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"is_remote": false, "verified": true, "flickr": "Honey01", "twitter": "", "remote_domain_name": ""}}, "forum": {"use_media": true, "name": "Jack and Jill Politics", "streaming_realtime": false, "url": "jackandjillpolitics", "allow_anon_post": false, "reactions_enabled": true, "reply_position": 1, "show_avatar": true, "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_15:13:29", "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": {"3245057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Indie-ed, we've blogged with Karmi; we know Karmi; Karmi was a favorite troll of mine. Indie-ed, you troll wannabe, you're no Karmi.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_21:51:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 3234724, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My condolences as well, Nate. Your post tribute is very moving. Take care of yourself and your family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:48:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you forgot to say \"married to a high school drop out\".", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:42:57", "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": 3239142, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From <a href=\"http://Politicalinaction.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Politicalinaction.com</a><br><br><i>Mike Barnicle after Chucky T says Sarah Palin's effect has worn off, says.....\"So what you're saying is Sarah Palin is the political equivalent to Viagra?\".....Chucky T also says that McCain has three problems: Bush, the economy, and Sarah Palin.</i><br><br>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:55:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain Surrogate: Al Qaeda Blogger Using Reverse Psychology<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain-surrogate-al-qaeda_n_136869.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:07:16", "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}, "3223562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:   Obama's GOT GAME!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>He's leaving NOTHING to chance!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><b>YES WE CAN!!!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_03:34:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222666, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yea I saw that press conference...and they did air it live on CNN also. <br><br>LOL He basically asked, was John McCain a socalist when he called for tax breaks for the wealthy? All I'm trying to do is give it to the middle class. They're just out of ideas. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:34:57", "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": 3232287, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3244556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People of color will not be discouraged by inconvenience- its a fact of our lives.<br><br>I hope MANY families travel together to share this moment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_21:08:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239533, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe that is the case, but it probably varies by state.  Actually, I wish things were more uniform by state so when people move, there is less confusion.  In fact, voting rules for each state should come in moving packages (info the post office sends for change of address - they have friggin' coupons for stores in there!)<br><br>I live in NJ and I have only had to switch my registration from NY when I moved a few years ago and I haven't had a problem but  I always check anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227432, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  HuffPost HEADLINES<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><b>The Palin Effect:  From Bad To WORSE</b><br><br>Love the HEADLINE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:40:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Confusion upon first looking at the picture, but after a second look I see the man has come to his senses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:41:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "8dc66ea2782815c8e6aee474ac16fece", "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}, "3233303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's not well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:35:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232943, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, can you blame them? We want this thing over with already!<br><br>I was thinking about voting early, but then I decided to just follow my tradition of getting up early and being one of the first (if not <b>the</b> first) to vote at my poll.  I always like to see the nice ladies with their Dunkin' Donuts coffee and donuts waiting for the voters to come through:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:19:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anovelista:     OOOOOOO-EEEEE!!   POST-ON!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Added <b>1 point!</b>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:46:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233756, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ooh I want the video for that! I am avoiding the television as much as I can until November 4th. Thanks for the heads up, Craig!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:44:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3231912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Mr. Obama say - \"Y'all betta watch out.  It's ON tomorrow!!<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/obama_camp_releasing_response.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br><b>Obama Camp To Unleash Blistering Response Robocall Blasting McCain's \"Sleazy\" Campaign</b><br><br><i>The Obama campaign plans to release tomorrow a robocall that hits back hard against John McCain's robocalls -- it features a small business owner from Green Bay, Wisconsin, that says she's been turned against McCain by his \"sleazy\" roboslime campaign against Obama.<br><br>An Obama adviser sent us the call, which features Jeri Watermolen, a small business owner from Green Bay, who claims that she \"used to support McCain but has switched her support to Obama\" because of the \"sleazy phone calls and mail\" attacking Obama that McCain has put out.<br><br>Here's a script:<br><br>    Hi, this is Jeri Watermolen, calling for the Campaign for Change. I live in Green Bay and, like you, I've been getting sleazy phone calls and mail from John McCain and his supporters viciously -- and falsely -- attacking Barack Obama. I used to support John McCain because he honorably served our country -- but this year he's running a dishonorable campaign. We know McCain will continue many of Bush's policies, and now he's using George Bush's divisive tactics. In fact, he hired the Bush strategists whose attacks even McCain once called hateful.<br><br>    Barack Obama will turn the page on these negative politics and stand up for the middle class. That's the change we need, and it's why I have changed my mind about John McCain. Join me in voting for Barack Obama. Paid for the Campaign for Change, a project of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 608-255-5172, and authorized by Obama for America.<br><br>You can listen to the call here.</i><br><br>Excitedly waiting for this!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:00:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3244749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG - Mathews handed her, her own ass.  I tell you what- Nancy is earning her paycheck especially with the (well deserved) public flogging.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_21:23:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>John McCain Suspends Stump Speech For Some Unintentional Comedy</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.stereohyped.com/john-mccain-suspends-stump-speech-for-some-unintentional-comedy-20081022/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.stereohyped.com/john-mccain-suspends...</a><br><br><i>The campaign trail is long and rough, and it would be crazy to expect rhetorical perfection from the candidates at all times. Still, it's pretty funny when they mess up as bad as John McCain did in Western Pennsylvania yesterday. Luckily for him, all the sympathetic crowd needed to hear was \"patriotic\" and \"God-loving,\" and everything was forgiven.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:08:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wanna know how well Joe the Lying Mascot is working for the GOP ticket? <br><br>This from Zogby, a GOP pollster:<br><br>\"Three big days for Obama. Anything can happen, but time is running short for McCain. These numbers, if they hold, are blowout numbers. They fit the 1980 model with Reagan's victory over Carter -- but they are happening 12 days before Reagan blasted ahead. If Obama wins like this we can be talking not only victory but realignment: <b>he leads by 27 points among Independents, 27 points among those who have already voted, 16 among newly registered voters, 31 among Hispanics, 93%-2% among African Americans, 16 among women, 27 among those 18-29, 5 among 30-49 year olds, 8 among 50-64s, 4 among those over 65, 25 among Moderates, and 12 among Catholics (which is better than Bill Clinton's 10-point victory among Catholics in 1996). He leads with men by 2 points, and is down among whites by only 6 points, down 2 in armed forces households, 3 among investors, and is tied among NASCAR fans. </b>\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope that Robin Givhan from the WaPo does a story on how much $ it takes to create that look. As my sister says, just because ya have $ does not mean ya have taste. But, what's actually going on here is what you're addressing: they spent a wad of cash to produce a bad look. Heck, I can create a better look from Tarzhay. In fact, they might as well have gone to thrift shops to get even more bang for their buck...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:14:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3224994, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Was it \"communist\"? Or perhaps the other \"c\" word he infamously referred to his wife as ? <br>I can't go to youtube at work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:36:29", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232694, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br><br>I'm sure Nancy  wanted to run and hide!  Chris kept pounding away. It was brutal!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:09:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yeah... LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:01:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223037, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The grave that she tried to dig for Obama ended up being her own.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:40:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3237577, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate:  May God Bless and comfort YOU and YOU FAMILY at this time.<br><br>Please get out those precious photo albums and REMEMBER the \"good times\"  -  all of them!!  <br><br>May you be comforted by this:  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKg2ffx4Gs&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOING UP YONDER</a>  [It's a different version.]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:05:12", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate,<br><br>Virtual hug for you.<br><br>Stay strong. Peace and blessings to you and your family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:41:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "On MSNBC. If they didn't air it on CNN, I wouldn't be surprised.<br><br>It was totally presidential. He took four or five questions, including one about Joe Biden's comments, after the address and his answers were simply stellar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:41:00", "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": 3232225, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am sorry for your loss Nate but am happy for the life he shared with you.  It is difficult now but in time you will see your grandaddy in places you never imagined.  The quiet sunrise, the winter snow, the change in seasons.  In the smile of a child, in your hands as you get older, in a statement you make, in the way you connect with your own offsprings and other family members.  He is gone from this world but he is still a vital part of it.<br><br>Blessings to you and yours.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:41:13", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3245626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly!<br>The Palin/McCain campaign whines about \"gotcha questions\" but \\when presented with the SAME DAMN question repeatedly she still can't answer. One would think when this so called \"gotcha question\" was first posed she would have done her due dilligence. I swear if it was me, I would be quoting article and ammenment numbers, case law, you name it. <br><br>I thought she was supposed to be good with repeating talking points and memorization?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_22:45:37", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3245307, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Outsize Portion of Blacks Are Casting Early Ballots <br><br><a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463439049156841.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463439049156...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:02:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are so tired.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:35:07", "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": 3232776, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "By the half-way point I was actually hoping Tweety would let up and have some mercy.....my goodness.....her head was bobbling more than usual (am I the only one that thinks she's a walking bobblehead doll?).........damn, Matthews would NOT pull up...he just stomped and stomped and kicked and slapped...like he was having an out of body experience. He went all Kimbo Slice on her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:22:47", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235391": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>If Palin's wardrobe were a family of four, they'd get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign....</b><br><br>Bwaahahahahahaaa!!!!!  I am SO posting that line on Twitter with that article!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:20:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234785, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain\u2019s Struggles Leave a G.O.P. Incumbent to Fight a Democratic Tide <br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/22sununu.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:26:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL   right!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234945, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  THIS IS GREAT!!!  JUST GREAT!!!  LOL!!!   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Will Rash ever see this?  I hope so!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:04:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223022, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Open Thread photo above today is right on time - my own blog today is centered around some of the people who are supporting Obama/Biden that they don't show a whole lot of on TV.<br><br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-bradley-effect-really-looks-like.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">What \"The Bradley Effect\" Really Looks Like In West Virginia</a><br><br>It is serendipitous, even though I would never wish any misfortune on anyone's grandmother, but it is a helluva coincidence that Obama would be visiting a grandmother who looks like a lot of the older white women in the photos in my post today.  <br><br>John McCain probably can't even shit straight right now, his luck seems to be so bad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:04:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McPalin throws another media temper tantrum:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/did_mccain_campaign_pull_cnn_guest_due_to_palin_story_98133.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Did McCain Capaign Pull CNN Guest Due To Palin Story?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:05:58", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that was the RNCs mistake. but seriously, she doesn't look like she spent 150k on anything!! i love to shop and quite honestly - they should've gotten her a damn stylist with that money because i am tired of those tired red \"power suits!!\"<br><br>you can put a lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig. no amount of expensive clothes can make that woman seem classy to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_07:17:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223759, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looks like Gramps left his copy of \"How to Win Friends and Influence People\" back at the ranch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:38:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232941, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My sympathies and prayers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:58:44", "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": 3226980, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Shoot, I'm into Haute Couture, and shop in NYC frequently, but I'm on first name basis with most clothing shops on 7th Avenue and I know how to stretch my dollar until the damned eagle screams!<br><br>Therefore, I could have put together ten outfits that would have made me look better than Sarah Palin, and would have had at least $145,000 left OVER.<br><br>As Craig said, this heifer is a manufactured heifer and this story is a distraction from the fact she's been ripping off her own state to live large and foot the bill for her kids' travel.  However, both stories do nothing but make her look worse as a VP choice, and further heaps contempt upon McCain for selecting her.<br><br>I would think both the State of Alaska as well as the RNC should be demanding she repay the money because the RNC can't afford to foot her clothing bills, as they need every dime they can get to contend for battleground states.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:35:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226356, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone watching the NBC interview with McPalin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:42:59", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  The Gov.'s <b>FAUX-'pology:</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/palin.sitroom/index.html?iref=mpstoryview\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/palin.si...</a><br><b> Palin discusses potential plans for America</b><br><br><i> Palin also apologized Tuesday for any misunderstanding caused when she referred last week to the patriotic values of \"the real America\" and \"pro-America areas of this great nation.\"<br><br>Democrats and others criticized Palin for seeming to imply that some parts of the country are more patriotic than others.<br><br>Palin denied that was her intention in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.<br><br>\"I don't want that misunderstood,\" Palin said. <b>\"If that's the way it came across, I apologize.\"</b>  {THIS IS THE FAKE PART!!}<br><br>The Alaska governor made the remarks at a fundraising event in North Carolina last week.</i><br><br>She was trying to IMPRESS HER BASE AT A FUND RAISER with her <b>SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC comments!  YUK!!!<br><br>OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:51:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's really best to take Rendell with a grain of salt.  He's an attention hog who likes the sound of his own voice, going way back to when he was Philly DA in the '70s.  Every time he opens his mouth most of us locals are like \"eh, whatever\" and keep going.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:30:52", "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": 3234192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy Birthday Town.  I didn't recognize there were so many October babies on JJP.  <br><br>Happy Birthday!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:21:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "this is BRUTAL<br><br>BRUTAL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233756, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3228766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GO GIRL!!!! Good for you and it is okay to do the \"ugly cry\".  You deserve it.  <br><br>Congragulations!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:35:51", "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": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "she.does.not.have.a.diploma<br><br>I'll bet real money on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:07:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I dare you not to laugh:<br><br><b>Sarah Palin: My Wedding Hope for Bristol</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20235099%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,2023509...</a><br><br><i>Now that Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, the GOP vice-presidential candidate says she's hoping Bristol and fianc\u00e9 Levi Johnston \u2013 who are expecting a baby in December \u2013 will tie the knot well before the date next summer the young couple had been eyeing.<br><br>\"Hopefully before that,\" Sarah Palin tells PEOPLE in an Oct. 15 interview for the issue on newsstands this Friday. \"Bristol turns 18 in a few days [Oct. 18]. That's what we wanted her to wait for: 18, and a decision on her own about how she's going to go forward, her and Levi, at this point.\"</i><br><br><b>Can you imagine the Hannitys, Limbaughs and Malkins if this was an Obama - or even Joe and Jill Biden - who has refused to give a press conference (but appeared on SNL) unlike any other VP candidate in American history?</b><br><br><i>Now that <b>Senator Obama's </b> daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, the <b> Democratic presidential candidate</b> says he's hoping <b>Malia and fianc\u00e9 Leroy Johnston \u2013 who are expecting a baby in December </b>\u2013 will tie the knot well before the date next summer the young couple had been eyeing.<br><br>\"Hopefully before that,\" <b>Barack Obama</b> tells PEOPLE in an Oct. 15 interview for the issue on newsstands this Friday. \"<b>Malia turns 18 in a few days [Oct. 18]. That's what we wanted her to wait for: 18, and a decision on her own about how she's going to go forward, her and Leroy, at this point.\"</i></b><br><br><b><i>GTFOH!</b></i><br><br><b>DOUBLE. STANDARDS.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:17:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It might be a distraction but reading campaign finance laws that the maverick helped write it seems to me that somebody broke the law.<br>`(b) PROHIBITED USE-<br><br>     `(1) IN GENERAL- A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) shall not be converted by any person to personal use. <br>     `(2) CONVERSION- For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate's election campaign or individual's duties as a holder of Federal office, including-- <br>           `(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment; <br>           `(B) a clothing purchase; <br>           `(C) a noncampaign-related automobile expense; <br>           `(D) a country club membership; <br>           `(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip; <br>           `(F) a household food item; <br>           `(G) a tuition payment; <br>           `(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, theater, or other form of entertainment not associated with an election campaign; and <br>           `(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health club or recreational facility.'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You have a hard on for Joe, don't cha?<br><br>I'm beginning to wonder. *raises a brow*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:53:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's the Sarah Palin Is A Victim of Sexism Because She'll Always Be Under More Scrutiny As A Woman that's the real point of this leak.<br><br>Because if the RNC didn't leak the story, we wouldn't know about it.<br><br>The more people pile on, the more fodder they have for playing the gender card over the next 13 days.<br><br>This is their last chance to try to turn her into Joan of Arc.<br><br>I see them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:03:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225501, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You were probably okay but I am glad you made it on time.  This same thing<br>happened to my daughter and son-in-law  when they changed their address.  When she looked on the computer their names were not there but when she went to vote the clerk at the board of elections found it for her and she was fine.  Perhaps they simply don't update the database online as fast as they should.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:50:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227432, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Expensive Wardrobe Goes Against McCain-Palin Story Line - by Robin Givhan, Washington Post</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202187.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br><i>If politicos weren't so snide and dismissive of fashionistas, the McCain-Palin campaign wouldn't be in the awkward position of having to explain the $150,000 tab for shopping trips, hairstyling and beauty makeovers for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.<br><br>How do you sell someone as a no-frills hockey mom who sold the state plane, fired the official cook and turned down travel per diems for her family and then try to explain wardrobing her in clothes from Neiman Marcus -- a store occasionally referred to by aggrieved, frugal shoppers as Needless Markup? How do you, in barely two months, lavish her with fashion swag worthy of a starlet and valued at more than her annual governor's salary of $125,000?<br><br>That's not careless.<br><br>That's just plain stupid.<br><br>Or to use this election cycle's phrase of choice: That's some seriously bad judgment. </i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:27:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Guess this comes under \"gossip\" - kinda:  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/obama-on-snl-rumors-swirl_n_136709.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/obama-...</a><br><b>Obama MAY Be On SNL On Nov. 1 -Rumors Are Swirling</b><br><br><i>Will Barack Obama be back on Saturday Night Live? Perhaps \u2014 so far the show isn't saying, but that's the word on the street \u2014 and I've heard it too \u2014 saying that, yes, an Obama appearance may be in the offing, planned for November 1st \u2014 the last SNL before the election.<br><br>(Update: A rep for the show calls the rumor \"totally untrue\" but, to be fair, rumors of the Palin appearance were initially denied. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels told the Chicago Tribune last week, \"I think, sooner or later, everyone will come through\" before the election. So note the question mark in the headline, and proceed accordingly.)</i><br><br>WE'LL SEE  -  MAYBE!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_03:52:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Latest from Charlie Cook:<br><br>OFF TO THE RACES<br>In Endgame, Metrics Are Adding Up For Obama<br>It Ain't Over Till It's Over, But Several Key Factors Don't Look Good For McCain<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/ot_20081021_3912.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/ot_2008...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:07:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have some kleenex handy before you open this link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Early_voting_in_Evansville.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Early voting in Evansville</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:44:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, I obviously should be working, but I am finding all this good stuff. Gotta get it out there while I'm in front of the computer:<br><br>The title is perfect: <a href=\"http://ofamerica.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/overwhelming-majority-of-latino-newspapers-and-their-readers-back-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Overwhelming Majority of Latino Newspapers-and Their Readers- Back Obama</a>. I love showing the holes in the media's meme of Black and Latin@ don't like each other. Things are far too complicated for that over-simplified way of looking at things. I'm just waiting for election day. I wanna see what the country is gonna do. Do you think we're gonna really move forward? I mean really? I think it's entirely possible....<br><br>Oh, and although Gov. Palin is shopping it like it's hot. Our man got <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/9355/4279/150/638528\" rel=\"nofollow\">holes in the soles</a> of his shoes. Yeah...he's so elitist ain't he...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:29:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "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}, "3233393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anovelista:  Good post.  :&gt;)<br><br>But, as it reveals, she didn't stay in ONE place that long in her never-ending quest for someone to GIVE her a CERTIFICATE of some sort!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnd, I'm believin' that she wasn't the \"sharpest knife in the drawer!\"  Just another number  - like in the PAGEANTS!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  The PAGE seems to have gone away.  But, you can search for it in the LATimes.  It's O.K.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:40:24", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My condolences for your loss, Nate. There are no words I can offer to make this easier. Your life can be a testimony of the love and lessons gained from their lives. You are a living monument of what they believed in. I wish you peace.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AT least she gets to keep the clothes for her next run. Straight to the Big House, if the Alaskan citizens have their way....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:46:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3231644, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain and the \"Joe the plumbers\" mantra is a dead in the water after yesterday.  Clearly Barack is the one that will take care of the \"Joe the plumbers\" as the cost for Palin's September wardrobe and makeup purchased by the GOP would have been enough to pay the annual salary of four (4) Joe the plumbers and an apprentice.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:23:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nah. A majority of Americans don't think Sarah is qualified and they're pissed. Matthews was their voice. Nobody will buy any victimhood on this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:38:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3242999, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233405": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rainbow???!!!<br><br>ROFLMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:41:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225039, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>NEW RULE FOR PALIN:</b> If you can't spell \"socialism\" you should not be allowed to say \"socialism\".<br><br>That is all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:15:29", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CraigHickman called this one like 30 minutes after it went down. NY TImes needs to start reading JJP:<br><br><br>NYT Catches McCain Camp In Lie About Bailout Response<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-catches-mccain-camp_n_136833.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:24:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Guantanamo Detainees<br>Appeals Court Blocks Release of Chinese Muslims From Gitmo<br><br>Posted Oct 21, 2008, 01:26 pm CDT<br>By Molly McDonough<br><br>The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has halted the release of 17 Chinese Muslims from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.<br><br>The three-judge panel wants the release blocked until it hears more legal arguments Nov. 24, the Washington Post reports.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.abajournal.com/news/appeals_court_blocks_release_of_chinese_muslims_from_gitmo\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.abajournal.com/news/appeals_court_bl...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:15:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cheri:  IFFF they had SAVED their WARDROBE $$$$$$. . . . . :&gt;)     :&gt;)  HAH!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234204, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't get this either, this would have made McCain and his campaign look a bit better. <br><br>Weird.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:30:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233865, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ten Things Palin's $150K Outfits Could Buy. <br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/10-things-palins-150k-outfits-could-buy/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/10-thi...</a><br><br>Admittedly, I hope this exposes the fraud of the \"fiscal conservatism\" line that John McCain tries to pass off as policy hawkishness. I suppose that's a fat chance. Someone call Joe the Plumber!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:05:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "DrewRicketts", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225396, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Honey01:  <b>CONGRATULATIONS!</b>  \"Virtual DAP!\"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I took a COPY of my ballot B4 I turned it in!  I look at it daily!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Yeah!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:09:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But we've come to rely on his insights.  I mean, how else would we know that Michelle Obama likes to chow down on $400 caviar and steamed lobster tails LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:35:20", "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": 3235498, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Obama to Florida: We'll Make Sure Your Vote Will Count</b><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawna-vercher/obama-to-florida-well-mak_b_136401.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawna-vercher/ob...</a><br><blockquote><i>Obama used a more populist tone for his pitch for early voting: \"What if your car breaks down on Election Day? What if your alarm doesn't go off or you have to work late? Don't wait. Go early.\"<br><br><b>He then unveiled what he dubbed a historic effort to protect the votes of Americans. Raising a blue hat for the crowd to see, Obama revealed that there would be volunteers on hand at every polling location every day in case something goes wrong. Should someone experience difficulty casting their vote they would need only to flag down a person wearing a blue hat and help would be on the way. A toll-free number, 877.2FLOBAMA, will also be available for people to call for help. \"We'll make sure your vote is counted.\"</b></i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:56:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here is a follow up to Colin Powell's concerns about ArabAmericans. <br><a href=\"http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/10/arabs_arabs_and/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:17:02", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Girl, after all that you went through- you were entitled to the ugly cry!!  Congrats on doing triple duty to get your vote in!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:46:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "92fecc5e857ab2dbae0a6b7712511ce7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YOU GO!!! I'm so proud (though you Michelle Obama would has cussed you out for speeding and put your life at risk... even for Barack,) that you made it happen!  Your voice was COUNTED.<br><br>WHOOHOO!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:20:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Something is up! She is totally embarrassing! ...And she has the audacity to criticize a Harvard Law Graduate??", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:31:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233887, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3242999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG! That was brutal.<br><br>But you know what? Chris is going to be accused of sexism and somehow this will be attributed to Obama and Democrats. This is what I saw during the primary. Matthews, Schuster and others in the media were charged with be sexist towards Hillary.  From there the PUMAS capitulated this to be sentimatic of the Obama campaign. <br><br>He probably should have left out the comment about her leather jacket. Truthfully, I  had the same thought but I am not a host of a political talk show. Probably not a good look for him to make reference to her outfit.<br><br> I think I will watch it a few more times. Damn, that was good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:05:51", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Oh!  SHE doesn't have this in her plan;  BUT much of the electorate DOES!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>She betta roll out that LUGGAGE that I referred to!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm just sayin'. . . . .", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:16:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222992, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate,  My heart goes out to you and my prayers do too.  I lost my grandmother and my father within 6 months of each other.  So I can truly empathize with you.  I won't say it will get better, but you will be able to accept it a little easier as time goes by.<br><br>I'll be praying for you and your family.  Remember they are never gone.  You have the love they bestowed upon you and the wisdom they imparted to you in your heart and on the brain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:56:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "once your mouth is used to forming the word, it'll just slip out like that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:10:48", "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": 3232694, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "why does he have to babysit her?<br><br>oh yeah...<br><br>cause she's unqualified", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239511, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain Holds Conference Call To Address his Al Qaeda Endorsement<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain-holds-conference-c_n_136850.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:17:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wasn't it Michelle Malkin that was complaining about the Obama girls giving an interview and professing faux concern about whether that was good for them?<br><br>I'll bet she hasn't said a word about Piper and Willow on the campaign trail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233252, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "riklyrah:  CAFFERTY's BACK!!!  Yaaaa!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/21/why-do-citizens-in-70-countries-prefer-obama-to-mccain/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/21/wh...</a><br><b>Why do citizens in 70 countries prefer Obama to McCain?</b><br><br><i>FROM CNN\u2019s Jack Cafferty:<br><br>Senator John McCain says when it comes to foreign policy he\u2019s light years ahead of Barack Obama. Over and over again, McCain has insisted Obama lacks the necessary experience to conduct business with foreign countries on behalf of the United States.<br><br>So how do you explain this?<br><br><b>Citizens of dozens of foreign countries prefer Barack Obama over John McCain as our next president by a margin of almost 4 to 1, according to a massive poll conducted by the Gallup Organization. About 30 percent of those surveyed prefer Obama, while just 8 percent favor McCain.</b><br><br>This was no daily tracking poll either. Gallup polled people in 70 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and North and South America, representing nearly half the world\u2019s population, between May and September of this year.<br><br>Citizens of the Philippines and Georgia were the only ones who preferred McCain to Obama. Not exactly the super-powers we\u2019re looking to mend fences with.</i><br><br>There were 0ver 1050 comments -most of which supported his thesis.  Annnnd, they WELCOMED JACK BACK!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:02:04", "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}, "3231912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anybody just see that?<br><br>Barack Obama just slapped the shit out of the GOP with foreign policy address in front of his team of senior foreign policy advisors and held a press conference after when he beat back the \"spread the wealth\" meme the McCain campaign is pushing as a desperate attack because the GOP ticket is out of ideas.<br><br>I hope he has a video of the whole address and press conference up on YouTube because it will win him the election.<br><br>Easily.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:17:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As hard as it is to resist, please don't feed the trolls. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:26:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Didn't Rupert Murdoch's NY Post just print that story about Michelle Obama and caviar at the Waldorf! and had to take it back because it was false.<br><br><br>You see their are a gazillion more important issues however the Republicans have been making this about character.<br><br>So sad...so sad...<br><br>Please vote for Obama for anyone who is reading this. These people are stupid, incompetent and hypocritical and it is scary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:16:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226571, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain \u2018amazed\u2019 by Palin treatment<br><br>John McCain called out fellow Republicans who have questioned running mate Sarah Palin\u2019s credentials Tuesday. <br><br>\u201cWhat\u2019s their problem?\u201d McCain asked during an interview with radio host Don Imus.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14820.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14820...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:16:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What will happen if Obama's grandmother passes, is that someone will decide it's a great time to remind the world of <a href=\"http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/21/ferraro-offended-by-comparison-to-pastor-wright/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this.</a><br><br>And when they do, God help them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:21:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3236192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG! <br><br>It <i>does</i> sound like he said it - <i>again.</i><br><br><i>Yeesh!</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:16:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232694, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Same old tired tactic.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:04:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3231905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tore her ass up, just like he should have.  Get out of here with that bs - you will not come here with that today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:19:42", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238351, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have a post up on the blog.  Read it and let me know what you think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:22:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225396, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama campaign selling Chicago election night coverage packages to news outlets<br><br>Lynn Sweet is upset because the Obama campaign told the media while there are free areas for the public and the media to set up during the outdoor election night coverage, if they want extras\" they wil have to cover their own cost for it.   If a reporter wants access to the file center--which will be the best place to find Obama officials and spokesmen--be prepared to write a check for $935. The cheapest place a reporter could stand on a riser with a view is $880.<br><br>That $935 covers one reporter in a heated file tent, power, cable tv, internet and food. I am told by an Obama spokesman who did not want his name used that this just covers costs and they are not turning a profit on this.<br><br>LOL.  You know ain't no love for Barack from some of the media folks.  First they said his plane is stinky, and they have to share 1 tape recorder for every four reporters and now God forbid, they have to pay for their own cable tv, internet and food.  LOLOL<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_campaign_selling_chicago.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_c...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:08:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i dont think she should be allowed into the contiguous US! Since she has walked onto the national/international stage all types of hate/violence/ignorance has spawned.  hell, the people of alaska need to revolt!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_07:23:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3224467, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JunePearl:  Shhhh.   I won't tell!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Co-signing with your passion!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:52:51", "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": 3234414, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These polls are all over the place so I wouldn't put stock into them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:57:59", "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": 3234916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3245253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MsKitty,<br><br>You weren't kidding. It's a tear jerker alright. I can just see my grandmother doing the exact same thing. Heck, not only her but my parents as well!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_22:10:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239533, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My condolences to you and your family, Nate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:40:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh Nate, I am so sorry for your loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:49:53", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3237577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Funny how things can change, eh?   LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:36:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3236152, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Honey,<br><br>I've been doing the ugly cry for some time now. Do what you gotta do!<br>I'm so glad your intuition kicked in and you got there safely. This election has made a lot of people go an extra mile to cast that vote for O.<br><br>My mother called me yesterday to tell me she voted (early in Texas). She had a knee replacement last year and it's hard for her to stand for long periods of time, but yet she waited in that line for 40 minutes to do what she had to do...in order to cast the vote for O. <br><br>You earned your right to have your \"ugly cry\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:50:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the whole UNAMERICAN memo pisses him off, IMO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:53:38", "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": 3238351, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Are we in a \"financial crisis\" or NOT???<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palin-clothes-spending-ha_n_136740.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palin-...</a><br><b>Palin Clothes Spending Has Dems Salivating , Republicans LIVID</b><br><br><i><b>Since her selection as John McCain's running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.</b><br><br>That entertaining scoop -- which came by way of Politico -- sent almost immediate reverberations through the presidential race. A statement from McCain headquarters released hours after the article appeared bemoaned the triviality of the whole affair.<br><br>\"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses,\" said spokesperson Tracey Schmitt. \"It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign.\"<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Several hours after Politico posted its findings, the topic remained nearly untouched by the major right-wing outlets. <b>Though as Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic opined: \"the heat for this story will come from Republicans who cannot understand how their party would do something this stupid ... particularly (and, it must be said, viewed retroactively) during the collapse of the financial system and the probable beginning of a recession.\"</b></i><br><br>And THEY blamed MINORITIES for the FINANCIAL CRISIS!    So what do we call this!?<br><br>I know!  I know!!  An ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKET   - for The Gov. and FAMILY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I just want ta know IFFF WE THE PEOPLE also bought the baby's Pampers 2??<br><br>I'm just askin. . . . . . . <br><br>P.S.  NOWWWW, can we call The Gov. the \"E\"-word??  <b>ELITIST!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_04:11:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rendell wants to get in good with Obama and be seen as one of the people that helped deliver the win for him", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:33:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is OFF-TOPIC:<br><br>TOWN:  <b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sNSl2g15E&eurl=http://www.blinkx.com/video/stevie-wonder-live-performing-happy-birthday-for-dr-king/4hjkcDWzn1kmKoV8RwJGTg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sNSl2g15E&eurl...</a><br><b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY  -Stevie Wonder performing for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</b><br><br>Have a Blessed Day!!  :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3237591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She probably didnt write that.  Too dumb for such an effort.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:37:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234204, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br><br>find me a clip of this, and I'll post it front page.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:17:55", "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": 3231912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate, I'm sorry for your loss.  I'm sending prayers and positive vibes to you and your family...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:33:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Obama Buries ACORN by Stanley Crouch</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-21/obama-buries-acorn\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br><i>The shrewdest move yet of his campaign.<br><br>In a campaign of almost continual surprise, shock, and even awe, we have just turned a corner that might prove Barack Obama either a political genius or someone very close to that. The Republicans may have mistaken their adversary for just another Democrat sleeping under a shade tree and looking like a mark. Not. In real terms, that assumption might prove as costly to them as Robert E. Lee underestimating Ulysses S. Grant. This man is a brawler but a quiet one. He may use a scalpel instead if a broad sword but the jugular doesn't know the difference</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:48:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Someone pointed this out on Huffpost and I thought it beared a good hashing over here. <br><br>Palin keeps using the Socialism card, but does she truly know what being a socialist is. Anyway the poster went on to say that \"</b><i>she's (Palin)</i> the <i>real</i> socialist because of her collective ownership of Alaska's oil and gas resources ... and of the dividened checks she sends out to Alaskan citizens. </b><br><br>This was an excellent point. Then this person went on to say ... why haven't the MSM called her on this? Well we all know why, but maybe we should do the job for them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:10:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3244768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  More reactions from Repugs re: the \"WARDROBE\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14840.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14840...</a><br><b>GOP Donors Critical of Palin's Pricey Threads</b><br><br><i>\u201cAs a Republican Eagle and a maxed-out contributor to McCain\u2019s general campaign, I\u2019d like my money back \u2013 he can still have my vote,\u201d complained one irate donor on Tuesday.<br><br>\u201cI\u2019m not one who says a candidate shouldn\u2019t wear fine clothes,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019d just like to think they were successful enough in the private sector to have afforded their wardrobe with their own money, not the party\u2019s or the campaign\u2019s, which is really our money as contributors.\u201d<br><br>Another big donor was sympathetic to the effort, but critical of the execution. <br><br>SKIP<br><br>Wiley Rein lawyer Jan Baran, an adviser to several Republican candidates and committees, agreed with Gross, but added that the Palins may still be forced to comply with tax laws.<br><br>\u201cThe receipt of goods and services by the taxpayer usually constitutes reportable \u2018income\u2019,\u201d Baran said. Consequently, Palin may have to declare the value of the fashion gifts as income and pay taxes on it.<br><br>\u201cShe might be able to offset some of the taxes by donating the items to charity after the campaign, Baran said, \u201calthough she will only be able to deduct the fair market value at that time.\u201d<br><br>The campaign said Monday that Palin intends to donate the clothes to charity after the election.</i> [YEAH --  SURE!   :&gt;)]<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_21:25:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now I'm all for looking good, but that's just crazy. <br><br>Palin's busy talking about job creation when what she spent in clothes (so as not to be outdone by Cindy McCain)  in two months could have been a decent salary for three or more people.<br><br>What a hypocrite!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:29:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223759, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Geez, What A Liar!</b><br><br><br><br><b>Bachmann: 'I made a misstatement'</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31812514.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31812...</a><br><br><br><i>ST. CLOUD - Appealing to business leaders and party faithful for support, Rep. Michele Bachmann retreated Tuesday from her televised claim that Barack Obama \"may have anti-American views,\" but also asserted that \"a trap was laid\" that prompted her remark.</i><br><br><i>While Bachmann was on the defensive, her political problems invigorated the supporters of her DFL challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg at a packed town hall meeting in Blaine Tuesday night, as the race gained national attention and Tinklenberg reaped extra campaign dollars.</i><br><br><i>\"Thank you, Michele!\" one man shouted, setting off gales of laughter.</i><br><br><i>Bachmann, a Republican, defended herself during campaign stops at a lumber company, at a GOP campaign storefront and before the Rotary Club in St. Cloud. In her talk to the Rotary Club, she blamed Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC's \"Hardball,\" for setting the stage for her controversial comments about Obama.</i><br><br><i>\"Sometimes you make a decision about going on a show ... I probably should have said no to Chris Matthews.\"</i><br><br><i>\"I had never seen his show before,\" she said. \"I probably should have taken a look at what the show was like ... A trap was laid, but I stepped into it.</i><br><br><i>\"I made a misstatement. I said a comment that I would take back.\"</i><br><br><i>Matthews on Friday asked Bachmann whether she believed that Obama may have anti-American views. Bachmann replied: \"Absolutely, I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views.\"</i><br><br><b>But in her address to the Rotary in St. Cloud, Bachmann said: \"I did not, nor do I, question Barack Obama's patriotism ... I did not say that Barack Obama is anti-American nor do I believe that Barack Obama is anti-American.\"</b><br><br><br><br><b>Just stfu already, Michele Bachmann</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:10:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Michelle Obama is like me, no matter how refined or cultured you are, there are some things you will not eat.<br><br>Of course, you could have knocked me out with a feather and sold me for a penny if I told you I would come back from England with a taste for smoked salmon on brown bread with butter.  But I was offered caviar and I drew the line at eating fish eggs - sorry.<br><br>So when I saw that piece on Michelle, I wondered how long it would take to have that piece retracted.<br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:25:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226795, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3237611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This was a great segment on Larry King.  Susan Eisenhower is an amazing surrogate, and here, Frum was surprisingly reasonable.  Check it out.<br><br>susan eisenhower rips bay buchanan on CNN<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Nowy_YUM968\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Nowy_YUM968</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:38:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anovelista:  Thanks! I'm noting this:<br><br><i>Palin, he said, took his public affairs reporting class, an upper-division course limited to 15 students. \"It's the funniest damn thing,\" Fisher said. \"No one can recall her.\"<br><br>\"I don't remember her,\" said Roy Atwood, Palin's academic advisor at the university.<br><br>Indeed, interviews with a dozen professors yielded not a single snippet of a memory.</i><br><br>THIS IS PITIFUL!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>So much for her emphasis on EDUCATION  NOT!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:34:35", "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": 3233528, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224303": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm cosigning that. Seriously, we are so much more alike than most people acknowledge..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:33:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223851, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I said the same thing myself Craig.<br><br>However, the contradictions are too glaring not to discuss for just a moment. For me, it is not her gender. <br><br>I am sure the Hockey Moms and Joe Six Packs that she is trying to cater to shops in Wal-mart and not the elitist...Saks Fifth Avenue in elitist NYC or Neiman Marcus. Macys is one thing but Saks, Fifth Avenue are a whole other thing. <br><br>Mabye if she DID NOT use the word \"elitist\" all the time with her offensive culture wars...this would not even be a footnote. <br><br>Both the state paying for her children to travel and this says a lot about the fact that she is a phoney!<br><br>You see I spend unfounded amounts of money on my clothes!!!  I work in the fashion industry. I live in New York. However I never tried to act like a \"Joe schmo, six pack or plumber\" or a small towner or whatever else while calling someone else an elitist.<br><br>Anyways, I am more nervous about her thinking that the vice president controls the senate and can make policy changes! Her exclusive sense of nationalism! That scares me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:51:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225701, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We'll lower the flags for him, brother.<br><br>Take care, and you have my condolences and prayers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:45:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow. Somehow I missed McCain's family having come from Mississippi . . . McCain's \"black family\" ~ the \"other McCains\" speak out . . . <br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:56:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I made a tiny URL of the link <br><br><a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/62w24v\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/62w24v</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:48:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233393, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My dream is that so many people vote early that they could call the race before Nov. 4th!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:35:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223215, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Noelani: Hum!!  This is difficult!!  Michele was NEVER a PAGEANT participant.  BUT she is supported by James Dobson.<br><br>The Gov. WAS a  PAGEANT participant AND is supported by the Rev. \"Witch-Hunter\" Muthee! <br><br>Sooooo, my decision:  <b>They are CO-DUMB-est!!</b><br><br>The End!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:34:43", "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": 3222916, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*sigh* Divide and conquer, islandgirl, divide and conquer. That's why I try to shut down all this Black v. Brown talk as soon as I hear it. Sure we may have our issues, but at the end of the day we agree more than we disagree. And we need to build alliances. Especially as the Latin@ population will outnumber every one elses soon.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:16:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3235893, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I'm on the way out the door, and I can't find the SHOES REFERENCE.  But I wanted to post this.  Don't know IFF it's \"photoshopped\", but I'll take it at its word.<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/22/man-returns-shoes-receipt-has-computer-printed-racial-slur-printed-as-reason-for-return/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/22/man...</a><br><b>Man Returns Shoes, Receipt Has Computer-Printed Racial Slur Printed As 'Reason For Return'</b><br><br><i>A Missouri man says when he returned a pair of shoes to a mall store he was given a receipt with a racial slur printed on it.<br><br>Keith Slater, 22, of Kansas City <b>said the receipt said \u201cCust. Dumb\u201d followed by the slur.</b>  [There is a \"picture\" of the receipt.]<br><br>Slater said he purchased the shoes at a store called Journeys in the Oak Park Mall, KMBC-TV reported. He decided to return the shoes last weekend after finding the same model for a lower price elsewhere.<br><br>By the time he saw what was on the receipt, the store was closed. His mother, Linda, said the whole family was so upset \u201cnone of us got any sleep just thinking about it.\u201d<br><br>Slater and his parents were eventually told employees entered generic codes for receipts \u2014 and apparently the insulting message is in the computer system.<br><br>\u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s happened before, but this is probably the first time that somebody noticed their receipt and came back and asked about it,\u201d Linda Slater said.</i><br><br>Hmmmm.  Sounds like some <b>Diversity Training</b> is in order for that company.<br><br>From my Diversity Training Manual:<br><br>#12.  IFFF you plan to give 'racially charged receipts\", pul-eeeze make sure that your company has the Benjamins to provide for the impending LAWSUITS!!  This man AND his family WILL own this company right after the trial/hearing!!  <br><br>I'm just warnin' . . . . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:07:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK y'all, I know you're gonna laugh at me and certify me as crazy but I've gotta do it. <br><br>Some 175K people ago(MI), some 150M donations ago, one General Powell endorsement ago, one more Joe Biden yackety-yackety-yak-fest ago and, well, a whole trailer load of McCain crap ago, the final debate happened in NY, and I'm now filing my observations. Gives new meaning to better-late-than-never right? I cannot blame my tardiness on a debate \"high\"  this time. It's just that I was so freaking bored. <br><br>Yeah, the final debate bored the hell out of me because Senator McCain presented himself in exactly the way you'd expect: an erratic, intellectually-deprived, curmudgeonly man, unfit to occupy the highest office in the land. <br><br>Senator Obama's predictability was just as evident. He captured the quiet stillness of a man who is always in complete control of his body, his emotions, his words. This guy has got to be our president, I kept thinking. <br><br>Like, what's new, right? <br><br>T.<br>ps. Shortest debate review ever!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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}, "3226366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy Birthday Town!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:51:39", "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": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:29:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3236483, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I looked at that picture and had to laugh...They really don't look much different than that black lady in the beauty shop shaking Obama's hand, wearing her crown of Goodie covered rollers.(Rikyrah posted).    Made me think of \"tough broads\".   Ladies who've been through things and seen it all!    But, they still go to the beauty shop for a roller set, put on  lipstick, their heels and some earrings.<br><br>It reminded me of my grand aunts who came of age in the 40's.   A group of sisters - tough women, - yellow-skinned, with exotic names.   They could hold their liquor better than any man.    I'd sit in the shadows and giggle as they drank, and talked of the past, and told risque jokes - hoping no one would notice it was past my bedtime.<br><br>Tough broads.<br><br>Really, there is little difference between the races.<br><br>LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_04:29:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223112, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMFG! but the best part was watching Cindy. She swayed like she was going to faint when he said that. She looks very uncomfortable behind him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:49:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232694, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"that she wasn't the \"sharpest knife in the drawer!\"<br><br><br>RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:49:21", "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": 3233393, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did you see the article in WaPo about WVA and the Democratic Party? All these old white folks holding down the party having to deal w/ the Obama staffers. These folks LOVE the Obama people.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102111.html?nav=hcmodule\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:13:02", "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": 3223112, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy B-day to Town.  Happy Belated B-day to Teacher!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:53:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223546, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3244126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From <i>MUDFLATS</i>: <br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/the-obama-landslide-in-alaska-its-all-how-you-look-at-it/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/the-ob...</a><br><b>The Obama Landslide In ALASKA, It's All How You Look At It</b><br><br><i><b>Brand new poll numbers came out yesterday from Ivan Moore Research, here in Anchorage.<br><br>McCain-Palin - 53<br>Obama-Biden - 42<br><br>While McCain/Palin still has a double digit lead, frankly this is a really big deal.</b><br><br>Here is the way Alaska fell out for the last three presidential elections so you can compare:<br>McCain 53 - Obama 42 (results on 10/21)<br>Bush 62 - Kerry 35<br>Bush 59 - Gore 28<br>Dole 51 - Clinton 33<br><br>So, the McCain/Palin ticket in Alaska has managed so far to generate only slightly more interest than Bob Dole. Remember him? And that\u2019s with our governor on the ticket! That\u2019s not much in the way of bragging rights. As a matter of fact, I\u2019m ready to call this a major psychological victory for Obama and the Democrats in Alaska. I feel quite comfortable, in my non-scientific way, to tell you that if Palin were not on the ticket, we\u2019d have a horse race here, in the ruby-reddest-flaming-lobsterized- fire-engine-colored state you can imagine.<br><br><b>As an Alaskan, I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time in the last two months with a metaphorical bag on my head, sinking down in my chair, but now I\u2019m actually feeling a little proud of us. *satisfied sigh*</b><br><br>If the latest Palin debacles of wardrobe-gate, and travel-gate have any effect, and the race goes to a single digit spread, you\u2019ll hear Democratic corks popping all over the state. That\u2019s a landslide.</i><br><br>AS we can see, THEY are PROUD of the \"gap-closing\" that has been accomplished in a RED State!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They are  - <b>FIRED UP!   READY TO GO!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_20:34:28", "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}, "3224333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL, I'm loving that!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:39:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223022, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looks like McCain can't give a \"Checkers\" speech like Tricky Dick did fifty years ago.  Not after 13 houses, 20 automobiles, and spending $150K buying clothes for his pitbull with lipstick.<br><br>I hope she gets to keep the clothes, though.  She'll need them when she goes back to Alaska and face the state on corruption and abuse-of-power charges.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:27:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226213, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate, I send my condolences to you and your loved ones. We all stand on the shoulders of those who loved us, sacrificed, and molded our lives.May the lessons he taught you create a better man in you, and you pass those on to others.  You are the living legacy of your grandfather, father and others who are no longer here physically.<br><br>Peace and Blessings.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:04:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK, Bachmann should just 'fess up with the real reason for the rant that now has her peeps <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">runnin' </a> for cover: bad weed! I mean, it must have been that, right?<br><br>T.<br>ps. My post is based on the assumption that Republicans \"inhale\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:19:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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}, "3222805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Happy Birthday Town!! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:17:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3262231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFLMAO.  I Lovvvveeeee it.  <br><br>It tickled me so bad Texas Girl.  I was like, MICHELLE - hook the brotha up.  You know he's cheap so just buy it and slip it into his closet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-23_16:40:47", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232662, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brown Man:  WOW!!  Those pics!!   A GOLD MINE!!  ALL that OBAMA-BIDEN SUPPORT!!<br><br>THANK  YOU for the INSPIRATION!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!   TRUST!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:42:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223112, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey All, <br><br>I am so excited. I voted last night. I could not get into the Tuesday open thread last night to share with you guys.<br><br>However, let me share with you my drama. Approximately, a month ago I updated my address with the Secretary of State's office in order to be able to vote in my new neighborhood. I also checked the box for the voter motor registration. I thought everything was ok. <br><br>Of course, I have been reading here on JJP and other blogs about voters being dropped from rolls in swing states. I did not think anything about it here in Illinois as Illinois is considered a given for Obama. Last night, something told me just go online and check my status. I checked the Chicago Board of Elections website and could not find my registration. I then checked the suburban for Cook County since I used to live in South Suburbs, still no luck. One last attempt I checked the state I attended college although I was sure I was registered in Illinois.<br><br>At this point, I am hyperventilating and almost in hysterics. Luckily, Illinois has a grace period that ended last night. You had to show up in person and vote at the same time. The offices were closing at 10:00. I literally raced out of my house at 9:30 doing about 80 (speed limit is only 45) on Lake Shore Drive praying I don't get stopped and that I can find a parking spot when I get downtown. I ran all the way from the car, on to the elevator, and to the offices. I JUST made it without about a 2 minutes to spare before they were closing the doors. My heart was pounding so fast!<br><br>Anyway, I cast my ballot for Barack Obama. I was trying my best to hold back tears. You know I didn't want to do that \"ugly cry\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:23:45", "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": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BRUTAL.... and TRUE!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:03:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234909, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today's Polls<br><br>Alaska Ivan Moore Res. McCain 53, Obama 42 McCain +11<br>Florida NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 45, McCain 46 McCain +1<br>Kentucky Rasmussen McCain 52, Obama 44 McCain +8<br>Maine SurveyUSA Obama 54, McCain 39 Obama +15<br>Maine Pan Atlantic SMS Obama 51, McCain 39 Obama +12<br>Nevada CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>North Carolina WSOC-TV Obama 48, McCain 46 Obama +2<br>North Carolina CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Ohio CNN/Time Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>Tennessee Rasmussen McCain 54, Obama 42 McCain +12<br>Virginia NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 47, McCain 45 Obama +2<br>Virginia CNN/Time Obama 54, McCain 44 Obama +10<br>Washington Elway Poll Obama 55, McCain 36 Obama +19<br>West Virginia CNN/Time McCain 53, Obama 44 McCain +9<br>Wisconsin Research 2000 Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>Wisconsin WPR/St. Norbert Obama 51, McCain 38 Obama +13<br><br>National FOX News Obama 49, McCain 40 Obama +9<br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>National Gallup Obama 51, McCain 42 Obama +9<br>National Hotline/FD Obama 47, McCain 42 Obama +5<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 54, McCain 43 Obama +11<br>National IBD/TIPP Obama 46, McCain 42 Obama +4<br>National F&M/Hearst-Argyle Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_20:08:47", "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}, "3232028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good for you, Honey01!<br><br> You did it!  Congrats!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:25:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Evita's right, you called it and you know what in combined with that foreign policy speech you just spoke about ... this I feel <b>will</b> be the final nail in McCain's campaign coffin.<br><br>This is the October Surprise ... then again there seems to have been about 10 of those from the Republican side already. Let's call this the October of the Republicans <b>flagrante Delicto</b> ... <i> horrible news for them</i> ... and sadly so has it been for our country.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:55:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232340, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy Birthday, Town!<br><br>Enjoy your day!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:18:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:      <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/nyt-mag-lifts-curtain-on_n_136632.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The NYT Is Gonna Tell All About McAncient's Campaign on Sunday!</a><br><br><i>The New York Times Magazine is set to publish an explosive story this Sunday on the inner workings and combative personalities of what has been a wild few months for the McCain campaign.<br><br>The piece, written by Robert Draper and titled \"The Making (and Remaking and Remaking) of the Candidate,\" breaks some new reportorial ground, including a growing weariness within a campaign that seems more interested in tactical victories and the next compelling narratives than an overarching strategy. Draper writes:<br><br>\"By October, the succession of backfiring narratives would compel some to reappraise not only McCain's chances but also the decisions made by [Chief Strategist Steve] Schmidt, who only a short time ago was hailed as the savior who brought discipline and unrepentant toughness to a listing campaign.\"<br><br>SKIP<br><br>\"Despite their leeriness of being quoted,\" Draper writes, \"McCain's senior advisers remained palpably confident of victory -- at least until very recently.\"</i><br><br>Finally!  Is THIS the OCTOBER SURPRISE??   I'm waiting!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_04:27:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My condolences, I'll pray for you and your family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:56:40", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whether they explicitly state it or not doesn't even matter. I'm convinced everybody over there is for the Right...  even Alan Combs...LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:41:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222839, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Shoot, I'm into Haute Couture, and shop in NYC frequently, but I'm on first name basis with most clothing shops on 7th Avenue and I know how to stretch my dollar until the damned eagle screams!<br><br>Therefore, I could have put together ten outfits that would have made me look better than Sarah Palin, and would have had at least $145,000 left OVER.\"<br><br>As would MOST women CPL.  I agree with you 100%", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:28:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227088, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama. Does. Not. Play.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:41:25", "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": 3222991, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I did, but they were kind of rushing me along to hurry up and get to the booth after filling out the paperwork. <br><br>While, I was searching the databases last night for my status I also called the Board of Elections. I just went through a series of prompts before I decided to run out the house.<br><br>I definitely plan to find out. I am not even sure at this point what agency I contact (local, state, federal). I mean is there a record that shows when someone first registered even if they were purged?<br><br>Correct me if I am wrong, once you are registered you are registered forever., right? Only if you have a change of address do you need to update your registration (which I did).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:56:47", "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": 3227237, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate,<br> You and your family are in my prayers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:56:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPR", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3255595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  It took me some time to RECOVER from, what I considered to be, such a VILE/DESPICABLE THOUGHT/REMARK.<br><br>1st Amendment considered, I'm asking that YOU allow <i>YOUR PEOPLE</i> to make their decision as to whether THEY would \"bring this\" [LOW LEVEL OF IN-SENSITIVITY] here.<br><br>WE WILL RESPOND   - APPROPRIATELY!  TRUST!!<br><br>To YOUR PEEPS   - EEEWWWWW!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-23_12:43:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238307, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227436": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate,<br><br>Sorry for your loss.  I pray for your family's strength to get through this time, and that your grandfather has found peace in going to his eternal home.<br><br>Hold on tight to your memories because that is what will get you through.  It may not seem like it right now, but there will come a time that when you think of him it will bring you smiles instead of tears.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:57:05", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG. Prayers, thoughts, and wishes for the Obama family...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:26:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227961, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "you forgot -<br><br>HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT Leroy Johnston", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:28:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239142, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b> Well Lookie Here!</b><br><br><b>GOP Pulling  Its Ads From Bachmann's Race</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pu...</a><br><br><i>Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.</i><br><br><i>Two sources aware of ad buys in Minnesota say that the National Republican Congressional Committee is pulling its media purchases from Bachmann's race. If true, it is a remarkable fall for a congresswoman who, until recently, seemed relatively safe in her predominantly conservative district.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:28:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What a odd, but strangely encouraging picture?!?! We really a more than the faces we wear and the symbols we pledge our allegiance to...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3225396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ya'll - I am cracking up on the commentary on abcnews regarding Palin's $150K shopping spree.  Some of the commentary is off the hook.  LOLOLOL  <br><br>My favorite is this - Look at Obama's shoes! The RNC supports fiscal responsibility in words but their deeds tell a different story. They are aristocrats!<br><br>and then they showed a picture of Obama's shoes<br><a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.nachofoto.com/b-Obama-shoes-worn-4ab386e92043.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.nachofoto.com/b-...</a><br><br>The main story is here.  --&gt;http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/but-wait-until.html", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:34:16", "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": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:  Co-sign.  :&gt;)  <br><br>My point:  IFFF you cain't say NU-CLE-AR  -  THEN you cain't say   <b>NU-CU-LAR!</b>  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  'cause you sound - DUMB/UNEDUCATED!  PRACTICE  - Get a SPEECH professional!!<br>Never mind!!  Just go  -  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA\" rel=\"nofollow\">NORTH TO ALASKA</a><br><br>And stay there!<br><br>Whew! Gettin' weary Deep Breaths!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:51:22", "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": 3231870, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  FAUX SPEWS is PAYING the commentator NOT to GO PARTISAN:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/npr-shep-smith-steers-awa_n_136654.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/npr-sh...</a><br><b>NPR: Shep Smith \"Steers Away From Ideology</b><br><br><i>The crux of the segment, which can be heard here, is that Fox News \"is paying Smith $8 million a year not to take an explicit point of view,\" and it even cited Media Matters' Eric Boehlert, who described Smith as the fairest anchor on Fox News.</i><br><br>Interesting.  Anyone have any ideas??  Errybody else is ENCOURAGED to express their RACIST views.  Is he supposed  to be the \"balance & fair\" reporter?   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:24:13", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "T:  It's O.K.   \"You just B/do you!\"\" [Thanks Michelle! :&gt;)]  I'm feelin' U!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:21:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's up, my people? I just saw this <a href=\"http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=77387\" rel=\"nofollow\"> interview</a> that Senator Obama gave to some DC station. He said that Granny Toots may not be around for the elections. I mean, how freaking sad is that? Man, I hope she sticks around to see her grandson kick some GOP ass. Hang on Maddie D. Just 13 more days...<br><br>God bless her.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:29:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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}, "3225226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now if they could just get them damn touchscreens in West VA to stop switching votes from Barack to McCain.<br><br>Palin was supposed to take a bus tour through the state. I guess they couldn't afford that so they decided to rig the touch screens instead.<br><br>The fuckers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:19:47", "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": 3223851, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your two cents have been received. lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:18:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3246400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who is going to replace Tim Russert on Meet the Press. It's less than to weeks to the election and I haven't heard a word about it. In my super brief research- a few people are talking about it.<br><br>Gwen Ifil?<br><a href=\"http://www.jossip.com/give-gwen-ifill-a-chance-20081021/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jossip.com/give-gwen-ifill-a-chance-...</a> <br><br>An \"insider\" shares some thoughts:<br><a href=\"http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Biz/Tim-Russert-Replacement/800041686\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide...</a><br><br><br>Who do you want to see? I like how hard hitting Chris Mathews is, but I believe Gwen Ifil has a little more gravitas to her than any of the others...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_23:28:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Two Quit Call Center Jobs Over Anti-Obama Robocalls<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/woman-quits-job-at-call-c_n_136798.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/woman-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:56:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "from marc ambinder<br><br><i>22 Oct 2008 08:38 am<br>Palin Couture: To Put $150,000 In Perspective<br>That's one good week of television time in Colorado.<br><br>And folks wonder why even Republicans are angry about the provenance of Palin's wardrobe.<br><br>BTW: Saks's tagline for women's clothing right now is \"Guilt free and gorgeous.\"<br><br>And, of course, before someone says it: Palin's \"real\" American Apparel.<br><br>If Palin's wardrobe were a family of four, they'd get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign....<br></i><br><br><a href=\"http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/to_put_250000_in_perspective.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:47:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOTFLMAO!  <br><br>So it wasn't just me.  LOL I thought the same thing.  hahahahahahahahahahaha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:30:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227879, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig, where did you see this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:36:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3231912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a distraction. They don't want to cover her latest corruption. You see, she's paid for trips or her kids on the state's dime and the AP exposed it yesterday.<br><br>So what do they do? Distract us with bullshit. Turn her into some victim of sexism because people are going to jump all over her for this shit.<br><br>I don't care how much they paid for her damn clothes and hair and makeup. She's manufactured. A fool knows that.<br><br>But I do care about how corrupt she is. And I'm not alone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:36:42", "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": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225396, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/40496/pollobama-is-most-liked-candidate-since-reagan.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/40496/pollobama-is-...</a><br><b>Poll:  Obama Is Most-Liked Candidate Since Reagan</b><br><br><i>(Newser) \u2013<b> Barack Obama is the most well-liked first-term presidential candidate in 28 years, New York Times/CBS polls found. More than half of voters, 53%, have a favorable impression of the Illinois senator, a 10-point increase over last month. And though John McCain\u2019s approval ratings held steady, voters with a negative opinion of him increased 10 points, to 45%.</b><br><br>Voters who changed their minds say the debates were a major factor. They also gave Sarah Palin as a reason for those newly negative opinions. The Alaska governor herself now has a 41% negative rating, the highest of any vice presidential candidate in history. But positive opinion of Joe Biden has risen to 50%.<br><br>Source New York Times</i><br><br>He has run a BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN and with DIGNITY and a PLEASANT DEMEANOR!!<br><br>WE are PROUD of HIM!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_04:39:29", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not sure if this has been posted but this is for all the trolls who keep claiming Obama is calling for socialism. Hit them back with this. <br><br><b> John McCain On Taxing Rich People</b><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2JPbQOHEkY\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2JPbQOHEkY</a><br><br>So who is the Socialist?? Put it in an ad and run it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Karma Express claims another victim:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOP Pulling Its Ads from Bachmann's Race</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If Palin's wardrobe were a family of four, they'd get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign\"<br><br>RAOTFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:15:21", "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": 3234785, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lynn Sweet? 'Nuff said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:27:31", "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": 3225119, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  I had to come back to my house for a minute and I checked JJP.<br><br><i>What WILL HAPPEN. .    SOMEONE WILL DECIDE. . .  .</i><br><br>D:  This is DESPICABLE and DISGUSTING!!  WHO is SOMEONE???  Nobody THINKS or FEELS LIKE THIS!!  And, ESPECIALLY, AT THESE MOMENTS!!<br><br>HOW CAN YOU THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BRING THIS KIND OF SKEWD THOUGHT TO THIS SITE???  YOU see how \"WE\" respond to people who sustain losses.   <br><br>Annnnd, you don't even see the \"trolls\" checking in at this time.<br><br>BACK TO YOU!!!  PUL-EEZE EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT HERE/TO THIS KIND OF RESPONSE THAT \"SOMEONE\" WILL MAKE!!!<br><br>IT IS SOOOOO TWISTED!!!<br><br>I AM SHOCKED!!  YOU DISPLAYED SUCH COMPASSION TO A TROLL WHEN ANSWERING HIS/HER  QUESTION.  THEN THIS CRUELTY  COMES OUT OF YOUR HEAD TO OUR SITE????<br><br>HOW/WHY????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:17:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3236526, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's a nice website Pale-in can shop for that fab outfit for the big house<br><br><a href=\"http://www.shopzilla.com/adult-costumes/jumpsuits-orange/8222/products\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.shopzilla.com/adult-costumes/jumpsui...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:50:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232375, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you ask anyone why you're information didn't show up online?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:43:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3236192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hate to say this out loud and in polite company but apart from our shitty economic situation, the other reason why a retread of Rev. Wright won't play right now: Granny Toots. <br><br>Look, this reportedly no nonsense lady has been the moral arbiter for Senator Obama for all of his life. By Senator Obama's own account, she is doing very poorly. He is going to spend a couple of, what could be, her last days with her, in the final 30m of 800m race. His family priorities, love, and compassion for the family matriarch on full display. And, to boot, she could not look more different from Rev, Wright, if y'all get my drift. <br><br>Let 'em trot out Rev. Wright so that we can see that tactic fail spectacularly too. You know, 'cause people really don't give a f**k about that right now anyway. They've got to feed their kids...<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:03:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I appreciate Governor Rendell's exhuberant support of Senator Obama and we shouldn't take PA for granted, but why does he have to go cry <a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/rendell-nervous.html#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"> wolf</a> to the media like that?<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:22:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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}, "3232098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Am I the only one that wants to see the BEFORE picture of her her her kids dirty faces? She's such a mavericky maverick!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:29:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3231644, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My condolences in the loss of your father, Nate.  You have my prayers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:28:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Johnny Mac is trying to get Osama Bin Ladin to help him steal the election! (And Faux News is actually reporting it!) *Cue Twilight Zone theme*<br><br><a href=\"http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/al-qaeda-linked-web-site-backs-mccain-president/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/al-qaed...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:30:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf8f12a33c7941947fdd53f5ff10e73", "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}, "3225446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yawn.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:39:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225318, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Texas Girl and Time. <br><br>I am telling you, I felt the ugly cry coming on. I had on a baseball cap too trying to disguise my tears. <br><br>But you know what? When (I am speaking it in to existence) Obama has his post election celebration in Grant Park in Chicago, it is going to be a whole lot of people doing the ugly cry. I will be right there with them.<br><br>Hell, I plan to be doing it the night of November 4th which is why I already scheduled the 5th off. No way I am coming in to work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:01:28", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227276, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "exuberant...no \"h\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": 3234192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "*Latino* (typing too fast. LOL!)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:47:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3235831, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's better at pimping than Tyrone. He could take pointers from her about how to pimp.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:09:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239142, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this captures perfectly how I feel about her wardobe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:39:58", "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": 3225039, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL See Craig - we seem to always watch the same programs in tandem.<br><br>Yes I saw that and felt that.  It was in fact PRESIDENTIAL.  <br><br>Bravo Barack!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:59:55", "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": 3231912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy Birthday, Town!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:34:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was a thing of beauty! This is the second time Tweety handed Nancy her ass on a platter. <br><br>It would make a PERFECT SNL skit!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:29:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3239209, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama should make a play for TEXAS- must read and act! <br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/91952/913/166/638512\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/91...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:57:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I missed it...I just tuned in and watched David Korn explain how Alaska is a socialistic state to that right-wing nut he was debating while Tweety slyly smiled.<br><br>On another note: The titles this guy placed on each electoral map poll is hilarious:<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/135211/31/907/638796\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/13...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:52:47", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238351, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin or Bachman ... whose dumber?<br><br>You decide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:37:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222758, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From <a href=\"http://Politico.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Politico.com</a><br><br>October 21, 2008<br>Categories: Virginia<br><br><i>The sage of C-Ville sees Va. tilting Obama<br><br>So sayeth Larry Sabato:<br><b><br>Incredibly, anti-historically, [Virginia is] leaning to Obama by a few points. No one who knows this state well believes the 10-point spreads that keep showing up in public polls. The margin will be considerably closer. But the tide that is building for the Dems nationally has risen faster in Va. than elsewhere because, like Florida, it is becoming a slightly more conservative microcosm of the nation\u2019s midpoint. Kaine & Warner have helped. The Obama money edge is enormous. And the McCain campaign has a death wish here \u2014 the comments by McCain\u2019s brother on \u2018Commies in NoVa\u2019 and the spokeswoman\u2019s \u2018real Va.\u2019 remark, etc. The Jeff Frederick incident [comparing Obama to Osama bin Laden] got a lot of play, reinforcing in people\u2019s minds that the GOP is on the loony right. The new registrations lean heavily to the Dems. <br>Ol\u2019 Virginny is dead.</b><br><br>There is no feasible path to the White House for McCain without Virginia.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Stay strong and take care of yourself while you grieve your losses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:31:01", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From HuffPost:  Obama's DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/pew-poll-obama-expands-do_n_136637.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/pew-po...</a><br><b>Pew Poll:  Obama Expands Double-Digit Lead</b><br><br><i>Barack Obama has a double-digit lead over John McCain in the latest Pew poll, 52 percent to 38 percent with registered voters, and 53 percent to 39 percent among likely voters. The Democratic candidate has made particular strides on national security and expanded his lead on the economy. Meanwhile, doubts about McCain's campaign, age, and judgment are growing.<br><br>Also, the age factor has become a problem for McCain: the number of likely voters who think that McCain is too old increased from 23% in early September to 34% in mid-October.<br><br>One surprising result that might reflect growing voter dissatisfaction with negative attacks: McCain's campaign was given a lower grade than the Bush 2000 campaign, which benefited from scurrilous innuendo in South Carolina about McCain's adopted daughter, and the Bush 2004 campaign, which benefited from the Swift Boat Veterans for America's ads against John Kerry: <br><br><b>Obama's strong showing in the current poll reflects greater confidence in the Democratic candidate personally. More voters see him as \"well-qualified\" and \"down-to-earth\" than did so a month ago. Obama also is inspiring more confidence on several key issues, including Iraq and terrorism, than he did before the debates. Most important, Obama now leads McCain as the candidate best able to improve economic conditions by a wider margin (53% to 32%).</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>In addition, Sarah Palin appears to be a continuing - if not an increasing - drag on the GOP ticket. Currently, 49% of voters express an unfavorable opinion of Palin, while 44% have a favorable view.</i><br><br>GREAT READ!!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:38:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You have my condolences.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:01:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know we're supposed to be talking about the election and politics, but this is a good (and quick) read about <a href=\"http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/10/22/open-thread-do-black-women-give-too-much/\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Black Women Giving \"Too\" Much Money Away</a>. <br><br>Made me stop and ponder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3224467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because they are too busy reporting the non-intellectual stuff that most Americans care about... such as the big news story of the day about how much Palin blew on clothes and questionable travel expenses for her kids. America, a culture where people would prefer not to think too hard.  <br><br>I wish more people WOULD pay more attention to how intellectually devoid this woman is...<br><br>Thanks so much for posting this because people need to start paying attention to the real reason this woman should be allowed nowhere near the Oval Office...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_06:47:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222751, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3243413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I also forgot  \"I'm a f*ckin' redneck\" er uh, \"thug\" - LOL!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:35:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3243311, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val,<br><br>I'm listening to Ed Shultz and he just mentioned Obama's shoes, in regard to the Palin wardrobe cost. He said that Obama's staff in Chicago took up a collection to buy him a new pair of shoes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:02:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225501, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My best friend just called me and I was getting her up to date on the recent election news, when we started talking about the housing crisis. For some reason, this story slipped by my news radar. I don't remember anyone posting on here, but when my friend told me about it, I had to look it up ...<br><br>Sheriff in Chicago Halts Foreclosure Evictions<br><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4987TJ20081009?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&sp=true\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4...</a><br><br>Sorry, if you all have already discussed this, but I just think this Sheriff Dart is a hero. What a brave and noble thing to do. He was risking his own career for the people of Cook County.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:12:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, everybody!  I was down at the Obama rally in Richmond. It was just a big ball of positivity!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:54:19", "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": 3222742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As was pointed out Gov Rendell always make you go hmmmm... I just know he is a KAPO to every institution he has been involved w//", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:56:03", "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": 3234192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3231644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They are grooming her for the future. They ain't gonna ask her to repay <i>shit</i> LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:01:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227088, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "but Craig - why they call the man out on his worn out shoes.  LOLOL<br><br>I had to say, I needed the chuckle.<br><br>Besides that - I think more folks will be upset that her clothes $150K is worth more than the homes of many Americans. So not necessarily a distraction.  In addition to her taking the tax payers money and spending it on her kids.  but Obama's shoes . . . . that tickled me", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:44:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "more like walmart or cato.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:58:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225039, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh,<br><br>I don t doubt this. I was disgusted at them trying to 'explain and justify' this on AC360. Only Roland Martin seemed to ' get it'. <br>but then again, Im used to it.<br><br><br>though, I have to agree with Val - we're in the  middle of an economic crisis - though the corruption of having the state pay for her kids is one thing...<br><br><br>paying 150 for her wardrobe since the end of August in the middle of an economic crisis - that's something visceral, and only adds to her phoniness. women already have a dim view of her. I mean, you and me, we know she's full of shit....but this is plain and simple. They don't begrudge the Thieving Junkie Ho her 300,000 outfits, because it's HER money - This is CAMPAIGN money they're spending on Caribou Barbie, and it's going to rub the wrong way. It's more 'sexy'. More 'obvious'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:45:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3224994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As someone who is a complete slave to fashion, I am disgusted with this. They managed to find the tackiest crap in Neiman's, Saks and Barney's and spend $150k to get the genuine \"we just regular folk\" look.......I'm insulted. You can patronize me about a lot of stuff....but dammit, don't insult my intelligence with spending THAT kind of money to look like Daisy Duke goes to Washington.  I'm SO mad right now....bet those cute pumps I saw at Aldo would cheer me up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_07:54:19", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3223759, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because I know what my people are capable of. <br><br>And if/when it happens, they deserve no quarter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:21:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238232, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Ten<br><br>Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008<br><br>Contrary to other polls, some of which show Obama ahead by double digits, the IBD/TIPP Poll shows a sudden tightening of Obama's lead to 3.7 from 6.0. McCain has picked up 3 points in the West and with independents, married women and those with some college. He's also gaining momentum in the suburbs, where he's gone from dead even a week ago to a 20-point lead. Obama padded gains in urban areas and with lower-class households, but he slipped 4 points with parents.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:44:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah imagine that ... they would have to pay for their own heat, cable, tv, internet and food ... instead of his campaign donors.<br><br>Sounds like what each one of us has to do every month. It's called paying the bills.<br><br>I cannot get over the hypocrisy of some of these folks. \"Lynn Sweet, you get paid enough to cover your extras\"<br><br>cheap ass", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:59:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225119, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Orin Hatch is a fascist.<br><br>There, I said it.<br><br>(And he mentioned that John McCain is going to \"win\" Pennsylvania. They're going to steal it.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:29:58", "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}, "3243434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you know you have my sympathy and prayers", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:36:45", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me and Anovelista have been discussing Obama's technology plan in light of the Google's President's endorsement. Meanwhile she sent me a link to a talk Obama did LAST year with a Q and A. It's an hour long BUT it is worth a listen. <br><br>He saying what he has been all along. This is not POLITICS. These are his beliefs in what direction the country should go under his leadership. He's been saying this stuff about what to do about the economy  (34 minute mark) from waaaay back in 2007.  McCain is late comer and a liar.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo</a><br><br><br>FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:24:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Adlai Stevenson's frugality was immortalized by his campaign lapel pin - a shoe with a hole in the sole. If I knew how to embed a picture here I would show you, but you can find an image on this link <a href=\"http://manolomen.com/2007/08/10/walking-on-egghead-shells/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://manolomen.com/2007/08/10/walking-on-eggh...</a><br>\"better a hole in the shoe than a hole in the head\"<br><br>My father was a speechwriter for Stevenson, and I remember this well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_09:40:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225701, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm no longer what I'd personally consider to be a full-fledged person of faith.  Yet on behalf of my family, I will ask for the prayers of the readers on J&J.  I lost my father, Refus Jr., in March of this year to complications from congestive heart failure.  Last night, the same complications took my grandfather, Refus Sr., a loyal husband of 58 years to my grandmother, Syvilla.  I love my granddaddy for instilling in me the subtle guilt of being idle for too long, as he once worked three jobs before retirement. I had the novelty of seeing him on and off during my 12 years of public schooling, for two of those jobs included bus driving during the mornings and afternoons, with school custodian work in between.  Refus Sr. was never a complainer, he was a 'doer', and remembering all of his acts to help me and other relatives would take entirely too long.  <br><br>Thanks for everything, Granddad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And if she does,it's from a diploma mill...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:25:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233887, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain slips up and utters the C word from the stump.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1ImnGQYcE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1ImnGQYcE</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:03:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You should have went for the ugly cry because you earned it.  I have a feeling there will be many tears of joy shed at the polling places between now and election day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:59:19", "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": 3226905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  This is good!  :&gt;)  <i>What's their problem?</i><br><br>THEY are LOOKING AT HER <b>LACK OF CREDENTIALS and her SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC ATTITUDE</b>;  NOT her:  1. Butt or 2. her $150,000 wardrobe or 3. her  - - humm!  I'm sorry.  She has NOTHING ELSE!<br><br>Sooo, McAncient, \"What is your problem?\"  We know!!!  C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!  TRUST!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:30:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232941, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3240890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG<br><br>I JUST WATCHED IT<br><br>HILARIOUS<br><br>Bill Burton didn't have to say JACK<br><br>BRU-TAL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238351, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3255711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's cool....and I'd hope it wouldn't show up here. On that one, we'd be in agreement. I'm certain I could go over to Free Republic and it's already been said; I'm just making an effort not to.<br><br>But I have a sneaking suspicion that someone will let it slip on TV and/or radio. And you know the likely culprits just as well as I do.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-23_12:51:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3255595, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate,<br><br>I'm so sorry for your lost. My God grant you and your family peace, serenity and strength during this time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:07:25", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3242941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have to call BS on Andrew. Aspiring to a college education as a be all and end all is not necessarily a good thing. College is not for everyone. Skilled trades are very lucrative and you are your own business. The indicators of income are no longer reliable as any Doctor will tell you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_19:01:43", "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": 3233756, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is Tweety tearing into Nancy. Get some popcorn.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHB6APpaH5k\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHB6APpaH5k</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:57:18", "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": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3237313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Sarah Palin Displays the Latest in Donkey Fashion </b><br><br><a href=\"http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/21/in-which-sarah-palin-displays-the-latest-in-donkey-fashion.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/...</a><br><br><i>Spotted at a Palin event in Reno, Nev., Oct. 21. Yes, the scarf says, \"Vote.\" And yes, those appear to be donkeys. A sign? </i><br><br>Anovelista: Sarah Palin is eyeing 2012. She could care less...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_16:35:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch<br>WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.<br><br>The poll, which found Obama at 44 percent and McCain at 43 percent, supports what some Republicans and Democrats privately have said in recent days: that the race narrowed after the third debate as GOP-leaning voters drifted home to their party and McCain's \"Joe the plumber\" analogy struck a chord.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:43:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dcd263259296c8998ebbd7b06463535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Good News Overflows:<br><br>Here's <a href=\"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3341\" rel=\"nofollow\">a link  to a list of quotes</a> made by conservatives, Rebublicans, and Right-Leaning Independents in support of Obama. Alll this maturity and clear-headedness makes a girl feel all warm and fuzzy inside.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:58:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "3233220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John McCain is mentally ill.<br><br>He should go somewhere and sit down and be quiet.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:31:45", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232941, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "(((((hugs)))))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:10:29", "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": 3226952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Well!   Well!   Well!  They did NOT tell us this!:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/563226.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/563226.html</a><br><b>Gov. Palin to give Troopergate deposition Friday</b><br><br>By RACHEL D'ORO<br>The Associated Press<br><br>Published: October 21st, 2008 05:55 PM<br><i><b>Gov. Sarah Palin, already found by one investigation to have abused her power, will take time from her vice presidential campaign Friday to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state's top public safety official.</b><br><br>It will be the first deposition in the affair by the Republican vice presidential candidate. Palin wasn't subpoenaed to answer questions in an investigation by the state Legislature, though her husband, Todd, gave an affidavit in that probe.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Palin has said it was up to the Personnel Board to investigate her actions, not state lawmakers. Palin agreed to cooperate with the board's investigation.<br><br>The governor originally said she would cooperate with the Legislature's probe. But after becoming the GOP vice presidential candidate, she said the investigation had become too partisan and filed the ethics grievance against herself with the Personnel Board.<br><br>The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a bid by five Republican state legislators to shut down the Legislature's investigation.</i><br><br>If she does a \"Katie Couric-type\" deposition, they may find her in contempt of of court  - for NOT answering the questions!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_03:22:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did that whacko Palin say as VP she can get in there(senate) and make policy changes???  Or did I hallucinate the whole thing?<br><br>rofl", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:57:46", "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": 3238351, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3226571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hold on...hold on...hold on....wasn't it the Republicans who went after John Edwards for getting a $400 dollar cut with his campaign money!!!!<br><br>Didn't they call that a contradiction of his message.<br><br>What hypocrites?<br><br>I just remebered that but its sexism right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:01:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3226356, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One word, Bachmann:<br><br>YOUTUBE<br><br>Caught like a mug.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222758, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3238351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chris Matthews just tore up Nancy Pfotenhauer and threw her into the wind.<br><br>It was <i>brutal.</i><br><br>What's gotten into Tweety?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_17:24:15", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Palin discusses potential plans for America</i><br><br>You mean like........ plans to stay the hell out of American politics and take her  @ss back to Alaska?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:48:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222616, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What C word? I don't have video access.<br><br>What exactly was the statement?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:14:37", "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": 3232694, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Another GOP Senator Supporting Mr. Obama:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/wisconsin-gop-official-de_n_136573.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/wiscon...</a><br><b>Wisconsin GOP Official Denounces McCain Robocalls, Endoeses Obama</b><br><br><i>A longtime Republican State Senator in Wisconsin history announced on Tuesday that she would be supporting Barack Obama, in part because of the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign and, specifically, the use of \"dishonorable\" anti-Obama robocalls.<br><br>\"All of us should be extremely wary of the half truths and outright untruths that have been spread by the recent negative campaigning and shameful automated phone calls,\" said Barbara Lorman of Fort Atkinson. \"While my admiration for Senator Obama has grown with his positive approach to addressing the challenges facing our nation, my disappointment with the McCain campaigned has deepened. The negative tactics are inappropriate, downright dishonorable and have no place in the State of Wisconsin.\"<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Lorman is not, obviously, of the same national stature as these other officials. But her place in Wisconsin politics makes her an influential voice in an important swing state.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>COUNT IT!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:48:35", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From HuffPost re the NYT:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-catches-mccain-camp_n_136833.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-...</a><br><b>NYTimes Catches McCain In a Lie About Bailout Response</b><br><br><i>Leaked copies of Robert Draper's forthcoming New York Times Magazine expos\u00e9 on the McCain campaign's many messages are already being picked apart by eager-beaver political journalists. But, interestingly, the piece's very first anecdote is one of the juiciest, as it contradicts the McCain campaign's own account of its first response to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's economic crisis proposal.<br><br>On Wednesday, September 24, Obama spokesman Bill Burton announced that his candidate had placed a call to McCain, encouraging a joint response to the Paulson plan:<br><br><br>SKIP<br><br>As is well known by now, Schmidt won out, if only for a day or so. McCain did suspend his campaign (sort of) in an attempt to ride herd in Washington, only to relent and accept the original terms of the first debate before any bipartisan compromise was struck. <b>But if Draper's account of the Wednesday morning sessions is accurate, it would appear that McCain's meetings were less about getting sound economic advice -- as claimed by the campaign -- and more about looking for the most politically advantageous angle on the crisis.</b></i><br><br>So there!!  McAncient LIED!!!  NOT NEWS!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:48:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually, more people will be upset over the $150k spending spree on clothes.....clothes are a basic necessity. This will hurt more than bilking the Alaskan taxpayers for her kids trips.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_08:51:22", "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": 3225416, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3234204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just in case you wanted to know what Johnny Mac had to say to his faithful followers via email today:<br><br>___________________________<br><br>My Friends,<br><br>I hope you'll take the time today to read the email below from Governor Palin.<br><br>By now you've heard that the Democrats combined have raised nearly $200 million in the month of September alone and they're using this money to flood media markets across the country with misleading ads.<br><br>While I don't get much time to watch television on the campaign trail, I did see many of these attack ads watching the Arizona Cardinals play the Dallas Cowboys a few Sundays ago. Objective observers have said these ads are full of misinformation and the ads from the left are quickly adding up to the most expensive negative ad buy in history.<br><br>Your generous support is needed today to stop the left's misleading attacks against candidates from the top to bottom of our ticket. Will you make a donation right now of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more to McCain-Palin Victory 2008?<br><br>We're less than two weeks away from Election Day and thankful for any amount you can give to bolster advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in important races across the country. Thank you for your support.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>John McCain<br><br>From: Sarah Palin<br>Sent: Mon 10/20/2008 3:38 PM<br>Subject: My guest appearance on Saturday Night Live<br><br>Dear Supporter,<br><br>If you caught my guest appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, you may have seen an ad or two (or twenty) from Senator Obama's campaign.<br><br>This barrage of advertising is adding up to the most expensive negative ad buy in political history. And these ads are funded with the nearly $200 million the Obama campaign and the DNC raised in September.<br><br>With this new money, they'll only step up their media buying efforts to flood every network with ads attacking our shared values. These ads are full of inaccurate information designed to mislead voters in key media markets.<br><br>We need your support to stop the Obama-Biden Democrats' media buying binge. Your immediate contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more will help fund our team's ads in key media markets across the country.<br><br>The current media buying gap is a direct result of Senator Obama's broken pledge to accept public financing. This summer, Senator Obama chose to break his promise to the American people by opting out of the public financing system. But, you can be sure that our entire team will honor all of the promises we make in this campaign because we are men and women of our word.<br><br>Our team of reformers has a plan to take America in a new direction. Our economic policies focus on providing economic relief to those who need it most. While the Obama-Biden Democrats say they want to \"spread the wealth around,\" our team won't support economic policies that punish Americans for working hard and pursuing the American Dream.<br><br>I'm asking you today to help our team get this message out. The funds you give today will help pay for upcoming ad buys and get-out-the-vote efforts.<br><br>If Senator Obama is elected and Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid are in charge of Congress, there will be nothing stopping them from raising your taxes, immediately pulling out of Iraq and placing your healthcare decisions in the hands of government bureaucrats.<br><br>We can't let this happen and that's why your financial support is so critical to our efforts. Every dollar we raise goes directly to help fund media buys and get-out-the-vote efforts in important races across the country. So, please make the most generous contribution you can give - whether its $25 or $250. We're certainly grateful for any help you can give. Thank you.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Governor Sarah Palin<br><br>P.S. Are you tired of watching the barrage of liberal television ads the Obama-Biden Democrats are running? If so, then I ask that you help us close the media buying gap by making a generous contribution of any amount to McCain-Palin Victory 2008. And if you can give $75 or more today, we'll send you an exclusive McCain-Palin Victory 2008 lapel pin to show your support during the final days of the campaign. We appreciate your support.<br><br>Contribute", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:23:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "cherisblog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wanted to make sure everyone saw this. I posted this yesterday, but late. <br><br><b>Sarah Palin's college years left no lasting impression</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-palincollege21-2008oct21%252C0%252C1017744%252Cfull.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pali...</a><br><br>In the five years of her collegiate career, spanning four universities in three states, Palin left behind few traces. Not many professors or students even remember her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:11:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Her college transcripts seem to be in the same place as her medical records - NeverNeverLand!<br><br>Has the University of Idaho confirmed that she graduated? Or, are they taking the \"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil\" route like the Mat-Su Hospital in Alaska that mysteriously did not report Trig's birth - even though it got plenty of publicity elsewhere.  Funny how everyone forgets that Bristol Palin was out of school for 4-5 months with \"mono\" during this very time period that her mother was pregnant (and didn't look it to anyone!)<br><br>Speaking of which... I love Andrew Sullivan's reporting on Palin:<br><br><b>How Anti-Intellectual Is Palin?</b><br><br><a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/how-anti-intell.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br><i>(Conservative) Ramesh Ponnuru asks the question. He refers to Noam Scheiber's devastating piece on Palin's Nixonian hatred of educated elites (<a href=\"http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130fe3-adab-4cb3-8443-c363f085cf13\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130...</a>) .  But Ponnuru wants more evidence. Here's one way to look at the question: how has Palin brought up her own kids? Her eldest son is a high-school drop-out. Her eldest daughter has had, so far as one can tell from press reports, very uneven attendance in high school, and no plans for college. Her other daughters seem to spend a lot of time traveling the country with their mom at tax-payers' expense. I've seen them at several rallies with the Palins this fall. Are they not in school?<br><br>The least one can say is that none of her children seems to have been brought up thinking that college is something to aspire to. And her new son-in-law just dropped out of high school as well.<br><br>Sarah Palin's own record of several colleges over several years - ending with a degree in sports journalism - tells you a lot. So does her interest in policing the Wasilla library as mayor and using the town's money for a sports stadium. She cut funding for the town museum and opposed building a new library. So does her amazing ignorance about the constitution. She is, in my judgment, the final rebuke to what Buckley tried to do for conservatism. She is burying it as an intellectual tradition and returning it to the pre-Buckley era. With the eager encouragement of a now Buckley-free National Review. Yes, the karma is overpowering. This is a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_14:00:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3233252, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You CAN'T let him win!<br><br>30 Days | 30 Reasons : This Dude (#14)<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DkY2SR-uYiQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DkY2SR-uYiQ</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's a link to an article about Ohio and the voting dispute ... <br><br><a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463327244056681.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463327244056...</a><br><br><b>\"With alleged death threats, suspicious mail and a surfeit of lawyers, the battle over Ohio voting procedures has reached a new level of ugliness.<br><br>Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said her office has been barraged with phone calls and e-mails that contain \"menacing messages and even threats of harm or death.\" Authorities are investigating those incidents, as well as a suspicious package mailed to her office last week that contained an unidentified powder and was covered with threatening messages, she said.<br><br>Ms. Brunner, a Democrat, said her office had to disable parts of its Web site late Monday after a security breach. The site was restored Tuesday, and a spokesman said it doesn't contain voters' personal information. The state Highway Patrol is helping to investigate the incident.\"</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_02:17:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Theft of Obama sign - our neighbors yard </b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-112664\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-112664</a><br><br>From Tempe, Arizona - check this out:<br><br><i>In our neighborhood we have had many of our Obama campaign signs stolen so many of us have begun to keep an eye on them using hidden cameras. We finally caught one of the perpetrators in this video. I unfortunately only have still motion capture with my own setup, but my neighbor was willing to share this with me. A police report has already been filed. If you know this person and want to do the right thing, contact the Tempe police department. </i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:05:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's what I don't get: Lynn Sweet is a Chicago-based reporter. She knows freakin' well that the campaign is going to be charged by the City of Chicago for the entire event. And, the media should understand (or investigate) just how much it costs to hold an event at Grant Park, a public venue.<br><br> It stands to reason that the Daley knows how to charge w/ a $400 million shortfall. Heck, he knows how to charge folks when there ain't no shortfall. So, she and her colleagues should get on top of the story rather than kvetching about their outcome. Or, maybe they should do a boss comparison between McCain's event and Obama's. I bet you a nickel to a donut that Obama's will cost about the same amount of $$$ and there will be 10 times more people attending....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_11:09:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3225119, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3245307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't k now what I was watching, but they brought up the point..this is her FOURTH TIME - ON CAMERA , where she was asked this question. <br><br>AND SHE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN IT RIGHT. <br><br>Folks are tired of her foolishness. The 'Average Joe' might not know either, but they're not asking you for your vote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_22:15:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3243455, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She probably didn't even graduate from college.<br><br>Look at her kids. Her eldest children don't attend high school. Her youngest daughter is on the campaign trail, not in school.<br><br>Palin is a stupid, backwater, ignorant, insular idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:33:18", "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": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232847, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3233702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's really sad. *smirks*<br><br>Maybe that was more of a Freudian slip than senility. *lol*", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_13:57:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "from The Daily Dish<br><br><i>22 Oct 2008 03:14 pm<br><br>Quote For The Day II<br>\"McCain feels with his heart, but he thinks with his base. And when he picked Sarah Palin, he told the United States of America to go fuck itself,\" - Leon Wieseltier, TNR.<br><br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:43:10", "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}, "3235268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another interesting read:<br><br><b>Ex Operative Tells Cautionary Tell on 'How To Rig An Election</b><br><br><a href=\"http://tiny.cc/vCi2S\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tiny.cc/vCi2S</a><br><br><b>Here's an excerpt from the article:</b><br><br><i> The former Republican political operative went to federal prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of phone harassment. He jammed the phone lines of New Hampshire's Democratic Party on Election Day six years ago.<br><br>\"The concept was to disrupt lines of communication. That's a fancy way of saying, 'make it so the phones didn't work,' \" Raymond told CNN recently. \"No calls going out. No calls going in.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:14:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3222509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  The pic:  dis-orienting -  BUT -eventually -UP-RIGHT!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  <br><br>Obama-Biden '08!!!  TRUST!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_00:36:57", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Photographic Proof : Powell Endorsement ABOUT RACE!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/21/6491/7750/376/637293\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/21/6491/7...</a><br><br><br>pretty funny", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:52:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3239412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks.   Did he even ask Bill Burton a single question..LOL.  Good on Bill for knowing not to interfere.<br><br>...meanwhile...on CNN they're rehashing whether Sarah energized the base...sigh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_18:36:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3238847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3227390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My condolences to you in the loss of your Dad, Nate. My thoughts & prayers are with you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_10:54:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3227016, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3225039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Only Sarah Palin could make $150,000 of clothes look like they came from Rainbow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_07:59:27", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3224994, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3235831": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh... but wasn't Barack having \"trouble\" with Lation voters? Now it's someone else. Whatev...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_15:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3234414, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3244884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "COMPELLING video of Republicans voting for Obama.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-hirshberg/republicans-voting-for-ob_b_136997.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-hirshberg/re...</a><br><br>[One of the guys looks feakishly like a bald Martin Short.]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_21:35:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3232340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks, evita.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_12:44:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3232021, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Happy , Happy Birthday Town!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_03:31:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222805, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3223037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I do think Stanley admires Obama's ' skills'....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-22_01:54:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3222991, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "6101962", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 171331569916110070}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "wednesday_open_thread_85", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 271, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 6101962, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.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=wednesday_open_thread_85' +
		'&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/wednesday_open_thread_85/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='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_85'
			+ '&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/wednesday_open_thread_85/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">271</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_85/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/wednesday_open_thread_85/">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:6101962" 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/wednesday_open_thread_85/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:6101962" 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:6101962" 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'				: 'wednesday_open_thread_85',
			// 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/wednesday_open_thread_85/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='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_85'
			+ '&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='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_85'
			+ '&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='		+ 'wednesday_open_thread_85'
				+ '&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/6101962/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
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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3238351">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3238351" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238351" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3238351" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3238351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238351" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris Matthews just tore up Nancy Pfotenhauer and threw her into the wind.<br><br>It was <i>brutal.</i><br><br>What\'s gotten into Tweety?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3243191">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3243191" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3243191" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243191">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3243191" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243191" class="dsq-comment-message">Tore her ass up, just like he should have.  Get out of here with that bs - you will not come here with that today.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3239629">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3239629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3239629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239629">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3239629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239629" class="dsq-comment-message">the whole UNAMERICAN memo pisses him off, IMO.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3240890">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3240890" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3240890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3240890">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3240890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3240890" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG<br><br>I JUST WATCHED IT<br><br>HILARIOUS<br><br>Bill Burton didn\'t have to say JACK<br><br>BRU-TAL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3238784">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3238784" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3238784">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3238784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238784" class="dsq-comment-message">I missed it...I just tuned in and watched David Korn explain how Alaska is a socialistic state to that right-wing nut he was debating while Tweety slyly smiled.<br><br>On another note: The titles this guy placed on each electoral map poll is hilarious:<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/135211/31/907/638796" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/13...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3238856">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3238856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3238856">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3238856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238856" class="dsq-comment-message">Did that whacko Palin say as VP she can get in there(senate) and make policy changes???  Or did I hallucinate the whole thing?<br><br>rofl</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3237611">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3237611" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3237611" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3237611">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3237611" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3237611" class="dsq-comment-message">This was a great segment on Larry King.  Susan Eisenhower is an amazing surrogate, and here, Frum was surprisingly reasonable.  Check it out.<br><br>susan eisenhower rips bay buchanan on CNN<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Nowy_YUM968" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Nowy_YUM968</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3236192">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3236192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3236192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3236192">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3236192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236192" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate to say this out loud and in polite company but apart from our shitty economic situation, the other reason why a retread of Rev. Wright won\'t play right now: Granny Toots. <br><br>Look, this reportedly no nonsense lady has been the moral arbiter for Senator Obama for all of his life. By Senator Obama\'s own account, she is doing very poorly. He is going to spend a couple of, what could be, her last days with her, in the final 30m of 800m race. His family priorities, love, and compassion for the family matriarch on full display. And, to boot, she could not look more different from Rev, Wright, if y\'all get my drift. <br><br>Let \'em trot out Rev. Wright so that we can see that tactic fail spectacularly too. You know, \'cause people really don\'t give a f**k about that right now anyway. They\'ve got to feed their kids...<br><br>T.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3236526">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3236526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3236526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3236526" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3236526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236526" class="dsq-comment-message">What will happen if Obama\'s grandmother passes, is that someone will decide it\'s a great time to remind the world of <a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/21/ferraro-offended-by-comparison-to-pastor-wright/" rel="nofollow">this.</a><br><br>And when they do, God help them.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3238232">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3238232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3238232">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3238232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238232" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  I had to come back to my house for a minute and I checked JJP.<br><br><i>What WILL HAPPEN. .    SOMEONE WILL DECIDE. . .  .</i><br><br>D:  This is DESPICABLE and DISGUSTING!!  WHO is SOMEONE???  Nobody THINKS or FEELS LIKE THIS!!  And, ESPECIALLY, AT THESE MOMENTS!!<br><br>HOW CAN YOU THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BRING THIS KIND OF SKEWD THOUGHT TO THIS SITE???  YOU see how "WE" respond to people who sustain losses.   <br><br>Annnnd, you don\'t even see the "trolls" checking in at this time.<br><br>BACK TO YOU!!!  PUL-EEZE EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT HERE/TO THIS KIND OF RESPONSE THAT "SOMEONE" WILL MAKE!!!<br><br>IT IS SOOOOO TWISTED!!!<br><br>I AM SHOCKED!!  YOU DISPLAYED SUCH COMPASSION TO A TROLL WHEN ANSWERING HIS/HER  QUESTION.  THEN THIS CRUELTY  COMES OUT OF YOUR HEAD TO OUR SITE????<br><br>HOW/WHY????</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3238307">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3238307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3238307" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3238307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238307" class="dsq-comment-message">Because I know what my people are capable of. <br><br>And if/when it happens, they deserve no quarter.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3255595">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3255595" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3255595" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3255595">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3255595" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3255595" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  It took me some time to RECOVER from, what I considered to be, such a VILE/DESPICABLE THOUGHT/REMARK.<br><br>1st Amendment considered, I\'m asking that YOU allow <i>YOUR PEOPLE</i> to make their decision as to whether THEY would "bring this" [LOW LEVEL OF IN-SENSITIVITY] here.<br><br>WE WILL RESPOND   - APPROPRIATELY!  TRUST!!<br><br>To YOUR PEEPS   - EEEWWWWW!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3255711">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3255711" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3255711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3255711" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3255711" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3255711" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s cool....and I\'d hope it wouldn\'t show up here. On that one, we\'d be in agreement. I\'m certain I could go over to Free Republic and it\'s already been said; I\'m just making an effort not to.<br><br>But I have a sneaking suspicion that someone will let it slip on TV and/or radio. And you know the likely culprits just as well as I do.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3232941">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3232941" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232941" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232941">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232941" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232941" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain ‘amazed’ by Palin treatment<br><br>John McCain called out fellow Republicans who have questioned running mate Sarah Palin’s credentials Tuesday. <br><br>“What’s their problem?” McCain asked during an interview with radio host Don Imus.<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14820.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14820...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3233359">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3233359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233359">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233359" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like Gramps left his copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" back at the ranch.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3233209">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3233209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233209">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233209" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  This is good!  :&gt;)  <i>What\'s their problem?</i><br><br>THEY are LOOKING AT HER <b>LACK OF CREDENTIALS and her SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC ATTITUDE</b>;  NOT her:  1. Butt or 2. her $150,000 wardrobe or 3. her  - - humm!  I\'m sorry.  She has NOTHING ELSE!<br><br>Sooo, McAncient, "What is your problem?"  We know!!!  C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!  TRUST!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3233220">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3233220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233220" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233220" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain is mentally ill.<br><br>He should go somewhere and sit down and be quiet.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3231870" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231870">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231870" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>NEW RULE FOR PALIN:</b> If you can\'t spell "socialism" you should not be allowed to say "socialism".<br><br>That is all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3233589" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233589">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233589" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  Co-sign.  :&gt;)  <br><br>My point:  IFFF you cain\'t say NU-CLE-AR  -  THEN you cain\'t say   <b>NU-CU-LAR!</b>  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  \'cause you sound - DUMB/UNEDUCATED!  PRACTICE  - Get a SPEECH professional!!<br>Never mind!!  Just go  -  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA" rel="nofollow">NORTH TO ALASKA</a><br><br>And stay there!<br><br>Whew! Gettin\' weary Deep Breaths!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232694" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232694" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain slips up and utters the C word from the stump.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1ImnGQYcE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX1ImnGQYcE</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233542" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233542" class="dsq-comment-message">OMFG! but the best part was watching Cindy. She swayed like she was going to faint when he said that. She looks very uncomfortable behind him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233951">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233951" class="dsq-comment-message">once your mouth is used to forming the word, it\'ll just slip out like that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232943" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232943" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG! <br><br>It <i>does</i> sound like he said it - <i>again.</i><br><br><i>Yeesh!</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233303" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233303" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233303" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s not well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233325">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233325" class="dsq-comment-message">Was it "communist"? Or perhaps the other "c" word he infamously referred to his wife as ? <br>I can\'t go to youtube at work.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235281">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235281" class="dsq-comment-message">What C word? I don\'t have video access.<br><br>What exactly was the statement?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232847" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232847" class="dsq-comment-message">I wanted to make sure everyone saw this. I posted this yesterday, but late. <br><br><b>Sarah Palin\'s college years left no lasting impression</b><br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-palincollege21-2008oct21%252C0%252C1017744%252Cfull.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pali...</a><br><br>In the five years of her collegiate career, spanning four universities in three states, Palin left behind few traces. Not many professors or students even remember her.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233252" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233252" class="dsq-comment-message">She probably didn\'t even graduate from college.<br><br>Look at her kids. Her eldest children don\'t attend high school. Her youngest daughter is on the campaign trail, not in school.<br><br>Palin is a stupid, backwater, ignorant, insular idiot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233756" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233756" class="dsq-comment-message">Her college transcripts seem to be in the same place as her medical records - NeverNeverLand!<br><br>Has the University of Idaho confirmed that she graduated? Or, are they taking the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" route like the Mat-Su Hospital in Alaska that mysteriously did not report Trig\'s birth - even though it got plenty of publicity elsewhere.  Funny how everyone forgets that Bristol Palin was out of school for 4-5 months with "mono" during this very time period that her mother was pregnant (and didn\'t look it to anyone!)<br><br>Speaking of which... I love Andrew Sullivan\'s reporting on Palin:<br><br><b>How Anti-Intellectual Is Palin?</b><br><br><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/how-anti-intell.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br><i>(Conservative) Ramesh Ponnuru asks the question. He refers to Noam Scheiber\'s devastating piece on Palin\'s Nixonian hatred of educated elites (<a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130fe3-adab-4cb3-8443-c363f085cf13" rel="nofollow">http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130...</a>) .  But Ponnuru wants more evidence. Here\'s one way to look at the question: how has Palin brought up her own kids? Her eldest son is a high-school drop-out. Her eldest daughter has had, so far as one can tell from press reports, very uneven attendance in high school, and no plans for college. Her other daughters seem to spend a lot of time traveling the country with their mom at tax-payers\' expense. I\'ve seen them at several rallies with the Palins this fall. Are they not in school?<br><br>The least one can say is that none of her children seems to have been brought up thinking that college is something to aspire to. And her new son-in-law just dropped out of high school as well.<br><br>Sarah Palin\'s own record of several colleges over several years - ending with a degree in sports journalism - tells you a lot. So does her interest in policing the Wasilla library as mayor and using the town\'s money for a sports stadium. She cut funding for the town museum and opposed building a new library. So does her amazing ignorance about the constitution. She is, in my judgment, the final rebuke to what Buckley tried to do for conservatism. She is burying it as an intellectual tradition and returning it to the pre-Buckley era. With the eager encouragement of a now Buckley-free National Review. Yes, the karma is overpowering. This is a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234909">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234909" class="dsq-comment-message">this is BRUTAL<br><br>BRUTAL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3235098" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235098" class="dsq-comment-message">BRUTAL.... and TRUE!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235871" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235871">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235871" class="dsq-comment-message">Anovelista:     OOOOOOO-EEEEE!!   POST-ON!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Added <b>1 point!</b>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3242941">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3242941" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to call BS on Andrew. Aspiring to a college education as a be all and end all is not necessarily a good thing. College is not for everyone. Skilled trades are very lucrative and you are your own business. The indicators of income are no longer reliable as any Doctor will tell you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233957" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233957" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t it Michelle Malkin that was complaining about the Obama girls giving an interview and professing faux concern about whether that was good for them?<br><br>I\'ll bet she hasn\'t said a word about Piper and Willow on the campaign trail.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233393">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233393" class="dsq-comment-message">Anovelista:  Good post.  :&gt;)<br><br>But, as it reveals, she didn\'t stay in ONE place that long in her never-ending quest for someone to GIVE her a CERTIFICATE of some sort!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnd, I\'m believin\' that she wasn\'t the "sharpest knife in the drawer!"  Just another number  - like in the PAGEANTS!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  The PAGE seems to have gone away.  But, you can search for it in the LATimes.  It\'s O.K.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233528" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233528" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233528" class="dsq-comment-message">I made a tiny URL of the link <br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/62w24v" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/62w24v</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234542">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234542" class="dsq-comment-message">Anovelista:  Thanks! I\'m noting this:<br><br><i>Palin, he said, took his public affairs reporting class, an upper-division course limited to 15 students. "It\'s the funniest damn thing," Fisher said. "No one can recall her."<br><br>"I don\'t remember her," said Roy Atwood, Palin\'s academic advisor at the university.<br><br>Indeed, interviews with a dozen professors yielded not a single snippet of a memory.</i><br><br>THIS IS PITIFUL!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>So much for her emphasis on EDUCATION  NOT!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233544">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233544" class="dsq-comment-message">"that she wasn\'t the "sharpest knife in the drawer!"<br><br><br>RAOTFL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3233887" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233887">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233887" class="dsq-comment-message">she.does.not.have.a.diploma<br><br>I\'ll bet real money on it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3234229" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234229" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234229" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234229" class="dsq-comment-message">And if she does,it\'s from a diploma mill...LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3234449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234449">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234449" class="dsq-comment-message">Something is up! She is totally embarrassing! ...And she has the audacity to criticize a Harvard Law Graduate??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3223495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223495">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223495" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Well!   Well!   Well!  They did NOT tell us this!:<br><br><a href="http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/563226.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/563226.html</a><br><b>Gov. Palin to give Troopergate deposition Friday</b><br><br>By RACHEL D\'ORO<br>The Associated Press<br><br>Published: October 21st, 2008 05:55 PM<br><i><b>Gov. Sarah Palin, already found by one investigation to have abused her power, will take time from her vice presidential campaign Friday to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state\'s top public safety official.</b><br><br>It will be the first deposition in the affair by the Republican vice presidential candidate. Palin wasn\'t subpoenaed to answer questions in an investigation by the state Legislature, though her husband, Todd, gave an affidavit in that probe.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Palin has said it was up to the Personnel Board to investigate her actions, not state lawmakers. Palin agreed to cooperate with the board\'s investigation.<br><br>The governor originally said she would cooperate with the Legislature\'s probe. But after becoming the GOP vice presidential candidate, she said the investigation had become too partisan and filed the ethics grievance against herself with the Personnel Board.<br><br>The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a bid by five Republican state legislators to shut down the Legislature\'s investigation.</i><br><br>If she does a "Katie Couric-type" deposition, they may find her in contempt of of court  - for NOT answering the questions!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3223759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223759">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223759" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Are we in a "financial crisis" or NOT???<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palin-clothes-spending-ha_n_136740.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palin-...</a><br><b>Palin Clothes Spending Has Dems Salivating , Republicans LIVID</b><br><br><i><b>Since her selection as John McCain\'s running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.</b><br><br>That entertaining scoop -- which came by way of Politico -- sent almost immediate reverberations through the presidential race. A statement from McCain headquarters released hours after the article appeared bemoaned the triviality of the whole affair.<br><br>"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it\'s remarkable that we\'re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses," said spokesperson Tracey Schmitt. "It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign."<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Several hours after Politico posted its findings, the topic remained nearly untouched by the major right-wing outlets. <b>Though as Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic opined: "the heat for this story will come from Republicans who cannot understand how their party would do something this stupid ... particularly (and, it must be said, viewed retroactively) during the collapse of the financial system and the probable beginning of a recession."</b></i><br><br>And THEY blamed MINORITIES for the FINANCIAL CRISIS!    So what do we call this!?<br><br>I know!  I know!!  An ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKET   - for The Gov. and FAMILY!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I just want ta know IFFF WE THE PEOPLE also bought the baby\'s Pampers 2??<br><br>I\'m just askin. . . . . . . <br><br>P.S.  NOWWWW, can we call The Gov. the "E"-word??  <b>ELITIST!!</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3224289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224289" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224289" class="dsq-comment-message">Now I\'m all for looking good, but that\'s just crazy. <br><br>Palin\'s busy talking about job creation when what she spent in clothes (so as not to be outdone by Cindy McCain)  in two months could have been a decent salary for three or more people.<br><br>What a hypocrite!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3224651">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224651" class="dsq-comment-message">that was the RNCs mistake. but seriously, she doesn\'t look like she spent 150k on anything!! i love to shop and quite honestly - they should\'ve gotten her a damn stylist with that money because i am tired of those tired red "power suits!!"<br><br>you can put a lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig. no amount of expensive clothes can make that woman seem classy to me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3224994">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224994" class="dsq-comment-message">As someone who is a complete slave to fashion, I am disgusted with this. They managed to find the tackiest crap in Neiman\'s, Saks and Barney\'s and spend $150k to get the genuine "we just regular folk" look.......I\'m insulted. You can patronize me about a lot of stuff....but dammit, don\'t insult my intelligence with spending THAT kind of money to look like Daisy Duke goes to Washington.  I\'m SO mad right now....bet those cute pumps I saw at Aldo would cheer me up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225039">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225039" class="dsq-comment-message">Only Sarah Palin could make $150,000 of clothes look like they came from Rainbow.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225455">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225455" class="dsq-comment-message">this captures perfectly how I feel about her wardobe.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226527">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226527" class="dsq-comment-message">more like walmart or cato.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233405">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233405" class="dsq-comment-message">Rainbow???!!!<br><br>ROFLMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227690">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227690" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope that Robin Givhan from the WaPo does a story on how much $ it takes to create that look. As my sister says, just because ya have $ does not mean ya have taste. But, what\'s actually going on here is what you\'re addressing: they spent a wad of cash to produce a bad look. Heck, I can create a better look from Tarzhay. In fact, they might as well have gone to thrift shops to get even more bang for their buck...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3223022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223022">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223022" class="dsq-comment-message">Photographic Proof : Powell Endorsement ABOUT RACE!<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/21/6491/7750/376/637293" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/21/6491/7...</a><br><br><br>pretty funny</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223109">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223109" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  THIS IS GREAT!!!  JUST GREAT!!!  LOL!!!   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Will Rash ever see this?  I hope so!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224333" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224333" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, I\'m loving that!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222407">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222407" class="dsq-comment-message">From <a href="http://Politico.com" rel="nofollow">Politico.com</a><br><br>October 21, 2008<br>Categories: Virginia<br><br><i>The sage of C-Ville sees Va. tilting Obama<br><br>So sayeth Larry Sabato:<br><b><br>Incredibly, anti-historically, [Virginia is] leaning to Obama by a few points. No one who knows this state well believes the 10-point spreads that keep showing up in public polls. The margin will be considerably closer. But the tide that is building for the Dems nationally has risen faster in Va. than elsewhere because, like Florida, it is becoming a slightly more conservative microcosm of the nation’s midpoint. Kaine & Warner have helped. The Obama money edge is enormous. And the McCain campaign has a death wish here — the comments by McCain’s brother on ‘Commies in NoVa’ and the spokeswoman’s ‘real Va.’ remark, etc. The Jeff Frederick incident [comparing Obama to Osama bin Laden] got a lot of play, reinforcing in people’s minds that the GOP is on the loony right. The new registrations lean heavily to the Dems. <br>Ol’ Virginny is dead.</b><br><br>There is no feasible path to the White House for McCain without Virginia.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222509">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222509" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  The pic:  dis-orienting -  BUT -eventually -UP-RIGHT!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  <br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222522">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222522" class="dsq-comment-message">You CAN\'T let him win!<br><br>30 Days | 30 Reasons : This Dude (#14)<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DkY2SR-uYiQ" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DkY2SR-uYiQ</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222542">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222542" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  HuffPost HEADLINES<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><b>The Palin Effect:  From Bad To WORSE</b><br><br>Love the HEADLINE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3222548" href="http://www.crissimone.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CWT</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222548" class="dsq-comment-message">Confusion upon first looking at the picture, but after a second look I see the man has come to his senses.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222616">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222616" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  The Gov.\'s <b>FAUX-\'pology:</b><br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/palin.sitroom/index.html?iref=mpstoryview" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/palin.si...</a><br><b> Palin discusses potential plans for America</b><br><br><i> Palin also apologized Tuesday for any misunderstanding caused when she referred last week to the patriotic values of "the real America" and "pro-America areas of this great nation."<br><br>Democrats and others criticized Palin for seeming to imply that some parts of the country are more patriotic than others.<br><br>Palin denied that was her intention in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.<br><br>"I don\'t want that misunderstood," Palin said. <b>"If that\'s the way it came across, I apologize."</b>  {THIS IS THE FAKE PART!!}<br><br>The Alaska governor made the remarks at a fundraising event in North Carolina last week.</i><br><br>She was trying to IMPRESS HER BASE AT A FUND RAISER with her <b>SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC comments!  YUK!!!<br><br>OBAMA-BIDEN \'08!!!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222992">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222992" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Palin discusses potential plans for America</i><br><br>You mean like........ plans to stay the hell out of American politics and take her  @ss back to Alaska?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223193">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223193" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Oh!  SHE doesn\'t have this in her plan;  BUT much of the electorate DOES!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>She betta roll out that LUGGAGE that I referred to!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m just sayin\'. . . . .</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3222666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222666">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222666" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Obama to Florida: We\'ll Make Sure Your Vote Will Count</b><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawna-vercher/obama-to-florida-well-mak_b_136401.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawna-vercher/ob...</a><br><blockquote><i>Obama used a more populist tone for his pitch for early voting: "What if your car breaks down on Election Day? What if your alarm doesn\'t go off or you have to work late? Don\'t wait. Go early."<br><br><b>He then unveiled what he dubbed a historic effort to protect the votes of Americans. Raising a blue hat for the crowd to see, Obama revealed that there would be volunteers on hand at every polling location every day in case something goes wrong. Should someone experience difficulty casting their vote they would need only to flag down a person wearing a blue hat and help would be on the way. A toll-free number, 877.2FLOBAMA, will also be available for people to call for help. "We\'ll make sure your vote is counted."</b></i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223562">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223562" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:   Obama\'s GOT GAME!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>He\'s leaving NOTHING to chance!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><b>YES WE CAN!!!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222695">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222695" class="dsq-comment-message">riklyrah:  CAFFERTY\'s BACK!!!  Yaaaa!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/21/why-do-citizens-in-70-countries-prefer-obama-to-mccain/" rel="nofollow">http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/21/wh...</a><br><b>Why do citizens in 70 countries prefer Obama to McCain?</b><br><br><i>FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:<br><br>Senator John McCain says when it comes to foreign policy he’s light years ahead of Barack Obama. Over and over again, McCain has insisted Obama lacks the necessary experience to conduct business with foreign countries on behalf of the United States.<br><br>So how do you explain this?<br><br><b>Citizens of dozens of foreign countries prefer Barack Obama over John McCain as our next president by a margin of almost 4 to 1, according to a massive poll conducted by the Gallup Organization. About 30 percent of those surveyed prefer Obama, while just 8 percent favor McCain.</b><br><br>This was no daily tracking poll either. Gallup polled people in 70 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and North and South America, representing nearly half the world’s population, between May and September of this year.<br><br>Citizens of the Philippines and Georgia were the only ones who preferred McCain to Obama. Not exactly the super-powers we’re looking to mend fences with.</i><br><br>There were 0ver 1050 comments -most of which supported his thesis.  Annnnd, they WELCOMED JACK BACK!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222742">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222742" class="dsq-comment-message">This is OFF-TOPIC:<br><br>TOWN:  <b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sNSl2g15E&eurl=http://www.blinkx.com/video/stevie-wonder-live-performing-happy-birthday-for-dr-king/4hjkcDWzn1kmKoV8RwJGTg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sNSl2g15E&eurl...</a><br><b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY  -Stevie Wonder performing for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</b><br><br>Have a Blessed Day!!  :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222805">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222805" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday Town!! :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223546">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223546" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy , Happy Birthday Town!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231499">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231499" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy B-day to Town.  Happy Belated B-day to Teacher!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222814">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222814" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday, Town!<br><br>Enjoy your day!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3222902" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222902" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday, Town!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225247">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225247" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday Town.  I didn\'t recognize there were so many October babies on JJP.  <br><br>Happy Birthday!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226366">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226366" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy Birthday Town!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3238809">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238809" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, everybody!  I was down at the Obama rally in Richmond. It was just a big ball of positivity!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3222751" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222751" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone pointed this out on Huffpost and I thought it beared a good hashing over here. <br><br>Palin keeps using the Socialism card, but does she truly know what being a socialist is. Anyway the poster went on to say that "</b><i>she\'s (Palin)</i> the <i>real</i> socialist because of her collective ownership of Alaska\'s oil and gas resources ... and of the dividened checks she sends out to Alaskan citizens. </b><br><br>This was an excellent point. Then this person went on to say ... why haven\'t the MSM called her on this? Well we all know why, but maybe we should do the job for them.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224467" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224467" class="dsq-comment-message">Because they are too busy reporting the non-intellectual stuff that most Americans care about... such as the big news story of the day about how much Palin blew on clothes and questionable travel expenses for her kids. America, a culture where people would prefer not to think too hard.  <br><br>I wish more people WOULD pay more attention to how intellectually devoid this woman is...<br><br>Thanks so much for posting this because people need to start paying attention to the real reason this woman should be allowed nowhere near the Oval Office...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3224766">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224766" class="dsq-comment-message">i dont think she should be allowed into the contiguous US! Since she has walked onto the national/international stage all types of hate/violence/ignorance has spawned.  hell, the people of alaska need to revolt!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222758">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222758" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Geez, What A Liar!</b><br><br><br><br><b>Bachmann: \'I made a misstatement\'</b><br><br><a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31812514.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU" rel="nofollow">http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31812...</a><br><br><br><i>ST. CLOUD - Appealing to business leaders and party faithful for support, Rep. Michele Bachmann retreated Tuesday from her televised claim that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views," but also asserted that "a trap was laid" that prompted her remark.</i><br><br><i>While Bachmann was on the defensive, her political problems invigorated the supporters of her DFL challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg at a packed town hall meeting in Blaine Tuesday night, as the race gained national attention and Tinklenberg reaped extra campaign dollars.</i><br><br><i>"Thank you, Michele!" one man shouted, setting off gales of laughter.</i><br><br><i>Bachmann, a Republican, defended herself during campaign stops at a lumber company, at a GOP campaign storefront and before the Rotary Club in St. Cloud. In her talk to the Rotary Club, she blamed Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC\'s "Hardball," for setting the stage for her controversial comments about Obama.</i><br><br><i>"Sometimes you make a decision about going on a show ... I probably should have said no to Chris Matthews."</i><br><br><i>"I had never seen his show before," she said. "I probably should have taken a look at what the show was like ... A trap was laid, but I stepped into it.</i><br><br><i>"I made a misstatement. I said a comment that I would take back."</i><br><br><i>Matthews on Friday asked Bachmann whether she believed that Obama may have anti-American views. Bachmann replied: "Absolutely, I\'m very concerned that he may have anti-American views."</i><br><br><b>But in her address to the Rotary in St. Cloud, Bachmann said: "I did not, nor do I, question Barack Obama\'s patriotism ... I did not say that Barack Obama is anti-American nor do I believe that Barack Obama is anti-American."</b><br><br><br><br><b>Just stfu already, Michele Bachmann</b></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3222916" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222916" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin or Bachman ... whose dumber?<br><br>You decide.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223290">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223290" class="dsq-comment-message">Noelani: Hum!!  This is difficult!!  Michele was NEVER a PAGEANT participant.  BUT she is supported by James Dobson.<br><br>The Gov. WAS a  PAGEANT participant AND is supported by the Rev. "Witch-Hunter" Muthee! <br><br>Sooooo, my decision:  <b>They are CO-DUMB-est!!</b><br><br>The End!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222990">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222990" class="dsq-comment-message">One word, Bachmann:<br><br>YOUTUBE<br><br>Caught like a mug.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222839">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222839" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  FAUX SPEWS is PAYING the commentator NOT to GO PARTISAN:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/npr-shep-smith-steers-awa_n_136654.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/npr-sh...</a><br><b>NPR: Shep Smith "Steers Away From Ideology</b><br><br><i>The crux of the segment, which can be heard here, is that Fox News "is paying Smith $8 million a year not to take an explicit point of view," and it even cited Media Matters\' Eric Boehlert, who described Smith as the fairest anchor on Fox News.</i><br><br>Interesting.  Anyone have any ideas??  Errybody else is ENCOURAGED to express their RACIST views.  Is he supposed  to be the "balance & fair" reporter?   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224356" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224356" class="dsq-comment-message">Whether they explicitly state it or not doesn\'t even matter. I\'m convinced everybody over there is for the Right...  even Alan Combs...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222925">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222925" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From HuffPost:  Obama\'s DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/pew-poll-obama-expands-do_n_136637.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/pew-po...</a><br><b>Pew Poll:  Obama Expands Double-Digit Lead</b><br><br><i>Barack Obama has a double-digit lead over John McCain in the latest Pew poll, 52 percent to 38 percent with registered voters, and 53 percent to 39 percent among likely voters. The Democratic candidate has made particular strides on national security and expanded his lead on the economy. Meanwhile, doubts about McCain\'s campaign, age, and judgment are growing.<br><br>Also, the age factor has become a problem for McCain: the number of likely voters who think that McCain is too old increased from 23% in early September to 34% in mid-October.<br><br>One surprising result that might reflect growing voter dissatisfaction with negative attacks: McCain\'s campaign was given a lower grade than the Bush 2000 campaign, which benefited from scurrilous innuendo in South Carolina about McCain\'s adopted daughter, and the Bush 2004 campaign, which benefited from the Swift Boat Veterans for America\'s ads against John Kerry: <br><br><b>Obama\'s strong showing in the current poll reflects greater confidence in the Democratic candidate personally. More voters see him as "well-qualified" and "down-to-earth" than did so a month ago. Obama also is inspiring more confidence on several key issues, including Iraq and terrorism, than he did before the debates. Most important, Obama now leads McCain as the candidate best able to improve economic conditions by a wider margin (53% to 32%).</b><br><br>SKIP<br><br>In addition, Sarah Palin appears to be a continuing - if not an increasing - drag on the GOP ticket. Currently, 49% of voters express an unfavorable opinion of Palin, while 44% have a favorable view.</i><br><br>GREAT READ!!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3222991" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3222991" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222991" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Obama Buries ACORN by Stanley Crouch</b><br><br><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-21/obama-buries-acorn" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br><i>The shrewdest move yet of his campaign.<br><br>In a campaign of almost continual surprise, shock, and even awe, we have just turned a corner that might prove Barack Obama either a political genius or someone very close to that. The Republicans may have mistaken their adversary for just another Democrat sleeping under a shade tree and looking like a mark. Not. In real terms, that assumption might prove as costly to them as Robert E. Lee underestimating Ulysses S. Grant. This man is a brawler but a quiet one. He may use a scalpel instead if a broad sword but the jugular doesn\'t know the difference</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223037">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223037" class="dsq-comment-message">I do think Stanley admires Obama\'s \' skills\'....LOL</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3223090" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223090" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yeah... LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3224359">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224359" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama. Does. Not. Play.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3222994">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3222994" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Another GOP Senator Supporting Mr. Obama:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/wisconsin-gop-official-de_n_136573.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/wiscon...</a><br><b>Wisconsin GOP Official Denounces McCain Robocalls, Endoeses Obama</b><br><br><i>A longtime Republican State Senator in Wisconsin history announced on Tuesday that she would be supporting Barack Obama, in part because of the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign and, specifically, the use of "dishonorable" anti-Obama robocalls.<br><br>"All of us should be extremely wary of the half truths and outright untruths that have been spread by the recent negative campaigning and shameful automated phone calls," said Barbara Lorman of Fort Atkinson. "While my admiration for Senator Obama has grown with his positive approach to addressing the challenges facing our nation, my disappointment with the McCain campaigned has deepened. The negative tactics are inappropriate, downright dishonorable and have no place in the State of Wisconsin."<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Lorman is not, obviously, of the same national stature as these other officials. But her place in Wisconsin politics makes her an influential voice in an important swing state.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE<br><br>COUNT IT!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223073">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223073" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Mr. Obama say - "Y\'all betta watch out.  It\'s ON tomorrow!!<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/obama_camp_releasing_response.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br><b>Obama Camp To Unleash Blistering Response Robocall Blasting McCain\'s "Sleazy" Campaign</b><br><br><i>The Obama campaign plans to release tomorrow a robocall that hits back hard against John McCain\'s robocalls -- it features a small business owner from Green Bay, Wisconsin, that says she\'s been turned against McCain by his "sleazy" roboslime campaign against Obama.<br><br>An Obama adviser sent us the call, which features Jeri Watermolen, a small business owner from Green Bay, who claims that she "used to support McCain but has switched her support to Obama" because of the "sleazy phone calls and mail" attacking Obama that McCain has put out.<br><br>Here\'s a script:<br><br>    Hi, this is Jeri Watermolen, calling for the Campaign for Change. I live in Green Bay and, like you, I\'ve been getting sleazy phone calls and mail from John McCain and his supporters viciously -- and falsely -- attacking Barack Obama. I used to support John McCain because he honorably served our country -- but this year he\'s running a dishonorable campaign. We know McCain will continue many of Bush\'s policies, and now he\'s using George Bush\'s divisive tactics. In fact, he hired the Bush strategists whose attacks even McCain once called hateful.<br><br>    Barack Obama will turn the page on these negative politics and stand up for the middle class. That\'s the change we need, and it\'s why I have changed my mind about John McCain. Join me in voting for Barack Obama. Paid for the Campaign for Change, a project of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 608-255-5172, and authorized by Obama for America.<br><br>You can listen to the call here.</i><br><br>Excitedly waiting for this!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223099">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223099" class="dsq-comment-message">Outsize Portion of Blacks Are Casting Early Ballots <br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463439049156841.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463439049156...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3223215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3223215" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223215" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, can you blame them? We want this thing over with already!<br><br>I was thinking about voting early, but then I decided to just follow my tradition of getting up early and being one of the first (if not <b>the</b> first) to vote at my poll.  I always like to see the nice ladies with their Dunkin\' Donuts coffee and donuts waiting for the voters to come through:)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224313" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224313" class="dsq-comment-message">My dream is that so many people vote early that they could call the race before Nov. 4th!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3223112" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223112" class="dsq-comment-message">The Open Thread photo above today is right on time - my own blog today is centered around some of the people who are supporting Obama/Biden that they don\'t show a whole lot of on TV.<br><br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-bradley-effect-really-looks-like.html" rel="nofollow">What "The Bradley Effect" Really Looks Like In West Virginia</a><br><br>It is serendipitous, even though I would never wish any misfortune on anyone\'s grandmother, but it is a helluva coincidence that Obama would be visiting a grandmother who looks like a lot of the older white women in the photos in my post today.  <br><br>John McCain probably can\'t even shit straight right now, his luck seems to be so bad.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223851">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223851" class="dsq-comment-message">I looked at that picture and had to laugh...They really don\'t look much different than that black lady in the beauty shop shaking Obama\'s hand, wearing her crown of Goodie covered rollers.(Rikyrah posted).    Made me think of "tough broads".   Ladies who\'ve been through things and seen it all!    But, they still go to the beauty shop for a roller set, put on  lipstick, their heels and some earrings.<br><br>It reminded me of my grand aunts who came of age in the 40\'s.   A group of sisters - tough women, - yellow-skinned, with exotic names.   They could hold their liquor better than any man.    I\'d sit in the shadows and giggle as they drank, and talked of the past, and told risque jokes - hoping no one would notice it was past my bedtime.<br><br>Tough broads.<br><br>Really, there is little difference between the races.<br><br>LOL!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3224303" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3224303" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m cosigning that. Seriously, we are so much more alike than most people acknowledge..</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225226" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225226" class="dsq-comment-message">Now if they could just get them damn touchscreens in West VA to stop switching votes from Barack to McCain.<br><br>Palin was supposed to take a bus tour through the state. I guess they couldn\'t afford that so they decided to rig the touch screens instead.<br><br>The fuckers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223320">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223320" class="dsq-comment-message">Brown Man:  WOW!!  Those pics!!   A GOLD MINE!!  ALL that OBAMA-BIDEN SUPPORT!!<br><br>THANK  YOU for the INSPIRATION!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!   TRUST!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243103">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243103" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you see the article in WaPo about WVA and the Democratic Party? All these old white folks holding down the party having to deal w/ the Obama staffers. These folks LOVE the Obama people.<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102111.html?nav=hcmodule" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3223205" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223205" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s a link to an article about Ohio and the voting dispute ... <br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463327244056681.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463327244056...</a><br><br><b>"With alleged death threats, suspicious mail and a surfeit of lawyers, the battle over Ohio voting procedures has reached a new level of ugliness.<br><br>Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said her office has been barraged with phone calls and e-mails that contain "menacing messages and even threats of harm or death." Authorities are investigating those incidents, as well as a suspicious package mailed to her office last week that contained an unidentified powder and was covered with threatening messages, she said.<br><br>Ms. Brunner, a Democrat, said her office had to disable parts of its Web site late Monday after a security breach. The site was restored Tuesday, and a spokesman said it doesn\'t contain voters\' personal information. The state Highway Patrol is helping to investigate the incident."</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223658">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223658" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Guess this comes under "gossip" - kinda:  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/obama-on-snl-rumors-swirl_n_136709.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/obama-...</a><br><b>Obama MAY Be On SNL On Nov. 1 -Rumors Are Swirling</b><br><br><i>Will Barack Obama be back on Saturday Night Live? Perhaps — so far the show isn\'t saying, but that\'s the word on the street — and I\'ve heard it too — saying that, yes, an Obama appearance may be in the offing, planned for November 1st — the last SNL before the election.<br><br>(Update: A rep for the show calls the rumor "totally untrue" but, to be fair, rumors of the Palin appearance were initially denied. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels told the Chicago Tribune last week, "I think, sooner or later, everyone will come through" before the election. So note the question mark in the headline, and proceed accordingly.)</i><br><br>WE\'LL SEE  -  MAYBE!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223842">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223842" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:      <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/nyt-mag-lifts-curtain-on_n_136632.html" rel="nofollow">The NYT Is Gonna Tell All About McAncient\'s Campaign on Sunday!</a><br><br><i>The New York Times Magazine is set to publish an explosive story this Sunday on the inner workings and combative personalities of what has been a wild few months for the McCain campaign.<br><br>The piece, written by Robert Draper and titled "The Making (and Remaking and Remaking) of the Candidate," breaks some new reportorial ground, including a growing weariness within a campaign that seems more interested in tactical victories and the next compelling narratives than an overarching strategy. Draper writes:<br><br>"By October, the succession of backfiring narratives would compel some to reappraise not only McCain\'s chances but also the decisions made by [Chief Strategist Steve] Schmidt, who only a short time ago was hailed as the savior who brought discipline and unrepentant toughness to a listing campaign."<br><br>SKIP<br><br>"Despite their leeriness of being quoted," Draper writes, "McCain\'s senior advisers remained palpably confident of victory -- at least until very recently."</i><br><br>Finally!  Is THIS the OCTOBER SURPRISE??   I\'m waiting!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3223881">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3223881" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/40496/pollobama-is-most-liked-candidate-since-reagan.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/40496/pollobama-is-...</a><br><b>Poll:  Obama Is Most-Liked Candidate Since Reagan</b><br><br><i>(Newser) –<b> Barack Obama is the most well-liked first-term presidential candidate in 28 years, New York Times/CBS polls found. More than half of voters, 53%, have a favorable impression of the Illinois senator, a 10-point increase over last month. And though John McCain’s approval ratings held steady, voters with a negative opinion of him increased 10 points, to 45%.</b><br><br>Voters who changed their minds say the debates were a major factor. They also gave Sarah Palin as a reason for those newly negative opinions. The Alaska governor herself now has a 41% negative rating, the highest of any vice presidential candidate in history. But positive opinion of Joe Biden has risen to 50%.<br><br>Source New York Times</i><br><br>He has run a BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN and with DIGNITY and a PLEASANT DEMEANOR!!<br><br>WE are PROUD of HIM!!   :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225119">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225119" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama campaign selling Chicago election night coverage packages to news outlets<br><br>Lynn Sweet is upset because the Obama campaign told the media while there are free areas for the public and the media to set up during the outdoor election night coverage, if they want extras" they wil have to cover their own cost for it.   If a reporter wants access to the file center--which will be the best place to find Obama officials and spokesmen--be prepared to write a check for $935. The cheapest place a reporter could stand on a riser with a view is $880.<br><br>That $935 covers one reporter in a heated file tent, power, cable tv, internet and food. I am told by an Obama spokesman who did not want his name used that this just covers costs and they are not turning a profit on this.<br><br>LOL.  You know ain\'t no love for Barack from some of the media folks.  First they said his plane is stinky, and they have to share 1 tape recorder for every four reporters and now God forbid, they have to pay for their own cable tv, internet and food.  LOLOL<br><br><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_campaign_selling_chicago.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_c...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226534" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226534" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah imagine that ... they would have to pay for their own heat, cable, tv, internet and food ... instead of his campaign donors.<br><br>Sounds like what each one of us has to do every month. It\'s called paying the bills.<br><br>I cannot get over the hypocrisy of some of these folks. "Lynn Sweet, you get paid enough to cover your extras"<br><br>cheap ass</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226964">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226964" class="dsq-comment-message">Lynn Sweet? \'Nuff said.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227617">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227617" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s what I don\'t get: Lynn Sweet is a Chicago-based reporter. She knows freakin\' well that the campaign is going to be charged by the City of Chicago for the entire event. And, the media should understand (or investigate) just how much it costs to hold an event at Grant Park, a public venue.<br><br> It stands to reason that the Daley knows how to charge w/ a $400 million shortfall. Heck, he knows how to charge folks when there ain\'t no shortfall. So, she and her colleagues should get on top of the story rather than kvetching about their outcome. Or, maybe they should do a boss comparison between McCain\'s event and Obama\'s. I bet you a nickel to a donut that Obama\'s will cost about the same amount of $$$ and there will be 10 times more people attending....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225180" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225180" class="dsq-comment-message">Wanna know how well Joe the Lying Mascot is working for the GOP ticket? <br><br>This from Zogby, a GOP pollster:<br><br>"Three big days for Obama. Anything can happen, but time is running short for McCain. These numbers, if they hold, are blowout numbers. They fit the 1980 model with Reagan\'s victory over Carter -- but they are happening 12 days before Reagan blasted ahead. If Obama wins like this we can be talking not only victory but realignment: <b>he leads by 27 points among Independents, 27 points among those who have already voted, 16 among newly registered voters, 31 among Hispanics, 93%-2% among African Americans, 16 among women, 27 among those 18-29, 5 among 30-49 year olds, 8 among 50-64s, 4 among those over 65, 25 among Moderates, and 12 among Catholics (which is better than Bill Clinton\'s 10-point victory among Catholics in 1996). He leads with men by 2 points, and is down among whites by only 6 points, down 2 in armed forces households, 3 among investors, and is tied among NASCAR fans. </b>"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225318">TinNC</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225318" class="dsq-comment-message">Johnny Mac is trying to get Osama Bin Ladin to help him steal the election! (And Faux News is actually reporting it!) *Cue Twilight Zone theme*<br><br><a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/al-qaeda-linked-web-site-backs-mccain-president/" rel="nofollow">http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/al-qaed...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225446" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225446" class="dsq-comment-message">Yawn.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225396">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225396" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya\'ll - I am cracking up on the commentary on abcnews regarding Palin\'s $150K shopping spree.  Some of the commentary is off the hook.  LOLOLOL  <br><br>My favorite is this - Look at Obama\'s shoes! The RNC supports fiscal responsibility in words but their deeds tell a different story. They are aristocrats!<br><br>and then they showed a picture of Obama\'s shoes<br><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.nachofoto.com/b-Obama-shoes-worn-4ab386e92043.jpeg" rel="nofollow">http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.nachofoto.com/b-...</a><br><br>The main story is here.  --&gt;http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/but-wait-until.html</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227832" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227832" class="dsq-comment-message">I have a post up on the blog.  Read it and let me know what you think.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225416" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225416" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a distraction. They don\'t want to cover her latest corruption. You see, she\'s paid for trips or her kids on the state\'s dime and the AP exposed it yesterday.<br><br>So what do they do? Distract us with bullshit. Turn her into some victim of sexism because people are going to jump all over her for this shit.<br><br>I don\'t care how much they paid for her damn clothes and hair and makeup. She\'s manufactured. A fool knows that.<br><br>But I do care about how corrupt she is. And I\'m not alone.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225501">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225501" class="dsq-comment-message">but Craig - why they call the man out on his worn out shoes.  LOLOL<br><br>I had to say, I needed the chuckle.<br><br>Besides that - I think more folks will be upset that her clothes $150K is worth more than the homes of many Americans. So not necessarily a distraction.  In addition to her taking the tax payers money and spending it on her kids.  but Obama\'s shoes . . . . that tickled me</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3225701" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225701" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225701" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s the Sarah Palin Is A Victim of Sexism Because She\'ll Always Be Under More Scrutiny As A Woman that\'s the real point of this leak.<br><br>Because if the RNC didn\'t leak the story, we wouldn\'t know about it.<br><br>The more people pile on, the more fodder they have for playing the gender card over the next 13 days.<br><br>This is their last chance to try to turn her into Joan of Arc.<br><br>I see them.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226213" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226213" class="dsq-comment-message">Adlai Stevenson\'s frugality was immortalized by his campaign lapel pin - a shoe with a hole in the sole. If I knew how to embed a picture here I would show you, but you can find an image on this link <a href="http://manolomen.com/2007/08/10/walking-on-egghead-shells/" rel="nofollow">http://manolomen.com/2007/08/10/walking-on-eggh...</a><br>"better a hole in the shoe than a hole in the head"<br><br>My father was a speechwriter for Stevenson, and I remember this well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227919" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227919" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227919" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like McCain can\'t give a "Checkers" speech like Tricky Dick did fifty years ago.  Not after 13 houses, 20 automobiles, and spending $150K buying clothes for his pitbull with lipstick.<br><br>I hope she gets to keep the clothes, though.  She\'ll need them when she goes back to Alaska and face the state on corruption and abuse-of-power charges.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3226356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226356" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226356" class="dsq-comment-message">I said the same thing myself Craig.<br><br>However, the contradictions are too glaring not to discuss for just a moment. For me, it is not her gender. <br><br>I am sure the Hockey Moms and Joe Six Packs that she is trying to cater to shops in Wal-mart and not the elitist...Saks Fifth Avenue in elitist NYC or Neiman Marcus. Macys is one thing but Saks, Fifth Avenue are a whole other thing. <br><br>Mabye if she DID NOT use the word "elitist" all the time with her offensive culture wars...this would not even be a footnote. <br><br>Both the state paying for her children to travel and this says a lot about the fact that she is a phoney!<br><br>You see I spend unfounded amounts of money on my clothes!!!  I work in the fashion industry. I live in New York. However I never tried to act like a "Joe schmo, six pack or plumber" or a small towner or whatever else while calling someone else an elitist.<br><br>Anyways, I am more nervous about her thinking that the vice president controls the senate and can make policy changes! Her exclusive sense of nationalism! That scares me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3226571" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226571" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226571" class="dsq-comment-message">Hold on...hold on...hold on....wasn\'t it the Republicans who went after John Edwards for getting a $400 dollar cut with his campaign money!!!!<br><br>Didn\'t they call that a contradiction of his message.<br><br>What hypocrites?<br><br>I just remebered that but its sexism right?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226795" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226795" class="dsq-comment-message">Didn\'t Rupert Murdoch\'s NY Post just print that story about Michelle Obama and caviar at the Waldorf! and had to take it back because it was false.<br><br><br>You see their are a gazillion more important issues however the Republicans have been making this about character.<br><br>So sad...so sad...<br><br>Please vote for Obama for anyone who is reading this. These people are stupid, incompetent and hypocritical and it is scary.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227879" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227879" class="dsq-comment-message">If Michelle Obama is like me, no matter how refined or cultured you are, there are some things you will not eat.<br><br>Of course, you could have knocked me out with a feather and sold me for a penny if I told you I would come back from England with a taste for smoked salmon on brown bread with butter.  But I was offered caviar and I drew the line at eating fish eggs - sorry.<br><br>So when I saw that piece on Michelle, I wondered how long it would take to have that piece retracted.<br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227973">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227973" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO!  <br><br>So it wasn\'t just me.  LOL I thought the same thing.  hahahahahahahahahahaha</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227088" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227088" class="dsq-comment-message">Shoot, I\'m into Haute Couture, and shop in NYC frequently, but I\'m on first name basis with most clothing shops on 7th Avenue and I know how to stretch my dollar until the damned eagle screams!<br><br>Therefore, I could have put together ten outfits that would have made me look better than Sarah Palin, and would have had at least $145,000 left OVER.<br><br>As Craig said, this heifer is a manufactured heifer and this story is a distraction from the fact she\'s been ripping off her own state to live large and foot the bill for her kids\' travel.  However, both stories do nothing but make her look worse as a VP choice, and further heaps contempt upon McCain for selecting her.<br><br>I would think both the State of Alaska as well as the RNC should be demanding she repay the money because the RNC can\'t afford to foot her clothing bills, as they need every dime they can get to contend for battleground states.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227941">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227941" class="dsq-comment-message">"Shoot, I\'m into Haute Couture, and shop in NYC frequently, but I\'m on first name basis with most clothing shops on 7th Avenue and I know how to stretch my dollar until the damned eagle screams!<br><br>Therefore, I could have put together ten outfits that would have made me look better than Sarah Palin, and would have had at least $145,000 left OVER."<br><br>As would MOST women CPL.  I agree with you 100%</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3231644" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231644" class="dsq-comment-message">They are grooming her for the future. They ain\'t gonna ask her to repay <i>shit</i> LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232098" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232098" class="dsq-comment-message">Am I the only one that wants to see the BEFORE picture of her her her kids dirty faces? She\'s such a mavericky maverick!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232375" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232375" class="dsq-comment-message">AT least she gets to keep the clothes for her next run. Straight to the Big House, if the Alaskan citizens have their way....LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3238746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3238746">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238746" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s a nice website Pale-in can shop for that fab outfit for the big house<br><br><a href="http://www.shopzilla.com/adult-costumes/jumpsuits-orange/8222/products" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopzilla.com/adult-costumes/jumpsui...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232662">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232662" class="dsq-comment-message">Val,<br><br>I\'m listening to Ed Shultz and he just mentioned Obama\'s shoes, in regard to the Palin wardrobe cost. He said that Obama\'s staff in Chicago took up a collection to buy him a new pair of shoes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3262231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3262231">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3262231" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO.  I Lovvvveeeee it.  <br><br>It tickled me so bad Texas Girl.  I was like, MICHELLE - hook the brotha up.  You know he\'s cheap so just buy it and slip it into his closet.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225505">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225505" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh,<br><br>I don t doubt this. I was disgusted at them trying to \'explain and justify\' this on AC360. Only Roland Martin seemed to \' get it\'. <br>but then again, Im used to it.<br><br><br>though, I have to agree with Val - we\'re in the  middle of an economic crisis - though the corruption of having the state pay for her kids is one thing...<br><br><br>paying 150 for her wardrobe since the end of August in the middle of an economic crisis - that\'s something visceral, and only adds to her phoniness. women already have a dim view of her. I mean, you and me, we know she\'s full of shit....but this is plain and simple. They don\'t begrudge the Thieving Junkie Ho her 300,000 outfits, because it\'s HER money - This is CAMPAIGN money they\'re spending on Caribou Barbie, and it\'s going to rub the wrong way. It\'s more \'sexy\'. More \'obvious\'.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3225560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225560">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225560" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, more people will be upset over the $150k spending spree on clothes.....clothes are a basic necessity. This will hurt more than bilking the Alaskan taxpayers for her kids trips.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3226577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226577">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226577" class="dsq-comment-message">It might be a distraction but reading campaign finance laws that the maverick helped write it seems to me that somebody broke the law.<br>`(b) PROHIBITED USE-<br><br>     `(1) IN GENERAL- A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) shall not be converted by any person to personal use. <br>     `(2) CONVERSION- For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate\'s election campaign or individual\'s duties as a holder of Federal office, including-- <br>           `(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment; <br>           `(B) a clothing purchase; <br>           `(C) a noncampaign-related automobile expense; <br>           `(D) a country club membership; <br>           `(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip; <br>           `(F) a household food item; <br>           `(G) a tuition payment; <br>           `(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, theater, or other form of entertainment not associated with an election campaign; and <br>           `(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health club or recreational facility.\'.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3225732" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3225732" href="http://heardonmystoop.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DrewRicketts</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225732" class="dsq-comment-message">Ten Things Palin\'s $150K Outfits Could Buy. <br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/10-things-palins-150k-outfits-could-buy/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/10-thi...</a><br><br>Admittedly, I hope this exposes the fraud of the "fiscal conservatism" line that John McCain tries to pass off as policy hawkishness. I suppose that\'s a fat chance. Someone call Joe the Plumber!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225606">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225606" class="dsq-comment-message">From <a href="http://Politicalinaction.com" rel="nofollow">Politicalinaction.com</a><br><br><i>Mike Barnicle after Chucky T says Sarah Palin\'s effect has worn off, says....."So what you\'re saying is Sarah Palin is the political equivalent to Viagra?".....Chucky T also says that McCain has three problems: Bush, the economy, and Sarah Palin.</i><br><br>.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3225759">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3225759" class="dsq-comment-message">The Latest from Charlie Cook:<br><br>OFF TO THE RACES<br>In Endgame, Metrics Are Adding Up For Obama<br>It Ain\'t Over Till It\'s Over, But Several Key Factors Don\'t Look Good For McCain<br><br><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/ot_20081021_3912.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/ot_2008...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226492">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226492" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama should make a play for TEXAS- must read and act! <br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/91952/913/166/638512" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/91...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226905">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226905" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey All, <br><br>I am so excited. I voted last night. I could not get into the Tuesday open thread last night to share with you guys.<br><br>However, let me share with you my drama. Approximately, a month ago I updated my address with the Secretary of State\'s office in order to be able to vote in my new neighborhood. I also checked the box for the voter motor registration. I thought everything was ok. <br><br>Of course, I have been reading here on JJP and other blogs about voters being dropped from rolls in swing states. I did not think anything about it here in Illinois as Illinois is considered a given for Obama. Last night, something told me just go online and check my status. I checked the Chicago Board of Elections website and could not find my registration. I then checked the suburban for Cook County since I used to live in South Suburbs, still no luck. One last attempt I checked the state I attended college although I was sure I was registered in Illinois.<br><br>At this point, I am hyperventilating and almost in hysterics. Luckily, Illinois has a grace period that ended last night. You had to show up in person and vote at the same time. The offices were closing at 10:00. I literally raced out of my house at 9:30 doing about 80 (speed limit is only 45) on Lake Shore Drive praying I don\'t get stopped and that I can find a parking spot when I get downtown. I ran all the way from the car, on to the elevator, and to the offices. I JUST made it without about a 2 minutes to spare before they were closing the doors. My heart was pounding so fast!<br><br>Anyway, I cast my ballot for Barack Obama. I was trying my best to hold back tears. You know I didn\'t want to do that "ugly cry".</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227237" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227237">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227237" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you ask anyone why you\'re information didn\'t show up online?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3227432" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227432">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227432" class="dsq-comment-message">I did, but they were kind of rushing me along to hurry up and get to the booth after filling out the paperwork. <br><br>While, I was searching the databases last night for my status I also called the Board of Elections. I just went through a series of prompts before I decided to run out the house.<br><br>I definitely plan to find out. I am not even sure at this point what agency I contact (local, state, federal). I mean is there a record that shows when someone first registered even if they were purged?<br><br>Correct me if I am wrong, once you are registered you are registered forever., right? Only if you have a change of address do you need to update your registration (which I did).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3231245" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231245" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe that is the case, but it probably varies by state.  Actually, I wish things were more uniform by state so when people move, there is less confusion.  In fact, voting rules for each state should come in moving packages (info the post office sends for change of address - they have friggin\' coupons for stores in there!)<br><br>I live in NJ and I have only had to switch my registration from NY when I moved a few years ago and I haven\'t had a problem but  I always check anyway.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235943">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235943" class="dsq-comment-message">You were probably okay but I am glad you made it on time.  This same thing<br>happened to my daughter and son-in-law  when they changed their address.  When she looked on the computer their names were not there but when she went to vote the clerk at the board of elections found it for her and she was fine.  Perhaps they simply don\'t update the database online as fast as they should.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227276">time</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227276" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl, after all that you went through- you were entitled to the ugly cry!!  Congrats on doing triple duty to get your vote in!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227498">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227498" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Texas Girl and Time. <br><br>I am telling you, I felt the ugly cry coming on. I had on a baseball cap too trying to disguise my tears. <br><br>But you know what? When (I am speaking it in to existence) Obama has his post election celebration in Grant Park in Chicago, it is going to be a whole lot of people doing the ugly cry. I will be right there with them.<br><br>Hell, I plan to be doing it the night of November 4th which is why I already scheduled the 5th off. No way I am coming in to work.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227338">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227338" class="dsq-comment-message">Honey,<br><br>I\'ve been doing the ugly cry for some time now. Do what you gotta do!<br>I\'m so glad your intuition kicked in and you got there safely. This election has made a lot of people go an extra mile to cast that vote for O.<br><br>My mother called me yesterday to tell me she voted (early in Texas). She had a knee replacement last year and it\'s hard for her to stand for long periods of time, but yet she waited in that line for 40 minutes to do what she had to do...in order to cast the vote for O. <br><br>You earned your right to have your "ugly cry"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227465">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227465" class="dsq-comment-message">You should have went for the ugly cry because you earned it.  I have a feeling there will be many tears of joy shed at the polling places between now and election day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227792" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227792" class="dsq-comment-message">YOU GO!!! I\'m so proud (though you Michelle Obama would has cussed you out for speeding and put your life at risk... even for Barack,) that you made it happen!  Your voice was COUNTED.<br><br>WHOOHOO!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3228766">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3228766" class="dsq-comment-message">GO GIRL!!!! Good for you and it is okay to do the "ugly cry".  You deserve it.  <br><br>Congragulations!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232028">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232028" class="dsq-comment-message">Good for you, Honey01!<br><br> You did it!  Congrats!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233927">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233927" class="dsq-comment-message">Honey01:  <b>CONGRATULATIONS!</b>  "Virtual DAP!"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I took a COPY of my ballot B4 I turned it in!  I look at it daily!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Yeah!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3226952">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226952" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m no longer what I\'d personally consider to be a full-fledged person of faith.  Yet on behalf of my family, I will ask for the prayers of the readers on J&J.  I lost my father, Refus Jr., in March of this year to complications from congestive heart failure.  Last night, the same complications took my grandfather, Refus Sr., a loyal husband of 58 years to my grandmother, Syvilla.  I love my granddaddy for instilling in me the subtle guilt of being idle for too long, as he once worked three jobs before retirement. I had the novelty of seeing him on and off during my 12 years of public schooling, for two of those jobs included bus driving during the mornings and afternoons, with school custodian work in between.  Refus Sr. was never a complainer, he was a \'doer\', and remembering all of his acts to help me and other relatives would take entirely too long.  <br><br>Thanks for everything, Granddad.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3226980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3226980" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3226980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3226980" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences in the loss of your father, Nate.  You have my prayers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3243704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243704">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3243704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243704" class="dsq-comment-message">My sympathies and prayers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227016" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227016" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227016" class="dsq-comment-message">Stay strong and take care of yourself while you grieve your losses.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3227390" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227390">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227390" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227390" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences to you in the loss of your Dad, Nate. My thoughts & prayers are with you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227169" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227169" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227169" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences to you and your family, Nate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227190">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227190" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227190" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate,<br><br>Virtual hug for you.<br><br>Stay strong. Peace and blessings to you and your family.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3227307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227307" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227307" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences as well, Nate. Your post tribute is very moving. Take care of yourself and your family.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227336">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227336" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh Nate, I am so sorry for your loss.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227418" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227418">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227418" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate,  My heart goes out to you and my prayers do too.  I lost my grandmother and my father within 6 months of each other.  So I can truly empathize with you.  I won\'t say it will get better, but you will be able to accept it a little easier as time goes by.<br><br>I\'ll be praying for you and your family.  Remember they are never gone.  You have the love they bestowed upon you and the wisdom they imparted to you in your heart and on the brain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227427">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227427" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences, I\'ll pray for you and your family.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227433">CPR</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227433" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate,<br> You and your family are in my prayers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227436" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227436">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227436" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate,<br><br>Sorry for your loss.  I pray for your family\'s strength to get through this time, and that your grandfather has found peace in going to his eternal home.<br><br>Hold on tight to your memories because that is what will get you through.  It may not seem like it right now, but there will come a time that when you think of him it will bring you smiles instead of tears.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227580">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227580" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate,<br><br>I\'m so sorry for your lost. My God grant you and your family peace, serenity and strength during this time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227638">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227638" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227638" class="dsq-comment-message">(((((hugs)))))</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227763" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227763" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227763" class="dsq-comment-message">My condolences for your loss, Nate. There are no words I can offer to make this easier. Your life can be a testimony of the love and lessons gained from their lives. You are a living monument of what they believed in. I wish you peace.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231289">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231289" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sorry for your loss Nate but am happy for the life he shared with you.  It is difficult now but in time you will see your grandaddy in places you never imagined.  The quiet sunrise, the winter snow, the change in seasons.  In the smile of a child, in your hands as you get older, in a statement you make, in the way you connect with your own offsprings and other family members.  He is gone from this world but he is still a vital part of it.<br><br>Blessings to you and yours.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3231358" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231358" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'ll lower the flags for him, brother.<br><br>Take care, and you have my condolences and prayers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231704">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3231704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231704" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate, I send my condolences to you and your loved ones. We all stand on the shoulders of those who loved us, sacrificed, and molded our lives.May the lessons he taught you create a better man in you, and you pass those on to others.  You are the living legacy of your grandfather, father and others who are no longer here physically.<br><br>Peace and Blessings.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232656">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232656" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232656" class="dsq-comment-message">You have my condolences.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233845">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233845" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:  May God Bless and comfort YOU and YOU FAMILY at this time.<br><br>Please get out those precious photo albums and REMEMBER the "good times"  -  all of them!!  <br><br>May you be comforted by this:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKg2ffx4Gs&feature=related" rel="nofollow">GOING UP YONDER</a>  [It\'s a different version.]</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234522" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234522" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate, I\'m sorry for your loss.  I\'m sending prayers and positive vibes to you and your family...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3243434" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243434">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3243434" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243434" class="dsq-comment-message">you know you have my sympathy and prayers</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3227443" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227443" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227443" class="dsq-comment-message">What a odd, but strangely encouraging picture?!?! We really a more than the faces we wear and the symbols we pledge our allegiance to...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3227961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3227961">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3227961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3227961" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s up, my people? I just saw this <a href="http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=77387" rel="nofollow"> interview</a> that Senator Obama gave to some DC station. He said that Granny Toots may not be around for the elections. I mean, how freaking sad is that? Man, I hope she sticks around to see her grandson kick some GOP ass. Hang on Maddie D. Just 13 more days...<br><br>God bless her.<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232046" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232046" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232046" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232046" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG. Prayers, thoughts, and wishes for the Obama family...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231554">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231554" class="dsq-comment-message">Two Quit Call Center Jobs Over Anti-Obama Robocalls<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/woman-quits-job-at-call-c_n_136798.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/woman-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231872" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231872">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231872" class="dsq-comment-message">Guantanamo Detainees<br>Appeals Court Blocks Release of Chinese Muslims From Gitmo<br><br>Posted Oct 21, 2008, 01:26 pm CDT<br>By Molly McDonough<br><br>The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has halted the release of 17 Chinese Muslims from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.<br><br>The three-judge panel wants the release blocked until it hears more legal arguments Nov. 24, the Washington Post reports.<br><br><a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/appeals_court_blocks_release_of_chinese_muslims_from_gitmo" rel="nofollow">http://www.abajournal.com/news/appeals_court_bl...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3231905">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231905" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Holds Conference Call To Address his Al Qaeda Endorsement<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain-holds-conference-c_n_136850.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232712" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232712" class="dsq-comment-message">Same old tired tactic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3231912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3231912" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3231912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3231912" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anybody just see that?<br><br>Barack Obama just slapped the shit out of the GOP with foreign policy address in front of his team of senior foreign policy advisors and held a press conference after when he beat back the "spread the wealth" meme the McCain campaign is pushing as a desperate attack because the GOP ticket is out of ideas.<br><br>I hope he has a video of the whole address and press conference up on YouTube because it will win him the election.<br><br>Easily.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232225">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232225" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232225" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, where did you see this?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232287" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232287" class="dsq-comment-message">On MSNBC. If they didn\'t air it on CNN, I wouldn\'t be surprised.<br><br>It was totally presidential. He took four or five questions, including one about Joe Biden\'s comments, after the address and his answers were simply stellar.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233291" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233291">Jay</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233291" class="dsq-comment-message">Yea I saw that press conference...and they did air it live on CNN also. <br><br>LOL He basically asked, was John McCain a socalist when he called for tax breaks for the wealthy? All I\'m trying to do is give it to the middle class. They\'re just out of ideas. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232348" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232348" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232348" class="dsq-comment-message">ooh I want the video for that! I am avoiding the television as much as I can until November 4th. Thanks for the heads up, Craig!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232626">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232626" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL See Craig - we seem to always watch the same programs in tandem.<br><br>Yes I saw that and felt that.  It was in fact PRESIDENTIAL.  <br><br>Bravo Barack!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234084">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234084" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br><br>find me a clip of this, and I\'ll post it front page.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232021" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232021" class="dsq-comment-message">CraigHickman called this one like 30 minutes after it went down. NY TImes needs to start reading JJP:<br><br><br>NYT Catches McCain Camp In Lie About Bailout Response<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-catches-mccain-camp_n_136833.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232340" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232340" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, evita.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232541" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232541" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232541" class="dsq-comment-message">Evita\'s right, you called it and you know what in combined with that foreign policy speech you just spoke about ... this I feel <b>will</b> be the final nail in McCain\'s campaign coffin.<br><br>This is the October Surprise ... then again there seems to have been about 10 of those from the Republican side already. Let\'s call this the October of the Republicans <b>flagrante Delicto</b> ... <i> horrible news for them</i> ... and sadly so has it been for our country.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232553" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232553" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. Somehow I missed McCain\'s family having come from Mississippi . . . McCain\'s "black family" ~ the "other McCains" speak out . . . <br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232657" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232657" class="dsq-comment-message">I know we\'re supposed to be talking about the election and politics, but this is a good (and quick) read about <a href="http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/10/22/open-thread-do-black-women-give-too-much/" rel="nofollow"> Black Women Giving "Too" Much Money Away</a>. <br><br>Made me stop and ponder.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232736" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232736" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Theft of Obama sign - our neighbors yard </b><br><br><a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-112664" rel="nofollow">http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-112664</a><br><br>From Tempe, Arizona - check this out:<br><br><i>In our neighborhood we have had many of our Obama campaign signs stolen so many of us have begun to keep an eye on them using hidden cameras. We finally caught one of the perpetrators in this video. I unfortunately only have still motion capture with my own setup, but my neighbor was willing to share this with me. A police report has already been filed. If you know this person and want to do the right thing, contact the Tempe police department. </i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3232776">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232776" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Surrogate: Al Qaeda Blogger Using Reverse Psychology<br><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain-surrogate-al-qaeda_n_136869.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233293" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233293" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3233293" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233293" class="dsq-comment-message">They are so tired.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3232803" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3232803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3232803" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3232803" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3232803" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>John McCain Suspends Stump Speech For Some Unintentional Comedy</b><br><br><a href="http://www.stereohyped.com/john-mccain-suspends-stump-speech-for-some-unintentional-comedy-20081022/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stereohyped.com/john-mccain-suspends...</a><br><br><i>The campaign trail is long and rough, and it would be crazy to expect rhetorical perfection from the candidates at all times. Still, it\'s pretty funny when they mess up as bad as John McCain did in Western Pennsylvania yesterday. Luckily for him, all the sympathetic crowd needed to hear was "patriotic" and "God-loving," and everything was forgiven.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233702" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233702" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s really sad. *smirks*<br><br>Maybe that was more of a Freudian slip than senility. *lol*</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233120">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233120" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain’s Struggles Leave a G.O.P. Incumbent to Fight a Democratic Tide <br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/22sununu.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/2...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233180" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233180" class="dsq-comment-message">Orin Hatch is a fascist.<br><br>There, I said it.<br><br>(And he mentioned that John McCain is going to "win" Pennsylvania. They\'re going to steal it.)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3233731" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233731" class="dsq-comment-message">The Good News Overflows:<br><br>Here\'s <a href="http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3341" rel="nofollow">a link  to a list of quotes</a> made by conservatives, Rebublicans, and Right-Leaning Independents in support of Obama. Alll this maturity and clear-headedness makes a girl feel all warm and fuzzy inside.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233834">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233834" class="dsq-comment-message">OK y\'all, I know you\'re gonna laugh at me and certify me as crazy but I\'ve gotta do it. <br><br>Some 175K people ago(MI), some 150M donations ago, one General Powell endorsement ago, one more Joe Biden yackety-yackety-yak-fest ago and, well, a whole trailer load of McCain crap ago, the final debate happened in NY, and I\'m now filing my observations. Gives new meaning to better-late-than-never right? I cannot blame my tardiness on a debate "high"  this time. It\'s just that I was so freaking bored. <br><br>Yeah, the final debate bored the hell out of me because Senator McCain presented himself in exactly the way you\'d expect: an erratic, intellectually-deprived, curmudgeonly man, unfit to occupy the highest office in the land. <br><br>Senator Obama\'s predictability was just as evident. He captured the quiet stillness of a man who is always in complete control of his body, his emotions, his words. This guy has got to be our president, I kept thinking. <br><br>Like, what\'s new, right? <br><br>T.<br>ps. Shortest debate review ever!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234101" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234101" class="dsq-comment-message">Your two cents have been received. lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234162">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234162" class="dsq-comment-message">T:  It\'s O.K.   "You just B/do you!"" [Thanks Michelle! :&gt;)]  I\'m feelin\' U!  :&gt;)<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3233865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3233865">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3233865" class="dsq-comment-message">McPalin throws another media temper tantrum:<br><br><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/did_mccain_campaign_pull_cnn_guest_due_to_palin_story_98133.asp" rel="nofollow">Did McCain Capaign Pull CNN Guest Due To Palin Story?</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234435" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234435" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t get this either, this would have made McCain and his campaign look a bit better. <br><br>Weird.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234192">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234192" class="dsq-comment-message">I appreciate Governor Rendell\'s exhuberant support of Senator Obama and we shouldn\'t take PA for granted, but why does he have to go cry <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/rendell-nervous.html#comments" rel="nofollow"> wolf</a> to the media like that?<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234514" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234514" class="dsq-comment-message">Rendell wants to get in good with Obama and be seen as one of the people that helped deliver the win for him</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235115">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235115" class="dsq-comment-message">exuberant...no "h"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235599">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235599" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s really best to take Rendell with a grain of salt.  He\'s an attention hog who likes the sound of his own voice, going way back to when he was Philly DA in the \'70s.  Every time he opens his mouth most of us locals are like "eh, whatever" and keep going.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3239663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239663">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239663" class="dsq-comment-message">As was pointed out Gov Rendell always make you go hmmmm... I just know he is a KAPO to every institution he has been involved w//</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234204" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234204" class="dsq-comment-message">Just in case you wanted to know what Johnny Mac had to say to his faithful followers via email today:<br><br>___________________________<br><br>My Friends,<br><br>I hope you\'ll take the time today to read the email below from Governor Palin.<br><br>By now you\'ve heard that the Democrats combined have raised nearly $200 million in the month of September alone and they\'re using this money to flood media markets across the country with misleading ads.<br><br>While I don\'t get much time to watch television on the campaign trail, I did see many of these attack ads watching the Arizona Cardinals play the Dallas Cowboys a few Sundays ago. Objective observers have said these ads are full of misinformation and the ads from the left are quickly adding up to the most expensive negative ad buy in history.<br><br>Your generous support is needed today to stop the left\'s misleading attacks against candidates from the top to bottom of our ticket. Will you make a donation right now of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more to McCain-Palin Victory 2008?<br><br>We\'re less than two weeks away from Election Day and thankful for any amount you can give to bolster advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in important races across the country. Thank you for your support.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>John McCain<br><br>From: Sarah Palin<br>Sent: Mon 10/20/2008 3:38 PM<br>Subject: My guest appearance on Saturday Night Live<br><br>Dear Supporter,<br><br>If you caught my guest appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, you may have seen an ad or two (or twenty) from Senator Obama\'s campaign.<br><br>This barrage of advertising is adding up to the most expensive negative ad buy in political history. And these ads are funded with the nearly $200 million the Obama campaign and the DNC raised in September.<br><br>With this new money, they\'ll only step up their media buying efforts to flood every network with ads attacking our shared values. These ads are full of inaccurate information designed to mislead voters in key media markets.<br><br>We need your support to stop the Obama-Biden Democrats\' media buying binge. Your immediate contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more will help fund our team\'s ads in key media markets across the country.<br><br>The current media buying gap is a direct result of Senator Obama\'s broken pledge to accept public financing. This summer, Senator Obama chose to break his promise to the American people by opting out of the public financing system. But, you can be sure that our entire team will honor all of the promises we make in this campaign because we are men and women of our word.<br><br>Our team of reformers has a plan to take America in a new direction. Our economic policies focus on providing economic relief to those who need it most. While the Obama-Biden Democrats say they want to "spread the wealth around," our team won\'t support economic policies that punish Americans for working hard and pursuing the American Dream.<br><br>I\'m asking you today to help our team get this message out. The funds you give today will help pay for upcoming ad buys and get-out-the-vote efforts.<br><br>If Senator Obama is elected and Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid are in charge of Congress, there will be nothing stopping them from raising your taxes, immediately pulling out of Iraq and placing your healthcare decisions in the hands of government bureaucrats.<br><br>We can\'t let this happen and that\'s why your financial support is so critical to our efforts. Every dollar we raise goes directly to help fund media buys and get-out-the-vote efforts in important races across the country. So, please make the most generous contribution you can give - whether its $25 or $250. We\'re certainly grateful for any help you can give. Thank you.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Governor Sarah Palin<br><br>P.S. Are you tired of watching the barrage of liberal television ads the Obama-Biden Democrats are running? If so, then I ask that you help us close the media buying gap by making a generous contribution of any amount to McCain-Palin Victory 2008. And if you can give $75 or more today, we\'ll send you an exclusive McCain-Palin Victory 2008 lapel pin to show your support during the final days of the campaign. We appreciate your support.<br><br>Contribute</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234945">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234945" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheri:  IFFF they had SAVED their WARDROBE $$$$$$. . . . . :&gt;)     :&gt;)  HAH!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3235083" href="http://cheri-thomas.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cheri</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235083" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL   right!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3237591" class="dsq-comment-message">She probably didnt write that.  Too dumb for such an effort.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234219" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234219" class="dsq-comment-message">Me and Anovelista have been discussing Obama\'s technology plan in light of the Google\'s President\'s endorsement. Meanwhile she sent me a link to a talk Obama did LAST year with a Q and A. It\'s an hour long BUT it is worth a listen. <br><br>He saying what he has been all along. This is not POLITICS. These are his beliefs in what direction the country should go under his leadership. He\'s been saying this stuff about what to do about the economy  (34 minute mark) from waaaay back in 2007.  McCain is late comer and a liar.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo</a><br><br><br>FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234414" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234414" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, I obviously should be working, but I am finding all this good stuff. Gotta get it out there while I\'m in front of the computer:<br><br>The title is perfect: <a href="http://ofamerica.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/overwhelming-majority-of-latino-newspapers-and-their-readers-back-obama/" rel="nofollow">Overwhelming Majority of Latino Newspapers-and Their Readers- Back Obama</a>. I love showing the holes in the media\'s meme of Black and Latin@ don\'t like each other. Things are far too complicated for that over-simplified way of looking at things. I\'m just waiting for election day. I wanna see what the country is gonna do. Do you think we\'re gonna really move forward? I mean really? I think it\'s entirely possible....<br><br>Oh, and although Gov. Palin is shopping it like it\'s hot. Our man got <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/22/9355/4279/150/638528" rel="nofollow">holes in the soles</a> of his shoes. Yeah...he\'s so elitist ain\'t he...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234900">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234900" class="dsq-comment-message">JunePearl:  Shhhh.   I won\'t tell!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Co-signing with your passion!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235831">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235831" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh... but wasn\'t Barack having "trouble" with Lation voters? Now it\'s someone else. Whatev...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235893">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235893" class="dsq-comment-message">*Latino* (typing too fast. LOL!)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3243135" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243135" class="dsq-comment-message">*sigh* Divide and conquer, islandgirl, divide and conquer. That\'s why I try to shut down all this Black v. Brown talk as soon as I hear it. Sure we may have our issues, but at the end of the day we agree more than we disagree. And we need to build alliances. Especially as the Latin@ population will outnumber every one elses soon.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234785">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234785" class="dsq-comment-message">from marc ambinder<br><br><i>22 Oct 2008 08:38 am<br>Palin Couture: To Put $150,000 In Perspective<br>That\'s one good week of television time in Colorado.<br><br>And folks wonder why even Republicans are angry about the provenance of Palin\'s wardrobe.<br><br>BTW: Saks\'s tagline for women\'s clothing right now is "Guilt free and gorgeous."<br><br>And, of course, before someone says it: Palin\'s "real" American Apparel.<br><br>If Palin\'s wardrobe were a family of four, they\'d get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign....<br></i><br><br><a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/to_put_250000_in_perspective.php" rel="nofollow">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235297">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235297" class="dsq-comment-message">"If Palin\'s wardrobe were a family of four, they\'d get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign"<br><br>RAOTFL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235391" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3235391" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235391" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>If Palin\'s wardrobe were a family of four, they\'d get a kick-butt tax cut from the Obama campaign....</b><br><br>Bwaahahahahahaaa!!!!!  I am SO posting that line on Twitter with that article!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234807">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234807" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From HuffPost re the NYT:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-catches-mccain-camp_n_136833.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/inyti-...</a><br><b>NYTimes Catches McCain In a Lie About Bailout Response</b><br><br><i>Leaked copies of Robert Draper\'s forthcoming New York Times Magazine exposé on the McCain campaign\'s many messages are already being picked apart by eager-beaver political journalists. But, interestingly, the piece\'s very first anecdote is one of the juiciest, as it contradicts the McCain campaign\'s own account of its first response to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson\'s economic crisis proposal.<br><br>On Wednesday, September 24, Obama spokesman Bill Burton announced that his candidate had placed a call to McCain, encouraging a joint response to the Paulson plan:<br><br><br>SKIP<br><br>As is well known by now, Schmidt won out, if only for a day or so. McCain did suspend his campaign (sort of) in an attempt to ride herd in Washington, only to relent and accept the original terms of the first debate before any bipartisan compromise was struck. <b>But if Draper\'s account of the Wednesday morning sessions is accurate, it would appear that McCain\'s meetings were less about getting sound economic advice -- as claimed by the campaign -- and more about looking for the most politically advantageous angle on the crisis.</b></i><br><br>So there!!  McAncient LIED!!!  NOT NEWS!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3235268" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235268" class="dsq-comment-message">Another interesting read:<br><br><b>Ex Operative Tells Cautionary Tell on \'How To Rig An Election</b><br><br><a href="http://tiny.cc/vCi2S" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/vCi2S</a><br><br><b>Here\'s an excerpt from the article:</b><br><br><i> The former Republican political operative went to federal prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of phone harassment. He jammed the phone lines of New Hampshire\'s Democratic Party on Election Day six years ago.<br><br>"The concept was to disrupt lines of communication. That\'s a fancy way of saying, \'make it so the phones didn\'t work,\' " Raymond told CNN recently. "No calls going out. No calls going in."</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235664">Suprk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235664" class="dsq-comment-message">Not sure if this has been posted but this is for all the trolls who keep claiming Obama is calling for socialism. Hit them back with this. <br><br><b> John McCain On Taxing Rich People</b><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2JPbQOHEkY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2JPbQOHEkY</a><br><br>So who is the Socialist?? Put it in an ad and run it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235814">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235814" class="dsq-comment-message">from The Daily Dish<br><br><i>22 Oct 2008 03:14 pm<br><br>Quote For The Day II<br>"McCain feels with his heart, but he thinks with his base. And when he picked Sarah Palin, he told the United States of America to go fuck itself," - Leon Wieseltier, TNR.<br><br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3236152">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236152" class="dsq-comment-message">The Karma Express claims another victim:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html" rel="nofollow">GOP Pulling Its Ads from Bachmann\'s Race</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3237577">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3237577" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny how things can change, eh?   LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239476">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239476" class="dsq-comment-message">The grave that she tried to dig for Obama ended up being her own.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3236262">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236262" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I\'m on the way out the door, and I can\'t find the SHOES REFERENCE.  But I wanted to post this.  Don\'t know IFF it\'s "photoshopped", but I\'ll take it at its word.<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/22/man-returns-shoes-receipt-has-computer-printed-racial-slur-printed-as-reason-for-return/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/22/man...</a><br><b>Man Returns Shoes, Receipt Has Computer-Printed Racial Slur Printed As \'Reason For Return\'</b><br><br><i>A Missouri man says when he returned a pair of shoes to a mall store he was given a receipt with a racial slur printed on it.<br><br>Keith Slater, 22, of Kansas City <b>said the receipt said “Cust. Dumb” followed by the slur.</b>  [There is a "picture" of the receipt.]<br><br>Slater said he purchased the shoes at a store called Journeys in the Oak Park Mall, KMBC-TV reported. He decided to return the shoes last weekend after finding the same model for a lower price elsewhere.<br><br>By the time he saw what was on the receipt, the store was closed. His mother, Linda, said the whole family was so upset “none of us got any sleep just thinking about it.”<br><br>Slater and his parents were eventually told employees entered generic codes for receipts — and apparently the insulting message is in the computer system.<br><br>“I’m sure it’s happened before, but this is probably the first time that somebody noticed their receipt and came back and asked about it,” Linda Slater said.</i><br><br>Hmmmm.  Sounds like some <b>Diversity Training</b> is in order for that company.<br><br>From my Diversity Training Manual:<br><br>#12.  IFFF you plan to give \'racially charged receipts", pul-eeeze make sure that your company has the Benjamins to provide for the impending LAWSUITS!!  This man AND his family WILL own this company right after the trial/hearing!!  <br><br>I\'m just warnin\' . . . . . .</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3236483">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236483" class="dsq-comment-message">OK, Bachmann should just \'fess up with the real reason for the rant that now has her peeps <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html" rel="nofollow">runnin\' </a> for cover: bad weed! I mean, it must have been that, right?<br><br>T.<br>ps. My post is based on the assumption that Republicans "inhale".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239296">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239296" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3236619" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3236619" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3236619" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Expensive Wardrobe Goes Against McCain-Palin Story Line - by Robin Givhan, Washington Post</b><br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202187.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br><i>If politicos weren\'t so snide and dismissive of fashionistas, the McCain-Palin campaign wouldn\'t be in the awkward position of having to explain the $150,000 tab for shopping trips, hairstyling and beauty makeovers for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.<br><br>How do you sell someone as a no-frills hockey mom who sold the state plane, fired the official cook and turned down travel per diems for her family and then try to explain wardrobing her in clothes from Neiman Marcus -- a store occasionally referred to by aggrieved, frugal shoppers as Needless Markup? How do you, in barely two months, lavish her with fashion swag worthy of a starlet and valued at more than her annual governor\'s salary of $125,000?<br><br>That\'s not careless.<br><br>That\'s just plain stupid.<br><br>Or to use this election cycle\'s phrase of choice: That\'s some seriously bad judgment. </i></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3237313" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3237313" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Sarah Palin Displays the Latest in Donkey Fashion </b><br><br><a href="http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/21/in-which-sarah-palin-displays-the-latest-in-donkey-fashion.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/...</a><br><br><i>Spotted at a Palin event in Reno, Nev., Oct. 21. Yes, the scarf says, "Vote." And yes, those appear to be donkeys. A sign? </i><br><br>Anovelista: Sarah Palin is eyeing 2012. She could care less...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3238847" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3238847" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is Tweety tearing into Nancy. Get some popcorn.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHB6APpaH5k" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHB6APpaH5k</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239209">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239209" class="dsq-comment-message">By the half-way point I was actually hoping Tweety would let up and have some mercy.....my goodness.....her head was bobbling more than usual (am I the only one that thinks she\'s a walking bobblehead doll?).........damn, Matthews would NOT pull up...he just stomped and stomped and kicked and slapped...like he was having an out of body experience. He went all Kimbo Slice on her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239289">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239289" class="dsq-comment-message">It was a thing of beauty! This is the second time Tweety handed Nancy her ass on a platter. <br><br>It would make a PERFECT SNL skit!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239412" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks.   Did he even ask Bill Burton a single question..LOL.  Good on Bill for knowing not to interfere.<br><br>...meanwhile...on CNN they\'re rehashing whether Sarah energized the base...sigh.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3242999">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3242999" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG! That was brutal.<br><br>But you know what? Chris is going to be accused of sexism and somehow this will be attributed to Obama and Democrats. This is what I saw during the primary. Matthews, Schuster and others in the media were charged with be sexist towards Hillary.  From there the PUMAS capitulated this to be sentimatic of the Obama campaign. <br><br>He probably should have left out the comment about her leather jacket. Truthfully, I  had the same thought but I am not a host of a political talk show. Probably not a good look for him to make reference to her outfit.<br><br> I think I will watch it a few more times. Damn, that was good.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3243455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3243455" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243455" class="dsq-comment-message">Nah. A majority of Americans don\'t think Sarah is qualified and they\'re pissed. Matthews was their voice. Nobody will buy any victimhood on this.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3245307">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3245307" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t k now what I was watching, but they brought up the point..this is her FOURTH TIME - ON CAMERA , where she was asked this question. <br><br>AND SHE STILL HASN\'T GOTTEN IT RIGHT. <br><br>Folks are tired of her foolishness. The \'Average Joe\' might not know either, but they\'re not asking you for your vote.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3245626">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3245626" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly!<br>The Palin/McCain campaign whines about "gotcha questions" but \\when presented with the SAME DAMN question repeatedly she still can\'t answer. One would think when this so called "gotcha question" was first posed she would have done her due dilligence. I swear if it was me, I would be quoting article and ammenment numbers, case law, you name it. <br><br>I thought she was supposed to be good with repeating talking points and memorization?!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243054">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243054" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br><br>I\'m sure Nancy  wanted to run and hide!  Chris kept pounding away. It was brutal!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3244749" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3244749" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG - Mathews handed her, her own ass.  I tell you what- Nancy is earning her paycheck especially with the (well deserved) public flogging.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3239065" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239065" class="dsq-comment-message">My best friend just called me and I was getting her up to date on the recent election news, when we started talking about the housing crisis. For some reason, this story slipped by my news radar. I don\'t remember anyone posting on here, but when my friend told me about it, I had to look it up ...<br><br>Sheriff in Chicago Halts Foreclosure Evictions<br><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4987TJ20081009?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&sp=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4...</a><br><br>Sorry, if you all have already discussed this, but I just think this Sheriff Dart is a hero. What a brave and noble thing to do. He was risking his own career for the people of Cook County.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3239142" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239142" class="dsq-comment-message">I dare you not to laugh:<br><br><b>Sarah Palin: My Wedding Hope for Bristol</b><br><br><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20235099%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,2023509...</a><br><br><i>Now that Gov. Sarah Palin\'s daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, the GOP vice-presidential candidate says she\'s hoping Bristol and fiancé Levi Johnston – who are expecting a baby in December – will tie the knot well before the date next summer the young couple had been eyeing.<br><br>"Hopefully before that," Sarah Palin tells PEOPLE in an Oct. 15 interview for the issue on newsstands this Friday. "Bristol turns 18 in a few days [Oct. 18]. That\'s what we wanted her to wait for: 18, and a decision on her own about how she\'s going to go forward, her and Levi, at this point."</i><br><br><b>Can you imagine the Hannitys, Limbaughs and Malkins if this was an Obama - or even Joe and Jill Biden - who has refused to give a press conference (but appeared on SNL) unlike any other VP candidate in American history?</b><br><br><i>Now that <b>Senator Obama\'s </b> daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, the <b> Democratic presidential candidate</b> says he\'s hoping <b>Malia and fiancé Leroy Johnston – who are expecting a baby in December </b>– will tie the knot well before the date next summer the young couple had been eyeing.<br><br>"Hopefully before that," <b>Barack Obama</b> tells PEOPLE in an Oct. 15 interview for the issue on newsstands this Friday. "<b>Malia turns 18 in a few days [Oct. 18]. That\'s what we wanted her to wait for: 18, and a decision on her own about how she\'s going to go forward, her and Leroy, at this point."</i></b><br><br><b><i>GTFOH!</b></i><br><br><b>DOUBLE. STANDARDS.</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243042">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243042" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s better at pimping than Tyrone. He could take pointers from her about how to pimp.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243311">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243311" class="dsq-comment-message">you forgot -<br><br>HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT Leroy Johnston</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3243413" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243413" class="dsq-comment-message">I also forgot  "I\'m a f*ckin\' redneck" er uh, "thug" - LOL!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243524">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243524" class="dsq-comment-message">you forgot to say "married to a high school drop out".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239511">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239511" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone watching the NBC interview with McPalin?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243168">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243168" class="dsq-comment-message">why does he have to babysit her?<br><br>oh yeah...<br><br>cause she\'s unqualified</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3239533">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3239533" class="dsq-comment-message">Have some kleenex handy before you open this link:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Early_voting_in_Evansville.html" rel="nofollow">Early voting in Evansville</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3244556" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3244556" class="dsq-comment-message">People of color will not be discouraged by inconvenience- its a fact of our lives.<br><br>I hope MANY families travel together to share this moment.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3245253">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3245253" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty,<br><br>You weren\'t kidding. It\'s a tear jerker alright. I can just see my grandmother doing the exact same thing. Heck, not only her but my parents as well!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243147">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243147" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is a follow up to Colin Powell\'s concerns about ArabAmericans. <br><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/10/arabs_arabs_and/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3243312">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243312" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> Well Lookie Here!</b><br><br><b>GOP Pulling  Its Ads From Bachmann\'s Race</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pulling-its-ads-from_n_136941.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/gop-pu...</a><br><br><i>Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.</i><br><br><i>Two sources aware of ad buys in Minnesota say that the National Republican Congressional Committee is pulling its media purchases from Bachmann\'s race. If true, it is a remarkable fall for a congresswoman who, until recently, seemed relatively safe in her predominantly conservative district.</i></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3243803" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3243803" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Polls<br><br>Alaska Ivan Moore Res. McCain 53, Obama 42 McCain +11<br>Florida NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 45, McCain 46 McCain +1<br>Kentucky Rasmussen McCain 52, Obama 44 McCain +8<br>Maine SurveyUSA Obama 54, McCain 39 Obama +15<br>Maine Pan Atlantic SMS Obama 51, McCain 39 Obama +12<br>Nevada CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5<br>North Carolina WSOC-TV Obama 48, McCain 46 Obama +2<br>North Carolina CNN/Time Obama 51, McCain 47 Obama +4<br>Ohio CNN/Time Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4<br>Pennsylvania Morning Call Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>Tennessee Rasmussen McCain 54, Obama 42 McCain +12<br>Virginia NBC/Mason-Dixon Obama 47, McCain 45 Obama +2<br>Virginia CNN/Time Obama 54, McCain 44 Obama +10<br>Washington Elway Poll Obama 55, McCain 36 Obama +19<br>West Virginia CNN/Time McCain 53, Obama 44 McCain +9<br>Wisconsin Research 2000 Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11<br>Wisconsin WPR/St. Norbert Obama 51, McCain 38 Obama +13<br><br>National FOX News Obama 49, McCain 40 Obama +9<br>National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6<br>National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10<br>National Gallup Obama 51, McCain 42 Obama +9<br>National Hotline/FD Obama 47, McCain 42 Obama +5<br>National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 54, McCain 43 Obama +11<br>National IBD/TIPP Obama 46, McCain 42 Obama +4<br>National F&M/Hearst-Argyle Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3244126">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3244126" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From <i>MUDFLATS</i>: <br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/the-obama-landslide-in-alaska-its-all-how-you-look-at-it/" rel="nofollow">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/the-ob...</a><br><b>The Obama Landslide In ALASKA, It\'s All How You Look At It</b><br><br><i><b>Brand new poll numbers came out yesterday from Ivan Moore Research, here in Anchorage.<br><br>McCain-Palin - 53<br>Obama-Biden - 42<br><br>While McCain/Palin still has a double digit lead, frankly this is a really big deal.</b><br><br>Here is the way Alaska fell out for the last three presidential elections so you can compare:<br>McCain 53 - Obama 42 (results on 10/21)<br>Bush 62 - Kerry 35<br>Bush 59 - Gore 28<br>Dole 51 - Clinton 33<br><br>So, the McCain/Palin ticket in Alaska has managed so far to generate only slightly more interest than Bob Dole. Remember him? And that’s with our governor on the ticket! That’s not much in the way of bragging rights. As a matter of fact, I’m ready to call this a major psychological victory for Obama and the Democrats in Alaska. I feel quite comfortable, in my non-scientific way, to tell you that if Palin were not on the ticket, we’d have a horse race here, in the ruby-reddest-flaming-lobsterized- fire-engine-colored state you can imagine.<br><br><b>As an Alaskan, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the last two months with a metaphorical bag on my head, sinking down in my chair, but now I’m actually feeling a little proud of us. *satisfied sigh*</b><br><br>If the latest Palin debacles of wardrobe-gate, and travel-gate have any effect, and the race goes to a single digit spread, you’ll hear Democratic corks popping all over the state. That’s a landslide.</i><br><br>AS we can see, THEY are PROUD of the "gap-closing" that has been accomplished in a RED State!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They are  - <b>FIRED UP!   READY TO GO!!</b><br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3244768">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3244768" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  More reactions from Repugs re: the "WARDROBE":<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14840.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14840...</a><br><b>GOP Donors Critical of Palin\'s Pricey Threads</b><br><br><i>“As a Republican Eagle and a maxed-out contributor to McCain’s general campaign, I’d like my money back – he can still have my vote,” complained one irate donor on Tuesday.<br><br>“I’m not one who says a candidate shouldn’t wear fine clothes,” he added. “I’d just like to think they were successful enough in the private sector to have afforded their wardrobe with their own money, not the party’s or the campaign’s, which is really our money as contributors.”<br><br>Another big donor was sympathetic to the effort, but critical of the execution. <br><br>SKIP<br><br>Wiley Rein lawyer Jan Baran, an adviser to several Republican candidates and committees, agreed with Gross, but added that the Palins may still be forced to comply with tax laws.<br><br>“The receipt of goods and services by the taxpayer usually constitutes reportable ‘income’,” Baran said. Consequently, Palin may have to declare the value of the fashion gifts as income and pay taxes on it.<br><br>“She might be able to offset some of the taxes by donating the items to charity after the campaign, Baran said, “although she will only be able to deduct the fair market value at that time.”<br><br>The campaign said Monday that Palin intends to donate the clothes to charity after the election.</i> [YEAH --  SURE!   :&gt;)]<br><br>Obama-Biden \'08!!!  TRUST!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3244884" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3244884" class="dsq-comment-message">COMPELLING video of Republicans voting for Obama.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-hirshberg/republicans-voting-for-ob_b_136997.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-hirshberg/re...</a><br><br>[One of the guys looks feakishly like a bald Martin Short.]</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3246400" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3246400" class="dsq-comment-message">Who is going to replace Tim Russert on Meet the Press. It\'s less than to weeks to the election and I haven\'t heard a word about it. In my super brief research- a few people are talking about it.<br><br>Gwen Ifil?<br><a href="http://www.jossip.com/give-gwen-ifill-a-chance-20081021/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jossip.com/give-gwen-ifill-a-chance-...</a> <br><br>An "insider" shares some thoughts:<br><a href="http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Biz/Tim-Russert-Replacement/800041686" rel="nofollow">http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide...</a><br><br><br>Who do you want to see? I like how hard hitting Chris Mathews is, but I believe Gwen Ifil has a little more gravitas to her than any of the others...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3234704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234704">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234704" class="dsq-comment-message">AP presidential poll: All even in the homestretch<br>WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.<br><br>The poll, which found Obama at 44 percent and McCain at 43 percent, supports what some Republicans and Democrats privately have said in recent days: that the race narrowed after the third debate as GOP-leaning voters drifted home to their party and McCain\'s "Joe the plumber" analogy struck a chord.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3234916">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3234916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3234916" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234916" class="dsq-comment-message">You have a hard on for Joe, don\'t cha?<br><br>I\'m beginning to wonder. *raises a brow*</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3235009">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3235009" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235009">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3235009" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235009" class="dsq-comment-message">These polls are all over the place so I wouldn\'t put stock into them.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3235498">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3235498" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235498">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3235498" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235498" class="dsq-comment-message">As hard as it is to resist, please don\'t feed the trolls. :)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3235692">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3235692" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235692">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3235692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235692" class="dsq-comment-message">But we\'ve come to rely on his insights.  I mean, how else would we know that Michelle Obama likes to chow down on $400 caviar and steamed lobster tails LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3235448">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3235448" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3235448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3235448">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3235448" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3235448" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain and the "Joe the plumbers" mantra is a dead in the water after yesterday.  Clearly Barack is the one that will take care of the "Joe the plumbers" as the cost for Palin\'s September wardrobe and makeup purchased by the GOP would have been enough to pay the annual salary of four (4) Joe the plumbers and an apprentice.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3234724">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3234724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3234724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3234724">indie-ed</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3234724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3234724" class="dsq-comment-message">IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Ten<br><br>Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008<br><br>Contrary to other polls, some of which show Obama ahead by double digits, the IBD/TIPP Poll shows a sudden tightening of Obama\'s lead to 3.7 from 6.0. McCain has picked up 3 points in the West and with independents, married women and those with some college. He\'s also gaining momentum in the suburbs, where he\'s gone from dead even a week ago to a 20-point lead. Obama padded gains in urban areas and with lower-class households, but he slipped 4 points with parents.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3245057">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3245057" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3245057" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3245057">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3245057" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3245057" class="dsq-comment-message">Indie-ed, we\'ve blogged with Karmi; we know Karmi; Karmi was a favorite troll of mine. Indie-ed, you troll wannabe, you\'re no Karmi.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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