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"is_realtime": false}, "2267653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Black hole?  Black hole?  I think you mean White hole!   And I believe an apology is in order.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:45:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it's not just us.  whatever happens here will have global ramifications.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:02:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2267513, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They've already got the buttons made.   And that song you hear is the Theme from Exodus as the Independents walk away from the Democratic Party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:28:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "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": 2259881, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jonster:   Now that's a thought!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  BUT   -   NO!!   :&gt;)<br><br>He did RIGHT by BIDEN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Move on!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:02:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260161, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The problem is that our society has pushed back so hard on using the N word so much without adequate discussion on the history and sentiment behind it.  Now people believe the only way one can be racist is if you actively use the N word or outright say: I refuse to employ a person etc because of their color.<br><br>The reality is that racism is is about unchallenged beliefs. White people are never called uppity because showing personal power is familiar in our racist society. The idea that a black man showing the same power is perceived as uppity (as in moving OUT OF YOUR PLACE,) is an example of racism. <br><br>The n word doesn't have to be uttered for the sentiment to remain which is why it is such a cultural trigger for people familiar with its legacy.<br><br>I apologize for saying it was normal for you, and my point is that whether intended or not, it is an example of the historical legacy of when African Americans were treated as LESS THAN by means of legal (slavery, Jim Crow) and social measures (lynching, degradation, intimidation, and so on.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:29:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262910, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pigs have more lips than chickens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260134, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How Fairfax County VA Democrats kicked McCain & Sidekick to the curb:<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=15821\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryI...</a><br><br>The McCain & Sidekick rally was scheduled for this morning at Fairfax High School.  People raised a ruckus and the event had to be moved.  The McCain people claimed that due to so much response and support they just had to move the rally to a better venue.  They got response, all right...just not the response they wanted.<br><br>Response from one of the bloggers:<br><br>\"Actually, FCPS was facing a public relations nightmare with mass walkouts of students and teachers being organized in protest of the republican rally that had been scheduled at Fairfax High School tomorrow.  That is the true reason the rally was moved. \"<br><br>I think Obama had a rally at Fairfax High School during the summer, but it was during summer school hours.  This rally was to be during REGULAR school hours and apparently only republican children could attend.  I guess all the Democratic children had to stay in class.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This very atti.tude is what has inspired millions of people. He needs to repeat this response every time he is confronted by the MSM with McCain's nonsense.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:02:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not only did McCain use the phrase, here is a video of him doing so. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAOodl6ZfE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAOodl6ZfE</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:02:51", "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": 2260457, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Saying Sarah Palin is a feminist is like saying Clarence Thomas is a Civil Rights Activist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:53:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269252, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree.  He wins when he takes the high road.  The one two punch of Lipstick on a Pig (Palin) and Old Smelly Fish (McCain) isn't the best way to attack back.  He's better when he ignores them and restates his policies.  He's taking the bait.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:49:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "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": 2259897, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From THE SWAMP - October 11, 2007<br><b>McCain rolls out health plan and a few punches</b><br><br><i>\"McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health care proposals that require too much government regulation. While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's health-care plan, he said it was \"eerily reminiscent\" of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the early 1990s.\"</i><br><br><b>\"I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig,\" [McCain] said of [Clinton's] proposal.</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/mccain_rolls_out_health_plan_a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Context is everything in politics.  Everyone knows it's an expression, but many people now think it was an uncharacteristically snide remark about the Pitbull/Lipstick remark, as the crowd went crazy, stood up, and applauded when he said it.  Imagine if the situation were reversed.  Uppity indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:07:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 42, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259446, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If they'll attack a disabled war vet (former Senator Max Cleland, D-GA), hell flippin' yes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:54:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262403, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Um, you don't make sense.  First you come on here saying Obama shouldn't take the bait because they know he'll respond. Then you claim that he should push back hard.  Make up your mind, dude.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:40:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260806, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AD WANTED:<br><br>Featuring John McCain and the Fake-The-Funk Crew.<br><br>When Campaign McCain feigned outrage over Obama's \"Lipstick On A Pig\" remark criticizing McCain's attempt to perform an extreme image make-over while maintaining the same old failed policies... {insert clips from the <a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_has_said_lipstick_on_a.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">THREE TIMES</a> they've used the expression}  they were FAKING THE FUNK...<br><br>When Campaign McCain claimed Obama played \"the race card from the bottom of the deck\"...  {insert clips from <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">DOLLAR BILL GATE</a>...  they were FAKING THE FUNK...<br><br>Aren't Americans tired of the same old phony politics?<br><br><br>ALTERNATE THEME:   Photos of large industrial pig farm juxtaposed with a cast iron skillet with red-ring bologna dancing in the frying pan while pretending to be fresh, cold-cut.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:59:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270823, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not even.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:31:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "melanctha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260487, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maya,<br><br>Town has you pegged.  Your support for the failed Clinton Campaign is blinding you to the reality that Barack has already de-throned political royalty.  <br><br>Continuing to benignly grouse and moan that (a) Obama isn't fighting like Hillary or (b) that Hillary should have otherwise gotten the nomination, serves no purpose, other than to undermine the Obama campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:28:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259892, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uhhh... She *is* (or was) a small town mayor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:50:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "8382de72b31111b52ec2b78932500c18", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259651, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know, I think it's time to shake up the staff at the top of Sen. Obama's campaign.  They are not doing a good job at all.  I think he should punch back hard at the McCain ad about teaching 5-year-olds about sex.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:32:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "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": 2260360, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>Hillary is only going to \"help\" so much, she is going to wait until 2012, and say \"see, told ya so\".<br>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now. </b></i><br><br>And here is the real point of the post.<br><br>Look, Obama didn't pick Hillary. THE END. PERIOD. MOVE ON. Instead of constantly bringing this up, how about contacting the media about their blatant bias and ignoring the issues? <br><br>Then again, maybe you're one of those who want Obama to lose so then you could say \"I told you so\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:51:12", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Two things about the polls that I find less than honest. They are polling people with landlines and they are polling those who have voted before and often. <br><br>That is a large chunk of the voters out there that are not being polled.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:28:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261456, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm interested in hearing why you equate being a Republican (or in my case, a conservative) with not liking yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:07:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2263035, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is anyone watching the manufactured outrage with mccain campaign saying barack called Palin a pig and he owes Barack an apology? Its laughable, but this is what they are going to do. start another culture war, us small time people vs those elite harvard types.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_08:30:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "3da4f68bf4cf2bd15ab3285db21c41ee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268929": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's see........a bitch or a sow....a bitch or a sow...a bitch or a sow...well, she laughed when Senate President Lyda Green was called a bitch, so maybe she thinks being a bitch is complimentary?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262875, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Re. making it personal--what about yesterday's TV ad suggesting Obama is a pervert or has creepy intentions regarding children??? Obama has to respond, kick ass and NOT apologize about anything and his surrogates/helpers need to throw some dirt and see if it sticks--but aim toward McCain first.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:48:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "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}, "2263098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is America truly a democracy?<br><br>The press' capitulation to demands from McBush's campaign; and, the campaign's obvious contempt for the American people as they pepper us with incontrovertible lies to make their case certainly begs this question, no?<br><br>Sad.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:31:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cindy McCain exposes the truth!<br><br>In People Magazine, Cindy McCain talks about  her addiction to painkillers: <br><br>\u201cThe era I was raising my children was the era when you had to be Super Mom. I was putting too much pressure on myself.\u201d<br><br>So, is this where the myth that women can do it all gets busted? Is this where the myth that women can 'balance' family, career, service is exposed as a farce?<br><br>I certainly hope so. See, with Cindy McCain, her children didn't appear to suffer, but she ended up an addict; but with the Governor of Alaska, it appears that she has been spared the ills of life, but her 17 year old, unmarried daughter is, yep, with child.<br><br>Mmmm...<br><br>T.<br>ps. I'm sure some women have accomplished this but there must have been some associated costs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:05:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Black Holes suck,  White Holes blow.<br><br>;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:55:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2267653, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know why Andrew would think such great things about a man he hardly knows.<br><br>In any event, the people who seek to lead us, should only be followed so far, and no further.   More and more, it is apparent they don' t know shit.<br><br>Even Obama, in his wisdom, repeats frequently that McCain is an honourable man - devaluing honour.   He says that McCain just doesn't \"understand\".  All this while our eyes and ears tell us otherwise.    Well, if McCain is just mistaken, then that's an innocent mistake...and all he needs is an education.   Why not vote for him?<br><br>Trust what your eyes and ears tell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:08:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262244, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was brilliant.  The mere fact we can't tell whether he meant it or not....  Nevertheless, the repubs jumped out the gate with the sexism charge...looking more and more hysterical by the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:29:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Got those two.<br><br>Can we include Steve Cohen's \"Jesus was a community organizer\" on the floor of the House today?<br><br>Appropriate for the DKos crowd, but in Congress? Not smart.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:56:10", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272052, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you're right.  ...is just the same old race game.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:36:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "030d6fe32c418b6cf1ef6437b21bf02d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269252, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2276791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you even a New Yorker?  I highly doubt that will happen.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_22:32:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262515, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The fact that the McCain campaign needs to go there, to just go straight to white supremacy--do not pass Go--means they're getting increasingly desperate. They know that this thing is gonna come down to turnout, and they can't win without turning out the rednecks (who by the way usually don't vote) in big numbers. Having once upon a time lived in Arizona my impression is that McCain would rather not have gone there personally, but wouldn't hesitate if that's what it took to win.<br> <br>The racial slurs indicate to me that It's all about the ground game now--getting people registered, to the polls, and making sure their votes are counted. Dems are outregistering Republicans by HUGE margins. That fact is not only NOT showing up in the polls of \"likely\" voters, it appears that some of the pollsters are over-sampling Republicans (<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-madness-mccain-takes_n_125158.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-m...</a>). So the already fading McCain post-convention bounce may have been in part an artifact of the sampling frame. <br><br>Obama doesn't need to swing back at every attack. So much of the Republican propaganda is intended for people who would never vote for Obama under any circumstances. He's got to swing back often enough and hard enough so he doesn't look like a wimp. But in truth, it's our job--the citizens with some sense--to have Obama's back. If there are gloves that need taking off we need to be the ones doing it, all the while perfecting the ground game. <br><br>As critical as I've been of Obama personally, the truest thing he has said is that this campaign is not about him. It's about us. We cannot allow these racists to out-organize us and to get more people to the polls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:28:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "8382de72b31111b52ec2b78932500c18", "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}, "2269567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think you're being paranoid. This isn't-shouldn't?-descend into civil war. Unless Obama loses, at which point all bets are off.<br><br>I don't think the \"genital vote\" (to use a more polite term that a friend gave me) is going to play that big a deal. Obama's not being \"torpedoed\" by white women. I think the ones that are shifting to support McCain (or support Palin-which makes no sense, but may well be the case) weren't <i>really</i> going to vote for Obama in the first place. Palin gave them a reason to jump ship.<br><br>Post-conventions, the lines are a little more clearly defined now. I think everyone who's going to be won over to a side has been, and now it just becomes a slugfest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:43:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269089, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They have done it again!  This is why McCain will win this election and we will sitting there on election night (in 7 weeks) going WTF just happened.  They have the MSM running scared.  The uppity comment is getting zero play, its all about \"lipstick on a pig\".  They have managed to put Palin so far above criticism, that the MSM doesnt know what to do, they dont want to be called sexist.  Just like Bush did with the Iraq war, if you criticized it, you were un-American. <br>Now, with Karl Rove whispering in their ear, they are using the same tactics.  They have women drooling over Palin (and some of their husbands), and no one cares about the issues.  They are going to do this for the next seven weeks until election time. <br>I live in Georgia, you think Obama has a snowballs chance here, hell no. <br>Hillary is only going to \"help\" so much, she is going to wait until 2012, and say \"see, told ya so\".  <br>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now.  <br>Unless he delivers a knockout blow against McCain in the debates, I have a sad feeling this is over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:11:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "6269cd850963da6b43beb5bbc95680bb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll be voting early in Maine as well.<br><br>WE can DO THIS!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:06:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260101, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, I saw that self-righteous reality show airhead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:35:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I posted before reading RonnieB's reply. I should have just wrote \"what he said.\" Right on R-B.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:29:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "8382de72b31111b52ec2b78932500c18", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259020, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Any other words being re-defined I should know about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:30:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "088e0534259b9ff240abf9f5966e038f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 49, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Elisabeth is angling for her next job...at FOX.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:33:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://wcbstv.com/seenon/paterson.mccain.palin.2.813646.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain Campaign Disputes Paterson's Racism Claim</a><br><br>I really like Gov. Paterson.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:39:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>Context is everything in politics.</b></i><br><br>Yep, and here's the context:<br><br><i><b>OBAMA: Let's just list this for a second. John McCain says he's about change, too. Except -- and so I guess his whole angle is, \"Watch out, George Bush, except for economic policy, health-care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy, and Karl Rove-style politics. We're really gonna shake things up in Washington.\" That's not change. That's just calling some -- the same thing, something different. But you know, you can -- you know, you can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig. </b></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:56:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259479, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michigan GOP Using Foreclosures To Challenge Black Voters<br><a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/155636/080/62/593884\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/155636/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:12:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ".....and I said that I saw he was saying that.<br><br>I'm not going to war over this one; I got bigger beefs with Obama than this. Plus, the story's nearing the end of its useful life-give it a couple of days, and no one will care.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:58:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269663, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2274408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am truly disgusted with the media coverage and these weapon of mass distraction tactics that the media itself is complicit in. There is no freedom of the press, that's a myth, what we have is controlled press that is deliberately constructing a narrative as opposed to actually informing on facts vs fiction. I'm truly ashamed as a citizen of a country where the press is no better than that in China.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:06:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272095, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/13823/2763/300/593646\" rel=\"nofollow\">There is more going on than \"Lipstick on a Pig\"</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:12:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "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}, "2260592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really? What evidence do you have of this? A hunch? Your gut?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:37:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260487, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama didn't call her a small town mayor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:58:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259651, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chill Out.  Barack's got this thing.<br><br><a href=\"http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/05/political-pictures-barack-obama-chill-out-got-this/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/05/political-p...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:37:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama needs to make an ad about that:<br><br><br>Ms. Voiceover comes on and says, \"The McCain Palin claims they are upset about sexism, but are they really?  John McCain is against equal pay for equal work.  Sarah Palin is against abortion even in the case of rape and incest.  Should you or your daughters have to pay for a rapist's crimes?  If elected, John McCain and Sarah Palin will turn back the clock on women's rights.  Don't let that happen.  Vote Barack Obama.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:31:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2256882, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The uppity comment is getting no play because 1) the mainstream media thinks Obama is uppity and 2) Obama or Ron Allen getting called uppity doesn't pack the emotional punch of Obama calling Palin a pig does.  We have learned time and time again that the white majority really doesn't give a shit when a non-white is called a name.<br><br>If you feel this election is over, don't vote.  Then you can blame yourself on Nov 5th.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:14:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Classic rant...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:12:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262950, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe this response will calm down the \"he's not hitting hard enough\" crowd a bit.  Nice touch calling out the media too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:10:07", "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": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nquest:  Thank you for bringing this!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  I wonder if this can be found on You Tube??  Then it could be \"LOOPED\" foreva!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Title:  In his [\"McAncient's\"] OWN WORDS!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:10:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259477, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There was no double standard.  That's not even comparable. Sepia posted the entire quote. Obama very specifically is talking about policy. How in the hell can you say its the equivalent of someone aiming a slur at a specific group of PEOPLE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:17:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260219, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Florida is better than people think. <br>MT too. <br><br>NC - I'm not believing it.<br><br>OK - was never gonna happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:25:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you Craig!<br><br>This mass hysteria is why I will not watch anymore news shows (except the debates) ... sorry Ms. Maddows. I will only come back to JJP when someone is posting some real issues related info.<br><br>I'm going to early vote here in Washington and continue phone banking. I cannot take all this back and forth silliness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:59:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "??????????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:10:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260932, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's a little disingenuous of you if you really believe the double barrel metaphor of a pig in lipstick and an old fish is not aimed at Palin and McCain.  Anyway, it's all a matter of perception.  Whoooosh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "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": 2260330, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I will get my mom on it!  (she owns a \"christian\" boutique)  LOL  Money green?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:51:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272216, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "her Caribou Barbie and McGrumpy Barbie are just insulting. I told congress thanks but no thanks, I dont know if you heard but Im proud of my country. STFU and sit down somewhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:39:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c7e4c6f518b54ee49786797295a59e1", "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": 2260564, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Then you need to check this out:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2U0jmZjec\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2U0jmZjec</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:39:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "435e87c494aca5e9f15cb5611288adee", "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}, "2270863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Vouchers, equal pay for equal work, welfare queens, race-baiting of McCain, no civil rights agenda, trickle down economics<br><br>Plus, I am old fashioned. I like it when a \"man\" puts in some work. They haven't even asked me out for a date. <br>(They could care less about my vote)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:17:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269910, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i  like some of what he's written lately, but he's too inconsistent.  he gives palin too much credit for her decision to carry her youngest to term (almost elevating her to sainthood).  it reminds me of the bullshit 'team of rivals' mess he kept harping on re. barack and hillary during the primaries.   <br><br>he seems a little wilfully naive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:55:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262652, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I live in OK and even though on a whole they are nice people they will never vote democrat much less for Obama.Just look at the idiots they elected for senator,Jim Inhofe and Tom Corbun.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_07:28:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2292886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From observation, the MSM is buckling and trying to seem \"fair\" towards Palin. I want harder pushback to the McCain campaign, but the powers that be will not do that because McCain has them in their backpocket.  <br><br>ITA it's shameful being an American and knowing that the press is no longer an objective and fair medium.  They need to rename American the People's Republic of America because civil rights (I'm looking at you Michigan GOP) violations and the corporatocracy of the MSM. <br><br>Repub's are always crying about  2nd Amendment, yet conviently overlook the 1st Amendment.  Hypocrites.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_18:22:51", "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": 2274408, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And Obama *is* (or was) a community organizer.  <br><br>Soooooooooo?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:01:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "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": 2260006, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I forgot to add the following: <br><br>We need to literally demonstrate the truth of Obama's argument. Pigs with lipstick still look like pigs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:01:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Check out the pigs with lipstick that P6 has posted at his site.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.Prometheus6.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.Prometheus6.org</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:27:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "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}, "2270918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...and please, please let's not forget that he was one of the earliest prominent promoters of \"The Bell Curve\" when he was editor of The New Republic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "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": 2262825, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, that'll work.  Do pigs even have lips?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's response to all of this is extremely smart.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:48:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "UPP ITY you ain't got no alibi, you uppity, you uppity, mama, How the hell did we get that way, our mama's, our mama's.<br><br>Just reprising my Cheerleader role.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:20:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie:    MAJOR POINT!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Boo-yah!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:31:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261266, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261165": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a sermon. That is a Wednesday night during summer revival SERMON. The only thing to do after reading that is to start singing \"Walk With Me Lord\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:14:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260849, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Green lady, we don't have to wear choir robes girl, we can just pick a color and all get matching outfits.,,,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:30:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261375, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "melanctha:   OOPS!  :&gt;)   I just asked about such a video!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>\". . . <i>link dropping challenged</i> . . \"   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   LAWD Ha'Mercy,  move over!  I'll join you on that pew!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>But I will take a \"Field Trip\"!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Thanks!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:14:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259446, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And there you have it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:16:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269252, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Interesting.....you're flip flopping quite a bit. Obama should take the high road one minute, then the next, top staff needs to be replaced and he should punch back hard. <br><br>Your move.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260521, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I gotta say.....should Obama lose and blow up like this on November 5, it wouldn't be too far off (the GOP pulled the stunts he expected them to, he ran because he thought the people would be tired of that, and the people turned around and let the GOP off the hook for the last eight years).<br><br>Disagree with the sentiment, but it's plausible...somewhat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:20:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269940, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2257081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  To the question:<br><br>Because the NAACP had a funeral for the N-WORD!????<br><br>That's my best guess!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_03:29:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What bullshit.<br>Hillary LOST.<br>Next!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:12:50", "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": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw that last week and made it the wallpaper on my laptop.  It needs to be posted on some of the blogs where folks are <i>really</i> flipping out (Daily Kos, I'm looking at you).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260594, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO, <i>\"He said he is not a racist and admires Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice\"</i><br><br>So its okay because he admires a black person?  Young republicans, this is what we have to look forward to?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_07:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257796, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think he should have picked Caroline Kennedy.  He would be writing his inaugural address right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260011, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Paterson spoke the truth.  What I didn't care for was the article's author suggesting that Paterson accused McCain of \"racism\".<br><br>Paterson wasn't alleging rac<i>ism</i>.  He was suggesting that the Republicans used language that was sure to evoke someone's race.<br><br>Ignorant white people will conclude that Paterson was alleging racism.  But smarter folks know better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:06:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262373, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In reply to Sen. Obama calling her a \"small town mayor.\"  It's the big league but it smells like little league.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:20:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259538, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The context was McCain's failed policies which, when they don't take it out of context, is clear. The crowd loved it but the lipstick metaphor was introduced by the McCain camp and they need to embrace it.  No apologies.  They have hijacked the press with the sexism scam and now the lipstick scam. Enough!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:20:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "melanctha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 26, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259479, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Agreed.  But, whether he intended to or not, Sen. Obama made it personal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:28:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259654, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL.<br><br>But if they did \"ask you out,\" would you, in turn, hear them out?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:21:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270863, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ooh how about moral, lipstick, pigs, patriotism, and POW", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:55:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260269, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "great give and take on feminism -- what an interesting blog this be-eth.<br>another thought -- best way to deflect these Rovian cannonballs is??????????????????????????????????????????????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:28:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "f7825f4577c2216fdb87765896d6bce1", "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": 2269252, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama's \"lipstick on a pig\" comment was not smart. Even if he wasn't talking about her directly, there's no way he could've made that statement and <b>not</b> have it sound like it's directed towards her. Again, someone should've known better (or if it was an ad lib, he should stick to the script).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:43:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2274516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If he gets too far out of line, I'll take him to an undisclosed location and waterboard him. It's what we do.<br><br>You are too much. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:16:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2274065, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> McCain's Integrity.</a> Andrew Sullivan argues that he has none. I agree.<br><br>I acidentally posted below", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:56:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah: <b> \"McAncient's\" VERSION of \"lipstick on a pig\"  -    2007,   about billary's health plan.</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w</a><br><br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Now we can move on!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.:  Now this is on CNN!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:56:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm sure these grown ass \"men\" snickered about what they \"got away with\"  in private, but what they're really doing is playing off their cowardliness as sly irreverence.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_07:38:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb67e13066281c4e22557d02eb57edda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257135, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's no such thing as a \"white women\" vote -- that demographic is far too large and too diverse to fall into categorization. Palin's main purpose was to mollify the Republican Christian-right base. The fact that the outcry over the media's treatment of Hillary gave them an extra shield is just bonus for Palin. All this stuff about Hillary's supporters going over to Palin is overblown.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:09:40", "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": 2269089, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2257114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Took a \"Field Trip\" to 538:   Um,  What's up with Fl, Mt, NC, OK??  Any JJ people know??  Thanks.    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_03:37:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Saul Alinsky rings a bell?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:08:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5ae376ad5611aebf00ea11b5ff067d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262643, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "just cut and paste the http address", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:56:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259446, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "On the trail in Virginia just now, Obama answered the McCain \"lipstick\" attack, refusing to engage the central phony charge and using it to cast McCain as unwilling to discuss serious issues.<br>Obama also directly attacked the news media for turning the \"controversy\" into a major story. It's worth quoting his response at length:<br>Some of you may have -- I'm assuming you guys have heard this, watching the news. I'm talking about John McCain's economic politics, I say, \"This is more of the same, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.\" <br>And suddenly they say, \"Oh, you must be talking about the governor of Alaska.\"<br>[Laughter from audience]<br>See it would be funny, it would be funny except -- of course the news media all decided that that was the lead story yesterday. they'd much rather have the story -- this is the McCain campaign -- would much rather have the story about phony and foolish diversions than about the future.<br>This happens every election cycle. Every four years. This is what we do. We've got an energy crisis. We have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive. We have an economy that is creating hardship for families all across America. We've got two wars going on, veterans coming home not being cared for -- and this is what they want to talk about! this is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about.<br>You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It's not the Democratic candidate, It's not the republican candidate. It's you, the American people. because then we go another year or another four years or another eight years without addressing the issues that matter to you. Enough.<br>I don't care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift-boat politics. Enough is enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:44:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have to head to work but I plan to use my credit card and phone the TV stations this morning  to complain about biased coverage.I have had it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "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}, "2270649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Discussing McCain's Pro-Child Molester Ad On MSNBC's New Rachel Maddow Show<br><a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14319/5497/185/593753\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14319/5...</a><br><blockquote><i>In specifically responding to this ad, I told Rachel that Obama has to learn a lesson from perhaps the most famous example of failed methods of responding to such issues - the one from the 1988 presidential debate, where Michael Dukakis answered Bernard Shaw's question about raping and murdering Kitty Dukakis not with an emotional attack on Shaw's inappropriate inquiry, but with dispassionate platitudes</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:00:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2274530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truer words were never typed!  We have to spread the word and realize that this is infact psychological warfare!! I share your chant: GET. UP. GET OUT. GET ORGANIZED!  <br><br>I've noticed the influx of trolls on a few popular blogs/boards.  The neocons are running scared and we have to stay strong because this isn't just about Obama, this is about standing our ground.  I think this election is shaking us out of our comfort zone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:17:16", "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": 2258729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D where ya been? While you've been gone we had lots of conservatives trying to take your place, except they are not nearly as civil. <br><br>Nice to see you back!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:34:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2265316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It would have been fine with me if he'd called them pig and rotting fish outright....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:41:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260617, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain's use of the phrase, from what I've read, seemed to be a reference to Clinton's policy...as in you can't take a fundamentally flawed plan and make it better by \"sweetening\" the deal. <br><br>Before this delves into another conservative bashing session, I'm not beating Obama up over this. I get what he was saying; disagree, but that's not the issue. My beef is that his timing in using the phrase, after Palin's speech, was not good. If anything, it's a tactical error. They happen, and God knows McCain's made several (remember the \"I just got done beating my wife\" statement? I said the same thing then: not smart). <br><br>Hell, if the candidates wanted to apologize for every statement that was perceived as \"fucked up\" by the opposition, the campaign season would come to a grinding halt.<br><br>Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how he could've made his point without using that phrase. It's said, it's done, let's move on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:19:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261266, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  COMMENDATIONS on her store!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   And on her \"daughter's\" enthusiasm!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Kelly green!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:00:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272396, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's British, started out here as an attack dog for the GOP.<br><br>Lately, he's become disgruntled at the GOP, particularly for its Christofascism in regards to same sex marriage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "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": 2262511, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What women? It appears the MSM has YOU running scared...I've seen the numbers for new voters across the country, did you forget? Yeah, there's this pesky little thing called VOTING that actually has to take place....Gallup, Rasmussen - they don't actually substitute for the real thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:08:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262765": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "who is \"they\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:09:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5ae376ad5611aebf00ea11b5ff067d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262554, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2257135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, if the words \"uppity\" and \"nigger\" are the best these yahoos can come up with after 350 years then we really don't have much to worry about. We should laugh at these yokels and keep rolling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_03:42:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks blksista  and djchefron!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:09:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262652, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha, I guess Sullivan represents the exact not-you in the Republican party, but I do have to say I think it's very possible to be an earnest and caring Republican. I imagine those are the ones who are desperately figuring out who hijacked their party -- a little bit like how I felt when Howard Dean said in 2003 \"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:17:18", "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": 2271447, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&lt;a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html\" McCain's Integrity.</a> Andrew Sullivan argues that he has none. I agree.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:52:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sounds like he was talking about McCain- the person he is running against!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:57:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260066, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lipstick on a Pig?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:43:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 46, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259036, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with \"no apologies\" but I wouldn't push it.  Huge double standard here.  Nappy headed ho's, black holes, etc -- when the other side makes a blooper, you jump all over them, call for their heads, have them fired.  It's politics.  If you can't run with the dogs, don't piss with the puppies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:09:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259947, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Thank you!  I'm still learning!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>See y'all L8R!!  Obama work calls!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262148, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "love how you continue to put words in my mouth.  I was attacking the mainstream media and their cowardess and the GOP tactics, and you turn it into \"im tired of voting for losers\".<br><br>Again, I ask, where was that said? Where did I state that I was tired of voting for losers as you claim.    I'll tell you, it wasnt.  Because I didnt say it, or imply it.  <br>Try reading instead of making blind assupmtions.  Im not crying for Hillary.  Obama went to her for help, she stated she is only going to do so much to help him.  That is my point, that is what I said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:46:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "6269cd850963da6b43beb5bbc95680bb", "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": 2260252, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2293506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Republicans don't own conservatism. There are plenty conservative Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents. If you look far enough, you'll probably find some social conservatives in the Green party.<br><br>On many issues, I'm conservative.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_19:20:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2263035, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope he doesn't.  None of those comments were made by his presidential oponents.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259852, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a fabulous idea!  hehe", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:35:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL! The McCain campaign is grasping for straws and are desperately looking for distractions to avoid talking about their dismal stances on the issues that affect Americans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_08:56:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258483, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The way Republicans tell it, Palin <b><i>is</i></b> a feminist, and Thomas <b><i>is</i></b> a Civil Rights Activist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:53:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269711, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama made it personal? Did you JUST turn on the TV?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:59:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259745, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Depends, Where are we going on the date? A nice dinner? just kidding<br><br>But, naah we don't have same value system. I am Christian but I like to walk that out with service, love not judgement, and freedom. They would be too controlling. Seriously, I don't believe in legislatiing morality and am much more generous on social issues.<br><br>I'll just save us both the heartache.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:59:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270920, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ah, the outrage from the family values ticket. What if this were going on in the Obama family? <br><a href=\"http://www.nationalenquirer.com/_palin_family_shockers_what_sarahs_really_hiding/celebrity/65407\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationalenquirer.com/_palin_family_s...</a><br><br>Hello, Jerry Springer.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:10:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "cmpnwtr", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2262825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew Sullivan is a transplanted Brit who is a neo-conservative and a Republican. He strongly supported the Bush Administration's military invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq and was part of the MSM cadre who heaped abuse on liberals and progressives who opposed this criminal and barbaric act. He still continues to defend his support for the invasion but now objects to the way in which the Bush Administration carried out the invasion and occupation. <br><br>In his defense, Sullivan supports Obama because he correctly believes that Bush and his supporters and enablers are squandering and dissipating America's strengths as a result of their incompetency and corruption. I think Sullivan understands, unlike many of his colleagues, that Obama is actually the best bet for upholding the Old Order. Sullivan is less worried about Obama implementing a liberal domestic agenda than about America slowly relinquishing its moral leadership in the world as a result of the neo-cons mistakes and failures.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:13:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262511, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They must have forgotten to tell these two compassionate conservative republicans to not use this talking point as it had backfired.<br><br>There was an obvious reason for so many republican speakers to use this phrase at their convention, because it was supposed to be used repeatedly as the lie to the Bridge to Nowhere was supposed to be used but had to drop it when the outcry from real community organizers fired back.<br><br>Obviously these two didn't get the memo and still tried to use it by associating a community organizer with something vile.  <br><br>When this first came out at their convention and they faced a backlash for using it, the Obama campaign should have been ready with a commercial showing real community organizers, they didn't do it.  Why?  Some many lost opportunities to hit them back have been lost.<br><br>If Obama does not man up quickly and quit trying his best to not be the angry black man and appear non-threatening to white folks who would not have voted for him anyway, he will be relegated to what most white folks want to feel about a black person who does not stand up for themselves-somebody who can be pushed around no matter what you say about them.<br><br>Time for Obama to man up.  If these people understand anything, its knowing a black man that can be pushed around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:10:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "53b68a68032d55308b4b72dedfc2bae6", "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}, "2262800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The GOP turned around and bit HIM in the ass.  Attack dog, indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262652, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2274065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "you might have a shot if my man (DNC) starts treating me bad. <br><br>He may take me for granted sometimes but his behaviour hasn't been blatantly disrespectful =-)<br><br>much respect, D.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_20:04:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272583, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi D, you've been MIA , welcome back.<br><br>So you feel Obama's comment was not smart.  So how do you define John McCain's use of \"lipstick on a pig\" to describe Hillary Clinton's healthcare policy last year---was he directly disparaging Hillary because she is a woman, being sexist and demeaning. <br><br> Or was he simply not scrutinized because Clinton chose not to have this fake, divisive outrage like his campaign has.<br><br><br>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:21:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D,<br><br>Obama treated this as the non-story it really is.  Thus, whether it's \"smart\" or otherwise is ...<br><br>moot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:21:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mofo proved his ' character' when he dumped his long suffering wife - discarded her like GARBAGE left on the side of the road - for the rich, sweet, hot young thing. <br><br>That's all you EVER needed to know about John McCain's so-called CHARACTER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:12:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262244, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It was smart.  If he had said \"McCain is a pig\" the MSM wouldn't have discussed it.<br><br>He says \"lipstick on a pig\", the McCain people flip out, the MSM flips out.  Everyone's talking about it and wanting to know what Obama means.<br><br>To which he says \"McCain is the pig and rotten fish.  Palin is the lipstick.\"<br><br>Obama never would have gotten to make the point that McCain is a pig because everyone's focused on Palin.  If he had gone after McCain directly, he would have been ignored.  So he's just using Palin's celebrity against her, as his celebrity has been used against him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:48:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260687, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All over the headlines today.  All over Olberman, all over the news everywhere.  Words have power.  Like \"uppity.\"  Or \"black hole,\" LOL.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:47:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258693, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I didn't say you weren't going to vote.<br><br>I said you SHOULDN'T vote.  <br><br>If you feel that Obama is a loser candidate and you're tired of voting for losers, don't vote for him.  Period.<br><br>But you're not tired of voting for losers, because you're still crying about Hillary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:11:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259892, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2265957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jibreel, not if Hillary Clinton's on Paterson's ticket. A lot of people like Paterson in New York.<br><br>Mr. Noun Verb 9/11 doesn't have a chance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:43:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "kate03", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262515, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He won and he got a good one in. He needs to, as we used to say, 'signify '.  They've called Obama everything but the son of god. Oh, I forgot , they did. He was cool, relaxed and humerous.  I am sick of this contived outrage. It's redundant and people are starting to catch on. Even the MSM are realizing they go played.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:11:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "melanctha", "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": 2259985, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2273057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the statement she made associated a community organizer as someone who has no responsibilities, which is not true. He on the other hand  called her a small town mayor but he never said she had no responsibilities.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:46:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "264c4db6323f58b41c5fb4896c53f2cf", "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": 2260122, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nappy headed ho was directed at the Rutgers women's basketball team. Obama had nothing to do with it... How the heck does pigs and lipstick offend Palin? She used Hegee's joke comparing herself with a dog!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:01:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260219, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree.  But that is what they want.  They want to see him get mad and go off track.  So far, except for jibes here and there that don't always work out, it seems taking the high road is the best course.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:12:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259907, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2273061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I vote Sept 30th in Ohio and it cannot come too soon!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:46:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261074, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rosa Parks ring a bell?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:13:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262747, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is what I'm all about right now, RonnieB. <br><br>I'm working locally and I'm on the phone every evening.<br><br>We knew this was going to be ugly. And yet we act surprised? <br><br>I think of my father who could have his face spit in, be called a nigger, say \"God bless you,\" to his attacker, and walk away.<br><br>They're looking for a fight. They want this cultural war to ignite. They want another civil war.<br><br>I'm not going to participate in their war, I'm going to fight another way.<br><br>We don't have to attack back. Nor does Barack and we need to stop asking him to. He is who he is. We elected him. He beat the Clintons. Period.<br><br>BARACK OBAMA BEAT THE CLINTONS.<br><br>They couldn't do it, but Barack could. And he didn't have to attack her.<br><br>So don't tell me he doesn't kow what he's doing and that he can't figure out what to do.<br><br>BARACK OBAMA BEAT THE CLINTIONS.<br><br>That's what we have to keep in the forefront of our minds. Instead of criticizing his every move or being sickened by the sickening, we need to channel our passion, our anger, and our DESIRE FOR CHANGE into action ON THE GROUND.<br><br>Anything less is malpractice.<br><br>Get UP. Get OUT. Get ORGANIZED.<br><br>We've got an election the we CANNOT afford to lose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258508, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Each poll uses different methods and takes a different snapshot. You can't read any individual poll as anything except for a small slice of data, best consumed with other slices that give you a fuller picture. I don't have the statistical chops to assess, but I do like how DailyKos aggregates the various polls into a \"poll of polls\" every now and then, with narrative explanation of each piece.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:21:25", "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": 2261456, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If he picked Zefram Cochrane, we'd all have warp drive.<br>(transwarp drive will wait until his second term).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:21:41", "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": 2269106, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fair, Balanced, Credible, Normal, Choice, Respect, Maverick, Reformer.............. shall I go on?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:13:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259036, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think the average pig has more honour than a Rudy or a Palin.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:14:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262178, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think your wrong D.  We have two stupid comments from both Democrats and Republicans today.  On the Democratic side, a rep from South Carolina said Palin was picked because she didn't have an abortion, and on the Repub side, I can't think of her name, but she basically said that there is a pattern of sexism by Obama illustrated by the fact he didn't pick Hillary or Kathleen Sebelius.  She also pointed out, that Obama was referring to Palin when he talked about fish.<br><br>If things keep going like this, I expect some to come to blows.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:22:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269567, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know I know....But this just in from Ben Smith on Politico<br><br>Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig<br><br>Amie Parnes reports that Obama just taped this evening's show with David Letterman, which touched at length on the McCain campaign's accusations that he'd spoken disrespectfully about Sarah Palin.<br><br>\"Keep in mind, that technically had I meant it this way she would be the lipstick,\" Obama said. \"The policies of John McCain would be the pig.\"<br><br>A partial transcript:<br><br>LETTERMAN: Let me ask you a question here, have you ever actually put lipstick on pig?<br><br>OBAMA: The answer would be no. But I think it might be fun to try .... This is sorta silly season in politics. Not that there's a non silly season but it gets sillier . It's a common expression in at least illinois. I don't know about in New York City. I don't know what you put lipstick on here. (Silly cringe from Letterman. Laughter from audience) In Illinois, The expression connotes the idea that if you have a bad idea -- in this case I was talking about McCain's economic plans -- calling them 'change,' calling them something different doesn't make them better. Hence lipstick on a pig is still a pig. <br><br>He then added that Palin represented the lipstick in the picture, with McCain's policies as the pig.<br><br>Letterman asked what Obama and the campaign thought of Palin when she was picked: \"We didn't know much about her. Honestly, she's a skilled politician.\"<br><br>\"There's no doubt that she has been a phenomenon,\" Obama continued. \"I mean, as somebody who used to be on the cover of Time and Newsweek -- those were the days, I had a recent offer with Popular Mechanics, centerfold with a wrench,\" he said to laughter. \"Look, she's on wild ride and there's no doubt that she has energized the base. \"<br><br> <br><br>Obama also talked about his plans to visit Kenya if he's elected, about his life in Hawaii, and about his grandmother.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:05:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270823, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:04:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261375, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But when did 'uppity' become a racial slur?  I'm from the south and I've never heard it used like that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:50:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "088e0534259b9ff240abf9f5966e038f", "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": 2260330, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love Obama but the man does not do sound bites!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:23:15", "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": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jonster,<br>Obama was also a state senator for 10 years, and a US senator. Palin was making an attempt to diminish the qualifications of Obama by implying that all he did was community organizing. <br>The insult about community organizing and laughing that resulted was sickening and doesn't just disparage Obama, it's an attack on every person who has ever volunteered or donated time,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:05:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "kate03", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260122, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good response but McCain will try to keep Sen. Obama on the defensive.  They've realized he'll respond.  And if they push hard enough, maybe his smooth exterior will crack, just a little bit.  This is what they urgently want to do.  I think it's smart to remind us of the things we are NOT talking about by dwelling on this pig thing, but I also think he should toss in some of his own solutions to the problems he delineates at the same time.  Good response.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ronnie, <br><br>Has me pegged. Please. You, like Town dont have a clue about me.  I never supported Hillary as President from day one.  There was no moaning (from me) that Hillary should have gotten the nomination.  <br><br>I love these wild claims yall try to throw on people.  Just like the McCain camp is doing to Obama.  It is a shame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:50:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "6269cd850963da6b43beb5bbc95680bb", "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": 2260486, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yawn. (Not at you, Miranda, but at this incident.)<br><br>Ignore the fools. They're sick.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:03:57", "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": 2257796, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I will get my mom on it!  (she owns a \"christian\" boutique)  LOL  Money green?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:51:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2272216, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And Cindy was able to hire help to care for her kids....would the Govrnor be able to do the same?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:16:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261051, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2271495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain in the Membrane!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:03:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nquest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2270569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Graduate courses at The Professional School for Blogger Hijinks.<br><br>LOL.....needed a break for a bit; things-and people-were getting out of hand.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:34:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2263267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:   Thanks!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258069, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2273109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AWESOME RESPONSE!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:51:19", "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": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So what?,  How many people actually saw the townhall in it's entirety?<br>     **********<br>Obama twists the knife (as predicted)<br><a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/781/518/593412\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/...</a><br><i></blockquote>Obama came out and called the McPalin's latest outcry for what it is<br>a \"made up controversy\" and \"foolish diversions\".  He points out they are not talking about the future but following the same script they follow every four years.  He mentions all the problems we ARE facing as a nation such as the energy crisis, broken educational system, two wars, shoddy care for Veterans, etc. and closes the statement with \"and they want to talk about this\"...He goes on to say \"It's not the Democrats or Republicans that will lose because of this, its YOU, the people that lose.\"<br>He asks if we need another year or another four or eight years without talking about the issues.<br><br>He ratchets it up a notch with </i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:03:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew Sullivan strikes again:</a><br><br>For me, this surreal moment - like the entire surrealism of the past ten days - is not really about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama or pigs or fish or lipstick. It's about John McCain. The one thing I always thought I knew about him is that he is a decent and honest person. When he knows, as every sane person must, that Obama did not in any conceivable sense mean that Sarah Palin is a pig, what did he do? Did he come out and say so and end this charade? Or did he acquiesce in and thereby enable the mindless Rovianism that is now the core feature of his campaign?<br><br>So far, he has let us all down. My guess is he will continue to do so. And that decision, for my part, ends whatever respect I once had for him. On core moral issues, where this man knew what the right thing was, and had to pick between good and evil, he chose evil. When he knew that George W. Bush's war in Iraq was a fiasco and catastrophe, and before Donald Rumsfeld quit, McCain endorsed George W. Bush against his fellow Vietnam vet, John Kerry in 2004. By that decision, McCain lost any credibility that he can ever put country first. He put party first and his own career first ahead of what he knew was best for the country.<br><br>And when the Senate and House voted overwhelmingly to condemn and end the torture regime of Bush and Cheney in 2006, McCain again had a clear choice between good and evil, and chose evil.<br><br>He capitulated and enshrined torture as the policy of the United States, by allowing the CIA to use techniques as bad as and worse than the torture inflicted on him in Vietnam. He gave the war criminals in the White House retroactive immunity against the prosecution they so richly deserve. The enormity of this moral betrayal, this betrayal of his country's honor, has yet to sink in. But for my part, it now makes much more sense. He is not the man I thought he was.<br><br>And when he had the chance to engage in a real and substantive debate against the most talented politician of the next generation in a fall campaign where vital issues are at stake, what did McCain do? He began his general campaign with a series of grotesque, trivial and absurd MTV-style attacks on Obama's virtues and implied disgusting things about his opponent's patriotism.<br><br>And then, because he could see he was going to lose, ten days ago, he threw caution to the wind and with no vetting whatsoever, picked a woman who, by her decision to endure her own eight-month pregnancy of a Down Syndrome child in public, that he was going to reignite the culture war as a last stand against Obama. That's all that is happening right now: a massive bump in the enthusiasm of the Christianist base. This is pure Rove.<br><br>Yes, McCain made a decision that revealed many appalling things about him. In the end, his final concern is not national security. No one who cares about national security would pick as vice-president someone who knows nothing about it as his replacement. No one who cares about this country's safety would gamble the security of the world on a total unknown because she polled well with the Christianist base. No person who truly believed that the surge was integral to this country's national security would pick as his veep candidate a woman who, so far as we can tell anything, opposed it at the time.<br><br>McCain has demonstrated in the last two months that he does not have the character to be president of the United States. And that is why it is more important than ever to ensure that Barack Obama is the next president. The alternative is now unthinkable. And McCain - no one else - has proved it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 29, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like so many of the posters have noted here, you can not expect decency coming from the McCain campaign.<br><br>When John McCain hires Tucker Eskew, who is credited with the \"McCain has a black baby smear\" of 2000 to his team, he has lost all creditability.  Eskew slinged McCain's name through the mud and disrespected his adopted daughter  and today he embraces these unsavory, lying individuals as part of his campaign.  <br><br>John McCain was  asked about the those responsible for the \"black baby smear\", in an article with <a href=\"http://dadmag.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">dadmag.com</a> in which he said  <br>\"I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those.\"<br><br>I guess John McCain has surely sold his soul to the devils.<br><br>Not to mention Steve Schmidt and the numerous Bush campaign loyalists and lobbyists he is cohorting with.<br><br>I just hope that no other Democratic surrogate even mentions \"honorable\" and \"hero\" in the same breath as Barack's opponent.( and for now on that is how I will refer to McLiar).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:11:00", "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}, "2262875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wouldn't have a problem with O calling her a pig.   Pig ---Pitbull, which is worse?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:17:08", "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": 2260849, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Again, you've always said he isn't fit to be POTUS.  Sullivan states it in no uncertain terms!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:30:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262244, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In a language that only corporate-owned media outlets can respond to is a full out boycott. I'm talking about a \"media blackout\"and boycott advertisers.  Only watch PBS/CSPAN.  Hit there where it hurts, IN THEIR WALLETS.  The MSM continues to show biased coverage, I choose not to watch nor participate in viewership.  Just like the Montgomery Boycotts, we have to demand equality again.  From what I've observed, sending emails isn't enough, but our lack of viewership hurts the corporate botom line.  <br><br>We have so much power and we have to ACT ON IT. We need to pushback and Nov. 4th is getting close.  MSM thinks we are satisfied as long as the ratings are strong, the think we're complacent.  <br><br>Months ago McCain said the media was his base, RED FLAG.  Apparently he has them in his back pocket.  At least HuffPo is perhaps the only media outlet that isn't afraid of McCain.  MSM isn't hitting him hard on gaffe's, the lies and smears.  I'm not talking about pundit shows, but network news isn't reporting real news.  It shows when the media isn't giving him negative coverage like Obama is getting.  Palin has been on the scene for 7 days now and she's demanding deference and the MSM is tucking their tails between their legs because of some \"sexist\" media coverage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:25:00", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260005, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That ad is low, low, low.  And THIS is where Obama needs to show his ire.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:17:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "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": 2259977, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I went to the McCain rally today (Updated: w/Picture and link to more Pictures)<br><a href=\"http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/152425/515/111/593835\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/152425/...</a><br><blockquote><i>Then, it got interesting. A group of 20-30 Obama supporters came by and started chanting. The line was livid. They were spat at, called cowards, and chants of USA, USA, USA kept blaring over and over.  One amusing line they had was \"Have a Brain, Vote McCain.\" The friend of the woman behind me showed up and started screaming at them. Yelling, \"Obama wants to abort 40 million babies in his first term.\" She wailed over and over on this. When the ruckus died down, I said to her, \"I don\u2019t think he wants to abort babies.\" The woman was kinda shocked I said that, \"He wants to abort as many Republicans as possible to keep a Liberal Majority. He would abort Bristol\u2019s baby if he could. He will force abortions on every Republican woman in this nation if he is president!\"</i></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:53:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:08:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2257135, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wait, did Obama actually say \"McCain is the pig and Palin is the lipstick\"? Because THAT would have been great. Sorry if I missed a line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:25:55", "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": 2260762, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait, did Obama actually say \"McCain is the pig and Palin is the lipstick\"? Because THAT would have been great. Sorry if I missed a line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:25:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260762, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2283374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Context clues, my friend. I'm sure you're not that far removed from grade school and basic grammar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_08:53:15", "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": 2262765, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/pigs-and-lipsti.html#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew Sullivan: Pigs and Lipstick</a><br><br><i>We are being asked to believe that he called Sarah Palin a pig. If the people making that accusation have half a brain they know it's not true. This is not a question of interpretation. It is a fact. So we now find out again that John McCain is prepared to tell an absolute lie - in public, verifiable, uncontestable.<br><br>He does not have the minimal public integrity to be president of the United States.<br><br>Game this all you want; distort it all you want; bamboozle the morons at cable news all you want; win however many news cycles you want.<br><br>This claim is absurd on its face, like the Palin nomination to begin with. Absurd. And you can now tell who on the right has even a scintilla of intellectual honesty. That's all this episode is about: another tail-spin in the death throes of the Republican party.<br><br>My only advice to Obama: stay calm; stay cool; focus on the issues; behave like the president you want to be. They are trying to get into your head. But you are so much smarter and more decent than they are. Patience. And steel.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:52:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uppity N*gger was a term used during slave times and Jim Crow to refer to African Americans to \"talked back,\" or didn't cower. Historically, it was an accusation that could get an African American lynched.<br><br>The fact that is seems normal to you shows scares me frankly. If you are genuinely interested in understanding it then I appreciate you asking for real. The Black and white experience is different in the US, because it is, many words like uppity may fly right past you. The trouble from where I sit, is when we don't accept that truth that legacy of slavery is reflected in MANY aspects of our contemporary culture. This term is unacceptable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260799, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2270867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_17:17:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "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": 2269711, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am not sure that her children didn't suffer.  I've been looking closely at the pictures of her girls.  It concerns me that the female children of a former beauty queen who still pays great care to her looks has overweight daughters (both of them).  I don't mean to offend anyone, but studies have shown that obesity is usually tied to a trauma suffered at some point in the person's life.  I just don't think that's an all together family.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:46:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262858, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2267513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe you guys are immersed in another civil rights struggle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:44:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258508, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, I see the source now.  But it seems to me it is only racial when the second word is added.  Stupid **** would have also been just as used but stupid isn't considered a racial slur, right?  <br><br>I never said it was normal to me.  I've only rarely heard uppity, and never racially.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:19:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "088e0534259b9ff240abf9f5966e038f", "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": 2261874, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda:   Now where did I put my choir robe?  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2261165, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2268796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I said that this morning, with all this talk of lipstick and pigs...folks are over in London about to suck the earth inside out. LMAO!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:52:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What are they going to do -  attack a blind man?<br><br>Notice the softer tone?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:41:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262373, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2257796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its just gonna get worse:<br><br>September 9, 2008<br><br>ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to quit after posting racial comments about Barack Obama on the Net.<br><br>Adam LaDuca, 21, wrote on his Facebook page that Obama has ''a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)''<br><br>LaDuca, who previously had called Martin Luther King Jr. a ''fraud,'' also wrote: ''And man, if sayin' someone has large lips is a racial slur, then we're ALL in trouble.''<br><br>The College Republicans asked LaDuca to resign after his remarks were publicized by a liberal blog.<br><br>''The comments were completely uncalled for and very offensive,'' said Anthony Pugliese, 22, chairman of the College Republicans.<br><br>LaDuca said he understands how his comments can be construed as racist. ''In hindsight, when you read it a second time, it's like, 'oops,' '' he said. ''It was just a dumb move on my part to make a statement like that public.''<br><br>He said he is not a racist and admires Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. AP<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1152492%2CCST-NWS-obama09w.article\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/115...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_06:33:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:02:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262511, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone down for an \"I'm Uppity\" blog badge, like the 'community organizer' one JJP did?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:11:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "kristasphere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But he's not getting mad.  That's the thing.  He's just flipping it back on them, calling them out and dusting his shoulders off.  THEY are the ones running around like pigs in slop, not him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:20:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260260, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd post one proudly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_09:56:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258822, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think calling him a secredt Muslim made it personal as did saying he graduated from a Madrassa and on and on. I hope he uses some real insults.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:37:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "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": 2259745, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hahha....I was thinking the same...but I can't see O going that far.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:29:52", "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": 2272108, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait.<br><br>What did Cleland do to get a \"attack,\" and what was said in response?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262554, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great stuff. Air wars are just so much noise. The ground campaign wins or loses the battle.<br><br>To quote from the article, \"Lastly, people need to get off this blog and work the Obama Campaign until the election.  It means doing something every weekend instead of whining, moaning, bitching and handwringing.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:30:08", "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": 2270823, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ha!!  CERN is testing their collider today....in a few days they intend to do the actual collision...So, if there's a black hole created,  and we all get sucked in..... <br><br>Hey, it was nice knowing ya all!<br><br>hahahahahaha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now.</i><br><br>And that's where I stop taking your comment and analysis seriously.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:11:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote><i>Am i detecting the resurgence of the historical tension between white feminism and civil rights for black folks?</i></blockquote><br><br>You have to move away from this sort of dialectical explantion or understanding. I don't think any of us here feel as if we are engaged in the sort of struggle you describe for reasons that should be readily apparent. Sarah Palin, for example, cannot be even remotely described as representing any feminist position or perspective unless you want to dilute that term until it means nothing at all.  The positions that she has and does take threaten far more than the civil rights of black folks. They threaten the Constitutional rights of all American citizens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:23:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "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": 2269089, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We need somebody to get at these folks in a public forum!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "4dbe3bd2cf193680e05c69051d3e1a81", "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}, "2269089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "um . . .i'm new to this blog. Am i detecting the resurgence of the historical tension between white feminism and civil rights for black folks? Are white women torpedoing Obama cuz  of the perceived kicking to the curb of hillary? Or, am i just paranoid?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "bflobabe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2263098, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The press is not afraid of being charged with sexism, that's what they want you to believe so they won't seem complicit in the campaign to win the election for McCain.  And that's exactly what they aim to do, help McCain win this election by any means necessary.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:22:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice try.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:56:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260799, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YES! WE! CAN!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:46:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260702, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Sen. Obama should take the high road on the fish thing and hit back hard on the sex ed thing.  Pick and choose.  I do not believe he should lay there and take everything that is thrown at him, but they are playing a game on him.  And yes, I do think he needs to do some shake-ups at the top.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:56:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "jonster", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260662, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree- no apologies. As far as I am concerned she is a lying pig with party designed to destroy this country. As a matter of fact we need buttons with her face, a pig snout and big red lips.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "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": 2259654, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, I can accept the fact that you say conservatism isn't for you upfront. At least you're honest enough to put that out there.<br><br>(at this point, the date would end)<br><br>I fault the GOP for not reaching out to the black community, but I have to wonder if there's enough of you out there to render the outreach useless. If I know that, from the time I step off, 60-70% of people are going to slam the door in my face (after asking how much I'm being paid), is it even worth the effort?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_19:09:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2271447, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Politico<br>CBS takes down McCain webad, suggests it's 'misleading'<br><br>YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.<br><br>\u201cOne of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life,\" Couric is quoted in the ad.<br><br>In the original clip, she was talking about Hillary Clinton; the ad applies her words to Sarah Palin.<br><br>Asked about the ad, CBS spokeswoman Leigh Farris said, \"CBS News does not endorse any candidate in the Presidential race. Any use of CBS personnel in political advertising that suggests the contrary is misleading.\"<br><br>YouTube's page displaying the ad now tells visitors, \"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS Interactive Inc.\"<br><br>Couric's original commentary can be seen here. McCain still has the ad, \"Lipstick,\" on his website.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:47:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From the perspective of modern racist whites, uppity is now upward mobility for negros ...I guess.<br><br>If you get called uppity, it means you've arrived.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:23:02", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262924, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well .... If he had picked Bruce Springsteen, he'd already have been already inaugrated by now! I mean really what's wrong with him, waiting for November and January. We should all gnash our teeth and weep.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:13:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260161, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You obviously don't know what a \"community organizer\" does.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:00:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262497, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town,<br>where did I say I wasnt going to vote? I said the GOP is using the same tired tactics again, not one time did I say I wasnt voting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:41:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "6269cd850963da6b43beb5bbc95680bb", "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": 2259572, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My favorite meltdown ever!  They are who we thoght they were...and we let them off the hook.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc</a><br><br>Can you imagine if Obama did this at a press conference? He wouldnt of made it past N.H.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_16:10:23", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262950, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"They are who we thought they were\"  Denny Green", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:22:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262244, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sen. Obama needs to \"get personal.\"  The aloofness is not working.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:41:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259745, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I mean \"inaugurated\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:14:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269106, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2283458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nothing but vote for the Iraq War in 2002, then question the Bush Administrations' judgement in that and other 'war on terror' measures.  His Republican challenger, Saxby Chambliss, ran ads linking Cleland to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_09:00:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262928, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama needs to get \"little league\" on them.  Because right now McCain Palin is taking their wiffle ball bat straight at Obama's kneecaps.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:42:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259651, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That \"pig with lipstick\" metaphor could apply to someone changing their username too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:57:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260617, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd wear an uppity button I'd also like a Palin with a Pinnochio  nose button.<br>And a buttin with McCain saying-<br>Sorry I don't want cream with that-I was a POW.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:43:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258822, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2258508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All this means is that WE have got register to vote in unprecedented numbers.  <br><br>Listen, a growing population of white Americans have realized that Obama isn't a novelty act, but a real and imminent  threat to the order of the American way--a \"way\" that they've known for tens of generations.  They are mobilizing, organizing and also registering to vote in record numbers.  America as they know it, could be theirs no more.  I know that sounds dramatically conspiratorial, but when you consider the changes that Obama represents, the actions of these particular white Americans aren't really that surprising.<br><br>Whether the code word of the day is \"uppity\" or \"elitist\" or \"personality\", know that every time we hear it or read it, more frightened white Americans are hearing that dog whistle and are planning  to vote accordingly.    <br><br>If we register and vote, we win.  It's that simple.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_08:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bull Conner was a community organizer, and George Wallace was a governor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:48:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5ae376ad5611aebf00ea11b5ff067d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You've raised pigs!  awwww.<br><br>Can you post them somewhere where I can grab a couple??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:36:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260965, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2261456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Something to thing about ...<br><br>Notice how all of these \"polls\" swing back and forth seemingly every other day?  If we are to believe them, then we need to believe that affiliated voters are changing their minds every other day, or independent voters are so dependent on non-stories and manufactured outrage that they too are changing their minds every other day.<br><br>Or could it be that these polls are manipulated for nothing more than entertainment value?<br><br>Think about it; are <i>decided</i> voters so fickle that they need to be polled once a day?  Or is there something else going on?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree.  Andrew refuses to acknowledge that this is who McCain was, always...and it's Andrew's perceptions that were wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262457, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmm..<br><br>You've got a point...but, I think they'll walk softly with this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:24:51", "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": 2262554, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2296276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It would be funny for him to pull a Denny Green, LOL!! I think Obama will maintain his cool if he loses.  I think the GOP will lose their minds when Obama wins.  At least Obama is allowing the 527's to go after McCain.  FINALLY.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_23:37:27", "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": 2270085, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2278870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've never considered Sullivan a neo-conservative.<br><br>He's more a traditional conservative from where I sit.<br><br>I disagreed with him vehemently when he was at TNR.<br><br>He seems to have evolved on some issues.<br><br>I do recall him being pleased that the Black Vote brought about the Clinton' primary loss.<br><br>::<br><br>We all have our delusions. It's what makes us human.<br><br>Sullivan was deluded that McCain held any honor.<br><br>From the time I first noticed McCain, it was clear he was a crook and a fraud.<br><br>McCain 2008 is the real McCain. McCain 2000 was manufactured.<br><br>Too bad Sullivan and others were duped.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_01:40:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262825, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone see Malibu Barbie (Elisabeth Hasslebeck) take a shot at michelle obama?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:28:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c7e4c6f518b54ee49786797295a59e1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2272216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rorysmomma:   GREEN!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_18:36:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2269359, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>McCain's use of the phrase, from what I've read, seemed to be a reference to Clinton's policy...as in you can't take a fundamentally flawed plan and make it better by \"sweetening\" the deal.</b></i><br><br>And that's the context in which Obama used it.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:50:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262054, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew Sullivan may be an ally in this struggle but we should never forget that he is not a friend of our community or of the black electorate. His sense of disappointment at John McCain's latest incarnation may be genuine but his presentation of McCain as having fallen from a former state of grace is utterly false in every respect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:45:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262244, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another creative ACTION plan.<br><br>I'll get to work.<br><br>Somewhere I've got to have pictures of the pigs I've raised.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_12:00:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2260457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep.  I was listening to the news on the radio and they mentioned the McCain camp's outrage, but they also pointed out that McCain used the same phrase himself to refer to Hillary Clinton.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_11:26:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2260255, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, you and the McCain camp  are trying to make it personal and stay off topic. No apologies. Enough!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:46:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "melanctha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259745, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmm, like how the crowd howled when Palin and Guiliani put down \"community organizers?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:11:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259479, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "PTCruiser, Can you give me the background on Sullivan? I am a novice in the politics game.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:50:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262457, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only sensible response to the manufactured controversy over Obama's comment about putting lipstick on a pig is to up the ante rather than falling into the sinkhole of arguing with these brain donors about the metaphor itself. In short, we should obtain, by hook or crook, a few photos of some pigs and photoshop some lipstick onto their snouts and lips and then begin circulating the pictures on the Internet. Further, we should use our creativity to create photos and drawings of pigs doing everything imaginable, e.g., driving cars or shopping, with lipstick on their faces.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:46:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2256882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "add to that a little more of what you will not believe... <a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/09/palin_camp_takes_umbrage_at_li.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a> <br><br>we are truly headed straight down Bull Connor's Yellow Brick Road", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_02:49:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "030d6fe32c418b6cf1ef6437b21bf02d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2262515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Paterson will lose to Rudy in 2010", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_13:50:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5ae376ad5611aebf00ea11b5ff067d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262373, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2259446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's an expression. In fact, I think both Bush and Cheney have used it.  It was not about Palin but McCain's same old policies. Her name was not mentioned, nor was she alluded to. There was video posted on DKos of  Bush and Cheney saying 'lipstick on a pig'. (Sorry, I am link dropping challenged)  Barack should not even consider an apology. Enough!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_10:04:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "melanctha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 45, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2259193, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lilytiger:   True dat!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-11_00:00:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262194, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2269177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig -- beautiful true true TRUE comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_15:19:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2258729, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2263035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Poor thing, he is combatting some real serious issues if he could have at any point been a gay republican.<br><br>I like myself. My blackness and my sex (female). I could never be a republican. But, being American these concerns have been deeply rooted by my parents and grandparents. Perhaps, having the benefit of being British could allow him to look past these blatant republican indiscretions like Don't Ask, Don't Tell, their condemnation and all this other crazy rethuggish agenda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_14:28:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2262825, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2277717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think that the <a href=\"http://swamphermit.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/racecard.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">Race Card</a> is going to work very well anymore - <b>thanks to the Obama's, Rev. Wright, TUCC, and Black Liberation Theology.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-10_23:42:16", "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": null, "depth": 0, "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": "4371870", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -5167108900548397889}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 248, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 4371870, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert' +
		'&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/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/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='	+ 'why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert'
			+ '&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/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/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">248</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/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/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/">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:4371870" 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/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/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:4371870" 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:4371870" 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'				: 'why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert',
			// 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/why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert/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='	+ 'why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert'
			+ '&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='	+ 'why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert'
			+ '&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='		+ 'why_don8217t_they_just_say_nigger_and_be_over_with_it_8216uppity8217_alert'
				+ '&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/4371870/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260123">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260123" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260123">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260123" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260123" class="dsq-comment-message">I forgot to add the following: <br><br>We need to literally demonstrate the truth of Obama\'s argument. Pigs with lipstick still look like pigs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2257135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2257135">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2257135" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, if the words "uppity" and "nigger" are the best these yahoos can come up with after 350 years then we really don\'t have much to worry about. We should laugh at these yokels and keep rolling.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258135">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258135" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sure these grown ass "men" snickered about what they "got away with"  in private, but what they\'re really doing is playing off their cowardliness as sly irreverence.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2258794" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258794" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2256882" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2256882" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2256882" href="http://hustleandfloe.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2256882" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2256882" class="dsq-comment-message">add to that a little more of what you will not believe... <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/09/palin_camp_takes_umbrage_at_li.html" rel="nofollow">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...</a> <br><br>we are truly headed straight down Bull Connor\'s Yellow Brick Road</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259059">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259059" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama needs to make an ad about that:<br><br><br>Ms. Voiceover comes on and says, "The McCain Palin claims they are upset about sexism, but are they really?  John McCain is against equal pay for equal work.  Sarah Palin is against abortion even in the case of rape and incest.  Should you or your daughters have to pay for a rapist\'s crimes?  If elected, John McCain and Sarah Palin will turn back the clock on women\'s rights.  Don\'t let that happen.  Vote Barack Obama."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2257081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2257081">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2257081" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  To the question:<br><br>Because the NAACP had a funeral for the N-WORD!????<br><br>That\'s my best guess!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2257114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2257114">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2257114" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Took a "Field Trip" to 538:   Um,  What\'s up with Fl, Mt, NC, OK??  Any JJ people know??  Thanks.    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258069" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258069" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258069">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258069" class="dsq-comment-message">I live in OK and even though on a whole they are nice people they will never vote democrat much less for Obama.Just look at the idiots they elected for senator,Jim Inhofe and Tom Corbun.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261844" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261844">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261844" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261844" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:   Thanks!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262148">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262148" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262148" class="dsq-comment-message">Florida is better than people think. <br>MT too. <br><br>NC - I\'m not believing it.<br><br>OK - was never gonna happen.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262272">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262272" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Thank you!  I\'m still learning!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>See y\'all L8R!!  Obama work calls!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2257796" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2257796">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2257796" class="dsq-comment-message">Its just gonna get worse:<br><br>September 9, 2008<br><br>ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to quit after posting racial comments about Barack Obama on the Net.<br><br>Adam LaDuca, 21, wrote on his Facebook page that Obama has \'\'a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)\'\'<br><br>LaDuca, who previously had called Martin Luther King Jr. a \'\'fraud,\'\' also wrote: \'\'And man, if sayin\' someone has large lips is a racial slur, then we\'re ALL in trouble.\'\'<br><br>The College Republicans asked LaDuca to resign after his remarks were publicized by a liberal blog.<br><br>\'\'The comments were completely uncalled for and very offensive,\'\' said Anthony Pugliese, 22, chairman of the College Republicans.<br><br>LaDuca said he understands how his comments can be construed as racist. \'\'In hindsight, when you read it a second time, it\'s like, \'oops,\' \'\' he said. \'\'It was just a dumb move on my part to make a statement like that public.\'\'<br><br>He said he is not a racist and admires Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. AP<br><br><br><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1152492%2CCST-NWS-obama09w.article" rel="nofollow">http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/115...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258112" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258112">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258112" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258112" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO, <i>"He said he is not a racist and admires Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice"</i><br><br>So its okay because he admires a black person?  Young republicans, this is what we have to look forward to?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258760" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2258760" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258760" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258760" class="dsq-comment-message">Yawn. (Not at you, Miranda, but at this incident.)<br><br>Ignore the fools. They\'re sick.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2258483" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258483">osmond</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258483" class="dsq-comment-message">Is anyone watching the manufactured outrage with mccain campaign saying barack called Palin a pig and he owes Barack an apology? Its laughable, but this is what they are going to do. start another culture war, us small time people vs those elite harvard types.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258693">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258693" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! The McCain campaign is grasping for straws and are desperately looking for distractions to avoid talking about their dismal stances on the issues that affect Americans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259227" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259227">jonster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259227" class="dsq-comment-message">All over the headlines today.  All over Olberman, all over the news everywhere.  Words have power.  Like "uppity."  Or "black hole," LOL.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258508" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2258508">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258508" class="dsq-comment-message">All this means is that WE have got register to vote in unprecedented numbers.  <br><br>Listen, a growing population of white Americans have realized that Obama isn\'t a novelty act, but a real and imminent  threat to the order of the American way--a "way" that they\'ve known for tens of generations.  They are mobilizing, organizing and also registering to vote in record numbers.  America as they know it, could be theirs no more.  I know that sounds dramatically conspiratorial, but when you consider the changes that Obama represents, the actions of these particular white Americans aren\'t really that surprising.<br><br>Whether the code word of the day is "uppity" or "elitist" or "personality", know that every time we hear it or read it, more frightened white Americans are hearing that dog whistle and are planning  to vote accordingly.    <br><br>If we register and vote, we win.  It\'s that simple.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2258729" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258729" class="dsq-comment-message">This is what I\'m all about right now, RonnieB. <br><br>I\'m working locally and I\'m on the phone every evening.<br><br>We knew this was going to be ugly. And yet we act surprised? <br><br>I think of my father who could have his face spit in, be called a nigger, say "God bless you," to his attacker, and walk away.<br><br>They\'re looking for a fight. They want this cultural war to ignite. They want another civil war.<br><br>I\'m not going to participate in their war, I\'m going to fight another way.<br><br>We don\'t have to attack back. Nor does Barack and we need to stop asking him to. He is who he is. We elected him. He beat the Clintons. Period.<br><br>BARACK OBAMA BEAT THE CLINTONS.<br><br>They couldn\'t do it, but Barack could. And he didn\'t have to attack her.<br><br>So don\'t tell me he doesn\'t kow what he\'s doing and that he can\'t figure out what to do.<br><br>BARACK OBAMA BEAT THE CLINTIONS.<br><br>That\'s what we have to keep in the forefront of our minds. Instead of criticizing his every move or being sickened by the sickening, we need to channel our passion, our anger, and our DESIRE FOR CHANGE into action ON THE GROUND.<br><br>Anything less is malpractice.<br><br>Get UP. Get OUT. Get ORGANIZED.<br><br>We\'ve got an election the we CANNOT afford to lose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260101" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260101" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you Craig!<br><br>This mass hysteria is why I will not watch anymore news shows (except the debates) ... sorry Ms. Maddows. I will only come back to JJP when someone is posting some real issues related info.<br><br>I\'m going to early vote here in Washington and continue phone banking. I cannot take all this back and forth silliness.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261074" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261074" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261074" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll be voting early in Maine as well.<br><br>WE can DO THIS!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2273061" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2273061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2273061">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2273061" class="dsq-comment-message">I vote Sept 30th in Ohio and it cannot come too soon!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269177" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269177">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269177" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269177" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig -- beautiful true true TRUE comment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2274530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2274530">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2274530" class="dsq-comment-message">Truer words were never typed!  We have to spread the word and realize that this is infact psychological warfare!! I share your chant: GET. UP. GET OUT. GET ORGANIZED!  <br><br>I\'ve noticed the influx of trolls on a few popular blogs/boards.  The neocons are running scared and we have to stay strong because this isn\'t just about Obama, this is about standing our ground.  I think this election is shaking us out of our comfort zone.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2267513" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2267513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2267513">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2267513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2267513" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe you guys are immersed in another civil rights struggle.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277894" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277894" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277894">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277894" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277894" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s not just us.  whatever happens here will have global ramifications.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2258822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2258822" href="http://bougiewinetv.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kristasphere</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2258822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2258822" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone down for an "I\'m Uppity" blog badge, like the \'community organizer\' one JJP did?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259337" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2259337" href="http://www.seesaw.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liza</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259337" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d post one proudly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259909">delfinajones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259909" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d wear an uppity button I\'d also like a Palin with a Pinnochio  nose button.<br>And a buttin with McCain saying-<br>Sorry I don\'t want cream with that-I was a POW.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259020" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259020">dave crockett</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259020" class="dsq-comment-message">The fact that the McCain campaign needs to go there, to just go straight to white supremacy--do not pass Go--means they\'re getting increasingly desperate. They know that this thing is gonna come down to turnout, and they can\'t win without turning out the rednecks (who by the way usually don\'t vote) in big numbers. Having once upon a time lived in Arizona my impression is that McCain would rather not have gone there personally, but wouldn\'t hesitate if that\'s what it took to win.<br> <br>The racial slurs indicate to me that It\'s all about the ground game now--getting people registered, to the polls, and making sure their votes are counted. Dems are outregistering Republicans by HUGE margins. That fact is not only NOT showing up in the polls of "likely" voters, it appears that some of the pollsters are over-sampling Republicans (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-madness-mccain-takes_n_125158.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/poll-m...</a>). So the already fading McCain post-convention bounce may have been in part an artifact of the sampling frame. <br><br>Obama doesn\'t need to swing back at every attack. So much of the Republican propaganda is intended for people who would never vote for Obama under any circumstances. He\'s got to swing back often enough and hard enough so he doesn\'t look like a wimp. But in truth, it\'s our job--the citizens with some sense--to have Obama\'s back. If there are gloves that need taking off we need to be the ones doing it, all the while perfecting the ground game. <br><br>As critical as I\'ve been of Obama personally, the truest thing he has said is that this campaign is not about him. It\'s about us. We cannot allow these racists to out-organize us and to get more people to the polls.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259031">dave crockett</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259031" class="dsq-comment-message">I posted before reading RonnieB\'s reply. I should have just wrote "what he said." Right on R-B.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259036">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259036">ngb</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259036" class="dsq-comment-message">Any other words being re-defined I should know about?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259193">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259193" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259193">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259193" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259193" class="dsq-comment-message">Lipstick on a Pig?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259446">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259446" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259446">melanctha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259446" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259446" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s an expression. In fact, I think both Bush and Cheney have used it.  It was not about Palin but McCain\'s same old policies. Her name was not mentioned, nor was she alluded to. There was video posted on DKos of  Bush and Cheney saying \'lipstick on a pig\'. (Sorry, I am link dropping challenged)  Barack should not even consider an apology. Enough!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259479">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259479" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259479">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259479" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259479" class="dsq-comment-message">Context is everything in politics.  Everyone knows it\'s an expression, but many people now think it was an uncharacteristically snide remark about the Pitbull/Lipstick remark, as the crowd went crazy, stood up, and applauded when he said it.  Imagine if the situation were reversed.  Uppity indeed.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259538">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259538" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259538">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259538" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259538" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmm, like how the crowd howled when Palin and Guiliani put down "community organizers?"</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259651">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259651" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259651" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259651">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259651" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259651" class="dsq-comment-message">In reply to Sen. Obama calling her a "small town mayor."  It\'s the big league but it smells like little league.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259907">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259907" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama needs to get "little league" on them.  Because right now McCain Palin is taking their wiffle ball bat straight at Obama\'s kneecaps.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260260">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260260">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260260" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  But that is what they want.  They want to see him get mad and go off track.  So far, except for jibes here and there that don\'t always work out, it seems taking the high road is the best course.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260360">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260360" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260360">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260360" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260360" class="dsq-comment-message">But he\'s not getting mad.  That\'s the thing.  He\'s just flipping it back on them, calling them out and dusting his shoulders off.  THEY are the ones running around like pigs in slop, not him.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260521">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260521" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260521" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260521">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260521" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260521" class="dsq-comment-message">I know, I think it\'s time to shake up the staff at the top of Sen. Obama\'s campaign.  They are not doing a good job at all.  I think he should punch back hard at the McCain ad about teaching 5-year-olds about sex.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260662">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260662">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260662" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting.....you\'re flip flopping quite a bit. Obama should take the high road one minute, then the next, top staff needs to be replaced and he should punch back hard. <br><br>Your move.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260903">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260903">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260903" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Sen. Obama should take the high road on the fish thing and hit back hard on the sex ed thing.  Pick and choose.  I do not believe he should lay there and take everything that is thrown at him, but they are playing a game on him.  And yes, I do think he needs to do some shake-ups at the top.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260006">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260006">dave crockett</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260006" class="dsq-comment-message">Uhhh... She *is* (or was) a small town mayor.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260122">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260122" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260122">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260122" class="dsq-comment-message">And Obama *is* (or was) a community organizer.  <br><br>Soooooooooo?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2268995">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2268995" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268995" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268995">kate03</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268995" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268995" class="dsq-comment-message">Jonster,<br>Obama was also a state senator for 10 years, and a US senator. Palin was making an attempt to diminish the qualifications of Obama by implying that all he did was community organizing. <br>The insult about community organizing and laughing that resulted was sickening and doesn\'t just disparage Obama, it\'s an attack on every person who has ever volunteered or donated time,</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2273057">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2273057" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2273057" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2273057">my brothers keeper</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2273057" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2273057" class="dsq-comment-message">the statement she made associated a community organizer as someone who has no responsibilities, which is not true. He on the other hand  called her a small town mayor but he never said she had no responsibilities.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260081">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260081" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260081">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260081" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260081" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama didn\'t call her a small town mayor.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259654">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259654" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259654" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259654">melanctha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259654" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259654" class="dsq-comment-message">The context was McCain\'s failed policies which, when they don\'t take it out of context, is clear. The crowd loved it but the lipstick metaphor was introduced by the McCain camp and they need to embrace it.  No apologies.  They have hijacked the press with the sexism scam and now the lipstick scam. Enough!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259745">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259745">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259745" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259745" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.  But, whether he intended to or not, Sen. Obama made it personal.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259852">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259852" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259852">delfinajones</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259852" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259852" class="dsq-comment-message">I think calling him a secredt Muslim made it personal as did saying he graduated from a Madrassa and on and on. I hope he uses some real insults.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260227">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260227" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260227">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260227" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260227" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope he doesn\'t.  None of those comments were made by his presidential oponents.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259897">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259897" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259897">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259897" class="dsq-comment-message">Sen. Obama needs to "get personal."  The aloofness is not working.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259985">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259985">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259985" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree.  He wins when he takes the high road.  The one two punch of Lipstick on a Pig (Palin) and Old Smelly Fish (McCain) isn\'t the best way to attack back.  He\'s better when he ignores them and restates his policies.  He\'s taking the bait.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260255">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260255">melanctha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260255" class="dsq-comment-message">He won and he got a good one in. He needs to, as we used to say, \'signify \'.  They\'ve called Obama everything but the son of god. Oh, I forgot , they did. He was cool, relaxed and humerous.  I am sick of this contived outrage. It\'s redundant and people are starting to catch on. Even the MSM are realizing they go played.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260457">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260457" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260457">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260457" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260457" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep.  I was listening to the news on the radio and they mentioned the McCain camp\'s outrage, but they also pointed out that McCain used the same phrase himself to refer to Hillary Clinton.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261006">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261006">Suprk</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261006" class="dsq-comment-message">Not only did McCain use the phrase, here is a video of him doing so. <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAOodl6ZfE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAOodl6ZfE</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2259947">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259947" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259947">melanctha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259947" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259947" class="dsq-comment-message">No, you and the McCain camp  are trying to make it personal and stay off topic. No apologies. Enough!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260219">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260219" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with "no apologies" but I wouldn\'t push it.  Huge double standard here.  Nappy headed ho\'s, black holes, etc -- when the other side makes a blooper, you jump all over them, call for their heads, have them fired.  It\'s politics.  If you can\'t run with the dogs, don\'t piss with the puppies.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260330">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260330" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260330" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260330">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260330" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260330" class="dsq-comment-message">There was no double standard.  That\'s not even comparable. Sepia posted the entire quote. Obama very specifically is talking about policy. How in the hell can you say its the equivalent of someone aiming a slur at a specific group of PEOPLE.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260617">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260617">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260617" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s a little disingenuous of you if you really believe the double barrel metaphor of a pig in lipstick and an old fish is not aimed at Palin and McCain.  Anyway, it\'s all a matter of perception.  Whoooosh.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260932">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260932" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260932">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260932" class="dsq-comment-message">That "pig with lipstick" metaphor could apply to someone changing their username too.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261128">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261128">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261128" class="dsq-comment-message">??????????</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2265316">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2265316" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2265316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2265316">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2265316" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2265316" class="dsq-comment-message">It would have been fine with me if he\'d called them pig and rotting fish outright....</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260799">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260799">ngb</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260799" class="dsq-comment-message">But when did \'uppity\' become a racial slur?  I\'m from the south and I\'ve never heard it used like that.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260901">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260901" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260901" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260901">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260901" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260901" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice try.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261874" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261874" class="dsq-comment-message">Uppity N*gger was a term used during slave times and Jim Crow to refer to African Americans to "talked back," or didn\'t cower. Historically, it was an accusation that could get an African American lynched.<br><br>The fact that is seems normal to you shows scares me frankly. If you are genuinely interested in understanding it then I appreciate you asking for real. The Black and white experience is different in the US, because it is, many words like uppity may fly right past you. The trouble from where I sit, is when we don\'t accept that truth that legacy of slavery is reflected in MANY aspects of our contemporary culture. This term is unacceptable.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262910">ngb</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262910" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, I see the source now.  But it seems to me it is only racial when the second word is added.  Stupid **** would have also been just as used but stupid isn\'t considered a racial slur, right?  <br><br>I never said it was normal to me.  I\'ve only rarely heard uppity, and never racially.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2263049" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263049" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem is that our society has pushed back so hard on using the N word so much without adequate discussion on the history and sentiment behind it.  Now people believe the only way one can be racist is if you actively use the N word or outright say: I refuse to employ a person etc because of their color.<br><br>The reality is that racism is is about unchallenged beliefs. White people are never called uppity because showing personal power is familiar in our racist society. The idea that a black man showing the same power is perceived as uppity (as in moving OUT OF YOUR PLACE,) is an example of racism. <br><br>The n word doesn\'t have to be uttered for the sentiment to remain which is why it is such a cultural trigger for people familiar with its legacy.<br><br>I apologize for saying it was normal for you, and my point is that whether intended or not, it is an example of the historical legacy of when African Americans were treated as LESS THAN by means of legal (slavery, Jim Crow) and social measures (lynching, degradation, intimidation, and so on.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261795" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261795" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261795" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261795" class="dsq-comment-message">Nappy headed ho was directed at the Rutgers women\'s basketball team. Obama had nothing to do with it... How the heck does pigs and lipstick offend Palin? She used Hegee\'s joke comparing herself with a dog!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261770" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261770" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama made it personal? Did you JUST turn on the TV?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259881">delfinajones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259881" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree- no apologies. As far as I am concerned she is a lying pig with party designed to destroy this country. As a matter of fact we need buttons with her face, a pig snout and big red lips.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260487" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260487">jonster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260487" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260487" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'ve already got the buttons made.   And that song you hear is the Theme from Exodus as the Independents walk away from the Democratic Party.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260516">melanctha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260516" class="dsq-comment-message">Not even.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260592" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260592">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260592" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260592" class="dsq-comment-message">Really? What evidence do you have of this? A hunch? Your gut?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260066" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260066" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260066">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260066" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260066" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>Context is everything in politics.</b></i><br><br>Yep, and here\'s the context:<br><br><i><b>OBAMA: Let\'s just list this for a second. John McCain says he\'s about change, too. Except -- and so I guess his whole angle is, "Watch out, George Bush, except for economic policy, health-care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy, and Karl Rove-style politics. We\'re really gonna shake things up in Washington." That\'s not change. That\'s just calling some -- the same thing, something different. But you know, you can -- you know, you can put lipstick on a pig; it\'s still a pig. </b></i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261752" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261752" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261752" class="dsq-comment-message">sounds like he was talking about McCain- the person he is running against!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261170">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261170" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261170" class="dsq-comment-message">melanctha:   OOPS!  :&gt;)   I just asked about such a video!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>". . . <i>link dropping challenged</i> . . "   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   LAWD Ha\'Mercy,  move over!  I\'ll join you on that pew!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>But I will take a "Field Trip"!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Thanks!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261724" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261724" class="dsq-comment-message">just cut and paste the http address</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260269" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260269" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260269">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260269" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260269" class="dsq-comment-message">Fair, Balanced, Credible, Normal, Choice, Respect, Maverick, Reformer.............. shall I go on?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261709" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261709" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2261709" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261709" class="dsq-comment-message">ooh how about moral, lipstick, pigs, patriotism, and POW</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2259477" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259477" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259477" class="dsq-comment-message">From THE SWAMP - October 11, 2007<br><b>McCain rolls out health plan and a few punches</b><br><br><i>"McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health care proposals that require too much government regulation. While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton\'s health-care plan, he said it was "eerily reminiscent" of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the early 1990s."</i><br><br><b>"I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it\'s still a pig," [McCain] said of [Clinton\'s] proposal.</b><br><br><a href="http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/mccain_rolls_out_health_plan_a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261116">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261116" class="dsq-comment-message">Nquest:  Thank you for bringing this!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  I wonder if this can be found on You Tube??  Then it could be "LOOPED" foreva!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Title:  In his ["McAncient\'s"] OWN WORDS!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259537" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259537" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259537">Maya</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259537" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259537" class="dsq-comment-message">They have done it again!  This is why McCain will win this election and we will sitting there on election night (in 7 weeks) going WTF just happened.  They have the MSM running scared.  The uppity comment is getting zero play, its all about "lipstick on a pig".  They have managed to put Palin so far above criticism, that the MSM doesnt know what to do, they dont want to be called sexist.  Just like Bush did with the Iraq war, if you criticized it, you were un-American. <br>Now, with Karl Rove whispering in their ear, they are using the same tactics.  They have women drooling over Palin (and some of their husbands), and no one cares about the issues.  They are going to do this for the next seven weeks until election time. <br>I live in Georgia, you think Obama has a snowballs chance here, hell no. <br>Hillary is only going to "help" so much, she is going to wait until 2012, and say "see, told ya so".  <br>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now.  <br>Unless he delivers a knockout blow against McCain in the debates, I have a sad feeling this is over.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259572" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259572">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259572" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259572" class="dsq-comment-message">The uppity comment is getting no play because 1) the mainstream media thinks Obama is uppity and 2) Obama or Ron Allen getting called uppity doesn\'t pack the emotional punch of Obama calling Palin a pig does.  We have learned time and time again that the white majority really doesn\'t give a shit when a non-white is called a name.<br><br>If you feel this election is over, don\'t vote.  Then you can blame yourself on Nov 5th.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259892" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259892">Maya</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259892" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259892" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br>where did I say I wasnt going to vote? I said the GOP is using the same tired tactics again, not one time did I say I wasnt voting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260252" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260252">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260252" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t say you weren\'t going to vote.<br><br>I said you SHOULDN\'T vote.  <br><br>If you feel that Obama is a loser candidate and you\'re tired of voting for losers, don\'t vote for him.  Period.<br><br>But you\'re not tired of voting for losers, because you\'re still crying about Hillary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260737">Maya</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260737" class="dsq-comment-message">love how you continue to put words in my mouth.  I was attacking the mainstream media and their cowardess and the GOP tactics, and you turn it into "im tired of voting for losers".<br><br>Again, I ask, where was that said? Where did I state that I was tired of voting for losers as you claim.    I\'ll tell you, it wasnt.  Because I didnt say it, or imply it.  <br>Try reading instead of making blind assupmtions.  Im not crying for Hillary.  Obama went to her for help, she stated she is only going to do so much to help him.  That is my point, that is what I said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260486">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260486" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260486" class="dsq-comment-message">Maya,<br><br>Town has you pegged.  Your support for the failed Clinton Campaign is blinding you to the reality that Barack has already de-throned political royalty.  <br><br>Continuing to benignly grouse and moan that (a) Obama isn\'t fighting like Hillary or (b) that Hillary should have otherwise gotten the nomination, serves no purpose, other than to undermine the Obama campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260807" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260807" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260807">Maya</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260807" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260807" class="dsq-comment-message">Ronnie, <br><br>Has me pegged. Please. You, like Town dont have a clue about me.  I never supported Hillary as President from day one.  There was no moaning (from me) that Hillary should have gotten the nomination.  <br><br>I love these wild claims yall try to throw on people.  Just like the McCain camp is doing to Obama.  It is a shame.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260011">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260011" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>Hillary is only going to "help" so much, she is going to wait until 2012, and say "see, told ya so".<br>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now. </b></i><br><br>And here is the real point of the post.<br><br>Look, Obama didn\'t pick Hillary. THE END. PERIOD. MOVE ON. Instead of constantly bringing this up, how about contacting the media about their blatant bias and ignoring the issues? <br><br>Then again, maybe you\'re one of those who want Obama to lose so then you could say "I told you so"?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260161" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260161" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260161">jonster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260161" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260161" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he should have picked Caroline Kennedy.  He would be writing his inaugural address right now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261000" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261000">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261000" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261000" class="dsq-comment-message">Jonster:   Now that\'s a thought!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  BUT   -   NO!!   :&gt;)<br><br>He did RIGHT by BIDEN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Move on!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269106" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269106">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269106" class="dsq-comment-message">Well .... If he had picked Bruce Springsteen, he\'d already have been already inaugrated by now! I mean really what\'s wrong with him, waiting for November and January. We should all gnash our teeth and weep.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269121" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269121">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269121" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269121" class="dsq-comment-message">I mean "inaugurated"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272044">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272044" class="dsq-comment-message">If he picked Zefram Cochrane, we\'d all have warp drive.<br>(transwarp drive will wait until his second term).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260204" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260204">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260204" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260204" class="dsq-comment-message">What women? It appears the MSM has YOU running scared...I\'ve seen the numbers for new voters across the country, did you forget? Yeah, there\'s this pesky little thing called VOTING that actually has to take place....Gallup, Rasmussen - they don\'t actually substitute for the real thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269079" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269079">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269079" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>If Barack would have picked her, he could be working on his inaguration speech right now.</i><br><br>And that\'s where I stop taking your comment and analysis seriously.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271931" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271931">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2271931" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271931" class="dsq-comment-message">What bullshit.<br>Hillary LOST.<br>Next!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2278043" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2278043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278043">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2278043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278043" class="dsq-comment-message">The press is not afraid of being charged with sexism, that\'s what they want you to believe so they won\'t seem complicit in the campaign to win the election for McCain.  And that\'s exactly what they aim to do, help McCain win this election by any means necessary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259952" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259952">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259952" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259952" class="dsq-comment-message">The only sensible response to the manufactured controversy over Obama\'s comment about putting lipstick on a pig is to up the ante rather than falling into the sinkhole of arguing with these brain donors about the metaphor itself. In short, we should obtain, by hook or crook, a few photos of some pigs and photoshop some lipstick onto their snouts and lips and then begin circulating the pictures on the Internet. Further, we should use our creativity to create photos and drawings of pigs doing everything imaginable, e.g., driving cars or shopping, with lipstick on their faces.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260134" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260134">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260134" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260134" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, that\'ll work.  Do pigs even have lips?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260490">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260490" class="dsq-comment-message">Pigs have more lips than chickens.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260965" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260965" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260965" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260965" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260965" class="dsq-comment-message">Another creative ACTION plan.<br><br>I\'ll get to work.<br><br>Somewhere I\'ve got to have pictures of the pigs I\'ve raised.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2263718">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263718" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263718">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263718" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve raised pigs!  awwww.<br><br>Can you post them somewhere where I can grab a couple??</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2263300">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263300">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263300" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a fabulous idea!  hehe</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2259977" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2259977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2259977">delfinajones</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2259977" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2259977" class="dsq-comment-message">Re. making it personal--what about yesterday\'s TV ad suggesting Obama is a pervert or has creepy intentions regarding children??? Obama has to respond, kick ass and NOT apologize about anything and his surrogates/helpers need to throw some dirt and see if it sticks--but aim toward McCain first.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260325">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260325">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260325" class="dsq-comment-message">That ad is low, low, low.  And THIS is where Obama needs to show his ire.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260005" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260005">delfinajones</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260005" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260005" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to head to work but I plan to use my credit card and phone the TV stations this morning  to complain about biased coverage.I have had it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272095">freespiritbty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272095" class="dsq-comment-message">In a language that only corporate-owned media outlets can respond to is a full out boycott. I\'m talking about a "media blackout"and boycott advertisers.  Only watch PBS/CSPAN.  Hit there where it hurts, IN THEIR WALLETS.  The MSM continues to show biased coverage, I choose not to watch nor participate in viewership.  Just like the Montgomery Boycotts, we have to demand equality again.  From what I\'ve observed, sending emails isn\'t enough, but our lack of viewership hurts the corporate botom line.  <br><br>We have so much power and we have to ACT ON IT. We need to pushback and Nov. 4th is getting close.  MSM thinks we are satisfied as long as the ratings are strong, the think we\'re complacent.  <br><br>Months ago McCain said the media was his base, RED FLAG.  Apparently he has them in his back pocket.  At least HuffPo is perhaps the only media outlet that isn\'t afraid of McCain.  MSM isn\'t hitting him hard on gaffe\'s, the lies and smears.  I\'m not talking about pundit shows, but network news isn\'t reporting real news.  It shows when the media isn\'t giving him negative coverage like Obama is getting.  Palin has been on the scene for 7 days now and she\'s demanding deference and the MSM is tucking their tails between their legs because of some "sexist" media coverage.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2274408" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2274408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2274408">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2274408" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2274408" class="dsq-comment-message">I am truly disgusted with the media coverage and these weapon of mass distraction tactics that the media itself is complicit in. There is no freedom of the press, that\'s a myth, what we have is controlled press that is deliberately constructing a narrative as opposed to actually informing on facts vs fiction. I\'m truly ashamed as a citizen of a country where the press is no better than that in China.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2292886" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2292886" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2292886">freespiritbty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2292886" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2292886" class="dsq-comment-message">From observation, the MSM is buckling and trying to seem "fair" towards Palin. I want harder pushback to the McCain campaign, but the powers that be will not do that because McCain has them in their backpocket.  <br><br>ITA it\'s shameful being an American and knowing that the press is no longer an objective and fair medium.  They need to rename American the People\'s Republic of America because civil rights (I\'m looking at you Michigan GOP) violations and the corporatocracy of the MSM. <br><br>Repub\'s are always crying about  2nd Amendment, yet conviently overlook the 1st Amendment.  Hypocrites.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260236">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260236">cmpnwtr</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260236" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah, the outrage from the family values ticket. What if this were going on in the Obama family? <br><a href="http://www.nationalenquirer.com/_palin_family_shockers_what_sarahs_really_hiding/celebrity/65407" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalenquirer.com/_palin_family_s...</a><br><br>Hello, Jerry Springer.....</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260239">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260239">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260239" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260239" class="dsq-comment-message">They must have forgotten to tell these two compassionate conservative republicans to not use this talking point as it had backfired.<br><br>There was an obvious reason for so many republican speakers to use this phrase at their convention, because it was supposed to be used repeatedly as the lie to the Bridge to Nowhere was supposed to be used but had to drop it when the outcry from real community organizers fired back.<br><br>Obviously these two didn\'t get the memo and still tried to use it by associating a community organizer with something vile.  <br><br>When this first came out at their convention and they faced a backlash for using it, the Obama campaign should have been ready with a commercial showing real community organizers, they didn\'t do it.  Why?  Some many lost opportunities to hit them back have been lost.<br><br>If Obama does not man up quickly and quit trying his best to not be the angry black man and appear non-threatening to white folks who would not have voted for him anyway, he will be relegated to what most white folks want to feel about a black person who does not stand up for themselves-somebody who can be pushed around no matter what you say about them.<br><br>Time for Obama to man up.  If these people understand anything, its knowing a black man that can be pushed around.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260473" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260473">osmond</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260473" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone see Malibu Barbie (Elisabeth Hasslebeck) take a shot at michelle obama?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260564" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260564">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260564" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260564" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I saw that self-righteous reality show airhead.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260620" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260620" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260620">osmond</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260620" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260620" class="dsq-comment-message">her Caribou Barbie and McGrumpy Barbie are just insulting. I told congress thanks but no thanks, I dont know if you heard but Im proud of my country. STFU and sit down somewhere.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2263133">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263133" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263133">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263133" class="dsq-comment-message">Elisabeth is angling for her next job...at FOX.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260594" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260594">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260594" class="dsq-comment-message">Chill Out.  Barack\'s got this thing.<br><br><a href="http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/05/political-pictures-barack-obama-chill-out-got-this/" rel="nofollow">http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/05/political-p...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2261180">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261180">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261180" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw that last week and made it the wallpaper on my laptop.  It needs to be posted on some of the blogs where folks are <i>really</i> flipping out (Daily Kos, I\'m looking at you).</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260622">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260622" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260622" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260622">thescoop</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260622" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260622" class="dsq-comment-message">Then you need to check this out:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2U0jmZjec" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2U0jmZjec</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260687">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260687" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260687" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260687" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260687" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s "lipstick on a pig" comment was not smart. Even if he wasn\'t talking about her directly, there\'s no way he could\'ve made that statement and <b>not</b> have it sound like it\'s directed towards her. Again, someone should\'ve known better (or if it was an ad lib, he should stick to the script).</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2260762">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260762">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260762" class="dsq-comment-message">It was smart.  If he had said "McCain is a pig" the MSM wouldn\'t have discussed it.<br><br>He says "lipstick on a pig", the McCain people flip out, the MSM flips out.  Everyone\'s talking about it and wanting to know what Obama means.<br><br>To which he says "McCain is the pig and rotten fish.  Palin is the lipstick."<br><br>Obama never would have gotten to make the point that McCain is a pig because everyone\'s focused on Palin.  If he had gone after McCain directly, he would have been ignored.  So he\'s just using Palin\'s celebrity against her, as his celebrity has been used against him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272107">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272107" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait, did Obama actually say "McCain is the pig and Palin is the lipstick"? Because THAT would have been great. Sorry if I missed a line.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272108" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272108">Anderkoo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272108" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272108" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait, did Obama actually say "McCain is the pig and Palin is the lipstick"? Because THAT would have been great. Sorry if I missed a line.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272142" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272142">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272142" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272142" class="dsq-comment-message">Hahha....I was thinking the same...but I can\'t see O going that far.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260764" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260764" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260764">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260764" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260764" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s response to all of this is extremely smart.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261266" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261266" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261266">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261266" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261266" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi D, you\'ve been MIA , welcome back.<br><br>So you feel Obama\'s comment was not smart.  So how do you define John McCain\'s use of "lipstick on a pig" to describe Hillary Clinton\'s healthcare policy last year---was he directly disparaging Hillary because she is a woman, being sexist and demeaning. <br><br> Or was he simply not scrutinized because Clinton chose not to have this fake, divisive outrage like his campaign has.<br><br><br>.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261415" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261415">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261415" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261415" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:    MAJOR POINT!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Boo-yah!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262054" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262054" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s use of the phrase, from what I\'ve read, seemed to be a reference to Clinton\'s policy...as in you can\'t take a fundamentally flawed plan and make it better by "sweetening" the deal. <br><br>Before this delves into another conservative bashing session, I\'m not beating Obama up over this. I get what he was saying; disagree, but that\'s not the issue. My beef is that his timing in using the phrase, after Palin\'s speech, was not good. If anything, it\'s a tactical error. They happen, and God knows McCain\'s made several (remember the "I just got done beating my wife" statement? I said the same thing then: not smart). <br><br>Hell, if the candidates wanted to apologize for every statement that was perceived as "fucked up" by the opposition, the campaign season would come to a grinding halt.<br><br>Unfortunately, I\'m not really sure how he could\'ve made his point without using that phrase. It\'s said, it\'s done, let\'s move on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269663">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269663" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>McCain\'s use of the phrase, from what I\'ve read, seemed to be a reference to Clinton\'s policy...as in you can\'t take a fundamentally flawed plan and make it better by "sweetening" the deal.</b></i><br><br>And that\'s the context in which Obama used it.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269799" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269799" class="dsq-comment-message">.....and I said that I saw he was saying that.<br><br>I\'m not going to war over this one; I got bigger beefs with Obama than this. Plus, the story\'s nearing the end of its useful life-give it a couple of days, and no one will care.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261268">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261268" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>Obama treated this as the non-story it really is.  Thus, whether it\'s "smart" or otherwise is ...<br><br>moot.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263057">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263057" class="dsq-comment-message">It was brilliant.  The mere fact we can\'t tell whether he meant it or not....  Nevertheless, the repubs jumped out the gate with the sexism charge...looking more and more hysterical by the day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2263267" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263267" class="dsq-comment-message">D where ya been? While you\'ve been gone we had lots of conservatives trying to take your place, except they are not nearly as civil. <br><br>Nice to see you back!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269410" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269410" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269410" class="dsq-comment-message">Graduate courses at The Professional School for Blogger Hijinks.<br><br>LOL.....needed a break for a bit; things-and people-were getting out of hand.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260702">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260702" class="dsq-comment-message">On the trail in Virginia just now, Obama answered the McCain "lipstick" attack, refusing to engage the central phony charge and using it to cast McCain as unwilling to discuss serious issues.<br>Obama also directly attacked the news media for turning the "controversy" into a major story. It\'s worth quoting his response at length:<br>Some of you may have -- I\'m assuming you guys have heard this, watching the news. I\'m talking about John McCain\'s economic politics, I say, "This is more of the same, you can put lipstick on a pig but it\'s still a pig." <br>And suddenly they say, "Oh, you must be talking about the governor of Alaska."<br>[Laughter from audience]<br>See it would be funny, it would be funny except -- of course the news media all decided that that was the lead story yesterday. they\'d much rather have the story -- this is the McCain campaign -- would much rather have the story about phony and foolish diversions than about the future.<br>This happens every election cycle. Every four years. This is what we do. We\'ve got an energy crisis. We have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive. We have an economy that is creating hardship for families all across America. We\'ve got two wars going on, veterans coming home not being cared for -- and this is what they want to talk about! this is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about.<br>You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It\'s not the Democratic candidate, It\'s not the republican candidate. It\'s you, the American people. because then we go another year or another four years or another eight years without addressing the issues that matter to you. Enough.<br>I don\'t care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift-boat politics. Enough is enough.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2260806">jonster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260806" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260806" class="dsq-comment-message">Good response but McCain will try to keep Sen. Obama on the defensive.  They\'ve realized he\'ll respond.  And if they push hard enough, maybe his smooth exterior will crack, just a little bit.  This is what they urgently want to do.  I think it\'s smart to remind us of the things we are NOT talking about by dwelling on this pig thing, but I also think he should toss in some of his own solutions to the problems he delineates at the same time.  Good response.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2261536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261536">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261536" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, you don\'t make sense.  First you come on here saying Obama shouldn\'t take the bait because they know he\'ll respond. Then you claim that he should push back hard.  Make up your mind, dude.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261115">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261115" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe this response will calm down the "he\'s not hitting hard enough" crowd a bit.  Nice touch calling out the media too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269606" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269606" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269606">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269606" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269606" class="dsq-comment-message">YES! WE! CAN!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272065">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272065" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272065" class="dsq-comment-message">I love Obama but the man does not do sound bites!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2273109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2273109">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2273109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2273109" class="dsq-comment-message">AWESOME RESPONSE!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277901" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277901" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277901">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277901" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277901" class="dsq-comment-message">This very atti.tude is what has inspired millions of people. He needs to repeat this response every time he is confronted by the MSM with McCain\'s nonsense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2260849" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2260849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2260849" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2260849" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2260849" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/pigs-and-lipsti.html#more" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan: Pigs and Lipstick</a><br><br><i>We are being asked to believe that he called Sarah Palin a pig. If the people making that accusation have half a brain they know it\'s not true. This is not a question of interpretation. It is a fact. So we now find out again that John McCain is prepared to tell an absolute lie - in public, verifiable, uncontestable.<br><br>He does not have the minimal public integrity to be president of the United States.<br><br>Game this all you want; distort it all you want; bamboozle the morons at cable news all you want; win however many news cycles you want.<br><br>This claim is absurd on its face, like the Palin nomination to begin with. Absurd. And you can now tell who on the right has even a scintilla of intellectual honesty. That\'s all this episode is about: another tail-spin in the death throes of the Republican party.<br><br>My only advice to Obama: stay calm; stay cool; focus on the issues; behave like the president you want to be. They are trying to get into your head. But you are so much smarter and more decent than they are. Patience. And steel.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261165" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261165">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261165" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261165" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a sermon. That is a Wednesday night during summer revival SERMON. The only thing to do after reading that is to start singing "Walk With Me Lord".</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261375">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261375" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:   Now where did I put my choir robe?  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268987">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268987" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269359">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269359" class="dsq-comment-message">Green lady, we don\'t have to wear choir robes girl, we can just pick a color and all get matching outfits.,,,</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272216">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272216" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:   GREEN!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272395" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272395">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272395" class="dsq-comment-message">I will get my mom on it!  (she owns a "christian" boutique)  LOL  Money green?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272396" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272396">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272396" class="dsq-comment-message">I will get my mom on it!  (she owns a "christian" boutique)  LOL  Money green?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272486">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272486" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  COMMENDATIONS on her store!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   And on her "daughter\'s" enthusiasm!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Kelly green!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262875">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262875" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn\'t have a problem with O calling her a pig.   Pig ---Pitbull, which is worse?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2268929" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268929" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268929">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268929" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268929" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s see........a bitch or a sow....a bitch or a sow...a bitch or a sow...well, she laughed when Senate President Lyda Green was called a bitch, so maybe she thinks being a bitch is complimentary?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261051">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261051" class="dsq-comment-message">Cindy McCain exposes the truth!<br><br>In People Magazine, Cindy McCain talks about  her addiction to painkillers: <br><br>“The era I was raising my children was the era when you had to be Super Mom. I was putting too much pressure on myself.”<br><br>So, is this where the myth that women can do it all gets busted? Is this where the myth that women can \'balance\' family, career, service is exposed as a farce?<br><br>I certainly hope so. See, with Cindy McCain, her children didn\'t appear to suffer, but she ended up an addict; but with the Governor of Alaska, it appears that she has been spared the ills of life, but her 17 year old, unmarried daughter is, yep, with child.<br><br>Mmmm...<br><br>T.<br>ps. I\'m sure some women have accomplished this but there must have been some associated costs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262858">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262858" class="dsq-comment-message">And Cindy was able to hire help to care for her kids....would the Govrnor be able to do the same?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277751">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277751" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277751" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not sure that her children didn\'t suffer.  I\'ve been looking closely at the pictures of her girls.  It concerns me that the female children of a former beauty queen who still pays great care to her looks has overweight daughters (both of them).  I don\'t mean to offend anyone, but studies have shown that obesity is usually tied to a trauma suffered at some point in the person\'s life.  I just don\'t think that\'s an all together family.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261456">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261456" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261456" class="dsq-comment-message">Something to thing about ...<br><br>Notice how all of these "polls" swing back and forth seemingly every other day?  If we are to believe them, then we need to believe that affiliated voters are changing their minds every other day, or independent voters are so dependent on non-stories and manufactured outrage that they too are changing their minds every other day.<br><br>Or could it be that these polls are manipulated for nothing more than entertainment value?<br><br>Think about it; are <i>decided</i> voters so fickle that they need to be polled once a day?  Or is there something else going on?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262194">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262194" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262194" class="dsq-comment-message">Two things about the polls that I find less than honest. They are polling people with landlines and they are polling those who have voted before and often. <br><br>That is a large chunk of the voters out there that are not being polled.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277880">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277880" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger:   True dat!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272042">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272042" class="dsq-comment-message">Each poll uses different methods and takes a different snapshot. You can\'t read any individual poll as anything except for a small slice of data, best consumed with other slices that give you a fuller picture. I don\'t have the statistical chops to assess, but I do like how DailyKos aggregates the various polls into a "poll of polls" every now and then, with narrative explanation of each piece.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261682">T.</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2261682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261682" class="dsq-comment-message">&lt;a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html" McCain\'s Integrity.</a> Andrew Sullivan argues that he has none. I agree.<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261717">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261717" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html" rel="nofollow"> McCain\'s Integrity.</a> Andrew Sullivan argues that he has none. I agree.<br><br>I acidentally posted below</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2261718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2261718">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2261718" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah: <b> "McAncient\'s" VERSION of "lipstick on a pig"  -    2007,   about billary\'s health plan.</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w</a><br><br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   Now we can move on!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.:  Now this is on CNN!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262178" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262178">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262178" class="dsq-comment-message">Check out the pigs with lipstick that P6 has posted at his site.<br><br><a href="http://www.Prometheus6.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.Prometheus6.org</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262830">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262830" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the average pig has more honour than a Rudy or a Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262244" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262244" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262244" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-integri.html#more" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan strikes again:</a><br><br>For me, this surreal moment - like the entire surrealism of the past ten days - is not really about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama or pigs or fish or lipstick. It\'s about John McCain. The one thing I always thought I knew about him is that he is a decent and honest person. When he knows, as every sane person must, that Obama did not in any conceivable sense mean that Sarah Palin is a pig, what did he do? Did he come out and say so and end this charade? Or did he acquiesce in and thereby enable the mindless Rovianism that is now the core feature of his campaign?<br><br>So far, he has let us all down. My guess is he will continue to do so. And that decision, for my part, ends whatever respect I once had for him. On core moral issues, where this man knew what the right thing was, and had to pick between good and evil, he chose evil. When he knew that George W. Bush\'s war in Iraq was a fiasco and catastrophe, and before Donald Rumsfeld quit, McCain endorsed George W. Bush against his fellow Vietnam vet, John Kerry in 2004. By that decision, McCain lost any credibility that he can ever put country first. He put party first and his own career first ahead of what he knew was best for the country.<br><br>And when the Senate and House voted overwhelmingly to condemn and end the torture regime of Bush and Cheney in 2006, McCain again had a clear choice between good and evil, and chose evil.<br><br>He capitulated and enshrined torture as the policy of the United States, by allowing the CIA to use techniques as bad as and worse than the torture inflicted on him in Vietnam. He gave the war criminals in the White House retroactive immunity against the prosecution they so richly deserve. The enormity of this moral betrayal, this betrayal of his country\'s honor, has yet to sink in. But for my part, it now makes much more sense. He is not the man I thought he was.<br><br>And when he had the chance to engage in a real and substantive debate against the most talented politician of the next generation in a fall campaign where vital issues are at stake, what did McCain do? He began his general campaign with a series of grotesque, trivial and absurd MTV-style attacks on Obama\'s virtues and implied disgusting things about his opponent\'s patriotism.<br><br>And then, because he could see he was going to lose, ten days ago, he threw caution to the wind and with no vetting whatsoever, picked a woman who, by her decision to endure her own eight-month pregnancy of a Down Syndrome child in public, that he was going to reignite the culture war as a last stand against Obama. That\'s all that is happening right now: a massive bump in the enthusiasm of the Christianist base. This is pure Rove.<br><br>Yes, McCain made a decision that revealed many appalling things about him. In the end, his final concern is not national security. No one who cares about national security would pick as vice-president someone who knows nothing about it as his replacement. No one who cares about this country\'s safety would gamble the security of the world on a total unknown because she polled well with the Christianist base. No person who truly believed that the surge was integral to this country\'s national security would pick as his veep candidate a woman who, so far as we can tell anything, opposed it at the time.<br><br>McCain has demonstrated in the last two months that he does not have the character to be president of the United States. And that is why it is more important than ever to ensure that Barack Obama is the next president. The alternative is now unthinkable. And McCain - no one else - has proved it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262457">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262457" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew Sullivan may be an ally in this struggle but we should never forget that he is not a friend of our community or of the black electorate. His sense of disappointment at John McCain\'s latest incarnation may be genuine but his presentation of McCain as having fallen from a former state of grace is utterly false in every respect.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262511">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262511" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262511" class="dsq-comment-message">PTCruiser, Can you give me the background on Sullivan? I am a novice in the politics game.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262652" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262652" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s British, started out here as an attack dog for the GOP.<br><br>Lately, he\'s become disgruntled at the GOP, particularly for its Christofascism in regards to same sex marriage.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262770">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262770" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks blksista  and djchefron!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262800">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262800" class="dsq-comment-message">The GOP turned around and bit HIM in the ass.  Attack dog, indeed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277827" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277827">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277827" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277827" class="dsq-comment-message">i  like some of what he\'s written lately, but he\'s too inconsistent.  he gives palin too much credit for her decision to carry her youngest to term (almost elevating her to sainthood).  it reminds me of the bullshit \'team of rivals\' mess he kept harping on re. barack and hillary during the primaries.   <br><br>he seems a little wilfully naive.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262678">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262678" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262825" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262825">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262825" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew Sullivan is a transplanted Brit who is a neo-conservative and a Republican. He strongly supported the Bush Administration\'s military invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq and was part of the MSM cadre who heaped abuse on liberals and progressives who opposed this criminal and barbaric act. He still continues to defend his support for the invasion but now objects to the way in which the Bush Administration carried out the invasion and occupation. <br><br>In his defense, Sullivan supports Obama because he correctly believes that Bush and his supporters and enablers are squandering and dissipating America\'s strengths as a result of their incompetency and corruption. I think Sullivan understands, unlike many of his colleagues, that Obama is actually the best bet for upholding the Old Order. Sullivan is less worried about Obama implementing a liberal domestic agenda than about America slowly relinquishing its moral leadership in the world as a result of the neo-cons mistakes and failures.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263035">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263035" class="dsq-comment-message">Poor thing, he is combatting some real serious issues if he could have at any point been a gay republican.<br><br>I like myself. My blackness and my sex (female). I could never be a republican. But, being American these concerns have been deeply rooted by my parents and grandparents. Perhaps, having the benefit of being British could allow him to look past these blatant republican indiscretions like Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell, their condemnation and all this other crazy rethuggish agenda.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269910" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269910" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m interested in hearing why you equate being a Republican (or in my case, a conservative) with not liking yourself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270863" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270863" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270863">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270863" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270863" class="dsq-comment-message">Vouchers, equal pay for equal work, welfare queens, race-baiting of McCain, no civil rights agenda, trickle down economics<br><br>Plus, I am old fashioned. I like it when a "man" puts in some work. They haven\'t even asked me out for a date. <br>(They could care less about my vote)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2270920" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270920" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.<br><br>But if they did "ask you out," would you, in turn, hear them out?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2271447" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271447" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271447">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2271447" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271447" class="dsq-comment-message">Depends, Where are we going on the date? A nice dinner? just kidding<br><br>But, naah we don\'t have same value system. I am Christian but I like to walk that out with service, love not judgement, and freedom. They would be too controlling. Seriously, I don\'t believe in legislatiing morality and am much more generous on social issues.<br><br>I\'ll just save us both the heartache.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2271988" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271988" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271988">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271988" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha, I guess Sullivan represents the exact not-you in the Republican party, but I do have to say I think it\'s very possible to be an earnest and caring Republican. I imagine those are the ones who are desperately figuring out who hijacked their party -- a little bit like how I felt when Howard Dean said in 2003 "I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272583" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2272583" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272583" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272583" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, I can accept the fact that you say conservatism isn\'t for you upfront. At least you\'re honest enough to put that out there.<br><br>(at this point, the date would end)<br><br>I fault the GOP for not reaching out to the black community, but I have to wonder if there\'s enough of you out there to render the outreach useless. If I know that, from the time I step off, 60-70% of people are going to slam the door in my face (after asking how much I\'m being paid), is it even worth the effort?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2274065" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2274065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2274065">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2274065" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2274065" class="dsq-comment-message">you might have a shot if my man (DNC) starts treating me bad. <br><br>He may take me for granted sometimes but his behaviour hasn\'t been blatantly disrespectful =-)<br><br>much respect, D.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2274516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2274516" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2274516" class="dsq-comment-message">If he gets too far out of line, I\'ll take him to an undisclosed location and waterboard him. It\'s what we do.<br><br>You are too much. :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2293506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2293506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2293506" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2293506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2293506" class="dsq-comment-message">Republicans don\'t own conservatism. There are plenty conservative Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents. If you look far enough, you\'ll probably find some social conservatives in the Green party.<br><br>On many issues, I\'m conservative.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270918" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270918">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270918" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270918" class="dsq-comment-message">...and please, please let\'s not forget that he was one of the earliest prominent promoters of "The Bell Curve" when he was editor of The New Republic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2278870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2278870" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2278870" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278870" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve never considered Sullivan a neo-conservative.<br><br>He\'s more a traditional conservative from where I sit.<br><br>I disagreed with him vehemently when he was at TNR.<br><br>He seems to have evolved on some issues.<br><br>I do recall him being pleased that the Black Vote brought about the Clinton\' primary loss.<br><br>::<br><br>We all have our delusions. It\'s what makes us human.<br><br>Sullivan was deluded that McCain held any honor.<br><br>From the time I first noticed McCain, it was clear he was a crook and a fraud.<br><br>McCain 2008 is the real McCain. McCain 2000 was manufactured.<br><br>Too bad Sullivan and others were duped.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262776" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262776">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262776" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262776" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  Andrew refuses to acknowledge that this is who McCain was, always...and it\'s Andrew\'s perceptions that were wrong.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262754">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262754" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know why Andrew would think such great things about a man he hardly knows.<br><br>In any event, the people who seek to lead us, should only be followed so far, and no further.   More and more, it is apparent they don\' t know shit.<br><br>Even Obama, in his wisdom, repeats frequently that McCain is an honourable man - devaluing honour.   He says that McCain just doesn\'t "understand".  All this while our eyes and ears tell us otherwise.    Well, if McCain is just mistaken, then that\'s an innocent mistake...and all he needs is an education.   Why not vote for him?<br><br>Trust what your eyes and ears tell.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262950">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262950" class="dsq-comment-message">"They are who we thought they were"  Denny Green</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269094">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269094" class="dsq-comment-message">Classic rant...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269940">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269940" class="dsq-comment-message">My favorite meltdown ever!  They are who we thoght they were...and we let them off the hook.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc</a><br><br>Can you imagine if Obama did this at a press conference? He wouldnt of made it past N.H.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2270085" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270085" class="dsq-comment-message">I gotta say.....should Obama lose and blow up like this on November 5, it wouldn\'t be too far off (the GOP pulled the stunts he expected them to, he ran because he thought the people would be tired of that, and the people turned around and let the GOP off the hook for the last eight years).<br><br>Disagree with the sentiment, but it\'s plausible...somewhat.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2296276" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2296276" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2296276">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2296276" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2296276" class="dsq-comment-message">It would be funny for him to pull a Denny Green, LOL!! I think Obama will maintain his cool if he loses.  I think the GOP will lose their minds when Obama wins.  At least Obama is allowing the 527\'s to go after McCain.  FINALLY.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269977" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269977">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269977" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269977" class="dsq-comment-message">Mofo proved his \' character\' when he dumped his long suffering wife - discarded her like GARBAGE left on the side of the road - for the rich, sweet, hot young thing. <br><br>That\'s all you EVER needed to know about John McCain\'s so-called CHARACTER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277602" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277602">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277602" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277602" class="dsq-comment-message">Again, you\'ve always said he isn\'t fit to be POTUS.  Sullivan states it in no uncertain terms!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262373" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262373">Jay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262373" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262373" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://wcbstv.com/seenon/paterson.mccain.palin.2.813646.html" rel="nofollow">McCain Campaign Disputes Paterson\'s Racism Claim</a><br><br>I really like Gov. Paterson.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2262403">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262403" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262403">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262403" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262403" class="dsq-comment-message">What are they going to do -  attack a blind man?<br><br>Notice the softer tone?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262554" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262554">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262554" class="dsq-comment-message">If they\'ll attack a disabled war vet (former Senator Max Cleland, D-GA), hell flippin\' yes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2262928" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262928" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait.<br><br>What did Cleland do to get a "attack," and what was said in response?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2283458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2283458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2283458">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2283458" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2283458" class="dsq-comment-message">Nothing but vote for the Iraq War in 2002, then question the Bush Administrations\' judgement in that and other \'war on terror\' measures.  His Republican challenger, Saxby Chambliss, ran ads linking Cleland to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262995" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262995" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262995">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262995" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262995" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmm..<br><br>You\'ve got a point...but, I think they\'ll walk softly with this one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262765" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262765" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262765">Jibreel Riley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262765" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262765" class="dsq-comment-message">who is "they"?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2283374" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2283374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2283374">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2283374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2283374" class="dsq-comment-message">Context clues, my friend. I\'m sure you\'re not that far removed from grade school and basic grammar.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262722" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262722">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262722" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262722" class="dsq-comment-message">Paterson spoke the truth.  What I didn\'t care for was the article\'s author suggesting that Paterson accused McCain of "racism".<br><br>Paterson wasn\'t alleging rac<i>ism</i>.  He was suggesting that the Republicans used language that was sure to evoke someone\'s race.<br><br>Ignorant white people will conclude that Paterson was alleging racism.  But smarter folks know better.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262515">Jibreel Riley</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262515" class="dsq-comment-message">Paterson will lose to Rudy in 2010</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2265957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2265957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2265957">kate03</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2265957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2265957" class="dsq-comment-message">Jibreel, not if Hillary Clinton\'s on Paterson\'s ticket. A lot of people like Paterson in New York.<br><br>Mr. Noun Verb 9/11 doesn\'t have a chance.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2276791" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2276791" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2276791">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2276791" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2276791" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you even a New Yorker?  I highly doubt that will happen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262748" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262748">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262748" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262748" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...not a "really bad Disney movie"......now that\'s classic<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/matt-damon-on-palin-like_n_125334.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/matt-d...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262924">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262924" class="dsq-comment-message">UPP ITY you ain\'t got no alibi, you uppity, you uppity, mama, How the hell did we get that way, our mama\'s, our mama\'s.<br><br>Just reprising my Cheerleader role.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262961">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262961" class="dsq-comment-message">From the perspective of modern racist whites, uppity is now upward mobility for negros ...I guess.<br><br>If you get called uppity, it means you\'ve arrived.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262932" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262932">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262932" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha!!  CERN is testing their collider today....in a few days they intend to do the actual collision...So, if there\'s a black hole created,  and we all get sucked in..... <br><br>Hey, it was nice knowing ya all!<br><br>hahahahahaha!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2267653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2267653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2267653">jonster</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2267653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2267653" class="dsq-comment-message">Black hole?  Black hole?  I think you mean White hole!   And I believe an apology is in order.  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2268837" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268837" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268837">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268837" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268837" class="dsq-comment-message">Black Holes suck,  White Holes blow.<br><br>;-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2268796" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2268796" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2268796">Jay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2268796" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2268796" class="dsq-comment-message">I said that this morning, with all this talk of lipstick and pigs...folks are over in London about to suck the earth inside out. LMAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2263098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2263098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2263098">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2263098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2263098" class="dsq-comment-message">Is America truly a democracy?<br><br>The press\' capitulation to demands from McBush\'s campaign; and, the campaign\'s obvious contempt for the American people as they pepper us with incontrovertible lies to make their case certainly begs this question, no?<br><br>Sad.<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269089" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269089">bflobabe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269089" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269089" class="dsq-comment-message">um . . .i\'m new to this blog. Am i detecting the resurgence of the historical tension between white feminism and civil rights for black folks? Are white women torpedoing Obama cuz  of the perceived kicking to the curb of hillary? Or, am i just paranoid?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269252" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269252">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269252" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>Am i detecting the resurgence of the historical tension between white feminism and civil rights for black folks?</i></blockquote><br><br>You have to move away from this sort of dialectical explantion or understanding. I don\'t think any of us here feel as if we are engaged in the sort of struggle you describe for reasons that should be readily apparent. Sarah Palin, for example, cannot be even remotely described as representing any feminist position or perspective unless you want to dilute that term until it means nothing at all.  The positions that she has and does take threaten far more than the civil rights of black folks. They threaten the Constitutional rights of all American citizens.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269711" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269711">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269711" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269711" class="dsq-comment-message">Saying Sarah Palin is a feminist is like saying Clarence Thomas is a Civil Rights Activist.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270565">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270565" class="dsq-comment-message">The way Republicans tell it, Palin <b><i>is</i></b> a feminist, and Thomas <b><i>is</i></b> a Civil Rights Activist.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270867" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270867">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270867" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277491" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277491" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2277491">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277491" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277491" class="dsq-comment-message">And there you have it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2278094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2278094">bflobabe</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2278094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278094" class="dsq-comment-message">great give and take on feminism -- what an interesting blog this be-eth.<br>another thought -- best way to deflect these Rovian cannonballs is??????????????????????????????????????????????</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2278156" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2278156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2278156" href="http://hustleandfloe.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2278156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2278156" class="dsq-comment-message">you\'re right.  ...is just the same old race game.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2269567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2269567" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2269567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269567" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you\'re being paranoid. This isn\'t-shouldn\'t?-descend into civil war. Unless Obama loses, at which point all bets are off.<br><br>I don\'t think the "genital vote" (to use a more polite term that a friend gave me) is going to play that big a deal. Obama\'s not being "torpedoed" by white women. I think the ones that are shifting to support McCain (or support Palin-which makes no sense, but may well be the case) weren\'t <i>really</i> going to vote for Obama in the first place. Palin gave them a reason to jump ship.<br><br>Post-conventions, the lines are a little more clearly defined now. I think everyone who\'s going to be won over to a side has been, and now it just becomes a slugfest.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272052">TRW</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272052" class="dsq-comment-message">I think your wrong D.  We have two stupid comments from both Democrats and Republicans today.  On the Democratic side, a rep from South Carolina said Palin was picked because she didn\'t have an abortion, and on the Repub side, I can\'t think of her name, but she basically said that there is a pattern of sexism by Obama illustrated by the fact he didn\'t pick Hillary or Kathleen Sebelius.  She also pointed out, that Obama was referring to Palin when he talked about fish.<br><br>If things keep going like this, I expect some to come to blows.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2272451" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272451" class="dsq-comment-message">Got those two.<br><br>Can we include Steve Cohen\'s "Jesus was a community organizer" on the floor of the House today?<br><br>Appropriate for the DKos crowd, but in Congress? Not smart.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2271780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271780">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271780" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s no such thing as a "white women" vote -- that demographic is far too large and too diverse to fall into categorization. Palin\'s main purpose was to mollify the Republican Christian-right base. The fact that the outcry over the media\'s treatment of Hillary gave them an extra shield is just bonus for Palin. All this stuff about Hillary\'s supporters going over to Palin is overblown.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269615">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269615" class="dsq-comment-message">From Politico<br>CBS takes down McCain webad, suggests it\'s \'misleading\'<br><br>YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.<br><br>“One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life," Couric is quoted in the ad.<br><br>In the original clip, she was talking about Hillary Clinton; the ad applies her words to Sarah Palin.<br><br>Asked about the ad, CBS spokeswoman Leigh Farris said, "CBS News does not endorse any candidate in the Presidential race. Any use of CBS personnel in political advertising that suggests the contrary is misleading."<br><br>YouTube\'s page displaying the ad now tells visitors, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS Interactive Inc."<br><br>Couric\'s original commentary can be seen here. McCain still has the ad, "Lipstick," on his website.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2269954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2269954">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2269954" class="dsq-comment-message">Like so many of the posters have noted here, you can not expect decency coming from the McCain campaign.<br><br>When John McCain hires Tucker Eskew, who is credited with the "McCain has a black baby smear" of 2000 to his team, he has lost all creditability.  Eskew slinged McCain\'s name through the mud and disrespected his adopted daughter  and today he embraces these unsavory, lying individuals as part of his campaign.  <br><br>John McCain was  asked about the those responsible for the "black baby smear", in an article with <a href="http://dadmag.com" rel="nofollow">dadmag.com</a> in which he said  <br>"I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those."<br><br>I guess John McCain has surely sold his soul to the devils.<br><br>Not to mention Steve Schmidt and the numerous Bush campaign loyalists and lobbyists he is cohorting with.<br><br>I just hope that no other Democratic surrogate even mentions "honorable" and "hero" in the same breath as Barack\'s opponent.( and for now on that is how I will refer to McLiar).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270295">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270295" class="dsq-comment-message">How Fairfax County VA Democrats kicked McCain & Sidekick to the curb:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=15821" rel="nofollow">http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryI...</a><br><br>The McCain & Sidekick rally was scheduled for this morning at Fairfax High School.  People raised a ruckus and the event had to be moved.  The McCain people claimed that due to so much response and support they just had to move the rally to a better venue.  They got response, all right...just not the response they wanted.<br><br>Response from one of the bloggers:<br><br>"Actually, FCPS was facing a public relations nightmare with mass walkouts of students and teachers being organized in protest of the republican rally that had been scheduled at Fairfax High School tomorrow.  That is the true reason the rally was moved. "<br><br>I think Obama had a rally at Fairfax High School during the summer, but it was during summer school hours.  This rally was to be during REGULAR school hours and apparently only republican children could attend.  I guess all the Democratic children had to stay in class.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270569">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270569" class="dsq-comment-message">I went to the McCain rally today (Updated: w/Picture and link to more Pictures)<br><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/152425/515/111/593835" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/152425/...</a><br><blockquote><i>Then, it got interesting. A group of 20-30 Obama supporters came by and started chanting. The line was livid. They were spat at, called cowards, and chants of USA, USA, USA kept blaring over and over.  One amusing line they had was "Have a Brain, Vote McCain." The friend of the woman behind me showed up and started screaming at them. Yelling, "Obama wants to abort 40 million babies in his first term." She wailed over and over on this. When the ruckus died down, I said to her, "I don’t think he wants to abort babies." The woman was kinda shocked I said that, "He wants to abort as many Republicans as possible to keep a Liberal Majority. He would abort Bristol’s baby if he could. He will force abortions on every Republican woman in this nation if he is president!"</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2271495" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2271495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271495" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain in the Membrane!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270649" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270649">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270649" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270649" class="dsq-comment-message">Discussing McCain\'s Pro-Child Molester Ad On MSNBC\'s New Rachel Maddow Show<br><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14319/5497/185/593753" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/14319/5...</a><br><blockquote><i>In specifically responding to this ad, I told Rachel that Obama has to learn a lesson from perhaps the most famous example of failed methods of responding to such issues - the one from the 1988 presidential debate, where Michael Dukakis answered Bernard Shaw\'s question about raping and murdering Kitty Dukakis not with an emotional attack on Shaw\'s inappropriate inquiry, but with dispassionate platitudes</i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270693">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270693" class="dsq-comment-message">So what?,  How many people actually saw the townhall in it\'s entirety?<br>     **********<br>Obama twists the knife (as predicted)<br><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/781/518/593412" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/103939/...</a><br><i></blockquote>Obama came out and called the McPalin\'s latest outcry for what it is<br>a "made up controversy" and "foolish diversions".  He points out they are not talking about the future but following the same script they follow every four years.  He mentions all the problems we ARE facing as a nation such as the energy crisis, broken educational system, two wars, shoddy care for Veterans, etc. and closes the statement with "and they want to talk about this"...He goes on to say "It\'s not the Democrats or Republicans that will lose because of this, its YOU, the people that lose."<br>He asks if we need another year or another four or eight years without talking about the issues.<br><br>He ratchets it up a notch with </i></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2270820">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270820" class="dsq-comment-message">Michigan GOP Using Foreclosures To Challenge Black Voters<br><a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/155636/080/62/593884" rel="nofollow">http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/155636/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2270823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2270823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2270823" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2270823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2270823" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/13823/2763/300/593646" rel="nofollow">There is more going on than "Lipstick on a Pig"</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2271546" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2271546">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2271546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271546" class="dsq-comment-message">I know I know....But this just in from Ben Smith on Politico<br><br>Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig<br><br>Amie Parnes reports that Obama just taped this evening\'s show with David Letterman, which touched at length on the McCain campaign\'s accusations that he\'d spoken disrespectfully about Sarah Palin.<br><br>"Keep in mind, that technically had I meant it this way she would be the lipstick," Obama said. "The policies of John McCain would be the pig."<br><br>A partial transcript:<br><br>LETTERMAN: Let me ask you a question here, have you ever actually put lipstick on pig?<br><br>OBAMA: The answer would be no. But I think it might be fun to try .... This is sorta silly season in politics. Not that there\'s a non silly season but it gets sillier . It\'s a common expression in at least illinois. I don\'t know about in New York City. I don\'t know what you put lipstick on here. (Silly cringe from Letterman. Laughter from audience) In Illinois, The expression connotes the idea that if you have a bad idea -- in this case I was talking about McCain\'s economic plans -- calling them \'change,\' calling them something different doesn\'t make them better. Hence lipstick on a pig is still a pig. <br><br>He then added that Palin represented the lipstick in the picture, with McCain\'s policies as the pig.<br><br>Letterman asked what Obama and the campaign thought of Palin when she was picked: "We didn\'t know much about her. Honestly, she\'s a skilled politician."<br><br>"There\'s no doubt that she has been a phenomenon," Obama continued. "I mean, as somebody who used to be on the cover of Time and Newsweek -- those were the days, I had a recent offer with Popular Mechanics, centerfold with a wrench," he said to laughter. "Look, she\'s on wild ride and there\'s no doubt that she has energized the base. "<br><br> <br><br>Obama also talked about his plans to visit Kenya if he\'s elected, about his life in Hawaii, and about his grandmother.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2271461" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2271461" href="http://nquest2xl.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nquest</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2271461" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2271461" class="dsq-comment-message">AD WANTED:<br><br>Featuring John McCain and the Fake-The-Funk Crew.<br><br>When Campaign McCain feigned outrage over Obama\'s "Lipstick On A Pig" remark criticizing McCain\'s attempt to perform an extreme image make-over while maintaining the same old failed policies... {insert clips from the <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_has_said_lipstick_on_a.php" rel="nofollow">THREE TIMES</a> they\'ve used the expression}  they were FAKING THE FUNK...<br><br>When Campaign McCain claimed Obama played "the race card from the bottom of the deck"...  {insert clips from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">DOLLAR BILL GATE</a>...  they were FAKING THE FUNK...<br><br>Aren\'t Americans tired of the same old phony politics?<br><br><br>ALTERNATE THEME:   Photos of large industrial pig farm juxtaposed with a cast iron skillet with red-ring bologna dancing in the frying pan while pretending to be fresh, cold-cut.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2272146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272146">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272146" class="dsq-comment-message">Great stuff. Air wars are just so much noise. The ground campaign wins or loses the battle.<br><br>To quote from the article, "Lastly, people need to get off this blog and work the Obama Campaign until the election.  It means doing something every weekend instead of whining, moaning, bitching and handwringing."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2272670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2272670">Black Mike</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2272670" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2272670" class="dsq-comment-message">We need somebody to get at these folks in a public forum!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2277717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2277717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2277717" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2277717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2277717" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think that the <a href="http://swamphermit.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/racecard.jpg" rel="nofollow">Race Card</a> is going to work very well anymore - <b>thanks to the Obama\'s, Rev. Wright, TUCC, and Black Liberation Theology.</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262497" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262497" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262497">Jibreel Riley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262497" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262497" class="dsq-comment-message">Bull Conner was a community organizer, and George Wallace was a governor.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262643">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262643" class="dsq-comment-message">You obviously don\'t know what a "community organizer" does.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262747" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262747">Jibreel Riley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262747" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262747" class="dsq-comment-message">Saul Alinsky rings a bell?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2262824" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2262824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2262824">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2262824" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2262824" class="dsq-comment-message">Rosa Parks ring a bell?</div>\
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		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

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

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


	


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

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

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

})();




