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"remote_domain_name": ""}}, "forum": {"use_media": true, "name": "Jack and Jill Politics", "streaming_realtime": false, "url": "jackandjillpolitics", "allow_anon_post": false, "reactions_enabled": true, "reply_position": 1, "show_avatar": true, "allow_anon_votes": false, "disqus_auth_disabled": false}, "realtime_enabled": false, "request": {"username": "", "is_global_moderator": false, "sharing": {}, "sort": 4, "forum": "jackandjillpolitics", "is_initial_load": true, "is_authenticated": false, "timestamp": "2009-12-09_15:48:44", "remote_domain": "", "page": 1, "is_moderator": false, "display_username": "", "points": null, "subscribe_on_post": 2, "moderator_can_edit": false, "is_remote": false, "is_verified": false, "missing_perm": "login"}, "realtime_paused": false, "posts": {"2916864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what state do you live in D?<br><br>I want to make sure to cancel our your dangerous vote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:30:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "2916865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmm, wanna bet there is even more critical coverage of Palin by the press?  You mean Palin and her crew are physically threatening the press and the press is just going to stand by?  I don't think so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:30:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916823, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you get it, D, then do us all a favor and quit trying to defend the UNDEFENSIBLE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:29:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2922508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brown is bringing up Ayers and including blame towards Obama for negative campaigning (like he's not suppose to fight back against smears).  Maddow and Olberman are best bets since they're not afraid to talk about Troopergate, AIP, rape kits.  I'm going to email Maddow and K.O. who seem to have their finger on the blog pulse.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_15:39:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 2919729, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some trivia for today :<br><br>YOU WANNA KNOW WHO REALLY\"'PALS\" AROUND WITH TERRORIST....look no further that John McCain's NEO-CON campaign advisors.  McCain, like the rest of the Bush administration largely relied on and promoted Chalabi during the run-up to the war.  Charlie Black, a advisor/fundraiser to  McCain was even a lobbyist for Chalabi.  Earlier this year, Chalabi was suspected by  U.S.  government officials of aiding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps, who is suspected  of training and arming pro-Iranian troops to kill Iraqi and U.S. troops.<br><br>PNAC courted the unreliable and shady Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi in their long quset to overthow Saddam Hussein since 1998.  Many of PNAC's members were architects of the Iraq War and today its top members serve as advisors to John Mccain including Randy Schuenemann, Gary Schmitt, Michael Goldfarb.....and are coaching the inept Sarah Palin.<br><br>Anyway here is are  excerpts from a letter PNAC placed in the Weekly Standard on May 14, 2001 titled \"Liberate Iraq\"--- a little less that  2 years before the launch of the invasion of Iraq in which they are praising the shady Chalabi and even dismissing the suspicions U.S. governement officials have of Chalabi.<br><br>\"We don't know for sure how good a national leader Chalabi would be. An observant Muslim, he has the old patrician Arab ability to speak across perhaps the most important socio-religious dividing line -- between traditionalists and moderns. But we can't finally assess Chalabi's gravitas until the White House backs him on the battlefield, in Congress, and before Washington's foreign-affairs, defense, and intelligence bureaucracies.<br><br>Anyone who has met him knows that Chalabi has presence, but the critical factor for his leadership would be America's support. Once Chalabi was chosen by us, everyone else -- the Kurds, the Sunni and Shi'ite Arabs, the Turks, Iranians, Kuwaitis, and Saudis -- would view him in an entirely new light. It is astonishing that Byman, Pollack, and Rose, and those who echo their views in the U.S. government, favor trolling for new leadership among the many factions of the Iraqi opposition -- in effect, turning the principle of divide and conquer against us. Their assertion that Chalabi has been a feckless leader of the opposition is bizarre given the Clinton administration's unflagging efforts to undermine him. Ever since August 1996, when national security adviser Anthony Lake surreally declared Saddam Hussein's rout of the U.S.-supported INC to be irrelevant to America's position in the Middle East, besmirching Chalabi, who refused to go quietly, has been a logical necessity...<br><br>And Chalabi is unquestionably pro-American, in a deep, philosophical sense, which is rare among Middle Easterners, particularly expatriates. There appears to be little rancor in the man, which there certainly could be given the number of his people who died in the summer of 1996 owing to American tergiversation.<br><br>Anonymous U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers have repeatedly labeled Chalabi via the press as corrupt, suggesting that he cares more about personal profit than anything else. A banker in Jordan in the 1970s, Chalabi is rumored to have stolen millions from his Petra bank. The rumors are probably unfounded, the product of Chalabi's being on the losing side in Hashemite-Jordanian-Palestinian financial squabbles. He made enemies among influential Jordanians closely tied to Palestinian banking circles, which have a near monopoly over Jordan's commerce.<br><br>But even if the rumors are true, so what? Chalabi hasn't been trying for the last eight years to become the CEO of KPMG. He hasn't watched friends die because money is the center of his life. If Chalabi weren't rich, he couldn't devote so much time and money to the fight against Saddam Hussein. One would think that George Tenet's CIA, which has probably been at the root of most of the attacks on Chalabi, would know well that good, even noble, men can take money. In the Middle East, there are much deadlier sins than greed.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20010514.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20010514...</a><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>An article from Newsweek dated  May 15, 2008<br><br>You're Fired(Again): Is Iraqi double dealer Ahmad Chalabi gone for good? Don't bet on it.<br><br>Ahmed Chalabi, the one-time Pentagon favorite to lead a post-Saddam Iraq, has been removed from a top Iraqi government post over his continued contacts with suspected Iranian operatives, according to U.S. officials.\"<br><br>But three U.S. government officials told NEWSWEEK that Maliki's government recently forced Chalabi out of his new job over an issue that has long clouded his reputation--his murky ties to Iran, including leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country's internal security force. The Bush administration has accused the IRGC and its paramilitary spinoff, the Quds Force, of training and arming pro-Iranian renegade militias that are attacking U.S. and Iraqi troops. <br><br>A suave, University of Chicago-trained mathematician, Chalabi and his controversial exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, were major players in Washington during the run up to the Iraq War. Leading neoconservatives and some top Bush officials--mainly in the Pentagon and Vice President Dick Cheney's office--promoted Chalabi as a pro-Western democrat. Some supporters dubbed him \"the George Washington of Iraq.\" Chalabi, who for years had lived in exile in the West, claimed he could unite his country after the ouster of Saddam. But many top officials in the State Department and CIA deeply distrusted Chalabi. They regarded him as a duplicitious double-dealer who was feeding the U.S. government and media with phony intelligence about Saddam's weapons programs and ties to terrorism in order to build a case for war.<br><br>When weapons of mass destruction failed to materialize after the invasion, Chalabi's star faded. In the spring of 2004, the administration cut ties with him, in part because of persistent questions about his links to Tehran. The Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency asked the FBI to investigate allegations that Chalabi or one of his aides had leaked ultrasecret information to his Iranian contacts about how U.S. intelligence had cracked an Iranian intelligence code. The Iraqi police, assisted by the U.S. personnel, even raided Chalabi's Baghdad headquarters.  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/id/137230/page/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.newsweek.com/id/137230/page/1</a><br><br>We should all be afraid that the NEO-COn agenda will continue to destroy this country the same way Bush wrecked it the past 8 years. John McCain's entire campaign is composed of these wingnuts who engage in propaganda and align with shady characters like Chalabi.  They are DANGEROUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:32:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Applause! Preach it, Town!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:33:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2919334, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, I don't think it's okay. I've already said that.<br><br>You want to go to war over this, so be it. I'm in Norfolk. I'll see you there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917954, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2907697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ibeching:  Hey!  :&gt;)    Co-sign!!  And HE CAN SAY   -It's WORKING!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_02:10:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2907616, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm starting to think these are planted.  Nevertheless, when shouted at a rally of worked up supporters, it can be considered inciting violence.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:34:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2914870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Elizabeth:  Hey!   :&gt;)   Thanks!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_03:49:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2909926, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The McCain-Palin campaign wants to smear Barack Obama using people he knows or once knew.  Thing is, they can't tie the man down to anyone who had ANY real influence on Obama's work in politics.  John McCain doesn't have that deniablity at all.  The supposed anti-lobby candidate has lobbyists working for his campaign AND who have worked with him as a senator.  Oh, and there's the Charles Keating affair, too--and that only got him a few choice hearings with the Senate Ethics Committee.  <br><br>I've got no naive notions that Obama doesn't have big money interests supporting him. He wouldn't have gotten this far without them.   But have they corrupted his actions or his policies through political favors?  Not demonstrably.  John McCain can't say the same, and his 25+ year Senate record proves it.  The 'maverick' has been bought and paid for several times before, just like our current lame ducks.  We DON'T need more of the same!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:00:25", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town just accurately told you that \"If they ignore it, they are complicit.\"<br><br>Not only that, but by their silence, they are giving <I> tacit consent </I> for the attacks to CONTINUE.<br><br>I just posted where Obama has slung people under the bus for inflammatory remarks, and that includes his own Pastor (which I disagreed with and still do, but nonetheless, Obama has been consistent).  You have yet to post any examples where either McCain or Palin has done likewise.  If anything, they're still consorting with those SOBs, but they get to call out Obama on shyt?<br><br>PLEASE GIVE ME AN EFFIN' BREAK.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:33:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where are  your examples, D?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:26:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2918144, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "cool. i'm sending poll workers to Virginia and will focus my phone calls on that state. we don't agree. you're voting for a ticket that's willing to refer to a sitting U.S. Senator as a terrorist.<br><br>you're going to vote for TWO people who allow evil to persist in their very presence. You're not responding to the important differences mentioned by me and others between what happens at these rallies versus \"we've all said something equally inappropriate.\"<br><br>I was angry during the primary and said if clinton got Michigan and Florida votes as-is, Denver would burn. This caused some controversy, and I'm sure the Obama campaign did not sanction my comments. But you know what? I didn't say it in front of Barack Obama at one of his rallies. <br><br>You still don't get it, and you seem to think this is OK behavior. <br><br>You don't think it's important that McCain HEARD this and said nothing, that Palin CULTIVATES this hate, live? You have no idea what leadership is.<br><br>Virginia. I'm going to undo your vote. Thanks for the info.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:52:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "2920459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Watch the CNN video<br><br><b>CNN TruthSquad Verdict on McCain's Involvement in Keating Five Scandal: TRUTH</b><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOHD4gWv1g\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOHD4gWv1g</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_13:36:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916839, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes. They could have. I've acknowledged that.<br><br>But I'm not gonna hammer then-or imply complicity-if they choose to ignore it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:52:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917879, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2914888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karoli:  Hey!   :&gt;)      Co-sign!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_03:53:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2907949, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know this is a long article, put I found it to be very interesting and tells how people outside this country view the Rethugs VP candidate.  Apparently we aren't the only ones who can see through her bullshit:<br><br>In case you haven't read this one, I think it is one of the better reviews I've read on Sarah Palin's \"performance\" the other Thursday night.<br><br> <br><br>A British Perspective:   Flirting her way to victory<br><br>Sarah Palin's farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both<br>female candidates and US political discourse<br><br>  Michelle Goldberg,  Friday   October 3 2008 guardian.co.uk<br><br>At least three times last night, Sarah Palin, the adorable, preposterous<br>vice-presidential candidate, winked at the audience. Had a male candidate<br>with a similar reputation for attractive vapidity made such a brazen attempt<br>to flirt his way into the good graces of the voting public, it would have<br>universally noted, discussed and mocked. Palin, however, has single-handedly<br>so lowered the standards both for female candidates and American political<br>discourse that, with her newfound ability to speak in more-or-less full<br>sentences, she is now deemed to have performed acceptably last night.<br><br>By any normal standard, including the ones applied to male presidential<br>candidates of either party, she did not. Early on, she made the astonishing<br>announcement that she had no intentions of actually answering the queries<br>put to her. \"I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you<br>want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let<br>them know my track record also,\" she said.<br><br>And so she preceded, with an almost surreal disregard for the subjects she<br>was supposed to be discussing, to unleash fusillades of scripted attack<br>lines, platitudes, lies, gibberish and grating references to her own<br>pseudo-folksy authenticity.<br><br>It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as<br>such is that too many American pundits don't even try to judge the truth,<br>wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to<br>pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a<br>mythical mass of \"average Americans\" who they both venerate and despise.<br><br>In pronouncing upon a debate, they don't try and determine whether a<br>candidate's responses correspond to existing reality, or whether he or she<br>is capable of talking about subjects such as the deregulation of the<br>financial markets or the devolution of the war in Afghanistan. The criteria<br>are far more vaporous. In this case, it was whether Palin could avoid<br>utterly humiliating herself for 90 minutes, and whet her urbane commentators<br>would believe that she had connected to a public that they see as ignorant<br>and sentimental. For the Alaska governor, mission accomplished.<br><br>There is indeed something mesmerising about Palin, with her manic beaming<br>and fulsome confidence in her own charm. The force of her personality<br>managed to slightly obscure the insulting emptiness of her answers last<br>night. It's worth reading the transcript of the encounter, where it becomes<br>clearer how bizarre much of what she said was. Here, for example, is how she<br>responded to Biden's comments about how the middle class has been<br>short-changed during the Bush administration, and how McCain will continue<br>Bush's policies:<br><br>Say it ain't so, Joe, there you go again pointing backwards again. You<br>preferenced [sic] your whole comment with the Bush administration. Now<br>doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do<br><br>for them in the future. You mentioned education, and I'm glad you did. I<br>know education you are passionate about with your wife being a teacher for<br>30 years, and god bless her. Her reward is in heaven, right? .. My brother,<br>who I think is the best schoolteacher in the year, and here's a shout-out to<br>all those third graders at Gladys Wood Elementary School, you get extra<br>credit for watching the debate.<br><br>Evidently, Palin's pre-debate handlers judged her incapable of speaking on a<br>fairly wide range of subjects, and so instructed to her to simply disregard<br>questions that did not invite memorised talking points or cutesy<br>filibustering. They probably told her to play up her spunky average-ness,<br>which she did to the point of shtick - and dishonesty. Asked what her<br>achilles heel is - a question she either didn't understand or chose to<br>ignore - she started in on how McCain chose her because of her \"connection<br>to the heartland of America. Being a mom, one very concerned about a son in<br>the war, about a special needs child, about kids heading off to college, how<br>are we going to pay those tuition bills?\"<br><br>None of Palin's children, it should be noted, are heading off to college.<br>Her son is on the way to Iraq, and her pregnant 17-year-old daughter is<br>engaged to be married to a high-school dropout and self-described \"fuckin'<br>redneck\". Palin is a woman who can't even tell the truth about the most<br>quotidian and public details of her own life, never mind about matters of<br>major public import. In her only vice-presidential debate, she was shallow,<br>mendacious and phoney. What kind of maverick, after all, keeps harping on<br>what a maverick she is? That her performance was considered anything but a<br>farce doesn't show how high Palin has risen, but how low we all have sun k.<br><br>Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited 2008", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:52:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "151ed69d59543e36fc74c6a460a475a8", "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": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, it's all Obama's fault that Ayers committed these acts when he was 8 years old<br><br>So, it's all Obama's fault the the federal government DROPPED the charges against Bill Ayers when Obama was a teen in the late 70's<br><br>And how dare Obama force the University of Illinois at Chicago to hire Ayers where he eventually becomes a Distinguished professor in Education<br><br>And even though Ayers decided to devote his life to education, how dare Obama partner with him on education reform--an area where Ayers is respected and has been a leading advocate of.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:27:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All I know is if I'm assaulted in any way because I got an Obama sign in my yard, I'm blaming McCain/Palin, and ignorant supporters, like you, D.  Sorry, but the evil is when men remain silent and do nothing in the face of shyt like this.<br><br>You have a responsibility to call people out on their shyt, especially when it could lead to threats against one's life.  We didn't hesistate to burn Hillary when she tried that shyt, and I swear, it appears like McCain and Palin got on the phone to her and Bill and asked to be shown how to do the same damned thing.<br><br>Only an idiot would do the same thing and expect different results.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:36:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919150, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I still support the McCain/Palin ticket.<br><br>However, I recognize two things: <br><br>First, the fact that something like that said is completely inappropriate. Statements like that have no room not just in politics, but anywhere.<br><br>But, second, that you can't control your supporters. God knows enough ill will has been wished on the GOP ticket-and all the candidates during the primaries. Two wrongs, of course, don't make a right...but if you sent a reporter into DU or Kos, you'd find just as vile things being said.<br><br>You can't selectively bitch. If you're gonna call someone out, call <b>everyone</b> out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_08:55:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 51, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, please give us examples of the ill will directed toward the McCain/Palin ticket directly from the Obama ticket---because seriously, I missed those.<br><br>To be honest, Obama and Biden praise McCain too much to me---especially regarding his time as a POW.  <br><br>Daily Kos is NOT, I repeat, NOT  a representative  of the Obama campaign.  Palin, the VP nominee actually said Obama was \"palling around with terrorist\" and stood silent while someone shouted \"kill him.\"  And McCain agreed with his supporters calling Obama a \"terrorist\" just like he laughed while a supporter called Hillary Clintion a \"bitch.\"  These were pure hate-inducing pep rallies incited by the REthug's candidates and it is low, disgusting, and unacceptable.<br><br>To stand by and accept this kind of behavior in public of your fellow Senate colleague in public is dishonorable---PERIOD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:19:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn, he lives in MY STATE?<br><br>EFF that, I'll take care fools like him.  Starting Saturday.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:38:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918041, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that is funny as hell", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_08:56:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2907616, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Drew Griffin is a right wing operative working in the MSM.   He is one of many....Fourier, Hasselbeck, Issakof....lots of others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:39:12", "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": 2916839, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If someone yelled the same about McCain at an Obama rally I would bet money Obama would stop the speech and say there is never a reason to wish death on someone or to make an unfounded claim that they are a terrorist.  I do not think it is something he would condone from his supporters.  I would expect the same from the McCain ticket.   It is a dangerous mindset to support and promote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:21:53", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D, <br><br>You're full of sh%t, D!  If you can't speak out against  their silence on violence, then you condone it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:30:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2917958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2914961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Clinton did the same thing with that nonsense about 'something happening in June' and that was way past the time her campaign was over, so McLame can't even be original.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_04:14:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Virginia, Jack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:58:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b084885420a1b324c72d4ec84afd350", "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": 2916864, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2922659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love the Brits ability to cut thru the cutesy crap.  Spot on. They have more credibility than most of the U.S. respectable news organizations.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_15:47:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917963, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/07/cnn-obamas-lying-about-william-ayers/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN: Obama\u2019s lying about William Ayers</a>. Finally makes it to CNN! Maybe MSM will now stop covering for Obama...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:19:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was shouted at a Palin rally, D.<br><br>Give up defending the UNDEFENSIBLE,  it just further erodes your credibility already.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:40:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Karmi - we don't care.  Nothing you say will make a difference. McCain/Palin are racist pigs who are pushing riots all over the country.  I tell you this -- if anything happens to one of ours -- it would be ALL OVER.  Take that anyway you want.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:59:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Will you stop. Obama isn't lying about Ayers. Why don't you say anything about Palin being married to man who BELONGED TO A SECESSIONIST GROUP FOR SEVEN YEARS?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:59:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b084885420a1b324c72d4ec84afd350", "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": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was too mad to post logically on this, so thank you. <br><br>Evil mofos, all of them.<br><br>We knew who they were. This is no surprise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_08:56:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They're not going to do it, because racist whackjobs can vote too.<br>And McCain/Palin want those votes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:40:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917879, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2926260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is Keith O's lead story.  In addition to his disgust he reports the Secret Service is investigating the \"kill him\" situation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_20:09:40", "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}, "2917057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, Jack!   Tell it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:46:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2922443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly.  <br><br>He was mediocre at the Naval Academy, graduating at the very bottom of his class..... <br><br>He left his first wife, who waited for him during his imprisonment for a fresh piece of rich ass......<br> <br>He was bought and pimped by Charles Keating during the early years of his political career and was given a slight rebuke for his political favors in a scandal that cost taxpayers billions and in which Keating was imprisoned...<br><br>He is reported to have  a  legendary bad temperament while on Capitol Hill....<br>His pill-popping wife knowlingly obtained prescription  drugs in the names of others through her charity and the McCains accused the whistleblower of exhortion and maligned his name, when Cindy should have been heading to jail....<br><br>and during the economic bailout crisis he shows his ineptitude by running  around like a chicken with its head cut off, not knowing if the economy is \"sound\" or not...<br><br>...and now wants to unleash attacks because the economy is the issue out in the front, his poll numbers are falling,  and he doesn't have the slightest clue on what to do.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_15:35:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2921974, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Country Last said nothing when that woman, during the Primaries, called Hillpatine a BITCH. <br><br>He said nothing last night as someone called Obama a TERRORIST.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:00:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b084885420a1b324c72d4ec84afd350", "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": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D - bullshit.  Tell me you couldn't see the black man swinging from a tree?  What do you tell your kids?  <br><br>Explain a supporter telling a black media person to \"Sit down BOY\"!.<br><br>What is that. Tell it to your kids.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:01:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>You can't stop people from being stupid. I've said before that if the candidates stopped to account for every inappropriate statement this campaign season, we'd get nowhere.</i><br><br>Good point, but there's a difference between a supporter wishing an opponent ill will on a message board or a TV/Radio program unbeknownst to you (the candidate), and someone actually saying it within your earshot at your rally.  McCain and Palin could have both shut that kind of talk down as soon as it hit their ears, but they let it go.  There's not much of a leap for more of their unhinged supporters to interpret that silence as assent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:01:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bless The Brits for telling the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:01:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b084885420a1b324c72d4ec84afd350", "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": 2917963, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are so wrong on almost everything you say....yet you keep regaling us with that wrongness.   No effort is made to be rational or logical.     There is broad, expansive nothingness.   There are cliches, platitudes, non-sequitors - logical fallacies galore.<br><br>Give it a rest, troll.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:44:44", "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": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So what to do, Jack? <br><br>Vote for Obama because of some idiot shooting off his mouth? Compromise what I believe for a statement from someone who speaks neither for myself, Palin, or McCain?<br><br>No. Fuck that. Go intimidate someone else. I will NOT compromise myself, my beliefs, or my family because someone decides to display their ignorant view of the world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:11:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918855, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen Jack!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:53:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3470045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are media reporters supporting Obama whole-heartedly? As Jonah Goldberg of the National Review Online put it, \u201cmost of the reporters covering these campaigns want to be rewarded with White House correspondent jobs.\u201d So, in broad statement, they want to secure an easier access to who they feel will be America\u2019s next president. On the other hand, John Harris and Jim VandeHei of Politico have a slightly different view. They report that a study conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 6 out of every 10 John McCain stories were negative in slant. For Obama, however, he has more than twice as many positive stories published. VandeHei directs the focus on members of the GOP playing the blame game in the desperate moments as McCain\u2019s campaign begins to decline. \u201cThere\u2019s always pile-on at the end of the campaign,\u201d he says. In this case, however, it is the policies and campaign strategies that have caused McCain\u2019s difficulties. To sum it up, journalists love the frontrunner and strive to keep a momentum. It\u2019s the kind of momentum quick cash loans can give your budget when you need it. While it\u2019s only temporary, it sure is a great feeling.<br><br>Post Courtesy of Personal Money Store<br>Professional Blogging Team<br>Feed Back:  1-866-641-3406<br>Home: <a href=\"http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans....</a><br>Blog: <a href=\"http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-04_05:27:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "paydayloanadvocate", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2909926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read the article in the NYT and it burns for a number of reasons. One, Obama did a lot of reform work in Chicago and was bound to bump into Bill Ayers because he also had been working for school reform for ages. Two, Bill Ayers is not a terrorist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_03:34:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "b625a3160fda2ac67744680d85df2ec3", "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}, "2919150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If they ignore it, they are complicit.<br><br>McCain / Palin and their operatives are stoking hate across the country and somebody is going to get hurt.<br><br>Obama himself may not get hurt.  It could be me.  I'm scared to put an Obama sign in my front yard because my next door neighbor and his buddies started screaming about NOBAMA etc. and they didn't start doing this until our black asses showed up in the yard.  I'm afraid there's going to be some violence towards our personal property especially since out of a neighborhood of 700+ houses, I have only seen ONE \"Obama Biden\" sign but a plethora of \"McCain Palin\" and \"Eric Cantor\" signs.<br><br>And it could be YOU.  The racists that McCain and Palin are firing up don't give a damn that you're a Republican.  They just know you are black and therefore YOU are the enemy.  If Obama wins next month, I'm fearful of the time period between Nov. 5 and Jan. 20, because these racists have been fired up and they need to release that hate, and they're going to release that hate on BLACK people, while McCain scoots back to Arizona and Palin skips back to Alaska and BOTH up them will throw their hands up in the air and say \"It wasn't me, I can't stop them, I have no control, etc.\"<br><br>Bullshit.  McCain and Palin MUST stop stoking up racial fires and they MUST be called out for it.  Obama and Biden are NOT stoking up racial fires, so they don't need to be called out for anything.  If non-whites are harmed by angry whites melting down because Obama wins, it needs to be laid directly at the feet of John McCain and Sarah Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:13:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2920175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "IF they're planted then that makes it even worse. It means the criminal are speaking to the nation through their surrogates.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_13:17:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919474, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They could be talking about your kids D.  What prevents this from happening to your kids?  That is okay I am sure others like you would make the decision \"not to hammer them\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:03:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OUCH! That's going to leave a mark.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:29:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916688, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2925310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think I'm crazy so it must be her...Cindy McCain's comments on Obama's campaign:<br><br>Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight's debate and let America know where he truly stands.<br><br>McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt today, <b> said the presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has \"waged the dirtiest campaign in American history,\" </b>and her husband Sen. John McCain will use tonight's debate to correct the distortions.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/cindy-mccain-obamas-waged_n_132751.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/cindy-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_18:52:31", "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}, "2918144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But  they could have/ should have  OBJECTED.  They should have denouced that  comment,  saying that was  not necessary.  If they  stand there and not address it, they  ARE condoning.  And you know that when a sheriff yells out \"Barack Hussein Obama\" before Palin addresses the crowd, that is only to ramp up anti-Muslim sentiment ---to charge that Obama is here to destroy this country..<br><br>  And let's be real---that is the ultimate goal of this attack mode---incite hate in those who are prejudiced against a man whose middle name is Hussein.  They hope that throwing out the label terrorist will stick because of the  name he was given at birth from his white mother and Kenyan father.<br><br>McCain fucking knows better---Obama walks the halls of the Senate just like he does.  The State department has the access to Obama's travel throughout his life---his history can be traced.  For God's sake, this man is a public servant just like any other person on Capitol Hill.  There is no fucking need to insinuate that he is a terrorist.<br><br>I am still waiting on examples of Obama's ill will toward the McCain/Palin ticket---because you may disagee with Obama ideologically---, but he is a much more honorable man than McCain wished he was---even after  McCain mocked him as a celebrity, questioned his support of troops, and ridiculed him with a barrage of negative ads.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:04:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as<br>such is that too many American pundits don't even try to judge the truth,<br>wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to<br>pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a<br>mythical mass of \"average Americans\" who they both venerate and despise.</i><br><br>As the Brits say, too right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:04:49", "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": 2917963, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you get this, then how in the hell can you cast your vote for a ticket that will do nothing than further Eff up the country and have no qualifications to do otherwise?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:43:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sadly I would have to agree with you Jack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:05:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2920208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sure they will.<br><br>Their corporate masters will demand nothing less.<br><br>We are turning into a totalitarian state right before our eyes.<br><br>What do you think the bailout was about?<br><br>A police state is on its way.<br><br>We are on the precipice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_13:19:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Leave it to the Brits to cut through the blather and get to the point.<br><br>What I liked about them is that they aren't into \"CUTE\".  They are into substance.<br><br>And that's why America gets mocked on a global level - we're too busy looking at how \"CUTE\" Sarah Palin is, while ignoring that she's a first class, trailer-park bigot who McCain put on the ticket to be one heartbeat away from the Nuclear button and is expected to deal with global issues on a high level with people who will not have time for her bullshyt.<br><br>I also like how that article pointed out that for all her \"Success\" as a mother, none of her college=age kids are heading off to college - Track went into the military to avoid jail and Bristol's being forced to marry her \"effing\" redneck lover who likes to shoot shyt.<br><br>Nice....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:15:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917963, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OUCH, Jack!  But good breaking open the can of whoop-ass!<br><br>GAME OVER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:48:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "well brotha D now I AM CALLING YOU OUT!<br><br>How dare you propose some moral equivalence to a random diary among thousands on a website among thousands  TO SOMEONE CALLING YOUR OPPONENT A TERRORIST IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE!!<br><br>WTF is going on with you to even attempt to defend this. You think I'm selectively bitching? Really? do you REALLY actually believe this or can you not discern the difference between a blogger and someone screaming out in a physical mob when you are present?<br><br>That's why I brought up the Obama rallies, because he calls for calm when his crowds get heated, AND NO ONE HAS EVER DEMANDED THE MURDER of his opponent in front of Obama's face.<br><br>I know you don't control your supporters, not directly, but you do control your reaction to hatemongering. <br><br>Why would you, who pretend to be intelligent and reasonable, defend this? You're upsetting the hell out of me.<br><br>McCain and Palin are calling Obama a terrorist. And so are you.<br><br>So go ahead and vote for the fearmongers and violence peddlers. But if something happens to Obama, I'm blaming you, and I'm dead serious. You make no sense right now, and you're either blinded by unreasonable loyalty or cognitively unable to process the very important distinction here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:13:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "2922790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who was it that brought down Malcolm and Martin as well as the Panthers.  There are and will always be insiders, pawns, if you will to infiltrate brothas trying to do good.  These pawns are used to throw the chaos into any type of attempt to organize.  If you will notice that Barack generally surrounds himself with brothas to protect his person and Guaruntee they were checked and double checked ten times over.  The chaos theory has worked time and time again so this D. character is just another pawn to distract and detract.  Any black man willing to go down as a supporter of the very ideals that would see him in chains if they had it their way and if that black man believes his master would have him at the same table for a meal is sad, sad, sad.  So you pawns of the world willing to sell your history and the memories of countless brave  for Black Americans who gave their live so HE can support the likes of John McCain and Sarah Palin, more power to you but We need to remember to aim up not down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_15:57:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "21cae87bfb624ed346a1ba855bb2bd8c", "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}, "2918185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The video is what it is. The facts are still the same. William Ayers political acts occurred when Obam was 8 years old. The two didn't become acquainted until 1995 or so and almost all of their dealings were related to seeking education reform in Chicago.  I fail to see the connection. So what if he knows him, and so what if 30+ years later when Mr. Ayers is seemingly trying to do something good with his life, that Sen. Obama happens to know him.  God forbid you, or anyone you know, ever does ANYTHING wrong and later try to live your life better. I wonder if some of your high school classmates considered you a less than noble person and have decided that the rest of your life, no matter what you decide to do with it, is tainted by the fact that you may have had a misstep. No doubt you consider yourself a Christian as well?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5953c9b2f4ebad1b948f3517eba0acdb", "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": 2916839, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I tell you this -- if anything happens to one of ours -- it would be ALL OVER. Take that anyway you want.<br><br>Bam!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2918059, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2907949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of everything I've seen in this campaign so far, today's events were the most depressing.  Really horrible to see him just pass it on by without even stopping to set things straight. This is how craven the man is, how hungry he is for power.  And it's disgusting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_02:58:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karoli", "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}, "2921437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D, if you can't call out bigotry when you see it, you're more delusional that I gave you credit for.<br><br>This is RACISM.  This is BIGOTRY.  McCain/Palin have NOTHING except to incite fear, through bigotry and racism.  Do you honestly think they will be concerned about your black ass on an equal level?<br><br>For weeks, you have impressed most of us on this board with your ability to discuss the issues and not engage in attacks as your boy Karmi does.  You usually bring logic and a dissenting view to the discussion.  <br><br>But with your blind allegience to McCain/Palin, even to the point where their campaign is doing it's best to incite assassination attempts and death threats on a sitting U. S. Senator who is one of McCain's colleagues, you have, with your post, managed to destroy any credibility you once had on this board.<br><br>You are comparing apples and oranges on \"sending someone into DU or KOS and finding just as vile things being said.\"  The point is, they may very well be, but they always get called out for being loony by the rest of the crowd.  They get silenced by their own.  Which is not happening with the McCain rallies; in fact, their silence gives tacit consent to the rioting.<br><br>Whenever Ludacris or any other person has said something to inflame, Obama has been quick to refute it.  Even to the point of severing ties with those individuals, so if you want to say \"call everyone out\" Obama has done so, but McCain has NOT.<br><br>In fact, he's been exceptionally slow on the trigger, and has yet to rebuke his supporters for their shyt.<br><br>Your argument is wasted, sir, and your credibility just went to hell in a handbasket.<br><br>GAME OVER for you, too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:27:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602935.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Here's the Dana Milbank article that AgentX referred to.   A sound man was called a \"racial epithet\" at a Palin rally, and reporters were screamed at by the crowd.   Reporters were also prevented from mingling with or questioning the crowd...though I'm not sure if that happened at this same rally.<br><br>I think everyone should email the MSM and demand that this be reported on.   I've sent it to Anderson, and Campbell and Larry King..     I would also be interested to know if there was an increase in violence, hate crimes, intimidation toward minorities in city immediately after the rally.<br><br>This is one of the reasons I so despise Hillary.   She also incited violence at the end of her campaign with her incendiary comments.    That is certainly one thing she and Palin...and the McCain campaign have in common.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:51:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He did many times when people shouted vile things about Hillary.<br><br>Obama is one cool man. Steady as he goes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918400, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2920264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D. is certifiable.<br><br>He must have some PTSD. Did he fight in combat or does he just talk about it?<br><br>He's a militarist.<br><br>He's an android.<br><br>He's not real.<br><br>I fear for he mental health of his newborn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_13:22:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919389, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i won't nest this conversation any further because it's just unreadable at that point. you do what makes you feel right. i think you're missing the point, which is not about \"some idiot shooting off\" but about the environment created and cultivated by your chosen leaders.<br><br>i'm focusing on their reaction, or lack thereof, to \"some idiot shooting off at the mouth.\"<br><br>apparently, you and i demand different things from our leaders. i want someone to actually lead. you don't think this entire country is full of idiots shooting off at the mouth? of course it is. a leader recognizes it and seeks to minimize such negativity.<br><br>mccain and palin thrive off of it.<br><br>d, mccain and palin are painting obama as a terrorist and monster. these ARE their values. they are already compromised. <br><br>you and i have very different values. because i'm willing to demand more from a leader than you are. you think i'm trying to intimidate you. i'm not. i'm just calling things plainly as i see them. <br><br>vote for fear. vote for hate. vote for ignorance. i'll find two more virginians to cancel your vote out. campaign for fear. campaign for hate. campaign for ignorance. i'll work twice as hard. <br><br>you are supporting evil.<br><br>i am supporting good.<br><br>let's see how it plays out. if you're intimidated, that's on you. <br><br>i'm just planning to win.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "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": 2918855, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "2921292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think they will ignore her like they provide cover for McCain - unless she pulls that shyt on Anderson Cooper, or someone like Mike Wallace - in other words, someone who wouldn't give a damn if they got fired for accurate media coverage, or one who knows their employer's ratings go in the toilet if they leave (i. e. Olbermann and Rachel Maddow).<br><br>Start asking if they want to be associated with covering up Palin's racial aspect to the camapaign and see what happens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:18:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLady  - I am just saying they better not touch one hair on the Obama's head.<br><br>Not one. I am just saying.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:09:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2907528, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>This simple-minded, overwhelmed, frightened, delusional nitwit thinks she\u2019s doing \u201cbig things\u201d by going on \u201cthe attack.\u201d She presumes to challenge Obama at his level as if she had earned her position rather than having been selected by an old white man for the job. She is filled with pride and self-adoration. She is a fool.</i><br><br>Oh Jack, testify.<br><br>This is why I luv u.<br><br>Preach.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:16:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2923368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed... the journalists on the ground matter. The honeymoon with the press ended a long time ago. Let's hope the response from the media is rapid and commensurate to the attacks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_16:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>if McCain heard the statement, yes, he could have said something.</i><br><br>During the primary season, McCain was asked by a woman supporter, directly, TO HIS FACE, \"What can we do to BEAT THE BITCH?\"<br><br>Up close and personal, D.<br><br>Just to show I'm not bullshytting you, here's the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Nt5ADY7ug\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Nt5ADY7ug</a><br><br>You can clearly see the woman in McCain's face when she asks the question.<br><br>And FYI, I live in Virginia, too, and I KNOW McCain is losing here.  His signs can't even stay posted in the yards of stupid individuals who are trying to post them there, and the bumper stickers are being ripped off bumpers.<br><br>In fact, where I live in Alexandria, there's only one McCain/Palin sign for ten Obama/Biden signs in people's yards, and I'm talking affluent areas like McLean and Fairfax.<br><br>Blow it out of your ass, D.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:54:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2920305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As always, Town, you speak truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_13:25:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919334, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These comments speak as much to the problem as the article. ALL of the press need to eliminate the battle language in their reporting of daily political events. We as a country need to reject candidates who use combative language to sway voters instead of speaking and acting to the truths and principles upon which this country was founded. As the \"great melting pot\" we need to be about earasing differences, not drawing lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c027f800ba01ba75d29d7b578a2f36b", "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}, "2916727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D,<br><br>Hillary Clinton said she was staying in the race \"because we all know what happened in June '68.\"<br><br>Sarah Palin sat there and did nothing while somebody said \"Kill Him!\"  Whether they meant Obama or Ayers really doesn't matter, because advocating that somebody be killed is not cool.<br><br>John McCain sat back and did nothing while somebody called Obama a terrorist.  He even egged it on by claiming not to know who Obama is.<br><br>To my knowledge neither Barack Obama nor Joe Biden have claimed to stay in the race in case of assassination, or sat back while supporters openly wished death on the opponent.<br><br>Barack's side doesn't need to be \"called out.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:19:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As long as I'm registered here in Virginia, consider his vote UNDONE, Jack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:55:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917954, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course you won't. And that speaks volumes. History is filled with people who stand silently by and \"ignore\" wrongdoing. There's a name for it. \"Genovese Syndrome.\" Ask Kitty Genovese how she feels about \"choosing to ignore it\".  Oh, never mind, she didn't make it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:12:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "5953c9b2f4ebad1b948f3517eba0acdb", "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": 2917958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No wonder you're clueless, D.  Northern Virginia is turning this damn state blue.<br><br>It's purple right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:55:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918440, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's silly season, Jack. The fools are out everywhere.<br><br>I'm not defending this; I said it was inappropriate. I'm with you there.<br><br>McCain stopped responding to stuff like this-far as I can tell-after the lady called Clinton a bitch. Now, if McCain heard the statement, yes, he could have said something.<br><br>I'm standing by what I said. There's ignorant people everywhere; and I know you know that. We're not in disagreement here. But if you're going to call out one person for their stupidity, why not shine the light on everyone. Hell, in one way, shape, or form, we've probably all said something equally inappropriate. I know I have.<br><br>You wanna go to war over this, fine; I'm in VA. McCain may not win here anyway. There's more important stuff in our world to deal with than one person's ignorance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:00:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2907528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "baratunde:  There are LAWS against <b>HATE SPEECH!!</b>   I know that ATTORNEY OBAMA knows them!!<br><br>They betta WATCH OUT!!<br><br>I'm just sayin' . . . . . <br><br><br>Annnnnd, I'm HOPIN' that some MSM people are \"snooping\" over here for this Thread!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_01:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A vote for a bigoted ticket like McCain/Palin has already compromised you, D.<br><br>I'm through...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:56:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919127, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So your sourcesare Hot Air and Stanley Kurwitz?  Call  me unconvinced.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain has no honor and he's desperate.<br>What will he do next?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:23:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "God lord Pray for Obama", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:03:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "61fb8d0e0b0005e1110f627ff4aa2da5", "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}, "2918819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "David Freddoso and Jerome Corsi are Drew Griffin's sources.  <br><br>I'm breaking my moratorium on the following two words: <br><br><B>EPIC FAIL!</B>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:48:55", "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": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When you vote for McCain and Palin, you are voting for two thugs who have no vision for this country, no plans as to how to progress the nation, and who don't give a damn about any citizens that don't fit their model of \"Country First.\"<br><br>No one is saying you need to vote for Obama so there won't be race riots.  If McCain and Palin (and H. Clinton before that) hadn't stoked up racial fires, animosity and resentment, there would be no need to even think that you \"had\" to vote for Obama so there wouldn't be race riots.<br><br>McCain and Palin are trudging ahead on a very dangerous course, at their own peril and at the peril of the nation.  They are openly stoking up and courting the \"Niggas is a scary thang\" voting bloc and openly saying the racist (aka \"real Americans\" aka Joe Six Pack aka \"Country First\") vote will put them over the top.<br><br>Moderates and independents don't want to be part of that.  It's repulsive.  McCain and Palin can keep on down this road, but more and more moderates/independents who would have been open to McCain will turn away b/c they don't want to be associated with that.<br><br>It damages your personal reputation.  Bill and Hillary Clinton will NEVER again enjoy the support they once had.  They may recover 75% of it but there's a large chunk of people who will never vote for them again because of the racial games and openly wondering about assassination that they did.<br><br>When you fire up all that racial and xenophobic energy, it's got to go somewhere and while it most likely won't affect Obama or his family, it will be taken out on an innocent black person.  Hope you or your wife aren't one of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:25:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2919127, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jack,<br><br>D. showed his  ass a long time ago. But because he's such a gentleman, most readers here at JJP have given him pass after pass after pass.<br><br>This isn't about ideological differences anymore. It's about right and wrong.<br><br>He (and all the trolls) promote wrong.<br><br>The criminals are promoting an atmosphere of violence. They don't fucking care what happens to Barack and his family so long as they ascend to the highest halls of power. They don't give a fuck about anything except their own blind ambition and they will incite violence in order to achieve their goals.<br><br>These people are pure evil.<br><br>Anyone who supports them is pure evil.<br><br>All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<br><br>Where have all the good people gone?<br><br>John McCain and Sarah Palin comprise the most <i>dangerous</i> ticket US in history.<br><br>There is no way I will knowingly have <i>any</i> relationship with anyone who votes for evil.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:03:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916644, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't even bother to follow his links. He so conviently has such a unique avatar that it allows my brain to think \"Bullsh*t\" when I see it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:32:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918059, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if you VOTE for this ticket, then you VOTE for this incident and the ticket's attitude toward inciting violence and hatred. your typing here has a lot less meaning than your vote", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:51:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "baratunde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918440, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": true, "is_realtime": false}, "2982857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you know wats funny...Mccain put himself in a bubble...he started this using PAlin..now his Mob wats to kill Obama and calls him a terrorist and all that and Mccain. Mccain must be saying to himself  OH SH**...cause he cant go and accuse Obama of it...and he doesnt want to upset his supporters...GOSH! i just cant wait until the 3rd debate!...<br>and i dont know wah kinda brave man he calls himself wen his ass went to the second debate and aint say nothing... lol.. this is some hot pickles!...and u know what all round...McCain will lose... thanks to Palin and himself...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-10_12:36:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "62dea281d137116fe4d7216e1ac0d6d4", "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}, "2917879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So neither McCain or Palin could tell that person in the crowd, \"I know you're enthusiastic about our ticket, but wanting to kill somebody is not cool and won't be tolerated?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:47:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Over Two Dozen Lies Refuted About Ayers And Obama</b><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/5/232041/389/172/621233\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/5/232041/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:23:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Suprk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916721, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "At that same rally, this happened. <br><b>Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her \"less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media.\" At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, \"Sit down, boy.\" </b><br>Palin's base includes secessionists and hardened racists. That's why she only campaigns in deep red districts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:27:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "7f0089772a6dd1352e66ce9eb26173f1", "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}, "2918875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/obama-hatred-on-display-a_n_132572.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/obama-...</a><br><br>At TODAY'S rally, Palin lied on Obama's support for the troops, and a supporter screamed TREASON!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:52:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2919389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh My God,<br><br>But you are compromising yourself, your beliefs, and your family & you don't even realize it! <br><br>It's not about what the @ssholes said during the rally, D. It's About What The Leaders Didn't Say! McCain/Palin remained silent while their supporters  called another <br>sitting Senator a terrorist!  McCain/Palin remained silent against violence being used against another human!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_12:29:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2919127, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2907616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "&gt;Obama, despite McCain\u2019s repeated claims, understands what a surge is, because he\u2019s pulling one off right now.<br><br>..classic", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_01:56:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ibeching", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Watch the CNN video...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 2916758, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2917799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "THIS didn't come from the McCain/Palin ticket! This was some asshole in a crowd.<br><br>You can't stop people from being stupid. I've said before that if the candidates stopped to account for every inappropriate statement this campaign season, we'd get nowhere. <br><br>I'm not condoning this. You all think I'm so far gone that common sense doesn't apply. I'm not; I get it; it's fucked up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_10:42:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2917490, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McFalin is trying to stoke up anger towards Obama so that when he wins next month, he will be dogged with angry people thinking he \"stole\" the election.  That's all this is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:55:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918875, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain has always been about personal ambition ... it's never been about the country. Think about it ... if McCain didn't have the father, grandfather and POW experience he had ... would he be even close to this position?<br><br>If we go by McCain's demerits ... I'd say, no.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_15:04:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2907949, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You have got to be kidding.<br>You may not like Obama, and you may think that McCain would be a better prez (which I think makes you a little scary, but hey), but you cannot deny that Obama does not allow his supporters to say hateful things about his opponents in his presence. The fact that McLame/Failin are silent...well, silence is a form of acceptance. Edmund Burke said all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. If hiss ticket is as honorable as they claim, and as you should want them to be, considering he has your vote for POTUS, he should do something!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:30:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "f23935caa0525dde7e9cafb60a53b82b", "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": 2916458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2916857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Daily Kos...bwaahaaahahaaaaahahaaa!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_09:30:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2916770, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2918394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"You can't selectively bitch. If you're gonna call someone out, call everyone out.<br><br><br>What did you mean by this statement, D?<br><br> You were implying  the Obama Campaign was engaging in tactics equal to the McCain Campaign and that is a blatant lie!  You did say \"call everyone out\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_11:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b4edfeff97a04858d7247b03c0d0fd8", "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": 2917799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2921469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I bet Karmi believes Obama controls the space-time continuum, too.<br><br>Too bad Obama couldn't go back in time to stop McCain from taking all those trips with Charles Keating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-07_14:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2918479, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "5457952", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 5119383593109987060}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 107, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 5457952, "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.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si' +
		'&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/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/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='	+ 'when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si'
			+ '&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/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/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">107</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/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/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/">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:5457952" 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/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/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:5457952" 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:5457952" 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'				: 'when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si',
			// 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/when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si/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='	+ 'when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si'
			+ '&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='	+ 'when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si'
			+ '&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='		+ 'when_their_supporters_call_obama_a_terrorist_and_demand_his_assassination_mccain_and_palin_remain_si'
				+ '&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/5457952/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) {
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Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2917963">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2917963" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917963">evelyn</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2917963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917963" class="dsq-comment-message">I know this is a long article, put I found it to be very interesting and tells how people outside this country view the Rethugs VP candidate.  Apparently we aren\'t the only ones who can see through her bullshit:<br><br>In case you haven\'t read this one, I think it is one of the better reviews I\'ve read on Sarah Palin\'s "performance" the other Thursday night.<br><br> <br><br>A British Perspective:   Flirting her way to victory<br><br>Sarah Palin\'s farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both<br>female candidates and US political discourse<br><br>  Michelle Goldberg,  Friday   October 3 2008 guardian.co.uk<br><br>At least three times last night, Sarah Palin, the adorable, preposterous<br>vice-presidential candidate, winked at the audience. Had a male candidate<br>with a similar reputation for attractive vapidity made such a brazen attempt<br>to flirt his way into the good graces of the voting public, it would have<br>universally noted, discussed and mocked. Palin, however, has single-handedly<br>so lowered the standards both for female candidates and American political<br>discourse that, with her newfound ability to speak in more-or-less full<br>sentences, she is now deemed to have performed acceptably last night.<br><br>By any normal standard, including the ones applied to male presidential<br>candidates of either party, she did not. Early on, she made the astonishing<br>announcement that she had no intentions of actually answering the queries<br>put to her. "I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you<br>want to hear, but I\'m going to talk straight to the American people and let<br>them know my track record also," she said.<br><br>And so she preceded, with an almost surreal disregard for the subjects she<br>was supposed to be discussing, to unleash fusillades of scripted attack<br>lines, platitudes, lies, gibberish and grating references to her own<br>pseudo-folksy authenticity.<br><br>It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as<br>such is that too many American pundits don\'t even try to judge the truth,<br>wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to<br>pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a<br>mythical mass of "average Americans" who they both venerate and despise.<br><br>In pronouncing upon a debate, they don\'t try and determine whether a<br>candidate\'s responses correspond to existing reality, or whether he or she<br>is capable of talking about subjects such as the deregulation of the<br>financial markets or the devolution of the war in Afghanistan. The criteria<br>are far more vaporous. In this case, it was whether Palin could avoid<br>utterly humiliating herself for 90 minutes, and whet her urbane commentators<br>would believe that she had connected to a public that they see as ignorant<br>and sentimental. For the Alaska governor, mission accomplished.<br><br>There is indeed something mesmerising about Palin, with her manic beaming<br>and fulsome confidence in her own charm. The force of her personality<br>managed to slightly obscure the insulting emptiness of her answers last<br>night. It\'s worth reading the transcript of the encounter, where it becomes<br>clearer how bizarre much of what she said was. Here, for example, is how she<br>responded to Biden\'s comments about how the middle class has been<br>short-changed during the Bush administration, and how McCain will continue<br>Bush\'s policies:<br><br>Say it ain\'t so, Joe, there you go again pointing backwards again. You<br>preferenced [sic] your whole comment with the Bush administration. Now<br>doggone it, let\'s look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do<br><br>for them in the future. You mentioned education, and I\'m glad you did. I<br>know education you are passionate about with your wife being a teacher for<br>30 years, and god bless her. Her reward is in heaven, right? .. My brother,<br>who I think is the best schoolteacher in the year, and here\'s a shout-out to<br>all those third graders at Gladys Wood Elementary School, you get extra<br>credit for watching the debate.<br><br>Evidently, Palin\'s pre-debate handlers judged her incapable of speaking on a<br>fairly wide range of subjects, and so instructed to her to simply disregard<br>questions that did not invite memorised talking points or cutesy<br>filibustering. They probably told her to play up her spunky average-ness,<br>which she did to the point of shtick - and dishonesty. Asked what her<br>achilles heel is - a question she either didn\'t understand or chose to<br>ignore - she started in on how McCain chose her because of her "connection<br>to the heartland of America. Being a mom, one very concerned about a son in<br>the war, about a special needs child, about kids heading off to college, how<br>are we going to pay those tuition bills?"<br><br>None of Palin\'s children, it should be noted, are heading off to college.<br>Her son is on the way to Iraq, and her pregnant 17-year-old daughter is<br>engaged to be married to a high-school dropout and self-described "fuckin\'<br>redneck". Palin is a woman who can\'t even tell the truth about the most<br>quotidian and public details of her own life, never mind about matters of<br>major public import. In her only vice-presidential debate, she was shallow,<br>mendacious and phoney. What kind of maverick, after all, keeps harping on<br>what a maverick she is? That her performance was considered anything but a<br>farce doesn\'t show how high Palin has risen, but how low we all have sun k.<br><br>Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited 2008</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2921246">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921246" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921246" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921246" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921246" class="dsq-comment-message">Leave it to the Brits to cut through the blather and get to the point.<br><br>What I liked about them is that they aren\'t into "CUTE".  They are into substance.<br><br>And that\'s why America gets mocked on a global level - we\'re too busy looking at how "CUTE" Sarah Palin is, while ignoring that she\'s a first class, trailer-park bigot who McCain put on the ticket to be one heartbeat away from the Nuclear button and is expected to deal with global issues on a high level with people who will not have time for her bullshyt.<br><br>I also like how that article pointed out that for all her "Success" as a mother, none of her college=age kids are heading off to college - Track went into the military to avoid jail and Bristol\'s being forced to marry her "effing" redneck lover who likes to shoot shyt.<br><br>Nice....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918093">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918093" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918093">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918093" class="dsq-comment-message">Bless The Brits for telling the truth.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918146">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918146">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918146" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as<br>such is that too many American pundits don\'t even try to judge the truth,<br>wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to<br>pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a<br>mythical mass of "average Americans" who they both venerate and despise.</i><br><br>As the Brits say, too right.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2922659">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2922659" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2922659" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2922659">freespiritbty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2922659" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2922659" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the Brits ability to cut thru the cutesy crap.  Spot on. They have more credibility than most of the U.S. respectable news organizations.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2919729">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919729" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919729">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2919729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919729" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602935.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Here\'s the Dana Milbank article that AgentX referred to.   A sound man was called a "racial epithet" at a Palin rally, and reporters were screamed at by the crowd.   Reporters were also prevented from mingling with or questioning the crowd...though I\'m not sure if that happened at this same rally.<br><br>I think everyone should email the MSM and demand that this be reported on.   I\'ve sent it to Anderson, and Campbell and Larry King..     I would also be interested to know if there was an increase in violence, hate crimes, intimidation toward minorities in city immediately after the rally.<br><br>This is one of the reasons I so despise Hillary.   She also incited violence at the end of her campaign with her incendiary comments.    That is certainly one thing she and Palin...and the McCain campaign have in common.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2922508">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2922508" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2922508" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2922508">freespiritbty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2922508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2922508" class="dsq-comment-message">Brown is bringing up Ayers and including blame towards Obama for negative campaigning (like he\'s not suppose to fight back against smears).  Maddow and Olberman are best bets since they\'re not afraid to talk about Troopergate, AIP, rape kits.  I\'m going to email Maddow and K.O. who seem to have their finger on the blog pulse.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2907528">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2907528" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2907528" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2907528">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2907528" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2907528" class="dsq-comment-message">baratunde:  There are LAWS against <b>HATE SPEECH!!</b>   I know that ATTORNEY OBAMA knows them!!<br><br>They betta WATCH OUT!!<br><br>I\'m just sayin\' . . . . . <br><br><br>Annnnnd, I\'m HOPIN\' that some MSM people are "snooping" over here for this Thread!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918222">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918222" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady  - I am just saying they better not touch one hair on the Obama\'s head.<br><br>Not one. I am just saying.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2907616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2907616" href="www.ibeching.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibeching</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2907616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2907616" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;Obama, despite McCain’s repeated claims, understands what a surge is, because he’s pulling one off right now.<br><br>..classic</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2907697">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2907697" class="dsq-comment-message">ibeching:  Hey!  :&gt;)    Co-sign!!  And HE CAN SAY   -It\'s WORKING!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916476">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916476" class="dsq-comment-message">that is funny as hell</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2907949" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2907949" href="http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karoli</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2907949" class="dsq-comment-message">Of everything I\'ve seen in this campaign so far, today\'s events were the most depressing.  Really horrible to see him just pass it on by without even stopping to set things straight. This is how craven the man is, how hungry he is for power.  And it\'s disgusting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2914888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2914888">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2914888" class="dsq-comment-message">Karoli:  Hey!   :&gt;)      Co-sign!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921974" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921974" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has always been about personal ambition ... it\'s never been about the country. Think about it ... if McCain didn\'t have the father, grandfather and POW experience he had ... would he be even close to this position?<br><br>If we go by McCain\'s demerits ... I\'d say, no.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2922443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2922443">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2922443" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.  <br><br>He was mediocre at the Naval Academy, graduating at the very bottom of his class..... <br><br>He left his first wife, who waited for him during his imprisonment for a fresh piece of rich ass......<br> <br>He was bought and pimped by Charles Keating during the early years of his political career and was given a slight rebuke for his political favors in a scandal that cost taxpayers billions and in which Keating was imprisoned...<br><br>He is reported to have  a  legendary bad temperament while on Capitol Hill....<br>His pill-popping wife knowlingly obtained prescription  drugs in the names of others through her charity and the McCains accused the whistleblower of exhortion and maligned his name, when Cindy should have been heading to jail....<br><br>and during the economic bailout crisis he shows his ineptitude by running  around like a chicken with its head cut off, not knowing if the economy is "sound" or not...<br><br>...and now wants to unleash attacks because the economy is the issue out in the front, his poll numbers are falling,  and he doesn\'t have the slightest clue on what to do.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2909926">Elizabeth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2909926" class="dsq-comment-message">I read the article in the NYT and it burns for a number of reasons. One, Obama did a lot of reform work in Chicago and was bound to bump into Bill Ayers because he also had been working for school reform for ages. Two, Bill Ayers is not a terrorist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2914870">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2914870" class="dsq-comment-message">Elizabeth:  Hey!   :&gt;)   Thanks!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2914961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2914961" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2914961" class="dsq-comment-message">Clinton did the same thing with that nonsense about \'something happening in June\' and that was way past the time her campaign was over, so McLame can\'t even be original.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916466">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916466" class="dsq-comment-message">I was too mad to post logically on this, so thank you. <br><br>Evil mofos, all of them.<br><br>We knew who they were. This is no surprise.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916688">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916688" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>This simple-minded, overwhelmed, frightened, delusional nitwit thinks she’s doing “big things” by going on “the attack.” She presumes to challenge Obama at his level as if she had earned her position rather than having been selected by an old white man for the job. She is filled with pride and self-adoration. She is a fool.</i><br><br>Oh Jack, testify.<br><br>This is why I luv u.<br><br>Preach.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917626" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917626" class="dsq-comment-message">OUCH! That\'s going to leave a mark.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916823">AgentX</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916823" class="dsq-comment-message">At that same rally, this happened. <br><b>Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric\'s questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy." </b><br>Palin\'s base includes secessionists and hardened racists. That\'s why she only campaigns in deep red districts.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916865">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916865" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmm, wanna bet there is even more critical coverage of Palin by the press?  You mean Palin and her crew are physically threatening the press and the press is just going to stand by?  I don\'t think so.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2920208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2920208" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2920208" class="dsq-comment-message">Sure they will.<br><br>Their corporate masters will demand nothing less.<br><br>We are turning into a totalitarian state right before our eyes.<br><br>What do you think the bailout was about?<br><br>A police state is on its way.<br><br>We are on the precipice.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921292" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921292" class="dsq-comment-message">I think they will ignore her like they provide cover for McCain - unless she pulls that shyt on Anderson Cooper, or someone like Mike Wallace - in other words, someone who wouldn\'t give a damn if they got fired for accurate media coverage, or one who knows their employer\'s ratings go in the toilet if they leave (i. e. Olbermann and Rachel Maddow).<br><br>Start asking if they want to be associated with covering up Palin\'s racial aspect to the camapaign and see what happens.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2923368">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2923368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2923368" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed... the journalists on the ground matter. The honeymoon with the press ended a long time ago. Let\'s hope the response from the media is rapid and commensurate to the attacks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917282">claude</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2917282" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917282" class="dsq-comment-message">God lord Pray for Obama</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917750">fred wolfe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917750" class="dsq-comment-message">These comments speak as much to the problem as the article. ALL of the press need to eliminate the battle language in their reporting of daily political events. We as a country need to reject candidates who use combative language to sway voters instead of speaking and acting to the truths and principles upon which this country was founded. As the "great melting pot" we need to be about earasing differences, not drawing lines.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918875">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918875" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/obama-hatred-on-display-a_n_132572.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/obama-...</a><br><br>At TODAY\'S rally, Palin lied on Obama\'s support for the troops, and a supporter screamed TREASON!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918898" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918898">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918898" class="dsq-comment-message">McFalin is trying to stoke up anger towards Obama so that when he wins next month, he will be dogged with angry people thinking he "stole" the election.  That\'s all this is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919474">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919474" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m starting to think these are planted.  Nevertheless, when shouted at a rally of worked up supporters, it can be considered inciting violence.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2920175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2920175" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2920175" class="dsq-comment-message">IF they\'re planted then that makes it even worse. It means the criminal are speaking to the nation through their surrogates.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918971">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918971" class="dsq-comment-message">The McCain-Palin campaign wants to smear Barack Obama using people he knows or once knew.  Thing is, they can\'t tie the man down to anyone who had ANY real influence on Obama\'s work in politics.  John McCain doesn\'t have that deniablity at all.  The supposed anti-lobby candidate has lobbyists working for his campaign AND who have worked with him as a senator.  Oh, and there\'s the Charles Keating affair, too--and that only got him a few choice hearings with the Senate Ethics Committee.  <br><br>I\'ve got no naive notions that Obama doesn\'t have big money interests supporting him. He wouldn\'t have gotten this far without them.   But have they corrupted his actions or his policies through political favors?  Not demonstrably.  John McCain can\'t say the same, and his 25+ year Senate record proves it.  The \'maverick\' has been bought and paid for several times before, just like our current lame ducks.  We DON\'T need more of the same!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919443">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919443" class="dsq-comment-message">Some trivia for today :<br><br>YOU WANNA KNOW WHO REALLY"\'PALS" AROUND WITH TERRORIST....look no further that John McCain\'s NEO-CON campaign advisors.  McCain, like the rest of the Bush administration largely relied on and promoted Chalabi during the run-up to the war.  Charlie Black, a advisor/fundraiser to  McCain was even a lobbyist for Chalabi.  Earlier this year, Chalabi was suspected by  U.S.  government officials of aiding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps, who is suspected  of training and arming pro-Iranian troops to kill Iraqi and U.S. troops.<br><br>PNAC courted the unreliable and shady Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi in their long quset to overthow Saddam Hussein since 1998.  Many of PNAC\'s members were architects of the Iraq War and today its top members serve as advisors to John Mccain including Randy Schuenemann, Gary Schmitt, Michael Goldfarb.....and are coaching the inept Sarah Palin.<br><br>Anyway here is are  excerpts from a letter PNAC placed in the Weekly Standard on May 14, 2001 titled "Liberate Iraq"--- a little less that  2 years before the launch of the invasion of Iraq in which they are praising the shady Chalabi and even dismissing the suspicions U.S. governement officials have of Chalabi.<br><br>"We don\'t know for sure how good a national leader Chalabi would be. An observant Muslim, he has the old patrician Arab ability to speak across perhaps the most important socio-religious dividing line -- between traditionalists and moderns. But we can\'t finally assess Chalabi\'s gravitas until the White House backs him on the battlefield, in Congress, and before Washington\'s foreign-affairs, defense, and intelligence bureaucracies.<br><br>Anyone who has met him knows that Chalabi has presence, but the critical factor for his leadership would be America\'s support. Once Chalabi was chosen by us, everyone else -- the Kurds, the Sunni and Shi\'ite Arabs, the Turks, Iranians, Kuwaitis, and Saudis -- would view him in an entirely new light. It is astonishing that Byman, Pollack, and Rose, and those who echo their views in the U.S. government, favor trolling for new leadership among the many factions of the Iraqi opposition -- in effect, turning the principle of divide and conquer against us. Their assertion that Chalabi has been a feckless leader of the opposition is bizarre given the Clinton administration\'s unflagging efforts to undermine him. Ever since August 1996, when national security adviser Anthony Lake surreally declared Saddam Hussein\'s rout of the U.S.-supported INC to be irrelevant to America\'s position in the Middle East, besmirching Chalabi, who refused to go quietly, has been a logical necessity...<br><br>And Chalabi is unquestionably pro-American, in a deep, philosophical sense, which is rare among Middle Easterners, particularly expatriates. There appears to be little rancor in the man, which there certainly could be given the number of his people who died in the summer of 1996 owing to American tergiversation.<br><br>Anonymous U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers have repeatedly labeled Chalabi via the press as corrupt, suggesting that he cares more about personal profit than anything else. A banker in Jordan in the 1970s, Chalabi is rumored to have stolen millions from his Petra bank. The rumors are probably unfounded, the product of Chalabi\'s being on the losing side in Hashemite-Jordanian-Palestinian financial squabbles. He made enemies among influential Jordanians closely tied to Palestinian banking circles, which have a near monopoly over Jordan\'s commerce.<br><br>But even if the rumors are true, so what? Chalabi hasn\'t been trying for the last eight years to become the CEO of KPMG. He hasn\'t watched friends die because money is the center of his life. If Chalabi weren\'t rich, he couldn\'t devote so much time and money to the fight against Saddam Hussein. One would think that George Tenet\'s CIA, which has probably been at the root of most of the attacks on Chalabi, would know well that good, even noble, men can take money. In the Middle East, there are much deadlier sins than greed.<br><br><a href="http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20010514.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20010514...</a><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>An article from Newsweek dated  May 15, 2008<br><br>You\'re Fired(Again): Is Iraqi double dealer Ahmad Chalabi gone for good? Don\'t bet on it.<br><br>Ahmed Chalabi, the one-time Pentagon favorite to lead a post-Saddam Iraq, has been removed from a top Iraqi government post over his continued contacts with suspected Iranian operatives, according to U.S. officials."<br><br>But three U.S. government officials told NEWSWEEK that Maliki\'s government recently forced Chalabi out of his new job over an issue that has long clouded his reputation--his murky ties to Iran, including leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country\'s internal security force. The Bush administration has accused the IRGC and its paramilitary spinoff, the Quds Force, of training and arming pro-Iranian renegade militias that are attacking U.S. and Iraqi troops. <br><br>A suave, University of Chicago-trained mathematician, Chalabi and his controversial exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, were major players in Washington during the run up to the Iraq War. Leading neoconservatives and some top Bush officials--mainly in the Pentagon and Vice President Dick Cheney\'s office--promoted Chalabi as a pro-Western democrat. Some supporters dubbed him "the George Washington of Iraq." Chalabi, who for years had lived in exile in the West, claimed he could unite his country after the ouster of Saddam. But many top officials in the State Department and CIA deeply distrusted Chalabi. They regarded him as a duplicitious double-dealer who was feeding the U.S. government and media with phony intelligence about Saddam\'s weapons programs and ties to terrorism in order to build a case for war.<br><br>When weapons of mass destruction failed to materialize after the invasion, Chalabi\'s star faded. In the spring of 2004, the administration cut ties with him, in part because of persistent questions about his links to Tehran. The Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency asked the FBI to investigate allegations that Chalabi or one of his aides had leaked ultrasecret information to his Iranian contacts about how U.S. intelligence had cracked an Iranian intelligence code. The Iraqi police, assisted by the U.S. personnel, even raided Chalabi\'s Baghdad headquarters.  <br><br><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/137230/page/1" rel="nofollow">www.newsweek.com/id/137230/page/1</a><br><br>We should all be afraid that the NEO-COn agenda will continue to destroy this country the same way Bush wrecked it the past 8 years. John McCain\'s entire campaign is composed of these wingnuts who engage in propaganda and align with shady characters like Chalabi.  They are DANGEROUS.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2922790">nettie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2922790" class="dsq-comment-message">Who was it that brought down Malcolm and Martin as well as the Panthers.  There are and will always be insiders, pawns, if you will to infiltrate brothas trying to do good.  These pawns are used to throw the chaos into any type of attempt to organize.  If you will notice that Barack generally surrounds himself with brothas to protect his person and Guaruntee they were checked and double checked ten times over.  The chaos theory has worked time and time again so this D. character is just another pawn to distract and detract.  Any black man willing to go down as a supporter of the very ideals that would see him in chains if they had it their way and if that black man believes his master would have him at the same table for a meal is sad, sad, sad.  So you pawns of the world willing to sell your history and the memories of countless brave  for Black Americans who gave their live so HE can support the likes of John McCain and Sarah Palin, more power to you but We need to remember to aim up not down.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2925310">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2925310" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think I\'m crazy so it must be her...Cindy McCain\'s comments on Obama\'s campaign:<br><br>Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight\'s debate and let America know where he truly stands.<br><br>McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt today, <b> said the presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has "waged the dirtiest campaign in American history," </b>and her husband Sen. John McCain will use tonight\'s debate to correct the distortions.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/cindy-mccain-obamas-waged_n_132751.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/cindy-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2926260">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2926260" class="dsq-comment-message">This is Keith O\'s lead story.  In addition to his disgust he reports the Secret Service is investigating the "kill him" situation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2982857">boom</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2982857" class="dsq-comment-message">you know wats funny...Mccain put himself in a bubble...he started this using PAlin..now his Mob wats to kill Obama and calls him a terrorist and all that and Mccain. Mccain must be saying to himself  OH SH**...cause he cant go and accuse Obama of it...and he doesnt want to upset his supporters...GOSH! i just cant wait until the 3rd debate!...<br>and i dont know wah kinda brave man he calls himself wen his ass went to the second debate and aint say nothing... lol.. this is some hot pickles!...and u know what all round...McCain will lose... thanks to Palin and himself...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3470045">paydayloanadvocate</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3470045" class="dsq-comment-message">Are media reporters supporting Obama whole-heartedly? As Jonah Goldberg of the National Review Online put it, “most of the reporters covering these campaigns want to be rewarded with White House correspondent jobs.” So, in broad statement, they want to secure an easier access to who they feel will be America’s next president. On the other hand, John Harris and Jim VandeHei of Politico have a slightly different view. They report that a study conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 6 out of every 10 John McCain stories were negative in slant. For Obama, however, he has more than twice as many positive stories published. VandeHei directs the focus on members of the GOP playing the blame game in the desperate moments as McCain’s campaign begins to decline. “There’s always pile-on at the end of the campaign,” he says. In this case, however, it is the policies and campaign strategies that have caused McCain’s difficulties. To sum it up, journalists love the frontrunner and strive to keep a momentum. It’s the kind of momentum quick cash loans can give your budget when you need it. While it’s only temporary, it sure is a great feeling.<br><br>Post Courtesy of Personal Money Store<br>Professional Blogging Team<br>Feed Back:  1-866-641-3406<br>Home: <a href="http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans.html" rel="nofollow">http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans....</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/" rel="nofollow">http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916458" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916458" class="dsq-comment-message">I still support the McCain/Palin ticket.<br><br>However, I recognize two things: <br><br>First, the fact that something like that said is completely inappropriate. Statements like that have no room not just in politics, but anywhere.<br><br>But, second, that you can\'t control your supporters. God knows enough ill will has been wished on the GOP ticket-and all the candidates during the primaries. Two wrongs, of course, don\'t make a right...but if you sent a reporter into DU or Kos, you\'d find just as vile things being said.<br><br>You can\'t selectively bitch. If you\'re gonna call someone out, call <b>everyone</b> out.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916644" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916644" class="dsq-comment-message">well brotha D now I AM CALLING YOU OUT!<br><br>How dare you propose some moral equivalence to a random diary among thousands on a website among thousands  TO SOMEONE CALLING YOUR OPPONENT A TERRORIST IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE!!<br><br>WTF is going on with you to even attempt to defend this. You think I\'m selectively bitching? Really? do you REALLY actually believe this or can you not discern the difference between a blogger and someone screaming out in a physical mob when you are present?<br><br>That\'s why I brought up the Obama rallies, because he calls for calm when his crowds get heated, AND NO ONE HAS EVER DEMANDED THE MURDER of his opponent in front of Obama\'s face.<br><br>I know you don\'t control your supporters, not directly, but you do control your reaction to hatemongering. <br><br>Why would you, who pretend to be intelligent and reasonable, defend this? You\'re upsetting the hell out of me.<br><br>McCain and Palin are calling Obama a terrorist. And so are you.<br><br>So go ahead and vote for the fearmongers and violence peddlers. But if something happens to Obama, I\'m blaming you, and I\'m dead serious. You make no sense right now, and you\'re either blinded by unreasonable loyalty or cognitively unable to process the very important distinction here.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917057">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917057" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Jack!   Tell it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917156">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917156" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen Jack!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917254" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917254" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s silly season, Jack. The fools are out everywhere.<br><br>I\'m not defending this; I said it was inappropriate. I\'m with you there.<br><br>McCain stopped responding to stuff like this-far as I can tell-after the lady called Clinton a bitch. Now, if McCain heard the statement, yes, he could have said something.<br><br>I\'m standing by what I said. There\'s ignorant people everywhere; and I know you know that. We\'re not in disagreement here. But if you\'re going to call out one person for their stupidity, why not shine the light on everyone. Hell, in one way, shape, or form, we\'ve probably all said something equally inappropriate. I know I have.<br><br>You wanna go to war over this, fine; I\'m in VA. McCain may not win here anyway. There\'s more important stuff in our world to deal with than one person\'s ignorance.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917954" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917954" class="dsq-comment-message">cool. i\'m sending poll workers to Virginia and will focus my phone calls on that state. we don\'t agree. you\'re voting for a ticket that\'s willing to refer to a sitting U.S. Senator as a terrorist.<br><br>you\'re going to vote for TWO people who allow evil to persist in their very presence. You\'re not responding to the important differences mentioned by me and others between what happens at these rallies versus "we\'ve all said something equally inappropriate."<br><br>I was angry during the primary and said if clinton got Michigan and Florida votes as-is, Denver would burn. This caused some controversy, and I\'m sure the Obama campaign did not sanction my comments. But you know what? I didn\'t say it in front of Barack Obama at one of his rallies. <br><br>You still don\'t get it, and you seem to think this is OK behavior. <br><br>You don\'t think it\'s important that McCain HEARD this and said nothing, that Palin CULTIVATES this hate, live? You have no idea what leadership is.<br><br>Virginia. I\'m going to undo your vote. Thanks for the info.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2918440" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918440" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I don\'t think it\'s okay. I\'ve already said that.<br><br>You want to go to war over this, so be it. I\'m in Norfolk. I\'ll see you there.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2918855" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918855" class="dsq-comment-message">if you VOTE for this ticket, then you VOTE for this incident and the ticket\'s attitude toward inciting violence and hatred. your typing here has a lot less meaning than your vote</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2919127" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919127" class="dsq-comment-message">So what to do, Jack? <br><br>Vote for Obama because of some idiot shooting off his mouth? Compromise what I believe for a statement from someone who speaks neither for myself, Palin, or McCain?<br><br>No. Fuck that. Go intimidate someone else. I will NOT compromise myself, my beliefs, or my family because someone decides to display their ignorant view of the world.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919334">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919334" class="dsq-comment-message">When you vote for McCain and Palin, you are voting for two thugs who have no vision for this country, no plans as to how to progress the nation, and who don\'t give a damn about any citizens that don\'t fit their model of "Country First."<br><br>No one is saying you need to vote for Obama so there won\'t be race riots.  If McCain and Palin (and H. Clinton before that) hadn\'t stoked up racial fires, animosity and resentment, there would be no need to even think that you "had" to vote for Obama so there wouldn\'t be race riots.<br><br>McCain and Palin are trudging ahead on a very dangerous course, at their own peril and at the peril of the nation.  They are openly stoking up and courting the "Niggas is a scary thang" voting bloc and openly saying the racist (aka "real Americans" aka Joe Six Pack aka "Country First") vote will put them over the top.<br><br>Moderates and independents don\'t want to be part of that.  It\'s repulsive.  McCain and Palin can keep on down this road, but more and more moderates/independents who would have been open to McCain will turn away b/c they don\'t want to be associated with that.<br><br>It damages your personal reputation.  Bill and Hillary Clinton will NEVER again enjoy the support they once had.  They may recover 75% of it but there\'s a large chunk of people who will never vote for them again because of the racial games and openly wondering about assassination that they did.<br><br>When you fire up all that racial and xenophobic energy, it\'s got to go somewhere and while it most likely won\'t affect Obama or his family, it will be taken out on an innocent black person.  Hope you or your wife aren\'t one of them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919450">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919450" class="dsq-comment-message">Applause! Preach it, Town!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2920305" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2920305" class="dsq-comment-message">As always, Town, you speak truth.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919389">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919389" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh My God,<br><br>But you are compromising yourself, your beliefs, and your family & you don\'t even realize it! <br><br>It\'s not about what the @ssholes said during the rally, D. It\'s About What The Leaders Didn\'t Say! McCain/Palin remained silent while their supporters  called another <br>sitting Senator a terrorist!  McCain/Palin remained silent against violence being used against another human!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2920264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2920264" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2920264" class="dsq-comment-message">D. is certifiable.<br><br>He must have some PTSD. Did he fight in combat or does he just talk about it?<br><br>He\'s a militarist.<br><br>He\'s an android.<br><br>He\'s not real.<br><br>I fear for he mental health of his newborn.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921872" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921872" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921872" class="dsq-comment-message">A vote for a bigoted ticket like McCain/Palin has already compromised you, D.<br><br>I\'m through...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2919243" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919243" class="dsq-comment-message">i won\'t nest this conversation any further because it\'s just unreadable at that point. you do what makes you feel right. i think you\'re missing the point, which is not about "some idiot shooting off" but about the environment created and cultivated by your chosen leaders.<br><br>i\'m focusing on their reaction, or lack thereof, to "some idiot shooting off at the mouth."<br><br>apparently, you and i demand different things from our leaders. i want someone to actually lead. you don\'t think this entire country is full of idiots shooting off at the mouth? of course it is. a leader recognizes it and seeks to minimize such negativity.<br><br>mccain and palin thrive off of it.<br><br>d, mccain and palin are painting obama as a terrorist and monster. these ARE their values. they are already compromised. <br><br>you and i have very different values. because i\'m willing to demand more from a leader than you are. you think i\'m trying to intimidate you. i\'m not. i\'m just calling things plainly as i see them. <br><br>vote for fear. vote for hate. vote for ignorance. i\'ll find two more virginians to cancel your vote out. campaign for fear. campaign for hate. campaign for ignorance. i\'ll work twice as hard. <br><br>you are supporting evil.<br><br>i am supporting good.<br><br>let\'s see how it plays out. if you\'re intimidated, that\'s on you. <br><br>i\'m just planning to win.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921860" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921860" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921860" class="dsq-comment-message">No wonder you\'re clueless, D.  Northern Virginia is turning this damn state blue.<br><br>It\'s purple right now.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921849" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921849" class="dsq-comment-message">As long as I\'m registered here in Virginia, consider his vote UNDONE, Jack.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921836" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921836" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921836" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>if McCain heard the statement, yes, he could have said something.</i><br><br>During the primary season, McCain was asked by a woman supporter, directly, TO HIS FACE, "What can we do to BEAT THE BITCH?"<br><br>Up close and personal, D.<br><br>Just to show I\'m not bullshytting you, here\'s the link:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Nt5ADY7ug" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Nt5ADY7ug</a><br><br>You can clearly see the woman in McCain\'s face when she asks the question.<br><br>And FYI, I live in Virginia, too, and I KNOW McCain is losing here.  His signs can\'t even stay posted in the yards of stupid individuals who are trying to post them there, and the bumper stickers are being ripped off bumpers.<br><br>In fact, where I live in Alexandria, there\'s only one McCain/Palin sign for ten Obama/Biden signs in people\'s yards, and I\'m talking affluent areas like McLean and Fairfax.<br><br>Blow it out of your ass, D.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917287" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917287" class="dsq-comment-message">Jack,<br><br>D. showed his  ass a long time ago. But because he\'s such a gentleman, most readers here at JJP have given him pass after pass after pass.<br><br>This isn\'t about ideological differences anymore. It\'s about right and wrong.<br><br>He (and all the trolls) promote wrong.<br><br>The criminals are promoting an atmosphere of violence. They don\'t fucking care what happens to Barack and his family so long as they ascend to the highest halls of power. They don\'t give a fuck about anything except their own blind ambition and they will incite violence in order to achieve their goals.<br><br>These people are pure evil.<br><br>Anyone who supports them is pure evil.<br><br>All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<br><br>Where have all the good people gone?<br><br>John McCain and Sarah Palin comprise the most <i>dangerous</i> ticket US in history.<br><br>There is no way I will knowingly have <i>any</i> relationship with anyone who votes for evil.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918157">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918157" class="dsq-comment-message">Sadly I would have to agree with you Jack.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921760" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921760" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921760" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921760" class="dsq-comment-message">OUCH, Jack!  But good breaking open the can of whoop-ass!<br><br>GAME OVER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916727" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916727">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916727" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>Hillary Clinton said she was staying in the race "because we all know what happened in June \'68."<br><br>Sarah Palin sat there and did nothing while somebody said "Kill Him!"  Whether they meant Obama or Ayers really doesn\'t matter, because advocating that somebody be killed is not cool.<br><br>John McCain sat back and did nothing while somebody called Obama a terrorist.  He even egged it on by claiming not to know who Obama is.<br><br>To my knowledge neither Barack Obama nor Joe Biden have claimed to stay in the race in case of assassination, or sat back while supporters openly wished death on the opponent.<br><br>Barack\'s side doesn\'t need to be "called out."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916768" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916768">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916768" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916768" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain has no honor and he\'s desperate.<br>What will he do next?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916855" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916855">Tamorra B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916855" class="dsq-comment-message">You have got to be kidding.<br>You may not like Obama, and you may think that McCain would be a better prez (which I think makes you a little scary, but hey), but you cannot deny that Obama does not allow his supporters to say hateful things about his opponents in his presence. The fact that McLame/Failin are silent...well, silence is a form of acceptance. Edmund Burke said all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. If hiss ticket is as honorable as they claim, and as you should want them to be, considering he has your vote for POTUS, he should do something!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916864" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916864" href="http://baratunde.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">baratunde</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916864" class="dsq-comment-message">what state do you live in D?<br><br>I want to make sure to cancel our your dangerous vote.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918041">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918041" class="dsq-comment-message">Virginia, Jack.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921594" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921594" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921594" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn, he lives in MY STATE?<br><br>EFF that, I\'ll take care fools like him.  Starting Saturday.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917490">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917490" class="dsq-comment-message">D, please give us examples of the ill will directed toward the McCain/Palin ticket directly from the Obama ticket---because seriously, I missed those.<br><br>To be honest, Obama and Biden praise McCain too much to me---especially regarding his time as a POW.  <br><br>Daily Kos is NOT, I repeat, NOT  a representative  of the Obama campaign.  Palin, the VP nominee actually said Obama was "palling around with terrorist" and stood silent while someone shouted "kill him."  And McCain agreed with his supporters calling Obama a "terrorist" just like he laughed while a supporter called Hillary Clintion a "bitch."  These were pure hate-inducing pep rallies incited by the REthug\'s candidates and it is low, disgusting, and unacceptable.<br><br>To stand by and accept this kind of behavior in public of your fellow Senate colleague in public is dishonorable---PERIOD.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2917799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917799" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2917799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917799" class="dsq-comment-message">THIS didn\'t come from the McCain/Palin ticket! This was some asshole in a crowd.<br><br>You can\'t stop people from being stupid. I\'ve said before that if the candidates stopped to account for every inappropriate statement this campaign season, we\'d get nowhere. <br><br>I\'m not condoning this. You all think I\'m so far gone that common sense doesn\'t apply. I\'m not; I get it; it\'s fucked up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2917879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2917879">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2917879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917879" class="dsq-comment-message">So neither McCain or Palin could tell that person in the crowd, "I know you\'re enthusiastic about our ticket, but wanting to kill somebody is not cool and won\'t be tolerated?"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2917958" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2917958" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2917958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2917958" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. They could have. I\'ve acknowledged that.<br><br>But I\'m not gonna hammer then-or imply complicity-if they choose to ignore it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918128">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918128" class="dsq-comment-message">They could be talking about your kids D.  What prevents this from happening to your kids?  That is okay I am sure others like you would make the decision "not to hammer them".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918272" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918272">Carlos</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918272" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course you won\'t. And that speaks volumes. History is filled with people who stand silently by and "ignore" wrongdoing. There\'s a name for it. "Genovese Syndrome." Ask Kitty Genovese how she feels about "choosing to ignore it".  Oh, never mind, she didn\'t make it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918539">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918539" class="dsq-comment-message">D, <br><br>You\'re full of sh%t, D!  If you can\'t speak out against  their silence on violence, then you condone it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919150" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919150">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919150" class="dsq-comment-message">If they ignore it, they are complicit.<br><br>McCain / Palin and their operatives are stoking hate across the country and somebody is going to get hurt.<br><br>Obama himself may not get hurt.  It could be me.  I\'m scared to put an Obama sign in my front yard because my next door neighbor and his buddies started screaming about NOBAMA etc. and they didn\'t start doing this until our black asses showed up in the yard.  I\'m afraid there\'s going to be some violence towards our personal property especially since out of a neighborhood of 700+ houses, I have only seen ONE "Obama Biden" sign but a plethora of "McCain Palin" and "Eric Cantor" signs.<br><br>And it could be YOU.  The racists that McCain and Palin are firing up don\'t give a damn that you\'re a Republican.  They just know you are black and therefore YOU are the enemy.  If Obama wins next month, I\'m fearful of the time period between Nov. 5 and Jan. 20, because these racists have been fired up and they need to release that hate, and they\'re going to release that hate on BLACK people, while McCain scoots back to Arizona and Palin skips back to Alaska and BOTH up them will throw their hands up in the air and say "It wasn\'t me, I can\'t stop them, I have no control, etc."<br><br>Bullshit.  McCain and Palin MUST stop stoking up racial fires and they MUST be called out for it.  Obama and Biden are NOT stoking up racial fires, so they don\'t need to be called out for anything.  If non-whites are harmed by angry whites melting down because Obama wins, it needs to be laid directly at the feet of John McCain and Sarah Palin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921575" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921575" class="dsq-comment-message">All I know is if I\'m assaulted in any way because I got an Obama sign in my yard, I\'m blaming McCain/Palin, and ignorant supporters, like you, D.  Sorry, but the evil is when men remain silent and do nothing in the face of shyt like this.<br><br>You have a responsibility to call people out on their shyt, especially when it could lead to threats against one\'s life.  We didn\'t hesistate to burn Hillary when she tried that shyt, and I swear, it appears like McCain and Palin got on the phone to her and Bill and asked to be shown how to do the same damned thing.<br><br>Only an idiot would do the same thing and expect different results.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921535" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921535" class="dsq-comment-message">Town just accurately told you that "If they ignore it, they are complicit."<br><br>Not only that, but by their silence, they are giving <I> tacit consent </I> for the attacks to CONTINUE.<br><br>I just posted where Obama has slung people under the bus for inflammatory remarks, and that includes his own Pastor (which I disagreed with and still do, but nonetheless, Obama has been consistent).  You have yet to post any examples where either McCain or Palin has done likewise.  If anything, they\'re still consorting with those SOBs, but they get to call out Obama on shyt?<br><br>PLEASE GIVE ME AN EFFIN\' BREAK.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2921646">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921646" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921646" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re not going to do it, because racist whackjobs can vote too.<br>And McCain/Palin want those votes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918090">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918090" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>You can\'t stop people from being stupid. I\'ve said before that if the candidates stopped to account for every inappropriate statement this campaign season, we\'d get nowhere.</i><br><br>Good point, but there\'s a difference between a supporter wishing an opponent ill will on a message board or a TV/Radio program unbeknownst to you (the candidate), and someone actually saying it within your earshot at your rally.  McCain and Palin could have both shut that kind of talk down as soon as it hit their ears, but they let it go.  There\'s not much of a leap for more of their unhinged supporters to interpret that silence as assent.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918144">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918144" class="dsq-comment-message">But  they could have/ should have  OBJECTED.  They should have denouced that  comment,  saying that was  not necessary.  If they  stand there and not address it, they  ARE condoning.  And you know that when a sheriff yells out "Barack Hussein Obama" before Palin addresses the crowd, that is only to ramp up anti-Muslim sentiment ---to charge that Obama is here to destroy this country..<br><br>  And let\'s be real---that is the ultimate goal of this attack mode---incite hate in those who are prejudiced against a man whose middle name is Hussein.  They hope that throwing out the label terrorist will stick because of the  name he was given at birth from his white mother and Kenyan father.<br><br>McCain fucking knows better---Obama walks the halls of the Senate just like he does.  The State department has the access to Obama\'s travel throughout his life---his history can be traced.  For God\'s sake, this man is a public servant just like any other person on Capitol Hill.  There is no fucking need to insinuate that he is a terrorist.<br><br>I am still waiting on examples of Obama\'s ill will toward the McCain/Palin ticket---because you may disagee with Obama ideologically---, but he is a much more honorable man than McCain wished he was---even after  McCain mocked him as a celebrity, questioned his support of troops, and ridiculed him with a barrage of negative ads.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918464" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918464" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918464">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918464" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918464" class="dsq-comment-message">Where are  your examples, D?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918394">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918394" class="dsq-comment-message">"You can\'t selectively bitch. If you\'re gonna call someone out, call everyone out.<br><br><br>What did you mean by this statement, D?<br><br> You were implying  the Obama Campaign was engaging in tactics equal to the McCain Campaign and that is a blatant lie!  You did say "call everyone out".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918400">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918400" class="dsq-comment-message">If someone yelled the same about McCain at an Obama rally I would bet money Obama would stop the speech and say there is never a reason to wish death on someone or to make an unfounded claim that they are a terrorist.  I do not think it is something he would condone from his supporters.  I would expect the same from the McCain ticket.   It is a dangerous mindset to support and promote.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919478">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2919478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919478" class="dsq-comment-message">He did many times when people shouted vile things about Hillary.<br><br>Obama is one cool man. Steady as he goes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921483" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921483" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921483" class="dsq-comment-message">If you get it, D, then do us all a favor and quit trying to defend the UNDEFENSIBLE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921642" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921642" class="dsq-comment-message">It was shouted at a Palin rally, D.<br><br>Give up defending the UNDEFENSIBLE,  it just further erodes your credibility already.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2921687">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921687" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921687" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921687" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921687" class="dsq-comment-message">If you get this, then how in the hell can you cast your vote for a ticket that will do nothing than further Eff up the country and have no qualifications to do otherwise?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918084">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918084" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918084">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918084" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918084" class="dsq-comment-message">Country Last said nothing when that woman, during the Primaries, called Hillpatine a BITCH. <br><br>He said nothing last night as someone called Obama a TERRORIST.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918089">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918089" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918089">Val</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918089" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918089" class="dsq-comment-message">D - bullshit.  Tell me you couldn\'t see the black man swinging from a tree?  What do you tell your kids?  <br><br>Explain a supporter telling a black media person to "Sit down BOY"!.<br><br>What is that. Tell it to your kids.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2919632">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919632">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2919632" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919632" class="dsq-comment-message">You are so wrong on almost everything you say....yet you keep regaling us with that wrongness.   No effort is made to be rational or logical.     There is broad, expansive nothingness.   There are cliches, platitudes, non-sequitors - logical fallacies galore.<br><br>Give it a rest, troll.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2921437">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921437" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2921437" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921437" class="dsq-comment-message">D, if you can\'t call out bigotry when you see it, you\'re more delusional that I gave you credit for.<br><br>This is RACISM.  This is BIGOTRY.  McCain/Palin have NOTHING except to incite fear, through bigotry and racism.  Do you honestly think they will be concerned about your black ass on an equal level?<br><br>For weeks, you have impressed most of us on this board with your ability to discuss the issues and not engage in attacks as your boy Karmi does.  You usually bring logic and a dissenting view to the discussion.  <br><br>But with your blind allegience to McCain/Palin, even to the point where their campaign is doing it\'s best to incite assassination attempts and death threats on a sitting U. S. Senator who is one of McCain\'s colleagues, you have, with your post, managed to destroy any credibility you once had on this board.<br><br>You are comparing apples and oranges on "sending someone into DU or KOS and finding just as vile things being said."  The point is, they may very well be, but they always get called out for being loony by the rest of the crowd.  They get silenced by their own.  Which is not happening with the McCain rallies; in fact, their silence gives tacit consent to the rioting.<br><br>Whenever Ludacris or any other person has said something to inflame, Obama has been quick to refute it.  Even to the point of severing ties with those individuals, so if you want to say "call everyone out" Obama has done so, but McCain has NOT.<br><br>In fact, he\'s been exceptionally slow on the trigger, and has yet to rebuke his supporters for their shyt.<br><br>Your argument is wasted, sir, and your credibility just went to hell in a handbasket.<br><br>GAME OVER for you, too.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2916721">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916721" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916721" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916721" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916721" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/07/cnn-obamas-lying-about-william-ayers/" rel="nofollow">CNN: Obama’s lying about William Ayers</a>. Finally makes it to CNN! Maybe MSM will now stop covering for Obama...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2916758">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916758" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916758">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916758" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916758" class="dsq-comment-message">So your sourcesare Hot Air and Stanley Kurwitz?  Call  me unconvinced.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2916839">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916839" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916839" class="dsq-comment-message">Watch the CNN video...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918185">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918185">Carlos</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918185" class="dsq-comment-message">The video is what it is. The facts are still the same. William Ayers political acts occurred when Obam was 8 years old. The two didn\'t become acquainted until 1995 or so and almost all of their dealings were related to seeking education reform in Chicago.  I fail to see the connection. So what if he knows him, and so what if 30+ years later when Mr. Ayers is seemingly trying to do something good with his life, that Sen. Obama happens to know him.  God forbid you, or anyone you know, ever does ANYTHING wrong and later try to live your life better. I wonder if some of your high school classmates considered you a less than noble person and have decided that the rest of your life, no matter what you decide to do with it, is tainted by the fact that you may have had a misstep. No doubt you consider yourself a Christian as well?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2919552">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919552">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2919552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919552" class="dsq-comment-message">Drew Griffin is a right wing operative working in the MSM.   He is one of many....Fourier, Hasselbeck, Issakof....lots of others.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2920459">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2920459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2920459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2920459">Suprk</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2920459" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2920459" class="dsq-comment-message">Watch the CNN video<br><br><b>CNN TruthSquad Verdict on McCain\'s Involvement in Keating Five Scandal: TRUTH</b><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOHD4gWv1g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOHD4gWv1g</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2916770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2916770">Suprk</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916770" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Over Two Dozen Lies Refuted About Ayers And Obama</b><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/5/232041/389/172/621233" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/5/232041/...</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2916857">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2916857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2916857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2916857" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2916857" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2916857" class="dsq-comment-message">Daily Kos...bwaahaaahahaaaaahahaaa!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918059">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918059">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918059" class="dsq-comment-message">Karmi - we don\'t care.  Nothing you say will make a difference. McCain/Palin are racist pigs who are pushing riots all over the country.  I tell you this -- if anything happens to one of ours -- it would be ALL OVER.  Take that anyway you want.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918188">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918188" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918188">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918188" class="dsq-comment-message">"I tell you this -- if anything happens to one of ours -- it would be ALL OVER. Take that anyway you want.<br><br>Bam!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2919435">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2919435" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2919435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2919435">Lilytiger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2919435" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2919435" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t even bother to follow his links. He so conviently has such a unique avatar that it allows my brain to think "Bullsh*t" when I see it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918060">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918060" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918060">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918060" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918060" class="dsq-comment-message">Will you stop. Obama isn\'t lying about Ayers. Why don\'t you say anything about Palin being married to man who BELONGED TO A SECESSIONIST GROUP FOR SEVEN YEARS?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918479">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918479" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918479">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918479" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918479" class="dsq-comment-message">So, it\'s all Obama\'s fault that Ayers committed these acts when he was 8 years old<br><br>So, it\'s all Obama\'s fault the the federal government DROPPED the charges against Bill Ayers when Obama was a teen in the late 70\'s<br><br>And how dare Obama force the University of Illinois at Chicago to hire Ayers where he eventually becomes a Distinguished professor in Education<br><br>And even though Ayers decided to devote his life to education, how dare Obama partner with him on education reform--an area where Ayers is respected and has been a leading advocate of.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2921469">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2921469" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2921469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2921469">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2921469" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2921469" class="dsq-comment-message">I bet Karmi believes Obama controls the space-time continuum, too.<br><br>Too bad Obama couldn\'t go back in time to stop McCain from taking all those trips with Charles Keating.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2918819">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2918819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2918819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2918819">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2918819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2918819" class="dsq-comment-message">David Freddoso and Jerome Corsi are Drew Griffin\'s sources.  <br><br>I\'m breaking my moratorium on the following two words: <br><br><B>EPIC FAIL!</B></div>\
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