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"down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:22:15", "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": 2270916, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is what I was talking about in my post below. This is exactly it! Reading this was so heartening. I still believe in this, because of <b>us</b>.<br><br>Let's get 'em elected guys!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:40:31", "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": 2276342, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But Obama's electoral map is shrinking, as MT and NC are solid for McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:06:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "517d8b02de297166f46205708c9304f3", "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": 2269301, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love how during the video he has this very calm<a href=\"http://mokellyreport.blogspot.com/2008/09/actor-matt-damon-is-not-buying-sarah.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"What is <i>wrong</i> with everybody, why is no one else seeing this?!\" look on his face</a>. <br><br>Hollywwood can be cathartic sometimes (when it's not spending time being vapid).<br><br>The more we have criticisms in a <b>positive</b> manner about issues as opposed to put-downs on character, the more we will come out on top. We cannot play the Repugnantcan Game. They are the best at getting in the mud and slinging it at everyone. We cannot beat them at their game. Let's face it. We were winning when we played by our own rules. Let's stop giving them that power.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoxkQUHZrTg\" rel=\"nofollow\">See what Hasselbeck did</a>? Y'all know I am protective of Michelle, and there are a lot of things I would like to say in retaliation. However, if I just say, Obama's taxcuts will benefit working and middle class people and McCain's economic policy is a tribute to CEOs, we come out on top. When we keep hammering the issues, we come out on top. <br><br>We can do this guys, the race is close. But we need to decide, do you still believe in this country? I think I do...after a long time, I think I finally do. And it's not because of Obama. It's because of <b>us</b>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:09:50", "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}, "2278933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That connection could very well be the cause of his troubles.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:50:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278598, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "malia,<br>Mamma said stop talking bad about Daddy!<br><br>xx00<br>Sasha<br><br>lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:43:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270916, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now they're pushing the meme that Obama is inapropriately engaging the Repub VP.<br><br>Obama wasn't talking about Sarah...he wasn't engaging her.  The Repubs come out and insist he was referring to her.   Obama says no, it is a common phrase, and I was talking about McCain's policies.   The Republicans continue to say he was talking about her.  The press milks the story.   The repubs say, see he's engaging the 2nd on the ticket...that must mean he sees her as an equal: unqualified.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:37:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The easiest way to deal with trolls is to treat them like spam, which is what they are: attempts to catch your attention and sucker you into a scam. Do what you do with spam: mentally delete it, even if you have to pause and admire every once in a while at the sheer audacity.<br><br>In fact, I'm not convinced a large percentage of trolls are human -- there's so many that most just have to be 'bots.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:04:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262376, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle:  I thought that since he tries to play with our minds, I'd play back!  I saw his earlier reference to Saul Alinsky.  But when I saw the first name -Saul-, I decided to see what response he would give to the Saul I knew!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Did you see any!   NO!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>That's all!    Sorry to confuse.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:55:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278904, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is this a TROLL invasion?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:58:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "e6ff201b15d848b1b0261404221efe43", "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": 2261911, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please do and thanks, <b>GreenLady</b>.  There were enough of us calling that they stopped answering his DC office phone when you pushed option 2 to speak to someone.  The lines in Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson were jammed for awhile and some reported that the McCaint staffers were caught flat-footed and offguard by the sudden spurt in calls.<br><br>It's a good thing - he needs to know about our displeasure.  There's also a campaign number to call though it too is a long distance number in Arlington VA - <br><br>The Mailing Address: <br>John McCain 2008 <br>P.O. Box 16118 <br>Arlington, VA 22215  <br><br>Phone # (703) 418-2008.  When calling the senate office, they may ask for your address (why, I don't know).  I suggest using one of Mrs. McCain's company addresses:<br><br>Henley & Co.<br>10201 E. Valley Road <br>Prescott Valley, AZ <br>(928) 445-4032<br><br>OR<br><br>4201 N 45th Ave <br>Phoenix, AZ <br>(602) 264-1635<br><br>It would be good to use the address of one of their seven homes but that information is difficult though not impossible to gather.<br><br>Calling and expressing your displeasure is at least cathartic; I felt good afterwards and to the young woman's credit, she listened to me patiently as I forcibly though not profanely nor loudly told her what I thought of the McCain campaign nasty tactics and lies, even got in a rant about Turd Blossom working with the campaign.  I also left a message on the comment line in the DC office - option 1, I think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:11:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272701, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "glad to hear it.<br><br>but, don't tell Truthseeker =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271047, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "his response was smart.  he didn't take the bait.<br><br>NEXT....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly. Sarah Palin gives a name and a face to so many pro-ilfe conservative, independent, modern women who have up until now had to keep their views under wraps for fear of being labeled a 'traitor to one's gender.\"<br><br>The left has until now been able to define 'feminism' and link it to an inflexibly 'pro-choice' agenda where the preservation of abortion rights is the determining factor in bestowing 'feminist' bona fides.<br><br>Paglia writes:<br><br>\"But she (Palin) has every right to express her views and to argue for society's acceptance of the high principle of the sanctity of human life. If McCain wins the White House and then drops dead, a President Palin would have the power to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court, but she could not control their rulings.<br><br>It is nonsensical and counterproductive for Democrats to imagine that pro-life values can be defeated by maliciously destroying their proponents. And it is equally foolish to expect that feminism must for all time be inextricably wed to the pro-choice agenda. There is plenty of room in modern thought for a pro-life feminism -- one in fact that would have far more appeal to third-world cultures where motherhood is still honored and where the Western model of the hard-driving, self-absorbed career woman is less admired.<br><br>But the one fundamental precept that Democrats must stand for is independent thought and speech. When they become baying bloodhounds of rigid dogma, Democrats have committed political suicide.\"<br><br>I have often argued on this site that supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade will not outlaw abortion or criminalize women, but that 'scare tactic' is used to reflexively dismiss and intimidate pro-life women from making the ethical and moral casr against abortion.<br><br>Catholic Democrat politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are forced to twist and lie about the teaching of the Catholic church and concede that 'life begins at conception' while still advocating for the killing of that life. The Catholic church has now called them out and set them straight. Catholic Democrats are no longer being allowed by the church to \"have it their way.'<br><br>Like Pagalia, I live in middle America. I know countless successful, independent women who combine motherhood, careers and community service with stamina, resolve, dexterity and grace. <br><br>Sarah Palin represents these women and their definition of a 'modern woman' far more than Gloria Steinem or Naomi Wolf.<br><br>McCain, while older than (gasp) Pagalia's self-obsessed, self-righteous, baby-boom generation, he has a firm grasp of the future and he sees in Palin a truly 'modern woman' who is willing to live life on her own terms and in the face of unprecedented hatred being spewed by her opponents.<br><br>His judgment to trust Palin speaks volume about his character, his confidence, his optimism, and his commitment to the future of this country,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:51:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "517d8b02de297166f46205708c9304f3", "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": 2259205, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You've only gone to one classic game?? OK....I guess since I come from a Bulldog family that would explain the annual trek to Birmingham. Half my family on both sides graduated from Alabama A&M...I have a few cousins there now. Back in the day when the bands were much better (in my humble opinion) - I couldn't WAIT to go...then afterwards the entire clan would go to my aunt's home on 32nd street for the feast of all feasts. I'm getting sleepy just thinking about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:45:23", "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": 2271047, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can we get a 527 ad asking:  WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN 2008?<br><br>Okay, I'm watching Morning Joe (I know, it's my fault) and they're all over the McCain juvenile 101 ads, holding up the NY Post \"Boar War\" front page and never do they ever TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES and dispell the lies...  They (Joe, Pat, Andrea, Chuck Todd, too) were yucking it up over both the juvenile lipstick-pig ad and the kindergarten sex-ed ad and, of course... ABSOLUTELY NO CONVERSATION ON EITHER CANDIDATES RECORD ON EDUCATION.<br><br>Well, we'll just looking at what's posted on the website <a href=\"http://OnTheIssues.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">OnTheIssues.org</a> shows:<br><br>BARACK OBAMA:<br># First Senate bill: increase Pell Grant from $4,050 to $5,100. (Aug 2007)<br># Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers. (Sep 2004)<br># Voted YES on $52M for \"21st century community learning centers\". (Oct 2005)<br># Voted YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)<br># Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005) <br><br>JOHN MCCAIN:<br># Voted NO on $52M for \"21st century community learning centers\". (Oct 2005)<br># Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)<br># Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)<br># Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)<br># Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)<br># Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001) <br><br>But we can also go to S.1574, the <a href=\"http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1574\" rel=\"nofollow\">Teacher Residency bill Obama introduced</a> that passed at the end of July 2008, which is aimed at increasing teacher aptitude and retention in low income areas by training new teachers <a href=\"http://obama.senate.gov/issues/education/\" rel=\"nofollow\">similar to recent entrants to the medical profession, through residencies, where novices learn under the guidance of skilled mentors</a>.  <br><br>Plus Obama has his hands on the (1) Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act, (2) the Summer Term Education Programs for Upward Progress Act (STEP UP), (3) Education Opportunity Act, (4) the aforementioned HOPE Act (Higher Education Opportunity Through Pell Grant Expansion Act) and (5) the Predominantly Black Institutions Act which passed at the same time the Teacher Residency program did.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:25:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It' s not my diary.<br>:-)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:31:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259657, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Independents Think McCain's a Doer, While Obama's a Talker<br><br>From the  latest Fox News poll :<br><br>    Do you think Barack Obama is a talker or a doer?<br><br>    Overall: Talker 49 percent, Doer 34 percent. Among independents, 55 percent talker, 26 percent doer.<br><br>    Do you think John McCain is talker or a doer?<br><br>    Overall: Talker, 30 percent, doer, 54 percent. Among independents, 21 percent talker, 58 percent doer.<br><br>    If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from?<br><br>    Obama, 34 percent; McCain, 50 percent. Among independents it's Obama 22 percent, McCain 52 percent.  Biden matches up fairly well against Palin, 39 percent to her 43 percent.<br><br>    Which ticket has more experience combined? <br>Among Independents, it's Republicans 57, Democrats 25.<br><br>    Which ticket has better judgment combined?  Among independents, it's Republicans 51, Democrats 32.<br><br>    Which ticket will bring the right change to Washington? Among independents, it's Democrats 36, Republicans 38.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:31:43", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://HotAir.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">HotAir.com</a> = Right Wing Propaganda", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:33:17", "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": 2260151, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   From HuffPost:  Rosie O'Donnell on Hasselbeck and \"The Gov.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rosie-odonnell-elisabeth_n_125475.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rosie-...</a><br><br>It's a NEGATIVE!!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Not that I care about Rosie!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:30:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP\u2019s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.<br><a href=\"http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:33:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "***Video***<br>myBO: Neighbor to Neighbor Canvassing Tool explained<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9JKIIs9Sw\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9JKIIs9Sw</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:47:39", "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}, "2269247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The South was always going to be a tough nut for Obama to crack, so I'm not surprised.  Having said that, I wonder if he has a better chance in Florida now that the Jewish voters are looking sideways at Palin for her fundy views.<br><br>And speaking of Jewish voters, I thought this was pretty cool:<br><br><a href=\"http://rabbisforobama.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rabbis for Obama</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:23:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2268903, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm from the south and I believe that you catch more bees with honey that vinegar.<br><br> It is my hope that rorymomma, greenladyhere, town, craighickman, and etc. can help people refocus. We aren't adding any value to the campaign by hashing over negative polling. We do need to be equiped with information when dealing detractors buy bellyaching and whining add so very little.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:23:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2268875, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/17/alaska-maternity-leave-laws/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/17/alaska-...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:44:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258507, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "btw, what are you 99% sure of?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:24:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269256, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, I was in Tuscaloosa, AL and saw an older red pickup truck driving along. Then, I see  the driver a gray-haired older gentleman. Knowing the lay of the land, well I was suprised by what I saw next.<br><br>As I got closer, I saw he had signs on his car that said W, wrong. (Around Alabama, you see stickers on cars all the time that say W, the president.)<br><br>He also had an Obama bumper sticker on his truck. It was a prety cool, sight indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:07:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2279000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle:  <b>Thank you very much</b>!  I am sooo going to practice!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I wish you could have seen me when I <b>finally</b> figured out how to <b>bold</b> and do <i>italics</i>!!   Whooo!   Hooo!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  <br><br>Happy camper up in here!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Again, thank you!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_02:07:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278829, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Halting confusion? What planet are you on?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:36:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Obama should embrace this rotting fish meme.  He should do some videos where he shows pictures of rotting fish beside McCain's policies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:50:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Guardian: The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for<br><br><a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/se...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:36:31", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Deleted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:59:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2276114, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote>\"Virtual dap\" to ya!!</blockquote>Back at you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:59:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2276114, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is buying his insurance", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:00:06", "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": 2270842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am becoming concerned that people now have in Palin the excuse they need to vote against Obama.  Despite the fact our country's economy is on the brink of disaster; despite McCain's support of a war that few of us support or at least agree that it was not waged properly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:36:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 33, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Democrats must learn some respect<br>by Clive Crook<br><br>This article is not the first to note the cultural contradiction in American liberalism, but just now the point bears restating. The election may turn on it.<br><br>Democrats speak up for the less prosperous; they have well-intentioned policies to help them; they are disturbed by inequality, and want to do something about it. Their concern is real and admirable. The trouble is, they lack respect for the objects of their solicitude. Their sympathy comes mixed with disdain, and even contempt.<br><br>Democrats regard their policies as self-evidently in the interests of the US working and middle classes. Yet those wide segments of US society keep helping to elect Republican presidents. How is one to account for this? Are those people idiots? Frankly, yes - or so many liberals are driven to conclude. Either that or bigots, clinging to guns, God and white supremacy; or else pathetic dupes, ever at the disposal of Republican strategists. If they only had the brains to vote in their interests, Democrats think, the party would never be out of power. But again and again, the Republicans tell their lies, and those stupid damned voters buy it.<br><br>It is an attitude that a good part of the US media share. The country has conservative media (Fox News, talk radio) as well as liberal media (most of the rest). Curiously, whereas the conservative media know they are conservative, much of the liberal media believe themselves to be neutral.<br><br>Read the rest at <a href=\"http://clivecrook.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/democrats_must_learn_some_resp.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://clivecrook.theatlantic.com/archives/2008...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:32:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdb105a0448967d7c26f2589218a5ecb", "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}, "2278000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From The Time:  This article discusses the 2 personae  [POLITICIAN  & PROFESSOR ]of Mr. Obama and How effectively/successfully he manages them.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1835238-1%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,...</a><br><b>Taking Professor Obama's Class</b><br><br><b>As the presidential race heats up and Democratic nominee Barack Obama is forced to respond to increasingly tough attacks from the Palin-energized GOP ticket, his campaign style is coming under growing scrutiny. Some feel the candidate has too often been more head than heart, more intellectual than passionate, less a leader than a lecturer. Will his style survive the rough-and-tumble of a modern media-saturated presidential campaign?</b><br><br><b>Yet balancing the two personae \u2014 professor and politician \u2014 has been key to Obama's success. Much of his style can be traced back to his dozen years as an academic, at the University of Chicago Law School. A look at those teaching days reveals just how he has managed to be at once popular and intellectually exacting.</b><br><br>Great read!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  He's the right man!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>GOTV!!!  Go Obama-Biden  '08", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262132": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is that the rally that the school didn't want on its' grounds so McCain Palin was forced to go elsewhere?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:24:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't believe the spin.Do you actually think McCain is up 20 in N.C. Ron Paul is on the ballot in MT. thats worth at least 5 points.Two words for you Ground game.Obama has it  and McCain does not", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:14:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270731, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah,<br><br>You still feel like Biden has Obama's back?  I just don't know what to make of him now.  What's up with this?  <a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/10/biden-hillary-might-have-been-better-vp-pick/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/10...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:15:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is right up my alley...so wonderful.  Thanks for posting.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:01:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From HuffPost:   <b>GUTTER POLITICS:  McCain Campaign CALLED OUT For HALF TRUTHS</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/gutter-politics-mccain-ca_n_125291.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/gutter...</a><br><br>Great read!!   Full TRUTH!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:50:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  McCain Ads Are Hybrid Vehicles<br><br><a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/09/mccain_ads_are_hybrid_vehicles.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a><br><br>So, IF you were wondering how the \"McAncient\" Campaign can AFFORD all these ads, wonder no more!  He splits the cost with the REPUG Party!  READ ON!!  :&gt;)<br><br><i>By Matthew Mosk<br>Most of the campaign ads that Sen. John McCain began airing Sept. 1 are taking a glancing shot at Democrats in Congress -- often just a two-second jab at the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid.<br><br>This is not because the McCain campaign has suddenly decided the best strategy to defeat Sen. Barack Obama is to run against other top Democrats in Congress. It's because of a loophole in the public financing laws that allows McCain to evenly split the cost of his ads with the Republican Party so long as the ads make at least a passing reference to the rest of the party's ticket.<br><br>Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group and Tim Kay of National Cable Communications -- two top media analysts -- both said they've noticed a growth in this emerging type of ad, known as a hybrid.<br><br>\"Pretty much every spot they've done has been a hybrid ad,\" Tracey said.<br><br>How do the ads save McCain money? Well, consider that McCain has $84 million to spend between now and Election Day -- that's the federal allotment of money he decided to take during the general election contest. While the Republican National Committee will devote much of its privately financing to field operations, microtargeting, and voter contact, McCain will spend most of his public funding on television ads. If McCain can split the cost of his ads 50-50 with the party, he is essentially able to stretch his public dollars twice as far.</i><br><br>Maybe this explains why there have been few/no articles discussing his funding??<br><br>SSSSSnakes!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_01:38:36", "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}, "2262123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You still talking about Hillary?  LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:24:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260151, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lose your home... Lose your Vote! </a><br><br>Spread this information to everyone you know! I'm sure this tactic will not be limited to Michigan.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:38:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "lexusoakland", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2269829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha! You are so on it and right.<br><br>He/she is probably one of those paid trollers.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:01:16", "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": 2269396, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2279046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "msmartin:  Could be!!  :&gt;)   &gt;:)  Either which way, I cain't believe he could have been this blind!!!   Oh well!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_02:17:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278933, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I am becoming concerned that people now have in Palin the excuse they need to vote against Obama. </i><br><br>I don't think this is anything to worry about, in real terms.<br><br>There are people who were NEVER EVER going to vote for Senator Obama because he is Black. They would not and will not cast their actual vote for him, whether or not they would admit it.<br><br>If there is any truth to your concern, it's just rhetorical. That is, there may be some people who will refer to Palin when stating publicly that they will vote for McCain. But there is no actual vote \"lost\" -- they never would have voted for Senator Obama to begin with.<br><br>Seriously.<br><br>And please, consider channeling that worry into action to support Senator Obama's campaign, if and however you can.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:27:22", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260588, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cindy's cleavage is out.  If Pelosi can cover hers, why can't Cindy?!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:03:28", "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": 2270164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See I thought they were talking about the unsaved Saul of the Old Testament, the one the Jews insisted on having as their king, the one visited the psychic, the one who tried to kill King David and stalked him(a man after God's own heart and an archetype of Christ) for over 10 years, the one whose son Jonathan was best friends with David.<br><br>I didn't know he was talking about Paul, whom God saved on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:19:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272734, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, that poll is fair and balanced except NOT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:51:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271179, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99% Sure:   Make that 7 or 8 dimes and some penny post cards!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>WHAT!!  YOU MEAN THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE PRICES!???<br><br>DARN THAT SHRUB ADMINISTRATION!!!</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:20:29", "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": 2275880, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't forget that Ed Koch endorsed Obama.All those older Jews that moved from the northeast still love him", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:28:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269247, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I think Obama's comment\u2014and the fake southern accent, the halting confusion, the disjointed sentences, that video is really amazing\u2014suggest a man out of control, not in control. Clueless and uneasy. And I think that reflects more poorly, not better, on his suitability for the presidency. But that's why (and either way, as Kathryn suggests) whining about an intentional attack is not the right tone. It's not hard to see why they're melting down. The crowd at the McCain-Palin rally I'm now at in Virginia is unlike anything I've ever seen for a Republican candidate.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "80a9e4dcb7b57eef7d8aac7c5265c389", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259342, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:  Motivation:   <b>NOT</b> to have an intellectual interchange!!   :&gt;)    TO <b>waste</b> our time so that we will not be able to work on behalf of Obama-Biden!!!<br><br>I go CRICKETS on them!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)   They deserve it!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:47:35", "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": 2262376, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2274462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I just posted this to show the headline:<br><br><b>SLASH AND BURN CAMPAIGN BACKFIRING!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><br>Next, I'll post some of the articles in support of Mr. Obama and against \"McAncient!\"   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:11:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes sirree. I just heard him online. ENOUGH! LOL!<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:40:16", "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": 2260466, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I found a few things troubling with her article: Just a couple.<br><br> \"As I said in my last column, I have become increasingly uneasy about Obama's efforts to sound folksy and approachable by reflexively using inner-city African-American tones and locutions, which as a native of Hawaii he acquired relatively late in his development and which are painfully wrong for the target audience of rural working-class whites that he has been trying to reach. Obama on the road and even in major interviews has been droppin' his g's like there's no tomorrow. It's analogous to the way stodgy, portly Al Gore (evidently misadvised by the women in his family and their feminist pals) tried to zap himself up on the campaign trail into the happening buff dude that he was not. Both Gore and Obama would have been better advised to pursue a calm, steady, authoritative persona. Forget the jokes -- be boring! That, alas, is what reads as masculine in the U.S. \"<br><br><br>I hate it when non-Blacks think they are experts on what they perceive to be  Black culture. Her comments about \"forget the jokes be boring\" equals masculinity is contradictory since laters goes on to heap praise on Palin for her humor which equals feistyness and an element of masculinity.<br><br>\"One reason I live in the leafy suburbs of Philadelphia and have never moved to New York or Washington is that, as a cultural analyst, I want to remain in touch with the mainstream of American life. I frequent fast-food restaurants, shop at the mall, and periodically visit Wal-Mart (its bird-seed section is nonpareil).\"<br><br>I dunno, but I live in Chicago and I still go to fast food restaurants and malls. I don't do Walmart but that is because I disagree with their labor practices.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:29:15", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259205, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Will be interesting to see how McCain spins this one:  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103448/087/539/593399\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103...</a> <br><br>Check out the video. Speaks for itself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:29:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "SpartacusLaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2272424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai:   <b>YES WE CAN!!! </b>  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   <b> YES U CAN!!! </b>     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Keep up your GOOD efforts!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:53:08", "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": 2262322, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just read a diary about this on Kos (probably the same place with these pics) The person said all she heard (from the crowd) was nasty anti-Obama stuff. One woman proclaimed Obama will abort 40,000 babies in his first term!  That if he has his way EVERY woman would have an abortion.  Also men were calling him sexist while talking about the things they'd do to Palin and what a great mooserack she had.*SMH*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:11:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So great and thanks for sharing! Just out of curiosity, how did the two of you become friends?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:21:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257217, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "North Carolina is still doable. The Survey USA poll is suspect", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:12:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270731, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "wow.  i've always admired deepak chopra's wisdom and authentic voice.  this essay proves that my admiration wasn't misplaced.  he has articulated the gift that palin brings to this situation.<br><br>i believe the american shadow will be eclipsed in november.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:48:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That may be true but the south alone cannot change the electoral map", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:26:17", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2268903, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He not once, in that quote you transcribed, mentioned what he is going to do.<br><br>He has wasted an entire day defending himself from criticism.<br><br>He can't defend an energy policy that will not drill for domestic sources or include nuclear energy.<br><br>He cannot defend and education policy that does not stand up to the teachers unions and does not include school choice.<br><br>He cannot defend an economic policy that will raise our taxes.<br><br>He cannot defend a foreign policy that did not support the surge, defend our ally Georgia or take seriously the implications of negotiating with hostile dictators without preconditions.<br><br>He cannot defend himself from his own record of requesting (last year alone) $98 million in earmarks.<br><br>He cannot defend himself from the fact that while he rails against lobbyists, he and Joe Biden's son have worked to bring pork to Illinois.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:20:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "517d8b02de297166f46205708c9304f3", "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": 2268875, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He was so 'ride or die' with the jr senator from NY now let's see how much that connection with her and Billy Jeffy will assist him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:58:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278522, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yes but perception when repeated enough becomes reality.  I understand this site is pretty on spot when it comes to electoral map.  Since sunday Obama has gone from 303 to 275.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.fivethirtyeight.com</a> <br><br>Also, to the media's credit EVERYONE except Fox, including the WSJ has pointed out and provided PROOF that Palin is lying on the bridge to no where but the public seems to just keep ignorning that little fact....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:30:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 26, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261868, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey  <b>JJai</b>, how come you can be nice and cool and calm, yet I get all riled up when I read those types of posts? <br><br>Maybe because I don' t get it - there's so much positive information out there so I don't get how or why people are concentrating on the negative from the other side.<br><br>Bless you for dealing so kindly with the critics and the doubters; they be making my blood boil. :)<br><br>Anyway, for the Obama naysayers and the doubters, <a href=*http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/781/518/593412* rel=\"nofollow\">Here's some good, positive stuff.</a> Below is the transcript of Obama getting all up in McCaint's grill today in Virginia. <blockquote>\"Before we begin today, I want to say a few words about the latest made up controversy by the John McCain campaign. What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country.  They seize on an innocent remark try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad because they know that it'is catnip for the news media.  I'm assuming you guys heard this watching the news.  I'm talking about John McCain's economic policies, because it is more of the same - you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig - and suddenly they say \"Oh you must be talking about the governor of Alaska.\" (LAUGHTER)  <br><br>See, it would be funny except - of course the news media decided that was the lead story yesterday - they'd much rather have the campaign - this is the McCain campaign - about phony and foolish diversions than about the future.  This happens every election cycle.  Every 4 years this is what we do.  <br><br>We've got an energy crisis, we have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive, we have an economy that is not creating hardship for families all across America, we've got 2 wars going on, veterans coming home, not being cared for, and this is what they want to talk about.<br><br>This is what they want to spend two out of the last 55 days talking about.  You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It's not the Democratic candidate, it's not the Republican candidate, it's YOU, the American people.  Because then we go another year or another 4 years or another 8 years without addressing the issues that matter to YOU.  ENOUGH!  I don't care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift boat politics.  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  (HEAVY, LONGTIME APPLAUSE)<br><br>These are serious times and they call for a serious debate about where we need to take the nation.  We can't take another 4 years that are like the last 8, where family incomes are going down at the same time as costs of everything are on the rise, where we keep on spending 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq at a time when our own infrastructure here at home is crumbling and the Iraqis have a $79 billion surplus that they're not spending.  We can't take another 4 years of the same trickle down, on your own, special interests first approach to economics that is killing the middle class in this country.<br><br>Now John McCain has supported these policies for the last 8 years.  He believes in them, and when you scratch the surface, there's not a dime's worth of difference between what he's offering and what we've already got.  When he's done giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas, or $300 billion to the biggest corporations in America including the oil companies that are already making money hand over fist, the only change you're going to get are some pennies in your pocket.  So spare me the phony outrage, spare me the phony talk about change.  <br><br>We have real problems in this country right now and the American people are looking to us for answers - not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations - they want real answers to the real problems that we are facing.  That's the kind of debate that I intend to have because that's the kind of debate the American people deserve.  That is what you deserve and that is what you are going to get for the next 55 days.\"  </blockquote>Not only is he still on his game; he's landing even more punches.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:57:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262490, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Her just jellus because McCaint and his VP pick  haven't yet articulated one policy that they will implement to help the poor and the middle class.  Notice that none of the neo-con posters ever post a comment listing McCaint's policies, just a lame disrespectful, envious post about Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:25:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271256, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wondered who \"ace\" is \"quoting\" here and googled the first part of the sentence from phrase from the \"comment\" -- led me to a comment on the National Review site. What a surprise!<br><br>I won't link there but it is very easy to find, just google.<br><br>Trolls get so lazy they can't even write their own stuff. Or properly cite what they do lift.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:33:36", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   Sooooo, <b>Rangel is finding out that He CAIN'T act/be like the Caucasian Boys.</b><br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/10/rangel-admits-mistakes-5000-bill-to-uncle-sam/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/10/ran...</a><br>Rangel Admits Mistakes, $5000 Bill To Uncle Sam<br><br>O.K. You say.  So far. like the white boys!!  But READ ON:<br><br><i>But Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., asked colleagues to let the ethics committee investigate and urged Republicans to stop trying to have him removed from his post.<br><br>As House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rangel has a powerful say over tax law changes. By his own admission, he has no excuse for not reporting years worth of rental income on a beach vacation property he owns in the Dominican Republic.<br><br>\u201cMistakes. We all make \u2018em. We all have to say we\u2019re sorry, but we all don\u2019t have to attack each other,\u201d Rangel said.<br><br>House debate over the matter turned personal when he said GOP leader John Boehner, did not really have his heart in it when he and other top Republicans called for Rangel to be removed as chairman.<br><br>Boehner, R-Ohio, then rose to deny that claim.<br><br>\u201cMy intent here is not to claw at my friend from New York. My intent here is to have justice and to have all of us live by the rules of the House. I\u2019m sorry that I had to do it but I have a job to do on behalf of my colleagues,\u201d Boehner said.<br><br>The exchange capped a day on which Rangel admitted embarrassing mistakes in his personal finances but insisted they were innocent errors of omission, rather than acts of deliberate deception or greed. Those errors, he said, would be corrected in amended filings to both the IRS and the Congress.<br><br><b>\u201cI really don\u2019t believe that making mistakes means that you have to give up your career,\u201d the lawmaker, who has spent nearly 38 years in Congress, said in a lengthy talk with reporters.</i></b><br><br>Did you note ANY DIFFERENCE??  \"THEY\" were saying - \"YOU got ta give it up!\"<br><br>Can you smell the PIETY???     Lawd ha'mercy!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Memo to Rangel:   <b>YOU CAIN'T ACT/BE like the CAUCASIAN BOYS!!</b><br><br>ENOUGH said!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:53:14", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the voice of SANITY!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:19:03", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2276342, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dkos Diarists: Calling you to action!<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14412/5545/170/593768\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/144...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:31:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "According to Gallup, Obama is getting trounced in the South:<br><br>Sept 1-7, 2008<br>East - Obama 51% McCain 40%<br>Midwest - Obama 48% McCain 42%<br>South - Obama 39% McCain 54%<br>West - Obama 50% McCain 43", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:59:18", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262490, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From DailyKos:<br><br><i>Repeat after me, kids: Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico <br>by JeffLieber [Subscribe] <br>Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 10:05:06 PM PDT<br>That's it.<br><br>That's all.<br><br>The Kerry states, plus Colorado, Iowa, and New Mexico.<br><br><br></i><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/0482/42464/907/593031\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/0482/42...</a><br><br>map included here", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_01:59:33", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A little humor to start your day.<br>Whether Democrat or Republican, I think you'll get a kick out of this<br>An explanation of our present and future. Elect wisely. This<br>sums it up!<br>A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics? Dad<br>says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:I am the head of the<br>family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of<br>the money, so we call her the Government. We are here to take care of<br>your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider<br>her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the<br>Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense. <br><br>So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has<br>said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up<br>to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.<br>So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother asleep.<br>Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door<br>locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the<br>nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.<br><br>The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I<br>think I understand the concept of politics now. The father says, 'Good,<br>son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about. The<br>little boy replies: 'The President is screwing the Working Class while<br>the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the<br>Future is in deep sh!t.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_07:41:36", "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}, "2262763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pacing and strategy. McCain shot from the hip, he got Palin, we'll see what will come of that as the weeks wear on. In the meantime, Barack can try to shout over the din and waste good ammo, or wait until the media gets bored with the hottie (btw, I don't think she's all that) and casts about for the next big thing. There's a natural swing to these cycles that the Obama campaign has generally been good about riding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:09:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260366, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, but thankfully the press ain't buying it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272228, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  From HuffPost:  John McCain Might Have Opened The Door for Charges of Sexism Against HIMSELF!!    :&gt;)        :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/mccain-may-have-open-door_n_125381.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/mccain...</a>    <br><br>DARN those You Tube videos!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:46:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think he should be even harsher:<br><br>McCain wishes to abolish public education.  He intends to make education into a business venture that you can opt into, or not.  Do you believe education is essential to our future survival?  If so, reject John McCain.<br><br>Drill, Drill, Drill....Isn't that what got us into his mess in the first place?  Is there ANY doubt we're in a mess?  We've heard about the sorts of drilling they've been doing over there...Thanks, but no thanks.<br><br>Bush is withdrawing troops.  That was my plan all along..but Bush didn't even send me a thank you note.   Nevertheless, it is good the troops are beginning to come home.  It would have been even better if BUSH and MCCAIN didn't send them there in the first place!<br><br>Mavericks?  More like cattle rustlers.  Think that's harsh?...(Then he should go on to list all the ways they've ripped off the taxpayers.)<br><br>...Obama has to get in touch with his rage.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:17:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260366, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah;  Gotta leave for a few hours.  Time ta do some \"community organizing\" on Bhalf of Mr. Obama!!   Whooo!   Hoo!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:13:57", "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}, "2270164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "These are pics from the McCain-Palin rally today in VA....pretty spirited crowd:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/23225343%40N06/sets/72157607216748296/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.flickr.com/photos/23225343@N06/sets/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:26:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99% Sure:    WOW!!!   This is the kind of post that is <b> MOTIVATING and INSPIRING!!</b><br><br>Thank you!!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:18:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2276342, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   LAWD Ha'mercy!!   When will they EVA learn   -   the meaning of the word  \"UPPITY\"<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/gop_house_candidate_calls_blac.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br>GOP House Candidate Calls Black Newscaster  -  <b>\"UPPITY\"</b><br><br><i>t looks like more than one prominent Georgia Republican likes to use the word \"uppity\" in regards to prominent African-Americans -- this time, it's the GOP nominee in one of the few House seats that Dems could possibly lose this year.<br><br>The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Rick Goddard, a retired Air Force major general running against conservative Dem Congressman Jim Marshall, referred in a radio appearance to \"a very uppity newscaster\" who had a testy TV exchange with Newt Gingrich at the Republican Convention. This appeared to be a reference to MSNBC reporter Ron Allen, who is black.<br><br>The Goddard campaign didn't deny that he was discussing Ron Allen, telling the Journal-Constitution that Goddard \"simply evoked a word -- that by definition -- described the reporter's demeanor as being superior, arrogant and presumptuous.\"<br><br>This comes after Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) told The Hill that he believed both Barack and Michelle Obama were \"uppity,\" then denied that there was any racial connotation to the word.</i><br><br>Really!! I thought that this term has made enough of the news that errybody has received an appropriate education!  Just like the N-word, you DON'T call a Black person [or person of color, for that matter]  \"UPPITY!\"  \"NO WAY!\"   \"NO HOW!\"   \"NO UPPITY!\"<br><br>Whew!!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Take a look at this by Camilie Pagalia: <a href=\"http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/...</a><br><br>There is more going on here than my first impression: Palin as big tent feminism", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:45:11", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...</a><br><br>dont know if this has been posted here, but here are great examples of the right-wing hypocrisy.  Brilliant!  <br><br>Obama should NOT back down from this \"lipstick on a pig\", McCain is a coward, hiding behind Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:20:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e782033d7b0a29544b854f4b13f65ef", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "99% Sure:  I'm 100% sure that he will reply and give us the TRUTH!!<br>:&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)   Hallelerjer [Madea-style  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]<br><br>\"Virtual dap\" to ya!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2275981, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   BECAUSE   -   \"drum roll, please -<br><br>He is the candidate of <b>CHANGE!!</b>!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Rim shot!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:08:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2256619, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99% Sure:   EXACTLY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Can we say: <b>NOT!   NO!   Nada!  Daabi </b>[Asente (Ghana) I use ta live there! :&gt;)], <b>Bobo</b> [Bete (Camaroon), <b>Non</b> [Creole (Haiti)], <b>Sa, Suu </b>[Crow (US)], <b>Hani </b>[Diola (Senegal)], <b>Nope, Uh-uh</b> [English - Informal], <b>Aaha </b>[Fante (Ghana)]!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.elite.net/%7Erunner/jennifers/no.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/no.htm</a><br>520 Ways To Say NO<br><br>I know!   I need ta get a life!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:18:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278598, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99% Sure:   YEAH!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:48:52", "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": 2262955, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Man, you need a reality check.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:20:50", "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": 2260151, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another proactive thing you can do to protest the racism and sleazy lies of this campaign is to call Mcaint's office and voice your opinion on the despicable race he is running.  I called the Washington office and left a voice mail then I called the Phoenix office and voiced my displeasure with the nasty racist tone of the campaign with the young woman who answered.  If the media won't do their jobs, then we can individually let Mcaint know just how displeased we are with his not dealing with the issues, making the campaign about personal attacks instead.<br><br>Here are the numbers:<br><br>Phoenix Office: <br>602-952-2410<br><br>Tempe Office: <br>480-897-6289<br><br>Tucson Office: <br>520-670-6334<br><br>Washington Office: <br>202-224-2235<br><br>The young woman in the Tucson office told me she could leave a message if I gave her my address, which I refused for obvious reasons.<br><br>I also posted this information on Daily Kos, and other commenters have been calling the offices; apparently, they are getting through because the reports are that they're being hung up on and that the staffers are shell-shocked that suddenly they're getting this flurry of calls.  As an Independent whose vote McCaint is, at least theoretically, trying to sway to his side, I feel it incumbent upon me to let him know that he ain't getting me interested with the tactics he is using.<br><br>What this does is let them know that there are voters out there who are not pleased with this swift-boating smear campaign that is just like the ones run in 2000 and 2004, that if this is indicative of the change McCaint is speaking of, then it is another of the myriad of lies they tell daily.<br><br>You can also call or email the broadcast and print news outlets and let them know what you think of the biased campaign coverage.  It's time to get fired up and DO something to at least try to change the way things are going.  55 days - we've got 55 days to make it happen - and yes we can make it happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:19:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jesus was a community organizer.....<br>Pontius Pilate was a governor", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:22:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e782033d7b0a29544b854f4b13f65ef", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i just saw that blond idiot from the view talking about michelle obama! tht stuff pisses me of.  Like the earlier post said: why dont just call us niggers and tell us to go away.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:12:28", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260151, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can someone find some facts about Alaska and maternity leave?  I saw a piece on it this morning about the laws being very bad in Alaska.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_08:34:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Could this theory be true that Obama & Company has set them up for a big fall.  I hope so.  My concern right now is that Obama himself seems off his game.<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/obama-has-timed-this-perfectly.php#\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:01:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The fly images keep coming from the archives...  JO was the gastric acid that burned thru the belly of that beast.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>h&f", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_01:36:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "030d6fe32c418b6cf1ef6437b21bf02d", "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}, "2262322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's the thing, Miranda. A lot of folks aren't as consumed as some of us are about to finding the real truth and scouring the nets. They may just eat what the MSM is feeding them. I think her fears are real especially if the DFW  in ruthdfw stands for Dallas Fort Worth.<br><br>In any case, I am still remaining very positive with the help of Town, CraigHickman. Greenladyhere, and rorysmomma and have donated and am volunteering for my very first political campaign, shout out motorcitybadboy.<br><br>Change '08", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:36:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261868, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All I want for Christmas from you, Senator Obama: On Letterman tonight, please, I beg of you, pretty please, for the love of God, do NOT apologize in any way, shape, or form to anyone in the GOP about your lipstick comments. If you feel compelled to address them at all, and I'm certain that Dave will prod, please use the opportunity to emphasize the point that McBush and McBitch is trying to camouflage Bush's anemic policy prescriptions as something new, different, effective. I beg you Senator, do not back down. I don't even want to hear the words, \"If anyone was offended by my comments...\" PLEASE!<br><br>And I lied. There's one more thing I want for X-mas: a Democratic win in November. No biggie, right?<br><br>T.<br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/a-piggish-debat.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">From Tapper's blog:</a><br>1) In October of last year, McBush used same analogy to denigrate Hilary Clinton's healthcare policy.<br>2) In December of last year, McBush swatted away criticisms by Mitt Romney by saying that \"he won't get into a wrestling match with a pig\"<br>3) McBush's former press secretary, Torie Clark  penned a book titled in part, Lipstick on a Pig", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:13:28", "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}, "2270005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm 99 Percent Sure that God is real, that the truth always trumps lies, that the world is a ghetto, and that the 2nd Coming is a happening that's not far away. :-)<br><br>I was born and raised in the South as well - Birmingham AL - and I was also taught that you can catch more flies with honey.  There's another saying I used to have on my desk when I was a teen - <blockquote>Be careful of the words you say, keep them soft and sweet, you never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat.</blockquote>:)<br><br>So I try not to be abusive but, since we are ostensibly preaching to the choir, we shouldn't have to catch them.  I believe in tough love and they need to snap out of the negativity, even if it takes a slap up side the head. :)<br><br>We and the doubters/worriers/naysayers/critics also need to be proactive - there are plenty of things we can do to ensure a victory in November.  It isn't all about what Obama/Biden does and our reactions to it.  We need to get it through our thick skulls Obama constant refrain - we are the change we've been waiting for and change begins from the bottom up not from the top down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:14:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269256, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "*****VIDEO*****<br><b>Chris Matthews puts Repub shill on trial</b><br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RftxKMHGRf0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RftxKMHGRf0</a>  (part 1)<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=w33YL4RwkwE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=w33YL4RwkwE</a>  (part 2)<br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTXzdlh8yA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTXzdlh8yA</a>  (commentary)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:08:28", "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}, "2275903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From HuffPost:  Rick Warren said that \"The Gov.\" called him on Tuesday [9/9/08] <b>\"for advice.\"</b>  LOL!!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rick-warren-sarah-palin-c_n_125420.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rick-w...</a><br><br>Errybody who believes that this was the <b>ONLY TOPIC</b> of their conversation., please raise your hand!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Seeing NONE!!!   I'm taking that as a <b>MAJOR \"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!????\"</b><br><br>Whew!   Prevaricating Deep Breaths!!!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:12:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSeeker:   I watched this LIVE and CRIED and LAUGHED!!   :&gt;)    <br><br><b>FINALLY!!</b>  somebody took these <b>LIARS</b> on!!!  <br><br>Followed by Dr. Rachel Maddow, who is <b>RELENTLESS!!!</b><br><br>GOD BLESS THEM!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I plan to watch this VIDEO, OVER and OVER AGAIN!!!  It is that MOTIVATIONAL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    THANK YOU!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>GOTV!!!  Go Obama-Biden!!! '08", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:39:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2277377, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/perkins.qa/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain must embrace Palin's beliefs, evangelical leader says</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:15:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?source=most_commented&story_id=12066224\" rel=\"nofollow\">Economist Editorial on McCain's Choice</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:15:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2257217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Polls Schmolls! I had the MOST AMAZING ENCOUNTER!<br><a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/16331/66055/410/592511\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/16331/66...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_04:02:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Riddle me this:<br><br>How come they keep a tight leash on Sarah Palin to make sure she doesn't say anything damaging, but they can't put a muzzle on Meghan McCain, who claims that nobody knows war like her family does?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:39:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Miranda</b>, you know Bomgingham, the Magic City?<br><br>I grew up on 7th Street near the corner of 8th Avenue, just a short walking distance from Legion Field.  As a teen, I made a pretty penny on Saturdays during the fall by parking cars in our yards for the Alabama games when they played at Legion Field.<br><br>I do not understand the Magic City Classic, although I attended one way back in '91 because it was all the rage, dontcha know.<br><br><b>JJai</b>, the 1% is the carnal me; I have a resurrected soul in a body that still lusts after sin. <blockquote> For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.  For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. <br><br><b>I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: <br><br>But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.</b> O wretched [wo]man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  Rom 7:14-24 </blockquote>To put it more succinctly, as Isaiah 64: 6 says, [W]e are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags. Romans 3:10 is even more succinct - [T]here is none righteous, no not one.<br><br>Yet, I am 100% sure that it is well with my soul, and I know that to be absent from this body will be to be present with the Lord.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:29:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270096, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know if anyone here is an Air America Radio listener, but for the last few days Lionel has been nailing Barack Obama--and sadly, he's been dead on in his criticism.  Where's Obama's passion been lately?  Where's Joe Biden? The McCain/Palin ticket has put Obama/Biden on the defensive after the GOP's post-convention poll bounce.  And in Obama's interview on <i>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</i>, the man seemed way to measured in his responses, even when the questions could be justly cited as softballs.  <br><br>Lionel has basically said that Obama/Biden needs to take back the news cycle.  Ride or Die Joe needs to be out stumping (where is he?), and someone needs to find out who's been slipping BHO valium-spiked food.  Forget talking about Sarah Palin's earmarks or the Bridge to Nowhere or her cash stipend for meals she ate at home.  None of that stuff matters to anyone except  wonks and bloggers.  In fact, Obama should forget Sarah Palin altogether (at least verbally)--it's JOHN McCAIN at the top of the ticket he should be fighting.  He hasn't had to do much in the way of interviews or soundbites with all of the fawning over his VP pick.  <br><br>Get back to contrasting the ideas for addressing the everyday problems that are kicking people in the ass (the economy, health care, gas prices, etc.).  Get McCain to have to respond and defend himself.  Some suggestions:<br><br>\"Mavericks, eh?  Why should anyone take you two seriously when you've both been cheering on failed Bush policies since 2001-02?\"<br><br>\"They've been talking about changing the worst of Washington for two weeks. We've been talking about changing the way Washington works for 19 months. Where the hell have you people been?\"<br><br>\"Your grand ole' party has had the White House for over 7 years, and they had the Congress for practically five years of that.  Iraq is a failure, the economy is tanking, and now the price oil is kicking everyone's butt.  Why would we give you idiots four more years?\"<br><br>\"Where's your plan to fix our failing educational system, John? What are you REALLY going to do about energy policy? Drilling for more oil is a band-aid over a gushing wound, Senator.  What about Iraq? Even President Bush has realized the need to withdraw [some] troops from Iraq--why do you want to stay there?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:20:18", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Eh hee!  Hey, there's a scripture for TS too - Romans 3:4 says, Let God be true but every man a liar.  :=)<br><br><b>Miranda</b>, the bands were good back then; I went to Knoxville College and I had a lot of friends who either went to Clark, Morehouse, Spelman, Tuskegee, Fisk or Tennessee State.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:24:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271273, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I don't want to waste the space quoting some of this article.   The title and the \"SQUAD\" members are notable!!<br><br>Thanks to MUDFLATS!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/behold-the-mccain-palin-truth-squad/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/behold...</a><br>The McCain-Palin Truth Squad.<br><br>I would warn, however, that you should NOT stand next to any of them.   Those <b>CELESTIAL LIGHTNING BOLTS</b> can be quite <b>ELECTRIFYING</b>!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:21:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With Obama reeling, Clintons not motivated to assist<br><br><a href=\"http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/10/with-obama-reeling-clintons-not-motivated-to-assist/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/10/with-obam...</a><br><br>And why should Hillary want to help?<br><br>\"Obama wanted nothing to do with the Clintons.  He fought against them and beat them in the primaries, although only with the Deus ex Machina effect of the superdelegates.  Obama made it clear that they were the past, and he was the party\u2019s future.  In fact, when pushing back against the perception that Democrats were weak on defense in his acceptance speech, Obama pointedly ignored Bill Clinton when listing strong Democratic presidents from the past.  That was less than two weeks ago, and the Clintons remember slights for years.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:04:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "517d8b02de297166f46205708c9304f3", "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}, "2272230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He doesn't want the \"S\" card to be use against him. Especially since mcsame and miss sarah are praising hillary left and right and using the sexism issue to avoid talking about serious issues.<br>Also Joe probably doesn't want to alienate the hillbots who are starting to comeback into the fold.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:37:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "e6ff201b15d848b1b0261404221efe43", "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": 2270842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "that will only fire up those who say  we don't need any outsiders telling us what to do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:52:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "ruthdfw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260580, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what is your motivation? What do you seek to accomplish by making these remarks?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:39:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261911, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But is your concern based off of the media's perception? Because its becoming very clear that they are scripting a storyline and not reporting the news.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:06:11", "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": 29, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260588, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True, but those are usually some of the English-only dullards  who can't point out Afghanistan or Antarctica on a map.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:06:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260838, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:    <b>CHRIS MATTHEWS has JUST ROASTED[AS IN  A \"PIG\"] the REPUBLICAN PUNDIT/IDIOT on \"LIP-STICK-GATE\"!!!! </b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>ENOUGH!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Now, let's get to the ISSUES!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:10:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I woke up this morning with every news channel covering Lipstick Gate with McCain supporters yammering on and on about how this is so offensive, blah, blah, blah and all I could think is really, this is what it has come to?  This is news? This is an actual issue that will affect the choice of who leads our country and by default the free world?  I feel like I'm in the twilight zone.  I thought the end of the world is truly upon us because our stupidity is spinning out of control.  Then I read this:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/end-of-the-world-or-just-a-big-bang/2008/09/10/1220857591317.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology...</a><br><br>And laughed.  Not because I want the earth to be sucked into a black hole but it does seem timely.  No the world should not come to an end but maybe this experiment can serve as a recalibration.<br><br>Anyway...back to work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:23:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Campbell Brown's show is on fire tonight!   I guess McCain attacking her on going too far with Tucker..went too far.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:58:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "polls<br><a href=\"http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/la...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:10:00", "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}, "2260353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "An interesting look at <a href=\"http://www.indianz.com/News/2008/010728.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">US Politics interacting with Indigenous American politics</a> as it relates to Afro-Indians.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:19:41", "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}, "2256619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He hasn't followed campaign financing since the PRIMARY season...why should things change now?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:00:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2256514, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "$100 billion could yield two million \"green\" jobs<br><a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0930092120080910\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_08:08:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2273161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anderkoo:   Co-sign!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:55:36", "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": 2262704, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So,<br><br>So what other things can no longer be uttered because they are sexist.<br><br>I guess \"sow's purse\" is out.  Because it has the word pig in it, and the word purse which is a woman's accessory, so it has to go. You are essentially calling all women who carry purses a female pig.  Disgusting!<br><br>I guess Elton John can no longer sing \"The Bitch is Back\" because as you know that song is dripping with sexism.  Why is he calling women Bitches?  Why couldn't the song be called \"The Strong, Independent, Self-Sufficient Woman Is  Back\".  Elton John is of course a raging...sexist.<br><br>I guess that also means that I can no longer sing along to \"My Girl\" by the Temptations.  Because it should be \"My Woman\", but wait, are the Temps trying to say that I am theirs?  Women are not possessions.  On second thought, maybe it should be changed to \"This Woman, Who I Do Not Own, Who is My Equal, and Chose To Be Mine\".<br><br>And of course forget about singing \"It's A Man's World\" by James Brown.  It's just insulting.   It's a Man's World but it wouldn't be nothin' without a woman or a girl. How dare he!  The song should be changed to \"It's a PERSON'S World\" and it wouldn't be nothin' without a man or a woman.<br><br>Sexism is everywhere, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:56:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Thanks, but no thanks??</b><br><br>\u201cKetchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,\u201d said Governor Palin. \u201cDespite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it\u2019s clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,\u201d Governor Palin added. \u201cMuch of the public\u2019s attitude toward Alaska bridges is based on inaccurate portrayals of the projects here. But we need to focus on what we can do, rather than fight over what has happened.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dot.state.ak.us/comm/pressbox/arch_2007/PR_0921_GravinaAccessProjRed.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dot.state.ak.us/comm/pressbox/arch_2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:34:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The HAM! lol - I'm still salty with Legion Field for turning the entire parking lot into tailgate central for the Magic City Classic, but I go lots of love for the Ham!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270005, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. And remember, his comment was in response to a voter (most likely a McCain plant) who said he was glad Hillary wasn't picked.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:52:21", "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": 2272230, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2273171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "an Email sent to <a href=\"http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.talkingpointsmemo.com</a><br>GOOD QUESTION<br>From TPM Reader WS:<br><br>Here in Wisconsin, one of the heads of the \"Palin Truth Squad\", former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow is giving interviews, outraged over the lipstick comment. The state GOP has called a 1:30 press conference where a group of GOP women will rip into Obama for all of the assembled TV cameras.<br>My question... where the hell are the Democrats on this? Not just here, but nationally, they are letting Obama get bloodied over this. Where is Biden? Is he turning into this cycle's Edwards? Where are Pelosi and Boxer and Sebelius today?<br><br>The campaign needs to stop forcing Obama to take on the entire right-wing... His organization in every state should have high-profile surrogates out there today ripping into McCain and Palin, not just on the lipstick, but on the the sex ed ad and the judge's order for Palin to stay out of the divorce.<br><br>Where are these people?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:56:13", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272879, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Andy McCarthy:<br><br>Even as Obama mathematically eliminated Hillary in the primaries, he was sinking like a stone because, as we're seeing now, he doesn't wear well over time.  <br><br>The Chicago pol in him quite intentionally says a lot of offensive things (cling to guns and religion, punished with a baby, lipstick on a pig ...).  He has not been swift enough to discern the change in the audience.  This is a guy who, up til now, had to appeal to (1) an ultra-Left Chicago district, (2) the 7 in 10 Illinois residents who just wanted Alan Keyes to go away, and (3) the Democrats' antiwar base.  They gave him such a warm glow maybe he was duped into thinking everyone would love his routine.  In any event, this is his first conversation with America and he's not ready for prime-time.  Plus, he is in the unenviable position of having to pose as a post-racial, post-partisan centrist when his record is one of race-conscious, left-wing partisanship.  It's only natural that when he gets rattled and is not reading a script, he reverts to Hyde Park.<br><br>A primary season like the modern Democratic Party has is an exercise in unreality.  It molds the candidate into something attractive to a fringe that is unrepresentative of the country at large.  When Obama moved from that sandbox to the real playing field, he wasn't ready.  In a panic, he sensed the need to turn to an old Washington pro \u2014 and somehow managed to find a pro, Biden, who shares some of his own worst foot-in-mouth tendencies (and has not been able to shake that congenital problem in his three dozen senate years).  The result?  It's only been a week and they have already suggested that they will order banana-republic style prosecutions of Bush administration officials, that Palin \u2014 mother of a special needs child \u2014 doesn't care about special needs children, and, now, lipstick on a pig. <br><br>This is exactly what it looks like:  amateur hour.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:10:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "517d8b02de297166f46205708c9304f3", "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}, "2261914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nquest:   GREAT POST!!!   :&gt;)   DATA ON THE ISSUES!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:10:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258990, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah:  So I'm watching \"The Gov.\" give <b>THAT SPEECH, WRITTEN BY THE \"McAncient\" SPEECH WRITERS</b>.  She just landed in Alaska.<br><br>I think she's got it!!!   And she BELIEVES it now!!   I can't believe it!!         YES I CAN!!!<br>YUUUUUUUK!!!!    :&gt;(<br><br>She speaks as if Alaska is NOT a part of the UNION!!   What's up with that!!<br><br>AND her support there -   <b>REMEMBER:</b>   <b>EACH ALASKAN</b> will receive [from oil revenues]   <b>$2000!</b>   They get this money <b>EVERY YEAR!!!</b><br><br>If you live in the other 49 states,  <b>WE PAY TAXES EVERY YEAR!!!</b>  <b>THEY DON'T!!!</b><br><br>And I repeat:   <b>WHERE DA PEOPLE OF COLOR???</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:49:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2279841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really great diary!<br><br>Saddleback Church Forum and Sarah Palin are Mutually Exclusive<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/11/32149/3946/380/594583\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/11/321...</a><br><blockquote><i>Most Christians will agree that religion ought to be apolitical. And Saddleback showed the promise of a reconcilliation between the apolitical aspect of the movement and the rational language of pluralist politics. But Sarah Palin has essentially interrupted the reconcilliation, and has reassured all America of what it means to be a Christian in our Great Nation: Guns are good, wealth is virtue, Sex is shame, war is holy, and there is no need to Discuss It Any Further. Sin brings suffering, so let's trounce the sinners and ignore the existence of the suffering sinners. Sladerous campaign speeches become cathartic pressure-valves for backwater imaginations. The greater the bloodshed, the more rapturous the ejaculation. No insult can cut deep enough. But every attempt should be made -- in the name of freedom.<br><br>The same Evangelical leaders -- Warren, Wallis -- who made Saddleback possible ought to be taking a good, cold-eyed look at what the Palin nomination has done to their community. They should look keenly at the ignorance and intolerance it brings to light.<br><br>And they should do something about it.</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_04:54:45", "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}, "2270118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "everyone plays their part.<br><br>I'll pray about that 1% on your first point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:22:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270005, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2275751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From HuffPost:  Representative & Repug  Ron Paul, Libertarian Candidate says:   No Way!!   No How!!!  No McCAIN!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/ron-paul-rejected-appeal_n_125469.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/ron-pa...</a><br><br>Ron Paul Rejected Appeal To Endorse McCain<br><br>YES HE DID!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obviously you didn' t see him on Countdown and you haven't seen the video from this morning in Virginia where he called out the opposition for their lies and distractions.<br><br>He's on his game and doing very well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:22:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261804, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere, this is a fantastic article. I think teaching/learning is a sacred thing if done well, and it seems Professor Obama knows how to do this work.<br><br>Also, just for your own fun, if you ever want to try making links with text instead of the address, here's a link that sort of shows how to do it:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_links.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to make links</a><br><br>The \"code\" in the first gray box (under \"The syntax of creating an anchor\"): is the key.  Just paste the web address in instead of where it says url (keep the quotes around it) and write whatever you want the link to say instead of Text to be displayed).<br><br>I think the addresses are just fine -- I just know how into learning you are and thought you might get some fun out of this :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:34:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2278000, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He was just showing modesty", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:08:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270842, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Amazing story! It made me a little misty eyed and energized me. Thanks for sharing Truth!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:59:36", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257217, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "99% Sure:  THANK YOU SO MUCH for this information!!!   Got my dime   -   gonna make my call!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:15:38", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269185, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin's the Manchurian candidate.  If they're elected, watch something happening to McCain.  She's got manchurian candidate written all over her.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:16:06", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269493, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261953": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "so was a guy name Saul", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:12:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5ae376ad5611aebf00ea11b5ff067d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261285, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Even I have to laugh at that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:48:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269396, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>his response was smart. he didn't take the bait.<br><br>NEXT....</i><br><br>co-sign!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:38:30", "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": 2276359, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree and disagree with parts of this analysis. For instance,<br>\"Lionel has basically said that Obama/Biden needs to take back the news cycle\".<br><br>and<br>\"<br>\"Get back to contrasting the ideas for addressing the everyday problems that are kicking people in the ass (the economy, health care, gas prices, etc.). Get McCain to have to respond and defend himself\"<br><br>I absolutely agree on this, but, but,but...the media could care less about about issues. The news cycle is all about, um her. It's almost the reverse situation of when McCain complained that Obama was the media darling. The media is too fixated on the new insurgent on the national political scene to be bothered with stuff like, NCLB funding, and the unemployment figures.  The only significant Obama coverage Obama generates post the DNC coverage is usually some reported \"gaffe\" or a response to McCain/her attack.<br><br>I do want Obama to devote less time to \"her\" and focus on McCain.  Let Biden deal with her. Although come to think of it, I am not sure if he ever really addresses her by name but rather uses \"them\" in a collective term. He should definitely keep reminding folks that the Republican party has been in power for the last eight years and continue to tie Bush and McCain together. Most importantly, I think he needs to use the words \"economic interest\" over and over again. Especially when he is addressing those so called voters who are now drawn to the GOP ticket ( women, rural working class). He needs to remind them, personality aside, is the GOP in THEIR best economic interest. Some of the media now (Anderson Cooper, Andrea Mitchell) are now puffing out their chests because they have finally acknowledged some of the discrepancies in Palins bio, \"bridge to nowhere\" weeks after it has reported in the blogspere. Get real. Get to the real issues.<br><br>Ok, so you are a working mom and you identify with Palin? Great, but let me point out policies that the GOP ie Bush ie McCaie support.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:01:39", "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": 2260366, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now really......a Fox News poll?? LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:38:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271084, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272716": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I stopped reading after I read the words \"Fox News.\" My mind went \"nope, do not want.\" <br><br>Polls mean very little, Fox News even less.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:17:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "245857794a8d4da90a73fbb64352b916", "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": 2271179, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a Rattler (FAMU)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:17:53", "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": 2272089, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I re read Pagalia article. Her conclusion about big tent feminism is correct. Where she is wrong is supposing gov Palin is \"... successful, independent women who combine motherhood, careers and community service with stamina, resolve, dexterity and grace. \" The operative word where Pagalia is wrong is Gov palin as independent.<br><br>Gov Palin is by no objective definition is independent. She is a creature of religious intolerance. She hides it behind the notion that she is a lone ranch owner woman fiighting off wild indians(a ranch she would not have owned without the death of her husband and/or the death of all the other male familiy members). She exploits the unique American tolerance of religious belief advocating that everyone whom has not taken the evangelic view of the world is evil and that sice she is one of the chosen has the right to impose her religious view  on a pluralistic society. This is a view Pagalia takes\"If Sarah Palin tries to intrude her conservative Christian values into secular government, then she must be opposed and stopped.\"<br><br>Gov Palin has not taken the position of her counterpart. to paraphrase\"I am a Roman Catholic. I accept by church's position as a matter of faith. but my belief in a pluralistic society says I can not impose my faith's morality on the rest of society.\"  <br><br>Examing the context of Biden's statement, he agreed that life begins at conceptation. However in  a pluralistic society he would not prevent a woman whom is raped from taking the RU4 86 within hours of it. Gov Palin by her belief would not only not allow it(not obseving the Catholic church position as an objective fact that sperm take 12-48 hours to get to an egg before they die) but would FORCE a woman to carry her rapists baby to term. How despicable is this action?<br><br>A careful rereading of Pagalia's article is she welcomes Palin celebrity as a rightful inclusion into a big tent, she recognizes her performance under pressure (giving her speech w/ a broken teleprompter), she acknowledged her guntoting style.  Where Pagalia is strangley silent is if Palin is a good choice for the US.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:49:37", "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": 2260012, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Buck up, girl. Get your feet to moving on the ground. We have what 57 days left. This is a just a bump in the road. <br><br>Cyber Love =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:47:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 24, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262217, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "SAUL  eventually received the \"Light\", was re-named PAUL and wrote over half of the Books of the New Testament!.   Just so's people read the TRUTH!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:18:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261953, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i love how you respond to people.   you have quite a way with words.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:49:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269321, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you need a minute of inspiration, surf on over to The Root for this short, uplifting piece directed to Obama supporters:<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/seeds/archive/2008/09/08/twittering-tweet-tweet.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/seeds/archive/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:36:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c6b9b09aa1f21981baca2edd9e4dde1", "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}, "2262502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But my question is, do you really think the MEDIA is giving you a clear picture of the electorate? Do you believe their polls and analysis is actually reflective of voters in Wyoming or is it their own? Most of what we get is THEIR opinion (or rather what opinion is a ratings winner).  Its been repeated to death that the polls absolutely DO NOT capture new voters or those without land lines. Polls can't capture a grassroots campaign. Have you seen anything regarding the ground game of either campaign on any segment of any show?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:49:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262217, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't say I disagree.  The world will write us off as a lost cause.  I think about 9/11 and how all the other countries rallied behind us and gave so much support (i.e. \"We are all Americans\").  If, God forbid, we were to experience another tragedy on that scale the rest of the world would now be like \"Too bad for you, but you brought it on yourselves.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:00:14", "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": 2260580, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-madness-mccain-takes_n_125158.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poll Madness: McCain Takes Lead Even As Democrats Out-Register Republicans?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_01:11:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:51:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271256, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He is not apologizing.  He already gave a speech today saying the McCain campaign is trying to spread lies with Lipstickgate.  He is not backing down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260275, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/15218/4307/139/593799\" rel=\"nofollow\">Neo-Cons for Obama</a><blockquote><b>We are out here - the Republicans or ex-Republicans who will no longer tolerate the racist, despicable slime machine that the right wing and the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has become.  I know, for I am one of them.  I am not your typical progressive, being an ex- Air Force officer (9 years), evangelical Christian, card carrying conservative, Rush/Hannity listener - an now an Obama supporter in John McCain's home state of Arizona.<br><br>And I know I am not alone - for one, my grown sons are with me.  My older, now in college, proudly rides around with Obama stickers on his scooter.  He, also, was raised an evangelical Christian, and goodness knows I subjected him to a conservative worldview.<br><br>So what gives?  Why are we out here - the Rebublican Obama supporters, the ones you don't expect.<br><br>ROTC Cadet, Air Force Captain, Free Republic diarist, James Dobson quoting conservative, 2 time Bush voter.  Church worship leader.  These all describe me.  And there are more just like me.  My evolution to  progressive awareness has been a slow one, but is has never gone faster than in the last 3 or 4 months.  How do I describe myself now - a progressive conservative, of course (if there is such a thing)!<br><br>So why am I and those like me out here? I am out here because I see through the hysteria that the right wing has become.  I know the abandonment of principles when we see it.  I despise in today's Republican Party what I was always told were the worst traits of the 'left' in years past.  I know better these days.  I have come to the realization that in many ways I left my brain turned off for far too long.  I listened to those I was supposed to agree with, and never tried to be, as Rush Limbaugh says, a 'truth seeker'.  Well I am a truth seeker now,  I find truth much more often when I listen to Rachel Maddow that I ever did on Rush.  I am able to see (on the right) political opportunism, shameless lying, rampant political positioning, and a party leadership that has forfieted all claim to trust.<br><br>Nothing has shamed me more than the evangelical groupthink around the Sarah Palin pick.  People I used to respect for their strong stand on the family and values have completely abandoned their principles to back someone whom they think offers a slim grasp at victory.  I will not participate in it, nor will my church, for which I am thankful.  Trust me, the groupthink on the right is not as rampant as you may think.</b></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:51:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL! I thought that was a reference to Saul Alinsky and had no idea what the commenter was trying to say.<br><br>.... Still don't, actually.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:44:16", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272734, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I do not! :)<br><br>*blush*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:45:13", "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": 2276321, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just received this enlighening email; maybe others have already read it:<blockquote>This short piece is so insightful! It addresses why so many of us have been disturbed and eerily  repulsed by the Republican pick of Palin as VP.  Here is a young, attractive, smiling mother who is anti-nature,  anti-woman's rights, anti-intellectual ,and anti-global in her  views. There is not a shred of compassion in her message.<br><br>It's easy to feel confused and off balance by this contradiction  in message and messenger.<br><br>This is a fascinating read.....READ ON..............<br><br><b>Deepak Chopra on Obama and the Palin Effect</b><br><br>Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin  had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the  surface, she outdoes former Vice President Dan Quayle as an unlikely choice, given her negligent parochial expertise in the complex affairs of governing.  Her state of Alaska has less than  700,000 residents, which reduces the job of governor to the scale  of running one-tenth of New York City . By comparison, Rudy Giuliani is a towering international figure. Palin's pluck has been  admired, and her forthrightness, but her real appeal goes deeper.<br> <br>She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence, his shadow, deriding his idealism and exhorting people to obey their worst  impulses. In psychological terms, the shadow is that part of the psyche that hides out of sight, countering our aspirations, virtue, and vision with qualities we are ashamed to face: anger,  fear, revenge, violence, selfishness, and suspicion of \"the other.\"<br> <br>Obama is calling for us to reach for our higher selves and, frankly, that stirs up hidden reactions of an unsavory kind. (Just  to be perfectly clear, I am not making a verbal play out of the fact that Sen. Obama is black. The shadow is a metaphor widely in use before his arrival on the scene.) I recognize that psychological analysis of politics is usually not welcome by the public, but I believe such a perspective can be helpful here to understand Palin's message.<br><br>In her acceptance speech, Gov. Palin sent a rousing call to those who want to celebrate their resistance to change and a higher vision.   Look at what she stands for:<br><br>-- Small town values -- a  denial of America 's global role, a return to petty, small-minded parochialism. <br><br>--Ignorance of world affairs -- a repudiation of the  need to repair America 's image abroad. <br><br>--Family values -- a code  for walling out anybody who makes a claim for social justice. Such  strangers, being outside the family, don't need to be heeded.<br><br>-- Rigid stands on guns and abortion -- a scornful repudiation that  these issues can be negotiated with those who disagree.<br><br>-- Patriotism -- the usual fallback in a failed war.<br><br>--\"Reform\" -- an  italicized term, since in addition to cleaning out corruption and excessive spending, one also throws out anyone who doesn't fit your ideology.<br><br>Palin reinforces the overall message of the reactionary right,  which has been in play since 1980, that social justice is liberal- radical, that minorities and immigrants, being different from \"us\"  pure American types, can be ignored, that progressivism takes too  <br>much effort and globalism is a foreign threat.  The radical right marches under the banners of \"I'm all right, Jack,\" and \"Why change? Everything's OK as it is.\" <br><br>The irony, of course, is that Gov. Palin is a woman and a reactionary at the same time. She can add mom to apple pie on her resume, while blithely reversing forty years of feminist progress. The irony is superficial; there are millions of women who stand on the side of conservatism, however obviously they are voting against their own  good. The Republicans have won multiple national elections by raising shadow issues based on fear, rejection, hostility to  change, and narrow-mindedness.<br><br>Obama's call for higher ideals in politics can't be seen in a  vacuum.  The shadow is real; it was bound to respond. Not just conservatives possess a shadow -- we all do. <br><br>So what comes next is a contest between the two forces of progress and inertia. Will the shadow win again, or has its furtive appeal become exhausted? No one can predict.  The best thing about Gov. Palin is that she brought this conflict to light, which makes the upcoming debate honest. It would be a  shame to elect another Reagan, whose smiling persona was a  stalking horse for the reactionary forces that have brought us to  the demoralized state we are in. We deserve to see what we are getting, without disguise.</blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:05:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276181": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99% Sure:  <i> . . preaching to the choir, . . . </i><br><br>Now where's my Choir Robe??  :&gt;)       :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_21:37:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270005, "depth": 7, "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": "4370742", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 4414398470891165674}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "wednesday_open_thread_95", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 166, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 4370742, "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.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=wednesday_open_thread_95' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_95/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_95'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_95/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">166</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_95/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_95/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:4370742" 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_95/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:4370742" 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:4370742" 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_95',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/wednesday_open_thread_95/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_95'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_95'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'wednesday_open_thread_95'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

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

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/4370742/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);
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			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
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		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
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			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
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	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
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	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
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			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
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			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
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	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
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			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
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	return obj;
}();

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

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
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		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260580">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260580">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260580" class="dsq-comment-message">The Guardian: The world\'s verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for<br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/se...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260838">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260838" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260838" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260838" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260838" class="dsq-comment-message">that will only fire up those who say  we don\'t need any outsiders telling us what to do.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261872">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261872" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261872" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261872">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261872" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261872" class="dsq-comment-message">True, but those are usually some of the English-only dullards  who can\'t point out Afghanistan or Antarctica on a map.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260967">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260967" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260967" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260967">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260967" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260967" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t say I disagree.  The world will write us off as a lost cause.  I think about 9/11 and how all the other countries rallied behind us and gave so much support (i.e. "We are all Americans").  If, God forbid, we were to experience another tragedy on that scale the rest of the world would now be like "Too bad for you, but you brought it on yourselves."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2258990">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258990" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258990" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2258990" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258990" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258990" class="dsq-comment-message">Can we get a 527 ad asking:  WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN 2008?<br><br>Okay, I\'m watching Morning Joe (I know, it\'s my fault) and they\'re all over the McCain juvenile 101 ads, holding up the NY Post "Boar War" front page and never do they ever TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES and dispell the lies...  They (Joe, Pat, Andrea, Chuck Todd, too) were yucking it up over both the juvenile lipstick-pig ad and the kindergarten sex-ed ad and, of course... ABSOLUTELY NO CONVERSATION ON EITHER CANDIDATES RECORD ON EDUCATION.<br><br>Well, we\'ll just looking at what\'s posted on the website <a href="http://OnTheIssues.org" rel="nofollow">OnTheIssues.org</a> shows:<br><br>BARACK OBAMA:<br># First Senate bill: increase Pell Grant from $4,050 to $5,100. (Aug 2007)<br># Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers. (Sep 2004)<br># Voted YES on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)<br># Voted YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)<br># Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005) <br><br>JOHN MCCAIN:<br># Voted NO on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)<br># Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)<br># Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)<br># Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)<br># Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)<br># Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001) <br><br>But we can also go to S.1574, the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1574" rel="nofollow">Teacher Residency bill Obama introduced</a> that passed at the end of July 2008, which is aimed at increasing teacher aptitude and retention in low income areas by training new teachers <a href="http://obama.senate.gov/issues/education/" rel="nofollow">similar to recent entrants to the medical profession, through residencies, where novices learn under the guidance of skilled mentors</a>.  <br><br>Plus Obama has his hands on the (1) Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act, (2) the Summer Term Education Programs for Upward Progress Act (STEP UP), (3) Education Opportunity Act, (4) the aforementioned HOPE Act (Higher Education Opportunity Through Pell Grant Expansion Act) and (5) the Predominantly Black Institutions Act which passed at the same time the Teacher Residency program did.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261914">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261914" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261914">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261914" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261914" class="dsq-comment-message">Nquest:   GREAT POST!!!   :&gt;)   DATA ON THE ISSUES!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2258309">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258309" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258309" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258309">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258309" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258309" class="dsq-comment-message">$100 billion could yield two million "green" jobs<br><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0930092120080910" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2257217">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2257217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2257217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2257217">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2257217" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2257217" class="dsq-comment-message">Polls Schmolls! I had the MOST AMAZING ENCOUNTER!<br><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/16331/66055/410/592511" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/16331/66...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259387">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259387" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259387">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259387" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259387" class="dsq-comment-message">Amazing story! It made me a little misty eyed and energized me. Thanks for sharing Truth!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261076">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261076">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261076" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, I was in Tuscaloosa, AL and saw an older red pickup truck driving along. Then, I see  the driver a gray-haired older gentleman. Knowing the lay of the land, well I was suprised by what I saw next.<br><br>As I got closer, I saw he had signs on his car that said W, wrong. (Around Alabama, you see stickers on cars all the time that say W, the president.)<br><br>He also had an Obama bumper sticker on his truck. It was a prety cool, sight indeed.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259657">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259657" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259657">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259657" class="dsq-comment-message">So great and thanks for sharing! Just out of curiosity, how did the two of you become friends?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2263092">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263092" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263092">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263092" class="dsq-comment-message">It\' s not my diary.<br>:-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2256380">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2256380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2256380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2256380">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2256380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256380" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-madness-mccain-takes_n_125158.html" rel="nofollow">Poll Madness: McCain Takes Lead Even As Democrats Out-Register Republicans?</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2256501">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2256501" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2256501" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2256501" href="http://hustleandfloe.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2256501" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256501" class="dsq-comment-message">The fly images keep coming from the archives...  JO was the gastric acid that burned thru the belly of that beast.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>h&f</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2256514">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2256514" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2256514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2256514">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256514" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  McCain Ads Are Hybrid Vehicles<br><br><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/09/mccain_ads_are_hybrid_vehicles.html" rel="nofollow">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a><br><br>So, IF you were wondering how the "McAncient" Campaign can AFFORD all these ads, wonder no more!  He splits the cost with the REPUG Party!  READ ON!!  :&gt;)<br><br><i>By Matthew Mosk<br>Most of the campaign ads that Sen. John McCain began airing Sept. 1 are taking a glancing shot at Democrats in Congress -- often just a two-second jab at the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid.<br><br>This is not because the McCain campaign has suddenly decided the best strategy to defeat Sen. Barack Obama is to run against other top Democrats in Congress. It\'s because of a loophole in the public financing laws that allows McCain to evenly split the cost of his ads with the Republican Party so long as the ads make at least a passing reference to the rest of the party\'s ticket.<br><br>Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group and Tim Kay of National Cable Communications -- two top media analysts -- both said they\'ve noticed a growth in this emerging type of ad, known as a hybrid.<br><br>"Pretty much every spot they\'ve done has been a hybrid ad," Tracey said.<br><br>How do the ads save McCain money? Well, consider that McCain has $84 million to spend between now and Election Day -- that\'s the federal allotment of money he decided to take during the general election contest. While the Republican National Committee will devote much of its privately financing to field operations, microtargeting, and voter contact, McCain will spend most of his public funding on television ads. If McCain can split the cost of his ads 50-50 with the party, he is essentially able to stretch his public dollars twice as far.</i><br><br>Maybe this explains why there have been few/no articles discussing his funding??<br><br>SSSSSnakes!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256619" class="dsq-comment-message">He hasn\'t followed campaign financing since the PRIMARY season...why should things change now?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256666" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   BECAUSE   -   "drum roll, please -<br><br>He is the candidate of <b>CHANGE!!</b>!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Rim shot!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256617" class="dsq-comment-message">From DailyKos:<br><br><i>Repeat after me, kids: Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico <br>by JeffLieber [Subscribe] <br>Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 10:05:06 PM PDT<br>That\'s it.<br><br>That\'s all.<br><br>The Kerry states, plus Colorado, Iowa, and New Mexico.<br><br><br></i><br><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/0482/42464/907/593031" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/0482/42...</a><br><br>map included here</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256642" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   LAWD Ha\'mercy!!   When will they EVA learn   -   the meaning of the word  "UPPITY"<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/gop_house_candidate_calls_blac.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br>GOP House Candidate Calls Black Newscaster  -  <b>"UPPITY"</b><br><br><i>t looks like more than one prominent Georgia Republican likes to use the word "uppity" in regards to prominent African-Americans -- this time, it\'s the GOP nominee in one of the few House seats that Dems could possibly lose this year.<br><br>The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Rick Goddard, a retired Air Force major general running against conservative Dem Congressman Jim Marshall, referred in a radio appearance to "a very uppity newscaster" who had a testy TV exchange with Newt Gingrich at the Republican Convention. This appeared to be a reference to MSNBC reporter Ron Allen, who is black.<br><br>The Goddard campaign didn\'t deny that he was discussing Ron Allen, telling the Journal-Constitution that Goddard "simply evoked a word -- that by definition -- described the reporter\'s demeanor as being superior, arrogant and presumptuous."<br><br>This comes after Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) told The Hill that he believed both Barack and Michelle Obama were "uppity," then denied that there was any racial connotation to the word.</i><br><br>Really!! I thought that this term has made enough of the news that errybody has received an appropriate education!  Just like the N-word, you DON\'T call a Black person [or person of color, for that matter]  "UPPITY!"  "NO WAY!"   "NO HOW!"   "NO UPPITY!"<br><br>Whew!!  Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256703" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/perkins.qa/index.html" rel="nofollow">McCain must embrace Palin\'s beliefs, evangelical leader says</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256704" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?source=most_commented&story_id=12066224" rel="nofollow">Economist Editorial on McCain\'s Choice</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256731" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I don\'t want to waste the space quoting some of this article.   The title and the "SQUAD" members are notable!!<br><br>Thanks to MUDFLATS!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/behold-the-mccain-palin-truth-squad/" rel="nofollow">http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/behold...</a><br>The McCain-Palin Truth Squad.<br><br>I would warn, however, that you should NOT stand next to any of them.   Those <b>CELESTIAL LIGHTNING BOLTS</b> can be quite <b>ELECTRIFYING</b>!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2256783" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256783" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Thanks, but no thanks??</b><br><br>“Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,” said Governor Palin. “Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it’s clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,” Governor Palin added. “Much of the public’s attitude toward Alaska bridges is based on inaccurate portrayals of the projects here. But we need to focus on what we can do, rather than fight over what has happened.”<br><br><a href="http://www.dot.state.ak.us/comm/pressbox/arch_2007/PR_0921_GravinaAccessProjRed.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dot.state.ak.us/comm/pressbox/arch_2...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256897" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah:  From TPM:   Megan McCain - - STFU!<br><br><a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/meagan-mccain-stfu.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/...</a><br><br>Inaddition to this topic, this article has about 8 or 9 other articles  - that are NOT so "McAncient" complimentary!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Quite comprehensive, if you\'ve missed some things!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258154" class="dsq-comment-message">A little humor to start your day.<br>Whether Democrat or Republican, I think you\'ll get a kick out of this<br>An explanation of our present and future. Elect wisely. This<br>sums it up!<br>A little boy goes to his dad and asks, \'What is Politics? Dad<br>says, \'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:I am the head of the<br>family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of<br>the money, so we call her the Government. We are here to take care of<br>your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider<br>her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the<br>Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense. <br><br>So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has<br>said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up<br>to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.<br>So the little boy goes to his parents\' room and finds his mother asleep.<br>Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny\'s room. Finding the door<br>locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the<br>nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.<br><br>The next morning, the little boy say\'s to his father, \'Dad, I<br>think I understand the concept of politics now. The father says, \'Good,<br>son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about. The<br>little boy replies: \'The President is screwing the Working Class while<br>the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the<br>Future is in deep sh!t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258507" class="dsq-comment-message">Can someone find some facts about Alaska and maternity leave?  I saw a piece on it this morning about the laws being very bad in Alaska.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261579" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/17/alaska-maternity-leave-laws/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/17/alaska-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259205" class="dsq-comment-message">Take a look at this by Camilie Pagalia: <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/...</a><br><br>There is more going on here than my first impression: Palin as big tent feminism</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269345" class="dsq-comment-message">I found a few things troubling with her article: Just a couple.<br><br> "As I said in my last column, I have become increasingly uneasy about Obama\'s efforts to sound folksy and approachable by reflexively using inner-city African-American tones and locutions, which as a native of Hawaii he acquired relatively late in his development and which are painfully wrong for the target audience of rural working-class whites that he has been trying to reach. Obama on the road and even in major interviews has been droppin\' his g\'s like there\'s no tomorrow. It\'s analogous to the way stodgy, portly Al Gore (evidently misadvised by the women in his family and their feminist pals) tried to zap himself up on the campaign trail into the happening buff dude that he was not. Both Gore and Obama would have been better advised to pursue a calm, steady, authoritative persona. Forget the jokes -- be boring! That, alas, is what reads as masculine in the U.S. "<br><br><br>I hate it when non-Blacks think they are experts on what they perceive to be  Black culture. Her comments about "forget the jokes be boring" equals masculinity is contradictory since laters goes on to heap praise on Palin for her humor which equals feistyness and an element of masculinity.<br><br>"One reason I live in the leafy suburbs of Philadelphia and have never moved to New York or Washington is that, as a cultural analyst, I want to remain in touch with the mainstream of American life. I frequent fast-food restaurants, shop at the mall, and periodically visit Wal-Mart (its bird-seed section is nonpareil)."<br><br>I dunno, but I live in Chicago and I still go to fast food restaurants and malls. I don\'t do Walmart but that is because I disagree with their labor practices.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260012" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly. Sarah Palin gives a name and a face to so many pro-ilfe conservative, independent, modern women who have up until now had to keep their views under wraps for fear of being labeled a \'traitor to one\'s gender."<br><br>The left has until now been able to define \'feminism\' and link it to an inflexibly \'pro-choice\' agenda where the preservation of abortion rights is the determining factor in bestowing \'feminist\' bona fides.<br><br>Paglia writes:<br><br>"But she (Palin) has every right to express her views and to argue for society\'s acceptance of the high principle of the sanctity of human life. If McCain wins the White House and then drops dead, a President Palin would have the power to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court, but she could not control their rulings.<br><br>It is nonsensical and counterproductive for Democrats to imagine that pro-life values can be defeated by maliciously destroying their proponents. And it is equally foolish to expect that feminism must for all time be inextricably wed to the pro-choice agenda. There is plenty of room in modern thought for a pro-life feminism -- one in fact that would have far more appeal to third-world cultures where motherhood is still honored and where the Western model of the hard-driving, self-absorbed career woman is less admired.<br><br>But the one fundamental precept that Democrats must stand for is independent thought and speech. When they become baying bloodhounds of rigid dogma, Democrats have committed political suicide."<br><br>I have often argued on this site that supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade will not outlaw abortion or criminalize women, but that \'scare tactic\' is used to reflexively dismiss and intimidate pro-life women from making the ethical and moral casr against abortion.<br><br>Catholic Democrat politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are forced to twist and lie about the teaching of the Catholic church and concede that \'life begins at conception\' while still advocating for the killing of that life. The Catholic church has now called them out and set them straight. Catholic Democrats are no longer being allowed by the church to "have it their way.\'<br><br>Like Pagalia, I live in middle America. I know countless successful, independent women who combine motherhood, careers and community service with stamina, resolve, dexterity and grace. <br><br>Sarah Palin represents these women and their definition of a \'modern woman\' far more than Gloria Steinem or Naomi Wolf.<br><br>McCain, while older than (gasp) Pagalia\'s self-obsessed, self-righteous, baby-boom generation, he has a firm grasp of the future and he sees in Palin a truly \'modern woman\' who is willing to live life on her own terms and in the face of unprecedented hatred being spewed by her opponents.<br><br>His judgment to trust Palin speaks volume about his character, his confidence, his optimism, and his commitment to the future of this country,</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269652" class="dsq-comment-message">I re read Pagalia article. Her conclusion about big tent feminism is correct. Where she is wrong is supposing gov Palin is "... successful, independent women who combine motherhood, careers and community service with stamina, resolve, dexterity and grace. " The operative word where Pagalia is wrong is Gov palin as independent.<br><br>Gov Palin is by no objective definition is independent. She is a creature of religious intolerance. She hides it behind the notion that she is a lone ranch owner woman fiighting off wild indians(a ranch she would not have owned without the death of her husband and/or the death of all the other male familiy members). She exploits the unique American tolerance of religious belief advocating that everyone whom has not taken the evangelic view of the world is evil and that sice she is one of the chosen has the right to impose her religious view  on a pluralistic society. This is a view Pagalia takes"If Sarah Palin tries to intrude her conservative Christian values into secular government, then she must be opposed and stopped."<br><br>Gov Palin has not taken the position of her counterpart. to paraphrase"I am a Roman Catholic. I accept by church\'s position as a matter of faith. but my belief in a pluralistic society says I can not impose my faith\'s morality on the rest of society."  <br><br>Examing the context of Biden\'s statement, he agreed that life begins at conceptation. However in  a pluralistic society he would not prevent a woman whom is raped from taking the RU4 86 within hours of it. Gov Palin by her belief would not only not allow it(not obseving the Catholic church position as an objective fact that sperm take 12-48 hours to get to an egg before they die) but would FORCE a woman to carry her rapists baby to term. How despicable is this action?<br><br>A careful rereading of Pagalia\'s article is she welcomes Palin celebrity as a rightful inclusion into a big tent, she recognizes her performance under pressure (giving her speech w/ a broken teleprompter), she acknowledged her guntoting style.  Where Pagalia is strangley silent is if Palin is a good choice for the US.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259342" class="dsq-comment-message">So,<br><br>So what other things can no longer be uttered because they are sexist.<br><br>I guess "sow\'s purse" is out.  Because it has the word pig in it, and the word purse which is a woman\'s accessory, so it has to go. You are essentially calling all women who carry purses a female pig.  Disgusting!<br><br>I guess Elton John can no longer sing "The Bitch is Back" because as you know that song is dripping with sexism.  Why is he calling women Bitches?  Why couldn\'t the song be called "The Strong, Independent, Self-Sufficient Woman Is  Back".  Elton John is of course a raging...sexist.<br><br>I guess that also means that I can no longer sing along to "My Girl" by the Temptations.  Because it should be "My Woman", but wait, are the Temps trying to say that I am theirs?  Women are not possessions.  On second thought, maybe it should be changed to "This Woman, Who I Do Not Own, Who is My Equal, and Chose To Be Mine".<br><br>And of course forget about singing "It\'s A Man\'s World" by James Brown.  It\'s just insulting.   It\'s a Man\'s World but it wouldn\'t be nothin\' without a woman or a girl. How dare he!  The song should be changed to "It\'s a PERSON\'S World" and it wouldn\'t be nothin\' without a man or a woman.<br><br>Sexism is everywhere, right?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260121">ace</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260121" class="dsq-comment-message">"I think Obama\'s comment—and the fake southern accent, the halting confusion, the disjointed sentences, that video is really amazing—suggest a man out of control, not in control. Clueless and uneasy. And I think that reflects more poorly, not better, on his suitability for the presidency. But that\'s why (and either way, as Kathryn suggests) whining about an intentional attack is not the right tone. It\'s not hard to see why they\'re melting down. The crowd at the McCain-Palin rally I\'m now at in Virginia is unlike anything I\'ve ever seen for a Republican candidate."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260573" class="dsq-comment-message">Halting confusion? What planet are you on?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262132" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that the rally that the school didn\'t want on its\' grounds so McCain Palin was forced to go elsewhere?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269396">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269396" class="dsq-comment-message">I wondered who "ace" is "quoting" here and googled the first part of the sentence from phrase from the "comment" -- led me to a comment on the National Review site. What a surprise!<br><br>I won\'t link there but it is very easy to find, just google.<br><br>Trolls get so lazy they can\'t even write their own stuff. Or properly cite what they do lift.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269635" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269635" class="dsq-comment-message">Even I have to laugh at that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269829">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269829" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha! You are so on it and right.<br><br>He/she is probably one of those paid trollers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259689">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259689" class="dsq-comment-message">I woke up this morning with every news channel covering Lipstick Gate with McCain supporters yammering on and on about how this is so offensive, blah, blah, blah and all I could think is really, this is what it has come to?  This is news? This is an actual issue that will affect the choice of who leads our country and by default the free world?  I feel like I\'m in the twilight zone.  I thought the end of the world is truly upon us because our stupidity is spinning out of control.  Then I read this:<br><br><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/end-of-the-world-or-just-a-big-bang/2008/09/10/1220857591317.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology...</a><br><br>And laughed.  Not because I want the earth to be sucked into a black hole but it does seem timely.  No the world should not come to an end but maybe this experiment can serve as a recalibration.<br><br>Anyway...back to work.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260275">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260275" class="dsq-comment-message">All I want for Christmas from you, Senator Obama: On Letterman tonight, please, I beg of you, pretty please, for the love of God, do NOT apologize in any way, shape, or form to anyone in the GOP about your lipstick comments. If you feel compelled to address them at all, and I\'m certain that Dave will prod, please use the opportunity to emphasize the point that McBush and McBitch is trying to camouflage Bush\'s anemic policy prescriptions as something new, different, effective. I beg you Senator, do not back down. I don\'t even want to hear the words, "If anyone was offended by my comments..." PLEASE!<br><br>And I lied. There\'s one more thing I want for X-mas: a Democratic win in November. No biggie, right?<br><br>T.<br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/a-piggish-debat.html" rel="nofollow">From Tapper\'s blog:</a><br>1) In October of last year, McBush used same analogy to denigrate Hilary Clinton\'s healthcare policy.<br>2) In December of last year, McBush swatted away criticisms by Mitt Romney by saying that "he won\'t get into a wrestling match with a pig"<br>3) McBush\'s former press secretary, Torie Clark  penned a book titled in part, Lipstick on a Pig</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260466">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260466" class="dsq-comment-message">He is not apologizing.  He already gave a speech today saying the McCain campaign is trying to spread lies with Lipstickgate.  He is not backing down.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260640">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260640" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes sirree. I just heard him online. ENOUGH! LOL!<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260353" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260353" class="dsq-comment-message">An interesting look at <a href="http://www.indianz.com/News/2008/010728.asp" rel="nofollow">US Politics interacting with Indigenous American politics</a> as it relates to Afro-Indians.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260366">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260366" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know if anyone here is an Air America Radio listener, but for the last few days Lionel has been nailing Barack Obama--and sadly, he\'s been dead on in his criticism.  Where\'s Obama\'s passion been lately?  Where\'s Joe Biden? The McCain/Palin ticket has put Obama/Biden on the defensive after the GOP\'s post-convention poll bounce.  And in Obama\'s interview on <i>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</i>, the man seemed way to measured in his responses, even when the questions could be justly cited as softballs.  <br><br>Lionel has basically said that Obama/Biden needs to take back the news cycle.  Ride or Die Joe needs to be out stumping (where is he?), and someone needs to find out who\'s been slipping BHO valium-spiked food.  Forget talking about Sarah Palin\'s earmarks or the Bridge to Nowhere or her cash stipend for meals she ate at home.  None of that stuff matters to anyone except  wonks and bloggers.  In fact, Obama should forget Sarah Palin altogether (at least verbally)--it\'s JOHN McCAIN at the top of the ticket he should be fighting.  He hasn\'t had to do much in the way of interviews or soundbites with all of the fawning over his VP pick.  <br><br>Get back to contrasting the ideas for addressing the everyday problems that are kicking people in the ass (the economy, health care, gas prices, etc.).  Get McCain to have to respond and defend himself.  Some suggestions:<br><br>"Mavericks, eh?  Why should anyone take you two seriously when you\'ve both been cheering on failed Bush policies since 2001-02?"<br><br>"They\'ve been talking about changing the worst of Washington for two weeks. We\'ve been talking about changing the way Washington works for 19 months. Where the hell have you people been?"<br><br>"Your grand ole\' party has had the White House for over 7 years, and they had the Congress for practically five years of that.  Iraq is a failure, the economy is tanking, and now the price oil is kicking everyone\'s butt.  Why would we give you idiots four more years?"<br><br>"Where\'s your plan to fix our failing educational system, John? What are you REALLY going to do about energy policy? Drilling for more oil is a band-aid over a gushing wound, Senator.  What about Iraq? Even President Bush has realized the need to withdraw [some] troops from Iraq--why do you want to stay there?"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262763">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262763" class="dsq-comment-message">Pacing and strategy. McCain shot from the hip, he got Palin, we\'ll see what will come of that as the weeks wear on. In the meantime, Barack can try to shout over the din and waste good ammo, or wait until the media gets bored with the hottie (btw, I don\'t think she\'s all that) and casts about for the next big thing. There\'s a natural swing to these cycles that the Obama campaign has generally been good about riding.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270666">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270666" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree and disagree with parts of this analysis. For instance,<br>"Lionel has basically said that Obama/Biden needs to take back the news cycle".<br><br>and<br>"<br>"Get back to contrasting the ideas for addressing the everyday problems that are kicking people in the ass (the economy, health care, gas prices, etc.). Get McCain to have to respond and defend himself"<br><br>I absolutely agree on this, but, but,but...the media could care less about about issues. The news cycle is all about, um her. It\'s almost the reverse situation of when McCain complained that Obama was the media darling. The media is too fixated on the new insurgent on the national political scene to be bothered with stuff like, NCLB funding, and the unemployment figures.  The only significant Obama coverage Obama generates post the DNC coverage is usually some reported "gaffe" or a response to McCain/her attack.<br><br>I do want Obama to devote less time to "her" and focus on McCain.  Let Biden deal with her. Although come to think of it, I am not sure if he ever really addresses her by name but rather uses "them" in a collective term. He should definitely keep reminding folks that the Republican party has been in power for the last eight years and continue to tie Bush and McCain together. Most importantly, I think he needs to use the words "economic interest" over and over again. Especially when he is addressing those so called voters who are now drawn to the GOP ticket ( women, rural working class). He needs to remind them, personality aside, is the GOP in THEIR best economic interest. Some of the media now (Anderson Cooper, Andrea Mitchell) are now puffing out their chests because they have finally acknowledged some of the discrepancies in Palins bio, "bridge to nowhere" weeks after it has reported in the blogspere. Get real. Get to the real issues.<br><br>Ok, so you are a working mom and you identify with Palin? Great, but let me point out policies that the GOP ie Bush ie McCaie support.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271985">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271985" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he should be even harsher:<br><br>McCain wishes to abolish public education.  He intends to make education into a business venture that you can opt into, or not.  Do you believe education is essential to our future survival?  If so, reject John McCain.<br><br>Drill, Drill, Drill....Isn\'t that what got us into his mess in the first place?  Is there ANY doubt we\'re in a mess?  We\'ve heard about the sorts of drilling they\'ve been doing over there...Thanks, but no thanks.<br><br>Bush is withdrawing troops.  That was my plan all along..but Bush didn\'t even send me a thank you note.   Nevertheless, it is good the troops are beginning to come home.  It would have been even better if BUSH and MCCAIN didn\'t send them there in the first place!<br><br>Mavericks?  More like cattle rustlers.  Think that\'s harsh?...(Then he should go on to list all the ways they\'ve ripped off the taxpayers.)<br><br>...Obama has to get in touch with his rage.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260588" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260588" class="dsq-comment-message">I am becoming concerned that people now have in Palin the excuse they need to vote against Obama.  Despite the fact our country\'s economy is on the brink of disaster; despite McCain\'s support of a war that few of us support or at least agree that it was not waged properly.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269321">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269321" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I am becoming concerned that people now have in Palin the excuse they need to vote against Obama. </i><br><br>I don\'t think this is anything to worry about, in real terms.<br><br>There are people who were NEVER EVER going to vote for Senator Obama because he is Black. They would not and will not cast their actual vote for him, whether or not they would admit it.<br><br>If there is any truth to your concern, it\'s just rhetorical. That is, there may be some people who will refer to Palin when stating publicly that they will vote for McCain. But there is no actual vote "lost" -- they never would have voted for Senator Obama to begin with.<br><br>Seriously.<br><br>And please, consider channeling that worry into action to support Senator Obama\'s campaign, if and however you can.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276321">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276321" class="dsq-comment-message">i love how you respond to people.   you have quite a way with words.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278908">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278908" class="dsq-comment-message">I do not! :)<br><br>*blush*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261868">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261868" class="dsq-comment-message">But is your concern based off of the media\'s perception? Because its becoming very clear that they are scripting a storyline and not reporting the news.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262322">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262322" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the thing, Miranda. A lot of folks aren\'t as consumed as some of us are about to finding the real truth and scouring the nets. They may just eat what the MSM is feeding them. I think her fears are real especially if the DFW  in ruthdfw stands for Dallas Fort Worth.<br><br>In any case, I am still remaining very positive with the help of Town, CraigHickman. Greenladyhere, and rorysmomma and have donated and am volunteering for my very first political campaign, shout out motorcitybadboy.<br><br>Change \'08</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272424">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272424" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:   <b>YES WE CAN!!! </b>  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   <b> YES U CAN!!! </b>     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Keep up your GOOD efforts!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262217" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262217" class="dsq-comment-message">yes but perception when repeated enough becomes reality.  I understand this site is pretty on spot when it comes to electoral map.  Since sunday Obama has gone from 303 to 275.<br><br><a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com" rel="nofollow">www.fivethirtyeight.com</a> <br><br>Also, to the media\'s credit EVERYONE except Fox, including the WSJ has pointed out and provided PROOF that Palin is lying on the bridge to no where but the public seems to just keep ignorning that little fact....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262490">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262490" class="dsq-comment-message">Buck up, girl. Get your feet to moving on the ground. We have what 57 days left. This is a just a bump in the road. <br><br>Cyber Love =-)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2268875" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268875" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey  <b>JJai</b>, how come you can be nice and cool and calm, yet I get all riled up when I read those types of posts? <br><br>Maybe because I don\' t get it - there\'s so much positive information out there so I don\'t get how or why people are concentrating on the negative from the other side.<br><br>Bless you for dealing so kindly with the critics and the doubters; they be making my blood boil. :)<br><br>Anyway, for the Obama naysayers and the doubters, <a href=*http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/781/518/593412* rel="nofollow">Here\'s some good, positive stuff.</a> Below is the transcript of Obama getting all up in McCaint\'s grill today in Virginia. <blockquote>"Before we begin today, I want to say a few words about the latest made up controversy by the John McCain campaign. What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country.  They seize on an innocent remark try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad because they know that it\'is catnip for the news media.  I\'m assuming you guys heard this watching the news.  I\'m talking about John McCain\'s economic policies, because it is more of the same - you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig - and suddenly they say "Oh you must be talking about the governor of Alaska." (LAUGHTER)  <br><br>See, it would be funny except - of course the news media decided that was the lead story yesterday - they\'d much rather have the campaign - this is the McCain campaign - about phony and foolish diversions than about the future.  This happens every election cycle.  Every 4 years this is what we do.  <br><br>We\'ve got an energy crisis, we have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive, we have an economy that is not creating hardship for families all across America, we\'ve got 2 wars going on, veterans coming home, not being cared for, and this is what they want to talk about.<br><br>This is what they want to spend two out of the last 55 days talking about.  You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It\'s not the Democratic candidate, it\'s not the Republican candidate, it\'s YOU, the American people.  Because then we go another year or another 4 years or another 8 years without addressing the issues that matter to YOU.  ENOUGH!  I don\'t care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift boat politics.  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  (HEAVY, LONGTIME APPLAUSE)<br><br>These are serious times and they call for a serious debate about where we need to take the nation.  We can\'t take another 4 years that are like the last 8, where family incomes are going down at the same time as costs of everything are on the rise, where we keep on spending 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq at a time when our own infrastructure here at home is crumbling and the Iraqis have a $79 billion surplus that they\'re not spending.  We can\'t take another 4 years of the same trickle down, on your own, special interests first approach to economics that is killing the middle class in this country.<br><br>Now John McCain has supported these policies for the last 8 years.  He believes in them, and when you scratch the surface, there\'s not a dime\'s worth of difference between what he\'s offering and what we\'ve already got.  When he\'s done giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas, or $300 billion to the biggest corporations in America including the oil companies that are already making money hand over fist, the only change you\'re going to get are some pennies in your pocket.  So spare me the phony outrage, spare me the phony talk about change.  <br><br>We have real problems in this country right now and the American people are looking to us for answers - not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations - they want real answers to the real problems that we are facing.  That\'s the kind of debate that I intend to have because that\'s the kind of debate the American people deserve.  That is what you deserve and that is what you are going to get for the next 55 days."  </blockquote>Not only is he still on his game; he\'s landing even more punches.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269256">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269256" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m from the south and I believe that you catch more bees with honey that vinegar.<br><br> It is my hope that rorymomma, greenladyhere, town, craighickman, and etc. can help people refocus. We aren\'t adding any value to the campaign by hashing over negative polling. We do need to be equiped with information when dealing detractors buy bellyaching and whining add so very little.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269267">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269267" class="dsq-comment-message">btw, what are you 99% sure of?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2270005" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270005" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m 99 Percent Sure that God is real, that the truth always trumps lies, that the world is a ghetto, and that the 2nd Coming is a happening that\'s not far away. :-)<br><br>I was born and raised in the South as well - Birmingham AL - and I was also taught that you can catch more flies with honey.  There\'s another saying I used to have on my desk when I was a teen - <blockquote>Be careful of the words you say, keep them soft and sweet, you never know from day to day which ones you\'ll have to eat.</blockquote>:)<br><br>So I try not to be abusive but, since we are ostensibly preaching to the choir, we shouldn\'t have to catch them.  I believe in tough love and they need to snap out of the negativity, even if it takes a slap up side the head. :)<br><br>We and the doubters/worriers/naysayers/critics also need to be proactive - there are plenty of things we can do to ensure a victory in November.  It isn\'t all about what Obama/Biden does and our reactions to it.  We need to get it through our thick skulls Obama constant refrain - we are the change we\'ve been waiting for and change begins from the bottom up not from the top down.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270096">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270096" class="dsq-comment-message">The HAM! lol - I\'m still salty with Legion Field for turning the entire parking lot into tailgate central for the Magic City Classic, but I go lots of love for the Ham!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2271047" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271047" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Miranda</b>, you know Bomgingham, the Magic City?<br><br>I grew up on 7th Street near the corner of 8th Avenue, just a short walking distance from Legion Field.  As a teen, I made a pretty penny on Saturdays during the fall by parking cars in our yards for the Alabama games when they played at Legion Field.<br><br>I do not understand the Magic City Classic, although I attended one way back in \'91 because it was all the rage, dontcha know.<br><br><b>JJai</b>, the 1% is the carnal me; I have a resurrected soul in a body that still lusts after sin. <blockquote> For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.  For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. <br><br><b>I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: <br><br>But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.</b> O wretched [wo]man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  Rom 7:14-24 </blockquote>To put it more succinctly, as Isaiah 64: 6 says, [W]e are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags. Romans 3:10 is even more succinct - [T]here is none righteous, no not one.<br><br>Yet, I am 100% sure that it is well with my soul, and I know that to be absent from this body will be to be present with the Lord.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271273" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271273">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271273" class="dsq-comment-message">glad to hear it.<br><br>but, don\'t tell Truthseeker =-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2272089" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272089" class="dsq-comment-message">Eh hee!  Hey, there\'s a scripture for TS too - Romans 3:4 says, Let God be true but every man a liar.  :=)<br><br><b>Miranda</b>, the bands were good back then; I went to Knoxville College and I had a lot of friends who either went to Clark, Morehouse, Spelman, Tuskegee, Fisk or Tennessee State.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272723" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272723">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272723" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272723" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a Rattler (FAMU)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271277">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271277" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve only gone to one classic game?? OK....I guess since I come from a Bulldog family that would explain the annual trek to Birmingham. Half my family on both sides graduated from Alabama A&M...I have a few cousins there now. Back in the day when the bands were much better (in my humble opinion) - I couldn\'t WAIT to go...then afterwards the entire clan would go to my aunt\'s home on 32nd street for the feast of all feasts. I\'m getting sleepy just thinking about it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270118">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270118" class="dsq-comment-message">everyone plays their part.<br><br>I\'ll pray about that 1% on your first point.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276181">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276181" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:  <i> . . preaching to the choir, . . . </i><br><br>Now where\'s my Choir Robe??  :&gt;)       :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270916">malia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270916" class="dsq-comment-message">He not once, in that quote you transcribed, mentioned what he is going to do.<br><br>He has wasted an entire day defending himself from criticism.<br><br>He can\'t defend an energy policy that will not drill for domestic sources or include nuclear energy.<br><br>He cannot defend and education policy that does not stand up to the teachers unions and does not include school choice.<br><br>He cannot defend an economic policy that will raise our taxes.<br><br>He cannot defend a foreign policy that did not support the surge, defend our ally Georgia or take seriously the implications of negotiating with hostile dictators without preconditions.<br><br>He cannot defend himself from his own record of requesting (last year alone) $98 million in earmarks.<br><br>He cannot defend himself from the fact that while he rails against lobbyists, he and Joe Biden\'s son have worked to bring pork to Illinois.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271256">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271256" class="dsq-comment-message">malia,<br>Mamma said stop talking bad about Daddy!<br><br>xx00<br>Sasha<br><br>lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2276051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2276051" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276051" class="dsq-comment-message">Her just jellus because McCaint and his VP pick  haven\'t yet articulated one policy that they will implement to help the poor and the middle class.  Notice that none of the neo-con posters ever post a comment listing McCaint\'s policies, just a lame disrespectful, envious post about Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276335">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2276335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276335" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272775">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272775" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272775" class="dsq-comment-message">Troll, I mean Malia, do you know that the oil companies are not required to sell any oil drilled in American soil?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2268903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268903">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268903" class="dsq-comment-message">According to Gallup, Obama is getting trounced in the South:<br><br>Sept 1-7, 2008<br>East - Obama 51% McCain 40%<br>Midwest - Obama 48% McCain 42%<br>South - Obama 39% McCain 54%<br>West - Obama 50% McCain 43</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269301">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269301" class="dsq-comment-message">That may be true but the south alone cannot change the electoral map</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270731">malia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270731" class="dsq-comment-message">But Obama\'s electoral map is shrinking, as MT and NC are solid for McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270837" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270837" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270837">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270837" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270837" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t believe the spin.Do you actually think McCain is up 20 in N.C. Ron Paul is on the ballot in MT. thats worth at least 5 points.Two words for you Ground game.Obama has it  and McCain does not</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271928">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271928" class="dsq-comment-message">North Carolina is still doable. The Survey USA poll is suspect</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269247">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269247" class="dsq-comment-message">The South was always going to be a tough nut for Obama to crack, so I\'m not surprised.  Having said that, I wonder if he has a better chance in Florida now that the Jewish voters are looking sideways at Palin for her fundy views.<br><br>And speaking of Jewish voters, I thought this was pretty cool:<br><br><a href="http://rabbisforobama.com/" rel="nofollow">Rabbis for Obama</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269336">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269336" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget that Ed Koch endorsed Obama.All those older Jews that moved from the northeast still love him</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262502">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262502" class="dsq-comment-message">But my question is, do you really think the MEDIA is giving you a clear picture of the electorate? Do you believe their polls and analysis is actually reflective of voters in Wyoming or is it their own? Most of what we get is THEIR opinion (or rather what opinion is a ratings winner).  Its been repeated to death that the polls absolutely DO NOT capture new voters or those without land lines. Polls can\'t capture a grassroots campaign. Have you seen anything regarding the ground game of either campaign on any segment of any show?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260612">lexusOakland</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260612" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260612" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote" rel="nofollow">Lose your home... Lose your Vote! </a><br><br>Spread this information to everyone you know! I\'m sure this tactic will not be limited to Michigan.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261263">O&#39;08</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261263" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...</a><br><br>dont know if this has been posted here, but here are great examples of the right-wing hypocrisy.  Brilliant!  <br><br>Obama should NOT back down from this "lipstick on a pig", McCain is a coward, hiding behind Palin.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261285">O&#39;08</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261285" class="dsq-comment-message">Jesus was a community organizer.....<br>Pontius Pilate was a governor</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261953">Jibreel Riley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261953" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261953" class="dsq-comment-message">so was a guy name Saul</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272734">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272734" class="dsq-comment-message">SAUL  eventually received the "Light", was re-named PAUL and wrote over half of the Books of the New Testament!.   Just so\'s people read the TRUTH!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2275981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2275981" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275981" class="dsq-comment-message">See I thought they were talking about the unsaved Saul of the Old Testament, the one the Jews insisted on having as their king, the one visited the psychic, the one who tried to kill King David and stalked him(a man after God\'s own heart and an archetype of Christ) for over 10 years, the one whose son Jonathan was best friends with David.<br><br>I didn\'t know he was talking about Paul, whom God saved on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276114">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276114" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:  I\'m 100% sure that he will reply and give us the TRUTH!!<br>:&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)   Hallelerjer [Madea-style  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]<br><br>"Virtual dap" to ya!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2276454" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2276457" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276457" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>"Virtual dap" to ya!!</blockquote>Back at you!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278904">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278904" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! I thought that was a reference to Saul Alinsky and had no idea what the commenter was trying to say.<br><br>.... Still don\'t, actually.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278948">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278948" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle:  I thought that since he tries to play with our minds, I\'d play back!  I saw his earlier reference to Saul Alinsky.  But when I saw the first name -Saul-, I decided to see what response he would give to the Saul I knew!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Did you see any!   NO!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>That\'s all!    Sorry to confuse.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261476">Melinda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261476" class="dsq-comment-message">If you need a minute of inspiration, surf on over to The Root for this short, uplifting piece directed to Obama supporters:<br><br><a href="http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/seeds/archive/2008/09/08/twittering-tweet-tweet.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/seeds/archive/20...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261804" href="http://www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ruthdfw</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261804" class="dsq-comment-message">Could this theory be true that Obama & Company has set them up for a big fall.  I hope so.  My concern right now is that Obama himself seems off his game.<br><br><a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/obama-has-timed-this-perfectly.php#" rel="nofollow">http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262955" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262955" class="dsq-comment-message">Obviously you didn\' t see him on Countdown and you haven\'t seen the video from this morning in Virginia where he called out the opposition for their lies and distractions.<br><br>He\'s on his game and doing very well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272373">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272373" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:   YEAH!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261971">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261971" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah;  Gotta leave for a few hours.  Time ta do some "community organizing" on Bhalf of Mr. Obama!!   Whooo!   Hoo!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269053">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269053" class="dsq-comment-message">polls<br><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/la...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269185" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269185" class="dsq-comment-message">Another proactive thing you can do to protest the racism and sleazy lies of this campaign is to call Mcaint\'s office and voice your opinion on the despicable race he is running.  I called the Washington office and left a voice mail then I called the Phoenix office and voiced my displeasure with the nasty racist tone of the campaign with the young woman who answered.  If the media won\'t do their jobs, then we can individually let Mcaint know just how displeased we are with his not dealing with the issues, making the campaign about personal attacks instead.<br><br>Here are the numbers:<br><br>Phoenix Office: <br>602-952-2410<br><br>Tempe Office: <br>480-897-6289<br><br>Tucson Office: <br>520-670-6334<br><br>Washington Office: <br>202-224-2235<br><br>The young woman in the Tucson office told me she could leave a message if I gave her my address, which I refused for obvious reasons.<br><br>I also posted this information on Daily Kos, and other commenters have been calling the offices; apparently, they are getting through because the reports are that they\'re being hung up on and that the staffers are shell-shocked that suddenly they\'re getting this flurry of calls.  As an Independent whose vote McCaint is, at least theoretically, trying to sway to his side, I feel it incumbent upon me to let him know that he ain\'t getting me interested with the tactics he is using.<br><br>What this does is let them know that there are voters out there who are not pleased with this swift-boating smear campaign that is just like the ones run in 2000 and 2004, that if this is indicative of the change McCaint is speaking of, then it is another of the myriad of lies they tell daily.<br><br>You can also call or email the broadcast and print news outlets and let them know what you think of the biased campaign coverage.  It\'s time to get fired up and DO something to at least try to change the way things are going.  55 days - we\'ve got 55 days to make it happen - and yes we can make it happen.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272701">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272701" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:  THANK YOU SO MUCH for this information!!!   Got my dime   -   gonna make my call!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2275880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2275880" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275880" class="dsq-comment-message">Please do and thanks, <b>GreenLady</b>.  There were enough of us calling that they stopped answering his DC office phone when you pushed option 2 to speak to someone.  The lines in Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson were jammed for awhile and some reported that the McCaint staffers were caught flat-footed and offguard by the sudden spurt in calls.<br><br>It\'s a good thing - he needs to know about our displeasure.  There\'s also a campaign number to call though it too is a long distance number in Arlington VA - <br><br>The Mailing Address: <br>John McCain 2008 <br>P.O. Box 16118 <br>Arlington, VA 22215  <br><br>Phone # (703) 418-2008.  When calling the senate office, they may ask for your address (why, I don\'t know).  I suggest using one of Mrs. McCain\'s company addresses:<br><br>Henley & Co.<br>10201 E. Valley Road <br>Prescott Valley, AZ <br>(928) 445-4032<br><br>OR<br><br>4201 N 45th Ave <br>Phoenix, AZ <br>(602) 264-1635<br><br>It would be good to use the address of one of their seven homes but that information is difficult though not impossible to gather.<br><br>Calling and expressing your displeasure is at least cathartic; I felt good afterwards and to the young woman\'s credit, she listened to me patiently as I forcibly though not profanely nor loudly told her what I thought of the McCain campaign nasty tactics and lies, even got in a rant about Turd Blossom working with the campaign.  I also left a message on the comment line in the DC office - option 1, I think.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275988">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275988" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:   Make that 7 or 8 dimes and some penny post cards!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>WHAT!!  YOU MEAN THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE PRICES!???<br><br>DARN THAT SHRUB ADMINISTRATION!!!</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269349">SpartacusLaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269349" class="dsq-comment-message">Will be interesting to see how McCain spins this one:  <br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103448/087/539/593399" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103...</a> <br><br>Check out the video. Speaks for itself.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269493" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269493">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269493" class="dsq-comment-message">Riddle me this:<br><br>How come they keep a tight leash on Sarah Palin to make sure she doesn\'t say anything damaging, but they can\'t put a muzzle on Meghan McCain, who claims that nobody knows war like her family does?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272703">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272703" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin\'s the Manchurian candidate.  If they\'re elected, watch something happening to McCain.  She\'s got manchurian candidate written all over her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270164">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270164" class="dsq-comment-message">These are pics from the McCain-Palin rally today in VA....pretty spirited crowd:<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23225343%40N06/sets/72157607216748296/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/23225343@N06/sets/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271920">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271920" class="dsq-comment-message">I just read a diary about this on Kos (probably the same place with these pics) The person said all she heard (from the crowd) was nasty anti-Obama stuff. One woman proclaimed Obama will abort 40,000 babies in his first term!  That if he has his way EVERY woman would have an abortion.  Also men were calling him sexist while talking about the things they\'d do to Palin and what a great mooserack she had.*SMH*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276491">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276491" class="dsq-comment-message">Cindy\'s cleavage is out.  If Pelosi can cover hers, why can\'t Cindy?!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270269">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270269" class="dsq-comment-message">The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.<br><a href="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote" rel="nofollow">http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2270717" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270717" class="dsq-comment-message">I just received this enlighening email; maybe others have already read it:<blockquote>This short piece is so insightful! It addresses why so many of us have been disturbed and eerily  repulsed by the Republican pick of Palin as VP.  Here is a young, attractive, smiling mother who is anti-nature,  anti-woman\'s rights, anti-intellectual ,and anti-global in her  views. There is not a shred of compassion in her message.<br><br>It\'s easy to feel confused and off balance by this contradiction  in message and messenger.<br><br>This is a fascinating read.....READ ON..............<br><br><b>Deepak Chopra on Obama and the Palin Effect</b><br><br>Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin  had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the  surface, she outdoes former Vice President Dan Quayle as an unlikely choice, given her negligent parochial expertise in the complex affairs of governing.  Her state of Alaska has less than  700,000 residents, which reduces the job of governor to the scale  of running one-tenth of New York City . By comparison, Rudy Giuliani is a towering international figure. Palin\'s pluck has been  admired, and her forthrightness, but her real appeal goes deeper.<br> <br>She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence, his shadow, deriding his idealism and exhorting people to obey their worst  impulses. In psychological terms, the shadow is that part of the psyche that hides out of sight, countering our aspirations, virtue, and vision with qualities we are ashamed to face: anger,  fear, revenge, violence, selfishness, and suspicion of "the other."<br> <br>Obama is calling for us to reach for our higher selves and, frankly, that stirs up hidden reactions of an unsavory kind. (Just  to be perfectly clear, I am not making a verbal play out of the fact that Sen. Obama is black. The shadow is a metaphor widely in use before his arrival on the scene.) I recognize that psychological analysis of politics is usually not welcome by the public, but I believe such a perspective can be helpful here to understand Palin\'s message.<br><br>In her acceptance speech, Gov. Palin sent a rousing call to those who want to celebrate their resistance to change and a higher vision.   Look at what she stands for:<br><br>-- Small town values -- a  denial of America \'s global role, a return to petty, small-minded parochialism. <br><br>--Ignorance of world affairs -- a repudiation of the  need to repair America \'s image abroad. <br><br>--Family values -- a code  for walling out anybody who makes a claim for social justice. Such  strangers, being outside the family, don\'t need to be heeded.<br><br>-- Rigid stands on guns and abortion -- a scornful repudiation that  these issues can be negotiated with those who disagree.<br><br>-- Patriotism -- the usual fallback in a failed war.<br><br>--"Reform" -- an  italicized term, since in addition to cleaning out corruption and excessive spending, one also throws out anyone who doesn\'t fit your ideology.<br><br>Palin reinforces the overall message of the reactionary right,  which has been in play since 1980, that social justice is liberal- radical, that minorities and immigrants, being different from "us"  pure American types, can be ignored, that progressivism takes too  <br>much effort and globalism is a foreign threat.  The radical right marches under the banners of "I\'m all right, Jack," and "Why change? Everything\'s OK as it is." <br><br>The irony, of course, is that Gov. Palin is a woman and a reactionary at the same time. She can add mom to apple pie on her resume, while blithely reversing forty years of feminist progress. The irony is superficial; there are millions of women who stand on the side of conservatism, however obviously they are voting against their own  good. The Republicans have won multiple national elections by raising shadow issues based on fear, rejection, hostility to  change, and narrow-mindedness.<br><br>Obama\'s call for higher ideals in politics can\'t be seen in a  vacuum.  The shadow is real; it was bound to respond. Not just conservatives possess a shadow -- we all do. <br><br>So what comes next is a contest between the two forces of progress and inertia. Will the shadow win again, or has its furtive appeal become exhausted? No one can predict.  The best thing about Gov. Palin is that she brought this conflict to light, which makes the upcoming debate honest. It would be a  shame to elect another Reagan, whose smiling persona was a  stalking horse for the reactionary forces that have brought us to  the demoralized state we are in. We deserve to see what we are getting, without disguise.</blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276298">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276298" class="dsq-comment-message">wow.  i\'ve always admired deepak chopra\'s wisdom and authentic voice.  this essay proves that my admiration wasn\'t misplaced.  he has articulated the gift that palin brings to this situation.<br><br>i believe the american shadow will be eclipsed in november.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2276477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276477">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276477" class="dsq-comment-message">This is right up my alley...so wonderful.  Thanks for posting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270842">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270842" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah,<br><br>You still feel like Biden has Obama\'s back?  I just don\'t know what to make of him now.  What\'s up with this?  <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/10/biden-hillary-might-have-been-better-vp-pick/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/10...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271663">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271663" class="dsq-comment-message">He was just showing modesty</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272230">angee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272230" class="dsq-comment-message">He doesn\'t want the "S" card to be use against him. Especially since mcsame and miss sarah are praising hillary left and right and using the sexism issue to avoid talking about serious issues.<br>Also Joe probably doesn\'t want to alienate the hillbots who are starting to comeback into the fold.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272408">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272408" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. And remember, his comment was in response to a voter (most likely a McCain plant) who said he was glad Hillary wasn\'t picked.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276359">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276359" class="dsq-comment-message">his response was smart.  he didn\'t take the bait.<br><br>NEXT....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2278857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278857">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278857" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>his response was smart. he didn\'t take the bait.<br><br>NEXT....</i><br><br>co-sign!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276459">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276459" class="dsq-comment-message">He is buying his insurance</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271084">indie-ed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271084" class="dsq-comment-message">Independents Think McCain\'s a Doer, While Obama\'s a Talker<br><br>From the  latest Fox News poll :<br><br>    Do you think Barack Obama is a talker or a doer?<br><br>    Overall: Talker 49 percent, Doer 34 percent. Among independents, 55 percent talker, 26 percent doer.<br><br>    Do you think John McCain is talker or a doer?<br><br>    Overall: Talker, 30 percent, doer, 54 percent. Among independents, 21 percent talker, 58 percent doer.<br><br>    If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from?<br><br>    Obama, 34 percent; McCain, 50 percent. Among independents it\'s Obama 22 percent, McCain 52 percent.  Biden matches up fairly well against Palin, 39 percent to her 43 percent.<br><br>    Which ticket has more experience combined? <br>Among Independents, it\'s Republicans 57, Democrats 25.<br><br>    Which ticket has better judgment combined?  Among independents, it\'s Republicans 51, Democrats 32.<br><br>    Which ticket will bring the right change to Washington? Among independents, it\'s Democrats 36, Republicans 38.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271179">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271179" class="dsq-comment-message">Now really......a Fox News poll?? LMAO!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2272402" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272402" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, that poll is fair and balanced except NOT!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272716">Miss- Opinion </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272716" class="dsq-comment-message">I stopped reading after I read the words "Fox News." My mind went "nope, do not want." <br><br>Polls mean very little, Fox News even less.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272228">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272228" class="dsq-comment-message">Now they\'re pushing the meme that Obama is inapropriately engaging the Repub VP.<br><br>Obama wasn\'t talking about Sarah...he wasn\'t engaging her.  The Repubs come out and insist he was referring to her.   Obama says no, it is a common phrase, and I was talking about McCain\'s policies.   The Republicans continue to say he was talking about her.  The press milks the story.   The repubs say, see he\'s engaging the 2nd on the ticket...that must mean he sees her as an equal: unqualified.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275565">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275565" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, but thankfully the press ain\'t buying it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272630">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272630" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    <b>CHRIS MATTHEWS has JUST ROASTED[AS IN  A "PIG"] the REPUBLICAN PUNDIT/IDIOT on "LIP-STICK-GATE"!!!! </b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>ENOUGH!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Now, let\'s get to the ISSUES!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272879">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272879" class="dsq-comment-message">Democrats must learn some respect<br>by Clive Crook<br><br>This article is not the first to note the cultural contradiction in American liberalism, but just now the point bears restating. The election may turn on it.<br><br>Democrats speak up for the less prosperous; they have well-intentioned policies to help them; they are disturbed by inequality, and want to do something about it. Their concern is real and admirable. The trouble is, they lack respect for the objects of their solicitude. Their sympathy comes mixed with disdain, and even contempt.<br><br>Democrats regard their policies as self-evidently in the interests of the US working and middle classes. Yet those wide segments of US society keep helping to elect Republican presidents. How is one to account for this? Are those people idiots? Frankly, yes - or so many liberals are driven to conclude. Either that or bigots, clinging to guns, God and white supremacy; or else pathetic dupes, ever at the disposal of Republican strategists. If they only had the brains to vote in their interests, Democrats think, the party would never be out of power. But again and again, the Republicans tell their lies, and those stupid damned voters buy it.<br><br>It is an attitude that a good part of the US media share. The country has conservative media (Fox News, talk radio) as well as liberal media (most of the rest). Curiously, whereas the conservative media know they are conservative, much of the liberal media believe themselves to be neutral.<br><br>Read the rest at <a href="http://clivecrook.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/democrats_must_learn_some_resp.php" rel="nofollow">http://clivecrook.theatlantic.com/archives/2008...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2273171">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2273171" class="dsq-comment-message">an Email sent to <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com" rel="nofollow">www.talkingpointsmemo.com</a><br>GOOD QUESTION<br>From TPM Reader WS:<br><br>Here in Wisconsin, one of the heads of the "Palin Truth Squad", former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow is giving interviews, outraged over the lipstick comment. The state GOP has called a 1:30 press conference where a group of GOP women will rip into Obama for all of the assembled TV cameras.<br>My question... where the hell are the Democrats on this? Not just here, but nationally, they are letting Obama get bloodied over this. Where is Biden? Is he turning into this cycle\'s Edwards? Where are Pelosi and Boxer and Sebelius today?<br><br>The campaign needs to stop forcing Obama to take on the entire right-wing... His organization in every state should have high-profile surrogates out there today ripping into McCain and Palin, not just on the lipstick, but on the the sex ed ad and the judge\'s order for Palin to stay out of the divorce.<br><br>Where are these people?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2274462">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2274462" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I just posted this to show the headline:<br><br><b>SLASH AND BURN CAMPAIGN BACKFIRING!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><br>Next, I\'ll post some of the articles in support of Mr. Obama and against "McAncient!"   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275386">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275386" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   From HuffPost:  Rosie O\'Donnell on Hasselbeck and "The Gov."<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rosie-odonnell-elisabeth_n_125475.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rosie-...</a><br><br>It\'s a NEGATIVE!!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Not that I care about Rosie!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275567">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275567" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From HuffPost:  John McCain Might Have Opened The Door for Charges of Sexism Against HIMSELF!!    :&gt;)        :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/mccain-may-have-open-door_n_125381.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/mccain...</a>    <br><br>DARN those You Tube videos!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275624">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275624" class="dsq-comment-message">From HuffPost:   <b>GUTTER POLITICS:  McCain Campaign CALLED OUT For HALF TRUTHS</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/gutter-politics-mccain-ca_n_125291.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/gutter...</a><br><br>Great read!!   Full TRUTH!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2275707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275707">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275707" class="dsq-comment-message">Campbell Brown\'s show is on fire tonight!   I guess McCain attacking her on going too far with Tucker..went too far.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275751">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275751" class="dsq-comment-message">From HuffPost:  Representative & Repug  Ron Paul, Libertarian Candidate says:   No Way!!   No How!!!  No McCAIN!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/ron-paul-rejected-appeal_n_125469.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/ron-pa...</a><br><br>Ron Paul Rejected Appeal To Endorse McCain<br><br>YES HE DID!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2275859" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275859" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how during the video he has this very calm<a href="http://mokellyreport.blogspot.com/2008/09/actor-matt-damon-is-not-buying-sarah.html" rel="nofollow">"What is <i>wrong</i> with everybody, why is no one else seeing this?!" look on his face</a>. <br><br>Hollywwood can be cathartic sometimes (when it\'s not spending time being vapid).<br><br>The more we have criticisms in a <b>positive</b> manner about issues as opposed to put-downs on character, the more we will come out on top. We cannot play the Repugnantcan Game. They are the best at getting in the mud and slinging it at everyone. We cannot beat them at their game. Let\'s face it. We were winning when we played by our own rules. Let\'s stop giving them that power.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoxkQUHZrTg" rel="nofollow">See what Hasselbeck did</a>? Y\'all know I am protective of Michelle, and there are a lot of things I would like to say in retaliation. However, if I just say, Obama\'s taxcuts will benefit working and middle class people and McCain\'s economic policy is a tribute to CEOs, we come out on top. When we keep hammering the issues, we come out on top. <br><br>We can do this guys, the race is close. But we need to decide, do you still believe in this country? I think I do...after a long time, I think I finally do. And it\'s not because of Obama. It\'s because of <b>us</b>.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2275903">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2275903" class="dsq-comment-message">From HuffPost:  Rick Warren said that "The Gov." called him on Tuesday [9/9/08] <b>"for advice."</b>  LOL!!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rick-warren-sarah-palin-c_n_125420.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/rick-w...</a><br><br>Errybody who believes that this was the <b>ONLY TOPIC</b> of their conversation., please raise your hand!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Seeing NONE!!!   I\'m taking that as a <b>MAJOR "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!????"</b><br><br>Whew!   Prevaricating Deep Breaths!!!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2276342" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276342" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/15218/4307/139/593799" rel="nofollow">Neo-Cons for Obama</a><blockquote><b>We are out here - the Republicans or ex-Republicans who will no longer tolerate the racist, despicable slime machine that the right wing and the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has become.  I know, for I am one of them.  I am not your typical progressive, being an ex- Air Force officer (9 years), evangelical Christian, card carrying conservative, Rush/Hannity listener - an now an Obama supporter in John McCain\'s home state of Arizona.<br><br>And I know I am not alone - for one, my grown sons are with me.  My older, now in college, proudly rides around with Obama stickers on his scooter.  He, also, was raised an evangelical Christian, and goodness knows I subjected him to a conservative worldview.<br><br>So what gives?  Why are we out here - the Rebublican Obama supporters, the ones you don\'t expect.<br><br>ROTC Cadet, Air Force Captain, Free Republic diarist, James Dobson quoting conservative, 2 time Bush voter.  Church worship leader.  These all describe me.  And there are more just like me.  My evolution to  progressive awareness has been a slow one, but is has never gone faster than in the last 3 or 4 months.  How do I describe myself now - a progressive conservative, of course (if there is such a thing)!<br><br>So why am I and those like me out here? I am out here because I see through the hysteria that the right wing has become.  I know the abandonment of principles when we see it.  I despise in today\'s Republican Party what I was always told were the worst traits of the \'left\' in years past.  I know better these days.  I have come to the realization that in many ways I left my brain turned off for far too long.  I listened to those I was supposed to agree with, and never tried to be, as Rush Limbaugh says, a \'truth seeker\'.  Well I am a truth seeker now,  I find truth much more often when I listen to Rachel Maddow that I ever did on Rush.  I am able to see (on the right) political opportunism, shameless lying, rampant political positioning, and a party leadership that has forfieted all claim to trust.<br><br>Nothing has shamed me more than the evangelical groupthink around the Sarah Palin pick.  People I used to respect for their strong stand on the family and values have completely abandoned their principles to back someone whom they think offers a slim grasp at victory.  I will not participate in it, nor will my church, for which I am thankful.  Trust me, the groupthink on the right is not as rampant as you may think.</b></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276645">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276645" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the voice of SANITY!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2276873" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276873" class="dsq-comment-message">This is what I was talking about in my post below. This is exactly it! Reading this was so heartening. I still believe in this, because of <b>us</b>.<br><br>Let\'s get \'em elected guys!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277503">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277503" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:    WOW!!!   This is the kind of post that is <b> MOTIVATING and INSPIRING!!</b><br><br>Thank you!!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276926">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276926" class="dsq-comment-message">***Video***<br>myBO: Neighbor to Neighbor Canvassing Tool explained<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9JKIIs9Sw" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9JKIIs9Sw</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276963" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Obama should embrace this rotting fish meme.  He should do some videos where he shows pictures of rotting fish beside McCain\'s policies.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277377">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277377" class="dsq-comment-message">*****VIDEO*****<br><b>Chris Matthews puts Repub shill on trial</b><br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RftxKMHGRf0" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RftxKMHGRf0</a>  (part 1)<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=w33YL4RwkwE" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=w33YL4RwkwE</a>  (part 2)<br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTXzdlh8yA" rel="nofollow">http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTXzdlh8yA</a>  (commentary)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277690">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277690" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker:   I watched this LIVE and CRIED and LAUGHED!!   :&gt;)    <br><br><b>FINALLY!!</b>  somebody took these <b>LIARS</b> on!!!  <br><br>Followed by Dr. Rachel Maddow, who is <b>RELENTLESS!!!</b><br><br>GOD BLESS THEM!!  :&gt;)<br><br>I plan to watch this VIDEO, OVER and OVER AGAIN!!!  It is that MOTIVATIONAL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    THANK YOU!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>GOTV!!!  Go Obama-Biden!!! \'08</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277788">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277788" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah:  So I\'m watching "The Gov." give <b>THAT SPEECH, WRITTEN BY THE "McAncient" SPEECH WRITERS</b>.  She just landed in Alaska.<br><br>I think she\'s got it!!!   And she BELIEVES it now!!   I can\'t believe it!!         YES I CAN!!!<br>YUUUUUUUK!!!!    :&gt;(<br><br>She speaks as if Alaska is NOT a part of the UNION!!   What\'s up with that!!<br><br>AND her support there -   <b>REMEMBER:</b>   <b>EACH ALASKAN</b> will receive [from oil revenues]   <b>$2000!</b>   They get this money <b>EVERY YEAR!!!</b><br><br>If you live in the other 49 states,  <b>WE PAY TAXES EVERY YEAR!!!</b>  <b>THEY DON\'T!!!</b><br><br>And I repeat:   <b>WHERE DA PEOPLE OF COLOR???</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278000">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278000" class="dsq-comment-message">From The Time:  This article discusses the 2 personae  [POLITICIAN  & PROFESSOR ]of Mr. Obama and How effectively/successfully he manages them.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1835238-1%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,...</a><br><b>Taking Professor Obama\'s Class</b><br><br><b>As the presidential race heats up and Democratic nominee Barack Obama is forced to respond to increasingly tough attacks from the Palin-energized GOP ticket, his campaign style is coming under growing scrutiny. Some feel the candidate has too often been more head than heart, more intellectual than passionate, less a leader than a lecturer. Will his style survive the rough-and-tumble of a modern media-saturated presidential campaign?</b><br><br><b>Yet balancing the two personae — professor and politician — has been key to Obama\'s success. Much of his style can be traced back to his dozen years as an academic, at the University of Chicago Law School. A look at those teaching days reveals just how he has managed to be at once popular and intellectually exacting.</b><br><br>Great read!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  He\'s the right man!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>GOTV!!!  Go Obama-Biden  \'08</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278829">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278829" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere, this is a fantastic article. I think teaching/learning is a sacred thing if done well, and it seems Professor Obama knows how to do this work.<br><br>Also, just for your own fun, if you ever want to try making links with text instead of the address, here\'s a link that sort of shows how to do it:<br><br><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_links.asp" rel="nofollow">How to make links</a><br><br>The "code" in the first gray box (under "The syntax of creating an anchor"): is the key.  Just paste the web address in instead of where it says url (keep the quotes around it) and write whatever you want the link to say instead of Text to be displayed).<br><br>I think the addresses are just fine -- I just know how into learning you are and thought you might get some fun out of this :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2279000">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2279000" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle:  <b>Thank you very much</b>!  I am sooo going to practice!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I wish you could have seen me when I <b>finally</b> figured out how to <b>bold</b> and do <i>italics</i>!!   Whooo!   Hooo!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  <br><br>Happy camper up in here!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Again, thank you!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278116">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278116" class="dsq-comment-message">Dkos Diarists: Calling you to action!<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14412/5545/170/593768" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/144...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278522">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278522" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Sooooo, <b>Rangel is finding out that He CAIN\'T act/be like the Caucasian Boys.</b><br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/10/rangel-admits-mistakes-5000-bill-to-uncle-sam/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/10/ran...</a><br>Rangel Admits Mistakes, $5000 Bill To Uncle Sam<br><br>O.K. You say.  So far. like the white boys!!  But READ ON:<br><br><i>But Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., asked colleagues to let the ethics committee investigate and urged Republicans to stop trying to have him removed from his post.<br><br>As House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rangel has a powerful say over tax law changes. By his own admission, he has no excuse for not reporting years worth of rental income on a beach vacation property he owns in the Dominican Republic.<br><br>“Mistakes. We all make ‘em. We all have to say we’re sorry, but we all don’t have to attack each other,” Rangel said.<br><br>House debate over the matter turned personal when he said GOP leader John Boehner, did not really have his heart in it when he and other top Republicans called for Rangel to be removed as chairman.<br><br>Boehner, R-Ohio, then rose to deny that claim.<br><br>“My intent here is not to claw at my friend from New York. My intent here is to have justice and to have all of us live by the rules of the House. I’m sorry that I had to do it but I have a job to do on behalf of my colleagues,” Boehner said.<br><br>The exchange capped a day on which Rangel admitted embarrassing mistakes in his personal finances but insisted they were innocent errors of omission, rather than acts of deliberate deception or greed. Those errors, he said, would be corrected in amended filings to both the IRS and the Congress.<br><br><b>“I really don’t believe that making mistakes means that you have to give up your career,” the lawmaker, who has spent nearly 38 years in Congress, said in a lengthy talk with reporters.</i></b><br><br>Did you note ANY DIFFERENCE??  "THEY" were saying - "YOU got ta give it up!"<br><br>Can you smell the PIETY???     Lawd ha\'mercy!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Memo to Rangel:   <b>YOU CAIN\'T ACT/BE like the CAUCASIAN BOYS!!</b><br><br>ENOUGH said!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2278598" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278598" class="dsq-comment-message">He was so \'ride or die\' with the jr senator from NY now let\'s see how much that connection with her and Billy Jeffy will assist him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278703">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278703" class="dsq-comment-message">99% Sure:   EXACTLY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Can we say: <b>NOT!   NO!   Nada!  Daabi </b>[Asente (Ghana) I use ta live there! :&gt;)], <b>Bobo</b> [Bete (Camaroon), <b>Non</b> [Creole (Haiti)], <b>Sa, Suu </b>[Crow (US)], <b>Hani </b>[Diola (Senegal)], <b>Nope, Uh-uh</b> [English - Informal], <b>Aaha </b>[Fante (Ghana)]!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.elite.net/%7Erunner/jennifers/no.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/no.htm</a><br>520 Ways To Say NO<br><br>I know!   I need ta get a life!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278933">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278933" class="dsq-comment-message">That connection could very well be the cause of his troubles.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2279046">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2279046" class="dsq-comment-message">msmartin:  Could be!!  :&gt;)   &gt;:)  Either which way, I cain\'t believe he could have been this blind!!!   Oh well!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2279841">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2279841" class="dsq-comment-message">Really great diary!<br><br>Saddleback Church Forum and Sarah Palin are Mutually Exclusive<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/11/32149/3946/380/594583" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/11/321...</a><br><blockquote><i>Most Christians will agree that religion ought to be apolitical. And Saddleback showed the promise of a reconcilliation between the apolitical aspect of the movement and the rational language of pluralist politics. But Sarah Palin has essentially interrupted the reconcilliation, and has reassured all America of what it means to be a Christian in our Great Nation: Guns are good, wealth is virtue, Sex is shame, war is holy, and there is no need to Discuss It Any Further. Sin brings suffering, so let\'s trounce the sinners and ignore the existence of the suffering sinners. Sladerous campaign speeches become cathartic pressure-valves for backwater imaginations. The greater the bloodshed, the more rapturous the ejaculation. No insult can cut deep enough. But every attempt should be made -- in the name of freedom.<br><br>The same Evangelical leaders -- Warren, Wallis -- who made Saddleback possible ought to be taking a good, cold-eyed look at what the Palin nomination has done to their community. They should look keenly at the ignorance and intolerance it brings to light.<br><br>And they should do something about it.</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260151">malia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260151" class="dsq-comment-message">With Obama reeling, Clintons not motivated to assist<br><br><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/10/with-obama-reeling-clintons-not-motivated-to-assist/" rel="nofollow">http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/10/with-obam...</a><br><br>And why should Hillary want to help?<br><br>"Obama wanted nothing to do with the Clintons.  He fought against them and beat them in the primaries, although only with the Deus ex Machina effect of the superdelegates.  Obama made it clear that they were the past, and he was the party’s future.  In fact, when pushing back against the perception that Democrats were weak on defense in his acceptance speech, Obama pointedly ignored Bill Clinton when listing strong Democratic presidents from the past.  That was less than two weeks ago, and the Clintons remember slights for years."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260263">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260263" class="dsq-comment-message">i just saw that blond idiot from the view talking about michelle obama! tht stuff pisses me of.  Like the earlier post said: why dont just call us niggers and tell us to go away.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260536">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260536" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://HotAir.com" rel="nofollow">HotAir.com</a> = Right Wing Propaganda</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262123">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262123" class="dsq-comment-message">You still talking about Hillary?  LMAO!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272033">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272033" class="dsq-comment-message">Man, you need a reality check.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261911">malia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261911" class="dsq-comment-message">From Andy McCarthy:<br><br>Even as Obama mathematically eliminated Hillary in the primaries, he was sinking like a stone because, as we\'re seeing now, he doesn\'t wear well over time.  <br><br>The Chicago pol in him quite intentionally says a lot of offensive things (cling to guns and religion, punished with a baby, lipstick on a pig ...).  He has not been swift enough to discern the change in the audience.  This is a guy who, up til now, had to appeal to (1) an ultra-Left Chicago district, (2) the 7 in 10 Illinois residents who just wanted Alan Keyes to go away, and (3) the Democrats\' antiwar base.  They gave him such a warm glow maybe he was duped into thinking everyone would love his routine.  In any event, this is his first conversation with America and he\'s not ready for prime-time.  Plus, he is in the unenviable position of having to pose as a post-racial, post-partisan centrist when his record is one of race-conscious, left-wing partisanship.  It\'s only natural that when he gets rattled and is not reading a script, he reverts to Hyde Park.<br><br>A primary season like the modern Democratic Party has is an exercise in unreality.  It molds the candidate into something attractive to a fringe that is unrepresentative of the country at large.  When Obama moved from that sandbox to the real playing field, he wasn\'t ready.  In a panic, he sensed the need to turn to an old Washington pro — and somehow managed to find a pro, Biden, who shares some of his own worst foot-in-mouth tendencies (and has not been able to shake that congenital problem in his three dozen senate years).  The result?  It\'s only been a week and they have already suggested that they will order banana-republic style prosecutions of Bush administration officials, that Palin — mother of a special needs child — doesn\'t care about special needs children, and, now, lipstick on a pig. <br><br>This is exactly what it looks like:  amateur hour.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262376">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262376" class="dsq-comment-message">what is your motivation? What do you seek to accomplish by making these remarks?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272367">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272367" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  Motivation:   <b>NOT</b> to have an intellectual interchange!!   :&gt;)    TO <b>waste</b> our time so that we will not be able to work on behalf of Obama-Biden!!!<br><br>I go CRICKETS on them!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)   They deserve it!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262704">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262704" class="dsq-comment-message">The easiest way to deal with trolls is to treat them like spam, which is what they are: attempts to catch your attention and sucker you into a scam. Do what you do with spam: mentally delete it, even if you have to pause and admire every once in a while at the sheer audacity.<br><br>In fact, I\'m not convinced a large percentage of trolls are human -- there\'s so many that most just have to be \'bots.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2273161">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2273161" class="dsq-comment-message">Anderkoo:   Co-sign!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2272467">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272467" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272467">angee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272467" class="dsq-comment-message">Is this a TROLL invasion?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
';

(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

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


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

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

	
	

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

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

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

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=wednesday_open_thread_95&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

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

	



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

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

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

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

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


	


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

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

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

})();




