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"allow_anon_votes": false, "disqus_auth_disabled": false}, "realtime_enabled": false, "request": {"username": "", "is_global_moderator": false, "sharing": {}, "sort": 4, "forum": "jackandjillpolitics", "is_initial_load": true, "is_authenticated": false, "timestamp": "2009-12-09_19:00:08", "remote_domain": "", "page": 1, "is_moderator": false, "display_username": "", "points": null, "subscribe_on_post": 2, "moderator_can_edit": false, "is_remote": false, "is_verified": false, "missing_perm": "login"}, "realtime_paused": false, "posts": {"1712358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who watched CNN's Revealed Profiles of McCain & Obama? I forgot and missed ole man's McCain's segment from 8-9:30pm.. Obama's segment is 9:30-11pm...... <br><br>I tell you what, I don't care what anyone says, Obama was down in trenches BY CHOICE. He went into the gutter for the poor and forgotten....anyone saying he doesn't know the struggle can kick rocks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:49:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "val:  That was my interpretation.  A lot of what he has been FORCED to deal with is also.  But, he has been depending on God for assistance!<br><br>That's why I keep praying for him.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:14:55", "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": 1705593, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "According to you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:24:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1705471, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's quite a send off, goldenah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:43:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That ain't gonna happen.<br><br>Can you imagine what would be said if Adam \"Pacman\" Jones said that to a national audience?<br><br>He'd probably be laughed at.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:43:27", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702616, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Need computer help. <br><br>Got my computer back. What good is it for me to have saved My Favorites if, when I open up IE, and click on Favorites, it's as if I should start over again. Anyone want to help me load my old favorites over to the new IE?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:39:09", "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}, "1705488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"face of success\"?? The only people winning this war are the ones who built business models around it and secured contracts to implement them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:55:27", "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": 1704865, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now that would be an ad.<br><br>Refreshing self analysis. Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705808, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NO ID:  Co-sign!  \"McAncient\" managed to turn almost every question into a bellicose response!  War-monger 2 da end!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  He's on a \"beat down\" mission Deep Breaths!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:07:40", "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": 1699551, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's too bad.  I read that the cops stopped her car.  I hope she pulls through.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:06:03", "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": 1699098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ya know what, <br><br>After the past couple of days, I'm finding that I envy low-information voters, before becoming a supporter of Barack Obama, I was one of them.  I knew my politics, but I was not a political junkie.  What I mean is I paid attention to most of the issues, but I did not really pay attention to ads, speeches, etc.  Now though, like most people in the blogosphere, I've become obsessed.  It seems like I check the polls daily, I keep abreast of all political news alerts, ads, talking points, etc, I even read and post on liberal blogs.<br><br>But I tell you some days I genuinely miss my low-info days.  Luckily, I'm surrounded daily my used-to be fellow low-info peeps, so they keep me sane during \"problem\" times.  Ah, to go about my day not caring or knowing that Barack Obama is \"down\" in the polls, or that the race is dead heat. <br><br>Man, I miss those days.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:57:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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}, "1701912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why waste their time?  The networks are in the business of making money.  If these NFL stars really want to do something to make a difference, why not fund a voter registration drive, or provide stipends to activist in battleground states.  Or host political forums so that people in their community can become more informed.  <br><br>Boycotting over the coverage is only going to bring negative attention that will not ultimately help Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:48:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1700058, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702426": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And you also have to take into account any endorsements they have.  So it's not just the MLB, NBA, etc. that they have to answer to, but Nike and Coca-Cola as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:06:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702231, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "After Barack Obama hype, a backlash.<br><br>   \" No human being can meet the wildly inflated expectations that accompany the rookie senator's every move. It can't help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Obama \"a leader that God has blessed us with at this time.\"<br><br>    That's the kind of remark that can turn voters into problems. Most Americans famously resent being told an election is over months before the polls open or that God is taking sides. . . . While McCain has complained about media favoritism toward Obama, most recently about NBC News' tilted coverage, maybe he ought to encourage it. Resentment over the media love affair with Obama might be McCain's most powerful weapon. The fawning coverage exaggerates even routine Obama events, and when he fails to meet giddy expectations, the excuse machine warps into overtime. That, in turn, creates another unappealing layer of media-imposed conventional wisdom. \"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_after_barack_obama_hype_a_backlash.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/19/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:51:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town, what you said about America is so true. I know no one want to here this but what <br>Rev Wright said about America is true also.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:31:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "315da034a083160196a9e1f2da09a4b8", "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}, "1699359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Source?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:34:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699198, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem with Barack Obama is he's talking to America as if they are smart. They are not.  The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.  This is why Republicans win over and over again.  This is why Hillary gained ground on him at the end of the primary season.  This is why textbooks and newspapers are written on an \"at best\" 9th grade reading level.<br><br>MOST PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND LAZY.  THEY WANT TO BE TOLD HOW THEY SHOULD THINK AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.  It's true.<br><br>Obama needs to come up with a very simple message and repeat it over and over again, and get his trusty surrogates to repeat it over and over.  That's how he will win. Talking about \"above my pay grade\" and talking in big words ain't gonna work with the average American.  We don't want to think, we want to be entertained.  Unless Obama and his campaign understand that, he might as well sit down and enjoy watching McCain get inaugerated in January.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:34:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699131, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, and if you happen to read the book, Barack would be the pullman porter. The politician he talks to is everybody else, period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:47:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700526, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:   I liked that phrase. BUT gotta Co-sign on your rationale!!  :&gt;)  <br>Loved the \"Simple Simon. . . . \" imagery!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)   LOL x2  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699131, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1707048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree. He has always said that while he likes Hillary, she represents the same ol', same ol' and that's why he supports Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:38:11", "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": 1702983, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I admit I'm concerned, maybe even alarmed, by the current polling trends, but I'm more annoyed by how Democrats can't let shit go and focus on the enemy.  True enough I'm guilty of the same.  I chose to vent the last two days, but I'm back to focusing on defeating McCain, not tearing down Barack.  It's approaching a weeks since Saddleback, so enough already.  Yes, his performance at Saddleback wasn't good, but neither was John McCain's.  So what he gave simplistic answers to complicated questions.  It wasn't a debate, but a forum.  If it was a debate I would hope some one would have asked McCain where the hell is on a map?  And if he alone knows how to find Osama Bin Laden, why the hell hasn't he told the military?  Perhaps even ask him if God has chosen not  to defeat evil in the course of human history, which my Bible tells me is the only one who can, how is John McCain the lone human who can?  Watching the media and many Democrats gush over McCain's Saddleback performance reminds me of when parents celebrate their 2-year-olds for pooping in the toilet for the first time.  McCain didn't shit himself, so he's the winner?<br><br>BTW, stalwart Liberals and Progressives, when does life begin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well stated. Hillary Clinton would kill his ticket, sending independents and Obamacans to McCain in droves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:45:13", "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": 1701604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"why should i be optimistic about obama's chances?\"<br><br>You shouldn't.  And if you feel that Obama is a loser, you are doing yourself a disservice by continuing to campaign for him.  I actually hope he goes down further in the polls and I actually hope Billary tries to sabotage him at the convention next week, because I think it will provide him and his campaign some extra fire in the belly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "miranda:  OOOPS!  You went there!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>You have COMPANY!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:29:13", "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": 1705543, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Something that's been bothering me for a while.  O seems to have a thing for slapping down his supporters, while cozying up to people who would \"cut his nuts out.\" if they could.   I keep thinking about the Father's Day speech, then the man who questioned McCain's service and had to be slapped down by Barack  on tape.    That man and the Father's Day audience left Barack's presence feeling down.  I would have gone home, and not been inspired to volunteer after that.  All this repudiating and rejecting is getting supporters down.<br><br>The young man who heckled Barack at his town hall and was told that he could vote for someone else.  Barack could have made a believer out of him.....Barack does have it within himself to do that.   That guy wanted to be convinced, but instead he left feeling pretty down.  I'm sure that guy was more genuine than the Hillary supporters Obama is contorting himself to appease.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:45:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701235, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The reason Obama is sliding is because he's ignoring liberals and it will cost him in November.<br><br>::<br><br>No it won't. No poll in the world can assess the ground game of the campaign.<br><br>Elections aren't won in the media.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:15:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711973, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's a welfare queen AND drug dealer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:27:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703201, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain in 2003 said we could \"muddle through in Afghanistan.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wazv45RYj60\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wazv45RYj60</a><br><br>In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in November 2003, a reporter asked John McCain what needs to be done to get the job down in Afghanistan.  His reponse was:<br>\" I think Afghanistan is dicey.  I think that there's certain areas of the country, particularly along the Pakistani border, that are clearly not under the control of either the Pakistan or the Afghan government.  I think it was true, it's not necessarily all true that, uh, Karzai, President Karzai, who I happen to admire, controls all of Iraq, till you get to the city limits of Kabul. uh, There have been some, some, some improvements. He's firedsome people.  He's tried to bring some of the warlords under control. Uh, there has been rise in al Qaeda activity along the border.  There has been some increase in U.S. casualties, uh, I am concerned about it, but I'm not, I'm not as concerned as I am about Iraq today obviously or I'd be talking about Afghanistan.  But I, I, I, I believe that if Karzai can make the  progress that he is making that in the long term we may muddle through Afghanistan.<br><br>John McCain proclaimed he would follow bin Laden to the \"gates in Hell\" however he said in 2003 we could \"muddle through Afghanistan\"--the country where bin Laden purportedly trained al Qaeda and still may be hiding out in.<br><br>Also, for McCain supporters, notice the stutteringand stammering . He actually claimed Karzai controlled all parts of Iraq.<br>Clearly, McCain's judgment that the U.S. could \"muddle through Afganistan\"does not make him fit to be POTUS. (insert sarcasm) Is he willing to \"lose\" a war so that he can win a campaign?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:06:42", "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": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep....the\"polls\".....its the \"polls\" alright.....(snort)....gotta be the \"polls\".<br><br>Politics is transparent and very insulting...they used to camoflauge it a little, now they just call us fools to our faces.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:22:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711418, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw the promos and they looked like they were for an awards show!  Let's hope there is substance and not a gossipy gabfest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:07:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706739, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem is that this  is not meant to be comical, but clearly shows a judgement problem of John McCain.  Had this been the other way around, many like you would have assailed Obama if he said something like this.   Every single day, my family, friends, and people in my community are dealing with the toll these conflicts bear on their lives.  I know first hand people who have had to leave behind their children for the 3rd and 4th times.  I know wives who are afraid to answer the door or answer the phone. I have friends who have proclaimed \"my husband or brother\" came back a different person.  I know of a mother, who was deployed, and her daughter's were unfortuantely molested and their lives changed forever.  And now she is yet again on another deployment, feeling guilty that she has leave her daughter's behind. and not be able to protect them. Yes, I know the armed services is a volunteer force, but many of these people I know are \"career\" soldiers with 14-15 years in, who knows that they may not find a decent job in this f--cked up economy. if they leave the military.  I know that you are a veteran and I appreciate your service. But  I also sacrifice and I know firsthand that families are struggling.  These are the stories you won't find on CNN, FOX, and MSNBC.  To me, anyone who says, I know there is an increase in casualties but we can \"muddle\" through Afganistan  in the same breath, needs to have their judgement questioned.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:37:14", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704103, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anthony, I was one of the people saying he would fight the Republicans - I'm waiting on the head shot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704921, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "caligirl:  If we were talking about David/Dick Gregory - - please see FrankChurch's post above for the YouTube clip of Dick Gregory!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:23:17", "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": 1703201, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town:  Co-sign!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Sad, but true!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:36:26", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699361, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe it's because he's Black. <br><br>Straight up. No chaser. <br><br>Obama's capabilities as a politicianaren't in question. Quite simply, he's the most talented one since Reagan. I hated Reagan with a passion, not disliked, but hated. But, one must recognize skill when one sees it, and he had skill. <br><br>Obama has that skill level. It's not something you learn. You either have it, or you don't, and he has it. <br><br>WE ALL KNEW - Black folks that is - that the one thing he would have to get over if to be elected was BEING BLACK. <br><br>That nothing else would impede him more than BEING BLACK. <br><br>I said, before Obama ran, that the question for me was:<br><b><br>Would White People Actually Vote for Somebody Black as President? </b><br><br>We don't know the answer to that question.<br>But, I want the answer to that question. <br><br>We're moving down the highway to a moment of truth for this country, and I honestly don't know which way it's going to turn out. <br><br>IS Racism that deep for White folks that they'd turn away the Black candidate who would try and improve  their lives, for the White Senile Asshole who's already told them that he intends to continue to fuck them over?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_02:17:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711973, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "from another Independent....as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:28:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702936, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So Hillpatine's CRIMINAL disgusting brother meets with Ms Carly (DINGBAT)Fiorina and the McCone campaign in Penn......anyone still think the ClintonS want Obama to win......what a bunch of disgusting trash that Rodham/Clinton clan are;<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/hillary_backers_in_pennsylvani.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:36:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "gaiilonfong", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This post is directed at \"s\" and any other person who wants to claim John McCain \"supports\" the Veterans Administration and our troops with his votes:<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST an amendment providing $20 billion to the VA's medical facilities. [5/4/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST providing $430 million to the VA for outpatient care and treatment of vets. [4/26/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes. [3/14/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.8 billion by ending abusive tax loopholes.<br><br>Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has given John McCain a grade of D for his support of veterans (Obama received a B)  <a href=\"http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list</a><br><br>Disabled Veterans of America gave him a 20% rating on support, while giving Obama an 80% rating.  <a href=\"http://www.capwiz.com/dav/scorecard.xc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.capwiz.com/dav/scorecard.xc</a> <br><br>Per Vietnam Veterans of America, John McCain has voted AGAINST us in 15 key votes.<br><a href=\"http://www.vva.capwiz.com/election/home\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.vva.capwiz.com/election/home</a>.<br><br>He opposed and skipped the vote on the 21st Century Webb-Hagel GI BIll.<br><br>John McCain \" talks\" on the campaign trail about the priority the VA needs, and the embarassment of Walter Reed but he has continuously voted AGAINST veteran legislation. Even while we are engaged in two wars. He is a liar and it is a shame he is not held accountable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:23:45", "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}, "1702983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "he never really supported barack. he's a hillary supporter who's still pissed that she lost, though he flipped when it became evident that obama was gonna beat her (i'm sure in a pathetic attempt to hold on to his 'cool pose' with his viewers).  bill maher's an ass.  <br><br>i didn't see the king show.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:47:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're right about that!!   Who knows what she's been going through as the convention nears!  She could have been pressured as to how to vote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:08:10", "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": 1703661, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She's in critical condition, with limited brain function as per press conference on now.  <br><br>I can't help thinking the strain of recent events had something to do with this.  I'll never forget the night Clinton suspended, she was in a line up of people waiting to hug Hillary and she was flopping her hands up and down like she was just beside herself.   I remember also each panel she appeared on she seemed really anxious.<br><br>It doesn't look good, but I hope she pulls through.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703382, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the heads-up, Angela.<br><br>I was actually reading that site the other day.  I am stunned by the hatred of McCain by vets.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:08:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703646, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John King insuated that after McCain's began cheating during his first marriage, it was time to move on then he talks about him meeting Cindy.  He doesn't tell you McCain was moving on to Cindy.  More lies!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:47:32", "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": 1713070, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not true. Kobe Bryant has been praised for his comments about patriotism during th Olympics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701063, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But he didn't say he supported the bill. He said that the law as signed better serves the troops, their families, and the force.<br><br>\"Too generous\" I disagreed with. I saw his point on how the bill might affect the services' overall end strength, and it was a valid concern. He raised that concern along with others, and now the bill requires at least three years in service before you're eligible for benefits.<br><br>Webb-Hagel, as originally written, also did not contain a provision for transfer of benefits to spouses or dependent childern, something that McCain wanted to see in the bill.<br><br>Now, I'll concede that his introducing a new bill was a political stunt that everyone saw through. It was not a better bill, as he suggested. But the points that he made in questioning Webb-Hagel, and by introducing his bill were ultimately addressed in the final version of the law.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:21:25", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704863, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br>You said on several occassions that you did not trust those polls and that they would drop and scew peoples opinions.  You called that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:48:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 1701668, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br>You said on several occassions that you did not trust those polls and that they would drop and scew peoples opinions.  You called that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:48:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 1701668, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=http://acklecom.blogspot.com/2008/08/we-like-ike-not-denvers-brown-palace.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eisenhower Presidential Suite Dumped; Renamed Barack Obama Suite</a><br><br>Interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The story sounds kind of shady to me.<br><br>If she was unconcious driving the car, how did they get it to stop?  They claim the car pulled over and when they got to the car, she was unconcious.  What's up with that?<br><br>Conspiracy theories aside, it sounds like either she had a stroke or is in a diabetic coma.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:34:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700292, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2008/ss_0820p.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\"> How Democrats Honor The Troops</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:49:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Outside of the Father's Day Speech, I've always find it revealing that the media only airs snippets of Barack's town halls that reflect poorly on him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:49:15", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702960, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699423": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill:  LOVE the shoe!  Have seen it advertised!  YES WE CAN!!!!!   Walk all over \"McAncient\"!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:38:21", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUKN1948672420080820?sp=true\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idU...</a><br><br>Reuters hommie", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "JibreelRiley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699359, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712801": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  YEP!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:58:00", "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": 1708735, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "above my paygrade simply means - he isn't God.  It is above him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:04:47", "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}, "1706600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "According to the Bush Administration, McCain was never tortured. Quite frankly I'm not at all impressed about his POW stint and I'm sick of people pretending like it was such a sacrifice. My grandfather survived WWII and came back to his home and raised his family in Alabama. McCain was on a vacation for 5 years compared to what my grandfather endured. So all that \"serve country\" crap, you can stuff it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:48:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll remind folks once again-<br>a) Bubba complimented McAncient AGAIN this week<br>b) Her brother met with McAncient's campaign.<br><br>And he's supposed to choos that heifer?<br><br>HELL NO", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_02:27:35", "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": 1712623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Interesting how you couldn't bring yourself to cite a LaDanian Tomlinson or LeBron James.  <br><br>Very telling.<br><br>And ironically, Pacman Jones has a job.  What better example of the power and influence of Black athletes than someone like <b>him</b> being able to negotiate millions of dollars.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:49:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702920, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Re-Deem Team:   31 point win over Australia!!!  Musta been wearing the Obama's tennis shoes!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:40:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Among conservatives he IS uncomfortable and looking for words. If he says what he truly believes he will reveal himself as a partisan Democrat who has the most liberal voting record in the Senate. <br><br>Not good. Especially when you are trying to convince voters that you are moderate!<br><br>The ability to quote scripture does not, in and of itself, make a Christian.<br><br>When Obama quoted Matthew: \"What so ever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me.\" <br><br>Are not the just born, miraculously surviving a 'botched' abortion not the epitome of 'the least of my brothers'? How can he reconcile his devotion to this scripture passage with his opposition to the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act?<br><br>He can't. So he stammers and stutters and talks around the issue. He is pro-choice. Favoring absolutely no restrictions whatsoever.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:56:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699551, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only purpose I could see for Barack even being there was to use the forum to speak to Christians, agnostics, atheists and people of other faiths about his religious views on the topics discussed and assuage any fears that he'd let his beliefs cloud his judgment when elected president. In that respect I think he did an excellent job. I would be much more concerned about Barack if he would have started shamelessly pandering for votes like McCain did.<br><br>Now, I need to get my rant in about this disingenuous crap being fed to us since the forum ended. I think the whole discussion of who won and who lost the \"debate\" at Saddleback is proof positive of how nonreligious the \"religious right\" is. First of all, how can you be \"debating\" an opponent that isn't even there? Second, how does the guy who actually DISCUSSES his faith end up being the one who lost? Third, what the hell are a bunch of so-called Christians doing cheering on a well known warmonger who never even bothers to answer the questions and chooses instead to spin lies, recite debunked myths as folksy stories and shamelessly campaign to avoid any scrutiny of what his religious beliefs actually are? And we really need to pay attention to the crap Rick Warren fed the media about how \"fair\" the forum was gonna be and compare it to the stuff he's been saying since it ended. He lied to us about not sharing the questions beforehand. He lied about McCain being backstage in a \"cone of silence.\" He refuses to even admit that McCain broke the rules. And, since the forum Warren has been hitting every media outlet that will have him to harshly criticize Obama because he wouldn't claim that fetuses have rights, even going so far as to call him \"a holocaust denier\" in one interview. The guy is on straight bullshit and the entire forum was proof that the \"religious right\" has no interest in following the Bible, Jesus or anyone who adheres to what either say. For the religious right politics IS their religion..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:50:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "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}, "1702516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Throw MLB out the window.<br><br>I think the only way it sould be \"safely\" done is if a player assisted with a voter registration effort. It's the most neutral thing that can be done (or at least gives a neutral appearance).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:12:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702231, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whenquestioned about the discrepancy between his account of when he took up with Cindy and what public records showed, he said that was thirty years ago.<br><br>Cindy McCain said she didn't know about his life or what he was thinking then.  she said that all she knew was he wanted a good wife and mother.  <br><br>I guess she's saying Carol wasn't a good wife and mother?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:54:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1713232, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe he set Barack up too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:33:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703318, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sadly, I agree. Its really a shame when the consensus is that Obama needs to dumb down his responses -and lets be real, its dumbing down, its not being \"clear\" or \"precise\", its being stupid on purpose so that stupid people will understand. I guess it makes sense why jobs are being shipped overseas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:40:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699131, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The greater point is that he was very critical of this legislation and if he truly contributed to make this a better bill, he could have stood in solidarity with the others and  showed up to votedfor it.  The VFW is awarding a medal to Senator Webb for his leadership and merit, not John  McCain.  So it is truly offensive for him to take credit  for \"refining\" a bill that he did not even vote on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:38:51", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703443, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We knew Earl didn't go anywhere. Once a Coon for Clinton, always a Coon for Clinton.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:23:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708519, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't watch TV, don't own one. Didn't watch the \"Slick Rick Bareback Mountain Hour.\"<br><br>There is 26 years of material in McCain's career that he should be hammered with. If Obama is going to be noble, professorial, and 'smart' until November, expect McCain to be President. <br><br>We already know we want change. The Dems and Independents are ready. This group outnumbers the Repubs and Independents for McCain.<br><br><b>Obama just has to make people on McCain's side decide to stay home. That's all.</b> He keeps wasting time trying to win them over. They'll never vote for him. <br><br>Either he takes off the gloves, which I hope he will, or he continues to call that feeble-minded dishonest contemptible old man 'honorable', and says he respects his 'war record.' <br><br>Funk that nonsense.<br><br>Why give your opponent that shield? McCain is clearly not honorable. And he continues to get a pass from the media that wants him as President.<br><br>Obama should hammer the old man into the ground on everything. He can start with his POW history, and make it part of his weakness, not an untouchable strength. He must keep hammering all the way up to his feeble-minded fumbling, dishonesty and incoherence. He can accuse the media of being easy on him too.<br><br>Two can play that game. <br><br>I like Obama, but stop being Mr. Nice Guy, you're not running against the old white woman anymore. <br><br>And now it's time for me to disconnect myself from following the general election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:37:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "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}, "1712746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are too funny, Miranda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:48:59", "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": 1708911, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Co-signing on all points!  I watched it 2.   \"Hated it\"!    :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:34:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Check out this Dick Gregory clip:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feat...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:58:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "FrankChurch", "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}, "1701506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are asking that Barack becomes something he is not in order to win the election.<br><br>What does that sound like?<br><br>Barack needs to continue to talk to us like we are adults. Intelligent people will be the swing voters in this election, not the dumb door nails who need everything in simple sound bites.<br><br>Barack is talking to intelligent people, and they are listening.<br><br>I'm going to suggest that we become his surrogates and attack McCain the way we think he should.<br><br>Constructive criticism is fine, but Barack's not going to hear it.<br><br>So we are the ones who need to be the attack dogs. Most of us who comment here have our own blogs and networks of communication.<br><br>Everytime you are tempted to complain about some lack in Barack's strategy, why don't you instead write up the reponse you want him to make and PUT IT OUT THERE.<br><br>Tell all those people on the ground that Barack is not the only fighter in this war. If we are his footsoldiers, then we need to do our part.<br><br>I don't mean to offend anyone or censor anyone, but I'm really tired of all this \"sky is falling\" noise about what Barack is or is not doing right.<br><br>Words are powerful. Let's not complicate matters by continuing to throw so much negative energy at Barack.<br><br>Throw it at McCain.<br><br>We need to stop fearing and starting attacking.<br><br>We are the ones we have been waiting for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:37:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699361, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1721451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TRW<br>I am in agreement that McCain isn't a steward for the economy but the polls are saying something different. It is the kind of thing that moves Obama's numbers down<br> -------------- Original message ----------------------", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_13:44:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706182, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1709089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i> That language actually strengthens the pro-abortion position over the 2004 position, while paying lip service to reducing abortions through nore government-funded programs.</i><br><br>Not at all.  Lip service is what has been occurring under Republican leadership.  Obama believes - as he said - that when women have access to education, good jobs, health care, they are naturally more likely to bring pregnancies to term.<br><br>We cannot bypass a woman's body and the right it affords her, to get to the contents of her uterus.  Those contents cannot survive without the willing consent of that woman.  <br><br>Why not sedate all women of childbearing age, impregnate them, and use them as baby pods?  <br>Why not detain any woman who takes drugs or has a glass of wine to protect the fetus?  Because the woman is a being in her own right.  She chooses to have sex, she chooses to carry - or not - any resulting pregnancy.<br><br>Women have always had abortions.  They do consciously what all female animals do biologically.  When there is limited food or adverse conditions, their bodies expel or absorb fetuses or reduce the size of the litter.   Before modern medicine, midwives used herbs to help women limit their families to the available resources.  <br><br>We don't want to go back to the dark ages.<br><br>The problem with the \"personhood\" question is you cannot get around, or past  the PERSON whose uterine contents you want to legislate over.  And, until you can sustain life outside of a woman's body, you cannot legislate over it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:04:11", "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": 1705395, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You just proved my point in a way.  For every Derek Jeter that the (mainly white sports media) worships, there are are half a dozen Garrett Anderson's and Jermaine Dye's that that same media largely ignore.   And for every well-behaved Tim Duncans, there are half a dozen more brothas that the (mainly white sports media) ignores.<br><br>Instead, that same media hyperfocuses on the Pacman Jonses of sports.  More strong and fearless Black men in media would make a difference.<br><br>If only the athletes <b>demanded</b> this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:13:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702382, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep, he sure does...agreed with every word that lady said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:25:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708916, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain raises $26 mil in July- but spent $32 mil.......(now, I'm pretty good at math...something isn't balancing here)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/mccains-july-money-26-rai_n_120185.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:52:47", "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}, "1713265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was a long scroll through. And then another right after that. <br><br>Heh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:53:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 1708911, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "no doubt.<br><br>p.s.  your avatar is barely visible--maybe that's how u want it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:10:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703476, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "as an independent, i agree.  our opinions haven't mattered much, but they will on november 4th!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:44:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700583, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anthony:   Hmmmmm?     But, as I watched the Special on Barack, there were NUMEROUS statements of NEGATIVITY  interspersed! <br><br>Now I wonder if the same thing occurred during \"McAncient's\" portion!?<br><br>Anyone see it??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:50:57", "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": 1712623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another independent signing in.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:05:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702936, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're not just repeating talking points. <br><br>Under the Powell Doctrine, we would have fought in Iraq with close to half a million troops on the ground (some estimates I saw said 700,000). Would that have worked? Yes, but Rumsfeld expected that any Iraqi resistance would be destroyed through our technological advantage. For objective thinkers on Iraq, that is one of the enduring lessons we learned: technology, by itself, is not an effective substitute for boots on the ground.<br><br>In May 2003, when Bush gave his speech, major combat in Iraq had ended. We were not fighting it out in the streets anymore, and were not taking heavy casualties. So at that time, all the goals of OIF as stated by the president-up to those relating to the hunt for WMD-had been accomplished.<br><br>Was the planning for the war adequate? Based on what we knew and what we assumed at the time, I believe so. Now, was the planning for the day after Saddam adequate? By no stretch of the imagination. From late 2003-early 2004 until the surge in 2007, we almost lost the war.<br><br>I've got a lot more to say, but I'd like to finish the discussion without turning this thread into a dissertation on Iraq.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:07:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705190, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ah ha aha ha aha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:38:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702759, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706166": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I may have missed it, can somene explain to me how <a href=\"http://www.barackevan.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.barackevan.com</a> <br>always seems to track back to barack obamas homepage?? <br><br>I got bored at work and tried every possible combo you can think of..i tired all the frontrunners by first and last name, and in case my laptop is broken, none of them tracked back to his homepahe except this one..  <br><br><br>can someone else please confirm ...or atleast explain how that is??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:03:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "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}, "1702561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha!  Good one.<br><br>Obama is not a holy man... a shaman... a guru.  He's not even a biologist.  He's a Constitutional lawyer and Senator, and he's running for President.    He can't, and shouldn't try to answer those philosophical/scientific questions.  <br><br>Obama should have told Rick: \"You have your job, and I have mine.  You wouldn't try to lecture me about the Constitution, and I wouldn't presume to lecture you about the soul.\"<br><br>...trouble is, this was the one time O chose not to be wordy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:14:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699131, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-Sign!  He made the mistake of over estimating the intelligence of Americans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:40:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699361, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Obama should hammer the old man into the ground on everything.</i><br><br>Yes!  Yes!  Yes!.....that's my very own \"Triple O\" right there!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:34:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "just watched it. so he wasn't hatin' on barack after all.  :-)<br><br>what amazed me though was how those other CLOWNS on the panel were giving him a standing ovation when he was basically speaking to THEM (donna brazile excluded)!!!   the hypocrisy is just too much.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:03:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712095, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i do too.  but--at least for the time being-- the days of the politically aware/active athlete are over.  i think they will return though--just not with the current crop.<br><br>wasn't that a beautiful picture of muhammad ali, jim brown, etc. getting together for political action...?  talk about POWER! we'll see it again... just not right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:55:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701460, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The moderators will be in the tank against Obama (not necessarily for McCain) with the exception of maybe Gwen Ifill for the VP debate.  He needs to prepare accordingly.   Things have gone down in this election season that never before have happened, and so we shouldn't be surprised if McCain and the moderators gang up on Obama a la Hillary or if McCain already knows the questions and right answers a la Cone Of Silence-gate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:36:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701329, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I noticed that too...in fact, many of my friends commented about it. Her behavior seemed a little off but no one could quite figure out what it was.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:35:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703661, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's very moving.  The cost is deep and wide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:18:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704509, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>People want him to fight back and get tough with McCain, well, same as before, if he comes across as too aggressive, he'll get shit for that, but when he's just normal, he's a punk that needs to grow a pair.</i><br><br>Thank you, los angelista, for saying this. <br><br><i>If folks are REALLY that worried, go register some people to vote. Get out there and talk to your neighbors about the issues and why YOU believe in Obama.</i><br><br>And as you point out right there -- he and his campaign are <b>not the only ones whose actions matter to whether he will get elected</b>. <br><br>He's been saying this pretty consistently all along.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:12:08", "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": 1700841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because contrary to what you may see on the news or what you may read on various websites, Barack Hussein Obama has never ever at no point, ever, been the frontrunner. Never. He has NEVER been the frontrunner. Not in the primaries, not now. I don't care what the pundits say, I don't care what the numbers or polls say. He has never been the frontrunner. He's been running against the odds from birth. But if you need a reason to be optimistic, I suggest you read this book called \"From Superman To Man\" by J.A. Rodgers.  Its really good and its a good example of what Barack has really done with his campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:40:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700295, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly.  Instead of asking more from the electorate, to you know, understand that we face complex issues that might justify nuance answers, the media criticizes Obama for not making a snappy retort so they can fit it in the soundbite.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:50:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1699449, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.  I know I have expressed my dislike for her in the past but certainly don't wish her any harm.  I hope she has a safe and swift recovery.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:41:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701103, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ugh, don't get me started on Deadspin.  I liked it for the first 6 months because while they were snarky they weren't mean spirited about it.  But it's devolved into a cesspool of racist and sexist commentary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:56:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702898, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1707187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your numbers match mine, though my comparison was month by month, and did not look at the cumulative total.<br><br>I think we can agree on the fact that in light of everything that took place post-May 2003, the president's declaration of the mission being accomplished was at best, premature. It took the better part of there years and countless thousands of lives for us to realize that unfortunate fact.<br><br>You've earned my respect in a way that most haven't here. Thanks for the discussion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:44:11", "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": 1706866, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It was.  However John King has gone on far too long about McCranky.  He presents himself as the war hero, but from what I've seen he's coming off as a coward.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:30:58", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712515, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Lieberman-GOP-Convention.html?_r=1&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lieberman to speak at GOP convention</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:10:47", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes. I consider myself more moderate, center-right and there are few positions on which I can agree with Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:55:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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": 1706374, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hitler accuses Churchill of war crimes. That's the first thing that comes to mind upon hearing notorious silver-spoon hothead John Sidney McCain III say that the legendarily level-headed Barack Obama's getting \"testy\". <br><br>Remember, if you will, who's saying this. John McCain, the guy of whom fellow Republican Senator Pete Domenici once said \"I Decided I Didn't Want This Guy Anywhere Near A Trigger.\"<br><br>John McCain, of whom another fellow Republican and former fellow Senator, New Hampshire's Bob Smith, said \"His Temper Would Place This Country At Risk In International Affairs, And The World Perhaps In Danger. In My Mind, It Should Disqualify Him.\"<br><br>John McCain, of whom yet another fellow Republican Senator, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, said \"The Thought Of His Being President Sends A Cold Chill Down My Spine.\" <br><br>This is the man who is reported to have told his wife Cindy, in front of a group of Arizona reporters, \"At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c*nt.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/20/hitler-accuses-churchill-of-war-crimes/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/20/hitler-accuse...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:32:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When will the madness stop!<br>Barack Obama is running ads linking John McCain to innocent Christian, Ralph Reed...<br>And, he's running the ads in the conservative southern state of Georgia!<br><br>Ralph Reed is is a conservative American political activist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s.<br><br><br>Here\u2019s the script:<br><br>    \u201dIt was one of Washington\u2019s biggest scandals. And the Republican power broker Ralph Reed was in the middle of it. In deep with convicted felon and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.<br><br>    \u201cBut when the Senate investigated, the senator in charge never even called Reed to testify\u2026.And that senator? John McCain. And who\u2019s now raising money for McCain\u2019s campaign? Ralph Reed. For 26 years in Washington, John McCain\u2019s played the same old games. We just can\u2019t afford more of the same.\u201d<br><br>Of course, Ralph Reed was never arrested or sentenced for any crimes linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff or John McCain but The New York Times does not like him.<br><br>Brilliant move, Barack.<br>Let's hope McCain doesn't start running any G-D AmeriKKKa Reverend Wright ads in response...<br>in Georgia.<br><br>The Weekly Standard Blog has the McCain Camp's response to Obama's ridiculous ad, via HotAir:<br><br>    \u201cBarack Obama\u2019s ad is ridiculous. Because of John McCain, corruption was exposed and people like Jack Abramoff went to jail.<br><br>    \u201cHowever, if Barack Obama wants to have a discussion about truly questionable associations, let\u2019s start with his relationship with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, at whose home Obama\u2019s political career was reportedly launched. Mr. Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group responsible for countless bombings against targets including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and numerous police stations, courthouses and banks. In recent years, Mr. Ayers has stated, \u2018I don\u2019t regret setting bombs \u2026 I feel we didn\u2019t do enough.\u2019<br><br>    \u201cThe question now is, will Barack Obama immediately call on the University of Illinois to release all of the records they are currently withholding to shed further light on Senator Obama\u2019s relationship with this unrepentant terrorist?\u201d --McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:43:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712018, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hear you.  That speech knocked  the wind out of my sails and I can't imagine how I would feel if I questioned him and was told I could vote for someone else all while he's bending over backwards to get \"others\" votes.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:43:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702960, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok..here's a scenario.  These vets get funding to do a national ad.  When the ad airs, the Repubs make a big stink and demand O repudiate these tactics.<br><br>O come out and says that McCain is a war hero, that he's always said that....BUT!! instead of repudiating the vets who made the ad, he says they are ALSO heroes, and he doesn't have the right to contradict their account of events.  He could say he respects their positions!<br><br>Now the question is, would O take that bold stance....or would he do what is expected of him by repudiating the vets??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:17:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703677, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cliff Notes version:<br><br>I asked a black colleague why Obama isn't running away with the election and the colleague said \"because he's black.\"   I feel that he's wrong because legions of white people voted for him during the primaries.  The reason Obama is sliding is because he's ignoring liberals and it will cost him in November.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:53:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708519, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are one great daughter and mother. I was wondering why you weren't posting as much. Sending you and extra whiff of stength.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:01:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "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": 1712710, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I will try to make this my last post about this.  McCain was congratulated on this bill by George W. Bush when he signed it- which we know was done for political reasons.  McCain has taken publicly  taken credit for this bill.  Members of VFW themselves said McCain's bill was \"very partisan\" and \"attempted to convolute the Webb-Hagel Bill.\" Also, you should know , military members contribute their own money to start off the program, the updated bill provides more money to cover tuition, especially considering the high cost of college.<br><br>At a town hall meeting on July 7, 2008, a vteeran asked McCain about his non-support of the GI Bill and voting against veteran health funding.  He said this:<br><br>\"Well, let me say this on the issue of the GI Bill.  I have great respect for Senator Webb and I appreciate his efforts and his service toour country.  The issue was we need to increase our education benefits for our veterans, um, and we were dedicated to that propositon.  The problem that some of us had, who were career military was that there were studies that showed that we didn't have incentives for people to become career military people.  I think those who served understand the importance of the non-commissioned officer and incentives for people to stay in.  So we argued for an ability of. that, active duty service personnel, after they'd been in for a period of time, they could transfer those educational benefits to their spouses and/or family members. Uh, we felt, so that one appropriate, that a career military person doesn't have to worry about providing education benefits in that way and incentives to stay in to stay in.  In case you missed it, we reached an agreement, and we, uh, passed the legislation and we will not only have the education benefits, we will have incentives, uh, for people,uh, for people who are to become career military and be able to transfer those benefits.  Now, I, I, I'm disappointed that it only went back to 2001, Senator, and uh, I was disappointed that Senator Webb didn't support making it permanent and Senator Graham and I  and other veterans will be looking at , to try,  to extend that to all veterans, not just 2001.  I hope you'll urge Senator Webb and others to, uh, agree with me.<br><br>Senator McCain in that speech claims he helped pass it, EVEN THOUGH HE SKIPPED THE VOTE ON IT.  And had the nerve to say he was disappointed that Webb did not extend it longer.  All veteran groups endorsed Webb-Hagel bill, while McCain continue to harp about career military this and career military that.  Most troops who enter in the armed forces now will more than likely serve at least 2 deployments in a 3-4 year period.  In my opinion, you do not need to be in 10 years(which typically defines a career millitary) to be allowed to have what he called a \"generous\" benefit considering we are in the midst of two wars and if it was up to McCain we would bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.  And at the end of the day, McCain's argument was flawed.  Nothing I believe is too generous for a group of people who represent 0.5% of the population and  defends over 300 million people in this country.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:04:29", "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": 1705042, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:17:14", "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": 1702516, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is the branch of math called Hillarious Overextendus.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:58:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 1706636, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  I wasn't aware that she \"threw her support to Obama in June.\"   It wasn't published THAT MUCH!!!!  :&gt;)  Hmmmmm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:45:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That was purposeful: the message from them would be listened to, and well recieved.<br><br>The wrong person says it, though, and it's immediately written off.<br><br>Unfortunate, but that's our world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:57:48", "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": 1703019, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Steward of the economy?!?  Everyone else may have forgotten this, but dude went bankrupt last summer.  His campaign was on life support.  Please tell me why I should trust you running our economy if you can't even handle the financing of your own campaign?  <br><br>People might think that its apples and oranges, but this is the only \"executive experience\" that both Obama and McCain have.  One passed the test with flying colors, another stayed afloat because of his rich wife.   You be the judge.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:05:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1705226, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sorry but you must not follow sports media too closely. Athletes that 'talk\" too much about ANYTHING are bashed to high heaven, and Lord only knows one that is \"political\" would be given the Craig Hodges treatment in a heartbeat. ESPN means \"Every Suspect Probably Negro\" and that's it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:05:21", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700058, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda, <br><br>Many POW's were ashamed they were captured and basically 'sat out' the war while their comrades were being shot at.   POW is not usually something held up as heroism....unless it's believed you were severely tortured or starved close to death.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706600, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Criag always says he isn't FIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711799, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The newspapers are saying that they believe that she suffered a brain aneurysm.  There should be updates soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:05:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "9304b5e47ddc3320fb9a26b3b005b66e", "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": 1700441, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truth, S can't handle you.  S - you can't handle the Truth!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:05:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711909, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anthony, I was one of the people saying he would fight the Republicans - I'm waiting on the head shot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:47:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704921, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is too risky", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:43:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700397, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Neutral be damned.  I'm talking about raw, strong-armed political demands:<br><br>\"<i>Black people start receiving respect and acknowledgment in media, or your Sunday afternoon ratings will suffer.</i>\" <br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:19:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702516, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Remember when I said pay close attention to the polls that would be released prior to the convention. I knew there would be big swings and that you couldn't trust them. That they would plummet just in time for the Clintons to pressure the superdelegates to reject Baracak in Denver and put them back in power.<br><br>Any poll that suggests McCain would be a better steward of the eocnomy than Barack is a poll you can't trust.<br><br>This poll was conducted while Barack was on vacation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:45:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700271, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know I'm sounding like a broken record here ...<br><br>but even if just 10 Black NFL stars (and even a couple of White ones) threatened to boycott 2 football games with the highest projected ratings, it would force FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS networks to finally end their complicity in the blatant undermining and sabotaging of Barack Obama's candidacy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 27, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign to the 10th power.  I'm not saying that there is no need for concern and vigilance, but for the last couple of days much of the blogosphere has bordered on hysteria.  You perfectly articulated my thoughts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:51:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701506, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"coons for clinton\"...  LOL !!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:06:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708735, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have any of you looked at <a href=\"http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com?\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com?</a> The videos are amazing....if that group can get their videos on the msm alot of people will see McCain in a very negative light. Included in the video are criticisms from two Republican representatives, Bob Dornan (CA) and Bob Smith (NH) and some ex military personnel. McCain's character doesn't look so hot. <br><br>I'm surprised the anti McCain people haven't done a better job in getting these made more public. I was really taken aback when I viewed them, its all about McCain succeeding in keeping records on the Vietnam pow/mia's top secret and why.  They are basically accusing McCain of blocking the release of these records to protect his own reputation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:39:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "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}, "1699551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, I guess I'm one of the smart ones. I thought it was Obama's best interview that I've seen. Of course, wanting to have intellectual discourse with someone and wanting them as the president are two different things. Although I sneered when McCain said he wanted to blow Osama to hell, I realized there are those bitter, religious, gun-toting types that were probably cheering at that point. One thing Obama needs to curb and FAST is his tendency to stutter. I'm sure it's a lifetime habit, but it has the unfortunate affect of making him look at though he's uncomfortable and/or struggling for words. One thing most folks expect in a president is decisive leadership and that stuttering tic makes him appear hesitant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Blind ambition and entitlement will do that to you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:06:48", "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": 1712661, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We would not be having these discussions if Obama had MORE EXPERIENCE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:35:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703005, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1714915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Disagree messaging and organizing go hand in hand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_06:50:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712136, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I saw that mess.  And I will repeat my criticism again.  If you are a supporter, at least know what the heck you are talking about.<br><br>1) I agree with people on the FISA issue.  Obama didn't provide enough legitimate reasons to support that legislations, but ...<br>2) He has not moved to the center on faith based initiatives.  He started his career as a community organizer working with CHURCHES!!!!!  He wrote about this positive experience.  Why are people silly enough to keep pushing the argument that he is only supporting it for political reasons.<br>3) Death penalty.  Check his record.  Obama has moved to make the death penalty more fair, but he has also supported it in limited circumstances.<br>4) Gun Control.  There has been some controversy with some surveys he filled out, but from his record it looks like he has supported the States' effort to provide tougher regulation, but not an outright ban.<br>5) Off shore drilling.  Listen to what he says.  He does NOT support off shore drilling.  But unless people can come up with a legitimate way to get rid of all of the Republican AND Democratic politicians that do support it, we are going to be stuck in this energy stalemate for another 30 years.  This is what Obama has been talking about from jump.  Letting partisan politics defeat progress.  <br>6) Clinton.  Don't make me hurl.  After her behavior during and post primaries, I would not vote for that woman to be a dog catcher.  I think it would be horrible mistake to make her a VP.  And I find it disgusting that more of her political allies don't call her out on the fact that she hired, and retained the services of a man who had no problem with painting Obama as \"Un-American.\"   Please, give me a break. <br><br>So in sum, Bill Maher is like other wayward Obama supporters.  He continues to try to make Obama the candidate that he is not--i.e., uber progressive AND liberal, and talks out the side of his neck with that nonsense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:43:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700716, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a pretty big statement ya made thar Sparky! ...pretty crazy.<br><br>To get back to rationality:<br><br>Your activity here is one of the gazillion reasons John McCain will lose the election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:27:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708340, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What many like you will not admit is that early on people like Gen. Shinsheki and even Coiin Powell knew that before Iraq was invaded, there may needed to be at lease 500,000 troops to carry out a  sucessful.mission given the size of the country and other factors, Of course that did not happen.  Instead, we got a Bush photo-op abroad a naval carrier excaliming \"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED\"  and that major combat had ended two months after the war began.  Even with all the technology, the Pentagon did poor ass planning and you know it. Two years into the conflict, there were not even enough armored vehicles out there to help project the troops from IEDs.  Yet Donald Rumsfeld famously said \"You don't go to war with the Army you want but with the Army you have.\"  I also know that John McCain has received many \"low\" scores from non-partisan veteran groups for his vote against veteran funding and legislation, even while the deplorable conditions of Walter Reed were broadcast for Americans to see.  Even when soldier's were being electrocuted down-range from faulty electrical work.  And you know that capturing bin Laden will not rely heavily just on technology but on special forces and ground troops.  And that is why now, after almost the completion of 7 yearsin Afghanistan, we will now need to redistribute troops from Iraq.  Another thing, the increase in troops has helped propel the surge, but the U.S. is also paying insurgents to curb their own violence and too many media outlets are choosing to bypass that part of the equation.   These payments began while the troop levels were building up.  And last but not least, \"muddling\" was John MCain's words, not mine.  I don't question John McCain's patriotism but I think it is disgusting that he questions Barack Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:36:19", "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": 1704865, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm worried, too, but take heart. Every time people start second guessing Obama's campaign strategy, he proves them wrong.<br><br>I think as soon as Obama starts really swinging at McCain, the tide will turn back in his direction. The media WILL NOT criticize McCain-- it loves him too much and has wholesale swallowed the McCain image as a maverick and independent thinker. Obama and his surrogates need to be the ones who start chipping away at this image. The more they do it, the more negative and aggressive they become, the further down in the polls McCain will slip.<br><br>I am also hopeful that the debates are taken seriously by the moderators and that they will ask them in-depth, follow-up questions. McCain only does \"talking points\"-- he can't back up his own campaign platform cogently. He forgets positions he's taken. If Obama takes the advice his campaign has to have heard by now, he will seriously practice on extemporaneous speaking, to get rid of the uhs and ums, and to have a more passionate response without looking angry.<br><br>Take heart. Obama has done an excellent job thus far, and once he realizes how simple-minded most Americans are, he'll come out on top.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Smear Gap:<br>McCain's Attacks On Obama Go To Far. He Knows Better<br><a href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/id/154058/output/print\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newsweek.com/id/154058/output/print</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:10:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bingo!!! The media acts like Obama is some novelty act.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:34:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706739, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because of his skin color and the dynamics surrounding this election, you should ALWAYS assume Obama is 10 down from what the polls say.  ALWAYS.  So if the polls are saying Obama and McCain both have 47%, you need to assume that Obama really has 37%.  If the Obama campaign runs as if they are the underdog and the losing candidate, they'll be fine.  If they run as if they are inevitable, he'll face the same fate as Hillary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:49:31", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700567, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "call me the antichrist, but... nooooooooooooo comment!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:00:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes on Mike Vick....sorry. Even some black sportswriters hammered him.<br><br>An interesting question would be if they did realize it, who would they lean toward, if all that was considered was the candidates' tax policies?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:51:06", "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": 1701460, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read that.  There's no way Billary didn't know Tony Rodham was meeting with the McCain financial backers.  <br><br>Let's keep it real. The Democrats don't care if Obama wins or not.  With him on the ticket, he will draw enough interest to help out downticket Democrats.  So even if he loses, they gain greater representation in Congress.  That's why the Democrats are twiddling their thumbs and not having Obama's back.<br><br>That's also why I don't think his VP pick will be a part of the current Washington crowd or a Billary sycophant.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain has spent his life in service to this country, sacrificing his freedom and physical safety for this country.  He has endured captivity, solitary confinement and torture. <br><br>He has served in Congress for 26 years and has built a strong and solid reputation as someone who will defy his party, and work across the aisle to tackle difficult issues.<br><br>He had the wisdom and courage to demand the change in strategy that led to the successful 'surge' in Iraq while all others cried 'pull out now' or 'stay the course'.<br><br>He has shown humility, often calling himself an 'imperfect' servant of this country.<br><br>McCain can go mano-a-mano with Obama. Bring it on!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:15:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just some random thoughts, have been MIA for a couple of days.<br><br>I am watching CNN in now and they just previewed the next segment will cover \"Obama Sniffles\". Apparently, he has a cold. Why is this newsworthy? It seems like one of those puff pieces continuing that whole \"Obama is a celebrity\" meme. <br><br>Also, has anyone seen TVONE's promos running on CNN for  DNC Convention after coverage? The promos feature the Dyson's, Jamie Foster  and couple of other folk. Maybe I still paranoid from all this \"Being Black in America\" coverage on CNN, but why the hell are they dancing?  Michael Dyson is doing the snake and they are talking about needing \"color commentary\". Annoying.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:04:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "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}, "1708837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i guess i just don't see him as being very genuine.  he irks me, and confuses cynicism with intelligence.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:35:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1707048, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wouldn't it be great if Liberal WHITE blogs were making issue of this rather than screaming, \"Rush Limbaugh was right!  We should have never nominated that affirmative action nigger!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:29:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705866, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, you're not the only one.<br><br>And if he doesn't chose her, it will make her diehards even harder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:10:04", "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": 1712623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am sick to death of these people.  Let's forget about the fact that both Obama and Hillary ran historical campaigns that has  had an unprecendented number of people participating. in the primary  Or  let's forget about the fact that Obama has repeatedly spoken to large audiences, which is kind of the point if you want to get your message to as many people as possible.  Instead, let's just regurgitate the ridiculous criticism that if you happen to have people excited about your campaign, and this election in general, that are willing to come out, you shouldn't have them participate or you will look like Hitler.<br><br>Did someone beat her with the stupid stick.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1704839, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does McCain Favor a Draft? Nope.<br><br>Read the whole exchange. As the context makes clear, McCain is focusing on the meat of the question and not the woman's exclamation at the end. Unless you think McCain privately favors the draft and let the cat out of the bag, you're going to have reach to conclude that he's radically changed his mind here.<br><br>SEN JOHN MCCAIN: Ma'am let me say that I don't disagree with anything you have said, and thank you.  <br><br> I'm grateful for all of our veterans.  I carry with me quite often a quote from General George Washington in 1789.  He said, \"The willingness with which young Americans will serve their country in future wars is directly related to the treatment of those who have previously served and sacrificed in conflict.\"  He was right in 1789 and he's right today. <br><br>All too often our veterans do not receive the care that they have earned, and the scandal of Walter Reed is a blot on the honor of the United States of America and we can never let it happen again. <br><br>Now here's what.. I'll make this as short as possible, our veterans have earned our highest priority.  And  yet we know that there is also routine health care needs that veterans have that in my view, they should not have to go to the VA to receive.  OK? <br><br>We have tragically and unfortunately in this war a dramatic...well, we're going to have a lot of PTSD.  We also have severe combat injuries.  Because thank God, we're able to get the wounded from the battle field to medical treatment more quickly than any time in history.  That puts an increased burden on our medical, military medical care, as well as our VA. <br><br>So, you mentioned Albuquerque VA I believe.  I could take you to Albuquerque VA or the Phoenix VA quite often and the waiting room is crowded, the veterans are standing in line to stand in line to get an appointment to get an appointment.  That's not the fault of the people that work there.  The people that work there are some of the finest in the World.  It's just that they're overloaded. <br><br>So we have to focus our attention, expand our capability to treat PTSD, combat related injuries, brain injuries, etc. that we're best at.  And for a veteran with a routine health care need, why shouldn't we give that veteran a card and take it to the health care provider; or the doctor of their choice and get the routine health care that they need.<br><br>That's what...and that way we could utilize the VA and the medical, the military medical, system to it's greatest affect.  And also relieve this burden.  I don't ever again want to have a veteran stand in line to stand in line to get an appointment to get an appointment.  That's not...that's just not acceptable in America.  And again, I do praise the people that work there.  They're some of the most dedicated people I've ever known in my life.  The problem is that there's just not enough of them.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:18:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708916, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What in the hell does experience have to do with the way the media presents Obama?<br><br>It seems as though you're having a converstion with yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:52:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705186, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Those who know McCain, who have served with McCain are the ones who need to call McCain's \"honor\" into question. They're the only ones who can do it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:41:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703646, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "U.S.  troop casualties in Iraq<br><br>As of today, there are 4, 145 reported deaths.  4, 144 confirmed deaths, and 1 pending.<br><br>                            2003             2004         2005      2006        2007    2008     <br>Jan                        0                     47           107         62            83           40     <br><br>Feb                        0                     20             58           55           81           29<br><br>March                 65                     52             35           31            81           39<br><br>April                     74                  135             52            76          104         52<br><br>May                       37                   80              80            69           126        19<br><br>June                     30                   42               78            61            101       13  <br><br>July                        48                   54               54           43            80         18   <br><br>Aug                        35                   66               85            65           84   <br><br>Sept                       31                    80               49            72          65<br><br>Oct                          44                   64               96            106         38<br><br>Nov                        82                   137             84               70          37 <br><br>Dec                        40                     72              68              112         23 <br><br>Total                    486                   849             846               822       905<br><br>In May 2003, George w. Bush declared \"major combat\" was over.  176 troops had died up until that point.  From June to December of 2003, 310 troops died after\"major combat\" was declared over that  same year.  3,732 have died since Bush declared \"major combat\" was over.    Please note that 5 years after this invasion began, it was June 2008 that we had the lowest number of casualties of troops throughout this war with 13 troops dead.  And there are no concrete plans to withdraw our troops at this time, so with   troops remaining in Iraq, additonal troop deaths  are inevitable.----Please take the time to pray for the dead, the injured, the families and friends that are affected by this conflict and the Afghanistan war.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:05:39", "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}, "1706239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really D?  You're on that?  \"Face of success\"  Come on now.  And using McCain's lines too?  Wow.  I can't believe you even took it there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1704865, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, I enjoy having a civil discussion, but come on, major combat  ended in 2003.  Are you kidding me?  Many like you keep trumpeting the effect of the surge in 2007--when at least 3 brigades had to be mobilized 4 years after the invasion to coambat violence. How can anyone consider major combat was over when troop levels, which are now still above \"pre-Surge\" levels, has never decreased.  You know that if troops have invaded another country, and remain there, they are indeed in combat.  That has been the lie that Republicans continue to tell--and it is a shameful one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:17:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705617, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Perxactly", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:24:25", "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": 1702426, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i know, eclectic (i always see 'electric').   it's crazy.<br><br>rick warren is the antichrist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:03:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Dangerous One is going to need a draft for all the wars he intends to wage, all the sovereign nations he intends to invade.<br><br>His campaign will explain it away. But we know the truth.<br><br>He's still stuck in Vietnam. There was a draft then, he wants there to be a draft now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:19:46", "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": 1711753, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only poll that is disturbing to me is the one saying McCain is a better steward of the economy. The rest show McCain has upped his numbers not that Obama's have gone down.<br><br>I think it has to do w/ the cost of energy but I can't yet put it to words.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:40:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree largely with your premise that Obama needs to run as the underdog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:10:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700647, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:41:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699304, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Offensive to who? <br><br>McCain's concerns over this bill were more than valid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:43:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703633, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1728045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lilytiger:  \"Extra whiff of strength\" -  well received WITH THANKS!!!<br><br>Mom experienced a \"near miss\" with heaven today, but all is better at this moment!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I needed your concern!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>AGAIN,  MUCH THANKS!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_23:56:21", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712829, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "here's a link<br><br><a href=\"http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/officials_to_update_us_rep_ste.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/officia...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:06:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "9304b5e47ddc3320fb9a26b3b005b66e", "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": 1701073, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Watching Michelle and Barack speak about each other is a beautiful song.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:09:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712445, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/19/politics/p212211D04.DTL&type=politics\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/...</a><br><br>I posted this in the Tuesday open thread, but Stephanie Tubbs Jones was hospitalized and apparently is still unconcious.  This does not sound good at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:15:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha!  I would love to see a commercial like that.  I'd be sitting there with a giant question sign above my head.  I ain't even tryin' to hear that!<br><br>  That \"paygrade\" answer was the one time he boiled it down, when he needed to expand on the idea.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:25:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702328, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, ok, half of those NFL stars probably don't even know who Obama is, beyond \"that black guy running for president.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:19:24", "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": 23, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700058, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1707738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"With just days before the vice-presidential announcements, the political conventions and the final sprint to Election Day, Republican Sen. John McCain has cut Democrat Sen. Barack Obama\u2019s national lead in half, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.\" Plus this: \"Perhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama\u2019s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton\u2019s supporters.\"<br><br>If it\u2019s true that Obama hasn\u2019t yet asked his VP to join the ticket, does this data force him to go with Her Majesty? According to the Journal\u2019s breakdown, fully 11 percent of all voters say they\u2019d vote for Hillary for president if she were running but they won\u2019t for Obama.<br><br>Clinton\u2019s speech on the Tuesday night of the Democratic convention will be a significant event. \u201cThe Democratic convention is more than a coronation.\u201d  \u201cIt is an event where the words of Hillary Clinton are probably going to be exceptionally important.\u201d<br><br> \u201cThe Hillary Clinton campaign may be over, but the Clinton factor remains an important part of the election.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:49:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "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}, "1704167": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the link, Monie.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703990, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Um, I halfway agree with Ronnie.<br><br>Here's who I've seen on TV among blacks supporting Obama (with the disclaimer that I'm not a supporter, so I don't follow too terribly closely):<br>1. political types<br>2. entertainers<br>3. Luda/the BET crowd (and their helpfulness to the campaign is suspect, at best).<br><br>I'm not going to say a boycott would be the best thing, but the sports world is one of this country's largest stages. Flipside is that maybe the athletes don't feel it's their duty to speak out; if that's the case, their opinion has to be respected.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:48:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700124, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie:  DATA -   - YES!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks for such thorough research!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:06:02", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712198, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh so just the one poll out of 12. OK.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:51:57", "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": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699429, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rick Warren's question was loaded....everybody knows that.  The terms \"baby\" and \"human rights\" are designed to trap Barack into positions he doesn't hold.<br><br>The terms \"most innocent\" and \"defenseless\" are also loaded.  What is most innocent?  Is a day old infant more \"innocent\" than a 3 year old child?  What is this concept of innocence based on anyway...sin?   What is sin?   Is the state guilty of late term abortion if it fails to provide adequate food and shelter to a 5 year old, and that 5 year old dies?   Is late term abortion more grievous than early term?  How late?  9 months?  One year?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:46:36", "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": 1706278, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree. <br><br>Rick Warren's asked when does a \"baby\" get human rights. Not embryo, not fetus.<br><br>This was a question about the role of lawmakers in protecting the most innocent and defenseless among us...Babies born alive during 'botched' abortions. Obama opposed the Born-Alive infant Protection Act that was created in response to the testimony of Jill Stanek, a registered delivery-ward nurse  after she witnessed aborted babies\u2019 being born alive and left to die.<br><br>Infanticide is wrong.<br>No one should support it.<br><br>How's that for a Simple-Simon answer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:14:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699131, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Help me out here: why in crack whore hell are you cheering for McCain?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:52:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e2b33c435c317e69152caba2b39bad6", "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": 1699198, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK, I thought it was just me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:49:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700441, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/nice-point-hillary-now-we_b_120127.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/ni...</a><br><br>A feminist whines about Obama.<br><br>Cliff Notes Version:<br><br>When Hillary said that Obama couldn't win among whites and his speeches were empty, she and her supporters were laughed at.<br><br>Now that John McCain is saying that Obama can't win among whites and he's just an empty celebrity, people take him seriously.  They only take him seriously because he's a man saying it.  <br><br>It's Obama's fault that he doesn't have more support because he and his supporters shut down Hillary and the people who said he couldn't win white voters.<br><br>Speaking at Invesco is a bad idea b/c he'll be compared to Hitler, but let John McCain say it instead.<br><br>When Obama loses, don't blame the Hillary supporters for correctly pointing out that Obama can't win among whites and is an empty suit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:02:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Define independent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:22:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703491, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But he's getting shit anyway!!!!  So he may as well attack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:22:57", "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": 1700841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We don't appreciate intelligence in this country.  Never have and never will.  That's why \"nerds\" are outcast and smart people are called \"eggheads\".  SMH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:52:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699392, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I could be mistaken, but it sounds like McCain has just made one of those Washington telling the truth by accident gaffes in agreeing with the following statement made by a supporter at a recent town hall meeting:<br><br>AUDIENCE MEMBER:  If we don\u2019t reenact the draft I don\u2019t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.<br><br>MCCAIN: Ma\u2019am let me say that I don\u2019t disagree with anything you said and thank you and I am grateful for your support of all of our veterans.<br><br>Check out the full story at the following link. <a href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/20/mccain-support-draft/#\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/20/mccain-supp...</a><br><br><br>What do you think?  Is it much ado about nothing, or a potential game changer for the white suburbanites who would be terrified to see their middle class kids have to fight in an unnecessary war?  Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:43:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "34e25c42565792151c09200ea9b0d918", "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}, "1708340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That rant is the reason why Obama will lose the election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "db02925cd7f6e6f931701b7d12a93f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706600, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Two Bits of Data Suggesting... Hillary?<br><br>    A very good source is telling me that multiple DNC members have told him that Hillary is the person. While not immediately intuitive, Clinton is the candidate who one can easily imagine helping with Barack Obama's numbers. Which seem to be ... in bad shape? Who else would fundamentally shift the numbers? You could see her bringing Democrats back home, etc., in a way that none of the other candidates could.<br><br>    By the way, she would probably school most Republican VP candidates in the debates. And she and Bill know how to attack attack attack. <br><br>Meanwhile, arriving in my e-mailbox moments ago:<br><br>    Hillary Clinton will campaign for Senator Barack Obama in Florida\u2019s Orange County, Palm Beach County, and Broward County on Thursday, August 21.<br><br>    In Orange County, Hillary Clinton will meet with officials from the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Media may cover this event, but it is not open to the public.<br><br>    In the afternoon, Hillary will attend a rally in Palm Beach County focused on why Barack Obama is the only choice for voters who care about issues important to women in this election.<br><br>    Later Thursday, Senator Clinton will host an event with seniors in Broward County.  <br><br>The only thing is, if Hillary's the pick, does she cancel and go up to Virginia with Obama, or does he cancel on Kaine and suddenly appear with her in Florida?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:37:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not even if Jesus Christ himself asked him to.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:50:14", "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": 1700305, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes! yes! yes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:59:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708827, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That would be great...but again I must quote my daddy ....\"you must not know the white man\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:37:21", "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": 1708790, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I find it amazing that Barack's detractors are desperate for him to choose Hillary as his VP because the \"polls are telling him to do so!\"<br><br>Politics is transparent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:13:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What I love about SBO is his ability to be On-The-Other-Hand guy.  That said, next time I talk to him, I'm gonna holla at him about that \"above-my-pay-grade\" response.  Sure, someone with depth of intellect knows what he was saying (that as a government servant, it's not up to him to ascribe the meaning of life, etc.).  But he has to know that he's not dealing with the garden variety intellectual; he's talking to Simple Simon--who, after 3 clicks of his brain's mouse, bails out and calls the political \"Help Desk\".  <br><br>Enter, the Republican sound machine who neatly pre-packages his thoughts for him and instructs him to simply (<b>click --&gt;<i>here</i>&lt;-- for your thoughts</b>).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:18:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I appreciated the way he answered the abortion question. Brought some levity to it. I just hate that's the only excerpt they showed on the news you know? Its like, if the evangelicals are trying to change their image, why focus on that issue? <br><br><a href=\"http://obamaprops.tumblr.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://obamaprops.tumblr.com</a><br><a href=\"http://twitter.com/obamaprops\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://twitter.com/obamaprops</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:14:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "kristasphere", "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}, "1712447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey msmartin.<br><br>I'm watching the Obama special on CNN.  Watching footage of O with the crowds and when he announced his run for President.  I can feel that amazing energy right through the tv.  Lots of chills.  It is a mistake if the campaign lets us forget who O is by getting bogged down in policy and forgetting the power of inspiration.<br><br>Hillary and the Repubs could feel it too, that's why the first thing they did was mock and attack it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:00:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712283, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Charles Keating Charles Keating Charles Keating Lincoln Savings & Loan Lincoln Savings & Loan Lincoln Savings & Loan 21,000 elderly investors 21,000 elderly investors 21,000 elderly investors 2 Billion 2 Billion 2 Billion", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:00:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ugh...being subjected to a perpetual amount of mind numbing nonsense that comes from EOH and those like him is significantly exhausting!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:39:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "pcmadison", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708519, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  Barack will lose this fight if he assumes that he's ahead on points, and tries to play it safe.<br><br>He has to knock McCain smooth OUT.  Yes, there will be offended White people.  But let them look foolish for cheering on the guy who's been knocked out, rather than rallying around a guy who's still in the fight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:14:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700647, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes! yes! yes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:59:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708827, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe she's on the Clinton enemies list...the list that if you google, you'll see a whole bunch of folks associated with the Clintons who have been mysteriously killed....for real...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:54:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Saying it won't make it so.  What planet are you from?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:03:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Saying it won't make it so.  What planet are you from?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:03:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You have my sympathies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:26:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702335, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I seem to recall that the last week of July had McCain up by a couple of points--at that time, the media were up in arms because Barack was supposedly playing the race card.  When that non-issue didn't go anywhere, the polls came back \"even\".  Shortly after, Barack was back on top by a few points.  <br><br>That's the media's present day scam; to monkey around with poll numbers to make it an \"interesting\" race (notice who most of these polls have a major network component?).  We saw this during the primaries.  We're seeing the same thing now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:52:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Safe to say Usain Bolt is the greatest sprinter I've ever seen. I never thought I'd see the world record in the 200m broken. He ran that race like a man on a mission. That's why I like to see. No showboating before the finish line.<br><br>Michael Johnson never should've said Bolt couldn't break his record. <br><br>And Bolt did it in a headwind on the straightaway.<br><br>It was an unbelievable race.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:33:50", "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}, "1702231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I strongly disagree. NBA, NFL and MLB players are not local, they're global. There is no such thing as a career in just a \"city' for star athletes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:54:13", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701245, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain continuously gets a free pass to lie about his \"support\" of the troops.<br><br>John McCain vocally opposed the Webb-Hagel 21st Century G.I.Bill, but has since taken credit for its passage:<br><br>In front of the Veteran of Foreign Wars\"on Monday  he had this to say:<br><br>\"As a political proposition, it would have much easier for me to have signed in what I considered flawed legislation.  But the people of Arizona, and all of america, expect more from their representatives than that, and instead I sought a better bill.  I'm proud to say that the result is a law that better serves military families and better serves the interest of our country.\"<br>That is a load of crap!!!!!!!<br><br>McCain, in his opposition at times said the bill was too generous, would negatively affect retention, and all these other types of lame excuses.<br><br>The deputy director of the VFW had the following to say about the McCain bill he proposed to contrast the Webb-Hagel Bill:<br>\"The Graham-Burr-McCain is \"very partisan\" and is seen as a way to convolute thGI Bill or to slow  the Webb-Hagel proposal down.\"  The VFW endorsed the Webb-Hagel version and is rewarding Senator Jim Webb a gold medal and citation for his work on Veteran's education benefits.<br><br>John McCain claims to have made this better legislation, even though his proposals were widely rejected.  Unfortunately he DID NOT show up to vote for its passage.  He was at a fundraiser instead.    So please do not believe John McCain from this point on about helping to pass this legislation--He is a liar,plan and simple.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:10:25", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1715041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep! I noticed the \"He's arrogant\" message being ran subliminally throughout his program.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_07:19:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712757, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That will never happen. He is \"The One.\" This is a Democrat's year! <br><br>Icarus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:28:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701131, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If it's coming from the field organizers and not just from random supporters, then I think he will hear it. I hope to God that he hasn't isolated himself in a bubble and is getting adequate feedback and a correct view of the lay of the land.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:54:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701235, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I liked his performance at Saddleback, and I don't care if everyone in the media seems to slam it.  I imagine there are other Independents who liked Obama's performance, and polls and punditry don't tell our story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:44:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "c14dc645708e1f6b7caba8da416ef4b7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700395, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700716": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone catch Bill Maher on Larry King last night? He said he was disappointed that Obama has moved to the center, and thinks he needs to put Clinton on the ticket.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:53:01", "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": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Flipside is that maybe the athletes don't feel it's their duty to speak out; if that's the case, their opinion has to be respected.\"<br><br>They aren't going to risk their paychecks for Obama.  I've always contended that the issue of affirmative action in college admissions could be shut down if black athletes boycotted a school or a state that doesn't have a recruitment program in place. But that's not going to happen because most people are trying to get in where they fit in.<br><br>And I disagree with political type black people supporting Obama; they're only on his bandwagon now to get their face on TV.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:53:03", "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": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700641, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda:  I watched 10 min. of McAncient's.  Then I got ill!!  Watching Mr. Obama now!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  \"Love it!\"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:59:58", "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": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Point of contention: parts of McCain's proposed legislation were added in to Webb-Hagel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:24:52", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703257, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, I have included numbers of the casualties.  This administration acted too slow and recklessly when it came to our troops.  More troops died after \"major combat\" was over in that year than before it was declared over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:17:30", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705913, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama needs to fight back. I just spoke with my field organizer who said that she has been hearing this refrain on the ground. She said that people are getting a bit demoralized because they do not see him fighting back especially against the celebrity meme. People want to see a fighter so they are willing to bat for him. She said that she\u2019s been submitting reports expressing those concerns. From my impression the top people in the campaign are in a bubble. It also my impression that there\u2019s a lot of crap going on within the democratic party that we don\u2019t know about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, McCain wants to reinstate the draft, huh<br><br>Hmmm...<br><br>That will get the youth turnout to soar, no?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:44:48", "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}, "1712190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Dangerous McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS. ;)<br><br>(It seems that Democratic surrogates are just starting to use the word dangerous to describe him. Took them long enough)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:23:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712077, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How sad and how true.........its actually come down to being ignorant in order to appeal to mass America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:57:34", "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": 1699361, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Barack chooses a runningmate who voted for the war, he's going to give McCain and opening that he'll drive a bulldozer through.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706166, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know. In some areas of the country, that might hold true.....but in others, it may not.<br><br>For example, around DC it would never happen (not that Obama needs any additional support here). But in, say, a more liberal city (SF comes to mind), were a player to appear by himself without the implied endorsement of the team, I don't think that he'd be putting his career in that city as risk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:17:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700717, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "just in: McCain leads in the polls! He is even closing the gap in New York State!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:23:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "JibreelRiley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And like clockwork, Pickens' ad comes on.....<br><br>After spending a lifetime addicting America to oil and standing in the way of alternative energy innovation...now Pickens has religion.   The oil's almost gone.  The \"in\" drug now: Wind.   You will consume what the Pickens of the world tell you to!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:00:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1713253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know I believe you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-21_00:51:45", "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": 1712623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is that all you've got?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708340, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:10:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708827, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "miranda:   WHAT!??  No representation from the National BLACK Republican Association?? :&gt;)    :&gt;)     They were having a \"conference\" Monday -Wednesday.  It was on C-SPAN.  \"Big\" crowd!   NOT!!  They were in a hotel room - kinda!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:57:24", "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": 1711683, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What she is saying is that she wants to him to lose. I can't wait for Obama to win to see the disappointment on his face.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:32:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704839, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "not sure if someone already posted this but : Cindy McCain's Mother Teresa Adoption Story False<br><br><a href=\"http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/20/watchdogs-make-it-harder-for-politicians-to-stretch-the-truth/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:32:47", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>The problem with Barack Obama is he's talking to America as if they are smart. They are not. The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.</i><br><br>Seems to me that all along he has been saying (in his words and in his actions) that he has faith that people in this country aren't stupid, lazy and need thoughts force-fed to them.<br><br>That is his gamble, that his faith is well-founded. And as I see it, it is a real gamble. I don't agree with where he's coming from on this. But I see it is where he's coming from in a solid way, and I respect that.<br><br>That is one of the things that shows me that change for him is not an empty word.<br><br>It seems so deep-rooted that if he lets go of that, he is no longer the candidate he is. <br><br>One thing I have noticed about Senator Obama is that he speaks with what he does.<br><br><i>Obama needs to come up with a very simple message and repeat it over and over again, and get his trusty surrogates to repeat it over and over. That's how he will win.</i><br><br>I don't know if a simple message would be outside where he's coming from. <br><br>But I do feel that strategy that had as its underlying premise:  \"Americans are not smart. <i>They are not. The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.</i>\"  would go counter to some of the deeper reasons why he is running in the first place.<br><br>It must be hard for him. I remember there was a point in the primaries where I saw indications (in his actions and also it was reported somewhere, I think, maybe a quote somewhere from one of the Davids) that he was getting some pressure from inside his staff to move off of trying to win it his way.<br><br>I felt then and I feel now that if he moves off of the deeper foundations of why he is doing this, it's not worth the win. It's hard to say this because John McCain is terrifying, but that is how I feel.<br><br>That said, there are probably multiple approaches and actions that would not require him to do this.  I hope and wish him and his staff the best in being strong, flexible, grounded, and creative in the weeks and months to come.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:28:49", "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": 1699361, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Then I'm going to ask you to do it for him and put it out there.<br><br>That's all. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:33:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702328, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right Wing Group Assails Hagel - says Hagel has no war experience (because Vietnam was no big deal):<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/right-wing-vets-group-ass_n_120167.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/right-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_19:01:04", "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}, "1703661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was thinking the same thing. Her energy was always all over the place. It's as though she needed Hillary to win because her life depended on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:40:35", "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": 1703498, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While the media fixates on Barack's \"problems\", so much so that even his supporters think he's \"weak\", Barack Obama is <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/20/16548/3753/228/571328\" rel=\"nofollow\">playing hardball.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:58:17", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1711683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow...just look at the GOP convention lineup.......Guiliani, Cheney, Bush, Lieberman...now that's what I call a diverse line-up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_21:17:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>\"what the hell are a bunch of so-called Christians doing cheering on a well known warmonger \"</i><br><br>Profound questions eclectibrotha!<br><br>The truth is that Christianity worships death.  Death is their currency.  They jostle with the Muslims to see who will get to die first.  They are merchants of suffering and death.  The potential for death keeps them in business.   Really, it is the most secure business to be in.<br><br>I knew in my gut that Warren was a piece of shit.   He uses that soft rounded overfed, jovial face of his and his slitted eyes to deceive.  There are no sharp angles on his face.  He looks like the big, cuddly, benevolent father figure in the goofy Hawaiian shirts.  DO NOT BE FOOLED.  He set Barack up!!!!   Barack threatens his plans for world domination by Christianity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:14:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes.  don't know why i bothered.  what else is there to expect from cnn???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:56:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712757, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/20/114344/572/508/571064\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/20/114344/...</a><br><br>This diary says that Stephanie Tubbs Jones had a massive aneurysm and is on life support and that it did not look good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:08:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "C'mon. Hillary on the ticket isn't going to drive Obama supporters to sit out this election.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:54:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708911, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Yep!  Sad, but True!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:59:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699632, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain's chief excuse for not supporting this bill was that he thought it was \"too generous\" or that it would effect the retention of soldier's (which was debunked, the bill actually encourages retention). McCain felt it should be based on  an individual's years in.  The problem is OVER 52% OF U.S. TROOP DEATHS ARE THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 25, fairly young and newer soldiers, many with less than 5 years of service, not to mention the tens of thousands of younger injured troops who could truly benefit from better education benefits.  Now benefits are extended to troops who serve 3 years.  It is offensive when  to Webb, Hagel, the Senators  and Representatives who voted for it, the veteran organizations who endorsed it and last but not leastly the troops when he continues to spread the myth of his support of a bill that he outright opposed and did not vote for!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:04:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703694, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Disagree. You'll see those stories. <br><br>The ones you won't see are of the families who are working to honor the memories of a lost loved one, or who work to see that a family member gets the support from the government they need to finish their mission there. Typically, those people are labeled as warmongers or \"right wingnuts,\" so their stories don't get reported.<br><br>The war in Afghanistan (and to an extent, the one in Iraq) was a different type of war that any we had fought to date. Instead of adhering to the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming force, we took advantage of our technology to fight there. So in that, there was a learning curve and, in the early days of the war, some confusion as to what to do. Even now, we've adjusted our strategy piecemeal in Afghanistan; sending in more troops as needed, and focusing on training the Afghans during lulls in violence.<br><br>Is it muddling? No. But is it completely coherent to the uninformed? No.<br><br>But if we're gonna look to see who would lose an war to win an election, only one candidate advocated withdrawal-for a time-in the face of success.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:04:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704509, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you high?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:44:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1708854, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Teacher:  I may do some part-time work at a nearby university -supervising student teachers!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Sorry.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  I officially R-E-T-I-R-E-D!  Have to care for my mom[I'm doing this e'en as we speak]<br>Thinking of you and  the \"kids\" with prayer!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br><br>GIV'EM EDUCATION!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:40:56", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712629, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have no clue what he would do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:29:17", "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": 1704122, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We would not be having these discussions if this was a white man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:00:13", "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": 1705186, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh I so hear you. I have spent the last three months reading about four sites daily. I spend time on a puma site so I can completely and totally hate any feminist and Hillary supporter and the *&&%$$**##@&n men who support them. They have made me look at old white ladies with a cruel tight lipped mouths and make me want to spit on them. <br><br><br>I have spent time on a \"progressive\" site that is getting more anti Obama as the seconds go by. Those idiots want to talk about destroying the government but have no next day scenario. Intellectuals, they call themselves, self deluded puny brained aging hippies who still do pottery is what I call them. ARRRRG<br><br>I swear my biggest fear is waking up in November and having two new groups to fear along side evangelicals and republicans.<br><br>If only I didn't read. It is like a bad heroin addiction. I cannot help it. <br><br>Thank God for this site if only for GreenLady's education on deep breaths ...deep breaths.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:32:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "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": 1712006, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i think the gallup has them at a statistical tie.  Folks I am nervous.  In part because as someone pointed out here, the democratic party does not appear to have Obama's back.  Remember that ledge you talked me off of last week, well I am at the window thinking about it again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699620, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's what I'm talking about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:36:03", "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": 1700841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Evangelicals are not trying to 'change their image' they are trying to broaden their social agenda to include AIDS, poverty and genocide. But they will not abandon their core beliefs re: abortion and marriage.<br><br>\"One thing that I\u2019m absolutely convinced of is there is a moral and ethical content to this issue.\" <br><br>How profound! So thoughtful and nuanced! And I'm absolutely convinced that the sky is blue.<br><br>His reference to the Democratic platform on abortion is laughable.  He insists that it represents an effort to reduce abortions, but Obamas\u2019 language pledges to oppose all efforts to limit abortion on demand while providing public financing for abortions.  That language actually strengthens the pro-abortion position over the 2004 position, while paying lip service to reducing abortions through nore government-funded programs.<br><br>Has Barack Obama ever voted to reduce abortions?  Obama never answered that question, but he hasn\u2019t.   He voted against the ban on partial-birth abortions, a bill that passed Congress on a bipartisan basis three times before finally becoming law.  In Illinois, he voted to kill a bill that would have stopped Christ Hospital and other medical facilities from abandoning live infants from unsuccessful abortions so that they would die of neglect.  Obama lied about this, too, in an interview on CBN with David Brody and that lied has now been exposed.<br><br>BTW: Isn\u2019t Barack Obama a Constitutional law scholar?  Isn\u2019t a question of personhood supposed to be in that \u201cpay grade\u201d?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701181, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lilytiger:  While co-signing with lamh and you, I am appreciatin' the \"Deep Breaths\"!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Please use as the spirit moves!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:18:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712244, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The comments on ESPN, AOL and FoxSports are not much better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:17:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703090, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I immediately thought about the stress of not \"winning\" and what effect that had on her physical condition.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:24:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704009, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He doesn't need to dumb down the message, he just needs to simplify it so that Joe Blow the dummy understands it.  Because Joe Blow the Dummy's vote is the one he needs.<br><br>Instead of saying \"Hmm, that's above my paygrade,\" say \"That's up to God, He knows what is best,\" or something like that.  Commercials on TV promoting Tide Detergent don't say \"Tide Detergent cleans best because we use oxygen molecules infused with bleach and other cleaning agents, and when these chemicals are agitated it lifts the dirt off your clothes and is carried away by the water.\"<br><br>Tide Detergent simply says \"Buy Tide because Tide will clean your clothes the best.\"<br><br>Barack needs to boil his stuff down into easily digested nuggets.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:00:03", "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": 1701506, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Disagree, and here's why:<br><br>If the sole statistic to base the beginning/end of major combat is the number of fatalities, then it's safe to say that major combat did end in May. With the exception of November 2003, we never lost more servicemembers in a month than we did during the first months of the war. That's part of why the surge is touted as a success, as we are at or lower than the '03 monthly casualty rate now.<br><br>Now, having said that, I believe that at some point during 2004-2006, the president should've come out and said that major combat had restarted, because it obviously had.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:38:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705730, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Independent - not a republican, not a democrat.  Not you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:20:03", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705772, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-signing Los Angelista.  <br><br>and there you have it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:49:07", "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": 1700841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they tried and I'm still voting for McCain", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:00:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "JibreelRiley", "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": 1700841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with you on that.   By the way has anyone read the Maureen Dowd piece.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:23:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700647, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hold up.....my sister just called and CNN won't confirm that Tubbs-Jones died. Un-freaking-believable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:48:21", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i grew to dislike her a great deal, but wish her well in her battle for her health.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:24:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1699098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LAMH,<br><br>I hear you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712244, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "it's not a just one poll.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080820/pl_politico/12656;_ylt=AqnmBw07gQ7oDgP2dyS954GM5QcF\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080820/pl_po...</a><br><br><a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/20/cnn-poll-of-polls-obama-lead-cut-in-half-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/20...</a><br><br> first, let me put out a disclaimer: i AM NOT a troll. i'm a Obama supporter and have done volunteer work for the campaign where i live, HOWEVER, this is NOT good. when hillary went on the attack, she start winning primaries and votes. Fortunately, it was too little, too late. not so for mccain. he's using the same tactics hillary used and IT'S WORKING. this has actually got me depressed. here's a serious question that i'd like to get an answer to: considering the polls and hillary's plan to ruin the convention, why should i be optimistic about obama's chances? i'm new to politics so if someone could lay out some reasons, i'd really appreciate it, seriously?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:24:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "da94bccc8940d46ec323250f1f58ee38", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "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}, "1712661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you seriously believe what you just wrote about Ralph Reed?  Reed is a longtime partner of Jack Abramoff.  Matter-of-fact, he lost his race as Lt.Gov. in Georgia after details of his relationship were uncovered, ironically, by McCain's Indian Affairs Commitee.  The Senate probe discovered $4 million in payments Reed accepted to run a bogus anti-casino campaign aimed at reducing gambling competition.  According to the Senate's final report, Reed's payments \"passed through\" Abramoff's firm, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, and another organization, Gorver Norqhist's Americans for Tax Reform.  McCain, for whatever reason did not call Reed to testify, but his name was all in the mix of that scandal and HE LOST A RACE because of it.  You can believe that the scandal is still fresh on Georgian's minds.  It just goes to show you that McCain is willing to surround himself with questionable people, the same ones investigated and knows is guilty by association.  Such a shame into what he has become.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:33:45", "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": 1712312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GLH whats the dealio? You aren't going back to work? I'm in the salt mines trying to decide if I want to put the mark of the beast on my stapler so no one will steal it. The only problem is that the kids think it's the devil's stapler (lol) and might not want to use it.<br><br>Well, thank goodness O is finally stepping to the Cryptkeeper. I'm glad he is acting like he wants to win. O YOU NEED TO BRING IT. John <br>whats-his-name's map is practically all red. I'm kinda glad I have something very pressing going on so I can stop obsessing over politics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:29:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712445, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yeah, and all this after he's made his fortune many times over!<br><br>pitiful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:05:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703147, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Unfortunate, but that's our world.</b><br><br>Then we have to <i>change</i> it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703109, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1706317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can we please stop it with the experience meme.  Its past tired.  For all the experience that McCain \"supposedly\" has, he still has trouble putting together a coherent sentence half the time but his supporters give him the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>But let Obama utter one \"um\" or \"uh\" and for his critics, its bulletproof evidence that he doesn't know what he is talking about.  <br><br>Give me a freakin' break.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_18:17:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 1705186, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1700305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "he might know better, but if it is working, do you think he will stop?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:25:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "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": 1699048, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1703382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Stephanie Tubb Jones died.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_14:19:46", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Also, remember that this was one of the points Hillary was trying to make about Barack...that she, not him, was the fighter (remember the rocky stunt?).  Obviously, Barack never fought back to Hillary.  Even at the ABC debate he looked powerless.  Those of us who raised concerns back then that he wasnt slapping Hillary down were told that he wouldnt hold back against the rethugs (I dont do cowering anyone?, but here we are three months before before election and McCain is all but calling Obama a treasonous traitor and Obama still hasnt fought back back.  If I could give barack one advice it would be this: STOP PRAISING  MCCAIN AS A WAR HERO!  save that dish for once you're in office.  Now, we need to raise the same kind of questions the rethug raised about kerry.  Please, stop being mr. nice guy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:10:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702960, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1711729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm sure there's a poll somewhere that still has Hillary Clinton leading Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:04:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699198, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did it ever occur to anyone here that the problem is OBAMA? Not the media, not the Clinton's, not the Republican's, not the voters who are yet to be convinced?<br><br>Is he in fact, too young and inexperienced. <br><br>Did he make his run for the White House too soon?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:41:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702591, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "FrankChurch:  Thank you for this.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>caligirl:  This is the YouTube stuff that I was referring to.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_22:09:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1706112, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm just curious, if 3 out of 4  stock analysts told you a year ago to divest your money from the mortgage lending market and one told you to buy more, what would you have done?  It never ceases to astound me how Republicans get excited when just one poll says their guy is up, but Democrats start a chorus of chicken little when one poll says were trailing.  Rather than feeding the media narrative that Obama is free falling, why not emphasize that it's an outlier?  There is no doubt that the polls have tightened, which I am guilty of obsessing over, but the idea that SUDDENLY John McCain is leading on the economy and that young folks under 30 have now switched to him (claims the same Zogby poll) is baseless and in the latter case defies common sense.  If anyone thought that Senator Obama, the first black nominee with the middle name Hussein to boot, was going to skate through this election, you should share that good stuff you're holding with the rest of us.  It's a battle to the finish.  He knows it, and so should we.  <br><br>This is not the last week of October; it's the next to the last week in August.  We haven't had conventions nor a single debate.  Can we at least wait until mid-September before delaring his candidacy over.<br><br>Frankly, I think Senator Obama needs to release a national ad to Democrats, pullin' no punches, say \"if you support me, then focus on defeating McCain and not tearing me down.  I'm not interested in your bitchin', moanin' and second guessing.  Either join me or get out of my way!\" And, YES, that goes for me too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:26:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705226, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1708519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's baaaaaaaaaack!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/race-isnt-the-reason-for_b_120228.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Race Isn't The Reason For Obama's Slide</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_20:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1699304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In case you didn't see Olbermann's special commentary to McCain Monday Night<br><a href=\"http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/18/countdown-special-comment-mccain-continues-to-sell-out-our-troops/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/18/countd...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_10:30:38", "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}, "1700841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When has the democratic party EVER had Obama's back?  Don't forget how they stood by and let Hillary stay in the race for months even though there wasn't a snails chance in hell she could win.  <br><br>I guess I'm not expecting Obama to be ahead in the polls.  He's a black man for crying out loud!  Do we really think a black man's gonna get elected without a ton of drama?  People want him to fight back and get tough with McCain, well, same as before, if he comes across as too aggressive, he'll get shit for that, but when he's just normal, he's a punk that needs to grow a pair.<br><br>If folks are REALLY that worried, go register some people to vote.  Get out there and talk to your neighbors about the issues and why YOU believe in Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_11:55:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "74c5233d39de14924ff8e8d548afba4b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700271, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1704103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's hilarious. Give me more......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_15:16:25", "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": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1703990, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>If there were more Blacks in powerful positions in sports media, would Mike Vick be in prison? Would Barry Bonds have been villified the way he was? Would Terrell Owens or Randy Moss be seen as such bad guys if there were more brothers who had the final decision on media content?</i><br><br>I understand what you're saying, but IMO these guys aren't the best examples to drive home that point.  I think those three brought a lot of the negative attention on themselves either from bad judgment or immaturity (though I will say being in New England has had a positive effect on Moss).  It depends a lot on how the athletes carry themselves.  For example the NY media worships Derek Jeter, and I don't think I've ever seen a reporter hate on Tim Duncan.  I think that has a lot with them both being perceived as the consummate professionals that don't bring a bunch of self-inflicted drama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:03:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701460, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Am I the only one who thinks all this negativity surrounding Obama, as well as the \"tightening\" polls are just moves to force Hillary unto the ticket? I mean, CNN is going back to the primary's map to show O's \"inectability\" with whte voters!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:28:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right now the White media aren't interested in McCain agreeing that a draft is necessary.  Just like they were happy that the story about Al-Maliki agreeing with Obama, went away.<br><br>As they did during the run-up to the Iraq invasion, they're going right back into avoiding-the-truth-at-any-cost mode.<br><br>White media are actively (but non-verbally) asserting their desire for influence and dominance.  The question is, what will Black folk do?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:52:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1705267, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is just one poll. Can't  you read your own sources?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:41:16", "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": 1700295, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's now the Wurl Wide Leader works...along with the \"Birth of a Nation\" Trifecta of FoxSports, AOL Sports and Deadspin. There is a perception of these reckless thug athletes that happen to be of the darker persuasion. There are NHL players with manslaughter convictions but Mike Vick is the real danger to the little kids in suburbia who wanna wear his jersey. There is a fight in damn near every hockey game....but it was the NBA fight in Detroit that was replayed for weeks on end. You would think T.O. had a rap sheet as long as the Home Run Derby winner Josh Hamilton, but T.O. has never been arrested. I'm telling you, the sports media is not much different from conservative talk radio.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:41:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702382, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "T Boone Pickens - Right Wing welfare queen.  Pickens is looking for a government handout for his wind farm.   It's your damned farm...take care of it, Pickens!!<br><br>But, I'm sure Pickens will argue that the farm offers benefits to the community.   The single Mom argues also, that a well fed and sheltered child greatly benefits the community...human capital 'n all, but neither she nor her child can get a break.  Maybe if she dressed the little critter up as a windmill, she might get a \"handout\".<br><br>McCain is talking war again.  He says it's all about securing the nation.   Securing America must be the longest road trip ever!!!     America asks: Are We Secure YET??!!!!<br><br>The punchline is that you'll NEVER be secure, mutherfuckers!!!!   HAHAHAHAHAH....CHOKE..SPUTTER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:31:09", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Poof Begone", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:53:08", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1704839, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Presumptuous? After all aren't Presidential Suites actually named after...Presidents.<br><br>What is that saying about counting chickens?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_17:44:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1699928, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1702391": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The majority of these brothas throw money at luxury houses, cars, jewelry, etc.  They're hardly concerned about the details of the tax code.  Sure, they'd take a tax cut,  most people would.  But there's more to American life than taxes.  <br><br>I think most of these brothas would support Obama over McCain any day.  They just don't know how.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_13:04:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1702125, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1701460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And that reluctance of losing one game's paycheck would the natural response.  But look at it this way:<br><br>Highly paid pro athletes MUST rely on a largely White sports media.  Wouldn't a sports media that had more Black folks increase the marketability of these same Black athletes (thereby increasing their salaries)?<br><br>If there were more Blacks in powerful positions in sports media, would Mike Vick be in prison?  Would Barry Bonds have been villified the way he was?  Would Terrell  Owens or Randy Moss be seen as such bad guys if there were more brothers who had the final decision on media content? <br><br>I just think it's a shame that professional Black athletes don't realize the power that they have to change society.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_12:34:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1700717, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1712637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "how long do you plan to continue posting here?<br><br>I know!  1st Amendment!  :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Constitutional Deep breaths!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_23:30:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1712312, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1705471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama is not centrist or moderate and he does not fare well when trying to appeal to religious conservatives or center-right independent voters.<br><br>His moves to the middle are purely political and his reflexive, default position is progressive and liberal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-20_16:54:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "d4a5571941439b7f9a5ba7979fd49d96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1701604, "depth": 2, "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": "3415952", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 4280360824149230340}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "wed_open_thread", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 287, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 3415952, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

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

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





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



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=wed_open_thread' +
		'&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/wed_open_thread/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='	+ 'wed_open_thread'
			+ '&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/wed_open_thread/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">287</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wed_open_thread/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/wed_open_thread/">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:3415952" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wed_open_thread/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:3415952" 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:3415952" 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'				: 'wed_open_thread',
			// 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/wed_open_thread/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='	+ 'wed_open_thread'
			+ '&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='	+ 'wed_open_thread'
			+ '&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='		+ 'wed_open_thread'
				+ '&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/3415952/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1699048">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699048" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699048">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699048" class="dsq-comment-message">The Smear Gap:<br>McCain\'s Attacks On Obama Go To Far. He Knows Better<br><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/154058/output/print" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/id/154058/output/print</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1700305">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700305" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700305" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700305" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700305" class="dsq-comment-message">he might know better, but if it is working, do you think he will stop?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1700663">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700663">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700663" class="dsq-comment-message">Not even if Jesus Christ himself asked him to.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1699098">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699098">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699098" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/19/politics/p212211D04.DTL&type=politics" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/...</a><br><br>I posted this in the Tuesday open thread, but Stephanie Tubbs Jones was hospitalized and apparently is still unconcious.  This does not sound good at all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1699521">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699521" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699521" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699521">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699521" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699521" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  I wasn\'t aware that she "threw her support to Obama in June."   It wasn\'t published THAT MUCH!!!!  :&gt;)  Hmmmmm.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1699661">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699661">NO ID</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699661" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe she\'s on the Clinton enemies list...the list that if you google, you\'ll see a whole bunch of folks associated with the Clintons who have been mysteriously killed....for real...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1700292">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700292" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700292" class="dsq-comment-message">i grew to dislike her a great deal, but wish her well in her battle for her health.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1700441">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700441">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700441" class="dsq-comment-message">The story sounds kind of shady to me.<br><br>If she was unconcious driving the car, how did they get it to stop?  They claim the car pulled over and when they got to the car, she was unconcious.  What\'s up with that?<br><br>Conspiracy theories aside, it sounds like either she had a stroke or is in a diabetic coma.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1700650">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700650">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700650" class="dsq-comment-message">OK, I thought it was just me.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1701073">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701073">hndbkln</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701073" class="dsq-comment-message">The newspapers are saying that they believe that she suffered a brain aneurysm.  There should be updates soon.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1701080">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701080" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701080">hndbkln</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701080" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701080" class="dsq-comment-message">here\'s a link<br><br><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/officials_to_update_us_rep_ste.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/officia...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1702421">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702421" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702421">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702421" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702421" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s too bad.  I read that the cops stopped her car.  I hope she pulls through.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1703148">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703148" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703148">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703148" class="dsq-comment-message">call me the antichrist, but... nooooooooooooo comment!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699131">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699131" class="dsq-comment-message">What I love about SBO is his ability to be On-The-Other-Hand guy.  That said, next time I talk to him, I\'m gonna holla at him about that "above-my-pay-grade" response.  Sure, someone with depth of intellect knows what he was saying (that as a government servant, it\'s not up to him to ascribe the meaning of life, etc.).  But he has to know that he\'s not dealing with the garden variety intellectual; he\'s talking to Simple Simon--who, after 3 clicks of his brain\'s mouse, bails out and calls the political "Help Desk".  <br><br>Enter, the Republican sound machine who neatly pre-packages his thoughts for him and instructs him to simply (<b>click --&gt;<i>here</i>&lt;-- for your thoughts</b>).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699361">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699361" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem with Barack Obama is he\'s talking to America as if they are smart. They are not.  The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.  This is why Republicans win over and over again.  This is why Hillary gained ground on him at the end of the primary season.  This is why textbooks and newspapers are written on an "at best" 9th grade reading level.<br><br>MOST PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND LAZY.  THEY WANT TO BE TOLD HOW THEY SHOULD THINK AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.  It\'s true.<br><br>Obama needs to come up with a very simple message and repeat it over and over again, and get his trusty surrogates to repeat it over and over.  That\'s how he will win. Talking about "above my pay grade" and talking in big words ain\'t gonna work with the average American.  We don\'t want to think, we want to be entertained.  Unless Obama and his campaign understand that, he might as well sit down and enjoy watching McCain get inaugerated in January.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1704332" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704332" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704332">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704332" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The problem with Barack Obama is he\'s talking to America as if they are smart. They are not. The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.</i><br><br>Seems to me that all along he has been saying (in his words and in his actions) that he has faith that people in this country aren\'t stupid, lazy and need thoughts force-fed to them.<br><br>That is his gamble, that his faith is well-founded. And as I see it, it is a real gamble. I don\'t agree with where he\'s coming from on this. But I see it is where he\'s coming from in a solid way, and I respect that.<br><br>That is one of the things that shows me that change for him is not an empty word.<br><br>It seems so deep-rooted that if he lets go of that, he is no longer the candidate he is. <br><br>One thing I have noticed about Senator Obama is that he speaks with what he does.<br><br><i>Obama needs to come up with a very simple message and repeat it over and over again, and get his trusty surrogates to repeat it over and over. That\'s how he will win.</i><br><br>I don\'t know if a simple message would be outside where he\'s coming from. <br><br>But I do feel that strategy that had as its underlying premise:  "Americans are not smart. <i>They are not. The average person is stupid and lazy and needs their thoughts force fed to them.</i>"  would go counter to some of the deeper reasons why he is running in the first place.<br><br>It must be hard for him. I remember there was a point in the primaries where I saw indications (in his actions and also it was reported somewhere, I think, maybe a quote somewhere from one of the Davids) that he was getting some pressure from inside his staff to move off of trying to win it his way.<br><br>I felt then and I feel now that if he moves off of the deeper foundations of why he is doing this, it\'s not worth the win. It\'s hard to say this because John McCain is terrifying, but that is how I feel.<br><br>That said, there are probably multiple approaches and actions that would not require him to do this.  I hope and wish him and his staff the best in being strong, flexible, grounded, and creative in the weeks and months to come.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699392">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699392" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Co-sign!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Sad, but true!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699632">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699632" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699632" class="dsq-comment-message">We don\'t appreciate intelligence in this country.  Never have and never will.  That\'s why "nerds" are outcast and smart people are called "eggheads".  SMH.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699741">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699741" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Yep!  Sad, but True!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699704">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699704" class="dsq-comment-message">How sad and how true.........its actually come down to being ignorant in order to appeal to mass America.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700514">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700514" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700514" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign!  He made the mistake of over estimating the intelligence of Americans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1701506" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701506" class="dsq-comment-message">You are asking that Barack becomes something he is not in order to win the election.<br><br>What does that sound like?<br><br>Barack needs to continue to talk to us like we are adults. Intelligent people will be the swing voters in this election, not the dumb door nails who need everything in simple sound bites.<br><br>Barack is talking to intelligent people, and they are listening.<br><br>I\'m going to suggest that we become his surrogates and attack McCain the way we think he should.<br><br>Constructive criticism is fine, but Barack\'s not going to hear it.<br><br>So we are the ones who need to be the attack dogs. Most of us who comment here have our own blogs and networks of communication.<br><br>Everytime you are tempted to complain about some lack in Barack\'s strategy, why don\'t you instead write up the reponse you want him to make and PUT IT OUT THERE.<br><br>Tell all those people on the ground that Barack is not the only fighter in this war. If we are his footsoldiers, then we need to do our part.<br><br>I don\'t mean to offend anyone or censor anyone, but I\'m really tired of all this "sky is falling" noise about what Barack is or is not doing right.<br><br>Words are powerful. Let\'s not complicate matters by continuing to throw so much negative energy at Barack.<br><br>Throw it at McCain.<br><br>We need to stop fearing and starting attacking.<br><br>We are the ones we have been waiting for.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702328" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702328" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702328">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702328" class="dsq-comment-message">He doesn\'t need to dumb down the message, he just needs to simplify it so that Joe Blow the dummy understands it.  Because Joe Blow the Dummy\'s vote is the one he needs.<br><br>Instead of saying "Hmm, that\'s above my paygrade," say "That\'s up to God, He knows what is best," or something like that.  Commercials on TV promoting Tide Detergent don\'t say "Tide Detergent cleans best because we use oxygen molecules infused with bleach and other cleaning agents, and when these chemicals are agitated it lifts the dirt off your clothes and is carried away by the water."<br><br>Tide Detergent simply says "Buy Tide because Tide will clean your clothes the best."<br><br>Barack needs to boil his stuff down into easily digested nuggets.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702683" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702683">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702683" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha!  I would love to see a commercial like that.  I\'d be sitting there with a giant question sign above my head.  I ain\'t even tryin\' to hear that!<br><br>  That "paygrade" answer was the one time he boiled it down, when he needed to expand on the idea.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702797" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702797" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702797" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702797" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702797" class="dsq-comment-message">Then I\'m going to ask you to do it for him and put it out there.<br><br>That\'s all. ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702107">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702107" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign to the 10th power.  I\'m not saying that there is no need for concern and vigilance, but for the last couple of days much of the blogosphere has bordered on hysteria.  You perfectly articulated my thoughts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699367">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699367" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:   I liked that phrase. BUT gotta Co-sign on your rationale!!  :&gt;)  <br>Loved the "Simple Simon. . . . " imagery!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)   LOL x2  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699449">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699449" class="dsq-comment-message">Sadly, I agree. Its really a shame when the consensus is that Obama needs to dumb down his responses -and lets be real, its dumbing down, its not being "clear" or "precise", its being stupid on purpose so that stupid people will understand. I guess it makes sense why jobs are being shipped overseas.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702063">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702063" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.  Instead of asking more from the electorate, to you know, understand that we face complex issues that might justify nuance answers, the media criticizes Obama for not making a snappy retort so they can fit it in the soundbite.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702561" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702561">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702561" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702561" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha!  Good one.<br><br>Obama is not a holy man... a shaman... a guru.  He\'s not even a biologist.  He\'s a Constitutional lawyer and Senator, and he\'s running for President.    He can\'t, and shouldn\'t try to answer those philosophical/scientific questions.  <br><br>Obama should have told Rick: "You have your job, and I have mine.  You wouldn\'t try to lecture me about the Constitution, and I wouldn\'t presume to lecture you about the soul."<br><br>...trouble is, this was the one time O chose not to be wordy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706278" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706278">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706278" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree. <br><br>Rick Warren\'s asked when does a "baby" get human rights. Not embryo, not fetus.<br><br>This was a question about the role of lawmakers in protecting the most innocent and defenseless among us...Babies born alive during \'botched\' abortions. Obama opposed the Born-Alive infant Protection Act that was created in response to the testimony of Jill Stanek, a registered delivery-ward nurse  after she witnessed aborted babies’ being born alive and left to die.<br><br>Infanticide is wrong.<br>No one should support it.<br><br>How\'s that for a Simple-Simon answer.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1711909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711909">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711909" class="dsq-comment-message">Rick Warren\'s question was loaded....everybody knows that.  The terms "baby" and "human rights" are designed to trap Barack into positions he doesn\'t hold.<br><br>The terms "most innocent" and "defenseless" are also loaded.  What is most innocent?  Is a day old infant more "innocent" than a 3 year old child?  What is this concept of innocence based on anyway...sin?   What is sin?   Is the state guilty of late term abortion if it fails to provide adequate food and shelter to a 5 year old, and that 5 year old dies?   Is late term abortion more grievous than early term?  How late?  9 months?  One year?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712852" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712852">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712852" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712852" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth, S can\'t handle you.  S - you can\'t handle the Truth!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699198" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699198">JibreelRiley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699198" class="dsq-comment-message">just in: McCain leads in the polls! He is even closing the gap in New York State!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699359">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699359" class="dsq-comment-message">Source?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699429" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699429" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699429">JibreelRiley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699429" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUKN1948672420080820?sp=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idU...</a><br><br>Reuters hommie</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699620" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699620" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699620">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699620" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699620" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh so just the one poll out of 12. OK.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700271" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700271" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700271" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700271" class="dsq-comment-message">i think the gallup has them at a statistical tie.  Folks I am nervous.  In part because as someone pointed out here, the democratic party does not appear to have Obama\'s back.  Remember that ledge you talked me off of last week, well I am at the window thinking about it again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700841" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700841" href="http://www.losangelista.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">los angelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700841" class="dsq-comment-message">When has the democratic party EVER had Obama\'s back?  Don\'t forget how they stood by and let Hillary stay in the race for months even though there wasn\'t a snails chance in hell she could win.  <br><br>I guess I\'m not expecting Obama to be ahead in the polls.  He\'s a black man for crying out loud!  Do we really think a black man\'s gonna get elected without a ton of drama?  People want him to fight back and get tough with McCain, well, same as before, if he comes across as too aggressive, he\'ll get shit for that, but when he\'s just normal, he\'s a punk that needs to grow a pair.<br><br>If folks are REALLY that worried, go register some people to vote.  Get out there and talk to your neighbors about the issues and why YOU believe in Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702833" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702833" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s what I\'m talking about.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1704050" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704050" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704050">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704050" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704050" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>People want him to fight back and get tough with McCain, well, same as before, if he comes across as too aggressive, he\'ll get shit for that, but when he\'s just normal, he\'s a punk that needs to grow a pair.</i><br><br>Thank you, los angelista, for saying this. <br><br><i>If folks are REALLY that worried, go register some people to vote. Get out there and talk to your neighbors about the issues and why YOU believe in Obama.</i><br><br>And as you point out right there -- he and his campaign are <b>not the only ones whose actions matter to whether he will get elected</b>. <br><br>He\'s been saying this pretty consistently all along.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705406" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705406">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705406" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705406" class="dsq-comment-message">co-signing Los Angelista.  <br><br>and there you have it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705774" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705774">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705774" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705774" class="dsq-comment-message">But he\'s getting shit anyway!!!!  So he may as well attack.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702335">JibreelRiley</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702335" class="dsq-comment-message">they tried and I\'m still voting for McCain</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705809" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705809">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705809" class="dsq-comment-message">You have my sympathies.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701668" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1701668" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701668" class="dsq-comment-message">Remember when I said pay close attention to the polls that would be released prior to the convention. I knew there would be big swings and that you couldn\'t trust them. That they would plummet just in time for the Clintons to pressure the superdelegates to reject Baracak in Denver and put them back in power.<br><br>Any poll that suggests McCain would be a better steward of the eocnomy than Barack is a poll you can\'t trust.<br><br>This poll was conducted while Barack was on vacation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713236">kenyaw</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713236" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br>You said on several occassions that you did not trust those polls and that they would drop and scew peoples opinions.  You called that one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713237" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713237" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713237">kenyaw</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713237" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713237" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br>You said on several occassions that you did not trust those polls and that they would drop and scew peoples opinions.  You called that one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699623" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699623" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699623">Roger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699623" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699623" class="dsq-comment-message">Help me out here: why in crack whore hell are you cheering for McCain?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699803" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699803">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699803" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699803" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sure there\'s a poll somewhere that still has Hillary Clinton leading Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699304" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699304" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699304">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699304" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699304" class="dsq-comment-message">In case you didn\'t see Olbermann\'s special commentary to McCain Monday Night<br><a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/18/countdown-special-comment-mccain-continues-to-sell-out-our-troops/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/18/countd...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699458">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699458" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699458" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699397" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699397">gaiilonfong</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699397" class="dsq-comment-message">So Hillpatine\'s CRIMINAL disgusting brother meets with Ms Carly (DINGBAT)Fiorina and the McCone campaign in Penn......anyone still think the ClintonS want Obama to win......what a bunch of disgusting trash that Rodham/Clinton clan are;<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/hillary_backers_in_pennsylvani.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1699709">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699709" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699709" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699709">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699709" class="dsq-comment-message">I read that.  There\'s no way Billary didn\'t know Tony Rodham was meeting with the McCain financial backers.  <br><br>Let\'s keep it real. The Democrats don\'t care if Obama wins or not.  With him on the ticket, he will draw enough interest to help out downticket Democrats.  So even if he loses, they gain greater representation in Congress.  That\'s why the Democrats are twiddling their thumbs and not having Obama\'s back.<br><br>That\'s also why I don\'t think his VP pick will be a part of the current Washington crowd or a Billary sycophant.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699423" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699423" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699423">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699423" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699423" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill:  LOVE the shoe!  Have seen it advertised!  YES WE CAN!!!!!   Walk all over "McAncient"!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699441">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699441" class="dsq-comment-message">Re-Deem Team:   31 point win over Australia!!!  Musta been wearing the Obama\'s tennis shoes!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699551" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699551">NO ID</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699551" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699551" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, I guess I\'m one of the smart ones. I thought it was Obama\'s best interview that I\'ve seen. Of course, wanting to have intellectual discourse with someone and wanting them as the president are two different things. Although I sneered when McCain said he wanted to blow Osama to hell, I realized there are those bitter, religious, gun-toting types that were probably cheering at that point. One thing Obama needs to curb and FAST is his tendency to stutter. I\'m sure it\'s a lifetime habit, but it has the unfortunate affect of making him look at though he\'s uncomfortable and/or struggling for words. One thing most folks expect in a president is decisive leadership and that stuttering tic makes him appear hesitant.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699859" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699859" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1699859">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699859" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699859" class="dsq-comment-message">NO ID:  Co-sign!  "McAncient" managed to turn almost every question into a bellicose response!  War-monger 2 da end!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  He\'s on a "beat down" mission Deep Breaths!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706098">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706098" class="dsq-comment-message">Among conservatives he IS uncomfortable and looking for words. If he says what he truly believes he will reveal himself as a partisan Democrat who has the most liberal voting record in the Senate. <br><br>Not good. Especially when you are trying to convince voters that you are moderate!<br><br>The ability to quote scripture does not, in and of itself, make a Christian.<br><br>When Obama quoted Matthew: "What so ever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me." <br><br>Are not the just born, miraculously surviving a \'botched\' abortion not the epitome of \'the least of my brothers\'? How can he reconcile his devotion to this scripture passage with his opposition to the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act?<br><br>He can\'t. So he stammers and stutters and talks around the issue. He is pro-choice. Favoring absolutely no restrictions whatsoever.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1699928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1699928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1699928" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1699928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1699928" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://acklecom.blogspot.com/2008/08/we-like-ike-not-denvers-brown-palace.html" rel="nofollow">Eisenhower Presidential Suite Dumped; Renamed Barack Obama Suite</a><br><br>Interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705974">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705974" class="dsq-comment-message">Presumptuous? After all aren\'t Presidential Suites actually named after...Presidents.<br><br>What is that saying about counting chickens?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700021" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700021">Jay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700021" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700021" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Lieberman-GOP-Convention.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Lieberman to speak at GOP convention</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700058" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700058">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700058" class="dsq-comment-message">I know I\'m sounding like a broken record here ...<br><br>but even if just 10 Black NFL stars (and even a couple of White ones) threatened to boycott 2 football games with the highest projected ratings, it would force FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS networks to finally end their complicity in the blatant undermining and sabotaging of Barack Obama\'s candidacy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700124" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700124">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700124" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700124" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, ok, half of those NFL stars probably don\'t even know who Obama is, beyond "that black guy running for president."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700641" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700641" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, I halfway agree with Ronnie.<br><br>Here\'s who I\'ve seen on TV among blacks supporting Obama (with the disclaimer that I\'m not a supporter, so I don\'t follow too terribly closely):<br>1. political types<br>2. entertainers<br>3. Luda/the BET crowd (and their helpfulness to the campaign is suspect, at best).<br><br>I\'m not going to say a boycott would be the best thing, but the sports world is one of this country\'s largest stages. Flipside is that maybe the athletes don\'t feel it\'s their duty to speak out; if that\'s the case, their opinion has to be respected.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700717">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700717" class="dsq-comment-message">"Flipside is that maybe the athletes don\'t feel it\'s their duty to speak out; if that\'s the case, their opinion has to be respected."<br><br>They aren\'t going to risk their paychecks for Obama.  I\'ve always contended that the issue of affirmative action in college admissions could be shut down if black athletes boycotted a school or a state that doesn\'t have a recruitment program in place. But that\'s not going to happen because most people are trying to get in where they fit in.<br><br>And I disagree with political type black people supporting Obama; they\'re only on his bandwagon now to get their face on TV.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701245" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1701245" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701245" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701245" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know. In some areas of the country, that might hold true.....but in others, it may not.<br><br>For example, around DC it would never happen (not that Obama needs any additional support here). But in, say, a more liberal city (SF comes to mind), were a player to appear by himself without the implied endorsement of the team, I don\'t think that he\'d be putting his career in that city as risk.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702231">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702231" class="dsq-comment-message">I strongly disagree. NBA, NFL and MLB players are not local, they\'re global. There is no such thing as a career in just a "city\' for star athletes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702426" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702426" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702426">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702426" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702426" class="dsq-comment-message">And you also have to take into account any endorsements they have.  So it\'s not just the MLB, NBA, etc. that they have to answer to, but Nike and Coca-Cola as well.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702662">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702662" class="dsq-comment-message">Perxactly</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702516" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702516" class="dsq-comment-message">Throw MLB out the window.<br><br>I think the only way it sould be "safely" done is if a player assisted with a voter registration effort. It\'s the most neutral thing that can be done (or at least gives a neutral appearance).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702591">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702591" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705948" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705948">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705948" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705948" class="dsq-comment-message">Did it ever occur to anyone here that the problem is OBAMA? Not the media, not the Clinton\'s, not the Republican\'s, not the voters who are yet to be convinced?<br><br>Is he in fact, too young and inexperienced. <br><br>Did he make his run for the White House too soon?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702616">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702616" class="dsq-comment-message">Neutral be damned.  I\'m talking about raw, strong-armed political demands:<br><br>"<i>Black people start receiving respect and acknowledgment in media, or your Sunday afternoon ratings will suffer.</i>" <br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702920" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702920" class="dsq-comment-message">That ain\'t gonna happen.<br><br>Can you imagine what would be said if Adam "Pacman" Jones said that to a national audience?<br><br>He\'d probably be laughed at.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703019">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703019" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703019" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting how you couldn\'t bring yourself to cite a LaDanian Tomlinson or LeBron James.  <br><br>Very telling.<br><br>And ironically, Pacman Jones has a job.  What better example of the power and influence of Black athletes than someone like <b>him</b> being able to negotiate millions of dollars.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703109" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703109" class="dsq-comment-message">That was purposeful: the message from them would be listened to, and well recieved.<br><br>The wrong person says it, though, and it\'s immediately written off.<br><br>Unfortunate, but that\'s our world.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703374" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703374">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703374" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Unfortunate, but that\'s our world.</b><br><br>Then we have to <i>change</i> it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701460" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701460">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701460" class="dsq-comment-message">And that reluctance of losing one game\'s paycheck would the natural response.  But look at it this way:<br><br>Highly paid pro athletes MUST rely on a largely White sports media.  Wouldn\'t a sports media that had more Black folks increase the marketability of these same Black athletes (thereby increasing their salaries)?<br><br>If there were more Blacks in powerful positions in sports media, would Mike Vick be in prison?  Would Barry Bonds have been villified the way he was?  Would Terrell  Owens or Randy Moss be seen as such bad guys if there were more brothers who had the final decision on media content? <br><br>I just think it\'s a shame that professional Black athletes don\'t realize the power that they have to change society.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702125" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702125" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702125" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes on Mike Vick....sorry. Even some black sportswriters hammered him.<br><br>An interesting question would be if they did realize it, who would they lean toward, if all that was considered was the candidates\' tax policies?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702391" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702391" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702391">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702391" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702391" class="dsq-comment-message">The majority of these brothas throw money at luxury houses, cars, jewelry, etc.  They\'re hardly concerned about the details of the tax code.  Sure, they\'d take a tax cut,  most people would.  But there\'s more to American life than taxes.  <br><br>I think most of these brothas would support Obama over McCain any day.  They just don\'t know how.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702382">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702382" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>If there were more Blacks in powerful positions in sports media, would Mike Vick be in prison? Would Barry Bonds have been villified the way he was? Would Terrell Owens or Randy Moss be seen as such bad guys if there were more brothers who had the final decision on media content?</i><br><br>I understand what you\'re saying, but IMO these guys aren\'t the best examples to drive home that point.  I think those three brought a lot of the negative attention on themselves either from bad judgment or immaturity (though I will say being in New England has had a positive effect on Moss).  It depends a lot on how the athletes carry themselves.  For example the NY media worships Derek Jeter, and I don\'t think I\'ve ever seen a reporter hate on Tim Duncan.  I think that has a lot with them both being perceived as the consummate professionals that don\'t bring a bunch of self-inflicted drama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702535">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702535" class="dsq-comment-message">You just proved my point in a way.  For every Derek Jeter that the (mainly white sports media) worships, there are are half a dozen Garrett Anderson\'s and Jermaine Dye\'s that that same media largely ignore.   And for every well-behaved Tim Duncans, there are half a dozen more brothas that the (mainly white sports media) ignores.<br><br>Instead, that same media hyperfocuses on the Pacman Jonses of sports.  More strong and fearless Black men in media would make a difference.<br><br>If only the athletes <b>demanded</b> this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702898" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702898">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702898" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s now the Wurl Wide Leader works...along with the "Birth of a Nation" Trifecta of FoxSports, AOL Sports and Deadspin. There is a perception of these reckless thug athletes that happen to be of the darker persuasion. There are NHL players with manslaughter convictions but Mike Vick is the real danger to the little kids in suburbia who wanna wear his jersey. There is a fight in damn near every hockey game....but it was the NBA fight in Detroit that was replayed for weeks on end. You would think T.O. had a rap sheet as long as the Home Run Derby winner Josh Hamilton, but T.O. has never been arrested. I\'m telling you, the sports media is not much different from conservative talk radio.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703090">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703090" class="dsq-comment-message">Ugh, don\'t get me started on Deadspin.  I liked it for the first 6 months because while they were snarky they weren\'t mean spirited about it.  But it\'s devolved into a cesspool of racist and sexist commentary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703350">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703350" class="dsq-comment-message">The comments on ESPN, AOL and FoxSports are not much better.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703078">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703078" class="dsq-comment-message">i do too.  but--at least for the time being-- the days of the politically aware/active athlete are over.  i think they will return though--just not with the current crop.<br><br>wasn\'t that a beautiful picture of muhammad ali, jim brown, etc. getting together for political action...?  talk about POWER! we\'ll see it again... just not right now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701063">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701063" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sorry but you must not follow sports media too closely. Athletes that \'talk" too much about ANYTHING are bashed to high heaven, and Lord only knows one that is "political" would be given the Craig Hodges treatment in a heartbeat. ESPN means "Every Suspect Probably Negro" and that\'s it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705848" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705848">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705848" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705848" class="dsq-comment-message">Not true. Kobe Bryant has been praised for his comments about patriotism during th Olympics.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701912" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701912">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701912" class="dsq-comment-message">Why waste their time?  The networks are in the business of making money.  If these NFL stars really want to do something to make a difference, why not fund a voter registration drive, or provide stipends to activist in battleground states.  Or host political forums so that people in their community can become more informed.  <br><br>Boycotting over the coverage is only going to bring negative attention that will not ultimately help Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700295">worrieddem</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700295" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s not a just one poll.<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080820/pl_politico/12656;_ylt=AqnmBw07gQ7oDgP2dyS954GM5QcF" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080820/pl_po...</a><br><br><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/20/cnn-poll-of-polls-obama-lead-cut-in-half-2/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/20...</a><br><br> first, let me put out a disclaimer: i AM NOT a troll. i\'m a Obama supporter and have done volunteer work for the campaign where i live, HOWEVER, this is NOT good. when hillary went on the attack, she start winning primaries and votes. Fortunately, it was too little, too late. not so for mccain. he\'s using the same tactics hillary used and IT\'S WORKING. this has actually got me depressed. here\'s a serious question that i\'d like to get an answer to: considering the polls and hillary\'s plan to ruin the convention, why should i be optimistic about obama\'s chances? i\'m new to politics so if someone could lay out some reasons, i\'d really appreciate it, seriously?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700526">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700526" class="dsq-comment-message">Because contrary to what you may see on the news or what you may read on various websites, Barack Hussein Obama has never ever at no point, ever, been the frontrunner. Never. He has NEVER been the frontrunner. Not in the primaries, not now. I don\'t care what the pundits say, I don\'t care what the numbers or polls say. He has never been the frontrunner. He\'s been running against the odds from birth. But if you need a reason to be optimistic, I suggest you read this book called "From Superman To Man" by J.A. Rodgers.  Its really good and its a good example of what Barack has really done with his campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700614" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700614" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700614">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700614" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700614" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, and if you happen to read the book, Barack would be the pullman porter. The politician he talks to is everybody else, period.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700397" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700397">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700397" class="dsq-comment-message">"why should i be optimistic about obama\'s chances?"<br><br>You shouldn\'t.  And if you feel that Obama is a loser, you are doing yourself a disservice by continuing to campaign for him.  I actually hope he goes down further in the polls and I actually hope Billary tries to sabotage him at the convention next week, because I think it will provide him and his campaign some extra fire in the belly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700567">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700567" class="dsq-comment-message">That is too risky</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700647" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700647">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700647" class="dsq-comment-message">Because of his skin color and the dynamics surrounding this election, you should ALWAYS assume Obama is 10 down from what the polls say.  ALWAYS.  So if the polls are saying Obama and McCain both have 47%, you need to assume that Obama really has 37%.  If the Obama campaign runs as if they are the underdog and the losing candidate, they\'ll be fine.  If they run as if they are inevitable, he\'ll face the same fate as Hillary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701131" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701131" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701131">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701131" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701131" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree largely with your premise that Obama needs to run as the underdog.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705829" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705829" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705829">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705829" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705829" class="dsq-comment-message">That will never happen. He is "The One." This is a Democrat\'s year! <br><br>Icarus.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701194" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701194">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701194" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701194" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  Barack will lose this fight if he assumes that he\'s ahead on points, and tries to play it safe.<br><br>He has to knock McCain smooth OUT.  Yes, there will be offended White people.  But let them look foolish for cheering on the guy who\'s been knocked out, rather than rallying around a guy who\'s still in the fight.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701313" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701313" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701313">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701313" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701313" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with you on that.   By the way has anyone read the Maureen Dowd piece.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700692" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700692">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700692" class="dsq-comment-message">I seem to recall that the last week of July had McCain up by a couple of points--at that time, the media were up in arms because Barack was supposedly playing the race card.  When that non-issue didn\'t go anywhere, the polls came back "even".  Shortly after, Barack was back on top by a few points.  <br><br>That\'s the media\'s present day scam; to monkey around with poll numbers to make it an "interesting" race (notice who most of these polls have a major network component?).  We saw this during the primaries.  We\'re seeing the same thing now.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1701329">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701329" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701329" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701329">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701329" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701329" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m worried, too, but take heart. Every time people start second guessing Obama\'s campaign strategy, he proves them wrong.<br><br>I think as soon as Obama starts really swinging at McCain, the tide will turn back in his direction. The media WILL NOT criticize McCain-- it loves him too much and has wholesale swallowed the McCain image as a maverick and independent thinker. Obama and his surrogates need to be the ones who start chipping away at this image. The more they do it, the more negative and aggressive they become, the further down in the polls McCain will slip.<br><br>I am also hopeful that the debates are taken seriously by the moderators and that they will ask them in-depth, follow-up questions. McCain only does "talking points"-- he can\'t back up his own campaign platform cogently. He forgets positions he\'s taken. If Obama takes the advice his campaign has to have heard by now, he will seriously practice on extemporaneous speaking, to get rid of the uhs and ums, and to have a more passionate response without looking angry.<br><br>Take heart. Obama has done an excellent job thus far, and once he realizes how simple-minded most Americans are, he\'ll come out on top.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701489" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701489" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701489">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701489" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701489" class="dsq-comment-message">The moderators will be in the tank against Obama (not necessarily for McCain) with the exception of maybe Gwen Ifill for the VP debate.  He needs to prepare accordingly.   Things have gone down in this election season that never before have happened, and so we shouldn\'t be surprised if McCain and the moderators gang up on Obama a la Hillary or if McCain already knows the questions and right answers a la Cone Of Silence-gate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702897" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702897" class="dsq-comment-message">It is just one poll. Can\'t  you read your own sources?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700382">BBCSR53</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700382" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, what you said about America is so true. I know no one want to here this but what <br>Rev Wright said about America is true also.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700395" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700395">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700395" class="dsq-comment-message">I admit I\'m concerned, maybe even alarmed, by the current polling trends, but I\'m more annoyed by how Democrats can\'t let shit go and focus on the enemy.  True enough I\'m guilty of the same.  I chose to vent the last two days, but I\'m back to focusing on defeating McCain, not tearing down Barack.  It\'s approaching a weeks since Saddleback, so enough already.  Yes, his performance at Saddleback wasn\'t good, but neither was John McCain\'s.  So what he gave simplistic answers to complicated questions.  It wasn\'t a debate, but a forum.  If it was a debate I would hope some one would have asked McCain where the hell is on a map?  And if he alone knows how to find Osama Bin Laden, why the hell hasn\'t he told the military?  Perhaps even ask him if God has chosen not  to defeat evil in the course of human history, which my Bible tells me is the only one who can, how is John McCain the lone human who can?  Watching the media and many Democrats gush over McCain\'s Saddleback performance reminds me of when parents celebrate their 2-year-olds for pooping in the toilet for the first time.  McCain didn\'t shit himself, so he\'s the winner?<br><br>BTW, stalwart Liberals and Progressives, when does life begin?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700583" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700583" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700583" href="http://glory-i-am.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">glory</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700583" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700583" class="dsq-comment-message">I liked his performance at Saddleback, and I don\'t care if everyone in the media seems to slam it.  I imagine there are other Independents who liked Obama\'s performance, and polls and punditry don\'t tell our story.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702936" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702936">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702936" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702936" class="dsq-comment-message">as an independent, i agree.  our opinions haven\'t mattered much, but they will on november 4th!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703491" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703491" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703491">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703491" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703491" class="dsq-comment-message">from another Independent....as well.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705772" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705772">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705772" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705772" class="dsq-comment-message">Define independent.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712573" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712573" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712573">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712573" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712573" class="dsq-comment-message">Independent - not a republican, not a democrat.  Not you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703975">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703975" class="dsq-comment-message">Another independent signing in.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1700476" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700476" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t watch TV, don\'t own one. Didn\'t watch the "Slick Rick Bareback Mountain Hour."<br><br>There is 26 years of material in McCain\'s career that he should be hammered with. If Obama is going to be noble, professorial, and \'smart\' until November, expect McCain to be President. <br><br>We already know we want change. The Dems and Independents are ready. This group outnumbers the Repubs and Independents for McCain.<br><br><b>Obama just has to make people on McCain\'s side decide to stay home. That\'s all.</b> He keeps wasting time trying to win them over. They\'ll never vote for him. <br><br>Either he takes off the gloves, which I hope he will, or he continues to call that feeble-minded dishonest contemptible old man \'honorable\', and says he respects his \'war record.\' <br><br>Funk that nonsense.<br><br>Why give your opponent that shield? McCain is clearly not honorable. And he continues to get a pass from the media that wants him as President.<br><br>Obama should hammer the old man into the ground on everything. He can start with his POW history, and make it part of his weakness, not an untouchable strength. He must keep hammering all the way up to his feeble-minded fumbling, dishonesty and incoherence. He can accuse the media of being easy on him too.<br><br>Two can play that game. <br><br>I like Obama, but stop being Mr. Nice Guy, you\'re not running against the old white woman anymore. <br><br>And now it\'s time for me to disconnect myself from following the general election.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702919" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702919" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702919" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702919" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702919" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s quite a send off, goldenah.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708827" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708827">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708827" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708827" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Obama should hammer the old man into the ground on everything.</i><br><br>Yes!  Yes!  Yes!.....that\'s my very own "Triple O" right there!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712439" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712439" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712439">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712439" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712439" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes! yes! yes!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712440" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712440">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712440" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712440" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes! yes! yes!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712519" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712519" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712519">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712519" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712519" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705713">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705713" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has spent his life in service to this country, sacrificing his freedom and physical safety for this country.  He has endured captivity, solitary confinement and torture. <br><br>He has served in Congress for 26 years and has built a strong and solid reputation as someone who will defy his party, and work across the aisle to tackle difficult issues.<br><br>He had the wisdom and courage to demand the change in strategy that led to the successful \'surge\' in Iraq while all others cried \'pull out now\' or \'stay the course\'.<br><br>He has shown humility, often calling himself an \'imperfect\' servant of this country.<br><br>McCain can go mano-a-mano with Obama. Bring it on!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706600">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706600" class="dsq-comment-message">According to the Bush Administration, McCain was never tortured. Quite frankly I\'m not at all impressed about his POW stint and I\'m sick of people pretending like it was such a sacrifice. My grandfather survived WWII and came back to his home and raised his family in Alabama. McCain was on a vacation for 5 years compared to what my grandfather endured. So all that "serve country" crap, you can stuff it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708745">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708745" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708745" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, <br><br>Many POW\'s were ashamed they were captured and basically \'sat out\' the war while their comrades were being shot at.   POW is not usually something held up as heroism....unless it\'s believed you were severely tortured or starved close to death.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708340" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708340">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708340" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708340" class="dsq-comment-message">That rant is the reason why Obama will lose the election.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708773">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708773" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a pretty big statement ya made thar Sparky! ...pretty crazy.<br><br>To get back to rationality:<br><br>Your activity here is one of the gazillion reasons John McCain will lose the election.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712518" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712518" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712518">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712518" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712518" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that all you\'ve got?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712463">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712463" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712463" class="dsq-comment-message">Saying it won\'t make it so.  What planet are you from?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712464" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712464" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712464">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712464" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712464" class="dsq-comment-message">Saying it won\'t make it so.  What planet are you from?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1700716" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1700716" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1700716">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1700716" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1700716" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone catch Bill Maher on Larry King last night? He said he was disappointed that Obama has moved to the center, and thinks he needs to put Clinton on the ticket.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701604">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701604" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I saw that mess.  And I will repeat my criticism again.  If you are a supporter, at least know what the heck you are talking about.<br><br>1) I agree with people on the FISA issue.  Obama didn\'t provide enough legitimate reasons to support that legislations, but ...<br>2) He has not moved to the center on faith based initiatives.  He started his career as a community organizer working with CHURCHES!!!!!  He wrote about this positive experience.  Why are people silly enough to keep pushing the argument that he is only supporting it for political reasons.<br>3) Death penalty.  Check his record.  Obama has moved to make the death penalty more fair, but he has also supported it in limited circumstances.<br>4) Gun Control.  There has been some controversy with some surveys he filled out, but from his record it looks like he has supported the States\' effort to provide tougher regulation, but not an outright ban.<br>5) Off shore drilling.  Listen to what he says.  He does NOT support off shore drilling.  But unless people can come up with a legitimate way to get rid of all of the Republican AND Democratic politicians that do support it, we are going to be stuck in this energy stalemate for another 30 years.  This is what Obama has been talking about from jump.  Letting partisan politics defeat progress.  <br>6) Clinton.  Don\'t make me hurl.  After her behavior during and post primaries, I would not vote for that woman to be a dog catcher.  I think it would be horrible mistake to make her a VP.  And I find it disgusting that more of her political allies don\'t call her out on the fact that she hired, and retained the services of a man who had no problem with painting Obama as "Un-American."   Please, give me a break. <br><br>So in sum, Bill Maher is like other wayward Obama supporters.  He continues to try to make Obama the candidate that he is not--i.e., uber progressive AND liberal, and talks out the side of his neck with that nonsense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1702956" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702956" class="dsq-comment-message">Well stated. Hillary Clinton would kill his ticket, sending independents and Obamacans to McCain in droves.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1702983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702983">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1702983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702983" class="dsq-comment-message">he never really supported barack. he\'s a hillary supporter who\'s still pissed that she lost, though he flipped when it became evident that obama was gonna beat her (i\'m sure in a pathetic attempt to hold on to his \'cool pose\' with his viewers).  bill maher\'s an ass.  <br><br>i didn\'t see the king show.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1707048" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1707048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1707048">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1707048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1707048" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree. He has always said that while he likes Hillary, she represents the same ol\', same ol\' and that\'s why he supports Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708837" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708837" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708837">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708837" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708837" class="dsq-comment-message">i guess i just don\'t see him as being very genuine.  he irks me, and confuses cynicism with intelligence.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712255">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712255" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Co-signing on all points!  I watched it 2.   "Hated it"!    :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705471" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705471">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705471" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705471" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is not centrist or moderate and he does not fare well when trying to appeal to religious conservatives or center-right independent voters.<br><br>His moves to the middle are purely political and his reflexive, default position is progressive and liberal.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706374" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706374">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706374" class="dsq-comment-message">According to you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708214" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708214">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708214" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708214" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. I consider myself more moderate, center-right and there are few positions on which I can agree with Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1701103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1701103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701103">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1701103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701103" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/20/114344/572/508/571064" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/20/114344/...</a><br><br>This diary says that Stephanie Tubbs Jones had a massive aneurysm and is on life support and that it did not look good.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701553">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701553" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.  I know I have expressed my dislike for her in the past but certainly don\'t wish her any harm.  I hope she has a safe and swift recovery.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1701181" href="http://bougiewinetv.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kristasphere</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701181" class="dsq-comment-message">I appreciated the way he answered the abortion question. Brought some levity to it. I just hate that\'s the only excerpt they showed on the news you know? Its like, if the evangelicals are trying to change their image, why focus on that issue? <br><br><a href="http://obamaprops.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow">http://obamaprops.tumblr.com</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/obamaprops" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/obamaprops</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705395">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705395" class="dsq-comment-message">Evangelicals are not trying to \'change their image\' they are trying to broaden their social agenda to include AIDS, poverty and genocide. But they will not abandon their core beliefs re: abortion and marriage.<br><br>"One thing that I’m absolutely convinced of is there is a moral and ethical content to this issue." <br><br>How profound! So thoughtful and nuanced! And I\'m absolutely convinced that the sky is blue.<br><br>His reference to the Democratic platform on abortion is laughable.  He insists that it represents an effort to reduce abortions, but Obamas’ language pledges to oppose all efforts to limit abortion on demand while providing public financing for abortions.  That language actually strengthens the pro-abortion position over the 2004 position, while paying lip service to reducing abortions through nore government-funded programs.<br><br>Has Barack Obama ever voted to reduce abortions?  Obama never answered that question, but he hasn’t.   He voted against the ban on partial-birth abortions, a bill that passed Congress on a bipartisan basis three times before finally becoming law.  In Illinois, he voted to kill a bill that would have stopped Christ Hospital and other medical facilities from abandoning live infants from unsuccessful abortions so that they would die of neglect.  Obama lied about this, too, in an interview on CBN with David Brody and that lied has now been exposed.<br><br>BTW: Isn’t Barack Obama a Constitutional law scholar?  Isn’t a question of personhood supposed to be in that “pay grade”?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1709089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1709089">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1709089" class="dsq-comment-message"><i> That language actually strengthens the pro-abortion position over the 2004 position, while paying lip service to reducing abortions through nore government-funded programs.</i><br><br>Not at all.  Lip service is what has been occurring under Republican leadership.  Obama believes - as he said - that when women have access to education, good jobs, health care, they are naturally more likely to bring pregnancies to term.<br><br>We cannot bypass a woman\'s body and the right it affords her, to get to the contents of her uterus.  Those contents cannot survive without the willing consent of that woman.  <br><br>Why not sedate all women of childbearing age, impregnate them, and use them as baby pods?  <br>Why not detain any woman who takes drugs or has a glass of wine to protect the fetus?  Because the woman is a being in her own right.  She chooses to have sex, she chooses to carry - or not - any resulting pregnancy.<br><br>Women have always had abortions.  They do consciously what all female animals do biologically.  When there is limited food or adverse conditions, their bodies expel or absorb fetuses or reduce the size of the litter.   Before modern medicine, midwives used herbs to help women limit their families to the available resources.  <br><br>We don\'t want to go back to the dark ages.<br><br>The problem with the "personhood" question is you cannot get around, or past  the PERSON whose uterine contents you want to legislate over.  And, until you can sustain life outside of a woman\'s body, you cannot legislate over it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1701235">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1701235" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama needs to fight back. I just spoke with my field organizer who said that she has been hearing this refrain on the ground. She said that people are getting a bit demoralized because they do not see him fighting back especially against the celebrity meme. People want to see a fighter so they are willing to bat for him. She said that she’s been submitting reports expressing those concerns. From my impression the top people in the campaign are in a bubble. It also my impression that there’s a lot of crap going on within the democratic party that we don’t know about.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702247">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702247" class="dsq-comment-message">If it\'s coming from the field organizers and not just from random supporters, then I think he will hear it. I hope to God that he hasn\'t isolated himself in a bubble and is getting adequate feedback and a correct view of the lay of the land.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702960">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702960" class="dsq-comment-message">Something that\'s been bothering me for a while.  O seems to have a thing for slapping down his supporters, while cozying up to people who would "cut his nuts out." if they could.   I keep thinking about the Father\'s Day speech, then the man who questioned McCain\'s service and had to be slapped down by Barack  on tape.    That man and the Father\'s Day audience left Barack\'s presence feeling down.  I would have gone home, and not been inspired to volunteer after that.  All this repudiating and rejecting is getting supporters down.<br><br>The young man who heckled Barack at his town hall and was told that he could vote for someone else.  Barack could have made a believer out of him.....Barack does have it within himself to do that.   That guy wanted to be convinced, but instead he left feeling pretty down.  I\'m sure that guy was more genuine than the Hillary supporters Obama is contorting himself to appease.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703005" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703005" class="dsq-comment-message">Outside of the Father\'s Day Speech, I\'ve always find it revealing that the media only airs snippets of Barack\'s town halls that reflect poorly on him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705186" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705186">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705186" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705186" class="dsq-comment-message">We would not be having these discussions if Obama had MORE EXPERIENCE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1705543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705543">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705543" class="dsq-comment-message">We would not be having these discussions if this was a white man.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712221">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712221" class="dsq-comment-message">miranda:  OOOPS!  You went there!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>You have COMPANY!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706317">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706317" class="dsq-comment-message">Can we please stop it with the experience meme.  Its past tired.  For all the experience that McCain "supposedly" has, he still has trouble putting together a coherent sentence half the time but his supporters give him the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>But let Obama utter one "um" or "uh" and for his critics, its bulletproof evidence that he doesn\'t know what he is talking about.  <br><br>Give me a freakin\' break.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712380">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712380" class="dsq-comment-message">What in the hell does experience have to do with the way the media presents Obama?<br><br>It seems as though you\'re having a converstion with yourself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704921">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704921" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, remember that this was one of the points Hillary was trying to make about Barack...that she, not him, was the fighter (remember the rocky stunt?).  Obviously, Barack never fought back to Hillary.  Even at the ABC debate he looked powerless.  Those of us who raised concerns back then that he wasnt slapping Hillary down were told that he wouldnt hold back against the rethugs (I dont do cowering anyone?, but here we are three months before before election and McCain is all but calling Obama a treasonous traitor and Obama still hasnt fought back back.  If I could give barack one advice it would be this: STOP PRAISING  MCCAIN AS A WAR HERO!  save that dish for once you\'re in office.  Now, we need to raise the same kind of questions the rethug raised about kerry.  Please, stop being mr. nice guy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712342">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712342" class="dsq-comment-message">Anthony, I was one of the people saying he would fight the Republicans - I\'m waiting on the head shot.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712343">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712343" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712343" class="dsq-comment-message">Anthony, I was one of the people saying he would fight the Republicans - I\'m waiting on the head shot.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712313">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712313" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you.  That speech knocked  the wind out of my sails and I can\'t imagine how I would feel if I questioned him and was told I could vote for someone else all while he\'s bending over backwards to get "others" votes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1702759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1702759">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1702759" class="dsq-comment-message">T Boone Pickens - Right Wing welfare queen.  Pickens is looking for a government handout for his wind farm.   It\'s your damned farm...take care of it, Pickens!!<br><br>But, I\'m sure Pickens will argue that the farm offers benefits to the community.   The single Mom argues also, that a well fed and sheltered child greatly benefits the community...human capital \'n all, but neither she nor her child can get a break.  Maybe if she dressed the little critter up as a windmill, she might get a "handout".<br><br>McCain is talking war again.  He says it\'s all about securing the nation.   Securing America must be the longest road trip ever!!!     America asks: Are We Secure YET??!!!!<br><br>The punchline is that you\'ll NEVER be secure, mutherfuckers!!!!   HAHAHAHAHAH....CHOKE..SPUTTER.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712283" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712283">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712283" class="dsq-comment-message">ah ha aha ha aha!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712447" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712447">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712447" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey msmartin.<br><br>I\'m watching the Obama special on CNN.  Watching footage of O with the crowds and when he announced his run for President.  I can feel that amazing energy right through the tv.  Lots of chills.  It is a mistake if the campaign lets us forget who O is by getting bogged down in policy and forgetting the power of inspiration.<br><br>Hillary and the Repubs could feel it too, that\'s why the first thing they did was mock and attack it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703002" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703002" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703002" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href=http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2008/ss_0820p.shtml" rel="nofollow"> How Democrats Honor The Troops</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703027">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703027" class="dsq-comment-message">The only purpose I could see for Barack even being there was to use the forum to speak to Christians, agnostics, atheists and people of other faiths about his religious views on the topics discussed and assuage any fears that he\'d let his beliefs cloud his judgment when elected president. In that respect I think he did an excellent job. I would be much more concerned about Barack if he would have started shamelessly pandering for votes like McCain did.<br><br>Now, I need to get my rant in about this disingenuous crap being fed to us since the forum ended. I think the whole discussion of who won and who lost the "debate" at Saddleback is proof positive of how nonreligious the "religious right" is. First of all, how can you be "debating" an opponent that isn\'t even there? Second, how does the guy who actually DISCUSSES his faith end up being the one who lost? Third, what the hell are a bunch of so-called Christians doing cheering on a well known warmonger who never even bothers to answer the questions and chooses instead to spin lies, recite debunked myths as folksy stories and shamelessly campaign to avoid any scrutiny of what his religious beliefs actually are? And we really need to pay attention to the crap Rick Warren fed the media about how "fair" the forum was gonna be and compare it to the stuff he\'s been saying since it ended. He lied to us about not sharing the questions beforehand. He lied about McCain being backstage in a "cone of silence." He refuses to even admit that McCain broke the rules. And, since the forum Warren has been hitting every media outlet that will have him to harshly criticize Obama because he wouldn\'t claim that fetuses have rights, even going so far as to call him "a holocaust denier" in one interview. The guy is on straight bullshit and the entire forum was proof that the "religious right" has no interest in following the Bible, Jesus or anyone who adheres to what either say. For the religious right politics IS their religion..</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703176">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703176" class="dsq-comment-message">i know, eclectic (i always see \'electric\').   it\'s crazy.<br><br>rick warren is the antichrist.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703318">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703318" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"what the hell are a bunch of so-called Christians doing cheering on a well known warmonger "</i><br><br>Profound questions eclectibrotha!<br><br>The truth is that Christianity worships death.  Death is their currency.  They jostle with the Muslims to see who will get to die first.  They are merchants of suffering and death.  The potential for death keeps them in business.   Really, it is the most secure business to be in.<br><br>I knew in my gut that Warren was a piece of shit.   He uses that soft rounded overfed, jovial face of his and his slitted eyes to deceive.  There are no sharp angles on his face.  He looks like the big, cuddly, benevolent father figure in the goofy Hawaiian shirts.  DO NOT BE FOOLED.  He set Barack up!!!!   Barack threatens his plans for world domination by Christianity.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712248" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712248" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712248">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712248" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712248" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe he set Barack up too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703147">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703147" class="dsq-comment-message">And like clockwork, Pickens\' ad comes on.....<br><br>After spending a lifetime addicting America to oil and standing in the way of alternative energy innovation...now Pickens has religion.   The oil\'s almost gone.  The "in" drug now: Wind.   You will consume what the Pickens of the world tell you to!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703201">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703201" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah, and all this after he\'s made his fortune many times over!<br><br>pitiful.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1703476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703476">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1703476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703476" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a welfare queen AND drug dealer.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708629">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708629" class="dsq-comment-message">no doubt.<br><br>p.s.  your avatar is barely visible--maybe that\'s how u want it?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712191">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712191" class="dsq-comment-message">caligirl:  If we were talking about David/Dick Gregory - - please see FrankChurch\'s post above for the YouTube clip of Dick Gregory!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703257">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703257" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain continuously gets a free pass to lie about his "support" of the troops.<br><br>John McCain vocally opposed the Webb-Hagel 21st Century G.I.Bill, but has since taken credit for its passage:<br><br>In front of the Veteran of Foreign Wars"on Monday  he had this to say:<br><br>"As a political proposition, it would have much easier for me to have signed in what I considered flawed legislation.  But the people of Arizona, and all of america, expect more from their representatives than that, and instead I sought a better bill.  I\'m proud to say that the result is a law that better serves military families and better serves the interest of our country."<br>That is a load of crap!!!!!!!<br><br>McCain, in his opposition at times said the bill was too generous, would negatively affect retention, and all these other types of lame excuses.<br><br>The deputy director of the VFW had the following to say about the McCain bill he proposed to contrast the Webb-Hagel Bill:<br>"The Graham-Burr-McCain is "very partisan" and is seen as a way to convolute thGI Bill or to slow  the Webb-Hagel proposal down."  The VFW endorsed the Webb-Hagel version and is rewarding Senator Jim Webb a gold medal and citation for his work on Veteran\'s education benefits.<br><br>John McCain claims to have made this better legislation, even though his proposals were widely rejected.  Unfortunately he DID NOT show up to vote for its passage.  He was at a fundraiser instead.    So please do not believe John McCain from this point on about helping to pass this legislation--He is a liar,plan and simple.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703443" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703443" class="dsq-comment-message">Point of contention: parts of McCain\'s proposed legislation were added in to Webb-Hagel.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703633">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703633" class="dsq-comment-message">The greater point is that he was very critical of this legislation and if he truly contributed to make this a better bill, he could have stood in solidarity with the others and  showed up to votedfor it.  The VFW is awarding a medal to Senator Webb for his leadership and merit, not John  McCain.  So it is truly offensive for him to take credit  for "refining" a bill that he did not even vote on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703694" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703694" class="dsq-comment-message">Offensive to who? <br><br>McCain\'s concerns over this bill were more than valid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1704863" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704863" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704863">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704863" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s chief excuse for not supporting this bill was that he thought it was "too generous" or that it would effect the retention of soldier\'s (which was debunked, the bill actually encourages retention). McCain felt it should be based on  an individual\'s years in.  The problem is OVER 52% OF U.S. TROOP DEATHS ARE THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 25, fairly young and newer soldiers, many with less than 5 years of service, not to mention the tens of thousands of younger injured troops who could truly benefit from better education benefits.  Now benefits are extended to troops who serve 3 years.  It is offensive when  to Webb, Hagel, the Senators  and Representatives who voted for it, the veteran organizations who endorsed it and last but not leastly the troops when he continues to spread the myth of his support of a bill that he outright opposed and did not vote for!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1705042" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705042" class="dsq-comment-message">But he didn\'t say he supported the bill. He said that the law as signed better serves the troops, their families, and the force.<br><br>"Too generous" I disagreed with. I saw his point on how the bill might affect the services\' overall end strength, and it was a valid concern. He raised that concern along with others, and now the bill requires at least three years in service before you\'re eligible for benefits.<br><br>Webb-Hagel, as originally written, also did not contain a provision for transfer of benefits to spouses or dependent childern, something that McCain wanted to see in the bill.<br><br>Now, I\'ll concede that his introducing a new bill was a political stunt that everyone saw through. It was not a better bill, as he suggested. But the points that he made in questioning Webb-Hagel, and by introducing his bill were ultimately addressed in the final version of the law.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706174">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706174" class="dsq-comment-message">I will try to make this my last post about this.  McCain was congratulated on this bill by George W. Bush when he signed it- which we know was done for political reasons.  McCain has taken publicly  taken credit for this bill.  Members of VFW themselves said McCain\'s bill was "very partisan" and "attempted to convolute the Webb-Hagel Bill." Also, you should know , military members contribute their own money to start off the program, the updated bill provides more money to cover tuition, especially considering the high cost of college.<br><br>At a town hall meeting on July 7, 2008, a vteeran asked McCain about his non-support of the GI Bill and voting against veteran health funding.  He said this:<br><br>"Well, let me say this on the issue of the GI Bill.  I have great respect for Senator Webb and I appreciate his efforts and his service toour country.  The issue was we need to increase our education benefits for our veterans, um, and we were dedicated to that propositon.  The problem that some of us had, who were career military was that there were studies that showed that we didn\'t have incentives for people to become career military people.  I think those who served understand the importance of the non-commissioned officer and incentives for people to stay in.  So we argued for an ability of. that, active duty service personnel, after they\'d been in for a period of time, they could transfer those educational benefits to their spouses and/or family members. Uh, we felt, so that one appropriate, that a career military person doesn\'t have to worry about providing education benefits in that way and incentives to stay in to stay in.  In case you missed it, we reached an agreement, and we, uh, passed the legislation and we will not only have the education benefits, we will have incentives, uh, for people,uh, for people who are to become career military and be able to transfer those benefits.  Now, I, I, I\'m disappointed that it only went back to 2001, Senator, and uh, I was disappointed that Senator Webb didn\'t support making it permanent and Senator Graham and I  and other veterans will be looking at , to try,  to extend that to all veterans, not just 2001.  I hope you\'ll urge Senator Webb and others to, uh, agree with me.<br><br>Senator McCain in that speech claims he helped pass it, EVEN THOUGH HE SKIPPED THE VOTE ON IT.  And had the nerve to say he was disappointed that Webb did not extend it longer.  All veteran groups endorsed Webb-Hagel bill, while McCain continue to harp about career military this and career military that.  Most troops who enter in the armed forces now will more than likely serve at least 2 deployments in a 3-4 year period.  In my opinion, you do not need to be in 10 years(which typically defines a career millitary) to be allowed to have what he called a "generous" benefit considering we are in the midst of two wars and if it was up to McCain we would bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.  And at the end of the day, McCain\'s argument was flawed.  Nothing I believe is too generous for a group of people who represent 0.5% of the population and  defends over 300 million people in this country.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703382">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703382" class="dsq-comment-message">Stephanie Tubb Jones died.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703498">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703498" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s in critical condition, with limited brain function as per press conference on now.  <br><br>I can\'t help thinking the strain of recent events had something to do with this.  I\'ll never forget the night Clinton suspended, she was in a line up of people waiting to hug Hillary and she was flopping her hands up and down like she was just beside herself.   I remember also each panel she appeared on she seemed really anxious.<br><br>It doesn\'t look good, but I hope she pulls through.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703661" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703661" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking the same thing. Her energy was always all over the place. It\'s as though she needed Hillary to win because her life depended on it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704009">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704009" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right about that!!   Who knows what she\'s been going through as the convention nears!  She could have been pressured as to how to vote.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712201">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712201" class="dsq-comment-message">I immediately thought about the stress of not "winning" and what effect that had on her physical condition.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704487">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704487" class="dsq-comment-message">I noticed that too...in fact, many of my friends commented about it. Her behavior seemed a little off but no one could quite figure out what it was.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703646">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703646" class="dsq-comment-message">Have any of you looked at <a href="http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com?" rel="nofollow">www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com?</a> The videos are amazing....if that group can get their videos on the msm alot of people will see McCain in a very negative light. Included in the video are criticisms from two Republican representatives, Bob Dornan (CA) and Bob Smith (NH) and some ex military personnel. McCain\'s character doesn\'t look so hot. <br><br>I\'m surprised the anti McCain people haven\'t done a better job in getting these made more public. I was really taken aback when I viewed them, its all about McCain succeeding in keeping records on the Vietnam pow/mia\'s top secret and why.  They are basically accusing McCain of blocking the release of these records to protect his own reputation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1703677" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703677" class="dsq-comment-message">Those who know McCain, who have served with McCain are the ones who need to call McCain\'s "honor" into question. They\'re the only ones who can do it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704122">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704122" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok..here\'s a scenario.  These vets get funding to do a national ad.  When the ad airs, the Repubs make a big stink and demand O repudiate these tactics.<br><br>O come out and says that McCain is a war hero, that he\'s always said that....BUT!! instead of repudiating the vets who made the ad, he says they are ALSO heroes, and he doesn\'t have the right to contradict their account of events.  He could say he respects their positions!<br><br>Now the question is, would O take that bold stance....or would he do what is expected of him by repudiating the vets??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1704359" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704359" class="dsq-comment-message">I have no clue what he would do.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704014" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704014">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704014" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the heads-up, Angela.<br><br>I was actually reading that site the other day.  I am stunned by the hatred of McCain by vets.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703755">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703755" class="dsq-comment-message">Hold up.....my sister just called and CNN won\'t confirm that Tubbs-Jones died. Un-freaking-believable.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1703990" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1703990">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1703990" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain in 2003 said we could "muddle through in Afghanistan."<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wazv45RYj60" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wazv45RYj60</a><br><br>In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in November 2003, a reporter asked John McCain what needs to be done to get the job down in Afghanistan.  His reponse was:<br>" I think Afghanistan is dicey.  I think that there\'s certain areas of the country, particularly along the Pakistani border, that are clearly not under the control of either the Pakistan or the Afghan government.  I think it was true, it\'s not necessarily all true that, uh, Karzai, President Karzai, who I happen to admire, controls all of Iraq, till you get to the city limits of Kabul. uh, There have been some, some, some improvements. He\'s firedsome people.  He\'s tried to bring some of the warlords under control. Uh, there has been rise in al Qaeda activity along the border.  There has been some increase in U.S. casualties, uh, I am concerned about it, but I\'m not, I\'m not as concerned as I am about Iraq today obviously or I\'d be talking about Afghanistan.  But I, I, I, I believe that if Karzai can make the  progress that he is making that in the long term we may muddle through Afghanistan.<br><br>John McCain proclaimed he would follow bin Laden to the "gates in Hell" however he said in 2003 we could "muddle through Afghanistan"--the country where bin Laden purportedly trained al Qaeda and still may be hiding out in.<br><br>Also, for McCain supporters, notice the stutteringand stammering . He actually claimed Karzai controlled all parts of Iraq.<br>Clearly, McCain\'s judgment that the U.S. could "muddle through Afganistan"does not make him fit to be POTUS. (insert sarcasm) Is he willing to "lose" a war so that he can win a campaign?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1704103" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704103" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s hilarious. Give me more......</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704509">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704509" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem is that this  is not meant to be comical, but clearly shows a judgement problem of John McCain.  Had this been the other way around, many like you would have assailed Obama if he said something like this.   Every single day, my family, friends, and people in my community are dealing with the toll these conflicts bear on their lives.  I know first hand people who have had to leave behind their children for the 3rd and 4th times.  I know wives who are afraid to answer the door or answer the phone. I have friends who have proclaimed "my husband or brother" came back a different person.  I know of a mother, who was deployed, and her daughter\'s were unfortuantely molested and their lives changed forever.  And now she is yet again on another deployment, feeling guilty that she has leave her daughter\'s behind. and not be able to protect them. Yes, I know the armed services is a volunteer force, but many of these people I know are "career" soldiers with 14-15 years in, who knows that they may not find a decent job in this f--cked up economy. if they leave the military.  I know that you are a veteran and I appreciate your service. But  I also sacrifice and I know firsthand that families are struggling.  These are the stories you won\'t find on CNN, FOX, and MSNBC.  To me, anyone who says, I know there is an increase in casualties but we can "muddle" through Afganistan  in the same breath, needs to have their judgement questioned.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1704865" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704865" class="dsq-comment-message">Disagree. You\'ll see those stories. <br><br>The ones you won\'t see are of the families who are working to honor the memories of a lost loved one, or who work to see that a family member gets the support from the government they need to finish their mission there. Typically, those people are labeled as warmongers or "right wingnuts," so their stories don\'t get reported.<br><br>The war in Afghanistan (and to an extent, the one in Iraq) was a different type of war that any we had fought to date. Instead of adhering to the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming force, we took advantage of our technology to fight there. So in that, there was a learning curve and, in the early days of the war, some confusion as to what to do. Even now, we\'ve adjusted our strategy piecemeal in Afghanistan; sending in more troops as needed, and focusing on training the Afghans during lulls in violence.<br><br>Is it muddling? No. But is it completely coherent to the uninformed? No.<br><br>But if we\'re gonna look to see who would lose an war to win an election, only one candidate advocated withdrawal-for a time-in the face of success.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705488">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705488" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705488" class="dsq-comment-message">"face of success"?? The only people winning this war are the ones who built business models around it and secured contracts to implement them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705190">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705190" class="dsq-comment-message">What many like you will not admit is that early on people like Gen. Shinsheki and even Coiin Powell knew that before Iraq was invaded, there may needed to be at lease 500,000 troops to carry out a  sucessful.mission given the size of the country and other factors, Of course that did not happen.  Instead, we got a Bush photo-op abroad a naval carrier excaliming "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"  and that major combat had ended two months after the war began.  Even with all the technology, the Pentagon did poor ass planning and you know it. Two years into the conflict, there were not even enough armored vehicles out there to help project the troops from IEDs.  Yet Donald Rumsfeld famously said "You don\'t go to war with the Army you want but with the Army you have."  I also know that John McCain has received many "low" scores from non-partisan veteran groups for his vote against veteran funding and legislation, even while the deplorable conditions of Walter Reed were broadcast for Americans to see.  Even when soldier\'s were being electrocuted down-range from faulty electrical work.  And you know that capturing bin Laden will not rely heavily just on technology but on special forces and ground troops.  And that is why now, after almost the completion of 7 yearsin Afghanistan, we will now need to redistribute troops from Iraq.  Another thing, the increase in troops has helped propel the surge, but the U.S. is also paying insurgents to curb their own violence and too many media outlets are choosing to bypass that part of the equation.   These payments began while the troop levels were building up.  And last but not least, "muddling" was John MCain\'s words, not mine.  I don\'t question John McCain\'s patriotism but I think it is disgusting that he questions Barack Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1705617" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705617" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re not just repeating talking points. <br><br>Under the Powell Doctrine, we would have fought in Iraq with close to half a million troops on the ground (some estimates I saw said 700,000). Would that have worked? Yes, but Rumsfeld expected that any Iraqi resistance would be destroyed through our technological advantage. For objective thinkers on Iraq, that is one of the enduring lessons we learned: technology, by itself, is not an effective substitute for boots on the ground.<br><br>In May 2003, when Bush gave his speech, major combat in Iraq had ended. We were not fighting it out in the streets anymore, and were not taking heavy casualties. So at that time, all the goals of OIF as stated by the president-up to those relating to the hunt for WMD-had been accomplished.<br><br>Was the planning for the war adequate? Based on what we knew and what we assumed at the time, I believe so. Now, was the planning for the day after Saddam adequate? By no stretch of the imagination. From late 2003-early 2004 until the surge in 2007, we almost lost the war.<br><br>I\'ve got a lot more to say, but I\'d like to finish the discussion without turning this thread into a dissertation on Iraq.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705730">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705730" class="dsq-comment-message">D, I enjoy having a civil discussion, but come on, major combat  ended in 2003.  Are you kidding me?  Many like you keep trumpeting the effect of the surge in 2007--when at least 3 brigades had to be mobilized 4 years after the invasion to coambat violence. How can anyone consider major combat was over when troop levels, which are now still above "pre-Surge" levels, has never decreased.  You know that if troops have invaded another country, and remain there, they are indeed in combat.  That has been the lie that Republicans continue to tell--and it is a shameful one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1705913" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705913" class="dsq-comment-message">Disagree, and here\'s why:<br><br>If the sole statistic to base the beginning/end of major combat is the number of fatalities, then it\'s safe to say that major combat did end in May. With the exception of November 2003, we never lost more servicemembers in a month than we did during the first months of the war. That\'s part of why the surge is touted as a success, as we are at or lower than the \'03 monthly casualty rate now.<br><br>Now, having said that, I believe that at some point during 2004-2006, the president should\'ve come out and said that major combat had restarted, because it obviously had.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706866">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706866" class="dsq-comment-message">D, I have included numbers of the casualties.  This administration acted too slow and recklessly when it came to our troops.  More troops died after "major combat" was over in that year than before it was declared over.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1707187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1707187" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1707187" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1707187" class="dsq-comment-message">Your numbers match mine, though my comparison was month by month, and did not look at the cumulative total.<br><br>I think we can agree on the fact that in light of everything that took place post-May 2003, the president\'s declaration of the mission being accomplished was at best, premature. It took the better part of there years and countless thousands of lives for us to realize that unfortunate fact.<br><br>You\'ve earned my respect in a way that most haven\'t here. Thanks for the discussion.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706239">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706239" class="dsq-comment-message">Really D?  You\'re on that?  "Face of success"  Come on now.  And using McCain\'s lines too?  Wow.  I can\'t believe you even took it there.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706324">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706324" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s very moving.  The cost is deep and wide.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704167">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704167" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704167" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the link, Monie.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1704839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1704839">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1704839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1704839" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/nice-point-hillary-now-we_b_120127.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hirshman/ni...</a><br><br>A feminist whines about Obama.<br><br>Cliff Notes Version:<br><br>When Hillary said that Obama couldn\'t win among whites and his speeches were empty, she and her supporters were laughed at.<br><br>Now that John McCain is saying that Obama can\'t win among whites and he\'s just an empty celebrity, people take him seriously.  They only take him seriously because he\'s a man saying it.  <br><br>It\'s Obama\'s fault that he doesn\'t have more support because he and his supporters shut down Hillary and the people who said he couldn\'t win white voters.<br><br>Speaking at Invesco is a bad idea b/c he\'ll be compared to Hitler, but let John McCain say it instead.<br><br>When Obama loses, don\'t blame the Hillary supporters for correctly pointing out that Obama can\'t win among whites and is an empty suit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705461">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705461" class="dsq-comment-message">Poof Begone</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705865">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705865" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705865" class="dsq-comment-message">What she is saying is that she wants to him to lose. I can\'t wait for Obama to win to see the disappointment on his face.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706745">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706745" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sick to death of these people.  Let\'s forget about the fact that both Obama and Hillary ran historical campaigns that has  had an unprecendented number of people participating. in the primary  Or  let\'s forget about the fact that Obama has repeatedly spoken to large audiences, which is kind of the point if you want to get your message to as many people as possible.  Instead, let\'s just regurgitate the ridiculous criticism that if you happen to have people excited about your campaign, and this election in general, that are willing to come out, you shouldn\'t have them participate or you will look like Hitler.<br><br>Did someone beat her with the stupid stick.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705226">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705226" class="dsq-comment-message">The only poll that is disturbing to me is the one saying McCain is a better steward of the economy. The rest show McCain has upped his numbers not that Obama\'s have gone down.<br><br>I think it has to do w/ the cost of energy but I can\'t yet put it to words.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705808">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705808" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705808" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m just curious, if 3 out of 4  stock analysts told you a year ago to divest your money from the mortgage lending market and one told you to buy more, what would you have done?  It never ceases to astound me how Republicans get excited when just one poll says their guy is up, but Democrats start a chorus of chicken little when one poll says were trailing.  Rather than feeding the media narrative that Obama is free falling, why not emphasize that it\'s an outlier?  There is no doubt that the polls have tightened, which I am guilty of obsessing over, but the idea that SUDDENLY John McCain is leading on the economy and that young folks under 30 have now switched to him (claims the same Zogby poll) is baseless and in the latter case defies common sense.  If anyone thought that Senator Obama, the first black nominee with the middle name Hussein to boot, was going to skate through this election, you should share that good stuff you\'re holding with the rest of us.  It\'s a battle to the finish.  He knows it, and so should we.  <br><br>This is not the last week of October; it\'s the next to the last week in August.  We haven\'t had conventions nor a single debate.  Can we at least wait until mid-September before delaring his candidacy over.<br><br>Frankly, I think Senator Obama needs to release a national ad to Democrats, pullin\' no punches, say "if you support me, then focus on defeating McCain and not tearing me down.  I\'m not interested in your bitchin\', moanin\' and second guessing.  Either join me or get out of my way!" And, YES, that goes for me too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712658" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712658" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712658" class="dsq-comment-message">Now that would be an ad.<br><br>Refreshing self analysis. Thanks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706182">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706182" class="dsq-comment-message">Steward of the economy?!?  Everyone else may have forgotten this, but dude went bankrupt last summer.  His campaign was on life support.  Please tell me why I should trust you running our economy if you can\'t even handle the financing of your own campaign?  <br><br>People might think that its apples and oranges, but this is the only "executive experience" that both Obama and McCain have.  One passed the test with flying colors, another stayed afloat because of his rich wife.   You be the judge.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1721451">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1721451" class="dsq-comment-message">TRW<br>I am in agreement that McCain isn\'t a steward for the economy but the polls are saying something different. It is the kind of thing that moves Obama\'s numbers down<br> -------------- Original message ----------------------</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705267">MJ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705267" class="dsq-comment-message">I could be mistaken, but it sounds like McCain has just made one of those Washington telling the truth by accident gaffes in agreeing with the following statement made by a supporter at a recent town hall meeting:<br><br>AUDIENCE MEMBER:  If we don’t reenact the draft I don’t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.<br><br>MCCAIN: Ma’am let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said and thank you and I am grateful for your support of all of our veterans.<br><br>Check out the full story at the following link. <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/20/mccain-support-draft/#" rel="nofollow">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/20/mccain-supp...</a><br><br><br>What do you think?  Is it much ado about nothing, or a potential game changer for the white suburbanites who would be terrified to see their middle class kids have to fight in an unnecessary war?  Thanks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705456">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705456" class="dsq-comment-message">Right now the White media aren\'t interested in McCain agreeing that a draft is necessary.  Just like they were happy that the story about Al-Maliki agreeing with Obama, went away.<br><br>As they did during the run-up to the Iraq invasion, they\'re going right back into avoiding-the-truth-at-any-cost mode.<br><br>White media are actively (but non-verbally) asserting their desire for influence and dominance.  The question is, what will Black folk do?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1705593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705593">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1705593" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705593" class="dsq-comment-message">above my paygrade simply means - he isn\'t God.  It is above him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712131">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712131" class="dsq-comment-message">val:  That was my interpretation.  A lot of what he has been FORCED to deal with is also.  But, he has been depending on God for assistance!<br><br>That\'s why I keep praying for him.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1705866">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1705866" class="dsq-comment-message">not sure if someone already posted this but : Cindy McCain\'s Mother Teresa Adoption Story False<br><br><a href="http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/20/watchdogs-make-it-harder-for-politicians-to-stretch-the-truth/" rel="nofollow">http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708790">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708790" class="dsq-comment-message">Wouldn\'t it be great if Liberal WHITE blogs were making issue of this rather than screaming, "Rush Limbaugh was right!  We should have never nominated that affirmative action nigger!"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708857">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708857" class="dsq-comment-message">That would be great...but again I must quote my daddy ...."you must not know the white man"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706112">FrankChurch</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706112" class="dsq-comment-message">Check out this Dick Gregory clip:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcN5iKArQU&feat...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712095">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712095" class="dsq-comment-message">FrankChurch:  Thank you for this.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>caligirl:  This is the YouTube stuff that I was referring to.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712838">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712838" class="dsq-comment-message">just watched it. so he wasn\'t hatin\' on barack after all.  :-)<br><br>what amazed me though was how those other CLOWNS on the panel were giving him a standing ovation when he was basically speaking to THEM (donna brazile excluded)!!!   the hypocrisy is just too much.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1706166" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706166" class="dsq-comment-message">I may have missed it, can somene explain to me how <a href="http://www.barackevan.com" rel="nofollow">www.barackevan.com</a> <br>always seems to track back to barack obamas homepage?? <br><br>I got bored at work and tried every possible combo you can think of..i tired all the frontrunners by first and last name, and in case my laptop is broken, none of them tracked back to his homepahe except this one..  <br><br><br>can someone else please confirm ...or atleast explain how that is??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712703" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712703" class="dsq-comment-message">If Barack chooses a runningmate who voted for the war, he\'s going to give McCain and opening that he\'ll drive a bulldozer through.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706507" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706507">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706507" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706507" class="dsq-comment-message">Need computer help. <br><br>Got my computer back. What good is it for me to have saved My Favorites if, when I open up IE, and click on Favorites, it\'s as if I should start over again. Anyone want to help me load my old favorites over to the new IE?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706636">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706636" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain raises $26 mil in July- but spent $32 mil.......(now, I\'m pretty good at math...something isn\'t balancing here)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/mccains-july-money-26-rai_n_120185.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713285">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713285" class="dsq-comment-message">It is the branch of math called Hillarious Overextendus.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706711" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706711">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1706711" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706711" class="dsq-comment-message">Right Wing Group Assails Hagel - says Hagel has no war experience (because Vietnam was no big deal):<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/right-wing-vets-group-ass_n_120167.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/right-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1706739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1706739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706739">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706739" class="dsq-comment-message">Just some random thoughts, have been MIA for a couple of days.<br><br>I am watching CNN in now and they just previewed the next segment will cover "Obama Sniffles". Apparently, he has a cold. Why is this newsworthy? It seems like one of those puff pieces continuing that whole "Obama is a celebrity" meme. <br><br>Also, has anyone seen TVONE\'s promos running on CNN for  DNC Convention after coverage? The promos feature the Dyson\'s, Jamie Foster  and couple of other folk. Maybe I still paranoid from all this "Being Black in America" coverage on CNN, but why the hell are they dancing?  Michael Dyson is doing the snake and they are talking about needing "color commentary". Annoying.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708603" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708603">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708603" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw the promos and they looked like they were for an awards show!  Let\'s hope there is substance and not a gossipy gabfest.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712252">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712252" class="dsq-comment-message">Bingo!!! The media acts like Obama is some novelty act.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1706750">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1706750" class="dsq-comment-message">U.S.  troop casualties in Iraq<br><br>As of today, there are 4, 145 reported deaths.  4, 144 confirmed deaths, and 1 pending.<br><br>                            2003             2004         2005      2006        2007    2008     <br>Jan                        0                     47           107         62            83           40     <br><br>Feb                        0                     20             58           55           81           29<br><br>March                 65                     52             35           31            81           39<br><br>April                     74                  135             52            76          104         52<br><br>May                       37                   80              80            69           126        19<br><br>June                     30                   42               78            61            101       13  <br><br>July                        48                   54               54           43            80         18   <br><br>Aug                        35                   66               85            65           84   <br><br>Sept                       31                    80               49            72          65<br><br>Oct                          44                   64               96            106         38<br><br>Nov                        82                   137             84               70          37 <br><br>Dec                        40                     72              68              112         23 <br><br>Total                    486                   849             846               822       905<br><br>In May 2003, George w. Bush declared "major combat" was over.  176 troops had died up until that point.  From June to December of 2003, 310 troops died after"major combat" was declared over that  same year.  3,732 have died since Bush declared "major combat" was over.    Please note that 5 years after this invasion began, it was June 2008 that we had the lowest number of casualties of troops throughout this war with 13 troops dead.  And there are no concrete plans to withdraw our troops at this time, so with   troops remaining in Iraq, additonal troop deaths  are inevitable.----Please take the time to pray for the dead, the injured, the families and friends that are affected by this conflict and the Afghanistan war.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708519" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708519">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708519" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s baaaaaaaaaack!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/race-isnt-the-reason-for_b_120228.html" rel="nofollow">Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Race Isn\'t The Reason For Obama\'s Slide</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708735">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708735" class="dsq-comment-message">We knew Earl didn\'t go anywhere. Once a Coon for Clinton, always a Coon for Clinton.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712801" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712801">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712801" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  YEP!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712861">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712861" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712861" class="dsq-comment-message">"coons for clinton"...  LOL !!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708873">BlackButterfly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708873" class="dsq-comment-message">Ugh...being subjected to a perpetual amount of mind numbing nonsense that comes from EOH and those like him is significantly exhausting!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1711973" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711973">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711973" class="dsq-comment-message">Cliff Notes version:<br><br>I asked a black colleague why Obama isn\'t running away with the election and the colleague said "because he\'s black."   I feel that he\'s wrong because legions of white people voted for him during the primaries.  The reason Obama is sliding is because he\'s ignoring liberals and it will cost him in November.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712136" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712136" class="dsq-comment-message">The reason Obama is sliding is because he\'s ignoring liberals and it will cost him in November.<br><br>::<br><br>No it won\'t. No poll in the world can assess the ground game of the campaign.<br><br>Elections aren\'t won in the media.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1714915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1714915">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1714915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1714915" class="dsq-comment-message">Disagree messaging and organizing go hand in hand.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713730">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713730" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe it\'s because he\'s Black. <br><br>Straight up. No chaser. <br><br>Obama\'s capabilities as a politicianaren\'t in question. Quite simply, he\'s the most talented one since Reagan. I hated Reagan with a passion, not disliked, but hated. But, one must recognize skill when one sees it, and he had skill. <br><br>Obama has that skill level. It\'s not something you learn. You either have it, or you don\'t, and he has it. <br><br>WE ALL KNEW - Black folks that is - that the one thing he would have to get over if to be elected was BEING BLACK. <br><br>That nothing else would impede him more than BEING BLACK. <br><br>I said, before Obama ran, that the question for me was:<br><b><br>Would White People Actually Vote for Somebody Black as President? </b><br><br>We don\'t know the answer to that question.<br>But, I want the answer to that question. <br><br>We\'re moving down the highway to a moment of truth for this country, and I honestly don\'t know which way it\'s going to turn out. <br><br>IS Racism that deep for White folks that they\'d turn away the Black candidate who would try and improve  their lives, for the White Senile Asshole who\'s already told them that he intends to continue to fuck them over?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1708916" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708916" class="dsq-comment-message">So, McCain wants to reinstate the draft, huh<br><br>Hmmm...<br><br>That will get the youth turnout to soar, no?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711753">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1711753" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711753" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, he sure does...agreed with every word that lady said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712172" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712172" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712172" class="dsq-comment-message">The Dangerous One is going to need a draft for all the wars he intends to wage, all the sovereign nations he intends to invade.<br><br>His campaign will explain it away. But we know the truth.<br><br>He\'s still stuck in Vietnam. There was a draft then, he wants there to be a draft now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711687">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711687" class="dsq-comment-message">Does McCain Favor a Draft? Nope.<br><br>Read the whole exchange. As the context makes clear, McCain is focusing on the meat of the question and not the woman\'s exclamation at the end. Unless you think McCain privately favors the draft and let the cat out of the bag, you\'re going to have reach to conclude that he\'s radically changed his mind here.<br><br>SEN JOHN MCCAIN: Ma\'am let me say that I don\'t disagree with anything you have said, and thank you.  <br><br> I\'m grateful for all of our veterans.  I carry with me quite often a quote from General George Washington in 1789.  He said, "The willingness with which young Americans will serve their country in future wars is directly related to the treatment of those who have previously served and sacrificed in conflict."  He was right in 1789 and he\'s right today. <br><br>All too often our veterans do not receive the care that they have earned, and the scandal of Walter Reed is a blot on the honor of the United States of America and we can never let it happen again. <br><br>Now here\'s what.. I\'ll make this as short as possible, our veterans have earned our highest priority.  And  yet we know that there is also routine health care needs that veterans have that in my view, they should not have to go to the VA to receive.  OK? <br><br>We have tragically and unfortunately in this war a dramatic...well, we\'re going to have a lot of PTSD.  We also have severe combat injuries.  Because thank God, we\'re able to get the wounded from the battle field to medical treatment more quickly than any time in history.  That puts an increased burden on our medical, military medical care, as well as our VA. <br><br>So, you mentioned Albuquerque VA I believe.  I could take you to Albuquerque VA or the Phoenix VA quite often and the waiting room is crowded, the veterans are standing in line to stand in line to get an appointment to get an appointment.  That\'s not the fault of the people that work there.  The people that work there are some of the finest in the World.  It\'s just that they\'re overloaded. <br><br>So we have to focus our attention, expand our capability to treat PTSD, combat related injuries, brain injuries, etc. that we\'re best at.  And for a veteran with a routine health care need, why shouldn\'t we give that veteran a card and take it to the health care provider; or the doctor of their choice and get the routine health care that they need.<br><br>That\'s what...and that way we could utilize the VA and the medical, the military medical, system to it\'s greatest affect.  And also relieve this burden.  I don\'t ever again want to have a veteran stand in line to stand in line to get an appointment to get an appointment.  That\'s not...that\'s just not acceptable in America.  And again, I do praise the people that work there.  They\'re some of the most dedicated people I\'ve ever known in my life.  The problem is that there\'s just not enough of them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711418" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1711418" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1711418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711418" class="dsq-comment-message">I find it amazing that Barack\'s detractors are desperate for him to choose Hillary as his VP because the "polls are telling him to do so!"<br><br>Politics is transparent.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711729">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1711729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711729" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep....the"polls".....its the "polls" alright.....(snort)....gotta be the "polls".<br><br>Politics is transparent and very insulting...they used to camoflauge it a little, now they just call us fools to our faces.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712090">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712090" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1711683" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1711683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711683">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1711683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711683" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...just look at the GOP convention lineup.......Guiliani, Cheney, Bush, Lieberman...now that\'s what I call a diverse line-up.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712008" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712008">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712008" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712008" class="dsq-comment-message">miranda:   WHAT!??  No representation from the National BLACK Republican Association?? :&gt;)    :&gt;)     They were having a "conference" Monday -Wednesday.  It was on C-SPAN.  "Big" crowd!   NOT!!  They were in a hotel room - kinda!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1711799">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1711799" class="dsq-comment-message">Hitler accuses Churchill of war crimes. That\'s the first thing that comes to mind upon hearing notorious silver-spoon hothead John Sidney McCain III say that the legendarily level-headed Barack Obama\'s getting "testy". <br><br>Remember, if you will, who\'s saying this. John McCain, the guy of whom fellow Republican Senator Pete Domenici once said "I Decided I Didn\'t Want This Guy Anywhere Near A Trigger."<br><br>John McCain, of whom another fellow Republican and former fellow Senator, New Hampshire\'s Bob Smith, said "His Temper Would Place This Country At Risk In International Affairs, And The World Perhaps In Danger. In My Mind, It Should Disqualify Him."<br><br>John McCain, of whom yet another fellow Republican Senator, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, said "The Thought Of His Being President Sends A Cold Chill Down My Spine." <br><br>This is the man who is reported to have told his wife Cindy, in front of a group of Arizona reporters, "At least I don\'t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c*nt."<br><br><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/20/hitler-accuses-churchill-of-war-crimes/" rel="nofollow">http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/20/hitler-accuse...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712077">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712077" class="dsq-comment-message">Criag always says he isn\'t FIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712190" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712190" class="dsq-comment-message">John Dangerous McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS. ;)<br><br>(It seems that Democratic surrogates are just starting to use the word dangerous to describe him. Took them long enough)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712006">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712006" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know what, <br><br>After the past couple of days, I\'m finding that I envy low-information voters, before becoming a supporter of Barack Obama, I was one of them.  I knew my politics, but I was not a political junkie.  What I mean is I paid attention to most of the issues, but I did not really pay attention to ads, speeches, etc.  Now though, like most people in the blogosphere, I\'ve become obsessed.  It seems like I check the polls daily, I keep abreast of all political news alerts, ads, talking points, etc, I even read and post on liberal blogs.<br><br>But I tell you some days I genuinely miss my low-info days.  Luckily, I\'m surrounded daily my used-to be fellow low-info peeps, so they keep me sane during "problem" times.  Ah, to go about my day not caring or knowing that Barack Obama is "down" in the polls, or that the race is dead heat. <br><br>Man, I miss those days.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712244">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712244" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I so hear you. I have spent the last three months reading about four sites daily. I spend time on a puma site so I can completely and totally hate any feminist and Hillary supporter and the *&&%$$**##@&n men who support them. They have made me look at old white ladies with a cruel tight lipped mouths and make me want to spit on them. <br><br><br>I have spent time on a "progressive" site that is getting more anti Obama as the seconds go by. Those idiots want to talk about destroying the government but have no next day scenario. Intellectuals, they call themselves, self deluded puny brained aging hippies who still do pottery is what I call them. ARRRRG<br><br>I swear my biggest fear is waking up in November and having two new groups to fear along side evangelicals and republicans.<br><br>If only I didn\'t read. It is like a bad heroin addiction. I cannot help it. <br><br>Thank God for this site if only for GreenLady\'s education on deep breaths ...deep breaths.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712565">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712565" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger:  While co-signing with lamh and you, I am appreciatin\' the "Deep Breaths"!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Please use as the spirit moves!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712582">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712582" class="dsq-comment-message">LAMH,<br><br>I hear you.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712018" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712018" class="dsq-comment-message">While the media fixates on Barack\'s "problems", so much so that even his supporters think he\'s "weak", Barack Obama is <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/20/16548/3753/228/571328" rel="nofollow">playing hardball.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712312">s</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712312" class="dsq-comment-message">When will the madness stop!<br>Barack Obama is running ads linking John McCain to innocent Christian, Ralph Reed...<br>And, he\'s running the ads in the conservative southern state of Georgia!<br><br>Ralph Reed is is a conservative American political activist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s.<br><br><br>Here’s the script:<br><br>    ”It was one of Washington’s biggest scandals. And the Republican power broker Ralph Reed was in the middle of it. In deep with convicted felon and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.<br><br>    “But when the Senate investigated, the senator in charge never even called Reed to testify….And that senator? John McCain. And who’s now raising money for McCain’s campaign? Ralph Reed. For 26 years in Washington, John McCain’s played the same old games. We just can’t afford more of the same.”<br><br>Of course, Ralph Reed was never arrested or sentenced for any crimes linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff or John McCain but The New York Times does not like him.<br><br>Brilliant move, Barack.<br>Let\'s hope McCain doesn\'t start running any G-D AmeriKKKa Reverend Wright ads in response...<br>in Georgia.<br><br>The Weekly Standard Blog has the McCain Camp\'s response to Obama\'s ridiculous ad, via HotAir:<br><br>    “Barack Obama’s ad is ridiculous. Because of John McCain, corruption was exposed and people like Jack Abramoff went to jail.<br><br>    “However, if Barack Obama wants to have a discussion about truly questionable associations, let’s start with his relationship with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, at whose home Obama’s political career was reportedly launched. Mr. Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group responsible for countless bombings against targets including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and numerous police stations, courthouses and banks. In recent years, Mr. Ayers has stated, ‘I don’t regret setting bombs … I feel we didn’t do enough.’<br><br>    “The question now is, will Barack Obama immediately call on the University of Illinois to release all of the records they are currently withholding to shed further light on Senator Obama’s relationship with this unrepentant terrorist?” --McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712448">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712448" class="dsq-comment-message">Charles Keating Charles Keating Charles Keating Lincoln Savings & Loan Lincoln Savings & Loan Lincoln Savings & Loan 21,000 elderly investors 21,000 elderly investors 21,000 elderly investors 2 Billion 2 Billion 2 Billion</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712637">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712637" class="dsq-comment-message">how long do you plan to continue posting here?<br><br>I know!  1st Amendment!  :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Constitutional Deep breaths!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712661">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712661" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you seriously believe what you just wrote about Ralph Reed?  Reed is a longtime partner of Jack Abramoff.  Matter-of-fact, he lost his race as Lt.Gov. in Georgia after details of his relationship were uncovered, ironically, by McCain\'s Indian Affairs Commitee.  The Senate probe discovered $4 million in payments Reed accepted to run a bogus anti-casino campaign aimed at reducing gambling competition.  According to the Senate\'s final report, Reed\'s payments "passed through" Abramoff\'s firm, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, and another organization, Gorver Norqhist\'s Americans for Tax Reform.  McCain, for whatever reason did not call Reed to testify, but his name was all in the mix of that scandal and HE LOST A RACE because of it.  You can believe that the scandal is still fresh on Georgian\'s minds.  It just goes to show you that McCain is willing to surround himself with questionable people, the same ones investigated and knows is guilty by association.  Such a shame into what he has become.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712865" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712865" class="dsq-comment-message">Blind ambition and entitlement will do that to you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712198">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712198" class="dsq-comment-message">This post is directed at "s" and any other person who wants to claim John McCain "supports" the Veterans Administration and our troops with his votes:<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST an amendment providing $20 billion to the VA\'s medical facilities. [5/4/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST providing $430 million to the VA for outpatient care and treatment of vets. [4/26/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes. [3/14/06]<br><br>McCain voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.8 billion by ending abusive tax loopholes.<br><br>Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has given John McCain a grade of D for his support of veterans (Obama received a B)  <a href="http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list" rel="nofollow">http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list</a><br><br>Disabled Veterans of America gave him a 20% rating on support, while giving Obama an 80% rating.  <a href="http://www.capwiz.com/dav/scorecard.xc" rel="nofollow">http://www.capwiz.com/dav/scorecard.xc</a> <br><br>Per Vietnam Veterans of America, John McCain has voted AGAINST us in 15 key votes.<br><a href="http://www.vva.capwiz.com/election/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.vva.capwiz.com/election/home</a>.<br><br>He opposed and skipped the vote on the 21st Century Webb-Hagel GI BIll.<br><br>John McCain " talks" on the campaign trail about the priority the VA needs, and the embarassment of Walter Reed but he has continuously voted AGAINST veteran legislation. Even while we are engaged in two wars. He is a liar and it is a shame he is not held accountable.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712487">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712487" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:  DATA -   - YES!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks for such thorough research!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712250" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712250" class="dsq-comment-message">Safe to say Usain Bolt is the greatest sprinter I\'ve ever seen. I never thought I\'d see the world record in the 200m broken. He ran that race like a man on a mission. That\'s why I like to see. No showboating before the finish line.<br><br>Michael Johnson never should\'ve said Bolt couldn\'t break his record. <br><br>And Bolt did it in a headwind on the straightaway.<br><br>It was an unbelievable race.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712358">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712358" class="dsq-comment-message">Who watched CNN\'s Revealed Profiles of McCain & Obama? I forgot and missed ole man\'s McCain\'s segment from 8-9:30pm.. Obama\'s segment is 9:30-11pm...... <br><br>I tell you what, I don\'t care what anyone says, Obama was down in trenches BY CHOICE. He went into the gutter for the poor and forgotten....anyone saying he doesn\'t know the struggle can kick rocks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712445">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712445" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  I watched 10 min. of McAncient\'s.  Then I got ill!!  Watching Mr. Obama now!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  "Love it!"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712515">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712515" class="dsq-comment-message">Watching Michelle and Barack speak about each other is a beautiful song.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713070">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713070" class="dsq-comment-message">It was.  However John King has gone on far too long about McCranky.  He presents himself as the war hero, but from what I\'ve seen he\'s coming off as a coward.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713232">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713232" class="dsq-comment-message">John King insuated that after McCain\'s began cheating during his first marriage, it was time to move on then he talks about him meeting Cindy.  He doesn\'t tell you McCain was moving on to Cindy.  More lies!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713269">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713269" class="dsq-comment-message">Whenquestioned about the discrepancy between his account of when he took up with Cindy and what public records showed, he said that was thirty years ago.<br><br>Cindy McCain said she didn\'t know about his life or what he was thinking then.  she said that all she knew was he wanted a good wife and mother.  <br><br>I guess she\'s saying Carol wasn\'t a good wife and mother?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712629">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712629" class="dsq-comment-message">GLH whats the dealio? You aren\'t going back to work? I\'m in the salt mines trying to decide if I want to put the mark of the beast on my stapler so no one will steal it. The only problem is that the kids think it\'s the devil\'s stapler (lol) and might not want to use it.<br><br>Well, thank goodness O is finally stepping to the Cryptkeeper. I\'m glad he is acting like he wants to win. O YOU NEED TO BRING IT. John <br>whats-his-name\'s map is practically all red. I\'m kinda glad I have something very pressing going on so I can stop obsessing over politics.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712710">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712710" class="dsq-comment-message">Teacher:  I may do some part-time work at a nearby university -supervising student teachers!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Sorry.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  I officially R-E-T-I-R-E-D!  Have to care for my mom[I\'m doing this e\'en as we speak]<br>Thinking of you and  the "kids" with prayer!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br><br>GIV\'EM EDUCATION!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712829">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712829" class="dsq-comment-message">You are one great daughter and mother. I was wondering why you weren\'t posting as much. Sending you and extra whiff of stength.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1728045">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1728045" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger:  "Extra whiff of strength" -  well received WITH THANKS!!!<br><br>Mom experienced a "near miss" with heaven today, but all is better at this moment!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I needed your concern!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>AGAIN,  MUCH THANKS!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712623">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712623" class="dsq-comment-message">Am I the only one who thinks all this negativity surrounding Obama, as well as the "tightening" polls are just moves to force Hillary unto the ticket? I mean, CNN is going back to the primary\'s map to show O\'s "inectability" with whte voters!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712757" class="dsq-comment-message">Anthony:   Hmmmmm?     But, as I watched the Special on Barack, there were NUMEROUS statements of NEGATIVITY  interspersed! <br><br>Now I wonder if the same thing occurred during "McAncient\'s" portion!?<br><br>Anyone see it??</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1712794">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1712794">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712794" class="dsq-comment-message">yes.  don\'t know why i bothered.  what else is there to expect from cnn???</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1715041">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1715041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1715041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1715041">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1715041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1715041" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep! I noticed the "He\'s arrogant" message being ran subliminally throughout his program.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1712887">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712887" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712887" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712887" class="dsq-comment-message">No, you\'re not the only one.<br><br>And if he doesn\'t chose her, it will make her diehards even harder.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1713253">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713253">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713253" class="dsq-comment-message">You know I believe you</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1713770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713770">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713770" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll remind folks once again-<br>a) Bubba complimented McAncient AGAIN this week<br>b) Her brother met with McAncient\'s campaign.<br><br>And he\'s supposed to choos that heifer?<br><br>HELL NO</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1707738">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1707738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1707738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1707738">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1707738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1707738" class="dsq-comment-message">"With just days before the vice-presidential announcements, the political conventions and the final sprint to Election Day, Republican Sen. John McCain has cut Democrat Sen. Barack Obama’s national lead in half, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll." Plus this: "Perhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama’s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters."<br><br>If it’s true that Obama hasn’t yet asked his VP to join the ticket, does this data force him to go with Her Majesty? According to the Journal’s breakdown, fully 11 percent of all voters say they’d vote for Hillary for president if she were running but they won’t for Obama.<br><br>Clinton’s speech on the Tuesday night of the Democratic convention will be a significant event. “The Democratic convention is more than a coronation.”  “It is an event where the words of Hillary Clinton are probably going to be exceptionally important.”<br><br> “The Hillary Clinton campaign may be over, but the Clinton factor remains an important part of the election.”</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1708854">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708854">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708854" class="dsq-comment-message">Two Bits of Data Suggesting... Hillary?<br><br>    A very good source is telling me that multiple DNC members have told him that Hillary is the person. While not immediately intuitive, Clinton is the candidate who one can easily imagine helping with Barack Obama\'s numbers. Which seem to be ... in bad shape? Who else would fundamentally shift the numbers? You could see her bringing Democrats back home, etc., in a way that none of the other candidates could.<br><br>    By the way, she would probably school most Republican VP candidates in the debates. And she and Bill know how to attack attack attack. <br><br>Meanwhile, arriving in my e-mailbox moments ago:<br><br>    Hillary Clinton will campaign for Senator Barack Obama in Florida’s Orange County, Palm Beach County, and Broward County on Thursday, August 21.<br><br>    In Orange County, Hillary Clinton will meet with officials from the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Media may cover this event, but it is not open to the public.<br><br>    In the afternoon, Hillary will attend a rally in Palm Beach County focused on why Barack Obama is the only choice for voters who care about issues important to women in this election.<br><br>    Later Thursday, Senator Clinton will host an event with seniors in Broward County.  <br><br>The only thing is, if Hillary\'s the pick, does she cancel and go up to Virginia with Obama, or does he cancel on Kaine and suddenly appear with her in Florida?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1708911">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708911">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708911" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you high?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1712746">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1712746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1712746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1712746" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1712746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1712746" class="dsq-comment-message">You are too funny, Miranda.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1713265">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1713265" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1713265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1713265">Lilytiger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1713265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1713265" class="dsq-comment-message">That was a long scroll through. And then another right after that. <br><br>Heh</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1708996">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708996" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708996" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708996">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708996" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708996" class="dsq-comment-message">C\'mon. Hillary on the ticket isn\'t going to drive Obama supporters to sit out this election.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1708975">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1708975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1708975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1708975">s</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1708975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1708975" class="dsq-comment-message">After Barack Obama hype, a backlash.<br><br>   " No human being can meet the wildly inflated expectations that accompany the rookie senator\'s every move. It can\'t help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Obama "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time."<br><br>    That\'s the kind of remark that can turn voters into problems. Most Americans famously resent being told an election is over months before the polls open or that God is taking sides. . . . While McCain has complained about media favoritism toward Obama, most recently about NBC News\' tilted coverage, maybe he ought to encourage it. Resentment over the media love affair with Obama might be McCain\'s most powerful weapon. The fawning coverage exaggerates even routine Obama events, and when he fails to meet giddy expectations, the excuse machine warps into overtime. That, in turn, creates another unappealing layer of media-imposed conventional wisdom. "<br><br><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_after_barack_obama_hype_a_backlash.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/19/...</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
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