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I have this thing about the way folks view our seniors (some family members included).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:40:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398167, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But isn't it good that the MSM is saying that it's close? Maybe that will shut down the complacency among Obama supporters, and give some of us the incentive to fight even harder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:24:35", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val;  L8R.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:27:21", "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": 3402074, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just short all together.<br><br>Arms too short, <br><br>Body too short, <br><br>Judgement too short, <br><br>Votes in his home state of Arizona looking short, <br><br>Support from his own party looking short...<br><br>Need I go on.   LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:13:04", "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": 3395380, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Toilet Man\" is appropriate reference to Joe and should also be the name of the one hit he may produce from Funky Finger Productions.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:00:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3390404, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398167": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree. What's a vote for if you don't know who you're voting for, or why?<br><br>I don't think it's fair to him. And I'd say that regardless of who he voted for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:13:27", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397973, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  Many Alaskans are trying.  As I've been reporting, their MANY PRO-OBAMA RALLIES [AND ANTI-PALIN RALLIES] have emboldened their resolve AGAINST the <b>UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br>It has been great, watching their EVOLUTION in this direction!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:29:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398531, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not surprised a Republican said it.  Still though, if he has to hope that 'their side' comes in hopes of canceling out Barack Obama supporters--and not because of enthusiastic support of John McCain--I'm not going to place much stock on that being very fruitful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:18:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17826608/detail.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Family Says Nursing Home Allowed Dementia Patient To Vote</a><br><br><i>LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio -- A voting controversy is brewing in Lorain County, where a family is questioning a nursing home's decision to let their sick father vote, they say, without their permission.<br><br>The family, which didn't want to be identified, said their father has dementia and wouldn't even know who the candidates are, let alone for whom to vote, reported NewsChannel5's Alicia Scicolone.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:42:26", "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": 41, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The picture was taken by Gordan Parks who was an African American photographer and filmmaker. The picture is a  parody of \"American Gothic\".  That painting with the white farm couple standing in front of a house.  The husband is with a pitchfork in his hand.  They are supposed to represent America even though that no longer exists.  You can find some more info on the photographer:<br><br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:38:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if he used the methodology of pissing in the wind and watched where the piss landed to decide which way to vote it is his right.  <br><br>Again D - how does this one vote or votes like his affect the race realistically?  What are the statistics?  Let the man vote and leave it alone.  Deferring to the law my a*s.  Leave the man alone let him live his life or euthanize him and be done with it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:49:18", "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": 25, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400646, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "30 Days | 30 Reasons Week To Week (#6)<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75UKSnVX64\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75UKSnVX64</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:25:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Liza:  Not that anyone asked me, annnnnnd, despite the FACT that I'm the \"poster-person\" for \"TECH-CHALLENGED\"  :&gt;),  all pics are identified and the ID can be retrieved by - \"here I go\" - holding your \"MOUSE\" on the pic.  Ta-dum!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Actually, I ACCIDENTALLY, did this while trying to change the TV channel one day.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  It's NOT like I knew that, 'cause. . . .    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Now, I'm goin' back ta mindin' my own bu'iness.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:51:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFLMAO!  <br><br>Truth - girl, you know how to turn a phrase.  You made me spit my juice on my shiny brand new company issued laptop.  LOLOLOLOL<br><br>Hysterical.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:54:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395974, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WHAT?!?! Say it ain't so!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:11:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "thanks! I was just coming to reply", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:39:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390495, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:01:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  ALASKA is SPEAKING OUT!!!  Yaaaaa!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/palin-popularity-falls-in_n_139187.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/palin-...</a><br><b>PALIN POPULARITY  FALLS IN ALASKA AND NATION</b><br><br><i>Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the conservative base of the Republican party when she was first picked as Sen. John McCain's vice-presidential running mate, but polls say she has become a polarizing figure since then in her home state.<br><br>Palin's supporters regularly refer to her as the \"most popular governor in America.\" But while her approval rating remains sky-high among local Republicans, she's lost the support of Democrats and independents who once formed a significant portion of her base.<br><br>Read the whole story here.</i><br><br>I decided to get some MORE:<br><br><i>Palin\u2019s popularity with Alaska voters has dropped precipitously, from a high of roughly 90 percent this spring \u2014 long before she was selected to join the McCain ticket \u2014 to an approval rating now of around 60 percent.<br><br>Not bad for a governor, but nowhere near the support she enjoyed before making her debut on the national stage.<br><br>A statewide poll conducted Oct. 23 by Ann Hayes found about 63 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion of Palin, with 47 percent having a very favorable opinion.<br><br>Palin\u2019s negatives are about 35 percent, according to the telephone survey of 400 likely voters with a margin of error of roughly 5 percentage points.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>A Rasmussen poll released Wednesday showed similar numbers, with a 61 percent favorable rating among Alaskans.<br><br>Palin\u2019s popularity started to slide into the mid-70s in July when the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan first made headlines, according to separate polls by Moore and Hays.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>\u201cShe\u2019s no longer above the fray. She\u2019s being mean and vindictive,\u201d Guttenberg said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a Democrat, she\u2019s being phenomenally partisan. And if you\u2019re a Republican, you\u2019re pissed because she\u2019s dragging down your presidential candidate.\u201d<br><br>Even with the erosion of support among voters on the left, Palin still enjoys a 92 percent approval rating among registered Republicans in a very red state, Hellenthal said.<br><br>There are about 125,000 registered Republicans in Alaska, compared to roughly 77,000 registered Democrats. Both parties are dwarfed, however, by the nearly 263,000 undeclared or nonpartisan voters in the state, according to the state Division of Elections.<br><br><b>Palin\u2019s growing partisanship could make her transition back to state politics \u2014 should McCain not win the White House \u2014 a potentially rocky one.</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a different landscape for her completely,\u201d Moore said. \u201cShe\u2019s going to need to tap into a bunch of political skills that she hasn\u2019t had to use before.<br><br>\u201cBefore she got by on her popularity, now she\u2019s going to need to be more diplomatic.\u201d<br><br>Moore said he\u2019s not convinced the governor is up to the task.<br><br>\u201cI don\u2019t think she\u2019s very practiced at admitting her faults and taking criticism well,\u201d he said.</i><br><br>REMEMBER,  THIS IS FROM ALASKA!!!   LOL!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST<br><br><b>P.S.  Please read the \"comments\".  Many of them are \"SCATHING!\"  :&gt;)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:28:58", "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}, "3390519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "KO pimpslapped him last night over this garbage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:40:14", "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": 3390404, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Co-sign!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:32:26", "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": 3401108, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  WHAT??  Did they like the \"IMMEDIATE\" response of SHRUB to Katrina??<br><br>I'm just askin' . . . . . <br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:11:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama Releases TWO GREAT Ads This Morning! UPDATE With Missing Plumber<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/1125/1795/67/646739\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/1125/1...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:20:07", "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}, "3396669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chalabi needs to be arrested and sent to Jordan to answer for the crimes that he was convicted of.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:55:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3396136, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Green Lady: I have heard of The K Chronicles before. I like a lot of his comics. As for the stories from the campaign trail, I believe that situation actually did happen...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:17:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393363, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OBAMA TALK RADIO: <br><br>Hi Fellow Warriors....We invite you to listen to last night's Obama web radio show (Nothing But The Truth with Greg Jones). Last night's show features Senator Obama's powerful speech entitled 'In One Week' which is a powerful message that should be heard particularly by all undecideds. You'll also hear some of the songs written and performed by Obama supporters. So please listen....share the show....and stay fired up !<br><br><a href=\"http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingLeft/The-Greg-Jones-Show/2008/10/30/NOTHING-BUT-THE-TRUTH-with-Greg-Jones\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingLe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:35:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "69a9cd5fced707c0810475b046bc7d12", "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}, "3395142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  But,  but - it was a mis-understanding!:<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=6142173&page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=6142173&...</a><br><b>McCain-Palin Campaign Snubs Penn State Prez</b><br><i>Unwelcome at Palin Campus Event Because He's a \"Big Democrat\"</i><br><br>Summary:  McAncient spokesperson said that there was a misunderstanding!  HAH!!:&gt;)<br><br><br><br><b>BREAKING IN:  HEY!  I just saw a GOTV ad by ACORN!!!  ON MSNBC- Chuck T. Show] I'll try to run it down - unless it has been posted.   :&gt;)</b><br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:38:37", "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}, "3397193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:   <b>\"V\"</b>   Back at-choo!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:22:20", "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": 3396424, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Roland Martin:<br><br><i>October 30, 2008<br>Nilesen releases viewership of Obama infomercial<br>Not sure how to read this, but a survey saying that nearly 22 percent of the nation's households watched the 30-minute infomercial isn't that bad.<br><br>Nielsen just released last night's ratings of Barack Obama\u2019s national campaign spot for the 56 local markets where we have meters. <br><br>* Overall, for the six networks that aired the program simultaneously, the spot had a household rating of 21.7% (meaning that 21.7 percent of all households watching television were tuned to the spot.) <br><br>* In comparison, the final debate between the two presidential candidates received a 38.3 household rating in the top 56 local TV markets. The candidates\u2019 first debate on September 26 received a 34.7 household rating in the top 55 markets; their second debate, on October 7, received a 42.0 household rating in those markets. <br><br>* The last presidential candidate to air a paid simulcast was Ross Perot in 1996, which received a national household rating of 16.8. <br><br>* Last night, the Baltimore market had the largest TV audience, with a household rating of 31.3, while the Portland market had the lowest household rating: 14.2.<br><br>For more information please see our blog at:<br><br><a href=\"http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/politics/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/po...</a><br><br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:21:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have to worry about absentee ballots from overseas servicemembers not getting counted. Little nuance in VA law that needs to be changed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:03:26", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3402109, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Admiral - They should go ahead and let her go vs. using my hard earned money as a tax payer to house her in jail with the expectation of covering her psych treatments.<br><br>She will suffer for what she did out here in society.  Everyone knows what she did and who she is.  They can't sue her because she has no money so . . . . let her be out there in the public eye knowing she will have to explain to family and strangers alike wtf she was thinking of when she did what she did and she will definately be a butt of jokes for a long long time.  I am sure her family is completely embarrased.<br><br>So . . . I am okay with the verdict.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:12:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393699, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ":-)  Tell her the trick is to keep crackers by her bedside.  nibble on the crackers when she wakes up.  Eat small meals through out the day instead of large meals and listen to her body for cues on what she wants to eat and what she should not touch.  The baby(ies) will tell her everytime.  <br><br>It worked for me in both pregnancies (triplets and the singleton). I wasn't sick not once.  At a glance they would tell me what not to touch.  <br><br>Hope that helps.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:35:12", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401211, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think you meant  $448,000", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:18:25", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401672, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig, let it be known that JJP predicted  last weekend McCain would be pulling a repeat  of the Pennsylvania primary between Clinton and Obama.<br><br>Mc\"Air Quotes\" is sending out mailers with him and Hillary Clinton on the cover, comparing himself to her.  McCain is desperate and unoriginal...but i knew he would be banking on the same strategy.  TalkingPoints Memo has a picture of the mailer<br><br>GOP Mailer Likens John McCain To Hillary, Suggests Obama Is All About \"Pretty Words\"<br>By Greg Sargent - October 30, 2008, 7:00PM<br>A reader sends in this mailer by the Pennsylvania GOP which hails Hillary for the feminist breakthrough her candidacy represented -- displaying an affection for Hillary that is somewhat atypical for Republicans -- and even likens John McCain to the New York Senator.<br><br>The mailer, a bid for Hillary voters in Pennsylvania, features McCain and Hillary gazing at each other above a testimonial to Hillary's 18 million votes, a picture of Sarah Palin, and even an evocation of Hillary's criticism of Obama during the primary: \"Both she and John McCain have shown the American people proven results, not pretty words.\"  <br><br>Responds Hillary spokesperson Kathleen Strand: \"It is safe to say Hillary Clinton does not approve this message. She made history earning 18 million votes and has urged everyone who supported her to vote for Barack Obama because they have so much more in common with him than they do with Senator McCain. Voters should not be distracted by last minute, desperate attempts that claim otherwise.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:53:52", "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": 3399099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395166": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Will they find a martial arts guy that looked as good as Taimak?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6aed018f8f53c49b3b1b35ae3321cebd\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a><br>R.I.P. Julius Sho Nuff Carrey", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:39:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:56:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394463, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That ReThug chick should ask for her vote back, since she's gotten a taste of how McCain treats his own damned supporters.<br><br>What's next?  Locking them up because they don't look like Caribou Barbie?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:51:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3396402, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b> Shepard Smith Forced To Offer Disclaimer After Joe The Plumber Interview</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/foxs-shepard-smith-forced_n_138674.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/foxs-s...</a><br><br><i>Anyway, five minutes with Joe The Plumber had Shepard Smith so frustrated that the Fox anchor felt compelled to issue a disclaimer, immediately following the segment, pushing back on any notion that Obama would mean the \"death of Israel,\" saying: <b>\"I just want to make this 100 percent perfectly clear -- Barack Obama has said repeatedly and demonstrated repeatedly that Israel will always be a friend of the United States, no matter what happens once he becomes President of the United States.</b> His words.\" Smith later added, \"The rest of it -- man...some things -- it just gets frightening sometimes. We'll be right back.\" I haven't seen Shep this broken up about the state of the world since Katrina.</i><br><br><br>Joe The Plumber doesn't have a f-ing clue as to what he's talking about! The guy is an embarrassment! It's insane for John McCain to have this moron out on the Campaign Trail! Stop it already, John McCain!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:09:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390404, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  It Does NOT AFFECT THE RACE.<br><br>O.K.  So, I've got some time, Where does \"WHAT\" end???<br><br>Whew!!  **SIGH**  Deep Breath!  [Just 1.  :&gt;)]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:36:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400859, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm still trying to get rid of the weight from the last kid...lol.<br><br>Don't know if I mentioned it before, but I work in DC and we live in Norfolk. So most of the time, she's got our son by herself, and she's in school. I don't usually get home until about 830, and I'm out the door at 4 am. So she's beyond stressed...and that's before we throw in my stuff for VFF.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:15:25", "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": 3401655, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Over on CNN:<br><br>Young Conservatives group invites others to throw eggs at Obama poster during Anti-Obama rally<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/video/#/politics/2008/12/30/sigman.anti.obama.rally.kbtx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/politics/2008/12/30/...</a><br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>I just want to say that even though i am excited about this election process, I am also embarassed at times.  I look at this  video and I wonder \"Will these same college students be the next generations teachers, lawyers, doctors?  Isn't this kinda juvenile?  I understand free speech and all but are these America's next \"forward thinkers\" who will lead this country in the future.  What ever happened to spreading the word about your viewpoints in a positive way.<br><br>How come a random gentleman like \"Joe the plumber,\" whose supposed background has pratically been debunked and whose own words have been particularly troubling and misleading about Obama, still manages to be a central figure in this important election.  Joe is even being considered for a record deal.<br><br>And yet, by all accounts, Obama was a hardworking intellectual, admired by other colleagues and students...and he's been labeled \"uppity\" and \"elitist\" because he is actually pragmatic, forward-thinking  and obtained a good education on his own merits.<br><br>I pray that one day this country will abandon the\"insta-celebrity fever\" we have and truly teach our children everywhere to be thoughtful, informed, and hardworking.   I think reality tv has fucked this country up---even the media is tabloid-ish.<br><br> Let us value our best and brightest. I am getting tired of caricatures and pitting this group against the other.<br><br>It is no wonder we lag behind so many other nations in education and new technology---we simply don't value the importance ot it the way we should.  And it shows.  Will we continue to show the world this...because we know they are watching.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:13:30", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I can't see how, based on the family's account, an informed decision could've been made.<br><br>I say throw it out. </i><br><br>Throw what out? The father's vote? For real? On the basis of THAT story?<br><br>You would be willing to take this obviously shallow information, in light of the very public lies that we have ALL clearly witnessed over the last couple/several weeks for political purposes, and deny this man his vote? On the say-so of an un-named family with no further information?<br><br>Here's my wish for you, D: I wish that for just one day you would experience lies the way I do. (hint: they hurt and can't be ignored ... because they hurt). Just one day.<br><br>I have never heard of such a thing actually happening, of course. I was born like this and have never seen it just temporarily happen to anyone. <br><br>But still I wish you would have to experience it for just one day. Because in my view, you still need some deep internal shaking-up in relation to lies and truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:17:52", "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": 27, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398099, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "what an ass. I'm just logging on for the first time today to see this dip-wad.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:52:31", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397243, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL....here it is:<br><br>Rick Sanchez V. Michael Goldfarb: McCain Spokesman Wusses Out On CNN<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/rick-sanchez-v-michael-go_n_139357.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/rick-s...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:25:16", "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}, "3402878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This time around, the issue was getting them counted.<br><br>The law in VA says the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot has to have a witness signature and address when used as an application AND a ballot. Some registrars took that to mean all the ballots had to have signature/address, which is different from the laws for other absentee ballots. And Federal law says they have to all be processed the same way.<br><br>I worked the issue on behalf of VFF....took about a week to resolve, but now we have to get the laws changed. Probably the ONE thing we managed to do this year that was truly non-partisan.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:58:16", "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": 3402737, "depth": 14, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From <a href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br><i>Number one, John McCain is NOT closing Obama's margin as quickly as he needs to (if indeed he is closing it at all). This appears to be a 6- or 7- point race right now ... that's where we have it, that's where RCP has it, that where <a href=\"http://Pollster.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pollster.com</a> has it. In order to beat Barack Obama, John McCain will need to gain at least one point per day between now and the election. Our model does think that McCain has pared about a point off Obama's margin -- but it has taken him a week to do so. Now, McCain needs to gain six more points in six more days. And he needs to do so with no real ground game, no real advertsing budget, and no one particularly strong message. Not easy.<br><br>Number two, John McCain is NOT gaining ground in the states that matter the most. The top tier of states in this election are Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania. There is lots of lots of polling in these states, particularly in Virgnia and Pennsylvania, and it's all coming up in roughly the same range, showing Obama leads in the high single digits (in VA and CO) or the low double digits (in PA). The second tier of states is probably Ohio, Florida and Nevada. McCain seems to be getting a bit stronger in Florida; Obama seems to be getting a bit stronger in Ohio and Nevada. McCain does seem to have halted Obama's progress in some of the third-tier states, particularly Missouri and North Carolina. On the other hand, some other third-tier states, like New Mexico and particularly New Hampshire (where Obama is getting some insane numbers lately), now appear to be off the table.<br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:44:37", "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": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was only released in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.<br><br>The national ad buy was paid for today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:17:29", "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": 3399943, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama\u2019s Slam Dunk?<br>As Basketballers Know, Great Moves Mean Nothing if You Can't Finish<br><a href=\"http://washingtonindependent.com/15777/homestrech\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://washingtonindependent.com/15777/homestrech</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:56:50", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks.  Gordon Parks, a legend. I should have recognized it.<br><br>As a working artist and photographer, as well as a gallery owner who represents many wonderful artists, I am asking that JJP and all of you who blog will remember to give credit and links to any artists whose images you use. And if the artist is still alive and within hailing frequency, it's best to ask permission first. Most of us are pleased to have the recognition and publicity, but without a citation there is neither.<br><br>Obama Or Else!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:11:36", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390507, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This part to me is very telling, given all that has happened so far in this election season:<br><br><i>The family, which didn't want to be identified</i><br><br>On the surface, it's a reasonable call for privacy.<br><br>But given the context, it looks to me like they don't want the kind of scrutiny that revealed that the \"plumber\" was fake and the supposedly wounded white woman was a liar. <br><br>Ohio. Interesting.<br><br>I strongly suspect this is a political ploy and has some deception in it. I await the real story coming out, if it does.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:53:43", "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": 30, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397551, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know that - we are referencing the ones with mental challenges.  I still believe they (folks with dementia or other mental issues) have rights  (even though it is practically nonexistent) in this country and it should not be taken away from them.  <br><br>That is okay though.  When you get old and have issues, know that I will be right here blogging on your behalf.  :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:38:43", "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": 3401183, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "FL election offices revolting against GOP tactics (updated w/good OH news)<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/8334/7944/975/645855\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/8334/7...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:25:09", "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}, "3400334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today's polls<br><br>Arizona NBC/Mason-Dixon McCain 48, Obama 44 McCain +4<br>Arizona CNN/Time McCain 53, Obama 46 McCain +7<br>California Field Obama 55, McCain 33 Obama +22<br>Colorado Marist Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6<br>Colorado National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Florida National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Indiana Rasmussen McCain 49, Obama 46 McCain +3<br>Indiana Indy Star/Selzer McCain 45, Obama 46 Obama +1<br>Iowa SurveyUSA Obama 55, McCain 40 Obama +15<br>Kentucky Rasmussen McCain 55, Obama 43 McCain +12<br>Minnesota NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 48, McCain 40 Obama +8<br>Minnesota Minn. Pub. Radio Obama 56, McCain 37 Obama +19<br>Montana Rasmussen McCain 50, Obama 46 McCain +4<br>Nevada CNN/Time Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>New Jersey Research 2000 Obama 54, McCain 38 Obama +16<br>North Carolina Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 48 Obama +2<br>North Carolina CNN/Time Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>North Carolina National Journal/FD Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>Ohio CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Ohio National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 41 Obama +7<br>Pennsylvania NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>Pennsylvania CNN/Time Obama 55, McCain 43 Obama +12<br>Virginia Marist Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Virginia National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Wisconsin SurveyUSA Obama 55, McCain 39 Obama +16<br><br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>NationalGallup Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 48, McCain 42 Obama +6<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 43 Obama +7<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 52, McCain 44 Obama +8<br>National CBS News/NY Times Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:18:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Go Kendrick!!! That's a RATTLER Y'all!! Rep. Kendrick Meek holding it down on Hardball.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:15:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Same thing - dead woman", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:19:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3399125, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm transferring end of November; we've got a hospital in Hampton", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:11:16", "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": 3402058, "depth": 14, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Euthanize him? For you, that's a little harsh. <br><br>Does it affect the race dramatically? Nope, not at all.<br><br>But where does it end? What standards-if any-are there?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:59:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400737, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Everybody eventually ditches McCain....<br><br>First Palin...<br><br>Next the voters of Arizona....<br><br>And now Joe the Plumber.<br><br>I guess they all realize that they are better off without him...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:08:47", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395657, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain worker reaches deal in hoax assault <br>Police say 20-year-old can't explain why she made up the story<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27456042/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27456042/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:26:18", "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": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I remember correctly, I thought Keith Olbermann said it was 40 million!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:12:32", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390743, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"***Someone please tell our US Congress that the GED degree that Manny Gonzales acquired in prison is not a LAW DEGREE !!!!!!\"<br><br>RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:53:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3396355, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OH DAYUMMM Why he gotta be Manny Gonzales? <br><br>Dude needs to relax on the caplock.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:55:37", "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": 3396619, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Out shopping media deals with Sarah the Neiman Marxist", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:17:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394535, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They should do it just for fun...just to mess with McCain's camp collective dizzy heads.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:58:46", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3389927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know the funny thing is that he admitted, but he'll probably still call him a socialist in stump speeches later today!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:21:30", "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": 3394845, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if she is tempted to overeat and she knows she isn't hungry - get her a slurpee or some crushed ice will do.<br><br>That will curb her temptations and she won't have to worry about eating a lot of junk she doesn't need.<br><br>Also Daddy - I can't help you lol my pounds were all stomach, but hubby gained at least 20 lbs and had a time getting rid of it after. LOL<br><br>Oh yea, a huge key in managing morning sickness and other pregnancy issue is to ensure she is not stressed out at all.  NO STRESS.  If you can help her accomplish that . . . . she will have the best pregnancy ever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:02:48", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401557, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My favorite line from the entire 3 hours?<br><br>Chuck Todd:<br><br><i> it's easier to see how Obama gets to 375 than to see how McCain gets to 270</i><br><br>I LOL when I heard that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:42:22", "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": 3391312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here  in a New  York  Times article, Saxby Chambliss explained  that the Republican base is energized  because of the following:<br><br>\"There has always been a rush to the polls by African-Americans early,\" he [Chambliss] said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. \"It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening,\" he said.<br><br>I can't believe this mofo has the nerve saying that.  That may explain why we see tightening in the polls. Most of it coming from the south.  The Republicans can't stand to see people exercising their right to vote.  Screw them! We'll teach them a lesson!<br><br>Here is the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/30chambliss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/3...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:59:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kay Hagan tells Liddy Dole to KISS HER AZZ! She is fighting back!<br><br>USATODAY:<br><br>The North Carolina Senate race just got hotter. Democrat Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against inumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole for calling her an atheist.<br><br>Dole questioned Hagan's faith in an ad and refused Hagan's request to take it off the air. The Hill reports that Hagan, a former Sunday school teacher, is now running a response ad that calls Dole's ad \"offensive\" and suggests Dole broke one of the Ten Commandments.<br><br>Meanwhile, in Texas, Politico reports on another late-breaking lawsuit in which a businessman is suing a wealthy supporter of Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, claiming he was forced to funnel $75,000 to Coleman through Coleman's wife, Laurie.<br><br>Coleman spokesman Cullen Sheehan called the allegation \"entirely baseless\" and \"totally false.\" Coleman, a Republican, is in a tight race against Democrat Al Franken.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:22:51", "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}, "3393219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe Scarbough (R-Dead Intern) will be pissed on 11/5/2008.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:59:51", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3391719, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I dont see anything wrong with him voting.  He still has rights and I don't see why he would need his kids authorization to excercise his rights.  This isn't surgery.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:03:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397551, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What's even funnier is McCain's claim in a Wednesday speech that 'we're fooling the pundits and the polls', which almost mirrors his 'We've got Obama right where we want him' in an earlier stump.  <br><br>So being behind in the polls has been McCain's plan all along.  Right.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:33:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3392523, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cheri:  I'll be listening.  :&gt;)   <br><br>Speaking of \"listening\", I \"HEARD\" your RADIO BLOG!!  Whooo!   Hooo!  :&gt;)<br><br>Way to \"BRING IT!\"  :&gt;)    Humble - THANK YOU for the \"shout out!  :&gt;)<br><br>My pleasure.<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:02:56", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398324, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nah, not going to war over this one. Doubt this would happen in the Commonwealth anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:28:17", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401780, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NH McCain Leadership Committee member endorses Obama <br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/134340/89/901/646930\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/13...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So wait....you mean a bunch of kindergarten age kids...hell, elementary school age kids had to sit thru this?? Lord have mercy...why they make the babies sit thru this??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:31:21", "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": 3395048, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TPM has also been trying to keep track of GOP Voter Suppression Antics:<br><br><br><br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/republican_voter_suppression_a.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The racists have bought a national ad campaign pushing Rev. Wright between now and election day.<br><br>I knew they would wait until Barack's ad to use the last five days to try to sicken the American public with race once more.<br><br>That's what they're running till Nov. 5.<br><br>That Andrew Sullivan reader was right, we're still fighting the Civil War.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:08:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you feel down about the media, if you have doubts watch this.We can and we will!!<br>Charles Meets Barack<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-6DpC-mj8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-6DpC-mj8</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:34:27", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So all she gets is a slap on the wrist?<br><br>FUCK them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:52:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393699, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Funny, how there's instant AMNESIA when threatened with a stint in the joint.<br><br>Y'all know the sistas locked up for far worse infractions were ready and waiting to get in that ASS!!!!<br><br>If she knows what's good for her, she'd leave the country and infest someone else's government with her bullshyt.  Too bad she's not in the UK - no slaps on the wrist across the pond; they actually do hard time for hate crimes, and what Ashley Todd did was A HATE CRIME.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3399533, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here they (MSNBC) go with that Hillary sh*t.  Cherry-picking with the NBC/Mason-Dixon poll, it's the trademark Buchanan \"how come Obama isn't closing the deal\" nonsense given today's 4% point pro-Obama margin in the poll.  <br><br>Sept. 22, Obama was only up 2% in that poll though other polls have consistently shown a 7% - 12% lead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:34:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "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}, "3391719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I noticed it too. Joe Scar is BESIDE HIMSELF these last few days. He crows about being a fiscal conservative but I think he's having a hard time dealing with the change that is about to occur.  Hell... even Pat Buchanan looks like he's accepting it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:44:52", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3391312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gee, I misspelled Scarborough.<br>I feel so bad...NOT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:01:50", "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": 3393219, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val,<br><br>I'm sorry...but I couldn't stop laughing.<br><br>Just know that I am not laughing at you...but with you!<br><br>Because it's true for most of us", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:28:20", "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": 3394881, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ahmed Chalabi is in the news again.  I post a lot about this shady character because the Neo-cons(PNAC) heavily courted this guy for years leading up to the Iraq War,  including Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitiz, and Schuenenman (McCain's foreign policy advisor) and much of the so-called \"faulty intelligence\" that led us to war was provided by him.<br><br>Chalabi, after all his lies, is  still resurfacing in Bush administration  circles and affecting American policy.  Even after all his predictions about Iraq did not pan out and suspicions grew, Gen. Petraeus  still assigned him to a committe position in Iraq's government---in which he later had to be let go because of his murky ties to Iran.  He is suspected of being tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGS) who is thought to be arming pro-Iranian renegade militia that atacked US and Iraqi troops.  <br><br>Now Chalabi is back in the news AGAIN in trying to stall the status of forces agreement by raising doubts against it for the sake of Iran.<br><br>Now, the media won't cover this...or McCain's advisor like Shuenenmann and Charlie Black who lobbied extensively for Chalabi and his shadiness.  And they have the nerve to accuse people of \"palling around\" <br><br><br><br>Chalabi's Star Rises Again with Iranian Intrigues in Baghdad<br>By Jeff Stein | October 29, 2008 3:01 PM <br><br>Ahmed Chalabi, the erstwhile Iraqi exile who intrigued with Pentagon officials and the media to create a casus belli for toppling Saddam Hussein, is up to his old tricks.<br><br>Chalabi's star plunged when it turned out Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, as the steady stream of informants he served up to the U.S. media maintained.  <br><br>After the 2003 occupation, the crafty Shiite's effort to play a leading, if not top, role in Iraqi politics ended in humility when he won few votes at the polls. He did snag fleeting positions, as a deputy prime minister, oil minister and then the official in charge of rebuilding the capital's utilities.<br><br>But in part because of suspicions that he was an Iranian secret agent, U.S. defense officials, American commanders in Iraq, and even his neoconservative champions began to shun him. <br><br>A Pentagon investigation did not end in charges being filed, but in May, NBC reported that U.S. officials had \"cut off all contact with controversial Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, the former favorite of Washington's once powerful neoconservatives,\" because of \"unauthorized contacts with Iran's government.\" <br><br>Chalabi faded from the international spotlight, but now he's back in action big time, says Aram Roston, an NBC investigative reporter and author of \"The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi.\" <br><br>Roston calls Chalabi a \"key figure\" in Iranian efforts to scuttle the status-of-forces agreement that is under fierce negotiation between Baghdad and Washington.<br><br>\"He is seen more and more by the U.S. as a foreign agent, an Iranian agent,\" Roston told me by telephone from Mexico, where he is vacationing. What Chalabi says is \"equated\" with the Iranian position on the status-of-forces agreement, Roston said, which it opposes. <br><br>During a visit to Iran in September, Chalabi said the agreement would be used by the U.S. to establish \"secret bases\" in Iraq. That allegation, and other unpopular items in it, such as exempting U.S. citizens from prosecution in Iraqi courts, has made it increasingly unpopular.<br><br><br>[Update: The U.S. raid into Syria last weekend has also generated Iraqi demands that the agreement include a prohibition on U.S. forces launching attacks on other countries -- read: Iran --  from Iraqi soil.]<br><br>Just yesterday, Oct. 28, a conservative Shiite newspaper in Baghdad featured Chalabi's opposition to the agreement, which has to be signed by Dec. 31 or the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq will be illegal. The U.S. has threatened to cut off aid.<br><br>\"This time represents a black page in the country's history,\" Chalabi told Al Bayyna Al Jadidah, according to a translation provided to Roston by an Iraqi contact.<br><br>\"Chalabi is influential,\" Roston said, not just because he's \"backed by Iran,\" but also because top Iraqi Shia politicians \"view him as someone who understands the Americans, that he has the wisdom to know what's going on in their minds.\"<br><br>For years, Chalabi was a fixture in Washington's corridors of power.<br><br>\"He is a genius,\" Roston observed, \"at staying relevant.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes yes yes yes please come here! <br><br>I mean we just got those robo-calls yesterday.<br><br>So ... Senator Obama .... why not come to Tucson. *nods to self* <br><br>Tucson would be excellent. Come on to Tucson. Tucson is a much better place than Phoenix. <br><br>You'll probably go to Phoenix if you come to AZ, won't you. *sigh*<br><br>I have this co-worker who is pretty much as obsessed as I am with this election and he's been saying since last week that he hopes Senator Obama will come here. I was like \"never gonna to happen\"<br><br>ANYWAY. I have to say, I am proud of our governor here, Janet Napolitano. She endorsed Senator Obama early in the primaries, and vigorously.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:32:33", "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": 3389927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oops,<br>My mistake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:10:17", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395583, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Except that he's lying. Black voters haven't always rushed to the polls early. In fact, the opposite is true.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:53:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TROY DAVIS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE OLD SOUTH ~ AFRICA !!!<br><br>    A $TATE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF GEORGIA INTERNATIONALLY WILL OBVIOU$LY BE THE END RE$ULT OF GEORGIA DECIDING TO MURDER A PO$$IBLE INNOCENT TROY DAVI$ WITHOUT A NEW AND FAIR TRIAL ? <br><br>US CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO LAWYERS BY TRADE, CONTINUE TO DENY poorer AMERICAN'S PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION !!!<br><br>THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BEGIN A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE US CONGRESSIONAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BEING INFLICTED ON poorer AMERICAN'S LIKE MR.TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA !!!<br><br>HAVING BEEN DENIED APPEAL LAWYERS FOR THREE YEARS ON DEATH ROW IN GEORGIA MR. TROY DAVIS IS NOW BEING EXECUTED FOR A CRIME HE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN INVOLVED WITH !!!<br><br>SENATOR OBAMA PLEASE LET THIS COUNTRIES VOTERS KNOW YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT A NEEDED FUTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF OUR BROKEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION'S OF EVEN POSSIBLE INNOCENT AMERICAN\u2019S LIKE TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA ?????<br><br>BEING THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SENATOR OBAMA, DON'T WE NEED AS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD TO BEGIN ONCE AGAIN TO RE-INVEST THE PROPER MONIE$ IN OUR OWN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ASSURING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THEIR RIGHTS TO FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ???<br><br>DOES GOD NEED TO LOBBY OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR poorer american\u2019s SENATOR OBAMA,OR ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR THEM ??<br><br>***OUR US CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DENY MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS & FALSE INCARCERATIONS CONTINUE ALL ACROSS AMERICA ???<br><br>*** 700 BILLION $$$ AVAILABLE FOR US BAILOUT, & NO $$$ FOR ALL POORER AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ? SENATOR OBAMA, THIS JUDICIAL INJUSTICE HAS BECOME AN AMERICAN ART FORM, AND NO LONGER CAN BE KEPT HIDDEN OR SECRET FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EVEN IF CERTAIN (501c3) U$ RELIGIOU$ LEADER$ HAVE BEEN $ILENCED ??<br><br>LETS ALL HOPE OUR MEDIA FRIENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INTEREST IN REPORTING ON THIS AMERICAN HORROR FACING THESE (TENS OF THOUSANDS) FORGOTTEN AND TRAPPED POORER AMERICANS, AND HOW THIS PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER HANDLES THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FACING AMERICA\u2019S LATINO AND BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ????<br><br>WITH 80% OF THE BLACK AMERICAN VOTERS SAYING THEY SUPPORT SENATOR OBAMA IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW PRIOR BEING ELECTED OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HOW THIS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TRULY FEELS ABOUT THIS AMERICAN JUDICIAL INJUSTICE CONTINUING TO INFLICT GRAVE HARM ON THE BLACK & LATINO AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE ??????<br><br>*** WHEN GOD\u2019S FACE BECAME VERY RED *** THE US SUPREME COURT GAVE ENEMY COMBATANTS FEDERAL APPEAL HC RIGHTS LAWYERS AND PROPER ACCESS TO US FEDERAL COURTS,AND POORER AMERICANS (MANY EVEN ON DEATH ROW) ARE DENIED PROPER FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO OUR US FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL, AND ROTTING IN AMERICAN PRISONS NATIONWIDE ?????????<br><br>**** INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS ! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.<br><br>****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY **** The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide.<br><br>***WHERE ARE AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS ??????? Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively closed the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves to regain their freedom through being granted new retrials.<br><br>This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern States when poor and mostly uneducated Black Americans were being falsely imprisoned for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal trial appeals.<br><br>This devious and deceptive judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own federal appeal legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US judicial system knows that without proper legal representation, these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful opportunities of ever being granted new trials from our federal appeal judges!!<br><br>Sadly, the true US *legal* Federal Appeal situation that occurs when any of our uneducated American prison inmates are forced to attempt to submit their own written Federal Appeals (from our prisons nationwide) without the assistance of proper legal counsel, is that they all are in reality being denied their legitimate rights for Habeas Corpus with our US FEDERAL COURTS and will win any future Supreme Court Case concerning this injustice!<br><br>For our judicial system and our US Congressional Leaders Of The Free World to continue to pretend that this is a real and fair opportunity for our American Middle Class and Working Poor Citizens, only delays the very needed future change of Federal Financing of all these Federal appeals becoming a normal formula of Our American judicial system.<br><br>It was not so very long ago that Public Defenders became a Reality in this country.Prior that legal reality taking place, their were also some who thought giving anyone charged with a crime a free lawyer was a waste of taxpayers $$.<br><br>This FACADE and HORROR of our Federal Appeal proce$$ is not worthy of the Greatest Country In The World! ***GREAT SOCIETIES THAT DO NOT PROTECT EVEN THEIR INNOCENT, BECOME THE GUILTY !<br><br>A MUST READ ABOUT AMERICAN INJUSTICE:<br>1) YAHOO 2) GOOGLE<br>(MANNY GONZALES THE KID THAT EVERYONE FORGOT IN THE CA PRISON SYSTEM.) ** A JUDICIAL RIDE OF ONES LIFE !<br><br>***Someone please tell our US Congress that the GED degree that Manny Gonzales acquired in prison is not a LAW DEGREE !!!!!!<br><br><a href=\"mailto:lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com</a> (424-247-2013)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:40:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "eca152379cd545eb2364ec2ed45b3f1b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The family must be worried that Grampa voted for Obama.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:08:31", "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": 3400737, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Found this over at DailyKos<br><br>NH McCain Leadership Committee member endorses Obama <br>by SusanG <br>Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05:04 AM PDT<br>This is leadership we can believe in, my friends. From an Obama campaign press release:<br><br>MANCHESTER \u2013 Fred Bramante, a member of McCain's New Hampshire Leadership Committee and a 2008 Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention today announced his support for Senator Obama's Campaign for Change.<br><br>Bramante, a Co-Chair of Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign and former Republican gubernatorial candidate, is a past Chairman and current member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education.  His endorsement marks the first time nationally that a delegate or alternate delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention has publicly announced their decision to support Sen. Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:48:11", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Even Monica Lewinsky got a second chance.<br><br>Ashley Todd?  Not so much.  Plus Monica at least had good looks going for her.  Ashley Todd doesn't even have THAT, and what she does have, she disfigured herself carving that backwards \"B\" on her cheek.<br><br>No amount of Tammy Faye Bakker shellacking makeup will cover that up, either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:49:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3395568, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw something humorous<br><br>Hockey Mama for Obama<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "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}, "3400971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita:  No.  The  \"Boo-yah\" was representing LeBron James who makes \"3-pointers.\"  [Not me.  :&gt;)]  I almost made 2  - \"back in the day!\"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:08:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400677, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  \"With all due respect\":  I'm believin' that YOU brought this just so you could advocate YOUR point of view.  And so YOU did.  YOUR MISSION was accomplished. [Yes, you also stirred up \"con - - - - - versation!\"  :&gt;) [I was trying to decide how to end the word.:&gt;)]<br><br>Since YOU brought the \"newspaper\", I saw an article which represents MY response to this ONE VOTE which you are \"angst\" about:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newsnet5.com/video/17844064/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <b>BOO-YAH</b> and <b>BRUSH OFF MY SHOULDERS AFTERWARDS!</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>OBAMA-BIDEN  '08!!!  TRUST</b><br><br>P.S.  THEY attracted MORE than 1 VOTE!  See how this NUMBERS of VOTES WORKS??  :&gt;)   **Shakin' My Head***   :&gt;)   Whew!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:58:46", "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": 3397551, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, GreenLadyHere. I appreciate your help. The rest of my response is not specifically directed to you.<br><br>The artist title etc does not always show up when you hold down the mouse - sometimes it's just numbers or letters. Also, most readers will not bother to make this click, nor should they have to. <br><br>More important, an embedded link doesn't show up on a Google search or a Technorati search.  if someone wanted to find an artist's work and did a Google search for them, the posting on a blog that didn't use a title in the text would not show up. I have no idea, for instance, if my work has been used in blogs without attribution, or if then people have bootleg copies of my work. In general, I give permission for blogs to use my work, but it drives me nuts when they do so without permission or attribution. <br><br>In addition to the legal issues of copyright and permissions, it is a matter of  respect. Take the example of Gordon Parks. He's an amazing photographer. Wouldn't you want to know about him, assuming you didn't already? Wouldn't you want your readers to know about him? Doesn't he deserve the respect of attribution? <br><br> If part of the mandate of a blog is to educate, why lose the opportunity to educate readers about visual artists? For sure, JJP or any other reputable blog would not lift a quote from, say, Ralph Ellison, and use it without citation. It just wouldn't happen. Yet many blogs use art and photography without attribution to illustrate posts. This is just not ethical. I say this as an artist and artists rep.<br><br> I do understand that many people just don't think about this, I know that t JJP and (many) other blogs have the best of intentions, but have probably just not thought about it, yet.. Most bloggers think more about words than about images. So I'm taking this opportunity to do a little outreach on the issue.<br><br>Each image should say - right underneath the image - the name of the artist, copyright information including date, and at least one link to the artist's site or wikipedia or museum, gallery etc. And, as I said before, if the artist is living, they should be contacted if possible. Some artists grant permission, other's don't. It's a tricky copyright negotiation, in which artists can actually lose the right to control publication and sale of their work. <br><br> I hope this isn't too harsh, but I'm trying to make a living and a reputation as an artist's rep and and artist, and this is a daily battle for me and the artists I represent.<br><br>I'd so much rather be stressing about art than about the election. I can't wait until Obama is elected so I can resume my daily life in art instead of phone banking, fund raising and nail biting. <br><br>Obama Or Else!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:05:40", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393063, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has anyone been able to find out the size of the audience for the Obama Poltical Infomercial?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:52:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,  please try to not let this raise your blood pressure too much/too long, or otherwise hurt you further.<br><br>Because you are a precious being, and your physical and spiritual well-being is important.<br><br>I don't usually talk like this in public. Felt it was necessary here. sorry if it's not appropriate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:26:32", "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": 3394272, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val:   OOOPS!!!  SORRY!  I re-posted.   My bad!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:14:12", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394535, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New statewide poll in Louisiana shows a statistical tie: McCain 43% Obama 40%<br><br><a href=\"http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl103008tppoll.1644da2c1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl103008tpp...</a><br>NEW ORLEANS - An exclusive new WWL-TV statewide poll shows the contest for president may be closer than many had predicted among Louisiana voters. <br><br>In the telephone survey of 500 registered voters, conducted by pollster Ed Renwick, Republican Senator John McCain earns 43 percent of the vote, while Democrat Senator Barack Obama receives 40 percent.  Renwick said that amounts to a statistical tie, since the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 points.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:30:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   -Er,   -um,   a-hem,  **CLEARING \"HIS\" THROAT**   -<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-not-a-socialist-mcc_n_139294.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McAncient says-Obama Is NOT A Socialist!!</a><br><br>**COUGH,  COUGH**<br><br><i>In an interview with Larry King that aired last night, John McCain admitted that he doesn't think Barack Obama is a socialist, which runs counter to most of his campaign rhetoric for the past week. The admission is reminiscent of when McCain, after days of hammering Obama about a supposedly sexist remark, finally conceded that Obama probably wasn't calling Sarah Palin a pig when referencing \"lipstick on a pig\" at a campaign speech. <b>Video below, with transcript:</b></i><br><br>Oh!   Puh-leeze WATCH the <b>C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D ONE!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Looks like all we have ta do is to get some \"popcorn\", some \"GREEN Tea\" and a \"comfortable chair\" in order to WATCH the IMPLOSION of the GOP!!<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST<br><br><br>P.S.      <b>KING: You don't believe Barack Obama is a socialist, do you?<br><br><br>MCCAIN: No.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:22:49", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D - how is his vote different from someone who refuses to vote for Barack just because he is a black man?  What percentage block do you think those voters cover?  Do you think they exceed voters like that senior?  Do you think we should investigate that group (voters who refuse to vote for a black man) and retract their votes?<br><br>Why should their vote have value but we should investigate, litigate and throw out the vote of our seniors?  <br><br>My thing with seniors is that we need to leave them with their dignity even the ones suffering with dementia.  If we insist on take away all their rights, doesn't matter if we agree with it or not, (I am not talking about decisions that would make them unsafe, I am talking about basic human rights) what is left?  They are just empty vessels serving no purpose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:10:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400859, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I had to laugh at this one Justice.  lol  It was really funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:50:05", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395048, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kinda like the sound of DL Hughley tanking on National Television with 15 year old jokes.  ROFL<br><br>Joe the Plummer's not going anywhere until he and his agent see a check from McCain, and cash that sucker before a stop-payment is put on it, or it bounces.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3395048, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I work for a major record label... I HOPE IT ISN'T US!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:48:15", "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": 3390404, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pre-emptive ejection: Audience members removed at McCain rally in Cedar Falls<br><br><a href=\"http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/local_news/doc49068f6ccce49245010961.txt\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2008/10/...</a><br><br>Excerpts:<br><br>Audience members escorted out of Sen. John McCain\u2019s, R-Ariz., campaign event in Cedar Falls questioned why they were asked to leave Sunday\u2019s rally even though they were not protesting.<br><br>Lara Elborno, a student at the University of Iowa, said she was approached by a police officer and a McCain staffer and was told she had to leave or she would be arrested for trespassing.<br><br>She said McCain staffers wouldn\u2019t tell her why she was being asked to leave and when she got outside, she saw \u201ca group of about 20 people\u201d who had all been asked to leave.<br><br><b>\u201cI saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said \u2018Why are you crying? and she said \u2018I already voted for McCain, I\u2019m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn\u2019t look right,\u2019\u201d Elborno said. \u201cThey were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.\u201d</b><br><br>Despite repeated attempts, McCain\u2019s campaign could not be reached for comment<br><br>Some videos of students that were kicked out:<br><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDiQfKWWTA rel=\"nofollow\">Video</a href><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ujcDDlho3U rel=\"nofollow\">more</a href><br><br>Interesting....<br><br>Not sure what's really going on here", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:43:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/30/early-wednesday-ratings-obama-ad-pushes-daisies-six-feet-under/7185\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/30/early-wedn...</a><br><br><i>\"The Obama-mercial was fairly highly rated across the three broadcast networks (CBS, Fox and NBC) in the early metered market numbers. Between the three networks it scored an impressive combined 17.8/29 (household rating/share).<br><br>If ABC truly hoped that by being only scripted programming on broadcast for 8:00pm-8:30p, it would help out Pushing Daisies, that plan went awry. My guess is ABC was more likely just looking to burn off an episode. Daisies scored a 4.2/7, pretty much the identical rating it had a week ago up (4.2/6). The good news is things didn\u2019t get worse. But, unless there was a major up tick of 18-49 viewers, not getting worse won\u2019t help any.\"</i><br><br>I'm glad that the informercial did well...but man, did it bury <i>Pushing Daisies</i>, which is likely to be canceled.  And I like that mystery solving pie maker, too.  <br><br>I'd better catch last night's episode on <a href=\"http://ABC.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">ABC.com</a> while I can.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:19:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3391140, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Day late...Dollar SHORT.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:50:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3394924, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Beyonce does Diana!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU-nz9aWiz8\" rel=\"nofollow\">I'M COMING OUT!</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:56:02", "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": 3393535, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol Great find Monie.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:51:04", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395336, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D: <br> Which GOVERNMENT?  WHAT LAW limits the rights of those with dementia?<br><br>Here's where YOU/& me the people come in.  Start the lobbying of YOUR legislators.I'm NOT going to join you 'cause, for one thing, I haven't seen all my \"rights\" as an AA exercised    - YET!<br><br>Annnnd, BTW, some gub'ments consider BLACK 2 B a DEFICIT!<br>And some \"rights\" are held in abeyance.<br><br>So, we will be waging wars on 2 different FRONTS.<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:14:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401642, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Everyone remember that infamous picture of the Bush/McQuotations embrace? Well guess who's standing in the background smiling and clapping uncontrollably...Joe Scumbag.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:14:17", "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": 3391312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:35:09", "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": 3401780, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ya'll I need check myself into a JJP detox program.<br><br>I had to go into the office yesterday (first time in 5 years) and I could not function.  I kept thinking about logging into JJP to see what you all were talking about.  They took my laptop to upgrade it (I now have a T61 model :-) but I had to wait 4 1/2 hours to get it.  <br><br>I was suffering so bad that I snuck into a computer lab that was restricted to folks like me, and I know I should n't have but  I had to do something.  I just needed a quick fix. So I started surfing on JJP for about 45 mins but  I stopped short of posting anything and I made sure I cleared out the queues so no one would know what I was looking at but . . . it was hard .  Then it took me 3 1/2 hours to get home because of rush hour traffic, I had to take the dog to the vet and take my kids to get costumes for the halloween parade at school tomorrow but it was rough.  I started having withdrawal symptoms, started snapping at the kids and my husband who went with us just because all I wanted to do was get home and log in to see what I missed.<br><br>I need help.  Next Tuesday can't come quick enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:24:58", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "'the economist' just endorsed Obama!  who's socialist now suckers!?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:14:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ibeching", "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}, "3395395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D: -  OR maybe they \"got prepared\" in light of the lawsuit!  OOPS!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:51:32", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393989, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Take your drug like everyone else, VAL.  LOL, cause I'm going to be in the same boat when I go back to work!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:51:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3394881, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hey Greenlady  - that is because we are here (two fingers in a V moving back and forth from my eyes to your eyes) lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:43:48", "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": 3395866, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tell your boss the benefits of working remotely.  <br><br>Maybe he will let you work from home.  Your commute must be a b*tch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:37:58", "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": 3401789, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Even though he has dementia he still has his constitutional right to vote.Would you deny a persons right if he couldn't read or even pass a basic constitutional test?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:28:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398167, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Big Whoop!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:03:08", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Black4Barack:   Hey!  Will be \"Field Trippin'\" 2-day!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:57:56", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3391557, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3391312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Was watching Morning Joe and I swear his show was like McCain is closing and he might win.They have no idea whats going to hit them on Nov 4.Joe likes to claim he is a redneck he is not he is a brown nose. He has is head so far up McCain's anus he smells just like the sh*t McCain is spewing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_11:21:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3390591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:18:23", "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": 3397976, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  I'm going ta post this and another article in order to demonstrate the\"under-current\" of RACISM that continues to exist.  In recent history, it usta be somewhat subtle - as in - just walk through a door - Black- on your way to an interview, and you can rest assured that you ain't gonna get that job; but , we'll interview you and, we'll smile at you during the interview.<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/30/comic-strip-spurs-controversy-at-montclair-university/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/30/com...</a><br><b>Comic strip spurs controversy at Montclair University</b><br><br><i><b>The student newspaper at Montclair State University has apologized for publishing a comic strip that referred to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with a racial slur.</b><br><br>Bobby Melok, editor-in-chief of The Montclarian, told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the newspaper got the strip \u2014 \u201cThe K Chronicles,\u201d penned by syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight, who is black \u2014 through MCT Campus, a syndicate that provides content for colleges across the country. Melok said a production editor placed it on the comics page without raising a flag.<br><br>\u201cWe assumed because it was part of the syndicate, it was appropriate,\u201d Melok said.<br><br>The strip, which was published in editions on Oct. 23, was entitled \u201cStories from the campaign trail.\u201d It depicts an Obama campaign volunteer who goes door to door in an area where \u201cno Democrat has gone before.\u201d When the volunteer asks a woman her choice for president, the resident identifies her candidate with a racial epithet.<br><br>AP</i><br><br>\"Whycome\" I called - racism-; because the cartoon was permitted to be published!  I know   -  \"freedom of the press.\"   **sigh***<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  '08!!!  TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:07:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The crackers have been helping her. This time, she doesn't want any desserts (which sucks for me); she just wants bread and things with a lot p salt (and steak, which she NEVER eats).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:55:15", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401304, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Death sentence for Chalabi if the Jordanians get his ass, and he knows it.<br><br>He must have something on Bush and the Gang, because he would have been \"dealt with\" for hoodwinking the American Government and collecting major cheddar for hoodwinking them, too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:55:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3396669, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wanted to be Vanity so bad! <br><br>Look at Taimak now: <a href=\"http://www.taimak.tv/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.taimak.tv/</a><br><br>He's a personal trainer...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:03:28", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395166, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "g'night ya'll.  Shutting down for the night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:39:29", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Good find!   :&gt;)<br><br>This so much DEMONSTRATES that McAncient/the<b> UN-VETTED ONE</b>  <i>PAL AROUND WITH BOTTOM-FEEDERS!!</i>  Annnnnd, they are ecstatic in each other's company!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They wouldn't know what ta do IFFFFF someone with CLASS approached them.<br><br>I'm sooo just sayin' . . . . . . .  .<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:40:09", "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": 3391080, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFLMAO.  Lawd he looked stupid.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:26:48", "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": 3394735, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If it turns out that the man was aware of what he was doing, I'll retract everything I said. <br><br>I just don't see how allowing someone to vote who-by what's reported in this story-is not aware of what's going on is beneficial. If that's the case, let's get the people in nursing homes AND mental institutions-cause people with dementia are there too!-out to vote.<br><br>Every elderly person who's been trotted out on TV to vote has been clearly enthusiastic and known what's going on. And no one's complained at all. So this really isn't about the elderly or trying to take away any of their rights.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:36:27", "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": 3398665, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bummer....<br><br>Obama Fails To Secure Endorsement Of Wasilla's Hometown Paper<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-fails-to-secure-end_n_139313.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a><br><blockquote><i>Lest you think that everything is going Barack Obama's way and that the media is totally in the tank for Barack Obama, we bring you word of an endorsement the Illinois Senator has failed to receive: that of Wasilla, Alaska's hometown newspaper, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:38:40", "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}, "3389927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Obama Seriously Considering \"Late Surge\" into Arizona</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/44718/686/416/646390\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/44...</a><br><br><br><b>The campaign is now seriously examining a late surge into the state.</b> <i>That may include ramping up TV advertising, on-the-ground staff or even deploying the candidate to stop there. Obama is scheduled to make a Western swing late this week, making an Arizona visit possible.</i><br><br><i>According to Pollster.com\u2019s averages, Arizona is a 6 point race in McCain\u2019s favor, compared to Pennsylvania--McCain\u2019s best hope of picking up a blue state--which is an 11-point race in Obama\u2019s favor. That means Obama has more reason to travel to Arizona than McCain does to Pennsylvania, no matter how far-fetched it once seemed to try to win McCain\u2019s home state.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:02:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>John McCain Admits Obama Not A Socialist</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-not-a-socialist-mcc_n_139294.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a><br><br><i>In an interview with Larry King that aired last night, John McCain admitted that he doesn't think Barack Obama is a socialist, which runs counter to most of his campaign rhetoric for the past week. The admission is reminiscent of when McCain, after days of hammering Obama about a supposedly sexist remark, finally conceded that Obama probably wasn't calling Sarah Palin a pig when referencing \"lipstick on a pig\" at a campaign speech. Video </i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:27:36", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She is getting off with a slap on the wrist!  I don't believe the story about her not remembering anything. Personally, I feel she's covering up for someone!  I want her to do jail time!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:20:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3395484, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "islandgirl550:  O.K.  Like to support the brotha!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:33:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393547, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:   I'm tellin' you, THEY really attract the \"bottom-feeders!\"  Whew!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:53:31", "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": 3393699, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Jacobs says he likes John McCain's experience, and his stance on national security. But he also likes McCain's attitude on the campaign trail. It reminds Jacobs of his own approach as a guard at McCain prison\"<br><br>RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:57:05", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  On MSNBC  -  David Gregory:  The NAMES are NOT MATCHING the FACES!!  BERNARD's NAME is UNDER KuKKlansman and vice versa!   LOL!!!  L&lt;(<br><br>Bernard [still]:  BACK-IN-THE-BOX for me!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:06:19", "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}, "3389812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Obama Infomercial:<br><br><i>UPDATE#2: Uhm, I just finished watching. Wow. Seeng this campaign in the closing days is like watching Tom Brady circa 2004. The ruthless efficiency of it all is bracing. Every time there's a big moment, they come through. McCain should call his family. Out in the streets, them call it murder. Welcome to Jamrock, indeed</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_09:55:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True Dat.<br><br>And in both cases, a whole lot of unanswered questions, like how did they wind up DEAD?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3400342, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, at least that's money well spent on the part of the NAACP, and not money that's usually put in a suitcase and burned up for no reason while they try to maintain relevancy to the cause.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:53:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3393989, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:57:18", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398475, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:<br>O.K. So I guess you passionately want \"something\" to happen, BUT, you're NOT going to WORK for IT.<br><br>Whew.  Thank you!**Shaking my head**", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:42:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401935, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love the photo on today's Open Thread. Who is the photographer? Who is the woman in the picture?  And the story behind it? Links? Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:28:29", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Remember they have to live with the Barracuda after the election.We can only hope that Alaska kick her a$$ to the curb.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:32:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jelana:  CHECK!  :&gt;)  This would make a difference IFF this was money that I was owed!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:23:15", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401817, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sanchez just put his foot up Michael Goldfarb's ass...<br><br>got to get that video later!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:20:06", "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}, "3402049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL...   As Obama says, \"you can't make this stuff up.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:37:11", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401585, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've never seen him before, but I agree he held it down.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:39:40", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Finding the 32 Black people in Wasilla Alaska, Sarah Palin's hometown. <a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/video-exclusive-smokey-fontaine-goes-to-wasilla-alaska/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/video-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:11:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "DrewRicketts", "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}, "3399568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I said that this election remains a choice between repression and progress. This writer put meat on those bones.<br><br>That  is why the confederacy has launced its final round of race ads, featuring Rev. Wright, to air through Tuesday.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:23:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3396499, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn! I've never read anything that captures what's going on in this country, like this article.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:47:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394463, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yup!  <br><br>D must believe Grampa voted for Obama too?  Just saying...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:20:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400967, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "how is your wife btw?  Any morning or evening sickness?  Hope all is well with you and your family.<br><br>Don't mind me and my tone - Seniors (especially the ones with alzeihmers and dementia, in nursing homes, assisted living facilities etc.) hold my heart and my utmost respect.  So I get riled up real quick on their behalf. . . . :-) nothing personal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400859, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "By the way, he was not saved in my bookmark list...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:24:33", "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": 3399505, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks so much, like I said you really inspired me with that post, and I thought I's share my own personal story about racism.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:20:28", "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": 3400908, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is the Bitch going to JAIL?<br><br>That's all I want to know, cause if an Obama staffer pulled this shyt, they would be locked up without bail and convicted without a TRIAL.<br><br>I want this silly fat heifer to do JAIL TIME for this stunt.  Period. The End. 'Nuff said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:54:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393699, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3396509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not going to tell you what happened when I had to go to the bathroom but wanted to wait just a little longer so that I could read just one more post . . . . .<br><br>Let's just say -- it wasn't pretty and folks were looking at me really funny seeing me trying to walk down that LOOOOOONNNNGGGGG hallway with my legs crossed tightly together . . . . . sad and touching.<br><br>As Greenlady would say (head down low shaking from side to side).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:47:41", "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": 3396133, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Check this out from an Andrew Sullivan <a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-end-of-amer.html#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">reader</a>:<br><br> <blockquote> Earlier this week, in your post \u201cThe Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote For Obama\u201d, you wrote under Point 4: \u201cA truce in the culture war. Obama takes us past the debilitating boomer warfare that has raged since the 1960s. Nothing has distorted our politics so gravely; nothing has made a rational politics more elusive.\u201d<br>     <br>    On the one hand I agree with you; on the other hand, you don't go nearly far enough. An Obama presidency means much more than a truce in the 60\u2019s culture war. It means the end of a much older and more terrible war, in which the 60's was merely one battle: the American Civil War. That is what is at stake here.<br>     <br>    The Civil War was fought from Sumter to Appomattox, from April 12, 1861, to April 9, 1865. But the roots of the war predated 1861, and the consequences lived on long after 1865. In reality the Civil War never ended, it just shifted from a military to a culture war - the same culture war that is still going on today. <br><br>    What you call the \u201cboomer warfare\u201d of the 1960\u2019s was part of that larger war, marking the struggle to end Jim Crow, the century-long regime of American apartheid (Vietnam was, in my opinion, related but secondary). The end of apartheid was a second humiliating defeat for the forces of the conservative \"South\" at the hands of the liberal \"North\", and it subsequently gave rise to those decades of distorted and irrational politics you so deplore, as the reactionary and fundamentalist forces regrouped and mounted yet another rearguard insurrection against their liberal \"oppressors\", culminating in their partial ascension to power under Bush. (And we can only hope it ends there, instead of with Palin and the Christian Nationalists in 2012).<br>     <br>    I realize this may sound harsh; I do not think Bush is a racist, for instance (quite the contrary), and I am very aware of the progress made in this country since I was young, including in the South; nevertheless, this election is clearly about race, about who and what we are as a nation, as a people, as a family (I would throw California's Prop 8 squarely into this battle too).<br><br><br>    So let's be clear - it is not \"boomer warfare\" which has distorted our politics, or made rational politics so elusive since the 60's: it is something far deeper, something far older, something which has been with us from the beginning in this country, and which we in turn brought with us from the Old World; something which in fact traces back to the very origin of humanity - spiritually, psychologically, politically, evolutionarily. That depth is what gives the American story its pathos and its importance. That is why the world watches us: to see if we can work it out - to see if there is hope.<br>    And that's why January 20, 2009, is so important: the day Barack Obama is sworn in as our 44th president will mark the third, and I believe the final defeat of the forces of repression and division in this country, and the actual end of the American Civil War.<br>     <br>    How can I be so sure? Because when the American President is inaugurated, it is directly homologous to the crowning of the King in ancient days: the King is the groom, the Nation is the bride, the crowning is the hieros gamos, the sacred marriage. When Barack Obama is sworn in as our 44th president, a symbolic marriage will be enacted, binding us together forever, black and white. We will have chosen to become one. We will have chosen to become family. The War will be over. E pluribus unum.<br>     <br>    The whole world will be watching this. You have stated over and over again that an Obama presidency would be \u201ctransformational\u201d, even \u201cindispensable\u201d. You're right. And you're right that this is only the beginning. A new chapter is dawning.<br>     <br>    Will the old guard resist? Of course. But their power is waning. Providence made sure the better man lost in 2000, and the eight years since have been just enough rope for the old, corrupt right to hang itself. </blockquote><br>Simply stunning.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:02:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3397031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Battle For The West: Colorado Voter Suppression Suit Settled; Provisional Ballots To Be Accepted<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-rivera/battle-for-the-west-color_b_139320.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-rivera/battl...</a><br><blockquote><i>Voters on the list shall be presumed to be eligible and their ballots will be counted,\" the agreement says, according to the Denver Post. \"Only upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that a voter is not eligible shall a provisional ballot be rejected by the county.\"<br><br>The two parties reached the out-of-court agreement Wednesday, but it looked like the presiding judge was leaning toward the plaintiffs.<br><br>\"I think there are places where the state went out of bounds on removal of these names,\" Senior U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, Jr., said, according to the Post.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_16:13:18", "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}, "3401642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where do we draw the line? At what point does the government tell someone they're unable to exercise their rights because of some deficit?<br><br>We don't let people with dementia carry guns, although they have the right to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:01:21", "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": 3401322, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right.  That cap lock is hurting my eyes.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:06:25", "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": 3397804, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep - Spidey senses tingling...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:07:36", "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": 3397767, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   HA!  HA!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/joe-the-plumber-ditches-m_n_139248.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">JOE THE PLUMBER DITCHES MCCAIN!</a><br><br>WATCH!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_15:03:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  Co-signing with your sentiments to D & wife.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:38:46", "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": 3401304, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  'cause she was tryin' to IMITATE that \"LIPSTICK ON A PIG\" thing!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, she MISSED her lips!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:55:06", "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": 3395028, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that must have been like a slap in the face.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:56:30", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394769, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What are the chances of the Obama campaign going to the shelf to pull out the response ad... like the Keating one.<br><br>Tweety, incidentally, has gotten the word about liberation theology and speaks out against attacks against it too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:42:42", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3399099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-signing!  CPL, they have already loaded the silly fat heifer up on pscychotropic drugs to validate her mental instability.  Thus the \"deal.\"  The pscychriatrist is all ready to deliver his diagnosis.  <br><br>You've heard of the saying:<br><br>If you're white, you're right<br>If you're yellow, you're mellow<br>If you're brown, stick around<br>If you'e black, get back", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:08:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3395484, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3390404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Things that make you go...HUH?  <br><br>A music deal for Joe the plumber? <br><br>Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:17 PM by Mark Murray<br> <br><br>Politico breaks the news: \"Move over Sanjaya and tell William Hung the news: Joe the Plumber is being pursued for a major record deal and could come out with a country album as early as Inauguration Day.\"<br><br>\"'Joe' \u2013 aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, a Holland, Ohio, pipe-and-toilet man \u2013 just signed with a Nashville public relations and management firm to handle interview requests and media appearances, as well create new career opportunities, including a shift out of the plumbing trade into stage and studio performances.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_10:32:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That NAACP lawsuit in VA is on hold; apparently, VA's more prepared for the election than they realized.<br><br>Oops.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:37:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like I said to Val, if there's more to this story and the guy clearly knew what he was doing, then the vote should stand. I don't have a problem with that.<br><br>But I don't see how it can, given this information.<br><br>I'll defer to whatever the law says on this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:43:21", "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": 26, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3398260, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   K.O. is on RANT about McAncient's CONNECTION to Rashid Kalidi[sp?]  Seems as IFFFF he gave him $48,000+!!!<br><br>The <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> thought that she was \"outting\" Mr. Obama in an ALLEGED so-called relationship with same.<br><br>Back-in-the-day, we said she was  -   <b>JACKED!!</b>  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST   (VIDE0) to come L8R.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:04:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it is an issue.  How does the percentage of seniors like him affect the vote?  What say you about the folks with downs syndrome?  <br><br>I say much ado about nothing.  Leave those people alone and let them vote if they want to, it doesn't matter how they come to the decision on who they select, it is their right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:44:11", "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": 3400547, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think people on both sides would cry foul on this one.<br><br>Voting is about making an informed decision. I can't see how, based on the family's account, an informed decision could've been made.<br><br>I say throw it out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:09:28", "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": 28, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3397767, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Mama, why that lady got that eight on her face?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:33:00", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3394640, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG that is so funny!!!!<br><br>\"Baby, that's not an 8 its just a reminder for her to know who is charge now...\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:09:30", "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": 3395028, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:  Maybe, IFFF she gets drummed out of the Gov.'s chair, she might have a Mayoral chair in Wasilla!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:25:25", "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": 3397477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3392335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12516666&source=features_box_main\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/dis...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_12:15:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "ibeching", "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": 3392322, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because at least that person is making a conscious decision, even if it is based in BS.<br><br>This isn't about all seniors, and you know that. There's plenty who could debate the merits of Obama and McCain better than you and I. This is about someone who-from this story-appears to be somewhat mentally incapacitated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:26:15", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3400996, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3399943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig, that ad was released early in the week if not late last week.  The GOP people didn't wait...  ABC News, etc. waited to play it up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:51:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "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": 3399099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You have my respect for stomaching \"Morning Joke\" that early.<br><br>I can't take him first thing in the morning - he gives me indigestion and I don't like starting off my day by hurling epithets at my television set.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:58:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "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": 3391312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She's great. Has morning sickness, but she had it the first time around (think it's because of the toothpaste). <br><br>I've been the one who's been moody and eating everything in sight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_20:27:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3401113, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3400677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere-<br><br>You crack me up with giving yourself props in the your response. Too funny.<br><br>\"Boo- yah\" is an utilized hyperbole... way to take it out of the crates. <br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_19:45:21", "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": 3398930, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3394535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain asks \"Where is Joe the Plumber?\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:06:32", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>McCain Buses In 4000 Kids To Fill Crowd</b><br><b> Joe The Plumber A No- Show...</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain-camp-busses-in-sch_n_139300.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain...</a><br><br><i>A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.</i><br><br><br><i>The most cringe-worthy political moment of the day, so far, came when Sen. John McCain called out for his new buddy Joe the Plumber to stand up at a rally in Ohio, only to be greeted with confused silence. Joe the Plumber wasn't there.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:34:21", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "RAOTFLMAO.  Can you imagine.  That is going to be terrible.  This election is historical.  I know she is praying that no one holds on to the you tube videos or the articles.  It is terrible.   That girl will be single forever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:58:45", "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": 3395028, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If i'm not mistaken D., I heard it was Republican officials who were trying to challenge the ballot  being counted.<br><br>I have a suspicion mine wasn't counted from 2004 because my former locality, which was a local county  in HR did not record a single  ballot  from overseas.  I looke it up on the voter statistic site.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_22:45:31", "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": 3402317, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3398134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wondering was this a last minute thing or what?  <br><br>Did they get the permission slips signed?  I don't think I'd let my little brown baby (if I had one) go to a McCain rally.  No telling what might jump off...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_17:11:02", "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": 3395048, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3395583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "(R-Dead Staffer) you mean?<br><br>Lori Klausutis was a staffer in Joe Scar's Pensacola office.<br><br>You must have her confused with Chandra Levy (dead intern who worked for Gary Condit).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_14:59:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3393219, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3393535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But, despite it all, we're coming out . No matter how many obstacles they put before us - we're coming out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_13:16:29", "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": 3393215, "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": "6430122", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 3984577871598732083}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_95", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 194, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 6430122, "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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	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
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	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
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	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
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	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
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	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
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	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
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	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
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	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
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	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
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	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

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

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





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



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
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	this.is_child = is_child || false;
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	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
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		hash = this.reader.name;
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		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
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		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
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	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
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		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thursday_open_thread_95' +
		'&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_95/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_95'
			+ '&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_95/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">194</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_95/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_95/">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:6430122" 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"> \
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				</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_95/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:6430122" 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:6430122" 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_95',
			// 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_95/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_95'
			+ '&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_95'
			+ '&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_95'
				+ '&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/6430122/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');
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3389812">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3389812" class="dsq-comment-message">From Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Obama Infomercial:<br><br><i>UPDATE#2: Uhm, I just finished watching. Wow. Seeng this campaign in the closing days is like watching Tom Brady circa 2004. The ruthless efficiency of it all is bracing. Every time there\'s a big moment, they come through. McCain should call his family. Out in the streets, them call it murder. Welcome to Jamrock, indeed</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3389927">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3389927" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Obama Seriously Considering "Late Surge" into Arizona</b><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/44718/686/416/646390" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/44...</a><br><br><br><b>The campaign is now seriously examining a late surge into the state.</b> <i>That may include ramping up TV advertising, on-the-ground staff or even deploying the candidate to stop there. Obama is scheduled to make a Western swing late this week, making an Arizona visit possible.</i><br><br><i>According to Pollster.com’s averages, Arizona is a 6 point race in McCain’s favor, compared to Pennsylvania--McCain’s best hope of picking up a blue state--which is an 11-point race in Obama’s favor. That means Obama has more reason to travel to Arizona than McCain does to Pennsylvania, no matter how far-fetched it once seemed to try to win McCain’s home state.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393200">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393200" class="dsq-comment-message">They should do it just for fun...just to mess with McCain\'s camp collective dizzy heads.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3397367">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397367" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes yes yes yes please come here! <br><br>I mean we just got those robo-calls yesterday.<br><br>So ... Senator Obama .... why not come to Tucson. *nods to self* <br><br>Tucson would be excellent. Come on to Tucson. Tucson is a much better place than Phoenix. <br><br>You\'ll probably go to Phoenix if you come to AZ, won\'t you. *sigh*<br><br>I have this co-worker who is pretty much as obsessed as I am with this election and he\'s been saying since last week that he hopes Senator Obama will come here. I was like "never gonna to happen"<br><br>ANYWAY. I have to say, I am proud of our governor here, Janet Napolitano. She endorsed Senator Obama early in the primaries, and vigorously.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3390334" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390334" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the photo on today\'s Open Thread. Who is the photographer? Who is the woman in the picture?  And the story behind it? Links? Thanks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3390495">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390495" class="dsq-comment-message">The picture was taken by Gordan Parks who was an African American photographer and filmmaker. The picture is a  parody of "American Gothic".  That painting with the white farm couple standing in front of a house.  The husband is with a pitchfork in his hand.  They are supposed to represent America even though that no longer exists.  You can find some more info on the photographer:<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3390507">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390507" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks! I was just coming to reply</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3391110" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza (Diamond)</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391110" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks.  Gordon Parks, a legend. I should have recognized it.<br><br>As a working artist and photographer, as well as a gallery owner who represents many wonderful artists, I am asking that JJP and all of you who blog will remember to give credit and links to any artists whose images you use. And if the artist is still alive and within hailing frequency, it\'s best to ask permission first. Most of us are pleased to have the recognition and publicity, but without a citation there is neither.<br><br>Obama Or Else!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393063">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393063" class="dsq-comment-message">Liza:  Not that anyone asked me, annnnnnd, despite the FACT that I\'m the "poster-person" for "TECH-CHALLENGED"  :&gt;),  all pics are identified and the ID can be retrieved by - "here I go" - holding your "MOUSE" on the pic.  Ta-dum!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Actually, I ACCIDENTALLY, did this while trying to change the TV channel one day.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  It\'s NOT like I knew that, \'cause. . . .    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Now, I\'m goin\' back ta mindin\' my own bu\'iness.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3396886" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza (Diamond)</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396886" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, GreenLadyHere. I appreciate your help. The rest of my response is not specifically directed to you.<br><br>The artist title etc does not always show up when you hold down the mouse - sometimes it\'s just numbers or letters. Also, most readers will not bother to make this click, nor should they have to. <br><br>More important, an embedded link doesn\'t show up on a Google search or a Technorati search.  if someone wanted to find an artist\'s work and did a Google search for them, the posting on a blog that didn\'t use a title in the text would not show up. I have no idea, for instance, if my work has been used in blogs without attribution, or if then people have bootleg copies of my work. In general, I give permission for blogs to use my work, but it drives me nuts when they do so without permission or attribution. <br><br>In addition to the legal issues of copyright and permissions, it is a matter of  respect. Take the example of Gordon Parks. He\'s an amazing photographer. Wouldn\'t you want to know about him, assuming you didn\'t already? Wouldn\'t you want your readers to know about him? Doesn\'t he deserve the respect of attribution? <br><br> If part of the mandate of a blog is to educate, why lose the opportunity to educate readers about visual artists? For sure, JJP or any other reputable blog would not lift a quote from, say, Ralph Ellison, and use it without citation. It just wouldn\'t happen. Yet many blogs use art and photography without attribution to illustrate posts. This is just not ethical. I say this as an artist and artists rep.<br><br> I do understand that many people just don\'t think about this, I know that t JJP and (many) other blogs have the best of intentions, but have probably just not thought about it, yet.. Most bloggers think more about words than about images. So I\'m taking this opportunity to do a little outreach on the issue.<br><br>Each image should say - right underneath the image - the name of the artist, copyright information including date, and at least one link to the artist\'s site or wikipedia or museum, gallery etc. And, as I said before, if the artist is living, they should be contacted if possible. Some artists grant permission, other\'s don\'t. It\'s a tricky copyright negotiation, in which artists can actually lose the right to control publication and sale of their work. <br><br> I hope this isn\'t too harsh, but I\'m trying to make a living and a reputation as an artist\'s rep and and artist, and this is a daily battle for me and the artists I represent.<br><br>I\'d so much rather be stressing about art than about the election. I can\'t wait until Obama is elected so I can resume my daily life in art instead of phone banking, fund raising and nail biting. <br><br>Obama Or Else!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390404" class="dsq-comment-message">Things that make you go...HUH?  <br><br>A music deal for Joe the plumber? <br><br>Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:17 PM by Mark Murray<br> <br><br>Politico breaks the news: "Move over Sanjaya and tell William Hung the news: Joe the Plumber is being pursued for a major record deal and could come out with a country album as early as Inauguration Day."<br><br>"\'Joe\' – aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, a Holland, Ohio, pipe-and-toilet man – just signed with a Nashville public relations and management firm to handle interview requests and media appearances, as well create new career opportunities, including a shift out of the plumbing trade into stage and studio performances."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3390519">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390519" class="dsq-comment-message">KO pimpslapped him last night over this garbage.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391080">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391080" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> Shepard Smith Forced To Offer Disclaimer After Joe The Plumber Interview</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/foxs-shepard-smith-forced_n_138674.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/foxs-s...</a><br><br><i>Anyway, five minutes with Joe The Plumber had Shepard Smith so frustrated that the Fox anchor felt compelled to issue a disclaimer, immediately following the segment, pushing back on any notion that Obama would mean the "death of Israel," saying: <b>"I just want to make this 100 percent perfectly clear -- Barack Obama has said repeatedly and demonstrated repeatedly that Israel will always be a friend of the United States, no matter what happens once he becomes President of the United States.</b> His words." Smith later added, "The rest of it -- man...some things -- it just gets frightening sometimes. We\'ll be right back." I haven\'t seen Shep this broken up about the state of the world since Katrina.</i><br><br><br>Joe The Plumber doesn\'t have a f-ing clue as to what he\'s talking about! The guy is an embarrassment! It\'s insane for John McCain to have this moron out on the Campaign Trail! Stop it already, John McCain!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392859">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392859" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Good find!   :&gt;)<br><br>This so much DEMONSTRATES that McAncient/the<b> UN-VETTED ONE</b>  <i>PAL AROUND WITH BOTTOM-FEEDERS!!</i>  Annnnnd, they are ecstatic in each other\'s company!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They wouldn\'t know what ta do IFFFFF someone with CLASS approached them.<br><br>I\'m sooo just sayin\' . . . . . . .  .<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391787">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391787" class="dsq-comment-message">I work for a major record label... I HOPE IT ISN\'T US!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395604" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395604" class="dsq-comment-message">"Toilet Man" is appropriate reference to Joe and should also be the name of the one hit he may produce from Funky Finger Productions.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3390591">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390591" class="dsq-comment-message">From <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com" rel="nofollow">fivethirtyeight.com</a><br><br><i>Number one, John McCain is NOT closing Obama\'s margin as quickly as he needs to (if indeed he is closing it at all). This appears to be a 6- or 7- point race right now ... that\'s where we have it, that\'s where RCP has it, that where <a href="http://Pollster.com" rel="nofollow">Pollster.com</a> has it. In order to beat Barack Obama, John McCain will need to gain at least one point per day between now and the election. Our model does think that McCain has pared about a point off Obama\'s margin -- but it has taken him a week to do so. Now, McCain needs to gain six more points in six more days. And he needs to do so with no real ground game, no real advertsing budget, and no one particularly strong message. Not easy.<br><br>Number two, John McCain is NOT gaining ground in the states that matter the most. The top tier of states in this election are Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania. There is lots of lots of polling in these states, particularly in Virgnia and Pennsylvania, and it\'s all coming up in roughly the same range, showing Obama leads in the high single digits (in VA and CO) or the low double digits (in PA). The second tier of states is probably Ohio, Florida and Nevada. McCain seems to be getting a bit stronger in Florida; Obama seems to be getting a bit stronger in Ohio and Nevada. McCain does seem to have halted Obama\'s progress in some of the third-tier states, particularly Missouri and North Carolina. On the other hand, some other third-tier states, like New Mexico and particularly New Hampshire (where Obama is getting some insane numbers lately), now appear to be off the table.<br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391312">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391312" class="dsq-comment-message">Was watching Morning Joe and I swear his show was like McCain is closing and he might win.They have no idea whats going to hit them on Nov 4.Joe likes to claim he is a redneck he is not he is a brown nose. He has is head so far up McCain\'s anus he smells just like the sh*t McCain is spewing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391673">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391673" class="dsq-comment-message">My favorite line from the entire 3 hours?<br><br>Chuck Todd:<br><br><i> it\'s easier to see how Obama gets to 375 than to see how McCain gets to 270</i><br><br>I LOL when I heard that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391719">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391719" class="dsq-comment-message">I noticed it too. Joe Scar is BESIDE HIMSELF these last few days. He crows about being a fiscal conservative but I think he\'s having a hard time dealing with the change that is about to occur.  Hell... even Pat Buchanan looks like he\'s accepting it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393219">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393219" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe Scarbough (R-Dead Intern) will be pissed on 11/5/2008.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393256">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3393256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393256" class="dsq-comment-message">Gee, I misspelled Scarborough.<br>I feel so bad...NOT!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395583" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395583" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395583" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395583" class="dsq-comment-message">(R-Dead Staffer) you mean?<br><br>Lori Klausutis was a staffer in Joe Scar\'s Pensacola office.<br><br>You must have her confused with Chandra Levy (dead intern who worked for Gary Condit).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399125">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399125" class="dsq-comment-message">Oops,<br>My mistake.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400342">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400342" class="dsq-comment-message">Same thing - dead woman</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401589" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401589" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401589" class="dsq-comment-message">True Dat.<br><br>And in both cases, a whole lot of unanswered questions, like how did they wind up DEAD?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3392317" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392317">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392317" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone remember that infamous picture of the Bush/McQuotations embrace? Well guess who\'s standing in the background smiling and clapping uncontrollably...Joe Scumbag.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395553" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395553" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395553" class="dsq-comment-message">You have my respect for stomaching "Morning Joke" that early.<br><br>I can\'t take him first thing in the morning - he gives me indigestion and I don\'t like starting off my day by hurling epithets at my television set.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392523">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3392523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392523" class="dsq-comment-message">But isn\'t it good that the MSM is saying that it\'s close? Maybe that will shut down the complacency among Obama supporters, and give some of us the incentive to fight even harder.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392711">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392711" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s even funnier is McCain\'s claim in a Wednesday speech that \'we\'re fooling the pundits and the polls\', which almost mirrors his \'We\'ve got Obama right where we want him\' in an earlier stump.  <br><br>So being behind in the polls has been McCain\'s plan all along.  Right.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3390743">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3390743" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3390743" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone been able to find out the size of the audience for the Obama Poltical Infomercial?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391140">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391140" class="dsq-comment-message">If I remember correctly, I thought Keith Olbermann said it was 40 million!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3391283" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391283">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391283" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/30/early-wednesday-ratings-obama-ad-pushes-daisies-six-feet-under/7185" rel="nofollow">http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/30/early-wedn...</a><br><br><i>"The Obama-mercial was fairly highly rated across the three broadcast networks (CBS, Fox and NBC) in the early metered market numbers. Between the three networks it scored an impressive combined 17.8/29 (household rating/share).<br><br>If ABC truly hoped that by being only scripted programming on broadcast for 8:00pm-8:30p, it would help out Pushing Daisies, that plan went awry. My guess is ABC was more likely just looking to burn off an episode. Daisies scored a 4.2/7, pretty much the identical rating it had a week ago up (4.2/6). The good news is things didn’t get worse. But, unless there was a major up tick of 18-49 viewers, not getting worse won’t help any."</i><br><br>I\'m glad that the informercial did well...but man, did it bury <i>Pushing Daisies</i>, which is likely to be canceled.  And I like that mystery solving pie maker, too.  <br><br>I\'d better catch last night\'s episode on <a href="http://ABC.com" rel="nofollow">ABC.com</a> while I can.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3391557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3391557" href="http://www.Blacks4Barack.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blacks4Barack</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391557" class="dsq-comment-message">OBAMA TALK RADIO: <br><br>Hi Fellow Warriors....We invite you to listen to last night\'s Obama web radio show (Nothing But The Truth with Greg Jones). Last night\'s show features Senator Obama\'s powerful speech entitled \'In One Week\' which is a powerful message that should be heard particularly by all undecideds. You\'ll also hear some of the songs written and performed by Obama supporters. So please listen....share the show....and stay fired up !<br><br><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingLeft/The-Greg-Jones-Show/2008/10/30/NOTHING-BUT-THE-TRUTH-with-Greg-Jones" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingLe...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394383">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394383" class="dsq-comment-message">Black4Barack:   Hey!  Will be "Field Trippin\'" 2-day!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3391707">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3391707" class="dsq-comment-message">TPM has also been trying to keep track of GOP Voter Suppression Antics:<br><br><br><br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/republican_voter_suppression_a.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3392322" href="www.ibeching.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibeching</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3392322" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392322" class="dsq-comment-message">\'the economist\' just endorsed Obama!  who\'s socialist now suckers!?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3392335" href="www.ibeching.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibeching</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3392335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392335" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12516666&source=features_box_main" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/dis...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392549">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392549" class="dsq-comment-message">30 Days | 30 Reasons Week To Week (#6)<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75UKSnVX64" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75UKSnVX64</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3392735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3392735">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3392735" class="dsq-comment-message">If you feel down about the media, if you have doubts watch this.We can and we will!!<br>Charles Meets Barack<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-6DpC-mj8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-6DpC-mj8</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393215">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393215" class="dsq-comment-message">Here  in a New  York  Times article, Saxby Chambliss explained  that the Republican base is energized  because of the following:<br><br>"There has always been a rush to the polls by African-Americans early," he [Chambliss] said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. "It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening," he said.<br><br>I can\'t believe this mofo has the nerve saying that.  That may explain why we see tightening in the polls. Most of it coming from the south.  The Republicans can\'t stand to see people exercising their right to vote.  Screw them! We\'ll teach them a lesson!<br><br>Here is the link:<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/30chambliss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/politics/3...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393535">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3393535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393535" class="dsq-comment-message">But, despite it all, we\'re coming out . No matter how many obstacles they put before us - we\'re coming out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3394357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394357">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394357" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Beyonce does Diana!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU-nz9aWiz8" rel="nofollow">I\'M COMING OUT!</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRED UP!  READY TO GO!!!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393561">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393561" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not surprised a Republican said it.  Still though, if he has to hope that \'their side\' comes in hopes of canceling out Barack Obama supporters--and not because of enthusiastic support of John McCain--I\'m not going to place much stock on that being very fruitful.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3394306" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3394306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394306" class="dsq-comment-message">Except that he\'s lying. Black voters haven\'t always rushed to the polls early. In fact, the opposite is true.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393363">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393363" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I\'m going ta post this and another article in order to demonstrate the"under-current" of RACISM that continues to exist.  In recent history, it usta be somewhat subtle - as in - just walk through a door - Black- on your way to an interview, and you can rest assured that you ain\'t gonna get that job; but , we\'ll interview you and, we\'ll smile at you during the interview.<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/30/comic-strip-spurs-controversy-at-montclair-university/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/30/com...</a><br><b>Comic strip spurs controversy at Montclair University</b><br><br><i><b>The student newspaper at Montclair State University has apologized for publishing a comic strip that referred to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with a racial slur.</b><br><br>Bobby Melok, editor-in-chief of The Montclarian, told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the newspaper got the strip — “The K Chronicles,” penned by syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight, who is black — through MCT Campus, a syndicate that provides content for colleges across the country. Melok said a production editor placed it on the comics page without raising a flag.<br><br>“We assumed because it was part of the syndicate, it was appropriate,” Melok said.<br><br>The strip, which was published in editions on Oct. 23, was entitled “Stories from the campaign trail.” It depicts an Obama campaign volunteer who goes door to door in an area where “no Democrat has gone before.” When the volunteer asks a woman her choice for president, the resident identifies her candidate with a racial epithet.<br><br>AP</i><br><br>"Whycome" I called - racism-; because the cartoon was permitted to be published!  I know   -  "freedom of the press."   **sigh***<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393547">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393547" class="dsq-comment-message">Green Lady: I have heard of The K Chronicles before. I like a lot of his comics. As for the stories from the campaign trail, I believe that situation actually did happen...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393902">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393902" class="dsq-comment-message">islandgirl550:  O.K.  Like to support the brotha!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393596">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393596" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama Releases TWO GREAT Ads This Morning! UPDATE With Missing Plumber<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/1125/1795/67/646739" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/1125/1...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393611">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393611" class="dsq-comment-message">From Roland Martin:<br><br><i>October 30, 2008<br>Nilesen releases viewership of Obama infomercial<br>Not sure how to read this, but a survey saying that nearly 22 percent of the nation\'s households watched the 30-minute infomercial isn\'t that bad.<br><br>Nielsen just released last night\'s ratings of Barack Obama’s national campaign spot for the 56 local markets where we have meters. <br><br>* Overall, for the six networks that aired the program simultaneously, the spot had a household rating of 21.7% (meaning that 21.7 percent of all households watching television were tuned to the spot.) <br><br>* In comparison, the final debate between the two presidential candidates received a 38.3 household rating in the top 56 local TV markets. The candidates’ first debate on September 26 received a 34.7 household rating in the top 55 markets; their second debate, on October 7, received a 42.0 household rating in those markets. <br><br>* The last presidential candidate to air a paid simulcast was Ross Perot in 1996, which received a national household rating of 16.8. <br><br>* Last night, the Baltimore market had the largest TV audience, with a household rating of 31.3, while the Portland market had the lowest household rating: 14.2.<br><br>For more information please see our blog at:<br><br><a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/politics/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/po...</a><br><br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393677">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393677" class="dsq-comment-message">FL election offices revolting against GOP tactics (updated w/good OH news)<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/8334/7944/975/645855" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/8334/7...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3393699">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393699" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain worker reaches deal in hoax assault <br>Police say 20-year-old can\'t explain why she made up the story<br><br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27456042/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27456042/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3394272" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394272" class="dsq-comment-message">So all she gets is a slap on the wrist?<br><br>FUCK them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398425">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398425" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,  please try to not let this raise your blood pressure too much/too long, or otherwise hurt you further.<br><br>Because you are a precious being, and your physical and spiritual well-being is important.<br><br>I don\'t usually talk like this in public. Felt it was necessary here. sorry if it\'s not appropriate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394640">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394640" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral - They should go ahead and let her go vs. using my hard earned money as a tax payer to house her in jail with the expectation of covering her psych treatments.<br><br>She will suffer for what she did out here in society.  Everyone knows what she did and who she is.  They can\'t sue her because she has no money so . . . . let her be out there in the public eye knowing she will have to explain to family and strangers alike wtf she was thinking of when she did what she did and she will definately be a butt of jokes for a long long time.  I am sure her family is completely embarrased.<br><br>So . . . I am okay with the verdict.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395028">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395028" class="dsq-comment-message">"Mama, why that lady got that eight on her face?"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395487">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395487" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  \'cause she was tryin\' to IMITATE that "LIPSTICK ON A PIG" thing!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, she MISSED her lips!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395568">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395568" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO.  Can you imagine.  That is going to be terrible.  This election is historical.  I know she is praying that no one holds on to the you tube videos or the articles.  It is terrible.   That girl will be single forever.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401481" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401481" class="dsq-comment-message">Even Monica Lewinsky got a second chance.<br><br>Ashley Todd?  Not so much.  Plus Monica at least had good looks going for her.  Ashley Todd doesn\'t even have THAT, and what she does have, she disfigured herself carving that backwards "B" on her cheek.<br><br>No amount of Tammy Faye Bakker shellacking makeup will cover that up, either.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398101" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398101" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG that is so funny!!!!<br><br>"Baby, that\'s not an 8 its just a reminder for her to know who is charge now..."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395439">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395439" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:   I\'m tellin\' you, THEY really attract the "bottom-feeders!"  Whew!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395484" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395484" class="dsq-comment-message">Is the Bitch going to JAIL?<br><br>That\'s all I want to know, cause if an Obama staffer pulled this shyt, they would be locked up without bail and convicted without a TRIAL.<br><br>I want this silly fat heifer to do JAIL TIME for this stunt.  Period. The End. \'Nuff said.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399104">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399104" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing!  CPL, they have already loaded the silly fat heifer up on pscychotropic drugs to validate her mental instability.  Thus the "deal."  The pscychriatrist is all ready to deliver his diagnosis.  <br><br>You\'ve heard of the saying:<br><br>If you\'re white, you\'re right<br>If you\'re yellow, you\'re mellow<br>If you\'re brown, stick around<br>If you\'e black, get back</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399533">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399533" class="dsq-comment-message">She is getting off with a slap on the wrist!  I don\'t believe the story about her not remembering anything. Personally, I feel she\'s covering up for someone!  I want her to do jail time!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401443" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401443" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny, how there\'s instant AMNESIA when threatened with a stint in the joint.<br><br>Y\'all know the sistas locked up for far worse infractions were ready and waiting to get in that ASS!!!!<br><br>If she knows what\'s good for her, she\'d leave the country and infest someone else\'s government with her bullshyt.  Too bad she\'s not in the UK - no slaps on the wrist across the pond; they actually do hard time for hate crimes, and what Ashley Todd did was A HATE CRIME.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3393989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3393989" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3393989" class="dsq-comment-message">That NAACP lawsuit in VA is on hold; apparently, VA\'s more prepared for the election than they realized.<br><br>Oops.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395395">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395395" class="dsq-comment-message">D: -  OR maybe they "got prepared" in light of the lawsuit!  OOPS!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395446" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395446" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395446" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395446" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, at least that\'s money well spent on the part of the NAACP, and not money that\'s usually put in a suitcase and burned up for no reason while they try to maintain relevancy to the cause.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3394463" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394463" class="dsq-comment-message">Check this out from an Andrew Sullivan <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-end-of-amer.html#more" rel="nofollow">reader</a>:<br><br> <blockquote> Earlier this week, in your post “The Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote For Obama”, you wrote under Point 4: “A truce in the culture war. Obama takes us past the debilitating boomer warfare that has raged since the 1960s. Nothing has distorted our politics so gravely; nothing has made a rational politics more elusive.”<br>     <br>    On the one hand I agree with you; on the other hand, you don\'t go nearly far enough. An Obama presidency means much more than a truce in the 60’s culture war. It means the end of a much older and more terrible war, in which the 60\'s was merely one battle: the American Civil War. That is what is at stake here.<br>     <br>    The Civil War was fought from Sumter to Appomattox, from April 12, 1861, to April 9, 1865. But the roots of the war predated 1861, and the consequences lived on long after 1865. In reality the Civil War never ended, it just shifted from a military to a culture war - the same culture war that is still going on today. <br><br>    What you call the “boomer warfare” of the 1960’s was part of that larger war, marking the struggle to end Jim Crow, the century-long regime of American apartheid (Vietnam was, in my opinion, related but secondary). The end of apartheid was a second humiliating defeat for the forces of the conservative "South" at the hands of the liberal "North", and it subsequently gave rise to those decades of distorted and irrational politics you so deplore, as the reactionary and fundamentalist forces regrouped and mounted yet another rearguard insurrection against their liberal "oppressors", culminating in their partial ascension to power under Bush. (And we can only hope it ends there, instead of with Palin and the Christian Nationalists in 2012).<br>     <br>    I realize this may sound harsh; I do not think Bush is a racist, for instance (quite the contrary), and I am very aware of the progress made in this country since I was young, including in the South; nevertheless, this election is clearly about race, about who and what we are as a nation, as a people, as a family (I would throw California\'s Prop 8 squarely into this battle too).<br><br><br>    So let\'s be clear - it is not "boomer warfare" which has distorted our politics, or made rational politics so elusive since the 60\'s: it is something far deeper, something far older, something which has been with us from the beginning in this country, and which we in turn brought with us from the Old World; something which in fact traces back to the very origin of humanity - spiritually, psychologically, politically, evolutionarily. That depth is what gives the American story its pathos and its importance. That is why the world watches us: to see if we can work it out - to see if there is hope.<br>    And that\'s why January 20, 2009, is so important: the day Barack Obama is sworn in as our 44th president will mark the third, and I believe the final defeat of the forces of repression and division in this country, and the actual end of the American Civil War.<br>     <br>    How can I be so sure? Because when the American President is inaugurated, it is directly homologous to the crowning of the King in ancient days: the King is the groom, the Nation is the bride, the crowning is the hieros gamos, the sacred marriage. When Barack Obama is sworn in as our 44th president, a symbolic marriage will be enacted, binding us together forever, black and white. We will have chosen to become one. We will have chosen to become family. The War will be over. E pluribus unum.<br>     <br>    The whole world will be watching this. You have stated over and over again that an Obama presidency would be “transformational”, even “indispensable”. You\'re right. And you\'re right that this is only the beginning. A new chapter is dawning.<br>     <br>    Will the old guard resist? Of course. But their power is waning. Providence made sure the better man lost in 2000, and the eight years since have been just enough rope for the old, corrupt right to hang itself. </blockquote><br>Simply stunning.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395515">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395515" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3396499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3396499">sdg1844</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396499" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn! I\'ve never read anything that captures what\'s going on in this country, like this article.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3399568" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399568" class="dsq-comment-message">I said that this election remains a choice between repression and progress. This writer put meat on those bones.<br><br>That  is why the confederacy has launced its final round of race ads, featuring Rev. Wright, to air through Tuesday.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394535">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394535" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain asks "Where is Joe the Plumber?"<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394735">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3394735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394735" class="dsq-comment-message">Out shopping media deals with Sarah the Neiman Marxist</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394911">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394911" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO.  Lawd he looked stupid.  lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395866">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395866" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:   OOOPS!!!  SORRY!  I re-posted.   My bad!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3396424" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3396424">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396424" class="dsq-comment-message">hey Greenlady  - that is because we are here (two fingers in a V moving back and forth from my eyes to your eyes) lol.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3397193" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3397193">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397193" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:   <b>"V"</b>   Back at-choo!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394671">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394671" class="dsq-comment-message">Over on CNN:<br><br>Young Conservatives group invites others to throw eggs at Obama poster during Anti-Obama rally<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/politics/2008/12/30/sigman.anti.obama.rally.kbtx" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/politics/2008/12/30/...</a><br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>I just want to say that even though i am excited about this election process, I am also embarassed at times.  I look at this  video and I wonder "Will these same college students be the next generations teachers, lawyers, doctors?  Isn\'t this kinda juvenile?  I understand free speech and all but are these America\'s next "forward thinkers" who will lead this country in the future.  What ever happened to spreading the word about your viewpoints in a positive way.<br><br>How come a random gentleman like "Joe the plumber," whose supposed background has pratically been debunked and whose own words have been particularly troubling and misleading about Obama, still manages to be a central figure in this important election.  Joe is even being considered for a record deal.<br><br>And yet, by all accounts, Obama was a hardworking intellectual, admired by other colleagues and students...and he\'s been labeled "uppity" and "elitist" because he is actually pragmatic, forward-thinking  and obtained a good education on his own merits.<br><br>I pray that one day this country will abandon the"insta-celebrity fever" we have and truly teach our children everywhere to be thoughtful, informed, and hardworking.   I think reality tv has fucked this country up---even the media is tabloid-ish.<br><br> Let us value our best and brightest. I am getting tired of caricatures and pitting this group against the other.<br><br>It is no wonder we lag behind so many other nations in education and new technology---we simply don\'t value the importance ot it the way we should.  And it shows.  Will we continue to show the world this...because we know they are watching.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394769">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394769" class="dsq-comment-message">NH McCain Leadership Committee member endorses Obama <br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/134340/89/901/646930" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/13...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395516">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395516" class="dsq-comment-message">that must have been like a slap in the face.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394845">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394845" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   -Er,   -um,   a-hem,  **CLEARING "HIS" THROAT**   -<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-not-a-socialist-mcc_n_139294.html" rel="nofollow">McAncient says-Obama Is NOT A Socialist!!</a><br><br>**COUGH,  COUGH**<br><br><i>In an interview with Larry King that aired last night, John McCain admitted that he doesn\'t think Barack Obama is a socialist, which runs counter to most of his campaign rhetoric for the past week. The admission is reminiscent of when McCain, after days of hammering Obama about a supposedly sexist remark, finally conceded that Obama probably wasn\'t calling Sarah Palin a pig when referencing "lipstick on a pig" at a campaign speech. <b>Video below, with transcript:</b></i><br><br>Oh!   Puh-leeze WATCH the <b>C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D ONE!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Looks like all we have ta do is to get some "popcorn", some "GREEN Tea" and a "comfortable chair" in order to WATCH the IMPLOSION of the GOP!!<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST<br><br><br>P.S.      <b>KING: You don\'t believe Barack Obama is a socialist, do you?<br><br><br>MCCAIN: No.</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398324" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398324" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3398324" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398324" class="dsq-comment-message">You know the funny thing is that he admitted, but he\'ll probably still call him a socialist in stump speeches later today!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400908" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400908">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400908" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400908" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheri:  I\'ll be listening.  :&gt;)   <br><br>Speaking of "listening", I "HEARD" your RADIO BLOG!!  Whooo!   Hooo!  :&gt;)<br><br>Way to "BRING IT!"  :&gt;)    Humble - THANK YOU for the "shout out!  :&gt;)<br><br>My pleasure.<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401115" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401115" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks so much, like I said you really inspired me with that post, and I thought I\'s share my own personal story about racism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394881">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3394881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394881" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya\'ll I need check myself into a JJP detox program.<br><br>I had to go into the office yesterday (first time in 5 years) and I could not function.  I kept thinking about logging into JJP to see what you all were talking about.  They took my laptop to upgrade it (I now have a T61 model :-) but I had to wait 4 1/2 hours to get it.  <br><br>I was suffering so bad that I snuck into a computer lab that was restricted to folks like me, and I know I should n\'t have but  I had to do something.  I just needed a quick fix. So I started surfing on JJP for about 45 mins but  I stopped short of posting anything and I made sure I cleared out the queues so no one would know what I was looking at but . . . it was hard .  Then it took me 3 1/2 hours to get home because of rush hour traffic, I had to take the dog to the vet and take my kids to get costumes for the halloween parade at school tomorrow but it was rough.  I started having withdrawal symptoms, started snapping at the kids and my husband who went with us just because all I wanted to do was get home and log in to see what I missed.<br><br>I need help.  Next Tuesday can\'t come quick enough.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395397" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395397" class="dsq-comment-message">Take your drug like everyone else, VAL.  LOL, cause I\'m going to be in the same boat when I go back to work!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3396133">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396133" class="dsq-comment-message">Val,<br><br>I\'m sorry...but I couldn\'t stop laughing.<br><br>Just know that I am not laughing at you...but with you!<br><br>Because it\'s true for most of us</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3396509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3396509">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3396509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396509" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not going to tell you what happened when I had to go to the bathroom but wanted to wait just a little longer so that I could read just one more post . . . . .<br><br>Let\'s just say -- it wasn\'t pretty and folks were looking at me really funny seeing me trying to walk down that LOOOOOONNNNGGGGG hallway with my legs crossed tightly together . . . . . sad and touching.<br><br>As Greenlady would say (head down low shaking from side to side).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3394924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3394924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3394924">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3394924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3394924" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>John McCain Admits Obama Not A Socialist</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-not-a-socialist-mcc_n_139294.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a><br><br><i>In an interview with Larry King that aired last night, John McCain admitted that he doesn\'t think Barack Obama is a socialist, which runs counter to most of his campaign rhetoric for the past week. The admission is reminiscent of when McCain, after days of hammering Obama about a supposedly sexist remark, finally conceded that Obama probably wasn\'t calling Sarah Palin a pig when referencing "lipstick on a pig" at a campaign speech. Video </i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395380" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395380" class="dsq-comment-message">Day late...Dollar SHORT.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398161" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398161" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3398161" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398161" class="dsq-comment-message">Just short all together.<br><br>Arms too short, <br><br>Body too short, <br><br>Judgement too short, <br><br>Votes in his home state of Arizona looking short, <br><br>Support from his own party looking short...<br><br>Need I go on.   LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395048">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395048" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>McCain Buses In 4000 Kids To Fill Crowd</b><br><b> Joe The Plumber A No- Show...</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain-camp-busses-in-sch_n_139300.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain...</a><br><br><i>A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.</i><br><br><br><i>The most cringe-worthy political moment of the day, so far, came when Sen. John McCain called out for his new buddy Joe the Plumber to stand up at a rally in Ohio, only to be greeted with confused silence. Joe the Plumber wasn\'t there.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395368">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395368" class="dsq-comment-message">I had to laugh at this one Justice.  lol  It was really funny.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395370" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3395370" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395370" class="dsq-comment-message">Kinda like the sound of DL Hughley tanking on National Television with 15 year old jokes.  ROFL<br><br>Joe the Plummer\'s not going anywhere until he and his agent see a check from McCain, and cash that sucker before a stop-payment is put on it, or it bounces.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3397337">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3397337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397337" class="dsq-comment-message">So wait....you mean a bunch of kindergarten age kids...hell, elementary school age kids had to sit thru this?? Lord have mercy...why they make the babies sit thru this??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398134" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398134" class="dsq-comment-message">I wondering was this a last minute thing or what?  <br><br>Did they get the permission slips signed?  I don\'t think I\'d let my little brown baby (if I had one) go to a McCain rally.  No telling what might jump off...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395142">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395142" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  But,  but - it was a mis-understanding!:<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=6142173&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=6142173&...</a><br><b>McCain-Palin Campaign Snubs Penn State Prez</b><br><i>Unwelcome at Palin Campus Event Because He\'s a "Big Democrat"</i><br><br>Summary:  McAncient spokesperson said that there was a misunderstanding!  HAH!!:&gt;)<br><br><br><br><b>BREAKING IN:  HEY!  I just saw a GOTV ad by ACORN!!!  ON MSNBC- Chuck T. Show] I\'ll try to run it down - unless it has been posted.   :&gt;)</b><br><br><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395166" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395166">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395166" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395166" class="dsq-comment-message">Will they find a martial arts guy that looked as good as Taimak?<br><br><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6aed018f8f53c49b3b1b35ae3321cebd" rel="nofollow">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a><br>R.I.P. Julius Sho Nuff Carrey</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3397976" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3397976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397976" class="dsq-comment-message">I wanted to be Vanity so bad! <br><br>Look at Taimak now: <a href="http://www.taimak.tv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.taimak.tv/</a><br><br>He\'s a personal trainer...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399505">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3399505" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399505" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400401" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400401" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400401" class="dsq-comment-message">By the way, he was not saved in my bookmark list...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395336">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395336" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this over at DailyKos<br><br>NH McCain Leadership Committee member endorses Obama <br>by SusanG <br>Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05:04 AM PDT<br>This is leadership we can believe in, my friends. From an Obama campaign press release:<br><br>MANCHESTER – Fred Bramante, a member of McCain\'s New Hampshire Leadership Committee and a 2008 Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention today announced his support for Senator Obama\'s Campaign for Change.<br><br>Bramante, a Co-Chair of Gov. Mike Huckabee\'s presidential campaign and former Republican gubernatorial candidate, is a past Chairman and current member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education.  His endorsement marks the first time nationally that a delegate or alternate delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention has publicly announced their decision to support Sen. Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395384">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395384" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395384" class="dsq-comment-message">lol Great find Monie.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395657" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395657">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395657" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   HA!  HA!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/joe-the-plumber-ditches-m_n_139248.html" rel="nofollow">JOE THE PLUMBER DITCHES MCCAIN!</a><br><br>WATCH!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3398085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398085" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3398085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398085" class="dsq-comment-message">Everybody eventually ditches McCain....<br><br>First Palin...<br><br>Next the voters of Arizona....<br><br>And now Joe the Plumber.<br><br>I guess they all realize that they are better off without him...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395850">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395850" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw something humorous<br><br>Hockey Mama for Obama<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3395974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3395974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3395974">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3395974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3395974" class="dsq-comment-message">Sanchez just put his foot up Michael Goldfarb\'s ass...<br><br>got to get that video later!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3396648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3396648">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396648" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO!  <br><br>Truth - girl, you know how to turn a phrase.  You made me spit my juice on my shiny brand new company issued laptop.  LOLOLOLOL<br><br>Hysterical.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396136" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahmed Chalabi is in the news again.  I post a lot about this shady character because the Neo-cons(PNAC) heavily courted this guy for years leading up to the Iraq War,  including Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitiz, and Schuenenman (McCain\'s foreign policy advisor) and much of the so-called "faulty intelligence" that led us to war was provided by him.<br><br>Chalabi, after all his lies, is  still resurfacing in Bush administration  circles and affecting American policy.  Even after all his predictions about Iraq did not pan out and suspicions grew, Gen. Petraeus  still assigned him to a committe position in Iraq\'s government---in which he later had to be let go because of his murky ties to Iran.  He is suspected of being tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGS) who is thought to be arming pro-Iranian renegade militia that atacked US and Iraqi troops.  <br><br>Now Chalabi is back in the news AGAIN in trying to stall the status of forces agreement by raising doubts against it for the sake of Iran.<br><br>Now, the media won\'t cover this...or McCain\'s advisor like Shuenenmann and Charlie Black who lobbied extensively for Chalabi and his shadiness.  And they have the nerve to accuse people of "palling around" <br><br><br><br>Chalabi\'s Star Rises Again with Iranian Intrigues in Baghdad<br>By Jeff Stein | October 29, 2008 3:01 PM <br><br>Ahmed Chalabi, the erstwhile Iraqi exile who intrigued with Pentagon officials and the media to create a casus belli for toppling Saddam Hussein, is up to his old tricks.<br><br>Chalabi\'s star plunged when it turned out Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, as the steady stream of informants he served up to the U.S. media maintained.  <br><br>After the 2003 occupation, the crafty Shiite\'s effort to play a leading, if not top, role in Iraqi politics ended in humility when he won few votes at the polls. He did snag fleeting positions, as a deputy prime minister, oil minister and then the official in charge of rebuilding the capital\'s utilities.<br><br>But in part because of suspicions that he was an Iranian secret agent, U.S. defense officials, American commanders in Iraq, and even his neoconservative champions began to shun him. <br><br>A Pentagon investigation did not end in charges being filed, but in May, NBC reported that U.S. officials had "cut off all contact with controversial Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, the former favorite of Washington\'s once powerful neoconservatives," because of "unauthorized contacts with Iran\'s government." <br><br>Chalabi faded from the international spotlight, but now he\'s back in action big time, says Aram Roston, an NBC investigative reporter and author of "The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi." <br><br>Roston calls Chalabi a "key figure" in Iranian efforts to scuttle the status-of-forces agreement that is under fierce negotiation between Baghdad and Washington.<br><br>"He is seen more and more by the U.S. as a foreign agent, an Iranian agent," Roston told me by telephone from Mexico, where he is vacationing. What Chalabi says is "equated" with the Iranian position on the status-of-forces agreement, Roston said, which it opposes. <br><br>During a visit to Iran in September, Chalabi said the agreement would be used by the U.S. to establish "secret bases" in Iraq. That allegation, and other unpopular items in it, such as exempting U.S. citizens from prosecution in Iraqi courts, has made it increasingly unpopular.<br><br><br>[Update: The U.S. raid into Syria last weekend has also generated Iraqi demands that the agreement include a prohibition on U.S. forces launching attacks on other countries -- read: Iran --  from Iraqi soil.]<br><br>Just yesterday, Oct. 28, a conservative Shiite newspaper in Baghdad featured Chalabi\'s opposition to the agreement, which has to be signed by Dec. 31 or the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq will be illegal. The U.S. has threatened to cut off aid.<br><br>"This time represents a black page in the country\'s history," Chalabi told Al Bayyna Al Jadidah, according to a translation provided to Roston by an Iraqi contact.<br><br>"Chalabi is influential," Roston said, not just because he\'s "backed by Iran," but also because top Iraqi Shia politicians "view him as someone who understands the Americans, that he has the wisdom to know what\'s going on in their minds."<br><br>For years, Chalabi was a fixture in Washington\'s corridors of power.<br><br>"He is a genius," Roston observed, "at staying relevant."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396669" class="dsq-comment-message">Chalabi needs to be arrested and sent to Jordan to answer for the crimes that he was convicted of.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401559" class="dsq-comment-message">Death sentence for Chalabi if the Jordanians get his ass, and he knows it.<br><br>He must have something on Bush and the Gang, because he would have been "dealt with" for hoodwinking the American Government and collecting major cheddar for hoodwinking them, too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396148" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  ALASKA is SPEAKING OUT!!!  Yaaaaa!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/palin-popularity-falls-in_n_139187.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/palin-...</a><br><b>PALIN POPULARITY  FALLS IN ALASKA AND NATION</b><br><br><i>Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the conservative base of the Republican party when she was first picked as Sen. John McCain\'s vice-presidential running mate, but polls say she has become a polarizing figure since then in her home state.<br><br>Palin\'s supporters regularly refer to her as the "most popular governor in America." But while her approval rating remains sky-high among local Republicans, she\'s lost the support of Democrats and independents who once formed a significant portion of her base.<br><br>Read the whole story here.</i><br><br>I decided to get some MORE:<br><br><i>Palin’s popularity with Alaska voters has dropped precipitously, from a high of roughly 90 percent this spring — long before she was selected to join the McCain ticket — to an approval rating now of around 60 percent.<br><br>Not bad for a governor, but nowhere near the support she enjoyed before making her debut on the national stage.<br><br>A statewide poll conducted Oct. 23 by Ann Hayes found about 63 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion of Palin, with 47 percent having a very favorable opinion.<br><br>Palin’s negatives are about 35 percent, according to the telephone survey of 400 likely voters with a margin of error of roughly 5 percentage points.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>A Rasmussen poll released Wednesday showed similar numbers, with a 61 percent favorable rating among Alaskans.<br><br>Palin’s popularity started to slide into the mid-70s in July when the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan first made headlines, according to separate polls by Moore and Hays.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>“She’s no longer above the fray. She’s being mean and vindictive,” Guttenberg said. “If you’re a Democrat, she’s being phenomenally partisan. And if you’re a Republican, you’re pissed because she’s dragging down your presidential candidate.”<br><br>Even with the erosion of support among voters on the left, Palin still enjoys a 92 percent approval rating among registered Republicans in a very red state, Hellenthal said.<br><br>There are about 125,000 registered Republicans in Alaska, compared to roughly 77,000 registered Democrats. Both parties are dwarfed, however, by the nearly 263,000 undeclared or nonpartisan voters in the state, according to the state Division of Elections.<br><br><b>Palin’s growing partisanship could make her transition back to state politics — should McCain not win the White House — a potentially rocky one.</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>“It’s going to be a different landscape for her completely,” Moore said. “She’s going to need to tap into a bunch of political skills that she hasn’t had to use before.<br><br>“Before she got by on her popularity, now she’s going to need to be more diplomatic.”<br><br>Moore said he’s not convinced the governor is up to the task.<br><br>“I don’t think she’s very practiced at admitting her faults and taking criticism well,” he said.</i><br><br>REMEMBER,  THIS IS FROM ALASKA!!!   LOL!!!<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST<br><br><b>P.S.  Please read the "comments".  Many of them are "SCATHING!"  :&gt;)</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396355" class="dsq-comment-message">TROY DAVIS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE OLD SOUTH ~ AFRICA !!!<br><br>    A $TATE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF GEORGIA INTERNATIONALLY WILL OBVIOU$LY BE THE END RE$ULT OF GEORGIA DECIDING TO MURDER A PO$$IBLE INNOCENT TROY DAVI$ WITHOUT A NEW AND FAIR TRIAL ? <br><br>US CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO LAWYERS BY TRADE, CONTINUE TO DENY poorer AMERICAN\'S PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION !!!<br><br>THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BEGIN A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE US CONGRESSIONAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BEING INFLICTED ON poorer AMERICAN\'S LIKE MR.TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA !!!<br><br>HAVING BEEN DENIED APPEAL LAWYERS FOR THREE YEARS ON DEATH ROW IN GEORGIA MR. TROY DAVIS IS NOW BEING EXECUTED FOR A CRIME HE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN INVOLVED WITH !!!<br><br>SENATOR OBAMA PLEASE LET THIS COUNTRIES VOTERS KNOW YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT A NEEDED FUTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF OUR BROKEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION\'S OF EVEN POSSIBLE INNOCENT AMERICAN’S LIKE TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA ?????<br><br>BEING THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SENATOR OBAMA, DON\'T WE NEED AS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD TO BEGIN ONCE AGAIN TO RE-INVEST THE PROPER MONIE$ IN OUR OWN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ASSURING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THEIR RIGHTS TO FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ???<br><br>DOES GOD NEED TO LOBBY OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR poorer american’s SENATOR OBAMA,OR ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR THEM ??<br><br>***OUR US CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DENY MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS & FALSE INCARCERATIONS CONTINUE ALL ACROSS AMERICA ???<br><br>*** 700 BILLION $$$ AVAILABLE FOR US BAILOUT, & NO $$$ FOR ALL POORER AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ? SENATOR OBAMA, THIS JUDICIAL INJUSTICE HAS BECOME AN AMERICAN ART FORM, AND NO LONGER CAN BE KEPT HIDDEN OR SECRET FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EVEN IF CERTAIN (501c3) U$ RELIGIOU$ LEADER$ HAVE BEEN $ILENCED ??<br><br>LETS ALL HOPE OUR MEDIA FRIENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INTEREST IN REPORTING ON THIS AMERICAN HORROR FACING THESE (TENS OF THOUSANDS) FORGOTTEN AND TRAPPED POORER AMERICANS, AND HOW THIS PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER HANDLES THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FACING AMERICA’S LATINO AND BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ????<br><br>WITH 80% OF THE BLACK AMERICAN VOTERS SAYING THEY SUPPORT SENATOR OBAMA IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW PRIOR BEING ELECTED OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HOW THIS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TRULY FEELS ABOUT THIS AMERICAN JUDICIAL INJUSTICE CONTINUING TO INFLICT GRAVE HARM ON THE BLACK & LATINO AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE ??????<br><br>*** WHEN GOD’S FACE BECAME VERY RED *** THE US SUPREME COURT GAVE ENEMY COMBATANTS FEDERAL APPEAL HC RIGHTS LAWYERS AND PROPER ACCESS TO US FEDERAL COURTS,AND POORER AMERICANS (MANY EVEN ON DEATH ROW) ARE DENIED PROPER FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO OUR US FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL, AND ROTTING IN AMERICAN PRISONS NATIONWIDE ?????????<br><br>**** INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS ! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.<br><br>****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY **** The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide.<br><br>***WHERE ARE AMERICA\'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS ??????? Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively closed the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves to regain their freedom through being granted new retrials.<br><br>This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern States when poor and mostly uneducated Black Americans were being falsely imprisoned for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal trial appeals.<br><br>This devious and deceptive judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own federal appeal legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US judicial system knows that without proper legal representation, these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful opportunities of ever being granted new trials from our federal appeal judges!!<br><br>Sadly, the true US *legal* Federal Appeal situation that occurs when any of our uneducated American prison inmates are forced to attempt to submit their own written Federal Appeals (from our prisons nationwide) without the assistance of proper legal counsel, is that they all are in reality being denied their legitimate rights for Habeas Corpus with our US FEDERAL COURTS and will win any future Supreme Court Case concerning this injustice!<br><br>For our judicial system and our US Congressional Leaders Of The Free World to continue to pretend that this is a real and fair opportunity for our American Middle Class and Working Poor Citizens, only delays the very needed future change of Federal Financing of all these Federal appeals becoming a normal formula of Our American judicial system.<br><br>It was not so very long ago that Public Defenders became a Reality in this country.Prior that legal reality taking place, their were also some who thought giving anyone charged with a crime a free lawyer was a waste of taxpayers $$.<br><br>This FACADE and HORROR of our Federal Appeal proce$$ is not worthy of the Greatest Country In The World! ***GREAT SOCIETIES THAT DO NOT PROTECT EVEN THEIR INNOCENT, BECOME THE GUILTY !<br><br>A MUST READ ABOUT AMERICAN INJUSTICE:<br>1) YAHOO 2) GOOGLE<br>(MANNY GONZALES THE KID THAT EVERYONE FORGOT IN THE CA PRISON SYSTEM.) ** A JUDICIAL RIDE OF ONES LIFE !<br><br>***Someone please tell our US Congress that the GED degree that Manny Gonzales acquired in prison is not a LAW DEGREE !!!!!!<br><br><a href="mailto:lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com</a> (424-247-2013)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396619" class="dsq-comment-message">"***Someone please tell our US Congress that the GED degree that Manny Gonzales acquired in prison is not a LAW DEGREE !!!!!!"<br><br>RAOTFL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397804" class="dsq-comment-message">OH DAYUMMM Why he gotta be Manny Gonzales? <br><br>Dude needs to relax on the caplock.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398045" class="dsq-comment-message">Right.  That cap lock is hurting my eyes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3396402" class="dsq-comment-message">Pre-emptive ejection: Audience members removed at McCain rally in Cedar Falls<br><br><a href="http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/local_news/doc49068f6ccce49245010961.txt" rel="nofollow">http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2008/10/...</a><br><br>Excerpts:<br><br>Audience members escorted out of Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., campaign event in Cedar Falls questioned why they were asked to leave Sunday’s rally even though they were not protesting.<br><br>Lara Elborno, a student at the University of Iowa, said she was approached by a police officer and a McCain staffer and was told she had to leave or she would be arrested for trespassing.<br><br>She said McCain staffers wouldn’t tell her why she was being asked to leave and when she got outside, she saw “a group of about 20 people” who had all been asked to leave.<br><br><b>“I saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I’m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn’t look right,’” Elborno said. “They were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.”</b><br><br>Despite repeated attempts, McCain’s campaign could not be reached for comment<br><br>Some videos of students that were kicked out:<br><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDiQfKWWTA rel="nofollow">Video</a href><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ujcDDlho3U rel="nofollow">more</a href><br><br>Interesting....<br><br>Not sure what\'s really going on here</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401515" class="dsq-comment-message">That ReThug chick should ask for her vote back, since she\'s gotten a taste of how McCain treats his own damned supporters.<br><br>What\'s next?  Locking them up because they don\'t look like Caribou Barbie?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397004" class="dsq-comment-message">Finding the 32 Black people in Wasilla Alaska, Sarah Palin\'s hometown. <a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/video-exclusive-smokey-fontaine-goes-to-wasilla-alaska/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/video-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397031" class="dsq-comment-message">Battle For The West: Colorado Voter Suppression Suit Settled; Provisional Ballots To Be Accepted<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-rivera/battle-for-the-west-color_b_139320.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-rivera/battl...</a><br><blockquote><i>Voters on the list shall be presumed to be eligible and their ballots will be counted," the agreement says, according to the Denver Post. "Only upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that a voter is not eligible shall a provisional ballot be rejected by the county."<br><br>The two parties reached the out-of-court agreement Wednesday, but it looked like the presiding judge was leaning toward the plaintiffs.<br><br>"I think there are places where the state went out of bounds on removal of these names," Senior U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, Jr., said, according to the Post.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397243" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL....here it is:<br><br>Rick Sanchez V. Michael Goldfarb: McCain Spokesman Wusses Out On CNN<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/rick-sanchez-v-michael-go_n_139357.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/rick-s...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397749" class="dsq-comment-message">what an ass. I\'m just logging on for the first time today to see this dip-wad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397477" class="dsq-comment-message">Bummer....<br><br>Obama Fails To Secure Endorsement Of Wasilla\'s Hometown Paper<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-fails-to-secure-end_n_139313.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/obama-...</a><br><blockquote><i>Lest you think that everything is going Barack Obama\'s way and that the media is totally in the tank for Barack Obama, we bring you word of an endorsement the Illinois Senator has failed to receive: that of Wasilla, Alaska\'s hometown newspaper, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3397965" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397965" class="dsq-comment-message">Big Whoop!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398531">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398531" class="dsq-comment-message">Remember they have to live with the Barracuda after the election.We can only hope that Alaska kick her a$$ to the curb.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401240" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401240">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401240" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  Many Alaskans are trying.  As I\'ve been reporting, their MANY PRO-OBAMA RALLIES [AND ANTI-PALIN RALLIES] have emboldened their resolve AGAINST the <b>UN-VETTED ONE!</b><br><br>It has been great, watching their EVOLUTION in this direction!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400253">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400253" class="dsq-comment-message">WHAT?!?! Say it ain\'t so!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401174">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401174" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:  Maybe, IFFF she gets drummed out of the Gov.\'s chair, she might have a Mayoral chair in Wasilla!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3397551" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397551" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17826608/detail.html" rel="nofollow">Family Says Nursing Home Allowed Dementia Patient To Vote</a><br><br><i>LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio -- A voting controversy is brewing in Lorain County, where a family is questioning a nursing home\'s decision to let their sick father vote, they say, without their permission.<br><br>The family, which didn\'t want to be identified, said their father has dementia and wouldn\'t even know who the candidates are, let alone for whom to vote, reported NewsChannel5\'s Alicia Scicolone.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3397767" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3397767">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397767" class="dsq-comment-message">This part to me is very telling, given all that has happened so far in this election season:<br><br><i>The family, which didn\'t want to be identified</i><br><br>On the surface, it\'s a reasonable call for privacy.<br><br>But given the context, it looks to me like they don\'t want the kind of scrutiny that revealed that the "plumber" was fake and the supposedly wounded white woman was a liar. <br><br>Ohio. Interesting.<br><br>I strongly suspect this is a political ploy and has some deception in it. I await the real story coming out, if it does.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398064" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398064" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep - Spidey senses tingling...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398099" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398099" class="dsq-comment-message">I think people on both sides would cry foul on this one.<br><br>Voting is about making an informed decision. I can\'t see how, based on the family\'s account, an informed decision could\'ve been made.<br><br>I say throw it out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3398260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398260">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3398260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398260" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I can\'t see how, based on the family\'s account, an informed decision could\'ve been made.<br><br>I say throw it out. </i><br><br>Throw what out? The father\'s vote? For real? On the basis of THAT story?<br><br>You would be willing to take this obviously shallow information, in light of the very public lies that we have ALL clearly witnessed over the last couple/several weeks for political purposes, and deny this man his vote? On the say-so of an un-named family with no further information?<br><br>Here\'s my wish for you, D: I wish that for just one day you would experience lies the way I do. (hint: they hurt and can\'t be ignored ... because they hurt). Just one day.<br><br>I have never heard of such a thing actually happening, of course. I was born like this and have never seen it just temporarily happen to anyone. <br><br>But still I wish you would have to experience it for just one day. Because in my view, you still need some deep internal shaking-up in relation to lies and truth.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400646" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400646" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400646" class="dsq-comment-message">Like I said to Val, if there\'s more to this story and the guy clearly knew what he was doing, then the vote should stand. I don\'t have a problem with that.<br><br>But I don\'t see how it can, given this information.<br><br>I\'ll defer to whatever the law says on this one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400737">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400737" class="dsq-comment-message">if he used the methodology of pissing in the wind and watched where the piss landed to decide which way to vote it is his right.  <br><br>Again D - how does this one vote or votes like his affect the race realistically?  What are the statistics?  Let the man vote and leave it alone.  Deferring to the law my a*s.  Leave the man alone let him live his life or euthanize him and be done with it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400859" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400859" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400859" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400859" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400859" class="dsq-comment-message">Euthanize him? For you, that\'s a little harsh. <br><br>Does it affect the race dramatically? Nope, not at all.<br><br>But where does it end? What standards-if any-are there?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400996" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400996" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400996">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400996" class="dsq-comment-message">D - how is his vote different from someone who refuses to vote for Barack just because he is a black man?  What percentage block do you think those voters cover?  Do you think they exceed voters like that senior?  Do you think we should investigate that group (voters who refuse to vote for a black man) and retract their votes?<br><br>Why should their vote have value but we should investigate, litigate and throw out the vote of our seniors?  <br><br>My thing with seniors is that we need to leave them with their dignity even the ones suffering with dementia.  If we insist on take away all their rights, doesn\'t matter if we agree with it or not, (I am not talking about decisions that would make them unsafe, I am talking about basic human rights) what is left?  They are just empty vessels serving no purpose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401183" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401183" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401183" class="dsq-comment-message">Because at least that person is making a conscious decision, even if it is based in BS.<br><br>This isn\'t about all seniors, and you know that. There\'s plenty who could debate the merits of Obama and McCain better than you and I. This is about someone who-from this story-appears to be somewhat mentally incapacitated.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401356">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401356" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that - we are referencing the ones with mental challenges.  I still believe they (folks with dementia or other mental issues) have rights  (even though it is practically nonexistent) in this country and it should not be taken away from them.  <br><br>That is okay though.  When you get old and have issues, know that I will be right here blogging on your behalf.  :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401113">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401113" class="dsq-comment-message">how is your wife btw?  Any morning or evening sickness?  Hope all is well with you and your family.<br><br>Don\'t mind me and my tone - Seniors (especially the ones with alzeihmers and dementia, in nursing homes, assisted living facilities etc.) hold my heart and my utmost respect.  So I get riled up real quick on their behalf. . . . :-) nothing personal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401211" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401211" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s great. Has morning sickness, but she had it the first time around (think it\'s because of the toothpaste). <br><br>I\'ve been the one who\'s been moody and eating everything in sight.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401304" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401304">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401304" class="dsq-comment-message">:-)  Tell her the trick is to keep crackers by her bedside.  nibble on the crackers when she wakes up.  Eat small meals through out the day instead of large meals and listen to her body for cues on what she wants to eat and what she should not touch.  The baby(ies) will tell her everytime.  <br><br>It worked for me in both pregnancies (triplets and the singleton). I wasn\'t sick not once.  At a glance they would tell me what not to touch.  <br><br>Hope that helps.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401357">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401357" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  Co-signing with your sentiments to D & wife.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401557" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401557" class="dsq-comment-message">The crackers have been helping her. This time, she doesn\'t want any desserts (which sucks for me); she just wants bread and things with a lot p salt (and steak, which she NEVER eats).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401655">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401655" class="dsq-comment-message">if she is tempted to overeat and she knows she isn\'t hungry - get her a slurpee or some crushed ice will do.<br><br>That will curb her temptations and she won\'t have to worry about eating a lot of junk she doesn\'t need.<br><br>Also Daddy - I can\'t help you lol my pounds were all stomach, but hubby gained at least 20 lbs and had a time getting rid of it after. LOL<br><br>Oh yea, a huge key in managing morning sickness and other pregnancy issue is to ensure she is not stressed out at all.  NO STRESS.  If you can help her accomplish that . . . . she will have the best pregnancy ever.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401789" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401789" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m still trying to get rid of the weight from the last kid...lol.<br><br>Don\'t know if I mentioned it before, but I work in DC and we live in Norfolk. So most of the time, she\'s got our son by herself, and she\'s in school. I don\'t usually get home until about 830, and I\'m out the door at 4 am. So she\'s beyond stressed...and that\'s before we throw in my stuff for VFF.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402058">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402058" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell your boss the benefits of working remotely.  <br><br>Maybe he will let you work from home.  Your commute must be a b*tch.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3402392" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402392" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402392" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m transferring end of November; we\'ve got a hospital in Hampton</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401322" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401322">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401322" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  It Does NOT AFFECT THE RACE.<br><br>O.K.  So, I\'ve got some time, Where does "WHAT" end???<br><br>Whew!!  **SIGH**  Deep Breath!  [Just 1.  :&gt;)]</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401642" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401642" class="dsq-comment-message">Where do we draw the line? At what point does the government tell someone they\'re unable to exercise their rights because of some deficit?<br><br>We don\'t let people with dementia carry guns, although they have the right to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401780">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401780" class="dsq-comment-message">D: <br> Which GOVERNMENT?  WHAT LAW limits the rights of those with dementia?<br><br>Here\'s where YOU/& me the people come in.  Start the lobbying of YOUR legislators.I\'m NOT going to join you \'cause, for one thing, I haven\'t seen all my "rights" as an AA exercised    - YET!<br><br>Annnnd, BTW, some gub\'ments consider BLACK 2 B a DEFICIT!<br>And some "rights" are held in abeyance.<br><br>So, we will be waging wars on 2 different FRONTS.<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!! TRUST</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401935" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3401935" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401935" class="dsq-comment-message">Nah, not going to war over this one. Doubt this would happen in the Commonwealth anyway.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3402109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402109">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402109" class="dsq-comment-message">D:<br>O.K. So I guess you passionately want "something" to happen, BUT, you\'re NOT going to WORK for IT.<br><br>Whew.  Thank you!**Shaking my head**</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402317" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3402317" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402317" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to worry about absentee ballots from overseas servicemembers not getting counted. Little nuance in VA law that needs to be changed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402737">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402737" class="dsq-comment-message">If i\'m not mistaken D., I heard it was Republican officials who were trying to challenge the ballot  being counted.<br><br>I have a suspicion mine wasn\'t counted from 2004 because my former locality, which was a local county  in HR did not record a single  ballot  from overseas.  I looke it up on the voter statistic site.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3402878" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402878" class="dsq-comment-message">This time around, the issue was getting them counted.<br><br>The law in VA says the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot has to have a witness signature and address when used as an application AND a ballot. Some registrars took that to mean all the ballots had to have signature/address, which is different from the laws for other absentee ballots. And Federal law says they have to all be processed the same way.<br><br>I worked the issue on behalf of VFF....took about a week to resolve, but now we have to get the laws changed. Probably the ONE thing we managed to do this year that was truly non-partisan.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402037">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402037" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400967" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400967" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400967">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400967" class="dsq-comment-message">The family must be worried that Grampa voted for Obama.  lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401108">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401108" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401108" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup!  <br><br>D must believe Grampa voted for Obama too?  Just saying...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401272" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401272">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401272" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Co-sign!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3397973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3397973">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3397973" class="dsq-comment-message">I dont see anything wrong with him voting.  He still has rights and I don\'t see why he would need his kids authorization to excercise his rights.  This isn\'t surgery.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398167" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398167" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398167" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree. What\'s a vote for if you don\'t know who you\'re voting for, or why?<br><br>I don\'t think it\'s fair to him. And I\'d say that regardless of who he voted for.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398475">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398475" class="dsq-comment-message">Even though he has dementia he still has his constitutional right to vote.Would you deny a persons right if he couldn\'t read or even pass a basic constitutional test?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3398911" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398911" class="dsq-comment-message">No</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3398665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398665">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398665" class="dsq-comment-message">How is it not fair to him?  What isn\'t fair is the belief that the elderly shouldn\'t have any rights at all just because it doesn\'t fit your view or what you "think" is fair or not fair.<br><br>The man paid his due all his life, he got old and now has dementia but why not allow him to vote?  We aren\'t talking about signing off on surgery, giving away his life savings etc.  We are talking about his right to vote.  To take that way what would he have left?  What purpose would his being here serve?  He is told when to eat, when to sleep, when to poop, where to go, when to get up, and now they are throwing a hissy fit because he wants to vote?  Why is he here?  Might as well put the man to sleep.  Clearly he has no rights left and serves no purpose on this earth. <br><br>Ticked off - yes I am.  I have this thing about the way folks view our seniors (some family members included).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400547" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400547" class="dsq-comment-message">If it turns out that the man was aware of what he was doing, I\'ll retract everything I said. <br><br>I just don\'t see how allowing someone to vote who-by what\'s reported in this story-is not aware of what\'s going on is beneficial. If that\'s the case, let\'s get the people in nursing homes AND mental institutions-cause people with dementia are there too!-out to vote.<br><br>Every elderly person who\'s been trotted out on TV to vote has been clearly enthusiastic and known what\'s going on. And no one\'s complained at all. So this really isn\'t about the elderly or trying to take away any of their rights.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400655">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400655" class="dsq-comment-message">it is an issue.  How does the percentage of seniors like him affect the vote?  What say you about the folks with downs syndrome?  <br><br>I say much ado about nothing.  Leave those people alone and let them vote if they want to, it doesn\'t matter how they come to the decision on who they select, it is their right.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3398930">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3398930" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  "With all due respect":  I\'m believin\' that YOU brought this just so you could advocate YOUR point of view.  And so YOU did.  YOUR MISSION was accomplished. [Yes, you also stirred up "con - - - - - versation!"  :&gt;) [I was trying to decide how to end the word.:&gt;)]<br><br>Since YOU brought the "newspaper", I saw an article which represents MY response to this ONE VOTE which you are "angst" about:<br><br><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/video/17844064/index.html" rel="nofollow"> <b>BOO-YAH</b> and <b>BRUSH OFF MY SHOULDERS AFTERWARDS!</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>OBAMA-BIDEN  \'08!!!  TRUST</b><br><br>P.S.  THEY attracted MORE than 1 VOTE!  See how this NUMBERS of VOTES WORKS??  :&gt;)   **Shakin\' My Head***   :&gt;)   Whew!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400677" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400677" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere-<br><br>You crack me up with giving yourself props in the your response. Too funny.<br><br>"Boo- yah" is an utilized hyperbole... way to take it out of the crates. <br>:)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400971">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400971" class="dsq-comment-message">evita:  No.  The  "Boo-yah" was representing LeBron James who makes "3-pointers."  [Not me.  :&gt;)]  I almost made 2  - "back in the day!"  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden  \'08!!!   TRUST</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399059">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399059" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  On MSNBC  -  David Gregory:  The NAMES are NOT MATCHING the FACES!!  BERNARD\'s NAME is UNDER KuKKlansman and vice versa!   LOL!!!  L&lt;(<br><br>Bernard [still]:  BACK-IN-THE-BOX for me!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3399099" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399099" class="dsq-comment-message">The racists have bought a national ad campaign pushing Rev. Wright between now and election day.<br><br>I knew they would wait until Barack\'s ad to use the last five days to try to sicken the American public with race once more.<br><br>That\'s what they\'re running till Nov. 5.<br><br>That Andrew Sullivan reader was right, we\'re still fighting the Civil War.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3399943" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399943" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, that ad was released early in the week if not late last week.  The GOP people didn\'t wait...  ABC News, etc. waited to play it up.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400322" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400322" class="dsq-comment-message">It was only released in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.<br><br>The national ad buy was paid for today.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400637" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400637" class="dsq-comment-message">What are the chances of the Obama campaign going to the shelf to pull out the response ad... like the Keating one.<br><br>Tweety, incidentally, has gotten the word about liberation theology and speaks out against attacks against it too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400794">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400794" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, let it be known that JJP predicted  last weekend McCain would be pulling a repeat  of the Pennsylvania primary between Clinton and Obama.<br><br>Mc"Air Quotes" is sending out mailers with him and Hillary Clinton on the cover, comparing himself to her.  McCain is desperate and unoriginal...but i knew he would be banking on the same strategy.  TalkingPoints Memo has a picture of the mailer<br><br>GOP Mailer Likens John McCain To Hillary, Suggests Obama Is All About "Pretty Words"<br>By Greg Sargent - October 30, 2008, 7:00PM<br>A reader sends in this mailer by the Pennsylvania GOP which hails Hillary for the feminist breakthrough her candidacy represented -- displaying an affection for Hillary that is somewhat atypical for Republicans -- and even likens John McCain to the New York Senator.<br><br>The mailer, a bid for Hillary voters in Pennsylvania, features McCain and Hillary gazing at each other above a testimonial to Hillary\'s 18 million votes, a picture of Sarah Palin, and even an evocation of Hillary\'s criticism of Obama during the primary: "Both she and John McCain have shown the American people proven results, not pretty words."  <br><br>Responds Hillary spokesperson Kathleen Strand: "It is safe to say Hillary Clinton does not approve this message. She made history earning 18 million votes and has urged everyone who supported her to vote for Barack Obama because they have so much more in common with him than they do with Senator McCain. Voters should not be distracted by last minute, desperate attempts that claim otherwise."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3399713" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399713" class="dsq-comment-message">Here they (MSNBC) go with that Hillary sh*t.  Cherry-picking with the NBC/Mason-Dixon poll, it\'s the trademark Buchanan "how come Obama isn\'t closing the deal" nonsense given today\'s 4% point pro-Obama margin in the poll.  <br><br>Sept. 22, Obama was only up 2% in that poll though other polls have consistently shown a 7% - 12% lead.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400301">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400301" class="dsq-comment-message">Go Kendrick!!! That\'s a RATTLER Y\'all!! Rep. Kendrick Meek holding it down on Hardball.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400587" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400587" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve never seen him before, but I agree he held it down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3400334" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400334" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s polls<br><br>Arizona NBC/Mason-Dixon McCain 48, Obama 44 McCain +4<br>Arizona CNN/Time McCain 53, Obama 46 McCain +7<br>California Field Obama 55, McCain 33 Obama +22<br>Colorado Marist Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6<br>Colorado National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Florida National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Indiana Rasmussen McCain 49, Obama 46 McCain +3<br>Indiana Indy Star/Selzer McCain 45, Obama 46 Obama +1<br>Iowa SurveyUSA Obama 55, McCain 40 Obama +15<br>Kentucky Rasmussen McCain 55, Obama 43 McCain +12<br>Minnesota NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 48, McCain 40 Obama +8<br>Minnesota Minn. Pub. Radio Obama 56, McCain 37 Obama +19<br>Montana Rasmussen McCain 50, Obama 46 McCain +4<br>Nevada CNN/Time Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7<br>New Jersey Research 2000 Obama 54, McCain 38 Obama +16<br>North Carolina Rasmussen Obama 50, McCain 48 Obama +2<br>North Carolina CNN/Time Obama 52, McCain 46 Obama +6<br>North Carolina National Journal/FD Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>Ohio CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Ohio National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 41 Obama +7<br>Pennsylvania NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 47, McCain 43 Obama +4<br>Pennsylvania CNN/Time Obama 55, McCain 43 Obama +12<br>Virginia Marist Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Virginia National Journal/FD Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4<br>Wisconsin SurveyUSA Obama 55, McCain 39 Obama +16<br><br><br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>NationalGallup Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8<br>National Diageo/Hotline Obama 48, McCain 42 Obama +6<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 43 Obama +7<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 52, McCain 44 Obama +8<br>National CBS News/NY Times Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400386">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400386" class="dsq-comment-message">Kay Hagan tells Liddy Dole to KISS HER AZZ! She is fighting back!<br><br>USATODAY:<br><br>The North Carolina Senate race just got hotter. Democrat Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against inumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole for calling her an atheist.<br><br>Dole questioned Hagan\'s faith in an ad and refused Hagan\'s request to take it off the air. The Hill reports that Hagan, a former Sunday school teacher, is now running a response ad that calls Dole\'s ad "offensive" and suggests Dole broke one of the Ten Commandments.<br><br>Meanwhile, in Texas, Politico reports on another late-breaking lawsuit in which a businessman is suing a wealthy supporter of Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, claiming he was forced to funnel $75,000 to Coleman through Coleman\'s wife, Laurie.<br><br>Coleman spokesman Cullen Sheehan called the allegation "entirely baseless" and "totally false." Coleman, a Republican, is in a tight race against Democrat Al Franken.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400476">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400476" class="dsq-comment-message">New statewide poll in Louisiana shows a statistical tie: McCain 43% Obama 40%<br><br><a href="http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl103008tppoll.1644da2c1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl103008tpp...</a><br>NEW ORLEANS - An exclusive new WWL-TV statewide poll shows the contest for president may be closer than many had predicted among Louisiana voters. <br><br>In the telephone survey of 500 registered voters, conducted by pollster Ed Renwick, Republican Senator John McCain earns 43 percent of the vote, while Democrat Senator Barack Obama receives 40 percent.  Renwick said that amounts to a statistical tie, since the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 points.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401003" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401003">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401003" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401003" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  WHAT??  Did they like the "IMMEDIATE" response of SHRUB to Katrina??<br><br>I\'m just askin\' . . . . . <br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3400704">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3400704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3400704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3400704">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3400704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3400704" class="dsq-comment-message">A tale of two towns.....<br><br><b>Obama, Japan:  A thriving fishing village.</b><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/obama-japan-goes-crazy-ov_n_138646.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/obama-...</a><br><br><br><b>McCain, North Carolina: A prison and turkey processing plant.</b><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain-north-carolina-sma_n_139403.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/mccain...</a><br><br>.....and the gods laugh!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401585">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401585" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401585">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401585" class="dsq-comment-message">"Jacobs says he likes John McCain\'s experience, and his stance on national security. But he also likes McCain\'s attitude on the campaign trail. It reminds Jacobs of his own approach as a guard at McCain prison"<br><br>RAOTFL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3402049">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3402049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402049">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402049" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...   As Obama says, "you can\'t make this stuff up."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401579">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401579" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401579">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401579" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama’s Slam Dunk?<br>As Basketballers Know, Great Moves Mean Nothing if You Can\'t Finish<br><a href="http://washingtonindependent.com/15777/homestrech" rel="nofollow">http://washingtonindependent.com/15777/homestrech</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401672">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401672" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401672" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401672">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401672" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401672" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   K.O. is on RANT about McAncient\'s CONNECTION to Rashid Kalidi[sp?]  Seems as IFFFF he gave him $48,000+!!!<br><br>The <b>UN-VETTED ONE</b> thought that she was "outting" Mr. Obama in an ALLEGED so-called relationship with same.<br><br>Back-in-the-day, we said she was  -   <b>JACKED!!</b>  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST   (VIDE0) to come L8R.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401817">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401817">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401817" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401817" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you meant  $448,000</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401878">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401878">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401878" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401878" class="dsq-comment-message">jelana:  CHECK!  :&gt;)  This would make a difference IFF this was money that I was owed!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3402074">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3402074" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402074">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402074" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402074" class="dsq-comment-message">g\'night ya\'ll.  Shutting down for the night.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3402536">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3402536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402536">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402536" class="dsq-comment-message">Val;  L8R.  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3402291">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3402291" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3402291" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402291">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402291" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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