plastic pearls hanging around the neck. Even for me to question any of this is \"playing the race card.\" In effect, we should be playing the whole deck, because there is clearly one standard for Michelle and another for white women. We understand and support Michelle, but the necklace didn't befit a woman of her stature.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:24:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089552, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bad for Al Gore; good for McCain, my friends.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:37:45", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087856, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MacDaddy:  <i> . . obvious INTELLECT, LOGICAL LAWYER'S MIND. . . </i><br><br>I was agitated so much, yesterday,  because I couldn't formulate my thoughts about this topic.  THANK YOU for YOUR STATEMENT!!<br><br>EDUCATION is one of the biggest ISSUES under discussion.  And in Mr. Obama, we have one who has the highest of intellects but the Repugs want ONLY to RELATE to \"Joe 6-pack\", \"hockey/soccer moms\" and NOW  \"Joe the plummer!\"  The OPERATIVE WORD  --RELATE!!<br><br>That's where they reside INTELLECTUALLY!  [I know, \"their names\" and \"intellect\" in the same sentence. OOPS!  :&gt;)] <br><br>I am NOT trying to diss anyone.  So  please forgive if I did.<br><br>But look at reality.  <i>McAncient/The Gov. DON'T \"pal around with Joe 6-pack, an'em!\"</i>  BUT, \"they\" <b>USE THEM</b> as their BASE!!<br><br>Sadly, \"they don't realize that \"they\" <b>are being PIMPED!!</b>  \"They\" NEVER will be invited to their home, social events or \"the White House!\"  But, Ms. \"Whatever\" Cindy and The Gov. are PIMPED also!  So, what else is new?<br><br>OTOH:  Mr. OBAMA is INCLUSIVE and for errybody!!  YES HE CAN!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:07:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3090603, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the way you operate now. Destroy anyone who stands in your way. Humiliate them. Make sure that anyone else who ever wants to skeptically question Barack Obama knows that every last bit of their dirty laundry will be aired for all the world to see. Bristol Palin, Trig Palin, \u2014 hey, it's all fair game. They've got to make an example of them. Show them that this sort of dangerous speech won't be allowed in the New America.<br><br>Pathetic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THIS RACE IS NOT OVER - OBAMA - BIDEN 2008 - GET OUT AND VOTE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:19:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "wawtu", "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}, "3096418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama figured he wouldn't get Joe The Plumber's vote, so it's all good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:40:21", "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": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095919, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe also might wanna register before comtemplating who he's actually gonna vote for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3098703, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "S,<br><br>Joe got exposed for the fake he is! He has no license, owes back taxes and is basically a liar!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:08:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just cannot believe it took her this long to see the light of the people she was running with. They do not seem smart enough to hide their racist feelings. It should of been painfully obvious a long time ago. I am curious as to what she told herself up to this point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:01:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "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": 3101488, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You figure if it's loud enough to make national TV, it would be loud enough for someone else to hear it. And I'm guessing if that \"someone else\" was a law enforcement officer, it would be cause for concern.<br><br>Then again, I don't know. I didn't hear about this incident, so I can't say one way or another. The ones from last week, though, were pretty unmistakable (though it does beg the same question.....).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:09:00", "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": 3098923, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe the Plumber tells Katie Couric:<br><br><i>\u201cMcCain was solid in his performance,\u201d he says. \u201cI still don\u2019t know where he stands,\u201d he says of Obama. \u201cI\u2019m middle class. I can\u2019t have my taxes raised any more.\u201d<br><br>He also says he actually isn\u2019t in the bracket where Obama would raise his taxes \u2014 but he\u2019s worried that Obama will shift the bracket down.<br><br><b>He also said that, in his encounter with Obama, the Illinois Senator \u201ca tap dance\u2026almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.\u201d</b></i><br><br>I'm sensing a pattern with these McPalin supporters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:10:02", "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": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I saw part of that interview.  Pretty much anybody who emerges as and \"unknown\" regular American criticizing Obama is probably a paid GOP shill:<br><br>Joe the Plumber<br><a href=\"http://chictalkwithcandc.blogspot.com/2008/10/podcast-episode-002-slave-catcher-have.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">James T. Harris aka The slave Catcher</a><br><br>All of' em...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:36:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3091793, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kodos: \"We have reached the limit of what rectal probing can teach us.\"<br><br>-Kang and Kodos, Wikipedia.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:21:17", "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": 3098084, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!  Calling Pastor Muthee!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:02:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3100896, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait.....so the Hokey Pokey and Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack all dressed in Black Black Black............those are secretly coded teachings of the black revolution coming soon??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:37:36", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  I'm believin' that Joe NOW has some Repug $$$.<br><br>OR, maybe they took it back when the TRUTH started emerging!<br><br>I would love to do a search of his KEATING 5 \"ROOTS!\"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:29:12", "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": 3099253, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well when she comes up for reelection I hope she gets reminded of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:55:57", "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": 3088615, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3089670, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack is coming on MSNBC momentarily!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:28:29", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem for me D. is that when you only look at legislation concerning the funding of the war itself---you ignore  the boader picture of troop care afterwards.  And many Republicans, including McCain, continue to vote against funding VA healthcare and other programs.  That is a DISGRACE.<br><br>  Many of our homeless in this country are veterans.  Many veterans, including a large number for the latest  two conflicts, are committing suicide and struggle with PTSD---and care is inadequate in many cases.  Many veterans are struggling financially after they leave, due to a number of reasons including education and assimilating back into civilian workforce.  And of course, the conditions at Walter Reed, where a large majority of injured troops from OIF/OEF was a complete disgrace but shed light on a broken system.  The U.S. is NOT investing all that it should for troop care AFTER the troops come home.<br><br>To me, that is just as important as the course of the war itself.   Our troops lives are not just affected while in battle, but many of the lasting effects continue long afterward, after many have exited the military.  And that is why I regard IAVA , DAV, and Vietnam Veterans of America's  scorecards as a better indicator of who \"truly\" supports our veterans overall. <br> <br>Of course, I have the  highest respect for all troops and veterans--I'm married to one and will be glad when he retires, which is still a while but he is over the 10-year mark.  I just happen to look at this conflict from a different perspective.  The vast majority  of our armed forces always do the best that they can---though I feel the Bush administration failed them. tremendously. And that will always shape my opinions about Iraq.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:18:48", "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": 3091838, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My cent and a half on the debate last night:<br><br>McCain won...<i>with his base</i>. Last night was for them. They needed red meat; needed to see him come out, fight, and mention every little thing that was important to them. Which he did..though probably at the cost of the rest of the independents and undecideds that he hadn't already lost.<br><br>He stopped hemorrhaging last night, but he's still bleeding...severely. <br><br>At this point, it's a numbers game: can McCain mass enough of his base to defeat not only the Obama insurgency, but the people who just don't hear McCain speaking about their issues?<br><br>And that math does not look good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:17:50", "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": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088261": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And yet another campaign tactic blows up in McCain's face.  Ha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:56:24", "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": 3087961, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fox to change World Series time for Obama<br><a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifa25645bfd6bcf9176e0ecee9e10b6de\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:18:11", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With all this talk about Joe the Plumber, when is someone going to address the plight of Kesha the Hairdresser?  I am so tired of all MSM references to \"everyday Americans\" suggesting only people with the palest hues.  What about Maria the Child Care Worker, or Terrence the Bus Driver?  Don't they matter?<br><br>Hopefully, the Obama age will usher in a culture that isn't so focused on examples of whiteness (plumbers, six packs, soccer moms, hockey moms, etc.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:23:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3090314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LoL, That is funny!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:56:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3090171, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let's be clear.  McCain is responsible for the media's \"Joe-Fest.\"  McCain brought up Joe over 20 times last night.  What did he and you expect to happen?  Logically, people want to know who the heck is Joe.  <br><br>Kind of like we used to want to know who the heck is Sarah Palin.  I'm over that.  And, I'm over Joe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_18:58:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a35274513047c4e9711c6feb4609dac", "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": 3101019, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "..the home of Stevie.<br><br>Maybe the pious Sarah will show up in one of his books...oh wait, that was Dolores Claiborne.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:40:30", "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": 3088615, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really!  Sorry for someone who compared Obama to Sammy Davis, Jr.?  Someone who called Obama a socialist?  Someone who protrays himself as an \"average Joe\" being hard hit by high taxes who doesn't even pay his taxes.  What are the chances that Obama could have cited \"Jose the plumber\" as a debate and it was later discovered that he didn't have a license (effectively a scab) and didn't pay his taxes and it not be front page news?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:45:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099468, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fair enough...I'll check on  the supposed \"partisanship\" you speak on regarding IAVA.  But I still feel that IAVA and others give a more comprehensive window into real veteran legislation, not just war funds.<br><br>Our VA programs, for the most part only need a fraction of the $10 billion dollars we spend in Iraq  in one month to continue to carry out their  goals for one year.  At the end of the day, both candidates,Obama and McCain, have voted against  troop funding  as protest votes when timetables became an issue.  But in the greater scheme of things, Congress as a whole has been appoving the Iraqi war budgets .  So I think it is safe to say that all of our leaders have \"supported\" this war by approving the financing for it---even if it means China owns our ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:05:55", "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": 3096764, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Raines said she \"cried\" for 45 minutes...she gets no sympathy from me....that is not the response that she should have had.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:13:56", "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": 3101488, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Starting with you.  McCain is pretty much broke, so I'm pretty sure you're not earning very much trolling for McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:20:48", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098763, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Out of everything said at the debate last night, the thing that kept going around and around in my mind was Senator Obama's claim that \"only 2% of small businesses\" would be affected by his plan to raise taxes on incomes of $250,000 or more. As if this had no real impact on the growth of small businesses or the number of people employed.<br><br>Small businesses are responsible for 80% of the job creation in the United States every year. While many small businesses only employ the owner, there are literally millions of small businesses that employ 1 to 499 employees. That's the cut off for small businesses that Sen. Obama would like to re-define. He wants to classify single owner, single employee businesses as \"not small businesses as we invision them\". Exactly what else should they look like if not someone working for themselves? Isn't that the American Dream?<br><br>Of course, Sen. Obama's entire purpose is to whittle down this number in the Public's mind so that when he talks about raising taxes he and we can pretend that it isn't really that big of a deal. Well, if it isn't that big of a deal, why do it at all?<br><br>Continue reading<br><br>The truth is, it is a big deal and it is a lot of money. There are over 662,000 small businesses making more than $250,000 a year in the United States. These are not \"fat cat, mega corporations\". They range from single owner/employee to small manufacturers with 500 employees or less. Together, they employ millions of Americans.<br><br>These are companies like the small manufacturer in New Jersey with 100 employees who makes special ballistic glass inserts for military jets and vehicles that protect our men and women in uniform. They are companies like metal fabrication company right here in Kansas City that employs 50 and makes custom steel parts to any specification for companies all over the world.<br><br>Or the plastic manufacturer who employs 150 that contracts with auto manufacturers to make small parts for cars. A manufacturer who is already having to scramble to make ends meet due to the rising cost of fuel and materials, who is trying to find new business to keep his company open and his people employed since the auto manufacturers, his biggest contract, started slowing down and closing their factories.<br><br>Or the solar light company, producing solar street lights that have made Iraq and many other small countries with poor electrical infrastructure safer and energy efficient. With better lighting, businesses stay open longer and help developing economies. This is a \"small business\", but they had an outsized impact on the war. The lights helped bring down the violence in Iraq and make our men and women in uniform safer so they can return home. These same lights are being installed today in cities and villages in Afghanistan. They employ over 100 people in the development and manufacturing of these lights. They are one of the \"small businesses\" that make over $250,000 a year that Sen. Obama wants to tax.<br><br>Then there is the electrician who lives down the street. He doesn't \"look like a traditional small business\". He doesn't have a \"store front\". He employs three other electricians. His \"store front\" is the vans with his company name on the side. Just like Joe the Plumber, he built his business over time with long hours and his own money. Then he \"spread the wealth\" the right way by employing three other men who earn a decent living and support their families.<br><br>These are the \"small businesses\" that Sen. Obama wants to increase tax on as if they were truly some giant conglomerations owned by cigar smoking, fat cats getting rich off someone else's sweat. These are people who have been trying to build the American Dream and, through their hard work and perseverence, have given other Americans the opportunity to work towards their dreams, too.<br><br>In a recent ad, Sen. Obama claimed that a small company that traditionally made the thread for the United States flags moved their jobs overseas because they received \"tax breaks\" from our government to do it. Talk about dishonest. If Sen. Obama was honest about why that company moved, he would have to tell people that it wasn't because of \"tax breaks\", but because our government imposes extraordinary tax burdens on small businesses compared to other nations. The same taxes that Sen. Obama wants to raise. The same taxes that drive companies out of business and out of the United States.<br><br>Sen. Obama claims that it is \"only 2%\" of small businesses, but they represent the largest income and employment opportunities of all small businesses. These are the companies that are most likely to expand and create jobs in the United States. These are the small businesses that help keep America's economy going in good times and bad.<br><br>These companies represent 662,000 American Dreams.<br><br>Does it make sense to tax these companies during an economic down turn when they are already trying to keep their doors open and their people employed? Does it make sense to take money out of their pockets when they could use that money to expand their business and employ more people?<br><br>Sen. Obama claims he has the plan to help restore our economy. Instead, his plan looks like an assault on the American Dream.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:43:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "360f8d27f1a14747b354d62dab5dedc1", "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}, "3099553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They're such idiots. <i> Wurzelbacher </i> is a pretty distinctive name. Easily researchable.  They should have picked a stooge named Joe <i>Smith</i>!<br><br><b><i>Idiots...</b></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:44:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well, yesterday she said New Hampshire was part of the Great Northwest...<br><br><br>she can't help herself", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:15:21", "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": 3088828, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's original response to Joe on the street in Ohio, was almost prescient.   It was the perfect response in light of what we've since found out about Joe.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:15:35", "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": 3096554, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town I love  you!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:15:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "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": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Secret Service Blocking Reporters At Palin Rallies: Milbank<br><br>Arlington, Va.: The Secret Service has now labeled the \"kill him\" report as unfounded. Why isn't The Post giving this report as much coverage as the original false report received? <br><br>Dana Milbank:<br><br>Glad you asked, because I saw this earlier. This is actually about the incident in Scranton, not the one in Clearwater, Fla, that I wrote about here.<br><br>I wasn't at the Scranton event, but I have to say the Secret Service is in dangerous territory here. In cooperation with the Palin campaign, they've started preventing reporters from leaving the press section to interview people in the crowd. This is a serious violation of their duty -- protecting the protectee -- and gets into assisting with the political aspirations of the candidate. It also often makes it impossible for reporters to get into the crowd to question the people who say vulgar things. So they prevent reporters from getting near the people doing the shouting, then claim it's unfounded because the reporters can't get close enough to identify the person. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/secret-service-blocking-r_n_135336.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/secret...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:45:11", "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": 3098761, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Just yesterday, I was thinking about this group!!  WOW!  And here they are!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/formal-complaint-filed-with-alaska-attorney-general-to-investigate-palins-failure-to-issue-juneteenth-proclamation-violating-the-alaska-executive-branch-ethics-act/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/for...</a><br><br><b>Formal Complaint Filed With Alaska Attorney General To Investigate Palin\u2019s Failure to Issue Juneteenth Proclamation Violating The Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act</b><br><br><i><b>The Alaska Attorney General\u2019s Office received a formal complaint yesterday charging that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin violated the law when she failed to issue a proclamation for the state\u2019s Juneteenth Day in 2007. The holiday observance, which celebrates the freeing of the last remaining slaves in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, has been adopted in 29 states and was signed into law in Alaska in 2001. The bill known as HB 100 specifies that the \u201cgovernor shall issue a proclamation observing the day.\u201d</b><br><br>The formal complaint (#EH274215525) stems from a press conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 7, 2008 by jazz musician Gregory Charles Royal, who claimed Palin made a racially disparaging comment to him back in 1990 while touring Alaska with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. <b>During that press conference, several representatives of the Juneteenth celebration in Alaska spoke to reporters about their concerns regarding Governor Palin\u2019s race relations in Alaska.</b><br><br><b>The complaint was filed by Royal with the Alaska Attorney General\u2019s Office as a violation of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act, the same act which Governor Palin was found in violation of in the \u2018Troopergate\u2019 scandal just last week. The statute provides, in this case, that a state official cannot withhold official action in order to affect a matter in which that official has a personal interest.</b> The complaint maintains that the Governor\u2019s historic record on race relations as stated by Juneteenth representatives and others, demonstrates a personal ideology of disengagement with the African American community \u2014 out of character with previous Alaskan administrations.<br><br>Cited in the complaint are Gwendolyn Alexander and Bishop Dave Thomas from the African American Historical Society of Alaska, and Reverend Ronald V. Myers, Chairman, National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign.<b> Additionally, published comments from Eleanor Andrews, board chair of the Anchorage Urban League and attorney Rex Butler from an article by Linn Washington, Jr, columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune, were also included.</b></i><br><br>I am sooo excited by this!!!  Look at the <b>SIMILARITIES</b> with the recently declared <b>ETHICS VIOLATION!</b>  <br><br><b>She LACKS ETHICS!!!</b>  <br><br>How many more pieces of evidence exist!??  We can cite some!  Waiting on the COURTS!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>OOOP!  She did it again!  [And I don't even like this song/the artist either!  YUK!]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes</a><br><br>Kinda dont' enjoy.  I'm just using the TITLE.   :&gt;)<br><br><b>OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:16:56", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ya know, the Bush tax cuts worked so well that:<br><br>----The U.S. unemployment  rate is at 6.1%--- the highest in 5 years. Over 700,000 jobs have lost since the beginning of this year alone.  I guess all those nice tax breaks for the wealthy have created loads of jobs---NOT.<br><br>The US budget deficit will surge past a RECORD  half trillion dollars next year by the Bush administration(not including the war budget)--while the Bush tax costs will cost the country $200 billion a year.  And John McCain wants to  continue these tax cuts.<br><br>But since  you are a McCain troll--i think you should know that McCain once vigorously OPPOSED the Bush tax cuts before he politically pandered to the Rethugs in his blind ambition to become president.<br><br>Sen. McCain was one of only two Republican senators to oppose the 2001 tax cuts and one of only three GOP senators to oppose the 2003 reductions. Furthermore, his reason for opposing the cuts was taken straight from the playbook of the most radical left-wing Democrats. In 2001, Sen. McCain argued, \"I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who need tax relief.\" <br><br>So you need to ask John McCain how can he defend his flip-flop on the Bush tax cuts (he sounded just like Barack Obama in 2001 and 2003)---, where did his conscience go? Oh, I guess his conscience went to the same place his promise to run a respectful campaign went.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:33:36", "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": 3102008, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town:  So what you are saying is that \"joe The Plumber\" does NOT NOW have to worry about \"owning his business?\"  'cause THAT was bought for him LAST NIGHT!!  <br><br>Hence his SDJr. line this morning!!    So that's how the McAncient campaign is using their $$$.  REPUGS B-WARE!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Y'all hear that - ALL you other Joe 6-packs, hockey/soccer mom's, etc.!?<br><br><b>YOU 2 CAN BE PIMPED!!!</b>   <b>GET IN LINE!  PICK A NUMBER!!</b><br><br>Lovin' this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  <br><br>REPUGS  -  <b>The PIMPIN' PARTY!</b>   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3096195, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1) They have the responsibility to exercise their humanity.   You suggest they take benefit from political \"rights\"; yet suggest they should abstain from the process which provides those rights.   It's a disgrace - especially for an African American - not to vote.  I don't give a damn what the reason is.   There religious belief is ignorance, disguised.<br><br>2) No.   They don't get a \"choice\".....not on this subject.   Until the day African Americans have FULL equality and opportunity - they don't get a damned choice!<br><br>3)  I bet they got a shock when they opened the paper that morning.   Maybe the'll be pissed off enough to go to the polls.   Her grandson's name was on that list.  He lied to his grandma that he voted in the primaries.   These same people complain of every injustice that befalls them, yet don't vote.   They should put their names on the digital billboard on the interstate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:26:17", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3102942, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're right; there is a lot of corruption and rampant extremism. I can't disagree with that.<br><br>I can only hope that we conservatives learn something about ourselves from this election. If not, we're screwed for the forseeable future.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:28:03", "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": 3090185, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3085236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 08:24 EDT<br>Patrick Ruffini, the demise of the right and the Democratic alternative<br><br><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/15/ruffini/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_02:47:25", "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}, "3089333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack won the debate and the \"Chocolate News\" didn't affront (not too bad).  Twas a good night for black america.  <br><br>kdizo", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:57:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "2de22d6aad9a40170e4adeed26d8aae3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3091897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you! I was trying to articulate this frustration to a few (non-black) friends and they just weren't getting it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:28:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "91468ea483456b91c397cd5fbd99a9ad", "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": 3091692, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NC, yeah, it may hurt him there, but not that much.<br><br>VA.....hard to tell. It won't fly in Southwest VA at ALL....but I don't think Obama's <i>really</i> expecting to win there (the resources he has there are small compared to Hampton Roads and Northern VA).<br><br>Northern VA may have enjoyed it, and Hampton Roads may not care a whole lot (as the abortion issue doesn't affect a whole lot of military bases).<br><br>I think that, at the end of the day, McCain will keep VA. But it won't be because of anything <i>he</i> did to keep it. It will be numbers again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:31:55", "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": 3089683, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin just lost A LOT of votes in Maine. She's a dumbass. She just said the license renewal fees get in the way of the private sector to do business.<br><br>In Maine, license renewal fees for the many small business are a big part of the tax base of a state government that has virtually no money.<br><br>Small business owners in Maine, and I'm one of them, are perfectly fine contributing our state's tax base, even when the state raises those fees by small percentages.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:31:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No one is talking about NO taxes.<br><br> McCain would let Americans keep more of their own income to ride out the downturn, while Obama is revealing that his default agenda is to spend money and expand the government.<br><br>Taxpayers are already on the hook for this country's biggest financial bailout, the markets are tanking, taking trillions of dollars in retirement funds with it.<br><br>Raising taxes and restricting trade is the recipe used by Herbert Hoover and it is the program being pushed by Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:55:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101994, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town: I love, love, love your comments.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3092534, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Reality is that all Obama has to do is wake up for the next 2-3 weeks, keep a loose muzzle on Biden, and he wins.<br><br>McCain got a lot of the base back with Palin, but he's not holding it. That was the real point of the attacks last night; to show that there's still some fight there. You figure if William Buckley's-that god of conservatism-son is gonna vote for Obama (and has the gall to declare it publically!!!) there's a big problem with the base (know what \"the base\" translates to in <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arabic</a>? A friend reminded me of that, after I said it one too many times).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:15:15", "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": 3095560, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3104246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's right, the don't get a choice.   There's a reason why John and Sarah are not spewing anti-semitic bullshit at Jews.   It's because JEWS VOTE.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_23:32:20", "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": 3103885, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3102664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Go  ahead.....Go ahead<br><br>Say it again!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_20:38:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3102514, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know what I find, most telling about a lot of the comments to this ... we are talking a 6 minute delay in the start of a sporting event and people are off their fucken rockers. I mean ... is our country not on the brink of economic meltdown? Are we not involved in two wars? <br><br>Who gives a flying fuck about a six minute delay in a baseball game, when you have the opportunity to hear what the \"potential\" next President of our country has to say about America's future and how he plans to work toward resolving these issues??<br><br>It can only be one thing ... they are racists. Scroll further and it's confirmed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:32:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087751, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3086284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:    Abbreviated Pundit Roundup at The Daily Kos<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/</a><br><br><b>Your one stop pundit shop.</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_06:10:10", "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}, "3094477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "parker404:  \"Whycome\" U   R   so <b>ON POINT!!??</b><br><br>Your statement ABSOLUTELY POINTS OUT that The Gov. is NOT and has NO INTENTION of relating to any one that does not have  a major <b>LACK OF  MELANIN</b> annnnnnnnd, the <b>WHITE GENE</b><br><br>How OBVIOUS!!  <br><br>YOU DID IT!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  THANK YOU!!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:34:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3091692, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Suprk:  I was going to post a statement about the \"cried for 45 minutes.\"  But, I'll CO-SIGN yours!!<br><br>She shoulda been using her 45 min. to make up a list of why she was going to kick errybody's butt in that GROUP!!! <br><br>Whew!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:22:04", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101544, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You all have great posts this morning so my comment may be a bit off but I need someone to talk me down.<br><br>What the heck was up with Michelle's choice of clothing.  Who the heck put that crap around her neck?  Again - I love Michelle Obama but she needs to fire whoever is advising her to wear that crap.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:00:49", "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": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll give it a shot.  I think Michelle can't get too fashionista right now because that would feed into the \"presumptuous\" meme, not to mention some female voters might not consider her to be relatable if her wardobe is straight from Paris or Milan.<br><br>I think once Michelle gets in the White House, her glam factor will go through the roof.  No doubt the top designers and stylists are duking it out as we speak to be the ones to get the nod from the new First Lady.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:30:12", "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": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088336, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're being used, indie-ed. Learn to think for yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:37:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "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": 3102197, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL, well hey if Wal-Mart opposes Senator Obama I will surely need to rethink my support for him.<br><br>After all who wouldn't respect the perspective of a company that systematically mistreats its employees like they do?<br><br>Wal-mart political venture: FAIL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:18:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 3095806, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't entirely disagree.   They took a huge risk, knowing they were already a target of the GOP.  I wonder who else would take those jobs though...<br><br>I think of the thousands who filled out forms correctly and were helped with a pay check.  Of course, the GOP has other ideas.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:16:22", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3098850, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did Obama just blow the election? Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to \"spread the wealth around.\"  Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists.<br><br>Note this Gallup poll from June:<br><br>    When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today's consumer, Americans overwhelmingly\u2014by 84% to 13%\u2014prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:06:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you think he was funny? I thought McCain was funny- and not creepily. Obama was funny, but clearly not in his comfort zone. I prefer him as leader rather than court jester- McStupid can take that job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_21:49:42", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3103102, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So now, the USSS is cooperating with the McCain/Palin campaign?<br><br>Don't you think that's just a <i>little</i> bit far fetched?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:50:45", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3099557, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/final-debate-mccain-bring_n_135060.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/final-...</a><br><br>Here's Maude Hurd, of ACORN, responding to McCain's accusations:<br><br>   <blockquote><i> \"We appreciate that Senator McCain's effort to stir up the Republican base by attacking a community group that is trying to increase public participation in our democratic processes. However, these attacks reflect an increasingly panicky candidate; unfortunately the Senator McCain we saw tonight is very different than the Senator McCain who stood shoulder to shoulder with ACORN at a February 20, 2006 immigration reform event.<br><br><br>  <b>  It is clear for us to see that John McCain was for ACORN before he was against ACORN; he was for reform before he was against reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic. </b>What is really going here is that Senator McCain and his allies are part of a coordinated effort to engage in what appears to be an unprecedented effort to suppress voter turnout.\"</blockquote></i><br>(emphasis mine)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_08:38:20", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Where all the white wimmem at?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:48:11", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3095570, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3097571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, the tangled web we weave...<br><br>Reporters Confront Joe The Plumber Outside His House<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/reporters-confront-joe-th_n_135194.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/report...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_14:49:25", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3098084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think O \"read\" Joe the moment he shook his hand!<br><br>Anyway, reporters and bloggers are getting ready to do an \"anal probe\" on Joe.   They are snooping into his background.   I suspect some unsavory things will eventually come to light.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_15:19:04", "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": 3096418, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you for posting. They are one beautiful family.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:19:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "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": 3089496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3091793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I knew something was shady about Joe when I saw him on Good Morning America today saying that Obama was a \"socialist,\" which is the talk radio talking point (among many) about Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:24:37", "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": 3090608, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And let this be a less to all who might be tempted to start grand standing in the rope line; making up fake cenarios just to criticize.  <br><br>Humph... how could we possibly determine how Joe will be affected by Obama's policies if we cant figure out whether he's a real plumber or not? If he actually can vote since he's not registered?  If he even has prospects of even earning 250K since he can't seem to to come up with 1K to pay the back taxes.  And the list goes on...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:17:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "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": 3098655, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3096554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack this morning:<br>\u201cFor those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky and think this is all set, I just say one word. I guess it\u2019s two words for you: New Hampshire. You know, I\u2019ve been in these positions before where we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked. And so that\u2019s another good lesson that Hillary Clinton taught me.\u201d<br><br>keep the fight up, stay on offense. IT AINT OVER!!<br><br>Im already tired of this \"Joe the Plumber\" crap.  They are so desperately trying to find their \"October Surprise\". Trying to portray this dude as an \"everyman\" (AKA white), Wouldn't surprise me if he was planted there, he is a registered Republican.  <br><br>McCain got his ass handed to him again last night, kept rolling his eyes, you can tell so much that he cant stand the fact that this BLACK guy is going to deny him his \"right\" to be President. <br><br>19 days, dont stop, keep on keepin' on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_13:48:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e782033d7b0a29544b854f4b13f65ef", "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": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3103723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, lol ... wtf?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_22:32:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3100487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miss Mary Mack is how they teach young black girls how to game the system out of welfare, food stamps and weave subsidies.<br><br>The Thanksgiving can food drive is a secret way to teach black children how to be Marxists, socialists and communists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:44:04", "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": 3095416, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Look, Obama exposed his true feelings re: the role of taxation in America. He sees it as a means of 'spreading the wealth around.' <br><br>Fine. I'm glad that is clear now.<br><br>Destroying Joe will not destroy the truth about Obama and taxes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:13:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3101501, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's why I said \"I think.\" My researchers are still out on that one.<br><br>I don't think the GOP sucks; it just has a MAJOR image problem that needs to be violently corrected.<br><br>Course, who's to say the upcoming experiment in progressive governance won't fail as well? ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:34:32", "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": 3089670, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3087856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, because smiling too much is condescending.<br><br>Grimacing, rolling your eyes while your opponent speaks, sighing, making funny faces and staring weirdly at your opponent is A-OK.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_09:26:39", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3087434, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3099635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe gets a bigger tax cut under Obama's plan because currently he makes somewhere around $30K", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_16:50:11", "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": 3098633, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has anyone bumped into this site:<br><br><a href=\"http://palinaspresident.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://palinaspresident.com/</a><br><br>Interactive site, dissing Sarah Palin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:34:39", "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}, "3101685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How about defending Obama's redistributionist tax policy instead?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:14:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "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": 3101250, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Average plumber's salary? $50K", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:02:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088063, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D., I briefly looked at this---I'll read it entirely later.  Vets for Freedom are only focused on the troop level numbers when assessing surge success.  I, and like others on JJP are not downplaying our troops contributions, but you have look at ALLl factors while assessing the surge.<br><br>Here are some other MAJOR factors with the surge:<br><br>----It is reported that satellite images showed that many Sunni neighborhoods  in and around Baghdad were abandoned (due to ethnic cleansing) prior to the troop surge of 2007. Point blank: The people left.    Throughout the course of the war, international humanitarian groups have estimated that 4 million Iraqis (15% of population) have been displaced, living in neighboring countries or other parts of Iraq.<br><br>---The U.S. began cooperating with many of the \"Awakening councils\" prior to the troop surge. The U.S. paid these groups and gave them weapons in exchange for dropping their opposition to the occupation. <br> <br>--The rebellion of the U.S. backed Sunni sheiks against a-Qaeda terrorist in Anbar was well under way also before the surge.<br><br>---Another group,  Sons of Iraq, which includes an estimated 90,000 Iraqis have also been cited as a major reason for a drop in violence.  The U.S. is paying them $10 a day to protect neighborhoods and provide intelligence.<br><br>Much of the violence began to decline before and during the beginning stages of the surge.  Our troops have been a band-aid in protecting  the goals of the U.S. and Iraqi  groups in their cooperation to quell the violence.  But the surge is not just a black and white issue.  The troops alone did not cause the violence to go down.  <br>It took ethnic cleansing, payola, and deals formed with former insurgents to get Iraq to the level it is today.  The true indicator of how well political reconciliation will be measured is when U.S. forces are vastly decreased and  the Iraqi forces and people are in control of their own country.  Right now, U.S. troops are still primarily \"policing\" the country though many insurgents and Iraqi forces are taking a larger role than they have in the past.<br><br>BTW, Vets for Freedom was very partisan with their scorecard---they picked and choosed legislation that was favorable to McCain Republicans--of course, VVFis a more Republican leaning organization.  IAVA looks at ALL legislation concerning veterans. Of course you know I raised my eyebrows at VVF after they paid frat boys to protest---they lost credibility with me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:34:44", "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": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088183, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This may be totoally inappropriate...but Michelle's <i>kabowa!<i> was showing last night, that dress was very form fitting. She's a brick house for sure.<br><br>However, Cindy's outfit was freaking BLINDING ME! That was definitely Martin Scorsese red, not a soft Christmas red. Dang!</i></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:40:54", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088336, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3101690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Noelani:  YEAH!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_19:15:18", "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": 3100196, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3095548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "y'ain know??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_12:44:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "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": 3095416, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3089406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We talked about this last night. The verdict was thumbs up for the dress, thumbs down for the mardi gras beads around the neck.<br><br>I agree with you, Kitty, that she will regain her former sense of glamour on or around Nov. 5th.  I can't wait.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_11:02:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3088803, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3100671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Omg!  He looks like Mr. Burns!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_17:52:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3100487, "depth": 1, "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": "5837054", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1724316094354932933}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_90", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 273, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 5837054, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
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Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
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	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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			(num == 1
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};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





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



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FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
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};

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
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		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
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			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thursday_open_thread_90' +
		'&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_90/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_90'
			+ '&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_90/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">273</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_90/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_90/">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:5837054" 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_90/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:5837054" 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:5837054" 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_90',
			// 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_90/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_90'
			+ '&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_90'
			+ '&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_90'
				+ '&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/5837054/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
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096554">obamafan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3096554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096554" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack this morning:<br>“For those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky and think this is all set, I just say one word. I guess it’s two words for you: New Hampshire. You know, I’ve been in these positions before where we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked. And so that’s another good lesson that Hillary Clinton taught me.”<br><br>keep the fight up, stay on offense. IT AINT OVER!!<br><br>Im already tired of this "Joe the Plumber" crap.  They are so desperately trying to find their "October Surprise". Trying to portray this dude as an "everyman" (AKA white), Wouldn\'t surprise me if he was planted there, he is a registered Republican.  <br><br>McCain got his ass handed to him again last night, kept rolling his eyes, you can tell so much that he cant stand the fact that this BLACK guy is going to deny him his "right" to be President. <br><br>19 days, dont stop, keep on keepin\' on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098019">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098019" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s original response to Joe on the street in Ohio, was almost prescient.   It was the perfect response in light of what we\'ve since found out about Joe.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100246">Nuru</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100246" class="dsq-comment-message">19 Days until McCoward will have to begin calling \'that one\' Mr. President....damn sure that his crusty exo-skeleton explodes right before our eyes on November 4th during his concession speech....McCoward\'s career failures continue to grow bigger, more visible, and more embarrassing for him....for a man that has spent his entire life trying to live up to the cowboy-cracker brand that his slaving ancestors set in motion.....imagine, McCoward facing his great-grand-pappy, William Alexander McCain, who owned 52 slaves and died a coward fighting for his right to own us negroes in the Civil War…imagine Johhny McCoward, following Obama’s victory on November 4th having to face great-grand-pappy in the sweet hereafter, and joining him in the McCoward family grave, explaining why great-grand-pappy died fighting to own negroes, while our little Johnny has gone out and seen to it that the McCains and their slaving brethren, have now and forever, officially, publicly, and on the international stage been officially ‘owned’ (politically speaking of course) ….by a Negro, and his family.  Damn Johnny do-wrong, that’s gotta hurt.   We feel your pain, John boy, we feel your pain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100762">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100762" class="dsq-comment-message">lol @ exo-skeleton</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100487">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100487" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100487" class="dsq-comment-message">Look at this picture and try not to die laughing.   I let out a rather unladylike bellow myself...<br><br>Strange McCain Post-Debate Moment Caught In Photo<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/strange-mccain-post-debat_n_135325.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/strang...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3100671" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100671" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100671" class="dsq-comment-message">Omg!  He looks like Mr. Burns!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3100896" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100896" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100896">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100896" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100896" class="dsq-comment-message">hahahahaaaaa!!<br><br>That\'s the best comparison yet!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101559">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101559" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!  Calling Pastor Muthee!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101920">DarkPhoenix</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101920" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking the same thing.  Sarah Palin was so reminding me of Ned Flanders, too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103723">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3103723" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103723" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, lol ... wtf?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098965">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098965" class="dsq-comment-message">More fun with racists:<br><br><a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_buck16.3d67d4a.html" rel="nofollow">Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama\'s face on food stamp</a><br><br>I have to admit I laughed at this one because it is so absurd.  It\'s like these GOP bigots are starting to become a parody of themselves.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099310" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099310" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099310" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099310" class="dsq-comment-message">That was funny. I posted it on my Facebook page.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100839">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100839" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like it\'s time for some minority outreach, Republican-style...oh, wait...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3091367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091367">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091367" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Just yesterday, I was thinking about this group!!  WOW!  And here they are!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/formal-complaint-filed-with-alaska-attorney-general-to-investigate-palins-failure-to-issue-juneteenth-proclamation-violating-the-alaska-executive-branch-ethics-act/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/16/for...</a><br><br><b>Formal Complaint Filed With Alaska Attorney General To Investigate Palin’s Failure to Issue Juneteenth Proclamation Violating The Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act</b><br><br><i><b>The Alaska Attorney General’s Office received a formal complaint yesterday charging that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin violated the law when she failed to issue a proclamation for the state’s Juneteenth Day in 2007. The holiday observance, which celebrates the freeing of the last remaining slaves in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, has been adopted in 29 states and was signed into law in Alaska in 2001. The bill known as HB 100 specifies that the “governor shall issue a proclamation observing the day.”</b><br><br>The formal complaint (#EH274215525) stems from a press conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 7, 2008 by jazz musician Gregory Charles Royal, who claimed Palin made a racially disparaging comment to him back in 1990 while touring Alaska with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. <b>During that press conference, several representatives of the Juneteenth celebration in Alaska spoke to reporters about their concerns regarding Governor Palin’s race relations in Alaska.</b><br><br><b>The complaint was filed by Royal with the Alaska Attorney General’s Office as a violation of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act, the same act which Governor Palin was found in violation of in the ‘Troopergate’ scandal just last week. The statute provides, in this case, that a state official cannot withhold official action in order to affect a matter in which that official has a personal interest.</b> The complaint maintains that the Governor’s historic record on race relations as stated by Juneteenth representatives and others, demonstrates a personal ideology of disengagement with the African American community — out of character with previous Alaskan administrations.<br><br>Cited in the complaint are Gwendolyn Alexander and Bishop Dave Thomas from the African American Historical Society of Alaska, and Reverend Ronald V. Myers, Chairman, National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign.<b> Additionally, published comments from Eleanor Andrews, board chair of the Anchorage Urban League and attorney Rex Butler from an article by Linn Washington, Jr, columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune, were also included.</b></i><br><br>I am sooo excited by this!!!  Look at the <b>SIMILARITIES</b> with the recently declared <b>ETHICS VIOLATION!</b>  <br><br><b>She LACKS ETHICS!!!</b>  <br><br>How many more pieces of evidence exist!??  We can cite some!  Waiting on the COURTS!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>OOOP!  She did it again!  [And I don\'t even like this song/the artist either!  YUK!]<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes</a><br><br>Kinda dont\' enjoy.  I\'m just using the TITLE.   :&gt;)<br><br><b>OBAMA-BIDEN \'08!!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091692">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091692" class="dsq-comment-message">With all this talk about Joe the Plumber, when is someone going to address the plight of Kesha the Hairdresser?  I am so tired of all MSM references to "everyday Americans" suggesting only people with the palest hues.  What about Maria the Child Care Worker, or Terrence the Bus Driver?  Don\'t they matter?<br><br>Hopefully, the Obama age will usher in a culture that isn\'t so focused on examples of whiteness (plumbers, six packs, soccer moms, hockey moms, etc.)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3092534">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3092534" class="dsq-comment-message">Kesha the Hairdress and Ty\'rel the bus driver are all on the public dole.  They live in the nice houses they can\'t afford, courtesy of ACORN.  They both attend anti-American black churches and send their kids to public schools which teaches black children to hate America.  And I have discovered the secret indoctrination plan that converts little ManMan and Neicy into Afro wearing, fist pumping militants:<br><br>8:30 am:  Say the Pledge of Allegiance<br><br>9:15: Art Class<br><br>10:00 am: Math problems<br><br>11:00 am: Recess. Play dodgeball and kickball.  <br><br>11:30 am:  Lunch<br><br>12 pm: Spelling and Reading<br><br>1:15:  Library time.  Secret manifestoes in school library:  "Are you there, God?  It\'s Me, Margaret," "Junie B. Jones", and "Encylopedia Brown."<br><br>2:00 pm: Go home<br><br>This powerful black indoctrination program ensures that Kesha and Terrence and Ty\'rel all hate America, and after all we good (white) people have done for them [/snark]!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3095416" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095416">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095416" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait.....so the Hokey Pokey and Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack all dressed in Black Black Black............those are secretly coded teachings of the black revolution coming soon??</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095533">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095533" class="dsq-comment-message">Miss Mary Mack is how they teach young black girls how to game the system out of welfare, food stamps and weave subsidies.<br><br>The Thanksgiving can food drive is a secret way to teach black children how to be Marxists, socialists and communists.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098635">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098635" class="dsq-comment-message">LMBAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101848" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3101848" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101848" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101848" class="dsq-comment-message">HaHa...funny!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095548" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3095548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095548" class="dsq-comment-message">y\'ain know??</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3095472" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095472" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095472">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095472" class="dsq-comment-message">Town!  Town!  Town!  LOL!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Where do I register in order to attend YOUR SCHOOL??  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3095570" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095570">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3095570" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095570" class="dsq-comment-message">You just go to any school on "Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard" in any town in America.  See, that\'s the first step to indoctrinating black people to hate America, give them a street called "Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard."  Next thing you know they\'ll be demanding not to be educated in broke down schools.  It starts with the little things.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3096546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096546">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3096546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096546" class="dsq-comment-message">"Where all the white wimmem at?"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3100213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3100213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100213">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100213" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  ROTFL!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  U   R   crazee!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095630">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095630" class="dsq-comment-message">Too funny as usual.  Major props for the "Are you there, God? It\'s Me, Margaret" reference.  I loved me some Judy Blume and must have read each of her books at least 10 times.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097809">time</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097809" class="dsq-comment-message">ManMan!!<br>*tears streaming*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098020">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098020" class="dsq-comment-message">Town I love  you!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099074">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099074" class="dsq-comment-message">Town: I love, love, love your comments.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099982">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099982" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>THIS IS HILARIOUS<br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3091897" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091897">Hers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3091897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091897" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you! I was trying to articulate this frustration to a few (non-black) friends and they just weren\'t getting it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095677" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095677" class="dsq-comment-message">My question is, did your friends *want* to get it and just hadn\'t understood yet? Or did they blow you off? If they want to get it, there\'s plenty of opportunity if they are eager and willing to do the work. If they don\'t, it will take longer and be more difficult. Then there are the people who live in their own closed systems and the challenge of reaching them is, I think, quite daunting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102014">Hers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102014" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s seemed like more of a blow off to me and I was already frustrated by the debate (McCain\'s overall funky \'tude) so I wasn\'t in an educating mood to deal with them :-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3094477">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3094477" class="dsq-comment-message">parker404:  "Whycome" U   R   so <b>ON POINT!!??</b><br><br>Your statement ABSOLUTELY POINTS OUT that The Gov. is NOT and has NO INTENTION of relating to any one that does not have  a major <b>LACK OF  MELANIN</b> annnnnnnnd, the <b>WHITE GENE</b><br><br>How OBVIOUS!!  <br><br>YOU DID IT!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  THANK YOU!!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3101780" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101780" class="dsq-comment-message">Haha exactly Parker, those terms are far from universal and it makes our nation\'s biases clear!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090171">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090171" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is such a keep it real brutha...LOL..this is hysterical:<br><br>He may have been his top choice for running mate but even Barack Obama knows that Joe Biden has a tendency to give long speeches.<br><br>In last night\'s documentary on Obama and McCain on PBS\'s "Frontline," Rolling Stone magazine\'s Ben Wallace-Wells related an amusing anecdote about Obama attending his first meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which happened to be a confirmation hearing for Condoleezza Rice.<br><br>About midway through the meeting, Joe Biden is "going on and on" and Obama scribbles a note and passes it back to his aide.<br><br>The note said simply: "SHOOT. ME. NOW."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3090314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090314" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090314" class="dsq-comment-message">LoL, That is funny!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090477">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090477" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  LOL!!   :&gt;)  A piece of "gold"!  Great find!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098115">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098115" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, I\'ve heard that story (maybe read it in the bio of him from that reporter, though I don\'t know that it mentioned Biden specifically, that\'s priceless) and I LOVE it. Always makes me smile to think about it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3088828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3088828" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088828" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin just lost A LOT of votes in Maine. She\'s a dumbass. She just said the license renewal fees get in the way of the private sector to do business.<br><br>In Maine, license renewal fees for the many small business are a big part of the tax base of a state government that has virtually no money.<br><br>Small business owners in Maine, and I\'m one of them, are perfectly fine contributing our state\'s tax base, even when the state raises those fees by small percentages.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3091585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091585">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3091585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091585" class="dsq-comment-message">So you mean the other 49 states don\'t generate their revenue the same exact way as Alaska? Huh? What\'s different? Aren\'t they all the same?<br><br>now Craig, you know Palin has no concept of what you just wrote.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098449">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098449" class="dsq-comment-message">It was reported McCain was pulling his ads in Maine...   Are they still on TV, Craig?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100066">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100066" class="dsq-comment-message">well, yesterday she said New Hampshire was part of the Great Northwest...<br><br><br>she can\'t help herself</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3087874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3087874" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087874" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. What a debate, eh? Only a die hard low information rethug partisan could have heard that as a win for Mr. Morton (thanks to Field, I can\'t ever look at the man without thinking of him as Mr. Morton :-)<br><br>It\'s astonishing to me ~ and a measure of how twisted and out of touch our MSM pundits are ~ that they could confuse the bellicosity of John McCain with having anything to say. <br><br>He had nothing. He brought nothing to the table. He has nothing for the American people. Try as he might, he can\'t cover that up with bluster and accusations against his opponent. <br><br>And lies. Lying out his withered old ass. Makes you wonder (I am convinced of it) if the MSM\'s darling Great Warrior is nothing more than a craven, grasping, rudderless, conscienceless politician. <br><br>The differences between the two were stark. Again, the MSM. What a bunch of loonies. I think they have this meme they love to go back to; John McCain as the comeback kid. Only he can\'t come back. He hasn\'t got anything to bring to the table, he\'s never had anything,  and it was so clearly evident last night. <br><br>Obama discusses with ease and obvious intelligence the complex issues of the day, offering policy proposals which he expects will address our greatest concerns, along with a big dose of hope that things can get better. <br><br>McCain blusters about tax cuts for the rich and small government.  It\'s a no brainer for anyone <i>with</i> a brain. One man is intelligent, capable of complex thought, energetic, informed, did I say brilliant? And the other is tired, angry, capable only of pointing the finger of blame, while parroting the same old tired discredited rethug ideology. <br><br>Listening to McCain, I imagined various scenarios in which our country could get into serious trouble, and the possible rethug responses.<br><br>National Issue: CHINA IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER CALIFORNIA!<br>Republican Response: <B>We must CUT the capital gains tax to ZERO! </b><br><br>National Issue: NEWLY ACTIVE VOLCANOES HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES, KILLING MILLIONS!<br>Republican Response: <b>We can only survive this by cutting the capital gains tax to ZERO!</b><br><br>National Issue: PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN THE STREETS AND TURNING TO CANNIBALISM!<br>Republican Response: <b>Only a cut in the capital gains tax ~ to zero ~ will save us!</b><br><br>Please. They have nothing else. Their solution to every issue is to give rich people more and fuck the rest of us. These motherfuckers are worn out, tired, over, done. Step back. Give it up. Your policies are bankrupt. Your theories disproven. Conservatism as a form of governance is a failure. Go home.</B></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088164">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088164" class="dsq-comment-message">This is great.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089226" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3089226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089226" class="dsq-comment-message">Theoconservatism as a form of governance failed. The eight year lab experiment didn\'t work out that well.<br><br>Neoconservatism will need a major reinvention post-whatever happens in the War on Terror to survive. I think Americans prefer an aggressive foreign policy stance, as long as it doesn\'t border on rabid nationalism. As conservatives, that\'s a line we have to walk back over, cause we crossed it a while back.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089670" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089670" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I think Americans prefer an aggressive foreign policy stance, </i> . . . <br><br>just a feeling? or is that based on some verifiable data? <br><br>"theoconservatism" is just one more myth the rethugs present to drag in a constituency. <br><br>bottom line, the republican party\'s goal is to serve the rich. if that comes about by way of deregulation, by way of starting wars in order to reap rich rewards belonging to other countries, by way of instituting tax policies that harm the vast majority of american citizens, well, that\'s just too bad for the majority of us. <br><br>you entirely miss the point of your party when you imagine that it is anything other than a front for the world\'s wealthiest. it\'s a theocracy only when that works to drag in support from folks who wouldn\'t otherwise vote against their self interest. it\'s a bastion of neoconservative "thought" only when that drags in a populace terrified by the prospect of a dangerous world when that population would be far better served by this country devoting itself to energey independence and reasonable foreign policy, both of which would make us far safer than preemptive wars. <br><br>of course the primary purpose of the most recent war is to destroy and rebuild, ensuring that republican cronies are vastly enriched on the backs of americans for generations to come. if that were not the case, we\'d have fought the war in afghanistan instead of ridiculously setting our sights on iraq. <br><br>basically, D., your party sucks. deal with it. ;-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089788">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089788" class="dsq-comment-message">Word.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089903" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089903" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why I said "I think." My researchers are still out on that one.<br><br>I don\'t think the GOP sucks; it just has a MAJOR image problem that needs to be violently corrected.<br><br>Course, who\'s to say the upcoming experiment in progressive governance won\'t fail as well? ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3090185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090185" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090185" class="dsq-comment-message">a major <b>IMAGE</b> problem? are you serious????<br><br>what the GOP has is a disastrous theory of government, disastrous economic theories, harmful views of social issues. <br><br>that\'s not image. it\'s fact. it\'s like worrying about a skin rash when you\'ve got a cancer eating away at your gut. <br><br>well, you\'re obviously feeling frisky this morning and just having a little fun yanking my chain. my chain is all excited and happy and full of joy as a result of my candidate kicking mcain\'s ass last night. it therefore refuses to be captured and  yanked. <br><br>you\'re obviously a smart man and i really believe you wouldn\'t hang out here if you couldn\'t actually see your corrupt, decrepit, stinking party for what it is: a complete and utter failure.<br><br>:-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3091888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3091888" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3091888" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091888" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right; there is a lot of corruption and rampant extremism. I can\'t disagree with that.<br><br>I can only hope that we conservatives learn something about ourselves from this election. If not, we\'re screwed for the forseeable future.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095843" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095843" class="dsq-comment-message">Darling D. from Washington DC opens his eyes and sees . . . <br><br><br><br><b>light</b><br><br>Isn\'t it lovely? The light? I have hope for you, darlin. ;-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100456">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100456" class="dsq-comment-message">BABelle:  Thought I\'d lend this to the discussion of  D\'s impending "conversion":<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXxnr-FzQU&eurl=http://yearofvictory.blogspot.com/2007/09/this-little-light-of-mine-im-gonna-let.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXxnr-FzQU&eurl...</a><br><b>This Little Light Of Mine - The African Children\'s Choir"</b><br><br>They\'ve been at my church for the past 2 years!<br><br>They are MARVELLOUS!!  A BLESSING!  :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3091013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3091013" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091013" class="dsq-comment-message">Good post!  <br><br>Here\'s <a href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com/2008/10/battle-of-lion-witch-joe-plumber-my.html" rel="nofollow">my recap of the debate</a>.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will fiind a faux disciplinary form, calling John McCain out on his flagrant acts during the debate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087961">Michigander2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087961" class="dsq-comment-message">In regards to Joe the Plumber, seems he isn\'t even registered to vote and someone is reporting that for someone getting ready to buy a business for $250k he isn\'t even registered in the local phone book.<br><br>This is from <a href="http://steveyoungonpolitics.com" rel="nofollow">steveyoungonpolitics.com</a> <br><br>"Say It Isn’t So, Joe! Wurzelbacher Not A Real $250K Plumber?<br><br>October 16, 2008 <br><br>Joe The Plumber, aka Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo plumber who became the hot topic of the last Presidential debate due to his rope-line confrontation with  Barack Obama’s over the Democratic candidate’s tax plan, may not be a plumber, and may not be planning to buy a plumbing business where he will be netting $250,000 a year.<br><br>He isn’t in the Toledo Yellow Pages, he isn’t registered to vote and it’s more likely that his existence as a plumber buying a $250K business is as sincere as Sarah Palin asking Joe Biden if she can call him “Joe.”<br><br>Isn’t it interesting that Joe is buying a business that is making a profit of exactly $250K, the Obama tax break minimum. If we’re talking a business that is bottom lining at $250K, a standard business acquisition falls into the 4 to 1 investment area, which would call for Joe<br><br>is buying a business that is making a profit of exactly $250K, the Obama tax break minimum. A normal business acquisition falls into the 4 to 1 investment area, which would call for Joe to come up with $1,000,000 to purchase his $250K business.  If that plumbing business had assets like trucks, equipment and offices, the cost could be far more.<br><br>Add to that Wurzelbacher doesn’t appear in the Toledo Yellow Pages listings, yet has been able to put together at least a million to invest, especially in these dire economic times, you begin to wonder whether Joe is a plumber or did someone in the McCain campaign find him in central casting?<br><br>Most important, if he is really a plumber, where’ the ass crack?"<br><br>The next is from Politico<br><br>"October 16, 2008<br>Categories: Debates<br><br>The Joe file<br><br>Two readers with access to the Ohio voter file say that Joe Wurzelbacher\'s inluence on this cycle will be limited in one way: He doesn\'t appear to be registered to vote.<br><br>(And yes, the freelance opposition research on Joe began before the debate ended.)"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088063">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088063" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw a clip this morning on CNN where he said he\'s not at 250k yet.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3088374" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088374" class="dsq-comment-message">Average plumber\'s salary? $50K</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088261">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088261" class="dsq-comment-message">And yet another campaign tactic blows up in McCain\'s face.  Ha!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090050">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090050" class="dsq-comment-message">Win a news cycle with this drivel and lose in the long run.It seems Old Joe seems to be related to Charles Keating Jr. Say it aint so Joe<br>Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher related to Charles “the Crook” Keating. Oops.<br><a href="http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-t...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090608" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090608" class="dsq-comment-message">They probably paid this guy a few bucks to harasssss Obama in the rope line.  Then one of McCain\'s interns probably got the bright idea to make Joe the cornerstone of his debate speak.   Hahaha... that\'s what McCain gets.  I hope they do bunches of stories about good ole Joe the Plumber.   Expose him for the fraud he is!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091793">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091793" class="dsq-comment-message">I knew something was shady about Joe when I saw him on Good Morning America today saying that Obama was a "socialist," which is the talk radio talking point (among many) about Obama.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095409" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095409" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I saw part of that interview.  Pretty much anybody who emerges as and "unknown" regular American criticizing Obama is probably a paid GOP shill:<br><br>Joe the Plumber<br><a href="http://chictalkwithcandc.blogspot.com/2008/10/podcast-episode-002-slave-catcher-have.html" rel="nofollow">James T. Harris aka The slave Catcher</a><br><br>All of\' em...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097665">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097665" class="dsq-comment-message">drip drip drip<br><br>Palin, part 2<br><br>Loved Joe then Joe hate all in less than 24 hours.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3087435" href="http://thepunkin-patch.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087435" class="dsq-comment-message">Sen Obama uses McSame\'s "I am not George Bush" against him.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrf32JI708" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrf32JI708</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3085020">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3085020" class="dsq-comment-message">Good diary over at TPM:<br><br><a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/10/the-foresight-and-fortune-of-b.php" rel="nofollow">The Foresight and Fortune of Barack Obama</a><br>October 15, 2008, 7:30AM</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3085058">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3085058" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>Very interesting! Someone sent this to me in an email tonight! Uh oh....<br><br><a href="http://www.blackbottom.com/watch.php?v=WdBJd9b9i8A" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackbottom.com/watch.php?v=WdBJd9b9i8A</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3085236">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3085236" class="dsq-comment-message">Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 08:24 EDT<br>Patrick Ruffini, the demise of the right and the Democratic alternative<br><br><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/15/ruffini/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3085876">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3085876" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   McAncient LOST - Despite Invoking Joe the Plumber:<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40086/mac-race-down-drain-despite-appeal-to-plumber-joe.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40086/mac-race-down...</a><br><br><br> Mac Race Down Drain Despite Appeal to Plumber Joe<br>Posted 1 minute ago in Politics <br><br>(Newser) – John McCain turned in his best debate performance last night but couldn\'t turn it into the game-changer he needed, Sam Youngman writes in The Hill. McCain was fiercer this time, but he failed to score a direct hit on his unflappable opponent and didn\'t come up with any new arguments for himself—or against Barack Obama, Youngman notes.<br><br>Bringing up "Joe the Plumber" was the Republican\'s best move, but it likely won\'t change the course of the race. "McCain needed a decisive win," Youngman concludes. "Instead, he might have just cemented the status quo, leaving Obama with little more to do than run out the clock and turn out his voters."<br><br>AOWM [Angry Old White Man] looses!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3085912" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3085912" class="dsq-comment-message">I fell asleep right after the debate - or maybe it was during the last five minutes? - anyway, I am probably lucky that I got to miss the pundits.<br><br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-intellectual-peacocks-in-this-debate.html" rel="nofollow">No Intellectual Peacocks In This Debate</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3086025" href="http://www.inconsequentiallogic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">roschelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086025" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it just me or is the McCain campaign attempting to turn Palin into a <a href="http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-thread-sexy-sarah-palin.html" rel="nofollow">sex kitten</a> in an effort to get more votes?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3086260">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086260" class="dsq-comment-message">roschelle:  Hey!  :&gt;)  Just took a "Field Trip" to your site!!   Very nice!!<br><br>To your question:  I\'ve use the phrase  - <b>I\'m PIMPED and I\'m PROUD</b> when referring to her - recently!  Sooooo. . . . <br><br>And the 1st Dude is right there    -   NOT minding at all!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089622" href="http://www.elledub4prez.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">loryn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089622" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s no secret that some men will vote for McCain simply because Palin is cute...maybe McCain\'t is on to something?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095731" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095731" class="dsq-comment-message">They are pulling the sex kitten card for sure.  Before it\'s all over she\'ll be dancing on a car like Tawny Kiteain (sp?)  in a Whitesnake video.  She\'s wearing her hair down a lot more these days. Next the necklines will begin to recede.  Mark my words...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3086284">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086284" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    Abbreviated Pundit Roundup at The Daily Kos<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/</a><br><br><b>Your one stop pundit shop.</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3086351">gaiilonfong</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086351" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO....this link is a wingnut blog....and you just can\'t make this crap up but ...<br>Joe the friggin plumber is related to.....<br><br>CHARLES KEATING....TOO MUCH<br><br><a href="http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-t...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087900">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087900" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty positive Joe the Plumber is a plant:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/joe-the-plumber-obama-tap_n_135151.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/joe-th...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088023">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088023" class="dsq-comment-message">Confirmation of Joe’s Identity and Link to Keating<br>2:15 am Thursday October 16. 2008<br><br>Ok, this is the big one. We have confirmation that the last name we were using is in fact correct so I will now reveal the connections since the name has been said on MSNBC and CBS.<br><br>Joe the Plumber is Joe Wurzelbacher. There is a Jan Wurzelbacher associated with a Joe and the address with the building I have pictured below. Earlier tonight I called the number associated with that address and the name Wurzelbacher Bros. and the machine message made no mention at all of any business.<br><br>Now to the Keating connection. As mentioned in a previous post the name Wurzelbacher is fairly uncommon so it’s not hard to track down potential connections just using geography and ages to make the likely connections. There is a Robert Wurzelbacher who died in 2004 (possibly deceased is more accurate) who is in the same area and is of an appropriate age to be a parent or uncle to Joe who according to <a href="http://reunion.com" rel="nofollow">reunion.com</a> is 33. This Robert Wurzelbacher not only had a history of campaign contributions to republicans but is implicated in the Keating Five scandal. The full text of the article relating to this is below. There are other Wurzelbacher contributions to McCain and other republicans in other parts of the country. We are looking into those now. With the confirmation of the last name and the limit number of family members this looks very bad. There is also no such plumbing business listed or advertising and the number I called (I only called one so as not to disturb at a home number late at night) makes no effort to tell you that you have reached a business. This is looking very, very much like an act.<br><br><a href="http://citizenworm.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/confirmation-of-identity-and-link-to-keating/" rel="nofollow">http://citizenworm.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/con...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3086376">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086376" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Since I accidentally copied this, I\'ll post it.  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://images.dailykos.com/map/scoreboardc.html" rel="nofollow">http://images.dailykos.com/map/scoreboardc.html</a><br><br>It\'s interactive and pretty  - especially the BLUE!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3086936">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3086936" class="dsq-comment-message">New Obama Ad...90%<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/64440/877/390/632186" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/64440/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088332">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088332" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved how they played up McCain\'s blinking in the ad, it makes him look quite unhinged.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087326">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087326" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/final-debate-mccain-bring_n_135060.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/final-...</a><br><br>Here\'s Maude Hurd, of ACORN, responding to McCain\'s accusations:<br><br>   <blockquote><i> "We appreciate that Senator McCain\'s effort to stir up the Republican base by attacking a community group that is trying to increase public participation in our democratic processes. However, these attacks reflect an increasingly panicky candidate; unfortunately the Senator McCain we saw tonight is very different than the Senator McCain who stood shoulder to shoulder with ACORN at a February 20, 2006 immigration reform event.<br><br><br>  <b>  It is clear for us to see that John McCain was for ACORN before he was against ACORN; he was for reform before he was against reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic. </b>What is really going here is that Senator McCain and his allies are part of a coordinated effort to engage in what appears to be an unprecedented effort to suppress voter turnout."</blockquote></i><br>(emphasis mine)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095665" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3095665" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095665" class="dsq-comment-message">Good post!  I agree that the attacks about ACORN aren\'t something that can be pinned on Obama without holding McCain to the same standard.  <br><br>That said, ACORN really EFFed up by hiring ex cons and ex drug addicts to register voters.  Howc ould they NOT think that people desperate for money WOULDN\'T cut corners?  They should have used college interns or something instead.  That was an avoidable and costly mistake...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098637">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098637" class="dsq-comment-message">I can understand where ACORN\'s coming from...trying to help people get back on their feet.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3098850" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098850" class="dsq-comment-message">Absolutely NOTHING wrong with helping people get back on their feet.  I think it is a noble thing.  However,what I disagree with is mixing this with the democratic process in this country.  Perhaps have them work in the office instead... doing things that don\'t have a potential effect on people\'s votes being counted/not counted.  Just my opinion though...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099096">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099096" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t entirely disagree.   They took a huge risk, knowing they were already a target of the GOP.  I wonder who else would take those jobs though...<br><br>I think of the thousands who filled out forms correctly and were helped with a pay check.  Of course, the GOP has other ideas.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087434">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087434" class="dsq-comment-message">Could someone slap the wrinkles out of David Gregory\'s Shar Pei looking face? <br><br>Earlier, he said that Obama smiled too much and that it looked condescending. Talk about reaching to give the illusion that this race is close.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3087856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087856">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3087856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087856" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, because smiling too much is condescending.<br><br>Grimacing, rolling your eyes while your opponent speaks, sighing, making funny faces and staring weirdly at your opponent is A-OK.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098455">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098455" class="dsq-comment-message">Bad for Al Gore; good for McCain, my friends.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3087746" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087746" class="dsq-comment-message">My cent and a half on the debate last night:<br><br>McCain won...<i>with his base</i>. Last night was for them. They needed red meat; needed to see him come out, fight, and mention every little thing that was important to them. Which he did..though probably at the cost of the rest of the independents and undecideds that he hadn\'t already lost.<br><br>He stopped hemorrhaging last night, but he\'s still bleeding...severely. <br><br>At this point, it\'s a numbers game: can McCain mass enough of his base to defeat not only the Obama insurgency, but the people who just don\'t hear McCain speaking about their issues?<br><br>And that math does not look good.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089683">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089683" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s funny that I came to the same conclusion.  I think McCain\'s answer to the abortion issue will rile up the base.  This will probably make it harder for Obama to win North Carolina and Virgnia. We  will see.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089850" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089850" class="dsq-comment-message">NC, yeah, it may hurt him there, but not that much.<br><br>VA.....hard to tell. It won\'t fly in Southwest VA at ALL....but I don\'t think Obama\'s <i>really</i> expecting to win there (the resources he has there are small compared to Hampton Roads and Northern VA).<br><br>Northern VA may have enjoyed it, and Hampton Roads may not care a whole lot (as the abortion issue doesn\'t affect a whole lot of military bases).<br><br>I think that, at the end of the day, McCain will keep VA. But it won\'t be because of anything <i>he</i> did to keep it. It will be numbers again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3091658" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3091658" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091658">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091658" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately for McCain, the numbers are on Obama\'s side:<br><br>There are two losing Republican candidates running in VA: Gilmore & McCain.<br><br>Gilmore\'s already a lost cause and McCain\'s steady decline added to that means people may not get out and vote for either one of them.<br><br>NoVa will put Virginia over the top.  Obama won\'t win by 10 points (if he does, game over for McCain), but I believe he will take VA by a slim margin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3094664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3094664" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3094664" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think so.....<br><br>Remember, there\'s only 3 Democratic congressmen (of which, two aren\'t being challenged). The GOP doesn\'t stand to lose those seats (though my home representative-Thelma Drake-is catching a lot of hell). People will come out and vote for them, which in turn will drive a few McCain votes.<br><br>I think McCain has conceded NOVA. I think Obama has conceded the southwest. The problem is that Obama can write off that part of the state and still win...but McCain <i><b>has</i></b> to carry both SW and Hampton Roads to offset losing NOVA.<br><br>(by the way, don\'t watch the local evening news tomorrow. Fair warning.)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095891">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095891" class="dsq-comment-message">1) The people in the rest of the state don\'t give a damn about Thelma Drake, that\'s not going to prompt them to run to the polls.  Of course there\'s only going to be 3 Democratic congressmen when you gerrymander all the Democrats into 3 areas.  In Bobby Scott\'s case, they gerrymandered all the black people in VA from Richmond to Newport News into one district.  <br><br>2) The "blueing" of Virginia has occurred AFTER the last census.  The Census is coming up in 14.5 months.  Mark Warner, Tim Kaine and Jim Webb all won AFTER 2000.<br><br>3) Which means redistricting.  Tom Davis knew what time it was when he decided not to run again.  I fully expect VA to pick up at least one more Dem. congressman due to redistricting.<br><br>4) All Obama has to do is follow the Warner/Kaine/Webb map to success to win Virginia.  It doesn\'t matter if Obama is like Bob McDonnell and wins by 325 votes, he still wins.<br><br>5) Democratic enthusiasm in VA is higher than Republican enthusiasm this year.  The ONLY way Gilmore will win is if people get out and vote for McCain and he rides on McCain\'s coattails.  But people aren\'t that hyped on McCain much less Gilmore; they never were.  They\'ll reluctantly go to the polls and vote Republican but they aren\'t enthused about it.  Also, Kerry didn\'t lose VA by all that much in \'04 and neither he nor Bush campaigned in VA.  McCain has only been to Va TWICE, while Obama has been at least 12 times.<br><br>6) And Obama will be back in VA this week campaigning in Roanoke. (SW Virginia)<br><br>7) I\'ll repeat, if Obama wins VA it will be b/c NoVa put him over the top.  Fairfax County alone could cancel out SW Virginia combined.<br><br>8) NoVA + black people bum rushing the polls in Richmond & Tidewater + Charlottesville + I-95 / I-64 corridor = Obama.<br><br>9) Virginia already knows that a black man in the executive position doesn\'t mean the state will fall down. Wilder didn\'t tear down VA when he was in office, Virginia is still standing, the blacks didn\'t get all uppity and try to put white people into slavery. (Wilder tearing down Richmond is another story).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3096698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3096698" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096698" class="dsq-comment-message">True on Drake. But she-and the majority of the other GOP representatives are<br>popular enough to drive some McCain votes (and to survive a possible McCain<br>loss).<br><br>What do you think Obama\'s "must win" in VA is?<br><br>Hope the 3rd isn\'t redistricted. Then again, that might be beneficial.....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095560" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095560" class="dsq-comment-message">Right now this election is Obama\'s to loose. In other words McCain\'s got to find a way to steal voters from Obama.  He\'s got his base, so I think he should have spent more time pandering to the people who haven\'t made up their minds. Let the rallies be for the base and the debates be to help people make up their minds.   <br><br>Because of this, I cannot call this a win for McCain (including with his base because he already had them to begin with).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3096003" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3096003" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096003" class="dsq-comment-message">Reality is that all Obama has to do is wake up for the next 2-3 weeks, keep a loose muzzle on Biden, and he wins.<br><br>McCain got a lot of the base back with Palin, but he\'s not holding it. That was the real point of the attacks last night; to show that there\'s still some fight there. You figure if William Buckley\'s-that god of conservatism-son is gonna vote for Obama (and has the gall to declare it publically!!!) there\'s a big problem with the base (know what "the base" translates to in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" rel="nofollow">Arabic</a>? A friend reminded me of that, after I said it one too many times).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3087751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3087751">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3087751" class="dsq-comment-message">Fox to change World Series time for Obama<br><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifa25645bfd6bcf9176e0ecee9e10b6de" rel="nofollow">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089867" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089867" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what I find, most telling about a lot of the comments to this ... we are talking a 6 minute delay in the start of a sporting event and people are off their fucken rockers. I mean ... is our country not on the brink of economic meltdown? Are we not involved in two wars? <br><br>Who gives a flying fuck about a six minute delay in a baseball game, when you have the opportunity to hear what the "potential" next President of our country has to say about America\'s future and how he plans to work toward resolving these issues??<br><br>It can only be one thing ... they are racists. Scroll further and it\'s confirmed.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090015" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090015" class="dsq-comment-message">Not to sound glib, but......duh.<br><br>It\'s Fox. Don\'t care if it\'s Fox Sports.<br><br>If they told Obama to kick rocks, their demographic would be happy, but they\'d get hammered by the rest of the world. So they do this to intentionally piss off their demographic., knowing it could affect how they vote ("That damn terrorist interrupted the most American of sports!!")  I bet whatever game this is ends up with <i>terrible</i> ratings.<br><br>Wish I had my satellite radio; I\'d <i>love</i> to hear how this is going over on FNC.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095586" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095586" class="dsq-comment-message">Luckily, I ran off to do other things before responding to you right away.<br><br>*sighs*<br><br>I <i>know</i>, who is carrying the game. However, I\'ve come to believe with all sincerity that Fox does not care about their so called "base." Obama is paying a whopping 1 million dollars for the ad ... and that ... \'my friend\' is what Fox really cares about. The almighty dollar. <br><br>My post was not to discuss, Fox\'s airing of the ad, but to discuss the ignorance of people complaining about it. As if baseball is so important, but the failing of our economic structure and country as a whole ... is not.<br><br>Ignorance is bliss.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095640" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095640" class="dsq-comment-message">Apologies if I came off wrong. I\'ve become increasingly cynical of late.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3096632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3096632" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096632" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, I can relate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088336">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088336" class="dsq-comment-message">You all have great posts this morning so my comment may be a bit off but I need someone to talk me down.<br><br>What the heck was up with Michelle\'s choice of clothing.  Who the heck put that crap around her neck?  Again - I love Michelle Obama but she needs to fire whoever is advising her to wear that crap.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3088803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088803">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088803" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll give it a shot.  I think Michelle can\'t get too fashionista right now because that would feed into the "presumptuous" meme, not to mention some female voters might not consider her to be relatable if her wardobe is straight from Paris or Milan.<br><br>I think once Michelle gets in the White House, her glam factor will go through the roof.  No doubt the top designers and stylists are duking it out as we speak to be the ones to get the nod from the new First Lady.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089406">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089406" class="dsq-comment-message">We talked about this last night. The verdict was thumbs up for the dress, thumbs down for the mardi gras beads around the neck.<br><br>I agree with you, Kitty, that she will regain her former sense of glamour on or around Nov. 5th.  I can\'t wait.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089050" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089050">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089050" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty - I\'m not talking Paris or Milan or even high end designer wear.  I am talking about the decision to wear her mother\'s knick knacks around her neck.<br><br>I don\'t know what to say.  Maybe I can do something to get those images out of my head.  Thanks for trying though.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3089552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089552">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089552" class="dsq-comment-message">Please do... because I think you are being a bit hard on Michelle and her choice of clothing last night.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089750">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089750" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you think this, TX Girl in LA? Sometimes I think Michelle is being rebellious because something is being asked of her that is, essentially, stupid. It is stupid for her choice of clothing to have the effect on O\'s campaign, period. Why can her choice of clothing have an impact on the campaign, but not Cindy\'s choices and not the fact that the Palin family have membership in a radical, subversive, successionist organization? It\'s hard to paint someone as militant and angry with fuzzy hats hanging on plastic pearls hanging around the neck. Even for me to question any of this is "playing the race card." In effect, we should be playing the whole deck, because there is clearly one standard for Michelle and another for white women. We understand and support Michelle, but the necklace didn\'t befit a woman of her stature.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090002">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090002" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Teacher,<br><br>Yes, there is definitely a double standard for Michelle. Last night when I saw her, my first thought...she\'s beautiful. That was it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101296">Elephants &amp; Flowers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101296" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m six hours late getting to this thread.  But, I agree with Texas-Girl.  Michelle looked beautiful last night.  Great dress, great color, great fit.  The necklace wasn\'t too much, either.<br><br>FYI - Cindy looked much better with her short dirty-blond haircut from back in the day.  The platinum blond and pale blue eyes are too jarring for me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100345">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100345" class="dsq-comment-message">" It\'s hard to paint someone as militant and angry with fuzzy hats hanging on plastic pearls hanging around the neck."  <br>RAOTFLMAO!<br><br>Teacher --It isn\'t about a double standard.  It is more like any woman going into a business meeting or who is front and center in the public eye.  It is important to look your best.  Just a pet peeve of mine.  You don\'t have to have a lot of money to dress well.  Michelle is gorgeous and her body is something to die for.  She is intelligent, kind, commanding, is a great fantastic speaker but her choice on clothing leaves much to be desired.   She was doing a speech today and when I glanced up and saw what she had on I changed the channel.  . . .  <br><br>FYI - we/voters were hard on Cindy McCain\'s choice on clothing before McCain picked Palin for his VP.  Prior to that, folks were talking about her hair, her clothing, it was so bad that on some blogs some came out and said Cindy McCain looked like trailer trash and there was no excuse for her looking like she did with the money she had.  Once Palin got on the ticket, Cindy made sure she looked great.  <br><br>Folks also railed against Hillary Clinton regarding her pant suit choices etc.  Remember everyone talked about her yellow pant suit that she always wore on Wednesdays? So no double standard.<br><br>Here is an article to prove it - <br>Dear Cindy McCain, Please Pull Up Your Shirt And Tie Back Your Hair: An Open Letter In Pictures<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-andersen/dear-cindy-mccain-please_b_115668.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088980">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088980" class="dsq-comment-message">This may be totoally inappropriate...but Michelle\'s <i>kabowa!<i> was showing last night, that dress was very form fitting. She\'s a brick house for sure.<br><br>However, Cindy\'s outfit was freaking BLINDING ME! That was definitely Martin Scorsese red, not a soft Christmas red. Dang!</i></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089141">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089141" class="dsq-comment-message">Jay - not inappropriate - Michelle has a hot body.  She does.  Which is why I can\'t understand some of her choices that doesn\'t do her justice.  <br><br>Now, just curious - did you like her accessories?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089930">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089930" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes indeed...but her accessories are usually distracting. Very big and gaudy = me no likey.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089658">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089658" class="dsq-comment-message">Cindy McCain looked like a piece of candy corn in all that orange.  <br><br>Or maybe she was waiting for the Great Pumpkin.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090210">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090210" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle\'s fashion choices have always been hit or miss with me.  I think that because of her build and her figure, simple clothing looks best on her.  I think anything overly fussy or busy is not a good look on her.  And I think that sometimes she\'s a little too casual for the occassion (i.e. the night of Barack\'s acceptance speech).  She needs to put Thakoon in the back of the closet (night of acceptance speech, one of the debate nights).  While she may feel more comfortable in flats, perhaps she could compromise by wearing kitten heels when she wears skirts/dresses.    And Gramma\'s Hats on a String and the Wilma Flintstone necklaces have got to go.<br><br>I don\'t think there\'s any need for Michelle to go the designer route even if she gets into the White House.  Just because it\'s designer doesn\'t mean it\'s good (i.e. Thakoon\'s busy ass dresses).  She has done pretty well mixing low end stuff with high end stuff.  Maybe she could be the first First Lady to show American women you don\'t have to wearing $300K outfits to look great.  But if she does go the designer route I hope she keeps wearing Maria Pinto (b/c she\'s served her well) and that she wears pieces from black designers as well.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3088615" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088615" class="dsq-comment-message">Olympia Snowe is introducing Moosellini right now in Bangor, Maiine.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090298">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090298" class="dsq-comment-message">Well when she comes up for reelection I hope she gets reminded of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090533">antenneness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090533" class="dsq-comment-message">Thats because you had you civics classes.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098512">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098512" class="dsq-comment-message">..the home of Stevie.<br><br>Maybe the pious Sarah will show up in one of his books...oh wait, that was Dolores Claiborne.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089333" href="http://www.kdizo.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kedar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089333" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack won the debate and the "Chocolate News" didn\'t affront (not too bad).  Twas a good night for black america.  <br><br>kdizo</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089496">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089496" class="dsq-comment-message">WARNING: Lethal amounts of warm fuzziness below...<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/the-obamas-greatest-famil_n_132339.html" rel="nofollow">The Obamas\' Greatest Family Moments</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090240">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090240" class="dsq-comment-message">One can\'t help but to just smile while viewing these photos.....that is a beautiful family.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100134">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100134" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you for posting. They are one beautiful family.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089630" href="http://www.elledub4prez.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">loryn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089630" class="dsq-comment-message">love the pic for this post....where did they find it?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3089908" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089908" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone bumped into this site:<br><br><a href="http://palinaspresident.com/" rel="nofollow">http://palinaspresident.com/</a><br><br>Interactive site, dissing Sarah Palin</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090379" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090379" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I saw it about an hour ago on CNN.  Stopped in.   I\'m cracking up that she\'s water boarding Katie Couric if you click on the door!  LMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090206">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090206" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Diane West: How could someone like Obama could be ahead at this juncture</b><br><br><b>WEST: I find it amazing. I think that a lot of our traditional beliefs about the way people think and act are being shattered in this election.</b><br><br><br><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/" rel="nofollow">http://crooksandliars.com/</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3090603" href="http://daddyBstrong.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MacDaddy</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090603" class="dsq-comment-message">Besides Obama\'s obvious intellect, logical lawyer\'s mind, here\'s what I think will stick in people\'s minds about all three debates:<br><br>Whereas Obama remained unflappable, even dapper and debonair during tough times,  looking increasingly energized as time went on, McCain looked increasingly frustrated and tired, barely able to contain his absolute hatred for the tall, dark and handsome Negro with a poet\'s gift for words and a younger, good-looking wife.<br><br>Whereas Obama and Michelle stayed and shook hands with everyone after the debates (including the janitors), McCain shook hands with the moderators then headed toward the door. It was as if he couldn\'t wait to get home, have a ham sandwich and milk and get some sleep.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091136">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091136" class="dsq-comment-message">You are SO WRONG!! ...........................you know that old man couldn\'t eat a ham sandwich at that time of night...maybe some applesauce.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095897">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095897" class="dsq-comment-message">MacDaddy:  <i> . . obvious INTELLECT, LOGICAL LAWYER\'S MIND. . . </i><br><br>I was agitated so much, yesterday,  because I couldn\'t formulate my thoughts about this topic.  THANK YOU for YOUR STATEMENT!!<br><br>EDUCATION is one of the biggest ISSUES under discussion.  And in Mr. Obama, we have one who has the highest of intellects but the Repugs want ONLY to RELATE to "Joe 6-pack", "hockey/soccer moms" and NOW  "Joe the plummer!"  The OPERATIVE WORD  --RELATE!!<br><br>That\'s where they reside INTELLECTUALLY!  [I know, "their names" and "intellect" in the same sentence. OOPS!  :&gt;)] <br><br>I am NOT trying to diss anyone.  So  please forgive if I did.<br><br>But look at reality.  <i>McAncient/The Gov. DON\'T "pal around with Joe 6-pack, an\'em!"</i>  BUT, "they" <b>USE THEM</b> as their BASE!!<br><br>Sadly, "they don\'t realize that "they" <b>are being PIMPED!!</b>  "They" NEVER will be invited to their home, social events or "the White House!"  But, Ms. "Whatever" Cindy and The Gov. are PIMPED also!  So, what else is new?<br><br>OTOH:  Mr. OBAMA is INCLUSIVE and for errybody!!  YES HE CAN!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3091690">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091690" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Mr. Obama on the campaign trail  -  following a WINNING DEBATE!   :&gt;)<br><br>Today\'s event (start times appear as scheduled but may be subject to delay): <br><br>Community Gathering<br>with Barack Obama<br>Londonderry, NH<br>12:15 p.m. EDT <br><br>Watch now: <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/live" rel="nofollow">http://www.barackobama.com/live</a> <br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!<br><br><br><br><b>I\'m  WATCHING HIM NOW!!  Whoooo!! Hooo!  :&gt;)</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095616">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095616" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...did you guys know about Obama\'s channel on the Dish Network?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095806">mybrotherskeeper</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095806" class="dsq-comment-message">WAL-MART OPPOSES OBAMA PRESIDENCY.....<br>Wal-Mart&lt;http://www.walmart.com/&gt; is taking this outrageous step because<br>Democrat Barack Obama has committed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act to<br>restore workers\' freedom to bargain for fair wages, health care, decent<br>working conditions and a real voice on the job.   All of America \'s workers<br>have the right to freely decide whom to vote for independent of employer<br>pressure and intimidation.  So, please forward this email to everyone you know.<br>Be sure to get the word out.   Let\'s hit them in their pocket book.  STOP<br>giving money to Wal-Mart  Republ icans and Corporate  Neo-Nazis.<br>We need to let our money do our talking.  DON\'T SHOP AT WAL-MART.<br>Let\'s take them to school and hit them where it hurts - in their greedy<br>little pocket books!  Corporate giants like Wal-Mart have been suppressing<br>workers\' wages and passing along health care costs to hardworking taxpayers<br>like you for years. Wal-Mart executives are getting rich, while we\'re being<br>left behind. They understand what is at stake in this election, and so do we--a<br>real voice at work for:<br><br>-- Fair pay;<br>-- Health care for all;<br>-- Equal treatment;<br>-- Safe workplaces; and<br>-- A secure retirement.<br>The Wall Street Journal&lt;http://www.wsj.com/&gt; reports that Wal-Mart is<br>telling its managers to tell employees not to vote for Democrats (OBAMA).<br>Here\'s the story:<br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755649066303381.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755649066303...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098071">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098071" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, well hey if Wal-Mart opposes Senator Obama I will surely need to rethink my support for him.<br><br>After all who wouldn\'t respect the perspective of a company that systematically mistreats its employees like they do?<br><br>Wal-mart political venture: FAIL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098235">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098235" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate, hate, hate Walmart!!!<br><br>The few times I\'ve shopped there were unpleasant to say the least!  I\'ve had the opportunity to observe them from a vendors perspective.  In fact, just thinking about Walmart, makes me faintly nauseated.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3095824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3095824" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3095824" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095824" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/111449/53/191/632401" rel="nofollow">Joe the Plumber is a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096500">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096500" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I tell you!<br>Joe, Joe, say it ain\'t so!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100161">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100161" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:   <i>Slap!     Slap!!</i><br><br>Admiral:   Get a-hold of yourself!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  It\'s ta-rue!!  So ta-rue!!<br><br>It\'s going ta be O.K.   K??<br><br>Whew!  Take some Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095868">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095868" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0</a><br>very scary people</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098129">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098129" class="dsq-comment-message">Al Jazeera -   there is some deep irony in that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3095919">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3095919" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber tells Katie Couric:<br><br><i>“McCain was solid in his performance,” he says. “I still don’t know where he stands,” he says of Obama. “I’m middle class. I can’t have my taxes raised any more.”<br><br>He also says he actually isn’t in the bracket where Obama would raise his taxes — but he’s worried that Obama will shift the bracket down.<br><br><b>He also said that, in his encounter with Obama, the Illinois Senator “a tap dance…almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.”</b></i><br><br>I\'m sensing a pattern with these McPalin supporters.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3096418" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096418">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3096418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096418" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama figured he wouldn\'t get Joe The Plumber\'s vote, so it\'s all good.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3097935" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097935" class="dsq-comment-message">Hard to vote <a href="http://gawker.com/5064474/who-is-joe-the-plumber%20(he%20aint%20registered)" rel="nofollow">if you\'re not registered</a>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098084">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098084" class="dsq-comment-message">I think O "read" Joe the moment he shook his hand!<br><br>Anyway, reporters and bloggers are getting ready to do an "anal probe" on Joe.   They are snooping into his background.   I suspect some unsavory things will eventually come to light.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101046" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101046">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101046" class="dsq-comment-message">Kodos: "We have reached the limit of what rectal probing can teach us."<br><br>-Kang and Kodos, Wikipedia.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102292">indie-ed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102292" class="dsq-comment-message">No, he\'s just the guy Obama has aleays needed to win this election. That\'s why Obama CHOSE Joe. All Joe did was ASK A QUESTION and Obama stepped in it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096195">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096195" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, Joe the Plumber was supposedly born in Dec. 1973.  That makes him 34 years old.<br><br>Sammy Davis Jr. died in May 1990.<br><br>Joe the Plumber would have been 16 years old.<br><br>What 16 year old white kid in Ohio would have REALLY been paying attention to Sammy Davis Jr.\'s tap dancing skills?<br><br>Who has really thought about Sammy Davis Jr. (besides his family) since 1990?<br><br>He gets an epic FAIL for repeating the Republican talking points fed to him by people MUCH older than him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096489">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096489" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  So what you are saying is that "joe The Plumber" does NOT NOW have to worry about "owning his business?"  \'cause THAT was bought for him LAST NIGHT!!  <br><br>Hence his SDJr. line this morning!!    So that\'s how the McAncient campaign is using their $$$.  REPUGS B-WARE!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Y\'all hear that - ALL you other Joe 6-packs, hockey/soccer mom\'s, etc.!?<br><br><b>YOU 2 CAN BE PIMPED!!!</b>   <b>GET IN LINE!  PICK A NUMBER!!</b><br><br>Lovin\' this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  <br><br>REPUGS  -  <b>The PIMPIN\' PARTY!</b>   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098378">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098378" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL Pretty Much.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097257">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097257" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, it\'s official - Katie Couric is Beelzebub in a frock..."befuddled" she says in that cheerful voice of hers.....hahahahah.    McCain didn\'t know what hit him, but he manages to invoke the bible - that old standby for scoundrels.<br><br>Obama And McCain Talk Infidelity (VIDEO)<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/obama-and-mccain-talk-inf_n_135248.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099905">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099905" class="dsq-comment-message">TS,<br><br>your description just cracks me up. :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097571" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097571">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097571" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, the tangled web we weave...<br><br>Reporters Confront Joe The Plumber Outside His House<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/reporters-confront-joe-th_n_135194.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/report...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100211">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3100211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100211" class="dsq-comment-message">all the Joe stuff has been hilarious to read<br><br>1.yes, he was a plant<br>2. the Country Last campaign didn\'t vet him</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103956">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103956" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Re:   #2:   "When Will They Ever Learn?"<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMErJWUaeQ0&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMErJWUaeQ0&feat...</a><br><b>Where Have All The Flowers Gone [When Will They Ever Learn?]</b><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   I had not heard this version B4.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097871" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097871">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097871" class="dsq-comment-message">Rick\'s doing a story on early voting.....everybody\'s saying "surge" McCain\'s favourite word..hahahah.     This is one surge that WILL work, McCain!   Poor McCain, he\'s like the three stooges all in one.<br><br>There\'s long linups in Tennessee...  From what I could see, it looked like mostly African American!   They were standing there, patiently!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099860">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099860" class="dsq-comment-message">there is a diary over at Dailykos from NC- long lines....multi-ethnic<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/13581/268/965/632628" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/13581/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101364" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101364">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101364" class="dsq-comment-message">Great pictures...thanks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097908" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097908">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097908" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Tennessee Tribune Publishes Non-Voting Names</b><br><a href="http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=5627497" rel="nofollow">http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=...</a><br><br>Did you guys hear about this paper??  The publisher was on CNN this afternoon.  It\'s a black woman who says she\'s publishing the names of people who didn\'t vote in the Primaries because people died for them to get the right to vote!!<br><br>She said people were seeing their family members\' names on there and calling them.   The CNN segment was called the "shame game".<br><br>Amazing woman.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099312" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099312" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw that report, and I completely disagree with this tactic for a couple of reasons:<br><br>1) We don\'t know why the person didn\'t vote.  What about people who don\'t vote for religious reasons (Jehova\'s Witnesses for instance)?  <br><br>2) This is a free country, and individuals are free to exercise their right to vote or not to vote.  Although my personal belief is that people should vote,  I respect that it is THEIR right to decide.  <br><br>Who the Eff is this lady to decide that she is gonna shame somebody into voting?  Maybe I don\'t like that cheap ass beauty supply store wig she was wearing, but I acknowledge her right to wear it.  That\'s what\'s really wrong with the so called moral majority.  They think they know what\'s best for EVERYBODY, and then proceed to enforce their views on EVERYBODY.   Big Brother here we come...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099577">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099577" class="dsq-comment-message">1) I don\'t think being a Jehovah\'s Witness is an excuse not to vote!!!!   I have no respect for their cultish posturing.<br><br>2) Not for African Americans it\'s not!    AA\'s have a special responsibility to exercise the right that others died to secure.   They have an obligation to at least attempt to vote.<br><br>3) I don\'t give a damn about her wig.   There is much at stake in this election.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102942" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3102942" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102942" class="dsq-comment-message">1) I can understand you not agreeing with the beliefs of Jehovah\'s Witnesses, but are you suggesting that just because you view them as a cult they don\'t have the right to excercise their religious beliefs (which happen to dictate abstaining fromthe political process)?  <br><br>2) Don\'t get me wrong, I completely agree with you that black people ought to exercise their voting rights to honor those who died to allow us to have that option, if for no other reason.  But more important than this belief, I believe that people have the freedom to make that choice or not on a personal level--even black people. <br><br>3) The bad beauty supply wig was my attempt at illustrating the lady\'s right to make choices on a personal level. Perhaps a bad illustration...<br><br>My point here is that it is a really slippery slope when we begin to attempt to dictate personal decisions on the basis of what is deemed to be a moral obligation by some.  I stand by my original outrage at the nerve of this woman to attempt to shame people into the political process because it\'s what SHE thinks they ought to do.  Again, I feel this despite the fact that I hold the personal belief that it is important that people be contributing members of society (which includes participating in the political process).  Black, white, brown, yellow, or red, people have the right to decide to be who they want to be on a personal level.  I have the right to be outraged by their decision, but I do not have the right to force my belief on others.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3103659" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103659">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103659" class="dsq-comment-message">1) They have the responsibility to exercise their humanity.   You suggest they take benefit from political "rights"; yet suggest they should abstain from the process which provides those rights.   It\'s a disgrace - especially for an African American - not to vote.  I don\'t give a damn what the reason is.   There religious belief is ignorance, disguised.<br><br>2) No.   They don\'t get a "choice".....not on this subject.   Until the day African Americans have FULL equality and opportunity - they don\'t get a damned choice!<br><br>3)  I bet they got a shock when they opened the paper that morning.   Maybe the\'ll be pissed off enough to go to the polls.   Her grandson\'s name was on that list.  He lied to his grandma that he voted in the primaries.   These same people complain of every injustice that befalls them, yet don\'t vote.   They should put their names on the digital billboard on the interstate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3103885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3103885" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103885" class="dsq-comment-message">1) Where did I suggest that they should abstain? In fact I stated the exact opposite from a personal perspective.  <br><br>Since when does humanity = participation in the political process?  On the contrary my interpretation of the expression of one\'s humanity involves the acceptance of people\'s right to their own ideologies regardless of their views (be they political, religious or otherwise). <br><br>The fact that I may personally disagree with one\'s chosen viewpoint does not imply that the person has no right to express that viewpoint (albeit ignorant in my view).  Again, I agree with the position that people SHOULD participate in the political process, especially black people. From my personal viewpoint, it is a disgrace when black people don\'t vote out of apathy.<br><br>2) They don\'t get a choice?   WOW...<br><br>3) I agree that if you silence yourself by not voting, you have no right to complain about ANYTHING.  I still don\'t think that this personal decision gives OTHERS the right to attempt to implement the equivalent of the virtual scarlet letter.  <br><br>Clearly we\'ll have to agree to disagree, and that\'s the beauty of having the freedom to express one\'s ideologies regardless of what they are.  I believe that this just underscores my original point.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3104005" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3104005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3104005" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3104005" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104005" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting position...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3104246" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3104246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3104246">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3104246" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104246" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s right, the don\'t get a choice.   There\'s a reason why John and Sarah are not spewing anti-semitic bullshit at Jews.   It\'s because JEWS VOTE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3097924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3097924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3097924" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3097924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097924" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/campaign_ads.html#photo=7" rel="nofollow"><br>The Presidential Race’s Most Effective Campaign Spots</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098060" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098060">BarackMarley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098060" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098060" class="dsq-comment-message">Check out this old episode of Adam West\'s Batman. The penguin is debating Obama and slinging mud at him, he attacks Batman as a mysterious figure with crimnal associations. Remind you guys of anyone?<br><br><br>McCain The Penguin vs Obama as Batman<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain-the-penguin-vs-obama-as-batman/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098682">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098682" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it on Olbermann last night.  The funny thing about it is it sounded exactly like something McCain would say.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098217">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098217" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098217" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber.....is not a plumber...he just Joe.<br><a href="http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/Presidential_Elections/Joe_the_Plumber.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/Pre...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098421" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098421">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098421" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098421" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC reported...Joe owes $1000 in back taxes also!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3098655">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098655">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098655" class="dsq-comment-message">That spotlight\'s starting to feel a bit harsh, eh?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099113" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099113" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099113" class="dsq-comment-message">And let this be a less to all who might be tempted to start grand standing in the rope line; making up fake cenarios just to criticize.  <br><br>Humph... how could we possibly determine how Joe will be affected by Obama\'s policies if we cant figure out whether he\'s a real plumber or not? If he actually can vote since he\'s not registered?  If he even has prospects of even earning 250K since he can\'t seem to to come up with 1K to pay the back taxes.  And the list goes on...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099685" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099685">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099685" class="dsq-comment-message">**Sigh** desperation is such an ugly thing. What else has Joe made up?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098435" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098435">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098435" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098435" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! I also read that Joe has tax liens filed against him.<br><br>Another example of McCain\'s poor judgment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098633" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098633" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098633">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098633" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098633" class="dsq-comment-message">Shooting the messenger will backfire on Obama because this is not about Joe, but rather how Joe has correctly exposed Obama\'s tax policy for what it is.<br><br>Obama views taxation as a means of implementing fairness. The  redistribution of wealth as determined by government and not by the EARNER of the wealth. Joe is a guy who wants to work hard, get ahead, own a business, become the boss, make more money...pursue the \'American Dream\'and yet he knows that under Obama he will \'punished for his success.\' Joe knows that under Obama he will see his hard earned money confiscated by the government and handed over to someone who did not earn it. <br><br>\'Joe the Plumber\' gets it. Obama told him, work harder, and I will take your money to help \'spread the wealth.\'<br><br>McCain is right to pick up on Joe\'s assessment and hammer it home.<br><br>Objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098703">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098703" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe might want to pay his back taxes before complaining about new ones.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3099144">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099144" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099144" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099144" class="dsq-comment-message">sounds like yet another case of "vet before you bet" going unheeded...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098862" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098862">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098862" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098862" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098982" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098982" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3098982" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098982" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098982" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe also might wanna register before comtemplating who he\'s actually gonna vote for.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098763" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098763">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098763" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098763" class="dsq-comment-message">And those looking to get their hands on Joe\'s money might want to start earning their own.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3099181">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099181" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099181" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099181">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099181" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099181" class="dsq-comment-message">Starting with you.  McCain is pretty much broke, so I\'m pretty sure you\'re not earning very much trolling for McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099253">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099253" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe doesn\'t have any money.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099453" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099453" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099453">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099453" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099453" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102585" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102585">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102585" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  I\'m believin\' that Joe NOW has some Repug $$$.<br><br>OR, maybe they took it back when the TRUTH started emerging!<br><br>I would love to do a search of his KEATING 5 "ROOTS!"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099355">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099355" class="dsq-comment-message">Under McCain/Bush economic policies, data shows that middle class wages have stagnated and everyday expenses, including healthcare, gas, food, and mortgages have gone up, while the wages have not.<br><br>So, Joe will probably not be able to stay in business because "trickle-down" economics DOES not work--and so many people will have to forgoe Joe\'s service and try to fix their own leaky faucets.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099516">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099516" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe doesn\'t look like he has any money.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102070" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102070">islandgirl550</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102070" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102070" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker you crack.me.up!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098864" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098864">islandgirl550</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098864" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe might also want to get the REQUIRED plumber\'s license while he\'s gettin\' that downpayment together...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098983">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098983" class="dsq-comment-message">S,<br><br>Joe got exposed for the fake he is! He has no license, owes back taxes and is basically a liar!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3099344">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099344" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099344" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099344" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099344" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, you are punished for your success by having public schools, libraries, policemen, and fire trucks that come when you call them, even if you\'re just one prankster.  They\'ll treat each call as real.  <br><br>I think the Republicans have cast taxes in a way that would look stupid in their own eyes.  How can they propose to live in a society governed by the rule of law with public benefits and protections funded by taxes ...and NOT want to pay taxes.<br><br>I did say want because I believe Joe (not the faux plumber) was right when he called it patriotic to pay.  What is unpatriotic is the THEFT of money and service by inappropriate uses of taxes.<br><br>But Republicans talk infinitely more about not wanting to pay than about stopping the misuse.   Very American!<br><br>I will be willing to let Joe off the tax hook if, after getting more and more successful he agrees to use proportionally less of public services - highways, libraries, police, fire, etc.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099490">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099490" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you should save this genius advice for your candidate.  Why waste it on his opponent?<br><br>It turns out Joe\'s name is connected to someone from the Keating 5 scandal.<br><br>Sigh...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099635" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099635">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099635" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe gets a bigger tax cut under Obama\'s plan because currently he makes somewhere around $30K</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3099707">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099707" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099707" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you heard of a calculator?! Do you know how to add and subtract? My taxes would go up nearly 5% and I don\'t make anywhere near $250K. Under the McCain plan his piddly little health insurance tax credit doesn\'t cover the costs of my insurance AND doesn\'t consider the additional taxable amount he\'d be adding on. It\'s a lie and a sham. <br><br>actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2008/10/about-that-joe-plumber-guy-and-real-tax.html</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098670" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098670">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098670" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098670" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-15/mccains-auntie-says-hes-losing/2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br>McCain\'s Aunt:  Johnny boy is losing and "American children are born patriotic" in reference to Michelle (perhaps implying Michelle is not American?)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099263" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099263">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099263" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow!<br><br>Campaign AdWatch: Rape Victim Assails Palin On Choice<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/campaign-adwatch-rape-vic_n_135278.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/campai...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099285" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099285" class="dsq-comment-message">More vetting coming in for Joe the Dumber, er uh, Plumber.  Apparently he really is related to Charles Keating of all people. <br><br>When will the McToast campaign get a load of the innernets? Duh!<br><br><b>The "Joe the Plumber" Story Hits an Amazing New Low</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/john-mccain-and-the-joe-t_b_135319.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg...</a><br><br><i>You see, Joe Wurzelbacher is apparently related to Robert Wurzelbacher. Who is the son-in-law of (are you ready...?) Charles Keating!<br><br>Yes, that Charles Keating. The Charles Keating of the Keating 5 Scandal. For which John McCain was reprimanded by the United States Senate, for his involvement in attempting to illegally influence government regulators. The Charles Keating who John McCain has been trying to avoid have mentioned. So, he basically mentioned it 24 times.<br><br>(By the way, lost in all the attention paid to John McCain not getting the same career-ending censure by the Senate, as did the other four defendants - the reason for that is because he\'d been in the House of Representatives at the time of his transgression. The Senate decided that they didn\'t have jurisdiction over him to give the same penalty. So, his career was saved.)<br><br>Anyway, back to Robert Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber\'s father. You see, Robert Wurzelbacher was an executive of American Continental Corporation, the parent company of Charles Keating\'s Lincoln Savings. That\'s the bank which caused citizens to lose their life savings and cost U.S. taxpayers $3.4 billion. As part of that scandal, Robert Wurzelbacher pleaded guilty to three counts of misapplying $14 million and served 40 months in prison.<br><br>And now, Lincoln Savings, Robert Wurzelbacher and Joe the Plumber are back with John McCain.<br><br>"Congratulations! You\'re rich!," indeed.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099416">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099416" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate to say this, but even if I tried, I could not write stuff this funny. Joe the Plumber owes back taxes. Questions are coming up if he has a valid license as a  plumber. Having The Politico saying  "Joe the Plumber is a fraud, he is a registered republican carrying the water." Now this? They should leave the campaign stuff behind and make this a prime time reality show.  Thanks for the update.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099553" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099553" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re such idiots. <i> Wurzelbacher </i> is a pretty distinctive name. Easily researchable.  They should have picked a stooge named Joe <i>Smith</i>!<br><br><b><i>Idiots...</b></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099468">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099468" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel sorry for the man.  I am sure he didn\'t sign up for this.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100563">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100563" class="dsq-comment-message">Really!  Sorry for someone who compared Obama to Sammy Davis, Jr.?  Someone who called Obama a socialist?  Someone who protrays himself as an "average Joe" being hard hit by high taxes who doesn\'t even pay his taxes.  What are the chances that Obama could have cited "Jose the plumber" as a debate and it was later discovered that he didn\'t have a license (effectively a scab) and didn\'t pay his taxes and it not be front page news?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099300">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099300" class="dsq-comment-message">Milbank: Secret Service is stopping reporters from interviewing people at Palin rallies<br><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45" rel="nofollow">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3100656">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100656" class="dsq-comment-message">OK. What tha hell?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099512">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099512" class="dsq-comment-message">California GOP group circulates fake "ObamaBucks" with Obama\'s face on a food stamp and featuring watermelon, fried chicken, and Kool-Aid. <a href="http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_buck16.3d67d4a.html" rel="nofollow">The Press-Enterprise</a>, via <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/how-republicans.html" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan</a><br><br>&lt;img src="http://www.pe.com/imagesdaily/2008/10-16/racist16_400.jpg" /&gt;</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099620">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099620" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you see the stupid reply the group leader had.  Diane Fedele, president of the group, said she had no racist intent. I never connected," she told the newspaper. "It was just food to me. It didn\'t mean anything else." <br><br>Really she had no clue?? This was of course after a black member of this group complained about the image. Sheila Raines was quoted as saying:<br><br>"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party," she said. "I\'m really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101488">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101488" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, Ms. Raines, when ya lie down with dogs, you\'ll end up with fleas.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101544">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101544" class="dsq-comment-message">I just cannot believe it took her this long to see the light of the people she was running with. They do not seem smart enough to hide their racist feelings. It should of been painfully obvious a long time ago. I am curious as to what she told herself up to this point.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101773">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101773" class="dsq-comment-message">Suprk:  I was going to post a statement about the "cried for 45 minutes."  But, I\'ll CO-SIGN yours!!<br><br>She shoulda been using her 45 min. to make up a list of why she was going to kick errybody\'s butt in that GROUP!!! <br><br>Whew!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102731">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102731" class="dsq-comment-message">"She shoulda been using her 45 min. to make up a list of why she was going to kick errybody\'s butt in that GROUP!!!"<br><br>HELL YES! That crying mess is for the birds! She should have been taking names!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101679">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101679" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Raines said she "cried" for 45 minutes...she gets no sympathy from me....that is not the response that she should have had.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3100196" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100196" class="dsq-comment-message">I read the Press Enterprise article and all I have to say is that, Fedele is a lying, stupid, racist, dumb bitch.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101690">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101690" class="dsq-comment-message">Noelani:  YEAH!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3100602" href="http://sportsonmymind.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MODI</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3100602" class="dsq-comment-message">Importnat Sarah Palin Poll: This will take two seconds!:<br><br><a href="http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/10/16/sarah-palin-poll-this-will-take-2-seconds/" rel="nofollow">http://sportsonmymind.com/2008/10/16/sarah-pali...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101023">BIGGIE_4_OBAMA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101023" class="dsq-comment-message">THIS RACE IS NOT OVER - OBAMA - BIDEN 2008 - GET OUT AND VOTE!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101231">BIGGIE_4_OBAMA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101231" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber is not a licensed plumber<br><br>THIS RACE IS NOT OVER - OBAMA - BIDEN 2008 - GET OUT AND VOTE</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102007">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102007" class="dsq-comment-message">BIGGIE_4_OBAMA:     Hey!    :&gt;)       LOL!!!      CO-SIGN!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101595">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101595" class="dsq-comment-message">Wave Of McCain Robocalls Reported, Some May Violate State Law<br><br>From Huffpo:<br><br><i>The McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a massive robocall campaign on Thursday designed to alarm voters about Barack Obama\'s past association with former radical Bill Ayers. The committee may be violating state law in the process.<br><br>The call begins: "Hello. I\'m calling for John McCain and the RNC," before telling recipients that they "need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist, Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge\'s home, and killed Americans."</i><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/massive-rnc-robocall-may_n_135348.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/massiv...</a><br><br>So much for not caring about a washed up terrorist.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3101979" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101979" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Polls<br><br>Ohio	Rasmussen	Obama 49, McCain 49	Tie<br>New York	Rasmussen	Obama 57, McCain 37	Obama +20<br>Oregon	Rasmussen	Obama 54, McCain 41	Obama +13<br>Connecticut	Rasmussen	Obama 56, McCain 39	Obama +17<br>Massachusetts	SurveyUSA	Obama 59, McCain 35	Obama +24<br>Pennsylvania	Morning Call Tracking	Obama 53, McCain 37	Obama +16<br>Virginia	CNU Virginia Poll	Obama 53, McCain 47	Obama +6<br><br>National	Rasmussen Tracking	Obama 50, McCain 46	Obama +4<br>National	Reuters/C-Span/Zogby Tracking	Obama 49, McCain 44	Obama +5<br>National	Hotline/FD Tracking	Obama 49, McCain 41	Obama +8<br>National	Gallup Tracking (Traditional)*	Obama 49, McCain 47	Obama +2<br>National	Gallup Tracking (Expanded)*	Obama 51, McCain 45	Obama +6<br>National	GW/Battleground Tracking	Obama 50, McCain 44	Obama +6</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102432">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102432" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  McAncient "UNDONE":<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consortium/mccain-undone-by-affect-a_b_135206.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consort...</a><br><b>McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament</b><br><br><i>In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, <b>the man who landed the greatest number of punches, say the commentators, ultimately lost the debate.</b> Despite the invocation of a terrorist, it was a plumber who may have been McCain\'s undoing. Salon\'s Joan Walsh explains it this way:<br><br>    John McCain promised to kick Barack Obama\'s "you know what" on Wednesday night. He hinted that he\'d bring up former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers and worse. Instead McCain bludgeoned Obama with Joe the Plumber, and the effect was more farce than fierce.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Can\'t wait til NOV 4.  It WILL BE DONE!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102927">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102927" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  The Gov.\'s hair is slowly "SLITHERING" back up into that "bee-hive!"  Hmmm?<br><br><br>What I came to post was the following:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14571.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14571...</a><br><b>McCain warned on race card</b><br><br><br><i>They wheeled George Wallace in backwards and then lifted him onto a seat behind his bullet-proof lectern. Confetti, thrown by little girls in straw hats, caught in his swept-back hair. Wallace waved to the crowd.<br><br>We were in Southie — South Boston — in February 1976, and Wallace was running for president. Five hundred people were packed into a small hall, and 300 more waited outside in the cold.<br><br>Wallace had been shot and paralyzed in Laurel, Md., during the presidential primary in 1972. A lot of people remember that. But not everyone remembers that he also won the Maryland primary that year, just like he won primaries in Michigan, Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina.<br><br><br>SKIP A LOT<br><br>The name of George Wallace, who died in 1998, was invoked a few days ago by Rep. John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil rights leader. Lewis likened the rhetoric of Wallace to the rhetoric of John McCain and Sarah Palin.<br><br>“Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse,” Lewis said. “George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Ala. As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all.”<br><br>It was a shocking statement. (And it was meant to shock.) McCain was stunned. In August, at a public forum, McCain had named Lewis as one of the “wisest” people he knew and a person he would “rely on heavily” during his administration.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>But McCain is resisting. So far. He wants to get out of this presidential race without being accused of racism.<br><br>And that was the point of John Lewis’ very strong statement. Lewis was issuing a warning to McCain.<br><br>&lt;b.He was saying: Don’t go there. Don’t even think about going there. Don’t lay down the hay where the goats can get it.</b></i><br><br>Kudos to Mr. John Lewis!!  Bless you!!  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103102">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103102" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack is coming on MSNBC momentarily!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3103311" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103311" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you think he was funny? I thought McCain was funny- and not creepily. Obama was funny, but clearly not in his comfort zone. I prefer him as leader rather than court jester- McStupid can take that job.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3104296">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104296" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain was very funny.  He actually seemed human.  Barack was funny but not quite as funny as McCain.  I prefer him as a leader as well!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103303">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103303" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama in White Tie and Tails...looking good!<br><br>Can\'t wait to get the pics :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104909" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   I\'m sitting in front of my <b>AIR CONDITIONER!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103305" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Mr. Obama is SPEAKING at the ALFRED E. SMITH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION "White Tie Dinner"<br><br>He is amazing!!!  His LINES are CUTTING!!  Annnnnnnd, FUNNY!!<br><br>He\'s using ALL the NEGATIVES to turn them into a JOKE!!<br><br>McAncient HAD to laugh.  ALL of his NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN CRAP [and The Gov.\'s] was outted!!<br><br>I\'ll HAVE to get this VIDEO!!   <b>IT\'S TOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!<br><br>ROTFL!!   HE\'S HILARIOUS!!!<br><br>At the end  -  Invoked God and our duty of service to Him, as he honored the Catholic Charities for whom the funds are being raised;  spoke of the bad economic conditions.<br><br>He <b>DID IT ALL!! DID I SAY THAT HE IS AMAZING??</b>  WOW!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103378">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103378" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t virtually throw things at me but I have to say, McCain was really funny as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103465">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103465" class="dsq-comment-message">pjamma:  I am agreein\' with you!!  :&gt;)    I just, simply, cain\'t stand him!!  :&gt;)<br><br>We cool!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103568">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103568" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From HuffPost:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/racism-at-mccain-rally-bl_n_135303.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/racism...</a><br><br><b>Racism At Palin Rally:  "Blacks Will Take Over" (VIDEO)</b><br><br><i>It was kind of strange, dintcha think, that John McCain came to the defense of his supporters last night after Barack Obama pointed out that people at McCain/Palin rallies were shouting out "terrorist" and "kill him!" in reference to Obama.<br><br>Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:<br><br>"I\'m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He\'s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?"<br><br>Read the whole story here.</i><br><br>Guess you had ta be there - to look into the face of a RACIST!!  **SIGH**<br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104007" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Bringin\' this down from Alaska!    <i>MUDFLATS</i> is a CRACK UP!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink/" rel="nofollow">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/blink-...</a><br><b>BLINK!-BLINK!-BLINK! etc!!</b><br><br><i>The Mudflats poll had “compulsive blinking” as the number 3 most annoying McCain-ism of the debate, after the “hideous death grin” and Joe the plumber.<br><br>True, the blinking was incessant throughout, but this one particular moment was the blinking highlight of the debate. <b>McCain has been asking over the course of two debates now, for the dollar amount of the fine that Barack Obama would impose on small business owners for not providing health care. He finally got his answer. “Zero.” This apparently unanticipated answer caused a screeching sound in McCain’s brain that almost got picked up by the microphones, causing him to shift from “smug” to “deer in the headlights” in 1.8 seconds flat.</b><br><br>The outcome, for those of you keeping track at home was a whopping 54 blinks in 28 seconds. That’s almost two full blinks per second, never mind the untold mental whiplash for McCain. Just for fun, try watching the video above and blink along.</i><br><br>Have you eva??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Blinking/Ratios!          :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3104301">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104301" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re trying to suppress the vote in Indiana.<br><a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/local/early.voting.indiana.2.842015.html" rel="nofollow">http://cbs2chicago.com/local/early.voting.india...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3104984">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3104984" class="dsq-comment-message">30 Days | 30 Reasons : McCain\'s Campaign (#19)<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2aN7hPqUU7Y" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2aN7hPqUU7Y</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3088183" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088183" class="dsq-comment-message">For Monie, djchefron, and the other military-minded readers:<br><br><a href="http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/documents/BackToIraqReport.pdf" rel="nofollow">Report from Iraq: Results and Lessons of the Surge</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3089911">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3089911" class="dsq-comment-message">D., I briefly looked at this---I\'ll read it entirely later.  Vets for Freedom are only focused on the troop level numbers when assessing surge success.  I, and like others on JJP are not downplaying our troops contributions, but you have look at ALLl factors while assessing the surge.<br><br>Here are some other MAJOR factors with the surge:<br><br>----It is reported that satellite images showed that many Sunni neighborhoods  in and around Baghdad were abandoned (due to ethnic cleansing) prior to the troop surge of 2007. Point blank: The people left.    Throughout the course of the war, international humanitarian groups have estimated that 4 million Iraqis (15% of population) have been displaced, living in neighboring countries or other parts of Iraq.<br><br>---The U.S. began cooperating with many of the "Awakening councils" prior to the troop surge. The U.S. paid these groups and gave them weapons in exchange for dropping their opposition to the occupation. <br> <br>--The rebellion of the U.S. backed Sunni sheiks against a-Qaeda terrorist in Anbar was well under way also before the surge.<br><br>---Another group,  Sons of Iraq, which includes an estimated 90,000 Iraqis have also been cited as a major reason for a drop in violence.  The U.S. is paying them $10 a day to protect neighborhoods and provide intelligence.<br><br>Much of the violence began to decline before and during the beginning stages of the surge.  Our troops have been a band-aid in protecting  the goals of the U.S. and Iraqi  groups in their cooperation to quell the violence.  But the surge is not just a black and white issue.  The troops alone did not cause the violence to go down.  <br>It took ethnic cleansing, payola, and deals formed with former insurgents to get Iraq to the level it is today.  The true indicator of how well political reconciliation will be measured is when U.S. forces are vastly decreased and  the Iraqi forces and people are in control of their own country.  Right now, U.S. troops are still primarily "policing" the country though many insurgents and Iraqi forces are taking a larger role than they have in the past.<br><br>BTW, Vets for Freedom was very partisan with their scorecard---they picked and choosed legislation that was favorable to McCain Republicans--of course, VVFis a more Republican leaning organization.  IAVA looks at ALL legislation concerning veterans. Of course you know I raised my eyebrows at VVF after they paid frat boys to protest---they lost credibility with me.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3091838" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3091838" class="dsq-comment-message">VFF is a non-partisan organization. VFF PAC-which is separate from the parent group-has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats this year.<br><br>The scorecard looks only at legislation related to the war. A lot of those votes were along party lines. Of note, two Republicans-the senators from Maine-recieved failing grades.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096057">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096057" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem for me D. is that when you only look at legislation concerning the funding of the war itself---you ignore  the boader picture of troop care afterwards.  And many Republicans, including McCain, continue to vote against funding VA healthcare and other programs.  That is a DISGRACE.<br><br>  Many of our homeless in this country are veterans.  Many veterans, including a large number for the latest  two conflicts, are committing suicide and struggle with PTSD---and care is inadequate in many cases.  Many veterans are struggling financially after they leave, due to a number of reasons including education and assimilating back into civilian workforce.  And of course, the conditions at Walter Reed, where a large majority of injured troops from OIF/OEF was a complete disgrace but shed light on a broken system.  The U.S. is NOT investing all that it should for troop care AFTER the troops come home.<br><br>To me, that is just as important as the course of the war itself.   Our troops lives are not just affected while in battle, but many of the lasting effects continue long afterward, after many have exited the military.  And that is why I regard IAVA , DAV, and Vietnam Veterans of America\'s  scorecards as a better indicator of who "truly" supports our veterans overall. <br> <br>Of course, I have the  highest respect for all troops and veterans--I\'m married to one and will be glad when he retires, which is still a while but he is over the 10-year mark.  I just happen to look at this conflict from a different perspective.  The vast majority  of our armed forces always do the best that they can---though I feel the Bush administration failed them. tremendously. And that will always shape my opinions about Iraq.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3096764" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096764" class="dsq-comment-message">.....and from a military spouse, that\'s a fair assessment.<br><br>VFF is a single issue group; we don\'t take a specific stance on the troop<br>care issues. I imagine that we will, as the war begins to close. IAVA is the<br>exact opposite; they focus on veterans\' issues, and haven\'t taken a specific<br>stance on the war.<br><br>Though I\'m sure you\'ve heard that even their non-partisan nature has been<br>called into question.....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3097851">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097851" class="dsq-comment-message">Fair enough...I\'ll check on  the supposed "partisanship" you speak on regarding IAVA.  But I still feel that IAVA and others give a more comprehensive window into real veteran legislation, not just war funds.<br><br>Our VA programs, for the most part only need a fraction of the $10 billion dollars we spend in Iraq  in one month to continue to carry out their  goals for one year.  At the end of the day, both candidates,Obama and McCain, have voted against  troop funding  as protest votes when timetables became an issue.  But in the greater scheme of things, Congress as a whole has been appoving the Iraqi war budgets .  So I think it is safe to say that all of our leaders have "supported" this war by approving the financing for it---even if it means China owns our ass.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3097959" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3097959" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t bother: apparently, one of IAVA\'s guys is/was the "Veterans for Obama" coalition director. That\'s the beef. It was mostly fought out in the blogosphere.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3090213">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3090213" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay D the surge was a success.Here are some reasons<br>1.For all intent and purposes Kurdistan is now a independent country<br>2.The jihadist that got training are now migrating to Afghanistan<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15...</a><br>3.Iran no longer has a enemy on their flank<br>Yup Yup, you betcha it is a smashing success!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3096480">Kat-Mo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3096480" class="dsq-comment-message">Out of everything said at the debate last night, the thing that kept going around and around in my mind was Senator Obama\'s claim that "only 2% of small businesses" would be affected by his plan to raise taxes on incomes of $250,000 or more. As if this had no real impact on the growth of small businesses or the number of people employed.<br><br>Small businesses are responsible for 80% of the job creation in the United States every year. While many small businesses only employ the owner, there are literally millions of small businesses that employ 1 to 499 employees. That\'s the cut off for small businesses that Sen. Obama would like to re-define. He wants to classify single owner, single employee businesses as "not small businesses as we invision them". Exactly what else should they look like if not someone working for themselves? Isn\'t that the American Dream?<br><br>Of course, Sen. Obama\'s entire purpose is to whittle down this number in the Public\'s mind so that when he talks about raising taxes he and we can pretend that it isn\'t really that big of a deal. Well, if it isn\'t that big of a deal, why do it at all?<br><br>Continue reading<br><br>The truth is, it is a big deal and it is a lot of money. There are over 662,000 small businesses making more than $250,000 a year in the United States. These are not "fat cat, mega corporations". They range from single owner/employee to small manufacturers with 500 employees or less. Together, they employ millions of Americans.<br><br>These are companies like the small manufacturer in New Jersey with 100 employees who makes special ballistic glass inserts for military jets and vehicles that protect our men and women in uniform. They are companies like metal fabrication company right here in Kansas City that employs 50 and makes custom steel parts to any specification for companies all over the world.<br><br>Or the plastic manufacturer who employs 150 that contracts with auto manufacturers to make small parts for cars. A manufacturer who is already having to scramble to make ends meet due to the rising cost of fuel and materials, who is trying to find new business to keep his company open and his people employed since the auto manufacturers, his biggest contract, started slowing down and closing their factories.<br><br>Or the solar light company, producing solar street lights that have made Iraq and many other small countries with poor electrical infrastructure safer and energy efficient. With better lighting, businesses stay open longer and help developing economies. This is a "small business", but they had an outsized impact on the war. The lights helped bring down the violence in Iraq and make our men and women in uniform safer so they can return home. These same lights are being installed today in cities and villages in Afghanistan. They employ over 100 people in the development and manufacturing of these lights. They are one of the "small businesses" that make over $250,000 a year that Sen. Obama wants to tax.<br><br>Then there is the electrician who lives down the street. He doesn\'t "look like a traditional small business". He doesn\'t have a "store front". He employs three other electricians. His "store front" is the vans with his company name on the side. Just like Joe the Plumber, he built his business over time with long hours and his own money. Then he "spread the wealth" the right way by employing three other men who earn a decent living and support their families.<br><br>These are the "small businesses" that Sen. Obama wants to increase tax on as if they were truly some giant conglomerations owned by cigar smoking, fat cats getting rich off someone else\'s sweat. These are people who have been trying to build the American Dream and, through their hard work and perseverence, have given other Americans the opportunity to work towards their dreams, too.<br><br>In a recent ad, Sen. Obama claimed that a small company that traditionally made the thread for the United States flags moved their jobs overseas because they received "tax breaks" from our government to do it. Talk about dishonest. If Sen. Obama was honest about why that company moved, he would have to tell people that it wasn\'t because of "tax breaks", but because our government imposes extraordinary tax burdens on small businesses compared to other nations. The same taxes that Sen. Obama wants to raise. The same taxes that drive companies out of business and out of the United States.<br><br>Sen. Obama claims that it is "only 2%" of small businesses, but they represent the largest income and employment opportunities of all small businesses. These are the companies that are most likely to expand and create jobs in the United States. These are the small businesses that help keep America\'s economy going in good times and bad.<br><br>These companies represent 662,000 American Dreams.<br><br>Does it make sense to tax these companies during an economic down turn when they are already trying to keep their doors open and their people employed? Does it make sense to take money out of their pockets when they could use that money to expand their business and employ more people?<br><br>Sen. Obama claims he has the plan to help restore our economy. Instead, his plan looks like an assault on the American Dream.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3098011">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098011" class="dsq-comment-message">Troll troll troll -- the least you could do is delete the words "continue reading" if you\'re not going to properly cite your cut and paste job.<br><br>Can\'t you troll-people write your own stuff? Or at least cite it properly and not pass it off as yours?<br><br>Pathetic. Sloppy and pathetic.<br><br>I give you an "F"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101604">indie-ed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101604" class="dsq-comment-message">Did Obama just blow the election? Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to "spread the wealth around."  Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists.<br><br>Note this Gallup poll from June:<br><br>    When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today\'s consumer, Americans overwhelmingly—by 84% to 13%—prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101748">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101748" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!! You\'re asking if Obama blew the election when his numbers are rising ever hour?? Denial.......Denial...Denial....you gotta move on to "Acceptance", dude.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102025">indie-ed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102025" class="dsq-comment-message">Visit RealClearPolitics and check out the average. McCain has been gaining in recent days.<br><br>Acceptance before I vote! GMAFB.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102284" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102284">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102284" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102284" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope you know that he is still ahead and that tightening is to be expected.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102535">Justice58</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102535" class="dsq-comment-message">Give it up!  Barack Obama is ahead in the polls and on his way to the presidency!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101757" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101757">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101757" class="dsq-comment-message">So...umm...where have you been in the last month when a Wall Street bailout was initiated by Republican president George W. Bush to save the very wealthy banking institutions? A bailout that both John McCain and barack Obama voted for.<br><br>Oh, I forgot.  Your kind only thinks it\'s fair to let the average American pay for Wall Street and large corporations, and not the other way around.  Sorry to tell ya but all Americans are socialists now as a result of this bailout.  And now you see what Republican/Phil Gramm-esque economic policies have done to this country.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102008" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102008">indie-ed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102008" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102008" class="dsq-comment-message">I am talking about Obama\'s tax policy, which BTW NO ONE here can defend.<br><br>If we are all socialists now it is thanks to the \'affordable housing\' proponents at ACORN, Fannie and Freddie  and the House and Senate Committees headed by Frank and Dodd.<br><br>Raising taxes and restricting trade is the recipe used by Herbert Hoover and it is the program being pushed by Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102252">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102252" class="dsq-comment-message">False</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102632">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102632" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know, the Bush tax cuts worked so well that:<br><br>----The U.S. unemployment  rate is at 6.1%--- the highest in 5 years. Over 700,000 jobs have lost since the beginning of this year alone.  I guess all those nice tax breaks for the wealthy have created loads of jobs---NOT.<br><br>The US budget deficit will surge past a RECORD  half trillion dollars next year by the Bush administration(not including the war budget)--while the Bush tax costs will cost the country $200 billion a year.  And John McCain wants to  continue these tax cuts.<br><br>But since  you are a McCain troll--i think you should know that McCain once vigorously OPPOSED the Bush tax cuts before he politically pandered to the Rethugs in his blind ambition to become president.<br><br>Sen. McCain was one of only two Republican senators to oppose the 2001 tax cuts and one of only three GOP senators to oppose the 2003 reductions. Furthermore, his reason for opposing the cuts was taken straight from the playbook of the most radical left-wing Democrats. In 2001, Sen. McCain argued, "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who need tax relief." <br><br>So you need to ask John McCain how can he defend his flip-flop on the Bush tax cuts (he sounded just like Barack Obama in 2001 and 2003)---, where did his conscience go? Oh, I guess his conscience went to the same place his promise to run a respectful campaign went.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101814">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101814" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101814" class="dsq-comment-message">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3098761" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098761" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html" rel="nofollow">Secret Service says "Kill him" allegation unfounded</a><br><br><i>The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.<br><br>Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment. <br><br>“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.<br><br>He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098923" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098923" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3098923" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098923" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098923" class="dsq-comment-message">A case of selective hearing...  didn\'t they get that on tape?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3098985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3098985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3098985" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3098985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3098985" class="dsq-comment-message">You figure if it\'s loud enough to make national TV, it would be loud enough for someone else to hear it. And I\'m guessing if that "someone else" was a law enforcement officer, it would be cause for concern.<br><br>Then again, I don\'t know. I didn\'t hear about this incident, so I can\'t say one way or another. The ones from last week, though, were pretty unmistakable (though it does beg the same question.....).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099442" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099442" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099442" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099442" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099442" class="dsq-comment-message">I say if they managed to get it on tape then the witness testamony is irrelevant,  The tape don\'t lie.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3099557">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099557" class="dsq-comment-message">Secret Service Blocking Reporters At Palin Rallies: Milbank<br><br>Arlington, Va.: The Secret Service has now labeled the "kill him" report as unfounded. Why isn\'t The Post giving this report as much coverage as the original false report received? <br><br>Dana Milbank:<br><br>Glad you asked, because I saw this earlier. This is actually about the incident in Scranton, not the one in Clearwater, Fla, that I wrote about here.<br><br>I wasn\'t at the Scranton event, but I have to say the Secret Service is in dangerous territory here. In cooperation with the Palin campaign, they\'ve started preventing reporters from leaving the press section to interview people in the crowd. This is a serious violation of their duty -- protecting the protectee -- and gets into assisting with the political aspirations of the candidate. It also often makes it impossible for reporters to get into the crowd to question the people who say vulgar things. So they prevent reporters from getting near the people doing the shouting, then claim it\'s unfounded because the reporters can\'t get close enough to identify the person. <br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/secret-service-blocking-r_n_135336.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/secret...</a><br><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45" rel="nofollow">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3099642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3099642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3099642" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3099642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3099642" class="dsq-comment-message">So now, the USSS is cooperating with the McCain/Palin campaign?<br><br>Don\'t you think that\'s just a <i>little</i> bit far fetched?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3102980">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102980" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102980">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102980" class="dsq-comment-message">There is an ongoing investigation of another alleged "Kill Him" report.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101019" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101019">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101019" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101019" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the way you operate now. Destroy anyone who stands in your way. Humiliate them. Make sure that anyone else who ever wants to skeptically question Barack Obama knows that every last bit of their dirty laundry will be aired for all the world to see. Bristol Palin, Trig Palin, — hey, it\'s all fair game. They\'ve got to make an example of them. Show them that this sort of dangerous speech won\'t be allowed in the New America.<br><br>Pathetic.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101250" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101250">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101250" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101250" class="dsq-comment-message">Because threatening the life of the opposition candidate and making jokes about his wife dying in a plane crash are such honorable deeds.<br><br>Whatever floats your boat Sparky.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101685" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101685">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101685" class="dsq-comment-message">How about defending Obama\'s redistributionist tax policy instead?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101994" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101994">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101994" class="dsq-comment-message">Why defend it? It\'s not something to be ashamed of.<br><br>The anti-tax know-nothings are collapsing all around you, indie-ed, and the ones with any survival instincts (Gingrich, Brooks) are repudiating the idea that you can have a modern state with no taxes.<br><br>Go back to your talking point dispenser and get a new clip, d00d. You realize that your taskmasters have sent you on a suicide mission? The ship is going down, and they have no qualms leaving you on it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102197" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102197">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102197" class="dsq-comment-message">No one is talking about NO taxes.<br><br> McCain would let Americans keep more of their own income to ride out the downturn, while Obama is revealing that his default agenda is to spend money and expand the government.<br><br>Taxpayers are already on the hook for this country\'s biggest financial bailout, the markets are tanking, taking trillions of dollars in retirement funds with it.<br><br>Raising taxes and restricting trade is the recipe used by Herbert Hoover and it is the program being pushed by Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102514">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102514" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102514" class="dsq-comment-message">President Barack Obama....has a really nice ring to it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3102664">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102664" class="dsq-comment-message">Go  ahead.....Go ahead<br><br>Say it again!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102913" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3102913" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102913" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102913" class="dsq-comment-message">Too late in the season for trolls to think they have a shot in hell in changing minds on this or ANY site. Why not just save your time and right in your personal journal:<br><br>Dear Diary,<br><br>I\'m so mad that Obama supporters are don\'t care about what I say. I make a point, and they shoot me down. They must hate McCain... It\'s not his fault that he invited hate-filled bigots to carry the torch for him! Blame people who worked for him, but not him! I wish Jack and Jill Politics would trust me on this...<br><br>GTFOH</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3103188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3103188">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3103188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3103188" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re being used, indie-ed. Learn to think for yourself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3102511" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3102511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3102511" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3102511" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3102511" class="dsq-comment-message">Stop with your distortions, you know good and well that his tax policy is not promoting socialism. Go sing that song and dance to the Walmart family ... whom I believe rake in ... wait ... lemme break it down ...<br><br>The average medium income of American households in 2006: <br><br><b>48,200</b> with over 36 million people living in poverty <br><br><br>Average pay of the American White Collar worker<br><b>15,000- $25000</b><br><br>Notice I left out blue collar workers. The first number should tell the tale about that!<br><br>Average income of the Walton family members:<br><b>10.4 billion dollars</b><br><br>Welcome to The Walmart Family<br><br>So taxing these folks a little higher is your idea of Socialims and wealth redistribution?<br><br>Yet individually they made this in 2007<br><br>Christy Walton 16.3 billion<br>Jim Walton 16.3 billion<br>S Robson Walton 16.3 billion<br>Alice Walton 16.1 billion<br>Ann and Nancy Walton  a combined 4.3 billion<br><br>Then in 2008 <br><br>Jim - 19.2 billion<br>Christy - 19.2 billion<br>S. Robson - 19.2 billion<br>Alice Walton - 19.0 billion<br>Ann and nancy a combined 5.2 billion<br><br>Seems like they are doing okay in this trash heap economy. We can\'t possibly tax them a bit more ... now can we??<br><br>meanwhile ... <br><br>The Walton\'s of Anti- union, anti healthcare and anti workers rights, Walmart, pays their full time sales associates and cashiers an average of 8.23 an hour or less, which is below the basic living wage standards AND below the poverty line. These jobs (sales associate and cashier)  make up more than a third of Walmart\'s job force.<br><br>We are only speaking of their American work force at the moment ... we don\'t even want to talk about their oversea\'s atrocities ... as if their worker\'s record wasn\'t bad here. IT could be worst for us in the US.<br><br>Do you think walmart makes up for this by providing <br><br>healthcare or both health and dental for it\'s employees ...?<br><br>um hell no. <br><br>In fact they refuse to provide healthcare to their employees <br><br>and have taken to bullying tactics by \'discouraging them" <br><br>from voting for candidates that support the Employee free <br><br>choice act.<br> <br><br>Hmm ... while you are (as usual) copying those poorly written <br><br>Republican talking points, they are fucking the "average <br><br>working American" right up the ass with a hard stick of <br><br>corporate greed.<br><br>There is no doubt that Walmart supports the Republican party <br><br>(overall), they\'ve donated more to them than any other party. They know who supports their good ole\' American values.<br><br><b>How dare Obama, attempt to tax the poor downtrodden Walton\'s and their corporations, in our society ... how ever will they get by?!</b><br><br>Walmart gets more than 250 billion in annual revenues.<br><br>They are only ONE company getting fat off the backs of other\'s in this country.<br><br>I\'m not a math or economics whiz but geez ... something seems a bit off. Under Obama\'s tax plan taxes on the top income bracket in our country will go from 35% to 39%. Let\'s take the waltons, with a combined income of 10.4 billion ... they\'re individual fortune would go down to 4.0 billion. Hey they may have to forgo a few houses, but that tax money can be used to rebuild our crumbling infrastrutures, pay our military service members more. Provide healthcare for All americans (including their own employees) bring down the deficit so our ass isn\'t owned by human right\'s violating China ... and the list goes on.<br><br>So Sit, down and STFU  ... you are the weakest link ...<br><br>Goodbye!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101501" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101501" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101501">Elephants &amp; Flowers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101501" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101501" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s be clear.  McCain is responsible for the media\'s "Joe-Fest."  McCain brought up Joe over 20 times last night.  What did he and you expect to happen?  Logically, people want to know who the heck is Joe.  <br><br>Kind of like we used to want to know who the heck is Sarah Palin.  I\'m over that.  And, I\'m over Joe.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101678" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101678">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101678" class="dsq-comment-message">Look, Obama exposed his true feelings re: the role of taxation in America. He sees it as a means of \'spreading the wealth around.\' <br><br>Fine. I\'m glad that is clear now.<br><br>Destroying Joe will not destroy the truth about Obama and taxes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3101730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3101730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3101730">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3101730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3101730" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing.   These folks have more skeletons in their closets than a haunted house, and it isn\'t even Halloween yet.</div>\
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	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=thursday_open_thread_90&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




